Temperature-water-plant-soil coupled modelling for biogeotechnics

Summary

Aim: This project is to investigate the influence of roots-microbes function on the stability of soils in the scenarios of extreme weather conditions (e.g. flooding and drought).

Novelty and timeliness:
Multiphysics coupling has attracted attention in the past decades in Geotechnical Engineering. To date most published research has been focused on Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical-Chemical coupling, and little consideration is given to the interactions between roots-soil, which is an emerging field of Biogeotechnics. This project will develop a novel theoretical model along with 3-D computational modelling, against lab experimental validation.

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