Profile
Dr Will Coombs, MEng PhD
Lecturer in the School of Engineering and Computing Sciences
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 33 42516
Room number: E250 (Higginson)
(email at w.m.coombs@durham.ac.uk)
Biography
Will Coombs is a Lecturer in the Mechanics Group in the School of Engineering and Computing Sciences. He graduated in Civil Engineering from Durham University in 2008. During vacation periods throughout this degree, he worked for Capita Symonds (previously Symonds Group), a multidisciplinary engineering consultancy company. Following his undergraduate studies, Will began a PhD at Durham University within the School of Engineering and Computing Sciences. He successfully completed in 2011. The research conducted during this time concentrated on the theoretical development and numerical implementation of finite deformation constitutive models for pressure-sensitive particulate geomaterials.
Research Groups
- Mechanics Research Group
Selected Publications
Conference papers
- Coombs, W.M., Crouch, R.S. & Heaney, C.E. (2012), Plane-strain Mohr-Coulomb inelasticity, in Yang, Z.J. eds, 20th UK National Conference of the Association for Computational Mechanics in Engineering (ACME). Manchester, UK, 259-262.
- Coombs, W.M., Crouch, R.S. & Augarde, C.E. (2011), On the f fields of inadmissible stress space, in Oñate, E, Owen, DRJ, Peric, D & Suárez, B eds, Computational Plasticity XI: Fundamentals and Applications (COMPLAS XI). Barcelona, Spain, International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE).
- Coombs, W.M. & Crouch, R.S. (2011), Reuleaux plasticity: improving Mohr-Coulomb and Drucker-Prager, in Barends, F.B.J. Breedeveld, J., Brinkgreve, R.B.J., Korff, M. & van Paassen, L.A. eds, Geotechnical Engineering: New Horizons. Proceedings of the 21st European Young Geotechnical Engineers' Conference. Rotterdam, the Netherlands, IOS Press, 241-247.
- Coombs, W.M., Crouch, R.S. & Augarde, C.E. (2011), Unique Critical State Hyperplasticity, in Laghrouche, O., EL Kacimi, A. Woodward, P. & Medero, G. eds, 19th UK National Conference of the Association for Computational Mechanics in Engineering (ACME). Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, 49-52.
- Coombs, W.M., Crouch, R.S. & Augarde, C.E. (2010), 70-line 3D finite deformation elastoplastic finite-element code, in Benz, T. & Nordal, S. eds, 7th European Conference on Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering (NUMGE). Trondheim, Norway, Taylor & Francis Group, London, 151-156.
- Coombs, W.M., Crouch, R.S. & Augarde, C.E. (2010), On the use of Reuleaux plasticity for geometric non-linear analysis, in Zervos, A. eds, 18th UK Conference on Computational Mechanics (ACME). Southampton, England, 113-116.
- Coombs, W.M., Crouch, R.S. & Augarde, C.E. (2009), Influence of Lode Angle Dependency on the Critical State for Rotational Plasticity, in Oñate, E., Owen, D.R.J. & Suárez, B. eds, Computational Plasticity X: Fundamentals and Applications (COMPLAS X). Barcelona, Spain.
- Coombs, W.M., Crouch, R.S. & Augarde, C.E. (2009), On the necessity for rotational yielding in anisotropic plasticity, in Sansour, C. eds, 17th UK Conference on Computational Mechanics (ACME). Nottingham, England, 345-348.
Journal papers: academic
- Coombs, W.M., Crouch, R.S. & Augarde, C.E. (2013). A unique Critical State two-surface hyperplasticity model for fine-grained particulate media. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 61(1): 175-189.
- Coombs, W.M. & Crouch, R.S. (2011). Algorithmic issues for three-invariant hyperplastic Critical State models. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 200(25-28): 2297-2318.
- Coombs, W.M. & Crouch, R.S. (2011). Non-associated Reuleaux plasticity: analytical stress integration and consistent tangent for finite deformation mechanics. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 200(9-12): 1021-1037.
- Coombs, W.M., Crouch, R.S. & Augarde, C.E. (2010). Reuleaux plasticity: analytical backward Euler stress integration and consistent tangent. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 199(25-28): 1733-1743.
Theses: PhD
- Coombs, W.M. (2011). Finite deformation of particulate geomaterials: frictional and anisotropic Critical State elasto-plasticity. School of Engineering and Computing Sciences. Durham University. PhD.