PhD Research Studentship in Geotechnical Engineering
Geotechnical Engineering Research Centre
School of Engineering & Mathematical Sciences
City University London
HIGH CAPACITY FOUNDATIONS USING MINIPILE GROUPS
Applications are invited for a research studentship leading to a PhD in Geotechnical
Engineering at City University. The project concerns a detailed investigation into
the effectiveness of groups of bored minipiles as a practical means of creating an
equivalent high capacity foundation. The research will investigate variables
including pile diameter, pile length and pile spacing with a view to determining the
optimum geometry for this novel foundation system.
The research will involve a series of physical model tests supported by numerical
analyses and related to the testing and monitoring of groups of minipiles
incorporated into a foundation on a site in London. The researcher will be based at
City University, where the experimental and numerical studies will be conducted,
and will be required to contribute to the observations of foundation performance on
site.
Applicants should hold a 1st or Upper 2nd Class Honours degree (or equivalent) in
Civil Engineering. Additional experience in geotechnical engineering would be an
advantage but is not essential.
The successful applicant will join the established Geotechnical Engineering
Research Centre at City University. The project is supported by industrial sponsors
including Geotechnical Consulting Group, Stent Foundations, Expanded Piling,
Systeme Geotechnique and Keller Group.
The annual bursary for this studentship is £12,600 per annum.
Enquiries and applications, including a full CV and the names and addresses of two
referees, should be directed to:
SE Stallebrass
Director, Geotechnical Engineering Research Centre
School of Engineering & Mathematical Sciences
City University
Northampton Square
London EC1V 0HB
Tel: 020 7040 8147
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Closing date: 7 September 2007
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