Dr Jonathan Knappett

Jonathan Knappett joined the University of Dundee as a Lecturer in 2006. He originally graduated from Magdalene College, Cambridge with the MEng degree in Engineering in June 2003, which included research into the dynamic behaviour of shallow foundations during earthquakes. He subsequently undertook a PhD at the University of Cambridge on the behaviour of pile groups in liquefiable soils during 2003-06, for which he was awarded the Turner Prize for centrifuge modelling. His current research interests lie in the fields of seismic foundation performance and design, the geotechnical effects of tsunami and slope reinforcement.

Professional Biography

• PhD, University of Cambridge, 2006
• MEng Engineering, University of Cambridge, 2003

• Performance-based design of piled foundations in liquefiable soils
• Seismic bearing capacity of shallow foundations
• Numerical modeling of tsunami effects
• Modelling construction materials for centrifuge testing
• Slope reinforcement by piling

• Knappett, J.A. (2006) Piled foundations in liquefiable soils: accounting for axial loads. PhD Thesis, University of Cambridge, UK.
• Knappett, J.A., Haigh, S.K. & Madabhushi, S.P.G. (2006) Mechanisms of failure for shallow foundations under earthquake loading. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering 26, 91-102.
• Knappett, J.A. & Madabhushi, S.P.G. (2005) Modelling of liquefaction-induced instability in pile groups. Proceedings of the Workshop on Seismic Performance and Simulation of Pile Foundations in Liquefied and Laterally Spreading Ground, Davis, USA, March 2005. Geotechnical Special Publication No.145, ASCE, 255-267.

Dr Jonathan Knappett

Division of Civil Engineering

University of Dundee

Nethergate

Dundee

DD1 4HN