Prof Simon Wheeler

Prof Simon J Wheeler
  • Professor - Cormack Chair (Infrastructure and Environment)

telephone: 01413305202
email: Simon.Wheeler@glasgow.ac.uk


Research interests

Prof. Wheeler's research interests are in laboratory testing of soils, development of constitutive models for soils, numerical modelling of coupled hydro-mechanical problems and application to practical problems in geotechnical engineering. Within these general fields, the two main areas of current research are unsaturated soils and soft clays. Ph.D. Topics

  • Behaviour of cemented unsaturated soils (laboratory testing and constitutive modelling)
  • Coupling of hydraulic hysteresis and mechanical behaviour in unsaturated soils (constitutive and numerical modelling)
  • Anisotropy, destructuration and creep in natural soft clays (laboratory testing , constitutive and numerical modelling)

Teaching

Undergraduate teaching in Mathematics C1, Civil Engineering Materials 1 (Lecturer-in-Charge), Individual Dissertation 1 (Lecturer-in-Charge), Soil Mechanics 2 ( Lecturer-in-Charge) and Ground Engineering 4 (Lecturer-in-Charge). Postgraduate teaching in Critical State Soil Mechanics (Lecturer-in-Charge) and Problems Soils, within the MSc in Geotechnical Engineering. Personal / Hobbies etc.

Family activities with our three young children, Ciara, Orla and Conor, take up most free time for my wife Noelle (a consultant oncologist) and me. This has meant that in recent years my long-standing passion for mountaineering (rock climbing, ice climbing, Alpine climbing and expeditions to greater ranges, such as the Himalaya) has had to take a back seat.

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Number of items: 32.

2012

Le, T.M.H., Gallipoli, D. , Sanchez, M., and Wheeler, S.J. (2012) Stochastic analysis of unsaturated seepage through randomly heterogeneous earth embankments. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 36 (8). pp. 1056-1076. ISSN 0363-9061 (doi:10.1002/nag.1047)

2011

D'Onza, F. et al. (2011) Benchmark of constitutive models for unsaturated soils. Geotechnique, 61 (4). pp. 283-302. ISSN 0016-8505 (doi:10.1680/geot.2011.61.4.283)

Tarantino, A. et al. (2011) Benchmark of experimental techniques for measuring and controlling suction. Geotechnique, 61 (4). pp. 303-312. ISSN 0016-8505 (doi:10.1680/geot.2011.61.4.303)

2010

D'Onza, F., Gallipoli, D. , and Wheeler, S. (2010) Effect of anisotropy on the prediction of unsaturated soil response under triaxial and oedometric conditions. In: 5th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils, 6-8 September 2010, Barcelona, Spain.

Gallipoli, D., D'Onza, F. , and Wheeler, S. (2010) A sequential method for selecting parameter values in the Barcelona basic model. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 47 (11). pp. 1175-1186. ISSN 0008-3674 (doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/T10-017)

Hezmi, M.A., Wheeler, S. , and Gallipoli, D. (2010) On The Preparation of Soil Samples with Variable Degrees of Bonding. In: 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on Unsaturated Soils, 23-25 November 2009, Newcastle, Australia.

Le, T.M.H., Gallipoli, D. , Wheeler, S. , and Sanchez, M. (2010) Influences of spatially varying porosity on unsaturated flow through earth structures. In: 5th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils, 6-8 September 2010, Barcelona, Spain.

Raveendiraraj, A., and Wheeler, S. (2010) A bounding surface plasticity model for coupled mechanical and water retention behaviour in unsaturated soils. In: International Workshop on Unsaturated Soils, Trent. (In Press)

Toll, D.G., Gallipoli, D. , Augarde, C.E., De Gennaro, V., Mancuso, C., Tarantino, A., Vaunat, J., and Wheeler, S. (2010) The MUSE network: research outcomes. In: Buzzi, O. (ed.) Unsaturated soils. Vol. 2: Theoretical and Numerical Advances in Unsaturated Soil Mechanics. CRC Press, Boca Raton, USA, pp. 935-943. ISBN 9780415877169

2009

Toll, D.G., Augarde, C., Gallipoli, D. and Wheeler, S.J., eds. (2009) Unsaturated Soils: Advances in Geo-Engineering: Proceedings of the 1st European Conference on Unsaturated Soils, 2-4 July 2008, Durham, UK. Taylor and Francis, London, UK. ISBN 9780415476928

D'Onza, F., Gallipoli, D. , Wheeler, S. , and Mancuso, C. (2009) SLADUS: an intra-European fellowship in collaboration between the University of Glasgow and the University of Naples Federico II. In: Incontro Annuale dei Ricercatori di Geotecnica (IARG2009), 9-11 Sept. 2009, Rome, Italy.

Hezmi, M.A., Wheeler, S. , and Gallipoli, D. (2009) On the preparation of artificially bonded soil samples for unsaturated testing. In: 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on Unsaturated Soils, 23-25 November 2009, Newcastle, Australia.

Lloret, M., Sanchez, M., Karstunen, M., and Wheeler, S. (2009) A generalised fully coupled mechanical-water retention model for unsaturated soils. In: 1st International Symposium on Computational Geomechanics, 29 April - 1 May 2009, Juan-les-Pins, France.

Lloret, M., Sanchez, M., and Wheeler, S. (2009) Generalised elasto-plastic stress-strain and modified suction-degree of saturation relations of a fully coupled model. In: 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on Unsaturated Soils, 23-25 November 2009, Newcastle, Australia.

2006

Gallipoli, D, Augarde, C, Degennaro, V, Mancuso, C, Tarantino, A, Toll, D, Vaunat, J, and Wheeler, SJ (2006) The MUSE Network: current status and future developments. In: Incontro Annuale dei Ricercatori di Geotecnica (IARG), 26-28 June, Pisa, Italy.

Gallipoli, D, Toll, D, Augarde, C, Tarantino, A, Degennaro, V, Vaunat, J, Wheeler, SJ , and Mancuso, C (2006) The MUSE Network: sharing research expertise on unsaturated soils across Europe. In: 4th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils, 2-6 April, Arizona, USA.

2005

Medero, GM, Schnaid, F, Gehling, WYY, and Wheeler, SJ (2005) Techniques of sample preparation of artificial cemented highly collapsible soil. In: International Symposium on Advanced Experimental Unsaturated Soil Mechanics, 27-29 June, Trento, Italy.

2004

Medero, GM, Wheeler, SJ , Schnaid, F, and Gehling, WYY (2004) Behaviour of an artificial cemented highly collapsible soil. In: 5th Brazilian Symposium on Unsaturated Soils, 25-27 August, Sao Carlos, Brazil.

Medero, GM, Wheeler, SJ , Schnaid, F, and Gehling, WYY (2004) Fatores que commandam o compartamento mecanico de um material colapsivel. In: 5th Brazilian Symposium on Unsaturated Soils, 25-27 August, Sao Carlos, Brazil.

2003

Krenn, H, Karstunen, M, Wheeler, SJ , and Zentar, R (2003) Influence of anisotropy and destructuration on an embankment on soft clay. In: International Workshop on 'Geotechnics of Soft Soils - Theory and Practice', 17-19 September, Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands.

Wheeler, SJ, Cudny, M, Neher, HP, and Wiltafsky, C (2003) Some developments in constitutive modelling of soft clays. In: International Workshop on 'Geotechnics of Soft Soils -Theory and Practice', 17-19 September, Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands.

Zentar, R, Karstunen, M, and Wheeler, SJ (2003) Modelling principal stress rotation of structured clays. In: International Workshop on 'Geotechnics of Soft Soils - Theory and Practice', 17-19 September, Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands.

Zingariello, MC, Mancuso, C, and Wheeler, SJ (2003) Experimental testing and analysis of the behaviour of a partially saturated clayey silt. In: Annual Meeting of Italian Researchers in Geotechnical Engineering IARG 2003, 18-20 June, Potenza, Italy.

2002

Gallipoli, D, Wheeler, SJ , and Karstunen, M (2002) Importance of modelling degree of saturation: the pressuremeter test. In: NUMOG VIII, 10-12 April, Rome, Italy.

Koskinen, M, Karstunen, M, and Wheeler, SJ (2002) Modelling destructuration and anisotropy of a soft natural clay. In: 5th European Conference on Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering, 4-6 September, Paris, France.

Wheeler, S.J., Gallipoli, D. , and Karstunen, M. (2002) Comments on use of the Barcelona Basic Model for unsaturated soils. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 26 (15). pp. 1561-1571. ISSN 0363-9061 (doi:10.1002/nag.259)

Zentar, R, Karstunen, M, and Wheeler, SJ (2002) Influence of anisotropy and destructuration on undrained shearing of natural clays. In: 5th European Conference on Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering, 4-6 September, Paris, France.

2001

Gallipoli, D, Karstunen, M, and Wheeler, SJ (2001) Numerical modelling of pressuremeter tests in unsaturated soil. In: 10th International Conference on Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, 7-12 January, Tucson, Arizona, USA.

Karstunen, M, Naatanen, A, and Wheeler, SJ (2001) Simulations of soft clay behaviour with S-CLAY 1 and MCC. In: 10th International Conference on Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, 7-12 January, Tucson, Arizona, USA.

Mcginty, K, Karstunen, M, and Wheeler, SJ (2001) Modelling the stress-strain behaviour of Bothkennar clay. In: 3rd International Conference on Soft Soil Engineering, 6-8 December, Hong Kong.

1999

Gallipoli, D., Karstunen, M., and Wheeler, S. (1999) A Note on Modelling of Coupled Flow-Deformation in Unsaturated Soils. In: 7th International Symposium on Numerical Models in Geomechanics, 1-3 September 1999, Graz, Austria.

1998

Gallipoli, D., Karstunen, M., and Wheeler, S. (1998) Plane-Strain Modelling for Unsaturated Soil. In: 4th European Conference on Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering, 16-19 October 1998, Udine, Italy.

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