Charles Augarde 

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last update of this page was 04/06/2013

Contact

School of Engineering and Computing Sciences
Durham University
South Road
Durham DH1 3LE, UK
T: 0191 334 2504:  
charles  dot  augarde  at   dur.ac.uk

Research Interests

• Computational solid mechanics
  • Development of meshless, finite element & scaled boundary methods
  • Computational fracture modelling
  • High performance computing applied to the above
• Iterative solvers for linear systems arising from finite element and meshless analysis
• Computational geomechanics, particularly the modelling of soft ground tunnelling & limit analysis
• Mechanics of earthen construction materials, particularly rammed earth
• Unsaturated soil mechanics

Positions Available

• PhD and MSc (by research) project ideas in the Mechanics Research group (which covers computational mechanics and geotechnics) at Durham.
• Funding for PhDs is always difficult to obtain but do not let that stop you from considering it. Application is free. Feel free to approach us with your ideas.

Publications

• A complete list of my publications can be found here. Please email me if you would like a copy of a paper.
• My entries at ResearcherID and Google Scholar Citations.
• Latest items:
  • Zhuang, X., Zhu, H., Augarde, C.E. An improved meshless Shepard and least square method possessing the delta property and requiring no singular weight function submitted to Computational Mechanics, March 2013
  • Ciancio, D., Augarde, C.E. 2013. Capacity of unreinforced rammed earth walls subject to lateral wind force: elastic analysis vs. ultimate strength analysis, accepted for  Materials & Structures DOI 10.1617/s11527-012-9998-8

Research projects recentish

• Limesnet. Low Impact Materials and Innovative Engineering Solutions Network, 2011-12. EPSRC funded. " Our Vision is to create a focused international multi-disciplinary community of leading academic researchers, industry members and other stakeholders, who share a common view for the development and adoption of innovative low impact materials and solutions to deliver a more sustainable built environment in the 21st Century. " Bath University led. I was on the Management Board.
• "Finite deformation geomechanics: developing a meshless scaled boundary method". 2007-10.
  EPSRC funded project on which I was PI and Roger Crouch was CI. 2007-2010. Research Associate was Dr Claire Heaney. Details.
• Earthen Construction and Rammed earth Details

Ph.D. Students (& topics)
(as main supervisor; as second supervisor) Some theses are available at the Durham University eTheses archive, links below 

• Past (as primary supervisor)
• Dimos Koungelis (2007): (thesis)... now working as an Engineer for Donaldsons Associates in Glasgow
  
• Paul Jaquin (2008): (thesis)... now an engineer with Integral Engineering in Bath
  
• Xiaoying Zhuang (2010): (thesis)... now Associate Professor in the Dept of Geotechnical Engineering, Tongji University in Shanghai
  
• Chris Beckett (2011): (thesis) ...now a postdoc at the University of Western Australia
  
• Zahur Ullah  (2013): (thesis)  ... soon to start a postdoc but where???
• Past (as secondary supervisor)
  
  • Claus Wisser (DPhil, Oxford, 2002) with Dr Harvey Burd: (thesis)... lost contact
    
  • Joao Mendes (2011): (thesis) ... now a postdoc at the University of Newcastle in Australia
    
  • Will Coombs (2011): (thesis) ... now a lecturer at Durham University
    
  • Gareth Bird (2013) (thesis)  ... now working in the Netherlands
• Current 
  • Jack Barnard (Oct 2009): the numerical bit of the ROBUST project with Karen Johnson  (computational)
  • Joe Smith: (Oct 2011): Earthen construction materials with Karen Johnson (experimental;/analytical)
  • Rachel Ashworth (Jul 2009 FE modelling of spinning with Will Coombs (computational)
  • Ibrahim Alatawi (Feb 2012) Boundary element methods with Jon Trevelyan(computational)
  • Andrew Corbin (Oct 2012) Earthen construction with David Toll (experimental/analytical)

Journals 

• Acta Geotechnica
• Applied Numerical Mathematics*
• ASCE International Journal of Geomechanics*
• ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering*
• ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering*
• Canadian Geotechnical Journal*
• Computers and Geotechnics* Member of the Editorial Board
• Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering*
• Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering*
• Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences*
• Computers and Structures*
• Computational Mechanics*
• Construction and Building Materials*
• Engineering Computations
• Engineering Fracture Mechanics*
• Engineering Geology*
• Engineering with Computers*
• Environmental Earth Sciences*
• Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures*
• Frontiers of Architecture and Civil Engineering in China*
• Finite Elements in Analysis and Design*
• Geology*
• Geomechanics and Geoengineering*
• Geotechnical and Geological Engineering*
• Geotechnique* Member of the editorial board 2004-2007
• ICE Proceedings: Geotechnical Engineering*, Computational Mechanics * & Structures and Buildings*, Urban Design*
• International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow*
• International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics*
• International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering*
• International Journal of Architectural Heritage*
• International Journal of Computer Mathematics*
• Journal of Complexity*
• Soils and Foundations
• Structural Engineering and Mechanics*
• Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology*

Conferences

• UNSAT2014: Unsaturated Soils: Research & Applications Sydney Australia 2-4 July 2014
• NUMGE 8th European Conference on Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering, Delft, 18-20 June 2014.

Teaching 

• L2 Materials
• L3 Structural Analysis
• L4 Structural Design
• L4 Advanced Modelling for Civil Engineers
• Final year projects supervised at Durham.

some Durham colleagues

• Ido Akkerman
• Will Coombs
• Andrew Deeks
• Stefano Giani
• Karen Johnson
• Tomasz Koziara
• Ashraf Osman
• Mohammed Seaid
• David Toll 
• Jon Trevelyan

People I work with (past & present & future?)

• Chris Beckett
• Harvey Burd 
• Stephane Bordas
• Daniela Ciancio
• Roger Crouch
• Domenico Gallipoli
• Chris Gerrard
• Matthew Hall
• Claire Heaney
• Guy Houlsby
• Paul Jaquin
• Carol Matthews
• Richard Merifield
• Alison Ramage
• Daichao Sheng
• Scott Sloan
• Jochen Staudacher
• Youliang Zhang
• Xiaoying Zhuang

Information 

• Durham School of Engineering and Computing Sciences 
• ISI Web of Knowledge Service
• iMechanica
• Computational Mechanics Discussion Group (Google)

Organisations

• The Institution of Civil Engineers
• The British Geotechnical Association
• The Northern Geotechnical Group (NGG)
• Earth Building UK

Miscellaneous

• Hatfield College (where I was a College Tutor up to October 2011). A list of tutees.

Other Links

• St Margaret's Allotment Association, Durham. Plot 54
• Manchester City FC.  Mancini was unfairly treated, discuss.
• augardebooks