Publications

The publications linked to this project are listed below.

Journal papers

Bird, R.E., Pretti, G., Coombs, W.M., Augarde, C.E., Sharif, Y., Brown, M.J., Carter, G., Macdonald, C. & Johnson, K. (2024), A dynamic implicit 3D material point-to-rigid body contact approach for large deformation analysis, submitted. Preprint available here.

Sharif, Y., Brown, M.J., Knappett, J., Davidson, C., Bird, R.E., Coombs, W.M., Augarde, C.E., Carter, G., Macdonald, C. & Johnson, K. (2024). Comparison of 1g and centrifuge modelling of drag embedment anchors with subsurface wireless tracking, International Journal of Physical Modelling in Geotechnics, Accepted.

Pretti, G., Bird, R.E., Gavin, N., Coombs, W.M. & Augarde, C.E. (2024). A Stable Poro-mechanical Formulation For Material Point Methods Leveraging Overlapping Meshes And Multi-field Ghost Penalisation. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Accepted. Preprint.

Bird, R.E., Pretti, G., Coombs, W.M., Augarde, C.E., Sharif, Y., Brown, M.J., Carter, G., Macdonald, C. & Johnson, K. (2024), An implicit material point-to-rigid body contact approach for large deformation soil-structure interaction, Computers and Geotechnics, 174, Article 106646.

Conference papers

Sharif, Y., Brown, M.J., Davidson, C., Bird, R.E., Coombs, W.M., Augarde, C.E., Carter, G., Macdonald, C. & Johnson, K. (2024), Comparison of the behaviour of a drag embedment anchor using 1-g and centrifuge scale model testing, in Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics, Delft, Netherlands.

Bird, R.E., Pretti, G., Coombs, W.M., Augarde, C.E, Sharif, Y., Brown, M.J.,Carter, G., Macdonald, C. & Johnson, K. (2024), Dynamic three-dimensional rigid body interaction with highly deformable solids, a material point approach, In W. Coombs (Ed.), Proceedings of the 2024 UK Association for Computational Mechanics Conference (153-156).

Sharif, Y., Brown, M.J., Coombs, W.M., Augarde, C.E., Bird, R.E., Carter, G., Macdonald, C. & Johnson, K. (2023), Characterization of anchor penetration behaviour for Cable burial risk assessment, in 9th Int. SUT OSIG Conference “Innovative Geotechnologies for Energy Transition”. London, UK.

Macdonald, C., Carter, G., Johnson, K., Augarde, C.E., Coombs, W.M., Bird, R.E., Brown, M.J. & Sharif, Y. (2023), Depth of Lowering and layered soils; a case study from across the North Sea, in 9th Int. SUT OSIG Conference “Innovative Geotechnologies for Energy Transition”. London, UK.

Bird, R.E., Coombs, W.M., Augarde, C.E., Brown, M.J., Sharif, Y., Carter, G., Johnson, K. & Macdonald, C. (2023), Cone Penetration Tests (CPTs) in layered soils: a Material Point approach, in Zdravkovic, L Kontoe, S Taborda DMG, & Tsiampousi A eds, 10th European Conference on Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering (NUMGE). London, International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering.

Bird, R.E., G. Pretti. Coombs, W.M., Augarde, C.E., Brown, M.J., Sharif, Y., Carter, G., Johnson, K. & Macdonald, C. (2023), Cone penetration tests (CPTs) in bi-phase soils: A material point approach with rigid body interaction, in UK Association for Computational Mechanics (UKACM) Conference. University of Warwick, UK.

Technical reports

Johnson, K.R.; Carter, G.D.O.; Macdonald, C. (2024), Layered soils in the shallow subsurface (<6.0 m), North Sea; a data report, Nottingham, UK, British Geological Survey, 40pp. (OR/24/031).

Media contributions

Burgess, M. A Ghost Ship's Doomed Journey Through the Gate of Tears, Wired, April 2023. Contributions by Brown, M.J. & Coombs, W.M.


Offshore Cable Burial: How deep is deep enough?

Offshore Cable Burial: How deep is deep enough?

This Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)-funded research project (grant reference EP/W000970/1) is a collaboration between Durham University, the University of Dundee and the British Geological Survey. The project is led by Professor Will Coombs at Durham University and will run between February 2022 and July 2025. The research supported by a team of industrial partners, including: Bruce Anchors, Cathie Associates, Global Offshore, Lloyds Register, Orsted and The Crown Estate.

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