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Gerrit Meijer is a lecturer in Geotechnical Engineering in the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering. He joined the University of Bath in 2019, after working as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the School of Science and Engineering at the University of Dundee (2016-2019).
He holds a PhD in Civil Engineering (Geotechnical Engineering), awarded by the University of Dundee in 2016. He graduated with an MSc (with distinction) in Civil Engineering from Delft University of Technology in 2012, after successfully obtaining a BSc in Civil Engineering at the same institution.
Gerrit’s primary research focusses on the behaviour of soils reinforced by plant roots and artificial fibres. He uses a wide range of investigative techniques (field work, soil element testing, physical modelling, analytical modelling and constitutive modelling) to understand how the mechanical behaviour of such soils differs from more common soil types, how this can be quantified both in the field and the laboratory, and how this behaviour can be modelled. He aims to provide practical guidance and tools that can be used for the management of natural slopes, linear infrastructure assets and erosion-type problems.
Willing to supervise doctoral students
- Reinforcement of soil by plant roots
- Fibre-reinforcement
- Shallow slope stability
- Mechanical behaviour of peat
Education/Academic qualification
Civil Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy
1 Jan 2013 → 31 Jul 2016
Award Date: 1 Oct 2016
Civil Engineering, Master of Science, Delft University of Technology
1 Sep 2010 → 1 Sep 2012
Award Date: 1 Sep 2012
Civil Engineering, Bachelor of Science, Delft University of Technology
1 Sep 2006 → 31 Jul 2010
Award Date: 1 Sep 2010
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Modelling for Natural Flood Risk Management
Zang, J., Bryant, L., Kjeldsen, T. & Meijer, G.
1/09/20 → 31/08/22
Project: UK charity
Research Output
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Mathematical and computational modelling of vegetated soil incorporating hydraulically-driven finite strain deformation
Woodman, N. D., Smethurst, J. A., Roose, T., Powrie, W., Meijer, G., Knappett, J. A. & Dias, T., 1 Nov 2020, In: Computers and Geotechnics. 127, 103754.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Using DEM to create a CPT based method to estimate the installation requirements of rotary installed piles in sand
Sharif, Y., Brown, M., Ciantia, M., Cerfontaine, B., Davidson, C., Knappett, J. A., Meijer, G. & Ball, J., 2020, In: Canadian Geotechnical Journal.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Analysis of coupled axial and lateral deformation of roots in soil
Meijer, G., Wood, D. M., Knappett, J. A., Bengough, A. G. & Liang, T., 25 Feb 2019, In: International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics. 43, 3, p. 684-707 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Invited lecture on "Quantification of mechanical and hydrological root-reinforcement"
Meijer, G., Bengough, A. G., Knappett, J. A., Muir Wood, D., Liang, T. & Boldrin, D., 1 Oct 2019.Research output: Contribution to conference › Other
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Measuring the strength of root-reinforced soil on steep natural slopes using the corkscrew extraction method
Meijer, G., Bengough, G., Knappett, J., Loades, K. & Nicoll, B., 12 Dec 2019, In: Forests. 10, 12, 1135.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus)