Staff Profile

Introduction

Professor Rouainia is a member of the academic staff in the Geotechnical and Structural Engineering (GEST) Group within the School of Engineering. His research interests focus on the development and implementation of multi-surface soil plasticity models capable of modelling nonlinear cyclic loading (with applications in renewable energy foundations effects of current and future climate scenarios on infrastructure slopes etc.). Geomechanics and fluid flow processes in unsaturated soils/rocks have been a major focus of recent work (with applications in gas shales, CCS and ground source energy). His teaching focuses on geotechnics, soil modelling and numerical methods for civil engineers and engineering geologists.

Qualifications

Dipl.-Ing in Civil Engineering

MSc Geotechnical Engineering

Ph.D in Computational Geomechanics

Roles and Responsibilities

Degree Programme Director, MSc Engineering Geology and MSc Geotechnical Engineering.

Deputy Head of Group

GEST Postgraduate PGR Selector

School Coordinator of the International Exchange Programmes (Erasmus)

Coordinator for the Geotechnical Engineering Lab

Memberships

Member of the Geotechnique Advisory Panel (GAP) 2012-2014

Member of the editorial board of Geotechnique Letters

Member of NAFEMS Geotechnical Committee.

Member of Northern Geotechnical Group (NGG) Committee.

Chairman of the Association of Computational Mechanics in Engineering - UK, 2008-2009.

Vice-Chairman of the Association of Computational Mechanics in Engineering - UK, 2007-2008.

Industrial Relevance

Small strain modelling of excavations and tunnels

Offshore wind turbine foundations

Soil/pipe interaction

Software consultancy services 

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Research Interests

My research interests and expertise currently encompass the following areas: (i) the development of advanced kinematic hardening models for natural soils and routine use of such models in geotechnical problems; (ii) the implementation of robust numerical integration schemes for the integration of advanced soil constitutive relations; (iii) the assessment of climate change effects on embankment slopes; (iv)  the long term cyclic performance of offshore foundations and feasibility of novel foundation solutions and (vi) the development of seismic performance based design methods for geotechnical systems.

Postgraduate Supervision

External Examination of PhDs

External examiners for PhDs at Leeds, Southampton, Swansea, Kingston, Bristol, Sheffield, Durham, Cambridge and UMIST, Lille (4), UPC Barcelona, Wuhan (2).

Esteem indicators

Review for the French National Research Agency (ANR)

Reviewer for the US Department of Energy of Office of Science
Visiting Research Fellow at the USQ, Australia
Visiting scholar at the University of Newcastle, Australia

Northern Geotechnical Group Annual seminar: Invited Speaker - A case study of destructuration effects on the performance of a trial embankment, Newcastle, 20 June 2013.

Symposium on Modelling of granular materials: problems and solutions? The influence of degradation of structure on the behaviour of a full scale embankment, University of Dundee, 6th August. 2010.

International Workshop on Geoenvironmental Engineering, Numerical modeling (relevant to EKG applications): State-of-the-art in UK research and practice, Wuhan, China, 16 March 2009.

Workshop on numerical modelling in geomechanics, Seismic behaviour of gravity quay walls, Newcastle, UK, 24 April 2009.

Seminario de Geotecnica, Constitutive model for unsaturated soils with structure degradation, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, 5th July 2008.

Seminar on Geotechnics 2020, Northern Geotechnical Group (NGG), Newcastle, 29th January 2008.

5th Annual BGA Conference, Constitutive model for anisotropy and destructuration of natural clays, Westminster, London, 13th June 2007.

Invited Panel Presentation, Structure and anisotropy of natural soils, 16th Int. Conf. on Soil Mech. and Geotech. Eng., Osaka, Japan, 12th September 2005.

European Plaxis users meeting, Finite element modelling of small strain soil behaviour, Karlsruhe, Germany, 11th November 2004.  

Funding

Current/Recent Grants

SHAPE-UK - Impact of hydraulic fracturing in the overburden of shale resource plays: Process-based evaluation (NE/R018057/1), Newcastle PI, Aug 2018 - Aug 2022

ACHILLES - Assessment, Costing and enHancement of long lIfe, Long Linear assEtS (EP/R034575/1) Co-Investigator, July 2018 - Dec 2022 (£4,872,904)

Multiscale time-dependent behaviour of organic rich mudrocks. BP, £37,000. PI 2017-2021

Petrophysical and micromechanical shale properties. BP, £34,000. PI 2017-2018

GeoPOP - Pore pressure and its prediction in clastic sedimentary rock. Industry funded, £550,000. PI 2012 – 2016

Finite element analysis of offshore foundations. Atkins, £30,000. PI 2014-2017

EPSRC Small Equipment Grant - £10k - 2012

GASH (Shale Gas Europe). Industry funded, £400,000. Co-PI  2009 – 2012

Shale Gas Canada. Industry funded, £500,000, 2008-2011, Co-PI with Calgary

Applications of an advanced soil model. Buro Happold, £30,000. PI 2008-2012

BIONICS - EPSRC funded, £125,000. Co-PI, 2004-2009

Soft rock behaviour. Buro Happold, £30,000. PI 2010-2013

Anisotropy and destructuration of natural clays – EPSRC funded, £125,000. PI 2004-2007

Undergraduate Teaching

Principles of soil mechanics for civil engineers.

Contributions to:

• CEG1201 Geotechnical Properties of Soils and Rocks
• CEG2201 Geotechnics 

Project supervision:

• CEG3099 Individual Design Project (BEng)
• CEG8099 Investigative Research Project (MEng)

Postgraduate Teaching

Degree Programme Director, MSc Engineering Geology and MSc Geotechnical Engineering.

Geomechanics and numerical analysis of geotechnical structures for geotechnical engineers and engineering geologists.

Module leader for:

• CEG8201 Geomechanics
• CEG8205 Soil Modelling and Numerical Methods 

Contributions to:

• MAR8092 -  Pipeline engineering

• CEG8296 Project and Dissertation in Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology (MSc)

• Articles

  • Charlton TS, Rouainia M. Polynomial chaos-based uncertainty quantification of the performance of a closed loop deep geothermal borehole. Geothermics 2025, 129, 103271.
  • Monforte L, Rouainia M. Novel Consistent Tangent Operator for Runge–Kutta-Based Explicit Stress Integration for Elasto-Plastic Models: Application to the Modified Cam Clay Model. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics 2025, epub ahead of print.
  • Calderon Medina EE, Obradors-Prats J, Aplin AC, Jones SJ, Rouainia M, Crook AJL. Modeling Overpressure Development and the Mechanical Behavior of Sediments in a Complex, Tectonically Active Setting: East Coast Basin, New Zealand. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 2025, 130(10), e2024JB030585.
  • Monforte L, Rouainia M. Formulation and Implicit Numerical Integration of a Kinematic Hardening Model for Unsaturated Soils. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics 2025, 49(2), 514-540.
  • Aghedo IO, Rouainia M. Effect of ordering of cyclic loading sequences on the short-term performance of offshore monopiles in an overconsolidated clay. Applied Ocean Research 2025, 160, 104630.
  • Monforte L, Rouainia M, Helm P, Najdi A, Glendinning S. An extended kinematic hardening constitutive model to include unsaturated behaviour for the prediction of soil deterioration. Géotechnique 2025, 75(8), 1021–1035.
  • Barron J, Rouainia M, Charlton T, Edwards S, Gibson F. Seismic performance of shared suction caisson anchors installed in liquefiable sand for floating offshore wind turbines. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering 2024, 180, 108598.
  • Helm PR, Svalova A, Morsy AM, Rouainia M, Smith A, El-Hamalawi A, Wilkinson DJ, Postill H, Glendinning S. Emulating long-term weather-driven transportation earthworks deterioration models to support asset management. Transportation Geotechnics 2024, 44, 101155.
  • Guzel Y, Elia G, Rouainia M, Falcone G. The Influence of Input Motion Scaling Strategies on Nonlinear Ground Response Analyses of Soft Soil Deposits. Geosciences 2023, 13(1), 17.
  • Cabangon LT, Elia G, Rouainia M, Keawsawasvong S. The effect of multi-directional seismic loading on the behaviour of tunnels in structured clays. Computers and Geotechnics 2023, 160, 105531.
  • Charlton TS, Rouainia M, Aplin AC, Fisher QJ, Bowen L. Nanoindentation of Horn River Basin Shales: The Micromechanical Contrast Between Overburden and Reservoir Formations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 2023, 128(3), e2022JB025957.
  • Zhang B, Nadimi S, Eissa A, Rouainia M. Modelling fracturing process using cohesive interface elements: theoretical verification and experimental validation. Construction and Building Materials 2023, 365, 130132.
  • Obradors-Prats J, Calderon Medina EE, Jones SJ, Rouainia M, Aplin AC, Crook AJL. Integrating petrophysical, geological and geomechanical modelling to assess stress states, overpressure development and compartmentalisation adjacent to a salt wall, gulf of Mexico. Marine and Petroleum Geology 2023, 155, 106352.
  • Sargent P, Rouainia M. A new framework for quantifying the structure of undisturbed and artificially cemented alluvium. Géotechnique 2023, 73(2), 143-164.
  • Graham SP, Aplin AC, Rouainia M, Ireland MT, Armitage PJ. A micromechanical investigation of diagenetically-induced changes to the anisotropic elastic properties of calcareous mudstones. Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources 2023, 9(1), 107.
  • Graham SP, Rouainia M, Aplin AC, Ireland MT, Charlton TS, Armitage PJ. New Micromechanical Data and Modelling Framework for the Elastic Response of Calcareous Mudstones. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences 2022, 158, 105181.
  • Charlton TS, Rouainia M. Geotechnical fragility analysis of monopile foundations for offshore wind turbines in extreme storms. Renewable Energy 2022, 182, 1126-1140.
  • Correa-Silva M, Cristelo N, Rouainia M, Araujo N, Miranda T. Constitutive Behaviour of a Clay Stabilised with Alkali-Activated Cement Based on Blast Furnace Slag. Sustainability 2022, 14(21), 13736.
  • Correa-Silva M, Rouainia M, Miranda T, Cristelo N. Predicting the mechanical behaviour of a sandy clay stabilised with an alkali-activated binder. Engineering Geology 2021, 292, 106260.
  • Simpson D, Rouainia M, Elia G. Mineralogical and Micro-structural Investigation into the Mechanical Behaviour of a Soft Calcareous Mudstone. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering 2021, 54, 2707-2722.
  • Graham SP, Rouainia M, Aplin AC, Cubillas P, Fender T, Armitage P. Geomechanical characterisation of organic‑rich calcareous shale using AFM and nanoindentation. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering 2021, 54, 303-320.
  • Svalova A, Helm P, Prangle D, Rouainia M, Glendinning S, Wilkinson DJ. Emulating computer experiments of transport infrastructure slope stability using Gaussian processes and Bayesian inference. Data-Centric Engineering 2021, 2, e12.
  • Charlton TS, Goodarzi M, Rouainia M, Aplin AC, Cubillas P. Effect of Diagenesis on Geomechanical Properties of Organic-Rich Calcareous Shale: A Multiscale Investigation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 2021, 126(7), e2020JB021365.
  • Charlton TS, Rouainia M. Cyclic performance of a monopile in spatially variable clay using an advanced constitutive model. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering 2021, 140, 106437.
  • Elia G, Rouainia M, Di Lernia A, D'Oria AF. Assessment of damping predicted by kinematic hardening soil models during strong motions. Geotechnique Letters 2021, 11(1), 48-55.
  • Fender T, van der Land C, Rouainia M, Graham SP, Jones DM, Vane CH, Wagner T. The Assessment of Organic Matter Young's Modulus Distribution with Depositional Environment and Maturity. Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth 2020, 125(12), e2020JB020435.
  • Sargent P, Rouainia M, Diambra A, Nash D, Hughes PN. Small to large strain mechanical behaviour of an alluvium stabilised with low carbon secondary minerals. Construction and Building Materials 2020, 232, 117174.
  • Sargent P, Jaber NH, Rouainia M. Mineralogy and microstructure effects on the stiffness of activated slag treated alluvium. Géotechnique Letters 2020, 10(2), 327-335.
  • Fender T, Rouainia M, van Der Land C, Jones DM, Mastalerz M, Hennisen JAI, Graham SP, Wagner T. Geomechanical properties of coal macerals; measurements applicable to modelling swelling of coal seams during CO₂ sequestration. International Journal of Coal Geology 2020, 228, 103528.
  • Corrêa-Silva M, Miranda T, Rouainia M, Araújo N, Glendinning S, Cristelo N. Geomechanical behaviour of a soft soil stabilised with alkali-activated blast-furnace slags. Journal of Cleaner Production 2020, 267, 122017.
  • Postill H, Helm PR, Dixon N, Glendinning S, Smethurst JA, Rouainia M, Briggs KM, El-Hamalawi A, Blake AP. Forecasting the long-term deterioration of a cut slope in high-plasticity clay using a numerical model. Engineering Geology 2020, 280, 105912.
  • Guzel Y, Rouainia M, Elia G. Effect of soil variability on nonlinear site response predictions: Application to the Lotung site. Computers and Geotechnics 2020, 121, 103444.
  • Rouainia M, Helm P, Davies O, Glendinning S. Deterioration of an infrastructure cutting subjected to climate change. Acta Geotechnica 2020, 15(10), 2997-3016.
  • Osman AS, Birchall TJ, Rouainia M. A simple model for tertiary creep in geomaterials. Geotechnical Research 2020, 7(1), 26-39.
  • Rouainia M, Panayides S, Arroyo M, Gens A. A pressuremeter-based evaluation of structure in London Clay using a kinematic hardening constitutive model. Acta Geotechnica 2020, 15, 2089-2101.
  • Xiong Y, Mahaffey S, Liang Q, Rouainia M, Wang G. A new 1D coupled hydrodynamic discrete element model for floating debris in violent shallow flows. Journal of Hydraulic Research 2020, 58(5), 778-789.
  • Bruno AW, Gallipoli D, Rouainia M, Lloret-Cabot M. A bounding surface mechanical model for unsaturated cemented soils under isotropic stresses. Computers and Geotechnics 2020, 125, 103673.
  • Charlton TS, Rouainia M. Uncertainty quantification of offshore anchoring systems in spatially variable soil using sparse polynomial chaos expansions. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 2019, 120(6), 748-767.
  • Charlton TS, Rouainia M. Probabilistic analysis of the uplift resistance of buried pipelines in clay. Ocean Engineering 2019, 186, 105891.
  • Cabangon LT, Elia G, Rouainia M. Modelling the transverse behaviour of circular tunnels in structured clayey soils during earthquakes. Acta Geotechnica 2019, 14(1), 163-178.
  • Obradors-Prats J, Rouainia M, Aplin AC, Crook AJL. A Diagenesis Model for Geomechanical Simulations: Formulation and Implications for Pore Pressure and Development of Geological Structures. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 2019, 124(5), 4452-4472.
  • Charlton TS, Rouainia M, Dawson RJ. Control Variate Approach for Efficient Stochastic Finite-Element Analysis of Geotechnical Problems. ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering 2018, 4(3).
  • Xiong Y, Liang Q, Mahaffey S, Rouainia M, Wang G. A novel two-way method for dynamically coupling a hydrodynamic model with a discrete element model (DEM). Journal of Hydrodynamics 2018, 30(5), 966-969.
  • Goodarzi M, Rouainia M, Aplin AC, Cubillas P, de Block M. Predicting the elastic response of organic-rich shale using nanoscale measurements and homogenisation methods. Geophysical Prospecting 2017, 65(6), 1597-1614.
  • Elia G, Cotecchia F, Pedone P, Vaunat J, Vardon PJ, Pereira C, Springman SM, Rouainia M, Esch JV, Koda E, Josifovski J, Nocilla A, Askarinejad A, Stirling R, Helm P, Lollino P, Osinski P. Numerical modelling of slope-vegetation-atmosphere interaction: an overview. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology 2017, 50(3), 249-270.
  • Rouainia M, Elia G, Panayides S, Scott P. Non-linear finite element prediction of the performance of a deep excavation in Boston Blue Clay. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering 2017, 143(5), 04017005.
  • Elia G, Rouainia M, Karofyllakis D, Guzel Y. Modelling the non-linear site response at the LSST down-hole accelerometer array in Lotung. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering 2017, 102, 1-14.
  • Obradors-Prats J, Rouainia M, Aplin A, Crook AJL. Hydro-mechanical modelling of stress, pore pressure and porosity evolution in fold-and-thrust belt systems. Journal of Geophysical Research 2017, 122(11), 9383-9403.
  • Barari A, Bagheri M, Rouainia M, Ibsen LB. Deformation mechanisms for offshore monopile foundations accounting for cyclic mobility effects. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering 2017, 97, 439-453.
  • Obradors-Prats J, Rouainia M, Aplin AC, Crook AJL. Assessing the implications of tectonic compaction on pore pressure using a coupled geomechanical approach. Marine and Petroleum Geology 2017, 79, 31-43.
  • Charlton TS, Rouainia M. A probabilistic approach to the ultimate capacity of skirted foundations in spatially variable clay. Structural Safety 2017, 65, 126-136.
  • Alrtimi A, Rouainia M, Haigh S. Thermal conductivity of a sandy soil. Applied Thermal Engineering 2016, 106, 551-560.
  • Obradors-Prats J, Rouainia M, Aplin AC, Crook AJL. Stress and pore pressure histories in complex tectonic settings predicted with coupled geomechanical-fluid flow models. Marine and Petroleum Geology 2016, 76, 464-477.
  • Charlton TS, Rouainia M. Probabilistic capacity analysis of suction caissons in spatially variable clay. Computers and Geotechnics 2016, 80, 226–236.
  • Goodarzi M, Rouainia M, Aplin AC. Numerical evaluation of mean-field homogenisation methods for predicting shale elastic response. Computational Geosciences 2016, 20(5), 1109-1122.
  • Charlton TS, Rouainia M, Gens A. Numerical analysis of suction embedded plate anchors in structured clay. Applied Ocean Research 2016, 61, 156-166.
  • Charlton TS, Rouainia M, Gens A. Numerical analysis of suction embedded plate anchors in structured clay. Applied Ocean Research 2016, 61, 156-166. In Preparation.
  • Elia G, Rouainia M. Investigating the cyclic behaviour of clays using a kinematic hardening soil model. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering 2016, 88, 399-411.
  • Sargent P, Hughes P, Rouainia M. A new low carbon cementitious binder for stabilising weak ground conditions through deep soil mixing. Soils and Foundations 2016, 56(6), 1021–1034.
  • Elia G, Rouainia M. Performance evaluation of a shallow foundation built on structured clays under seismic loading. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering 2014, 12(4), 1537-1561.
  • Davies O, Rouainia M, Glendinning S, Cash TA, Terente V. Investigation of a pore pressure driven slope failure using a coupled hydro-mechanical model. Engineering Geology 2014, 178, 70-81.
  • Pereira JM, Rouainia M, Manzanal D. Combined effects of structure and partial saturation in natural soils. Journal of Geo-Engineering Sciences 2014, 2(1-2), 3-16.
  • Alrtimi A, Rouainia M, Manning DAC. An improved steady-state apparatus for measuring thermal conductivity of soils. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 2014, 72, 630-636.
  • Osman AS, Rouainia M. A semi-analytical solution for consolidation around a spherical cavity in an elasto-plastic medium and its potential application for tunneling. International Journal of Computational Methods 2014, 11(2), 1342010.
  • Alrtimi AA, Rouainia M, Manning DAC. Thermal enhancement of PFA-based grout for geothermal heat exchangers. Applied Thermal Engineering 2013, 54(2), 559-564.
  • Sargent P, Hughes PN, Rouainia M, White ML. The use of alkali activated waste binders in enhancing the mechanical properties and durability of soft alluvial soils. Engineering Geology 2013, 152(1), 96-108.
  • Elia G, Rouainia M. Seismic performance of an earth embankment using simple and advanced numerical approaches. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering 2013, 139(7), 1115-1129.
  • Kaidi S, Rouainia M, Ouahcine A. Stability of breakwaters under hydrodynamic loading using a coupledDDA/FEM approach. Ocean Engineering 2012, 55, 62-70.
  • Al Qadad A, Shahrour I, Rouainia M. Influence of the soil-atmosphere exchange on the hydric profile induced in soil-structure system. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 2012, 12(6), 2039-2049.
  • Panayides S, Rouainia M, Wood DM. Influence of degradation of structure on the behaviour of a full-scale embankment. Canadian Geotechnical Journal 2012, 49(3), 344-356.
  • Gonzalez NA, Rouainia M, Arroyo M, Gens A. Analysis of tunnel excavation in London Clay incorporating soil structure. Géotechnique 2012, 62(12), 1095-1109.
  • Peng G, Clarke BG, Rouainia M. Increasing the resistance of piles subject to cyclic lateral loading. Journal of Geotechnical and Geo-environmental Engineering 2011, 137(10), 977.
  • Osman A, Rouainia M. Dynamic response of an axially loaded rigid sphere embedded in a saturated poroelastic medium. Archive of Applied Mechanics 2011, 82(3), 407-421.
  • Peng J-R, Rouainia M, Clarke BG. Finite element analysis of laterally loaded fin piles. Computers and Structures 2010, 88(21-22), 1239-1247.
  • Kaidi S, Ouahsine A, Rouainia M. DDA in fluid-structure problems for the study of gravity dam failure. European Journal of Computational Mechanics 2010, 19(5-7), 533-546.
  • Elia G, Rouainia M. 2D Finite element analysis of the seismic response of an earth embankment. SECED Newsletter 2010, 22(2), 1-5.
  • Rouainia M, Davies O, O'Brien T, Glendinning S. Numerical modelling of climate effects on slope stability. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Engineering Sustainability 2009, 162(2), 81-89.
  • Alyami M, Rouainia M, Wilkinson SM. Numerical analysis of deformation behaviour of quay walls under earthquake loading. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering 2009, 29(3), 525-536.
  • Hiley RA, Rouainia M. Explicit Runge-Kutta methods for the integration of rate-type constitutive equations. Computational Mechanics 2008, 42(1), 53-66.
  • Rouainia M, Lewis H, Pearce C, Bicanic N, Couples GD, Reynolds MA. Hydro-geomechanical modelling of seal behaviour in overpressured basins using discontinuous deformation analysis. Engineering Geology 2006, 82(4), 222-233.
  • Rouainia M, Muir Wood D. Computational aspects in finite strain plasticity analysis of geotechnical materials. Mechanics Research Communications 2006, 33(2), 123-133.
  • Peng J, Clarke B, Rouainia M. A device to cyclic lateral loaded model piles. Geotechnical Testing Journal 2006, 29(4), 341-347.
  • Peng J, Rouainia M, Clarke BG. Lateral resistance of finned piles established from cyclic model tests. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE 2005.
  • Zhao J, Sheng D, Rouainia M, Sloan SW. Explicit stress integration of complex soil models. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics 2005, 29(12), 1209-1229.
  • Rouainia M, Muir Wood D. Implicit numerical integration for a kinematic hardening soil plasticity model. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics 2001, 25(13), 1305-1325.
  • Rouainia M, Muir Wood D. An implicit constitutive algorithm for finite strain Cam-clay elasto-plastic model. Mechanics of Cohesive-Frictional Materials 2000, 5(6), 469-489.
  • Rouainia M, Muir Wood D. A kinematic hardening constitutive model for natural clays with loss of structure. Geotechnique 1999, 50(2), 153-164.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

  • Monforte L, Najdi A, Rouainia M. Modelling the behaviour of unsaturated soils using a kinematic hardening constitutive model. In: 5th European Conference on Unsaturated Soils and Biotechnology applied to Geotechnical Engineering (EUNSAT2025 + BGE). 2025, Lisbon, Portugal: EDP Sciences.
  • Charlton TS, Rouainia M, Aplin AC, Fisher QJ, Bowen L. Micromechanical characterisation of overburden shales in the Horn River Basin through nanoindentation. In: Eurock 2022 Rock and Fracture Mechanics in Rock Engineering and Mining. 2022, Helsinki, Finland: Institute of Physics.
  • Svalova A, Helm P, Prangle D, Rouainia M, Glendinning S, Wilkinson D. Bayesian Emulation of Computer Experiments of Infrastructure Slope Stability Models. In: 8th International Symposium for Geotechnical Safety and Risk (ISGSR). 2022, Newcastle, Australia: Research Publishing.
  • Graham SP, Rouainia M, Ireland MT, Aplin AC, Armitage PJ. Elastic Stiffening of Shale up to 200°C: Insights from High-load Nanoindentation Tests. In: 55th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium. 2021, Virtual: OnePetro.
  • Barreto D, Rouainia M, Nadimi S. Accounting for particle shape and cement content in DEM modelling of soil behaviour. In: ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute International Conference 2021. 2021, Durham, UK; Online: ASCE.
  • Rouainia M, Goodarzi M, Charlton T, Aplin A, Cubillas P. Assessment of the elastic response of shale using multiscale mechanical testing and homogenisation. In: 2nd International Conference on Energy Geotechnics (ICEGT 2020). 2020, La Jolla, California: EDP Sciences.
  • Bruno AW, Gallipoli D, Rouainia M, Lloret-Cabot M. A single-stress model for the prediction of yielding of unsaturated cemented soils under isotropic loads. In: 4th European Conference on Unsaturated Soils (E-UNSAT 2020). 2020, Lisboa, Portugal: EDP Sciences.
  • Goodarzi M, Rouainia M, Aplin AC, Cubillas P. Geomechanical characterisation of Posidonia shale using nanomechanical testing. In: Sixth EAGE Shale Workshop. 2019, Bordeaux, France: European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers.
  • Elia G, Falcone G, Cotecchia F, Rouainia M. Analysis of the Effects of Seasonal Pore Pressure Variations on the Slope Stability Through Advanced Numerical Modelling. In: CNRIG 2019: Geotechnical Research for Land Protection and Development. 2019, Lecco, Italy: Springer.
  • Goodarzi M, Stähler FT, Kreiter S, Rouainia M, Kluger MO, Mörz T. Numerical simulation of cone penetration test in a small-volume calibration chamber. In: 4th International Symposium on Cone Penetration Testing (CPT'18). 2018, Delft, The Netherlands: CRC Press.
  • Cabangon L, Elia G, Rouainia M. Numerical analysis of tunnel behaviour in clayey soils under seismic loads. In: 16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering (16ECEE). 2018, Thessaloniki, Greece.
  • Guzel Y, Elia G, Rouainia M. Effect of statistical variation in soil dynamic properties on local site response: the case of Lotung. In: 16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering (16ECEE). 2018, Thessaloniki, Greece: 16ECEE.
  • Charlton T, Rouainia M. The Effect of the Spatial Variability of Clay Structure on Pipeline Uplift Capacity. In: Geo-Risk 2017. 2017, Denver, Colorado: ASCE.
  • Guzel Y, Elia G, Rouainia M. The effect of input motion selection strategies on nonlinear ground response predictions. In: COMPDYN 2017 - 6th International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. 2017, Rhodes Island, Greece: National Technical University of Athens.
  • Goodarzi M, Rouainia M. Modelling Slope Failure Using a Quasi-static MPM with a Non-local Strain Softening Approach. In: 1st International Conference on the Material Point Method, MPM. 2017, Delft, Netherlands: Elsevier.
  • Charlton T, Rouainia M. The uplift capacity of horizontal plate anchors in spatially variable clay using sparse polynomial chaos expansions. In: ECCOMAS Congress 2016 - Proceedings of the 7th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering. 2016, Crete Island, Greece: National Technical University of Athens.
  • Obradors-Prats J, Rouainia M, Aplin AC, Crook JL. Stresses, Porosity and Overpressure Modelling in Tectonic Regimes. In: Fifth EAGE Shale Workshop. 2016, Catania, Italy: EAGE.
  • Elia G, Rouainia M, Panayides S. Finite Element Modelling of a Deep Excavation in Boston Blue Clay. In: VI Italian Conference of Researchers in Geotechnical Engineering (CNRIG2016). 2016, Bologna, Italy: Elsevier Science BV.
  • Barreto D, Rouainia M, Simpson D. Significance of DEM input parameters on the modelling of low strength soft rock mechanical behaviour. In: TC105 ISSMGE International Symposium on Geomechanics from Micro to Macro, IS-Cambridge 2014. 2015, Cambridge, UK: Taylor and Francis - Balkema.
  • Karofyllakis D, Elia G, Rouainia M. Seismic ground response at Lotung (Taiwan). In: COMPDYN 2015 - 5th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. 2015, Crete Island, Greece: National Technical University of Athens.
  • Obradors-Prats J, Rouainia M, Aplin AC, Crook JL. Assessing pore pressure in complex tectonic regimes: coupled 3D geomechanical-fluid flow models versus equivalent depth methods. In: Geopressure 2015: The life history of a well. 2015, Durham, UK.
  • Barreto D, Rouainia M, Simpson D. Significance of DEM input parameters on the modelling of low strength soft rock mechanical behaviour. In: Geomechanics from Micro to Macro, Vols I and II. 2014, Cambridge, UK: CRC Press.
  • Rouainia M, Elia G. Performance based seismic design of an earth dam in Southern Italy. In: Second International Conference on Performance Based Design in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering. 2012, Taormina, Italy: Patron Editore Bologna.
  • González NA, Gens A, Arroyo M, Rouainia M. Modelling the behaviour of structured London Clay. In: Firth International Symposium on Deformation Characteristics of Geomaterials. 2011, Seoul, Korea.
  • Elia G, Rouainia M. Finite element modelling of the dynamic behaviour of a sugar silo on a structured clayey soil deposit. In: 13th International Conference of the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics. 2011, Melbourne, Australia.
  • Panyides S, Rouainia M, Osman AS. Ultimate capacity of suction anchors using an advancedconstitutive model. In: Second International Symposium on Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics (ISFOG). 2010, Perth, Australia.
  • Elia G, Rouainia M. Numerical analysis of the seismic response of an earth embankment. In: 18th UK Conference on Computational Mechanics (ACME-UK). 2010, Southampton, UK.
  • Rouainia M, Pereira JM. Modelling the unsaturated behaviour of structured soils. In: Fifth International Conference on Unsaturated Soils (UNSAT). 2010, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Hamuda S, Clarke BG, Rouainia M. Effective thermal conductivity of partially saturated soils. In: Fifth International Conference on Unsaturated Soils (UNSAT). 2010, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Alyami M, Rouainia M, Wilkinson SW. Seismic performance-based design of gravity quay walls. Application to Jeddah port. In: Earthquake Geotechnical Case Histories for Performance-based Design. 2009, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Davies O, Rouainia M, Glendinning S, Birkinshaw SJ. Predicting seasonal shrink swell cycles within a clay cutting. In: Advances in Transportation Geotechnics: Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics. 2008, Nottingham, UK: Taylor Francis.
  • Davies OC, Rouainia M, Glendinning S. Numerical predictions of seasonal pore water pressure fluctuations using FLAC tp flow. In: Unsaturated Soils. Advances in Geo-Engineering: proceedings of the 1st European Conference on Unsaturated Soils. 2008, Durham, United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
  • Alyami M, Wilkinson SM, Rouainia M, Fei CAI. Simulation of seismic behaviour of gravity quay wall using a generalized plasticity model. In: Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering: 4th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering. 2007, Thessaloniki, Greece.
  • Hiley RA, Rouainia M. Simple elastoplasticity for natural clays. In: COMPLAS 2005: VIII International Conference on Computational Plasticity. 2005, Barcelona, Spain: International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE).
  • Couples GD, Lewis H, Reynolds MA, Pickup GE, Ma J, Rouainia M, Bicanic N, Pearce CJ. Upscaling Fluid-Flow and Geomechanical Properties in Coupled Matrix+Fractures+Fluids Systems. In: SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium Proceedings. 2003, Houston, Texas: Society of Petroleum Engineers.

• Editorials

  • Brown MJ, Diambra A, Rouainia M, White D. Embedded foundations under complex loading. Géotechnique 2020, 70(8), 655-656.
  • Topping BHV, Rouainia M, Chan AHC. Special Issue Association of Computational Mechanics - United Kingdom. Computers & Structures 2010, 88(23-24), 1285-1285.

• Report

  • Helm PR, Morsy AM, Postill H, El-Hamalawi A, Stirling R, Rouainia M, Briggs KM. ACHILLES Reading Guide 3: Asset scale deterioration. Newcastle: Newcastle University, 2023.

• Research Dataset/Database

  • Helm P, Svalova A, Morsy A, Rouainia M, Smith A, El-Hamalawi A, Wilkinson D, Postill H, Glendinning S. Data: Emulating long-term weather-driven transportation earthworks deterioration models to support asset management. 2024. Newcastle upon Tyne: Newcastle University, 6.57MB.

• Review

  • Elia G, Rouainia M. Advanced dynamic nonlinear schemes for geotechnical earthquake engineering applications: a review of critical aspects. Geotechnical and Geological Engineering 2022, 40, 3379-3392.