Civil Engineering

Special Features

A special feature of the CERC is the extensive and diverse range of research topics being researched by students and staff in the Centre.

Listed below is a selection of sample research titles:

• Fundamental research into the hydrodynamics of marine renewable energy, to support development of both wave and tidal stream power stations
• Marine field work and prototype monitoring
• Collaborative research between coastal engineering and marine biology to gain a better understanding of the environmental consequences of man-made structures
• New research initiatives responding to new legislative drivers and in alternative sources of energy such as fracking shale rock
• Environment and human health research, to increase understanding of the relationship between soil and water borne pollutants and human disease burden
• Groundwater security and sustainability research affecting water resources management
• Long-term impact of climate change on strategic geotechnical infrastructure via continued geotechnical monitoring, analysis and development of geophysical modelling tools
• Novel foundation solutions for offshore wind turbines, with the aim of reducing the economic and environmental cost of harnessing offshore renewable energy
• Development of intelligent infrastructure networks
• Fundamental behaviour of structures such as shear behaviour and fracture mechanics, under extreme loading such as blast, impact, earthquake
• High-performance and sustainable structures using fibre-reinforced polymer composites and concrete, lightweight low carbon concrete and renewable structural materials
• Structural health monitoring and damage detection
• Life-cycle management of structures including optimal repair and retrofitting strategies

Last updated 03.11.15