Edinburgh Napier University

Exploring the Use of Rock Flour for Sustainable Peat Stabilisation

Conference Proceeding

Bernal-Sanchez, J., Coll, J., Leak, J., & Barreto, D. (2024)

Exploring the Use of Rock Flour for Sustainable Peat Stabilisation. In Geo-Congress 2024: Soil Improvement, Sustainability, Geoenvironmental, and Cold Regions Engineering (450-460). https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784485330.046

This paper aims to investigate the mechanical behaviour of peat stabilised with glacial rock flour for foundation construction. Peat, a natural organic soil, presents challeng...

Railway vehicle forces on curved track: a re-evaluation of published explanations

Journal Article

Taylor, M. (in press)

Railway vehicle forces on curved track: a re-evaluation of published explanations. The PWI Journal,

Carbon impact & mitigation of housing developments on peatlands in the UK - A case study

Conference Proceeding

Bernal-Sanchez, J., & Gaspari, A. (2023)

Carbon impact & mitigation of housing developments on peatlands in the UK - A case study. In Proceedings of the ISSMGE TC215 9th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics 25-28 June 2023 (361-371). https://doi.org/10.53243/ICEG2023-216

Peatlands are a key asset in the drive to reduce annual carbon emissions due to their potential as a carbon sink. This is especially important in Scotland where 25% of the lan...

Dynamic Behaviour of a Geotechnical Seismic Isolation System with Rubber-Sand Mixtures to Enhance Seismic Protection

Conference Proceeding

Bernal-Sanchez, J., McDougall, J., Miranda-Manzanares, M., & Barreto, D. (2022)

Dynamic Behaviour of a Geotechnical Seismic Isolation System with Rubber-Sand Mixtures to Enhance Seismic Protection. In Proceedings of the 3rd European Conference on Earthquake Engineering & Seismology (2674-2683

A Geotechnical Seismic Isolation (GSI) system is proposed in this study based on the use of Rubber-Soil mixtures (RSm) to facilitate the benefits of dynamic soil-foundation st...

Environmental Geotechnics

Journal Article

McDougall, J. (2022)

Environmental Geotechnics. Environmental Geotechnics, 9(2), 66-67. https://doi.org/10.1680/jenge.2022.9.2.66

Housing Construction On Peatland: Phase 1 Report

Report

Bernal-Sanchez, J., McDougall, J., Medero, G., Cook, D., & Barreto, D. (2021)

Housing Construction On Peatland: Phase 1 Report. Edinburgh: Construction Scotland Innovation Centre

The economic development and social resilience of communities in rural Scotland is being hampered by a shortage of affordable housing. Nationally, about 23,000 new homes per y...

PhD, An Investigation of the Influence of Construction Methods on the Dynamic Response of Long Span Residential Timber Floors

2021 - 2024

This PhD project will investigate the influence of optimum effectiveness of construction parameters and level of fixity to obtain satisfactory vibrational performance timber floors built with long spa...

Funder: Scottish Government | Value: £30,000

Construction on Peat

2020 - 2021

Housing Construction on Peatland: Opening up Opportunities and Minimising Disruption through Innovation – Phase 1 Feasibility of Proposed Solutions

Funder: Built Environment - Smarter Transformation (formerly CSIC) | Value: £34,590

Mortice Lock Prototype Development

2019 - 2020

The company has designed a new lock on CAD (computer aided design) which is about 95% complete, the design needs to completed by an expert to the British standards requirements and so as the lock is ...

Funder: Scottish Funding Council | Value: £5,000

Monitoring Of Railway Related Infrastructure Using Optical Fibre Sensors

2019 - 2020

Student Placement Innovation Voucher as continuation of earlier Standard Innovation Voucher in partnership with Geo-Info Ltd. This project aims to extend the earlier project by assessing the performan...

Funder: Scottish Funding Council | Value: £4,930

Statistical mechanis of particle breakage, fragmentation and shape evolution during shearing of granular materials

2019 - 2019

This is a follow on project, which aims to use statistical entropy concepts to understand the behaviour of granular materials, and will fund a 4-week stay in Hungary to work with Budapest University o...

Funder: Royal Society of Edinburgh | Value: £300

Development of a European collaborative proposal on big data and machine learning techniques for engineering numerical simulations

2018 - 2018

The PEER activity aims at the development of a Horizon 2020 large-scale research proposal across the disciplines of computational mechanics and of data science. The planned proposal will address impor...

Funder: Scottish Research Partnership in Engineering

RSE Bilateral Exchange Programme - Statistical Entropy in Granular Materials

2018 - 2018

This research builds on existing cooperation with Dr Emoke Imre from Obuda University in Hungary. The aim of the project is to visit the institution in Budapest to further research and deliver a lec...

Funder: Royal Society of Edinburgh | Value: £280

Experimental study of a strengthening technique for rubble walls used in Scottish monuments

2017 - 2018

Experimental study of the pull-out strength of anchors embedded in rubble walls and evaluation of factors affecting the efficiency of such a strengthening intervention. Historic Environment Scotland a...

Funder: Historic Environment Scotland

Geotechnical analysis of recycled materials for use in a sports environment

2015 - 2015

The project will investigate the effectiveness of adding crumbed rubber to the site soil as a means of improving soil resilience to wheel loads, resisting erosion and hence reducing maintenance burden...

Funder: Scottish Funding Council | Value: £4,863

Numerical and experimental investigations into particle size distribution and variability effects on soil behaviour using discrete element modelling and grading entropy concepts

2018 - date

Soil is a particulate m...

Dr James Leak | Director of Studies: Dr Daniel Barreto Gonzalez | Second Supervisor: Dr Vicky Dimitriadi

Cyclic performance of rubber-soil mixtures to enhance seismic protection

2015 - 2020

The main aim of the project seeks to enhance the resistance of the soil foundation against seismic events with the introduction ...

Dr Juan Bernal-Sanchez | Director of Studies: Dr John McDougall | Second Supervisor: Dr Daniel Barreto Gonzalez

Dr Mark Taylor Appointed to BSI Working Group on Human Exposure to Mechanical Vibration and Shock

5 October 2020

Dr Mark Taylor (Lectuer in Civil Engineering) has been nominated to represent Edinburgh Napier University at a British Standards Institution Working Group (GME/21/6).

Cyclists: why uneven roads and potholes are endangering your health

25 August 2019

A HIGH-TECH bicycle which measures cyclists' exposure to potentially harmful vibrations from uneven road surfaces could be used to check the safety of cycle lanes and other routes. Back problems and ...

Japanese vibration expert joins Scottish monitoring firm Reactec

28 July 2019

Professor Setsuo Maeda, one of the world’s most respected experts in human response to vibration, has been appointed as Reactec’s chief scientific liaison – relocating from Japan to Edinburgh for the ...

Cyclists risk nerve damage from potholes and rough roads, study finds

15 October 2017

Cyclists are at risk of permanent nerve damage because of poor road surfaces, research using an innovative measuring bike has revealed.

Cobbles, potholes, and rough roads can cause nerve damage for cyclists, study finds

12 October 2017

Cyclists who regularly ride on poor road surfaces or cobbles could be at risk of suffering nerve damage in their hands and arms, a new study has found.

Cobbles, potholes, and rough roads can cause nerve damage for cyclists, study finds

8 October 2017

Cyclists who regularly ride on poor road surfaces or cobbles could be at risk of suffering nerve damage in their hands and arms, a new study has found. The study by Edinburgh Napier University found ...

Is your commute causing you permanent nerve damage?

7 October 2017

Potholes are not just a danger to your bike - but could also cause permanent nerve damage to you, according to new research. A study by Edinburgh Napier University discovered that Hand Arm Vibration ...

Cyclists risk nerve damage from uneven street surfaces

7 October 2017

Cyclists are at risk of permanent nerve damage because of poor road surfaces in Scottish cities, research using a innovative measuring bike has revealed.

Risk of poorly-maintained roads to cyclists' health highlighted

7 October 2017

Cyclists are risking permanent nerve damage due to poor road surfaces, research by Edinburgh Napier University reported in The Scotsman suggests.

Research findings presented at ISO Working Group on hand-transmitted vibration (ISO/TC108/SC4/WG3)

SIS, Swedish Standards Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.

24 April 2019

Meeting with Recoil Ltd.

Glasgow

23 April 2019

Meeting with Richardson & Starling & Veitchi Group

The meeting was held at the Construction Scotland Innovation Centre, Hamilton International Technology Park, Blantyre, Scotland.

7 April 2019

Blairhall Primary School Engineering Taster Day

Blairhall Primary School, Blairhall, by Dunfermline, Fife.

28 March 2019

Whitecraig Primary School Paper Bridges Challenge

Whitecraig Primary School

20 March 2019

Hand-arm vibration exposure testing with Professor Setsuo Maeda

Edinburgh Napier University, School of Engineering & the Built Environment, heavy strutures laboratory.

29 April 2018 - 3 May 2018

Vibration exposure study for West Yorkshire Police

Wakefield, United Kingdom

1 January 1970