Geotechnics – Acoustic Emission Monitoring in Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
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UK
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Loughborough University
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On Campus (Full Time)
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PhD Studentship
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Unspecified
On Campus (Full Time) Position Details (PhD Program)
Global change is accelerating the rate of deterioration of geotechnical systems (slopes, tunnels, foundations, retaining structures, pipelines). Learn more at Geotechnics – Acoustic Emission Monitoring in Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering from the Loughborough University.
Key facts of the Geotechnics – Acoustic Emission Monitoring in Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering Geotechnics – Acoustic Emission Monitoring in Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering programme offered by Loughborough University Loughborough University
There is an urgent need for monitoring strategies that can be retrofitted to ageing infrastructure to detect and provide early warning of limit state failures.
Acoustic emission (AE) is dissipated when materials deform. AE sensing offers the potential to monitor and interpret geotechnical system behaviour; however, its widespread application has been limited by gaps in knowledge linking fundamental soil behaviour to AE measurements.
Curriculum:
Depending on the selected PhD candidate’s strengths and interests, the project could focus on one or more of the following areas:
- Element-scale soil mechanics laboratory testing.
- Large-scale/field experiments with geotechnical systems.
- Discrete element method (DEM) simulations.
- Data fusion and AI analytics.