Dr Andrew Brennan

Andrew Brennan joined the Division in May 2005. He is an EPSRC Academic Fellow, and manager of the geotechnical centrifuge facility. His research interests are in aspects of soil dynamics associated with earthquake and offshore engineering situations. Originally an Oxford graduate, Andrew was previously a research fellow in Cambridge University (where he also obtained his PhD) working on earthquake geotechnics and dynamic centrifuge modelling. He has also recently returned from a visit to the University of Western Australia developing models for pipeline-soil interaction.

• Earthquake-induced soil liquefaction
• Ground improvement in earthquake geotechnics
• Fault-soil-structure interaction
• Soil-pipeline interaction
• Geotechnical centrifuge modelling

• Brennan, A.J., Moran, D. & Ritchie, N. (2008) Observations on sand boils in simple model tests. Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics IV, Sacramento, USA, May 2008.
• Brennan, A.J., Roby, M., Bransby, M.F. & Nagaoka, S. (2007) Fault rupture modification by blocky inclusions. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Thessaloniki, Greece, June 2007. Paper no. 1480.
• Brennan, A.J. & Madabhushi, S.P.G. (2006) Liquefaction remediation by vertical drains with varying penetration depths. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering 26, 469-475.
• Brennan, A.J., Thusyanthan, N.I. & Madabhushi, S.P.G. (2005) Evaluation of shear modulus and damping in dynamic centrifuge tests. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering 131, 1488-1497.
• Brennan, A.J. & Madabhushi, S.P.G. (2005) Liquefaction and drainage in stratified soil. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering 131, 876-885.

Dr Andrew Brennan

Division of Civil Engineering

University of Dundee

Nethergate

Dundee

DD1 4HN