2026 Guy T. Houlsby: Engineering and Technology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

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Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Engineering and Technology	88	330	311	24	22	288	23034

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Engineering and Technology

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Engineering and Technology

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23034

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330

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Research.com Recognitions

1999 - Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK)

Overview

Guy T. Houlsby is a researcher affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their work spans the field of engineering, with a focus on civil and structural engineering, mechanics of materials, and biomedical engineering. The scientist's research further includes topics related to geotechnical engineering and soil mechanics, underground structures, soil stabilization, elasticity and material modeling, seismic performance, soil and unsaturated flow, and geotechnical analysis.

The scientist has contributed extensively to academic literature through various papers published in prominent venues. Notable recent papers include:

Application of the PISA design model to monopiles embedded in layered soils, 2020, published in Géotechnique
Effect of Stress Level on Response of Model Monopile to Cyclic Lateral Loading in Sand, 2021, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Finite-Element Investigation of Excavation-Induced Settlements of Buildings and Buried Pipelines, 2022, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Modeling Lifetime Performance of Monopile Foundations for Offshore Wind Applications, 2023, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Multi-surface and bounding surface models in hyperplasticity, 2023, Computers and Geotechnics

Their frequent collaborators include Byron W. Byrne, Harvey J. Burd, Christelle N. Abadie, Ross A. McAdam, and Iona Richards.

Guy T. Houlsby's research has been published frequently in the following venues:

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Géotechnique
Computers and Geotechnics
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)
Symposium on Energy Geotechnics 2023

The scientist's main fields of study consist of engineering, with a significant number of works focused on civil and structural engineering and allied subfields.

In recognition of contributions to engineering, Guy T. Houlsby was named Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK) in 1999.

Best Publications

The limiting pressure on a circular pile loaded laterally in cohesive soil

M. F. Randolph;G. T. Houlsby

926
Citations
Response of stiff piles in sand to long-term cyclic lateral loading

C. Leblanc;G.T. Houlsby;B.W. Byrne

746
Citations
An analytical study of the cone penetration test in clay

C. I. Teh;G. T. Houlsby

701
Citations
Application of Thermomechanical Principles to the Modelling of Geotechnical Materials

I. F. Collins;G. T. Houlsby

638
Citations
FINITE CAVITY EXPANSION IN DILATANT SOILS: LOADING ANALYSIS

H.S. Yu;G.T. Houlsby

627
Citations
Anisotropic elasticity of a natural clay

Jim Graham;G T Houlsby

544
Citations
Foundations for offshore wind turbines

Byron W. Byrne;Guy T. Houlsby

506
Citations
The work input to an unsaturated granular material

G. T. Houlsby

493
Citations
The flow of granular materials—I: Discharge rates from hoppers

R.M. Nedderman;U. Tüzün;S.B. Savage;G.T. Houlsby

444
Citations
A thermomechanical framework for constitutive models for rate-independent dissipative materials

G.T. Houlsby;A.M. Puzrin

433
Citations
Soil mechanics - property characterization and analysis procedures

CP Wroth;GT Houlsby

411
Citations
The Direct Shear Strength and Dilatancy of Sand-gravel Mixtures

Alessandro Simoni;Guy T. Houlsby

385
Citations
Principles of Hyperplasticity: An Approach to Plasticity Theory Based on Thermodynamic Principles

G. T. Houlsby;A. M. Puzrin

359
Citations
Plastic response of circular footings on sand under general planar loading

G. Gottardi;G. T. Houlsby;R. Butterfield

352
Citations
Theory and practice of the fall cone test

T. Koumoto;G. T. Houlsby

299
Citations
Standardized sign conventions and notation for generally loaded foundations

R. Butterfield;G. T. Houlsby;G. Gottardi

294
Citations
Undrained bearing capacity factors for conical footings on clay

G. T. Houlsby;C. M. Martin

287
Citations
Suction caissons for wind turbines

Guy T. Houlsby;Lars Bo Ibsen;Byron W. Byrne

267
Citations
CALIBRATION CHAMBER TESTS OF A CONE PENETROMETER IN SAND

G. T. Houlsby;R. Hitchman

266
Citations
Design procedures for installation of suction caissons in sand

G. T. Houlsby;B. W. Byrne

247
Citations