Oxford University Theses in Civil Engineering

Mainly Soils	Mainly Structures
Reinforced Soil In-situ Testing Sedimentation and Consolidation of Soft Clays Unsaturated and Gassy Soils Flow of Granular Materials Environmental Applications	Concrete Structural Dynamics Structural glass Deployable Structures
Soils and Structures	Fluids
Offshore Foundations and Structures Tunnelling and Trenchless Technology Finite Element Analysis	Computational Hydraulics Wind Engineering

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• Alphabetical list
• List in reference format
• Theses from other Universities
• How to obtain copies of theses

Note 1: some theses may be listed under more than one heading
Note 2: the degree that in other Universities is usually called "Ph.D." is in Oxford called "D.Phil."

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REINFORCED SOIL

Unpaved Roads

• Love, J.P. (1985) D.Phil. "Model Testing of Geogrids in Unpaved Roads"
  abstract | thesis (5.37MB, pdf)
• Burd, H.J. (1986) D.Phil. "A Large Displacement Finite Element Analysis of a Reinforced Unpaved Road"
  abstract | thesis (5.45MB, pdf)
• Fannin, R.J. (1986) D.Phil. "Geogrid Reinforcement of Granular Layers on Soft Clay - a Study at Model and Full Scale"
  abstract | thesis (4.84MB, pdf)
• Brocklehurst, C.J. (1993) D.Phil. "Finite Element Studies of Reinforced and Unreinforced Two-Layer Soil Systems"
  abstract | thesis (8.44MB, pdf)

Other reinforced soil applications

• Dyer, M.R. (1985) D.Phil. "Observation of the Stress Distribution in Crushed Glass with Applications to Soil Reinforcement"
  abstract | thesis (5.47MB, pdf)
• Palmeira, E.M. (1987) D.Phil. "The Study of Soil Reinforcement Interaction by Means of Large Scale Laboratory Tests"
  abstract | thesis (13.1MB, pdf)
• Pedley, M.J. (1990) D.Phil. "The Performance of Soil Reinforcement in Bending and Shear"
  abstract | thesis (18.2MB, pdf)
• Tei, K. (1993) D.Phil. "A Study of Soil Nailing in Sand"
  abstract | thesis (7.08MB, pdf)
• Morris, J.D. (1999) D.Phil. "Physical and Numerical Modelling of Grouted Nails in Clay"
  abstract | thesis (7.18MB, pdf)

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OFFSHORE FOUNDATIONS AND STRUCTURES

Piling

• Gue, S.S. (1984) D.Phil. "Ground Heave Around Driven Piles in Clay"
  abstract | thesis (4.64MB, pdf)
• Evans, K.M. (1987) D.Phil. "A Model Study of the End Bearing Capacity of Piles in Layered Calcareous Soils"
  abstract | thesis (5.86MB, pdf)
• Coop, M.R. (1987) D.Phil. "Axial Capacity of Driven Piles in Clay"
  abstract | thesis (7.49MB, pdf)
• Chaudhry, A.R. (1994) D.Phil. "Static Pile-Soil-Pile Interaction in Offshore Pile Groups"
  abstract | thesis (7.89MB, pdf)

Shallow foundations, jack-up units

• de Santa Maria, P.E.L. (1988) D.Phil. "Behaviour of Footings for Offshore Structures under Combined Loads"
  abstract | thesis (5.89MB, pdf)
• Bell, R.W. (1991) M.Sc. "The Analysis of Offshore Foundations Subjected to Combined Loading"
  abstract | thesis (5.73MB, pdf)
• Martin, C.M.(1994) D.Phil. "Physical and Numerical Modelling of Offshore Foundations Under Combined Loads"
  abstract | entire thesis(30.1MB, pdf) | chapters 1-4 (11.4MB, pdf) | chapters 5-8 (9.65MB, pdf) | tables and figures (9.10MB, pdf)
• Thompson, R.S.G. (1996) D.Phil. "Development of Non-Linear Numerical Models Appropriate for the Analysis of Jack-up Units"
  abstract | thesis(14.4MB, pdf)
• Ngo Tran, C.L. (1996) D.Phil. "The Analysis of Offshore Foundations Subjected to Combined Loading"
  abstract | thesis (7.68MB, pdf)
• Mangal, J.K. (1999) D.Phil. "Partially Drained Loading of Shallow Foundations on Sand"
  abstract | thesis (16.2MB, pdf)
• Cassidy, M.J. (1999) D.Phil. "Non-Linear Analysis of Jack-up Structures Subjected to Random Waves"
  abstract | contents pages (36kB, pdf) | entire thesis (3.1MB, pdf)
• Byrne, B.W. (2000) D.Phil. "Investigations of Suction Caissons in Dense Sand"
  abstract | contents pages (18kB, pdf) | entire thesis (8.9MB, pdf)
• Nguyen-Sy, L. (2005) D.Phil. "The Theoretical Modelling of Circular Shallow Foundation for Offshore Wind Turbines"
  abstract | thesis (5.06Mb, pdf)
• Villalobos Jara, F.A. (2006) D.Phil. "Model Testing of Foundations for Offshore Wind Turbines"
  abstract | thesis (22.87Mb, pdf)
• Hazell, E. (2008) D.Phil. "Numerical and Experimental Studies of Shallow Cone Penetration in Clay"
  abstract | thesis (7.16Mb, pdf)

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IN-SITU TESTING

• Coop, M.R. (1987) D.Phil. "Axial Capacity of Driven Piles in Clay"
  abstract | thesis (7.49MB, pdf)
• May, R.E. (1987) D.Phil. "A Study of the Piezocone Penetrometer in Normally Consolidated Clay"
  abstract | thesis (5.75MB, pdf)
• Teh, C.I. (1987) D.Phil. "An Analytical Study of the Cone Penetration Test"
  abstract | thesis (6.47MB, pdf)
• Nyirenda, Z.M. (1990) D.Phil. "Piezocone Studies in Lightly Overconsolidated Soil"
  abstract | thesis (8.97MB, pdf)
• Schnaid, F. (1990) D.Phil. "A Study of the Cone- pressuremeter Test in Sand"
  abstract | thesis (5.55MB, pdf)
• Yu, H.S. (1990) D.Phil. "Cavity Expansion Theory and its Application to the Analysis of Pressuremeters"
  abstract | thesis (5.41MB, pdf)
• Nutt, N.R.F. (1993) D.Phil. "Development of the Cone Pressuremeter"
  abstract | thesis (7.84MB, pdf)
• Smith, M.G. (1993) D.Phil. "A Laboratory Study of the Marchetti Dilatometer"
  abstract | thesis (7.97MB, pdf)
• Yao, M. (1996) M.Sc. "A Study of the Effect of Length to Diameter Ratio on the Results of Pressuremeter Tests"
  abstract | thesis (4.46MB, pdf)

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UNSATURATED AND GASSY SOILS

• Nageswaran, S. (1983) D.Phil. "Effects of Gas Bubbles on the Sea-Bed Behaviour"
  abstract | thesis (6.69MB, pdf)
• Wheeler, S.J. (1986) D.Phil. "Stress-Strain Behaviour of Soils Containing Gas Bubbles"
  abstract | thesis (9.83MB, pdf)
• Gardner, T.N. (1988) D.Phil. "The Acoustic Properties of Gassy Soil"
  abstract | thesis (8.07MB, pdf)
• Thomas, S.D. (1988) D.Phil. "The Consolidation Behaviour of Gassy Soil"
  abstract | thesis (11.0MB, pdf)
• Sharma, R.S. (1998) D.Phil. "Mechanical Behaviour of Unsaturated Highly Expansive Clays"
  abstract | thesis (15.8MB pdf)

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SEDIMENTATION AND CONSOLIDATION OF SOFT CLAYS

• Lee, K. (1979) D.Phil. "An Analytical and Experimental Study of Large Strain Consolidation"
  abstract | thesis (7.89MB, pdf)
• Been, K. (1980) D.Phil. "Stress-Strain Behaviour of a Cohesive Soil Deposited Under Water"
  abstract | thesis (5.37MB, pdf)
• Elder, D. McG. (1985) D.Phil. "Stress-Strain and Strength Behaviour of Very Soft Soil Sediment"
  abstract | thesis (7.97MB, pdf)
• Bowden, R.K. (1988) D.Phil. "Compression Behaviour and Shear Strength Characteristics of a Natural Silty Clay Sedimented in the Laboratory"
  abstract | thesis (8.13MB, pdf)
• Lee, M. (2000) M.Sc. "An Experimental and Analytical Study of Electrokinetic Consolidation"
  abstract
• Bartholomeeusen, G. (2003) D.Phil. "Compound Shock Waves and Creep Behaviour in Sediment Beds"
  abstract | thesis (2.33MB, pdf)
• Lintern, D.G. (2003) D.Phil. "Influences of Flocculation on Bed Properties for Fine-Grained Cohesive Sediment"
  abstract | thesis (14.9MB, pdf)

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TUNNELLING AND TRENCHLESS TECHNOLOGY

Pipejacking and pipebursting

• Ripley, K.J. (1989) D.Phil. "The Performance of Jacked Pipes"
  abstract | thesis (11.3MB, pdf)
• Swee, J.L.K. (1991) D.Phil. "Pipebursting: Model Tests"
  abstract 
• Norris, P. (1992) D.Phil. "The Behaviour of Jacked Concrete Pipes During Site Installation"
  abstract | thesis (17MB, pdf)
• Zhou, J.-Q. (1998) D.Phil. "Numerical Analysis and Laboratory Test of Concrete Jacking Pipes"
  abstract | thesis (48.9MB pdf)
• Marshall, M.A. (1998) D. Phil. "Pipe-Jacked Tunnelling: Jacking Loads and Ground Movements"
  abstract | thesis (7.37MB pdf)
• Psomas, S (2001) M.Sc. "Properties of Foam/Sand Mixtures for Tunnelling Applications"
  abstract | thesis (1.64MB pdf)
• Pena Duarte , M (2007) D.Phil. "Foam as a Soil Conditioner in Tunnelling: Physical and Mechanical Properties of Conditioned Sands"
  abstract | thesis(1.64MB pdf)

Tunnelling (general)

• Chow, L. (1994) M.Sc. "The Prediction of Surface Settlements Due to Tunnelling in Soft Ground"
  abstact | thesis (5.84MB, pdf)
• Kim, S.-H. (1996) D.Phil. "Model Testing and Analysis of Interactions between Tunnels in Clay"
  abstact | thesis (15.6MB, pdf)
• Liu Gang (1997) D.Phil. "Numerical Modelling of Damage to Masonry Buildings Due to Tunnelling"
  abstact | thesis (5.51MB, pdf)
• Augarde, C.E. (1997) D.Phil. "Numerical Modelling of Tunnelling Processes for Assessment of Damage to Buildings"
  abstact | thesis (7.70MB, pdf)
• Bloodworth, A.G. (2002) D.Phil. "Three-Dimensional Analysis of Tunnelling Effects on Structures to Develop Design Methods"
  abstract | thesis(3.85MB, pdf)
• Pickhaver, J.A. (2006) D.Phil. "Numerical Modelling of Building Response to Tunnelling"
  abstract | thesis (41MB, pdf)

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FLOW OF GRANULAR MATERIALS

• Saperstein, L.W. (1967) D.Phil. "The Dynamics of Granular Solids"
  abstract | thesis (5.01MB, pdf)
• Wilson, J. (1970) D.Phil. "Forces Exerted on Solid Bodies Moving Through Cohesionless Soils"
  abstract 

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ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS

• Harbottle, M.J. (2003) D.Phil. "The Use of Electrokinetics to Enhance the Degradation of Organic Contaminants in Soils"
  abstract | thesis (2.78MB, pdf)

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CONCRETE

• O'Mahoney, M.M. (1990) D.Phil. "Recycling of Materials in Civil Engineering"
  abstract | thesis (7.30MB, pdf)
• Nguyen, G.D. (2005) D.Phil. "A Thermodynamic Approach to Constitutive Modelling of Concrete using Damage Mechanics and Plasticity Theory"
  abstract | thesis (3.20MB, pdf)

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STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS

• Thompson, R.S.G. (1996) D.Phil. "Development of Non-Linear Numerical Models Appropriate for the Analysis of Jack-up Units"
  abstract | thesis (14.4MB, pdf)
• Cassidy, M.J. (1999) D.Phil. "Non-Linear Analysis of Jack-up Structures Subjected to Random Waves"
  abstract | contents pages (36kB, pdf) | entire thesis (3.1MB, pdf)
• Falati, S. (1999) D.Phil. "The contribution of non-structural components to the overall dynamic behaviour of concrete floor slabs"
  abstract | thesis (16MB, pdf)
• Williams, D.M. (2000) D.Phil. "Numerical Modelling of Real Time Sub-Structure testing "
  abstract | thesis (2.2MB, pdf)
• Neild, S.A. (2001) D.Phil. "Using Non-Linear Vibration Techniques to Detect Damage in Concrete Bridges"
  abstract | thesis (5.3MB, pdf)
• Clément, D.E. (2002) D.Phil. "Seismic Analysis of Knee Elements for Steel Frames"
  abstract | thesis (13.9MB, pdf)
• Grey, M. (2006) M.Sc "Finite Element Seismic Analysis of Guyed Masts "
  abstract | thesis (4.82Mb, pdf)
• Bonnet, P.A. (2006) D.Phil "The Development of Multi-Axis Real-Time Substructure Testing"
  abstract | thesis (4.98Mb, pdf)
• Sim, J.H.H. (2006) D.Phil. "Human-Structure Interaction in Cantilever Grandstands"
  abstract | thesis part 1 (1.49Mb) | thesis part 2 (11.4Mb)
• Ehland, A. (2009) D.Phil. "Vibrations of precast and partially prestressed floor systems under moving loads"
• abstract | thesis (15.59Mb, pdf)

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STRUCTURAL GLASS

• Crompton, P.R. (1999) M.Sc. "Assessment of Design Procedures for Structural Glass Beams"
  abstract | thesis (2.77MB, pdf)
• Porter, M.I. (2001) D.Phil. "Aspects of Structural Design with Glass"
  abstract | thesis (4.5MB, pdf)

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DEPLOYABLE STRUCTURES

• Lengyel, A. (2002) D.Phil. "Analogy between Equilibrium of Structures and Compatibility of Mechanisms"
  abstract | thesis (1.17MB, pdf)
• Chen, Y. (2003) D.Phil. "Design of Structural Mechanisms"
  abstract | thesis (3.55MB, pdf)
• Kuribayashi, K. (2004) D.Phil. "A Novel Foldable Stent Graft"
  abstract | thesis (76.14MB, pdf)
• Melin, N. (2004) D.Phil. "Application of Bennett Mechanisms to Long-Span Shelters"
  abstract | thesis (2.53MB, pdf)

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FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS

A number of other theses make use of Finite Element Analysis, but the following concentrate principally on this area of work.

• Burd, H.J. (1986) D.Phil. "A Large Displacement Finite Element Analysis of a Reinforced Unpaved Road"
  abstract | thesis (5.45MB, pdf)
• Teh, C.I. (1987) D.Phil. "An Analytical Study of the Cone Penetration Test"
  abstract | thesis (6.47MB, pdf)
• Yu, H.S. (1990) D.Phil. "Cavity Expansion Theory and its Application to the Analysis of Pressuremeters"
  abstract | thesis (5.41MB, pdf)
• Bell, R.W. (1991) M.Sc. "The Analysis of Offshore Foundations Subjected to Combined Loading"
  abstract | thesis (5.73MB, pdf)
• Brocklehurst, C.J. (1993) D.Phil. "Finite Element Studies of Reinforced and Unreinforced Two-Layer Soil Systems"
  abstract | thesis (8.44MB, pdf)
• Chaudhry, A.R. (1994) D.Phil. "Static Pile-Soil-Pile Interaction in Offshore Pile Groups"
  abstract | thesis (7.89MB, pdf)
• Chow, L. (1994) M.Sc. "The Prediction of Surface Settlements Due to Tunnelling in Soft Ground"
  abstract | thesis (5.84MB, pdf)
• Ngo Tran, C.L. (1996) D.Phil. "The Analysis of Offshore Foundations Subjected to Combined Loading"
  abstract | thesis (7.68MB, pdf)
• Yao, M. (1996) M.Sc. "A Study of the Effect of Length to Diameter Ratio on the Results of Pressuremeter Tests"
  abstract | thesis (4.46MB, pdf)
• Liu Gang (1997) D.Phil. "Numerical Modelling of Damage to Masonry Buildings Due to Tunnelling"
  abstract | thesis (5.51MB, pdf)
• Augarde, C.E. (1997) D.Phil. "Numerical Modelling of Tunnelling Processes for Assessment of Damage to Buildings"
  abstract | thesis (7.70MB, pdf)
• Zhou, J.-Q. (1998) D.Phil. "Numerical Analysis and Laboratory Test of Concrete Jacking Pipes"
  abstract | thesis (48.9MB pdf)
• Bloodworth, A.G. (2002) D.Phil. "Three Dimensional Analysis of Tunnelling Effects on Structures to Develop Design Methods"
  abstract |thesis (3.85MB, pdf)
• Likitlersuang, S. (2003) D.Phil. "A Hyperplasticity Model For Clay Behaviour: An Application To Bangkok Clay"
  Abstract | thesis (6.79MB, pdf)

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COMPUTATIONAL HYDRAULICS

• Kaar, E.T. (1991) D.Phil. "Curvilinear Systems Modelling of Pollutant Transport in Shallow Waters"
  abstract
• Akponasa, G.A. (1992) D.Phil. "Solution of the Contravariant Shallow Water Equations Using Boundary-Fitted Coordinate Systems"
  abstract
• Greaves, D.M. (1995) D.Phil. "Numerical modelling of laminar separated flows and inviscid steep waves using adaptive hierarchical meshes"
  abstract
• Saalehi, A. (1996) D.Phil. "Quadtree-based finite element modelling of laminar separated flow past a cylinder"
  abstract
• Cruz Leon, S. (1997) D.Phil. "Numerical Solution of the Shallow Water Equations on Quadtree Grids"
  abstract
• Chern, M.-J. (1999) D.Phil. "3-D pseudospectral model of free surface and viscous flows"
• Park, K.-Y. (1999) D.Phil. "Quadtree grid numerical model of nearshore wave-current interaction"
• Ohl, C. (1999) D.Phil. "Free surface disturbances and non-linear run-up around offshore structures"
• Turnbull, M. (1999) D.Phil. "The numerical modelling of steep waves interacting with structures"

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WIND ENGINEERING

• Gumley, S.J. (1981) D.Phil. "Tubing Systems for the Measurement of Fluctuating Pressures"
  abstract
• Green, D.W. R. (1983) D.Phil. "A Wind Tunnel Study of Flow Over Hills"
  abstract
• Rutledge, K.W. (1984) D.Phil. "Wind Tunnel Modelling of Buoyant Plumes"
  abstract
• Letchford, C.W. (1987) D.Phil. "Pneumatic Averaging and its Application in Wind Engineering"
  abstract
• Tasker, M.N. (1987) D.Phil. "The Effect of Heat Transfer on the Dispersion of Cold Dense Gases"
  abstract
• Parkinson, H.G. (1987) D.Phil. "Measurements of Wind Flow Over Models of a Hill"
  abstract
• Minson, A.J. (1993) D.Phil. "Use of Laser Doppler Anemometer Measurements near Model Buildings to Determine Wind Loading on Building Attachments"
  abstract
• Marwood, R. (1996) D.Phil. "An Investigation of Conical Roof-Edge Vortices"
  abstract
• Marshall, B. J. (1999) D.Phil. "Wind Flow Structures and Wind Forces in Forests"
  abstract | thesis (4.02MB, pdf)
• Nelmes, S.J. (1999) D.Phil. "Design of Shetlerbelts"
  abstract

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Theses from other Universities

The following theses from other Universities are also available:

• Houlsby, G.T. (1981) Ph.D., Cambridge University "A study of plasticity theories and their applicability to soil"
  abstract
• Williams, M.S. (1988) Ph.D., Bristol University "The cutting of unbonded prestressing tendons during demolition"

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Obtaining copies of theses

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