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Final year undergraduate projects supervised by Charles Augarde at Durham
(Titles in bold are available as a pdf on request)
I also hold some (ancient) MSc project dissertations.
| Graduating year | Title | Student |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 |
AMPLE in
Python |
Ellie Bacon |
| A
Serviceability Investigation of Dowel-Type Timber Connections |
George Wilkinson |
|
| Life Cycle
Assessment of Earthen Construction Materials Stabilised with Xanthan Gum |
Annabel Fredericks |
|
| Exploring the
Impact of Varying Prop Locations In Braced Excavations |
James McPherson |
|
| The Virtual
Element Method for Engineers: A Practical Guide for Two-Dimensional
Elasticity |
Ted O’Hare |
|
| 2020 | Environmental impact of guar and xanthan gum for use as earthen stabilisers: A life cycle assessment | Nick Walton |
| Investigations into novel dowel-type timber connections | Jonathan Adams | |
| Physical Modelling of Seabed Ploughing | Will Sampson | |
| Three-Dimensional Analysis of Corner Effects in Braced Excavations | Mike Woollatt | |
| 2019 | Investigation of desiccation cracking in London clay | Oliver Clements |
| Searching Methods for the Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin Method Using Matlab | Katherine Aird | |
| Offshore Foundation Decommissioning | Tamara Bud | |
| Physical Modelling of Submarine Ploughing | Jonathan Dixon | |
| An investigation into the formulation of maximum entropy shape functions for meshfree analysis | Jason Hoyle | |
| Sustainable Consolidants and Their Effect On The Durability Of Earthen Construction Materials | India Harding | |
| 2018 | Physical modelling of seabed ploughing | Peter Sutton |
| The Durability of Earthen Construction Materials | George Lucas | |
| Assessing the Accuracy of Void Volume Calculations in Soil Samples | Ben Graham | |
| An Investigation of the Virtual Element Method:An Engineer’s Guide | Tobias Graves | |
| Investigation on implementing MLPG method for two-dimensional simulation in solid mechanics using Julia Language | Fengyu Ge | |
| An Investigation into the Application of Global RBF Collocation Methods to Solid Mechanics | Harvey Stevens | |
| Reinforcement of Concrete Beams with Continuous Glass Fibre Ropes | Michael Imber | |
| 2017 | Physical modelling of seabed ploughing | Freddie Barclay |
| Cohesive cracking using the Cracking Particles Method | Olllie Sanders | |
| A mathematical model of soil: linking voids to water retention | Keturah Civelek | |
| Mechanical properties of geopolymer fibre composites | Douglas Winstanley | |
| Mechanical analysis of straight/twisted/braided fibres in tension | Josh Jordan | |
| 2016 | Analysis of the effects neighbouring structures have on temporary propped excavations | Paul Kacperek |
| Use of Bamboo as a structural material | Alex Fisher | |
| Mechanical Analysis of Straight/Twisted/Braided Fibres in Tension | Elizabeth Healey | |
| Visibility of reinforcing fibres in rammed earth using X-ray computed tomography | Joe Ruaux | |
| An investigation into the coupling of continuum and shell finite elements | Chen Wang | |
| 2015 | Investigation and Analysis of Temporary Propping at Crossrail Paddington Station | Paul Chambers |
| Stochastic modelling of settlements due to tunnelling | Mollie Jebb | |
| Modelling of Bamboo based on XRCT data | Sebastian Kidwell | |
| Approximations in the material point method | Natasha Brown | |
| Tracking boundaries in meshfree computational methods | Neil Anderson | |
| Finite volume and smoothed finite element methods | Thomas Adams | |
| Where does the water go in earthen construction materials? | Maria Jones | |
| The Axial Capacity of Plate Welded Fixings Embedded in Rammed Earth | Xaver Touschek | |
| 2014 | Tracking particle movements in experimental soil mechanics | Callum Blackler |
| Bonding in fibre-reinforced earthen construction materials | Sarah Coghlan | |
| Finite volume and smoothed finite element methods | Douglas Willins | |
| Lateral capacity of fixings in rammed earth | Lucy Wolf | |
| Analytical models of settlement damage to buildings from tunnelling | James Pople-Hoskins | |
| An investigation of the Hillerborg Strip method | Daniel Jaffe | |
| Failures of underground openings and cavities | David Heavyside | |
| 2013 | The use of silt in construction | Heather Purshouse |
| Permeability of earthen construction materials | Hazel Short | |
| Bonding in fibre-reinforced earthen construction materials | Doug Readle | |
| Smoothed finite element methods | Tim Charlton | |
| 2012 | Predictions of ground movements due to subsurface construction | Philip Carlton |
| Design and testing of flexural members in rammed earth | Andrew Corbin | |
| Development of a mesh generation tool for subsurface features in geological modelling | Rowan Edmondson | |
| 2011 | Alternative test functions for meshless methods | Phil Anwyl |
| Computational costs in meshless methods | Sam Greg | |
| Development of the material point method | Sam Walsh | |
| Geotechnical properties of cob | Matthew Woodhams | |
| 2010 | Alternative materials for energy reduction and climate change | Jenny Durie |
| Geotechnical properties of cob | Josh Bargh | |
| Geomechanical properties of soil cemented with manganese oxide | Victoria Sutherland | |
| Analysis of seabed ploughs | Natasha Lister | |
| 2009 | A New Benchmark for Finite Element Analysis of Structures | Chris Hammond |
| Development of a large volume de-aired water supply for geotechnics | Ian Patten | |
| The effect of degree of saturation on the volume change behaviour of unsaturated soils | Ian Walker | |
| Robust meshless methods | Jonathan Archer | |
| Discrete element modelling in geotechnics | Laurence Powell | |
| Massive Models Using Meshless Methods – Mathematical Musings | Malcolm Hudson | |
| Structural Analysis of Geodesic Domes | Marek Kubik | |
| 2008 | Cracking in rammed earth | Chris Beckett |
| Finite element analysis of multiple tunnelling using an advanced soil model | Gyles Ellison | |
| Making civil engineering design procedures match modern analysis capabilities | Matt Fox | |
| Discrete element modelling | Alexandra Mallides | |
| Water movements in rammed earth | Steven Perkins | |
| The use of negative penalty functions | Daniel Smee | |
| The role of degree of saturation in the volume change behaviour of unsaturated soils | Will Tudor | |
| Robust meshless methods | Richard Williams | |
| 2007 | Analysis of inflatable structures | Will Ash |
| Novel strut design development | Tom Bogan | |
| Jointing in rammed earth | Tom Howard | |
| Development of a tensiometer for rammed earth | Philip Wallbridge | |
| 2006 | Novel strut design | James Gilbert |
| Prediction of sinkhole formation | Iain Cooper | |
| Analysis of an OGPA pavement | Tim Snaith | |
| Rammed earth materials | Tom Horncastle | |
| 2005 | Discrete element modelling | Martyn Pysanczyn |
| Analysis of three-dimensuional masonry structures using numerical techniques | Kate Gower | |
| Strength of externally reinforced concrete members | Karen Radband | |
| The ultimate uplift capacity of plate anchors from a cohesionless medium | Robert Thompson | |
| Investigation into improved latrine covers for emergency situations | Elizabeth Clarke | |
| Finite element modelling with teaching aids | Ananthan Sivayoganathan | |
| 2004 | Cowcross Estate Design and foundation analysis (BEng) | Heidi Wade |
| ECML Fenham Hill Footbridge (BEng) | David Littlemore | |
| The axial loading of piled foundations in sand | Martin Young | |
| Strain measurement in concrete beams by digital imaging | Robert Semple | |
| The tunnel modelling toolset | Arne Wolframm | |
| Prediction of sinkhole formation | Richard Grant | |
| Modelling rammed earth | Paul Jaquin | |
| 2003 | Numerical analysis of sprayed concrete lined tunnels | Doug Lloyd |
| Prediction of sinkhole formation | Teh Ming Hun | |
| Strain measurement in concrete beams by digital imaging | Mike Harper | |
| Cyclic loading of foundations on sand | Bruno Gresle | |
| The numerical modelling of masonry arch bridges using an all-purpose finite element analysis package | Tom Ford | |
| 2002 | Numerical analysis of sprayed concrete lined tunnels in soft ground | Richard Oakley |
| Analysing the failure of a masonry arch bridge | Rob Oakes | |
| The development of a 2D non-linear finite element model for the load assessment of masonry arch bridges | Sam Tuxford |