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Overview

Conleth O'Loughlin is affiliated with the University of Western Australia in Australia and specializes primarily in engineering, with a focus on civil and structural engineering.

Their research contributions predominantly address various aspects of geotechnical engineering, including soil mechanics, underground structures, and soil stabilization. Additional topics within their work include landslides and related hazards, fluid dynamics simulations and interactions, geotechnical analysis, and soil and unsaturated flow.

Key publication venues for their work include:

  • Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
  • Canadian Geotechnical Journal
  • Géotechnique
  • International Journal of Physical Modelling in Geotechnics
  • Ocean Engineering

Frequent collaborators in their research include M. F. Bransby, Britta Bienen, Mark Cassidy, Shiao Huey Chow, and Zefeng Zhou.

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored by Conleth O'Loughlin are:

  • Observations of the Effects of a Clay Layer on Suction Bucket Installation in Sand, 2020, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
  • Use of a bounding surface model in predicting element tests and capacity in boundary value problems, 2020, Canadian Geotechnical Journal
  • Towards a simple and reliable method for calculating uplift capacity of plate anchors in sand, 2020, Canadian Geotechnical Journal
  • Torsional installation and vertical tensile capacity of helical piles in clay, 2023, Géotechnique
  • Inclined loading of horizontal plate anchors in sand, 2021, Géotechnique

The body of work reflects an emphasis on experimental and modeling approaches to geotechnical problems, including capacity prediction and installation techniques for soil anchors and piles. The contributions address both sand and clay soils, relevant to engineering challenges in foundation and underground structure design.

Best Publications

  • Rate effects on penetrometer resistance in kaolin

    Barry Lehane;Conleth O'Loughlin;Christophe Gaudin;Mark Randolph

  • Penetration of dynamically installed anchors in clay

    Conleth O'Loughlin;M.D. Richardson;Mark Randolph;Christophe Gaudin

  • Loss in Anchor Embedment during Plate Anchor Keying in Clay

    Zhenhe Song;Yuxia Hu;Conleth O’Loughlin;Mark F. Randolph

  • Influence of the installation process on the performance of suction embedded plate anchors

    C. Gaudin;C. D. O'Loughlin;M. F. Randolph;A. C. Lowmass

  • Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Deep Penetrating Anchors

    Conleth O'Loughlin;Mark Randolph;M. Richardson

  • Setup Following Installation of Dynamic Anchors in Normally Consolidated Clay

    M. D. Richardson;C. D. O’Loughlin;M. F. Randolph;C. Gaudin

  • Soil strength estimation and pore pressure dissipation for free-fall piezocone in soft clay

    Shiaohuey Chow;Conleth O'Loughlin;Mark Randolph

  • Physical modelling to assess keying characteristics of plate anchors

    Conleth O'Loughlin;A. Lowmass;Christophe Gaudin;Mark Randolph

  • Centrifuge study on the cyclic performance of caissons in sand

    James A. Cox;Conleth D. O'Loughlin;Mark Cassidy;Subhamoy Bhattacharya

  • Dynamic installation and monotonic pullout of a torpedo anchor in calcareous silt

    Muhammad Hossain;Conleth O’loughlin;Youngho Kim

  • Centrifuge tests on dynamically installed anchors

    Conleth D. O’Loughlin;Mark D. Richardson;Mark F. Randolph

  • Suction caissons in dense sand, Part I: Installation, limiting capacity and drainage

    Britta Bienen;Rasmus Tofte Klinkvort;C. O’Loughlin;F. Zhu

  • Tensile monotonic capacity of helical anchors in sand: interaction between helices

    Dongxue Hao;Dong Wang;Conleth D. O’Loughlin;Christophe Gaudin

  • Capacity of dynamically installed anchors as assessed through field testing and three-dimensional large-deformation finite element analyses

    C. O’beirne;Conleth O’loughlin;Dong Wang;Christophe Gaudin

  • The response of suction caissons to long-term lateral cyclic loading in single-layer and layered seabeds

    F. Zhu;Conleth O'Loughlin;B. Bienen;M.J. Cassidy

  • Installation and capacity of dynamically embedded plate anchors as assessed through centrifuge tests

    Conleth O'Loughlin;Anthony Blake;M.D. Richardson;Mark Randolph

  • Improvements in plate anchor capacity due to cyclic and maintained loads combined with consolidation

    Zefeng Zhou;Conleth D. O'Loughlin;David J. White;Sam A. Stanier

  • An extended interpretation of the free-fall piezocone test in clay

    Shiaohuey Chow;Conleth O'Loughlin;David White;Mark Randolph

  • Numerical study of pull-out capacities of dynamically embedded plate anchors

    Dong Wang;Conleth O'Loughlin

  • Behaviour of vertically loaded plate anchors under sustained uplift

    C. Han;Dong Wang;Christophe Gaudin;Conleth O'Loughlin

  • Suction caissons in dense sand, part II: vertical cyclic loading into tension

    Britta Bienen;Rasmus Tofte Klinkvort;C. O’Loughlin;F. Zhu

  • Strength assessment during shallow penetration of a sphere in clay

    J.P. Morton;Conleth O'Loughlin;David White

Frequent Co-Authors

David White
David White University of Southampton
Mark Randolph
Mark Randolph University of Western Australia
Mark Cassidy
Mark Cassidy University of Melbourne
Susan Gourvenec
Susan Gourvenec University of Southampton
Barry Lehane
Barry Lehane University of Western Australia
Itai Einav
Itai Einav University of Sydney
Michael E. Brown
Michael E. Brown University of Dundee
Byron W. Byrne
Byron W. Byrne University of Oxford
Abdelmalek Bouazza
Abdelmalek Bouazza Monash University
Scott W. Sloan
Scott W. Sloan University of Newcastle Australia

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