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Barry Lehane

W/Prof Barry Lehane

Contact details

Address Academic Staff (Civil and Resource Engineering)
The University of Western Australia (M051)
35 Stirling Highway
CRAWLEY WA 6009
Australia
Phone 6488 2417
Fax 6488 1018

Key research

  • Soil Mechanics
  • Foundation Engineering
  • Numerical modelling

Major research interests

  • Foundation design and testing
  • Geotechnical engineering
  • Soil mechanics

Qualifications

BE Cork, PhD Imp. Coll. (Lond.), DIC, CEng, MIEI, FTCD

Publications

PUBLICATIONS LIST

Books

1. Jardine R.J. and Lehane B.M. Research into the behaviour of offshore piles: field experiments in sand and clay. UK Health and Safety Executive, Offshore Technology Report, 1993, 135pp, HSE books.
2. Gwizdala K., Lehane B.M., Mandolini A., Holeyman A. and Skov R. Present-day design methods for axially loaded piles in Europe. Int. Society for Soil Mech. and Geotech. Engng Spec. Amsterdam publ.,1999, 56pp.
3. Lehane B.M., Jardine R.J. and McCabe B.A. Experimental investigation of pile groups subjected to cyclic tension loading UK Health and Safety Executive, Research Report 101, 2003, 44pp.
4. Lehane B.M., Schneider J.A. and Xu X. Evaluation of design methods for offshore piles in siliceous sand. 105pp. (currently published in house, submitted as ASCE special publication).

Book chapters

5. Lehane B.M. Integral Bridges. Chapter 4, Bridge Deck Analysis, E & F-N SPON, 1999, 121-150.
6. Lehane B.M. The use of in-situ tests for foundation design. In-situ characterization of soil, Balkema, 2003, 85-100.

Papers in refereed journals

7. Lehane B.M., Jardine R.J., Bond A.J. and Frank R. Mechanisms of shaft friction in sand from instrumented pile tests. J. Geotechnical Engng.., ASCE, 1992, 119(1), 19-35.
8. Lehane B.M. and Jardine R.J. On the residual strength of Bothkennar clay. Geotechnique, 1992, 42(2), 363-368.
9. Lehane B.M. and Jardine R.J. Displacement pile behaviour in glacial clay. Canadian Geotechnical J., 1994, 31(1), 79-90.
10. Lehane B.M. and Jardine R.J. Displacement pile behaviour in a soft marine clay. Canadian Geotechnical J., 1994, 31(2), 181-191.
11. Lehane B.M. Recent developments in driven pile design: shaft capacities of piles in clay. Trans. Inst. of Engng. of Ireland, 1994, 118, 22-38 (IEI Geotechnical prize).
12. Jardine R.J., Lehane B.M., Smith P.R. and Gildea P.A. Behaviour of rigid foundations on soft, sensitive, Bothkennar clay under vertical load. Geotechnique, 1995, 45(4), 573-597.
13. Lehane B.M., Jardine R.J., Bond A.J. and Frank R. Determination of shaft friction in sand from instrumented pile tests. J. Geotechnical Engng., ASCE, 1993, 121 (8), 1449-1452.
14. Looby M.L., Farrell E.R. and Lehane B.M. Driven piles in boulder clay - design and practice. Trans Inst. of Engng. of Ireland, 1995, 119, 89-106. (IEI Civil prize).
15. Phillips D.T. and Lehane B.M. Laterally loaded piles in Dublin Boulder Clay. Trans Inst. of Engng of Ireland, 120, 1996, 153-166.
16. Jardine R.J., Chow F.C, Matsumoto T. and Lehane B.M. A new design procedure for driven piles and its application to two Japanese Clays. Soils and Foundations, 1998, 38 (1), 207-219.
17. Farrell E.R., Lehane B.M. and Looby M. Instrumented driven pile in Dublin Boulder Clay. Geotechnical Engineering, ICE, 1998, 131, 233-241.
18. Lehane B.M., McCabe B.M. Phillips D.M., Jardine R.J. Paul T.S. and Horkan E. Piling Research in Belfast's soft clay. Trans Inst. of Engng of Ireland, 1998, 121, 8-23. (IEI Geotechnical prize).
19. Lehane B.M., Keogh D.M. and O' Brien E.J. Simplified elastic model for restraining effects of backfill soil on integral bridges. Computers and Structures, 1999, 73(1), 303-313.
20. Lehane B.M. and De Cock F. Standard European practice for estimating ultimate pile capacities from laboratory test data. Ground Engineering (European Foundations), 1999, 4(1), 24-27.
21. Lehane B.M., Horkan E., Paul T.S. and Jardine R.J., Piling research in Belfast soft clay. Ground Engineering, 1999, 32(3), 31-32.
22. Gill D.R. and Lehane B.M. Extending the Strain Path Method analogy for modelling penetrometer installation. Int. J. Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 2000, 24, 477-489.
23. Lehane B.M., Chow F.C., McCabe B.M. and Jardine R.J., Relationships between shaft capacity of driven piles and CPT end resistance. Geotechnical Engineering, ICE, 2000, 143, 93-101.
24. Lehane B.M. and Cosgrove E. Applying triaxial compression stiffness data to settlement prediction of shallow foundations on cohesionless soils. Geotechnical Engineering, ICE, 2000, 143, 191-200.
25. Lehane B.M. and Simpson B. Modelling the behaviour of a glacial till using a 3-D BRICK soil model. Canadian Geotechnical J., 2000, 37 (5), 1078-1088.
26. Lehane B.M., McCabe B.A. and Phillips D.T. Instrumented single and group piles in Belfast soft clay, Australian Geomechanics, 2000, 35(4), 33-45.
27. Gavin K. and Lehane B.M. Research on the axial capacity of pipe piles in sand. Trans Inst. of Engng of Ireland, 2000, 124, 30-47.
28. Lehane B.M. and Gavin K.G. The base resistance of jacked pipe piles in sand. J. Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Engrg. ASCE, 2001, 127 (6), 473-480.
29. Gill D.R. and Lehane B.M. An optical technique for investigating soil displacement patterns. Geotechnical Testing J., ASTM, 2001, 24(3), 324-329.
30. Lehane B.M. and Randolph M.F. Evaluation of a minimum base resistance for pipe piles in sand. J. Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Engrg. ASCE, 2002, 128 (3), 198-205.
31. Lehane B.M. and Fahey M.F. Investigating a simple settlement prediction method for foundations on sand. Canadian Geotechnical J., 2002, 39(2), 293-303.
32. Lehane B.M. Vertically loaded shallow foundation on soft clayey silt: A case history. Geotechnical Engineering, ICE, 2003, 156, 17-26.
33. Gavin K.G. and Lehane B.M. Shaft friction for open-ended piles in sand. Canadian Geotechnical J., 2003, 40(1), 36-45.
34. Lehane B.M. and Fahey M. An investigation of seasonal effects on in situ test parameters in Perth sand. Australian Geomechanics J., 2003, 38(1), 57-66.
35. Lehane B.M and Jardine R.J. The effect of long term pre-loading on the performance of a vertically loaded footing on Bothkennar clay. Geotechnique, 2003, 53(8), 689-695.
36. Lehane B.M., Pennington D. and Clark S. Jacked end bearing piles in the soft alluvial sediments of Perth. Australian Geomechanics J., 38(3), 123-134.
37. Fahey M., Lehane B.M. and Stewart D. Soil stiffness for shallow foundation design in the Perth CBD. Australian Geomechanics J., 38(3), 61-90.
38. Lehane B.M. and Gavin K. Discussion: Determination of bearing capacity of open-ended piles in sand J. Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Engrg. ASCE, 2004, 130 (6), 656-658.
39. Cosgrove E. and Lehane B.M. Cyclic loading of loose backfill placed adjacent to integral bridge abutments. Int. J. Physical Modelling in Geotechnics, 2003, 3(3), 9-16.
40. Lehane B.M. and Gill D.R. Displacement fields induced by penetrometer installation in an artificial soil. Int. J. Physical Modelling in Geotechnics, 2004, 4(1), 25-37.
41. Lehane B.M., Ismail M. and Fahey M. Seasonal dependence of in-situ test parameters in sand above the water table, Geotechnique, 2004, 54 (3), 215-218.
42. White D.J. and Lehane B.M. Friction fatigue on displacement piles in sand. Geotechnique 54(10), 645-658. (ICE Bishop medal)
43. Lehane B.M. and White D.J. Lateral stress changes and shaft friction for model piles in sand. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 2005, 42, 1039-1052.
44. Lehane B.M., Gaudin C. and Schneider J.A. Shaft capacity of model piles buried in dense sand. Geotechnique, 55(10), 2005, 709-720.
45. McCabe B.A. and Lehane B.M. Field experiments on pile groups in clay. J. Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Engrg. ASCE, (in press, March 2006).
46. Xu X, Lehane B.M. and Liu H. Field measurements during pipe pile installation in soft clay. Geotechnical Engineering, ICE, (in press, May 2006).
47. Lehane B.M., Gaudin C., D. Richards D. and Rattley M.J. Rate effects on the vertical uplift capacity of footings founded on clay. (submitted to Geotechnique in Jan. 2006)
48. Lehane B.M., O’ Loughlin C.D., Gaudin C. and Randolph M.F. Rate and size effects for the penetration resistance of the T-bar. (submitted to Geotechnique in Jan. 2006)
49. Schneider J.A., Xu X. and Lehane B.M. Database assessment of driven pile axial capacity in siliceous sands: Part I Methods, database and predictive performance. (submitted to J. Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Engrg. in Jan. 2006).
50. Rattley M., Richards D.J., Lehane B.M. and Gaudin C. Numerical prediction of the rate dependence of the uplift capacity of transmission tower foundations. (submitted to Computer & Geotechnics in Jan. 2006)
51. Schneider J.A., Xu X. and Lehane B.M. Database assessment of driven pile axial capacity in siliceous sands: Part II Reliability analysis (submitted to J. Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Engrg. in Jan. 2006).
52. O’ Loughlin C.D. and Lehane B.M. Strain distributions beneath centrifuge model footings. (submitted to Int. J. Physical Modelling in Geotechnics, March 2006).
53. Xu X., Schneider J.A. and Lehane B.M. CPT based design for end bearing of driven piles in sand. (submitted to Canadian Geotechnical J. in Jan. 2006).
54. Schneider J.A. and Lehane B.M. Centrifuge studies of partial drainage effects during piezocone tests (submitted to Int. J. Physical Modelling in Geotechnics, Feb. 2006).

Papers in refereed conferences

55. Lehane B.M. and Jardine R.J. The behaviour of a displacement pile in Bothkennar clay. Predictive soil mechanics, Thomas Telford, 1993, 421-435.
56. Jardine R.J., Bond A.J. and Lehane B.M. Field experiments with instrumented piles in sand and clay. Proc. Conf. on Piling in Europe, ICE, London, 1992, 51-58.
57. Solera S.A. and Lehane B.M. Design and monitoring of a grout curtain at the old Billingsgate Market. Proc. Conf. on Grouting in the Ground, British Institution of Civil Engineers, London, 1992, 6-12.
58. Lehane B.M. and Jardine R.J.. Predictions for pile downdrag at Bothkennar. Predictive Soil mechanics, Thomas Telford, 1992, 817-818.
59. Lehane B.M. and Jardine R.J. The behaviour of displacement piles in glacial till. Proc. VI Int. Conf. on the Behaviour of Offshore Structures, BOSS '92, London 1992, 555-565.
60. Jardine R.J., Lehane B.M. and Everton S. Friction coefficients for piles in sands and silts. Proc. IV Conf. on Offshore site investigation and foundation behaviour, 1992, Soc. for Underwater Technology, London, 661-677.
61. Bond A.J., Jardine R.J. and Lehane B.M. Factors affecting pile capacity in clay soils. Proc. IV Conf. on Offshore site investigation and foundation behaviour, Soc. for Underwater Technology, London, 1992, 585-606.
62. Jardine R.J., Lehane B.M., Smith P.R. and Gildea P.A.. Bearing capacity and load-displacement behavior of rigid pads on soft, sensitive Clay. Proc. III Int. Conf. on case histories in geotechnical engineering, ASCE, St. Louis, Missouri 1993, 161-166.
63. Lehane B.M. and Jardine R.J. Shaft capacity of driven piles in sand: a new design method. Proc. VII Int. Conf. on the Behaviour of Offshore Structures, Boston, 1994, 1, 23-36.
64. Lehane B.M., Jardine R.J., Bond A.J. and Chow F. The development of shaft friction on piles in clay. Proc. XIII Int. Conf. on Soil Mech. and Fdn. Engng., New Delhi, 1994, 2, 473-476.
65. Paul T.S., Lehane B.M., Chapman T.J. and Newman R.L. On the properties of a sandy gravel. Proc. XIII Int. Conf. on Soil Mech. and Fdn. Engng., New Delhi, 1994, 1, 29-32.
66. Lehane B.M., Chapman T., Paul T. and Johnson J. The apparent variability of the Woolwich and Reading beds. Proc. XI Eur. Conf. on Soil Mech and Fdn. Engng., Copenhagen, 1995, 8, 95-102.
67. Farrell E., Lehane B.M., O' Brien S. and Orr T. (1995). The stiffness properties of Dublin Boulder Clay. Proc. XI Eur. Conf. on Soil Mech and Fdn. Engng., Copenhagen, 1995, 1, 109-114.
68. Gavin K.G. and Lehane B.M. The reliability of conventional design methods for driven piles in sand. Proc. VI Int. Conf. on Piling and Deep foundations, Bombay, 1996, 5, 51-56.
69. Lehane B.M., Keogh D.M. and O'Brien E.J. Soil structure interaction analysis of integral bridge abutments. Proc. III Int. Conf. on Computational Structures Technology, Budapest, 1996, 459-466.
70. Gavin K.G and Lehane B.M. The behaviour of open and closed ended piles jacked into loose sand. Proc. XIV Int. Conf. on Soil Mech. and Fdn. Engng., Hamburg, 1997, 2, 1159-1162.
71. Lehane B.M. and Farrell E.R. A serviceability limit state design approach for footings. Proc. XIV Int. Conf. on Soil Mech. and Fdn. Engng., Hamburg, 1997, 1, 359-362.
72. Lehane B.M. Design of axially loaded piles - Irish Practice. Proc. Seminar on design of axially loaded piles in Europe, Int. Soc, Soil Mech. & Geotech. Engrg., Brussels, 1997, 203-218.
73. Lehane B.M. Effective stress analysis of multi-stage embankments. Road embankments on soft ground in Ireland, Irish Inst. of Civ. Engineers, 1997, 151-160.
74. Lehane B.M. and Faulkner A. Stiffness and strength characteristics of a hard lodgement till. Proc. 2nd Int. Symp. on the Geotechnics of hard soils and soft rocks, Naples, 1998, 2, 637-646.
75. Faulkner A., Lehane B.M. and Farrell E.R. Cone Penetration Testing in Irish soils. Proc. 1st Int. Conf. on Site Characterisation, Atlanta, 1998, 2, 1033-1038.
76. Gill D.R. and Lehane B.M. Modelling penetrometer installation using a modified Strain Path Method. Proc. IV Eur. Conf. on numerical methods in geotechnical engineering, Udine, 1998, 1, 303-314.
77. Gavin K.G. and Lehane B.M. Estimating end bearing capacities of driven piles in sand from in-situ tests, Proc. VII Int. Conf. on Piling and Deep foundations, Vienna, 1998, 5, 241-247.
78. Phillips D.M. and Lehane B.M.. The lateral capacity of an instrumented pile in glacial till. Proc. VII Int. Conf. on Piling and Deep foundations, Vienna, 1998, 5, 131-136.
79. Lehane B.M. and McCabe B.A. Interaction effects in laterally loaded pile groups. In Advances in civil and structural engineering computing practice, Edinburgh, 1998, 1, 393-399.
80. Chow F.C., Jardine R.J. and Lehane B.M. Research with instrumented piles to improve the understanding of displacement pile behaviour. Proc. Int. Conf. on Soil Structure Interaction in Urban Civil Engineering, Darmstadt, 1998, 2, 255-268.
81. Ramsey N., Jardine R.J., Lehane B.M. and Ridley A. A review of soil-steel interface testing with the ring shear apparatus. Proc. VI Conf. on Offshore site investigation and foundation behaviour, Soc. for Underwater Technology, London, 1998, 237-258.
82. Lehane B.M. In-situ testing in Ireland: Recent developments. Ground Investigation in Ireland, Irish Inst. of Civ. Engineers, 1998, 31-36.
83. Jardine R.J., Lehane B.M. and Smith P.R. Field research with instrumented displacement piles and rigid pad foundations at Bothkennar. Characterization of soft marine clays, 1999, 255-270, Balkema, Rotterdam.
84. Lehane B.M. Predicting the restraint to integral bridge deck expansion. Proc. XII Eur. Conf. on Soil Mech and Fdn. Engng., Amsterdam, 1999, 2, 797-802.
85. Lehane B.M. (1999). Editor, The 1999 Young geotechnical researchers forum. Trans Inst. of Engng of Ireland, 2000, 122, 8-25.
86. Lehane B.M., Phillips D., Paul T.S. and Horkan E. Instrumented tests on piles subjected to combined axial and lateral load. Proc. XII Eur. Conf. on Soil Mech and Fdn. Engng., Amsterdam, 1999, 2, 1145-1150.
87. Lehane B.M. A new local instrumentation system for triaxial tests. Geotechnics of hard soils and soft rocks, 2000, 3, 1433-1434, Balkema, Rotterdam.
88. Lehane B.M., Creed M.C., Orr T.L., Long M.M. and Rodgers M. Geotechnical education in Ireland. Proc Int. Conf. on Geotechnical Engineering, Education and training, Sinaia, Romania, 2000, 1, 127-130.
89. O’Loughlin C. and Lehane B.M. Modelling the 1-D creep behaviour of Irish peat. Proc. XV Int. Conf. on Soil Mech. and Fdn. Engng., Istanbul, 2001,1, 223-226.
90. Cosgrove E., Lehane B.M. and Ng C W.W. Sand tested under cyclic triaxial conditions with constant radial stress. Proc. XV Int. Conf. on Soil Mech. and Fdn. Engng., Istanbul, 2001, 1, 63-66.
91. O’Loughlin C. and Lehane B.M. Investigating 1-D creep characteristics of organic soils. Proc. III Int. Conf. on Soft Soil Engineering, Hong Kong, 2001,1, 369-375.
92. Lehane B.M. Earthworks in Transportation: An overview. Geotechnical Engineering in Transportation, Irish Inst. of Civ. Engineers, 2001, 102-109.
93. De Cock F., Legrand C. and Lehane B.M. Overview of design methods for axially loaded piles in Europe. Proc. IX Int. Conf. on Piling and Deep foundations, Nice, 2002.
94. McCabe B.A. and Lehane B.M. Stress changes associated with driving pile groups in clayey silt. Proc. XIII Eur. Conf. on Soil Mech and Fdn. Engng., Prague, 2003, 2, 271-276.
95. Lehane B.M., McCabe B.A. and Jardine R.J. One-way axial cyclic tension loading of driven piles in clay. BGA Int. Conf. On Foundations, Dundee, 2003, 493-406.
96. O’Loughlin C.D. and Lehane B.M. Tertiary compression of fibrous peat. Int. Conf. on problematic soils, Nottingham, 2003, 2, 419-426.
97. Gavin K.G., Lehane B.M. and Prieto C. The development of skin friction on pipe piles in overconsolidated sand. Proc. XIII Eur. Conf. on Soil Mech and Fdn. Engng., Prague, 2003, 2, 161-166.
98. O’Loughlin C., Lehane B.M. and White D.J. Deformation patterns in sand beneath shallow foundations subjected to vertical loading. Proc. XIII Eur. Conf. on Soil Mech and Fdn. Engng., Prague, 2003, 2, 767-772.
99. Gavin K.G. and Lehane B.M. End bearing of small pipe piles in dense sand. BGA Int. Conf. On Foundations, Dundee, 2003, 321-330.
100. O’Loughlin C.D. and Lehane B.M. A study of the link between composition and compressibility of peat and organic soils. Proc. 2nd International Conference on Advances in Soft Soil Engineering and Technology, Putrajaya, Malaysia, 2003, 1, 135-152.
101. Phillips D.P. and Lehane B.M. The response of driven single piles subjected to combined loads. Proc 5th Int. Conf. On Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering, New York, 2004 (in press)
102. O’Loughlin C.D. and Lehane B.M. Measurement and prediction of deformation patterns beneath strip footings in sand. BGA Int. Conf. On Foundations, Dundee, 2003, 705-714.
103. Fahey M. and Lehane B.M. Stiffness parameters for settlement analysis of foundations from pressuremeter, dilatometer and seismic cone testing. Proc 9th Australian- New Zealand Conf., Auckland, 2004, 2, 797-803.
104. Lehane B.M., Xu X. and Fahey M. Investigating the relationship between in situ sand stiffness and dilatometer test parameters. Proc 9th Australian- New Zealand Conf., Auckland, 2004, 2, 832-839.
105. Lehane B.M., Jardine R.J. and McCabe B.A. Response of a pile group in clay to first-time one- way cyclic tension loading. Advances in geotechnical engineering: the Skempton Conf., London, 2004, 2, 700-709.
106. Leventis G.E. , Lehane B.M. et al. General Report on case histories of shallow and deep foundations including soil structure interaction. 5th Int. Conf. On Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering, New York, 2004, 140-178.
107. Lehane B.M. and Fahey M. Using SCPT and DMT data for settlement prediction in sand. Proc. 2nd International Conf. on site characterisation, General Report, Porto, Portugal, 2004, 2, 1673-1680.
108. Lehane B.M. and Fahey M. New developments in interpretation of in-situ test data. Proc. 2nd International Conf. on site characterisation, Keynote lecture III-1, Porto, Portugal, 2004, 1, 819-824.
109. Tapper L. and Lehane B.M. Lateral stress development on integral bridge abutments. Proc. 18th Australasian Conf. on Mechanics of Structures and Materials, Perth, 2004, 2, 1069-1076.
110. Lehane B.M. and Randolph M.F. Redistribution in pile group design : a case history. Proc. 18th Australasian Conf. on Mechanics of Structures and Materials, Perth, 2004, 2, 1037-1042.
111. Schnaid F., Lehane B.M. and Fahey M. In-situ characterisation of unusual soils. Proc. 2nd International Conf. on site characterisation, Keynote Lecture I, Porto, Portugal, 2004, 1, 49-74.
112. Gallagher D., Gavin. K., McCabe B.A. and Lehane B.M. Experimental investigation of the response of a driven pile in soft silt. Proc. 18th Australasian Conf. on Mechanics of Structures and Materials, Perth, 2004, 2, 991-996.
113. Gavin K. and Lehane B.M. Estimating the end bearing resistance of pipe piles in sand using the final filling ratio. Proc. Int. Symposium on Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics, Perth, 2005, 717-724 .
114. Hebeler G.L., Frost J.D., Schneider J.A. and Lehane B.M. Cyclic friction piezocone tests for offshore applications. Proc. Int. Symposium on Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics, Perth, 2005, 967-972.
115. Lehane B.M. and Gaudin C. Effects of drained pre-loading on the performance of shallow foundations on overconsolidated clay. Proc. 24th Int. Conf. Offshore Mechanics and Artic Engineering, Halkidiki, Greece, June 2005, OAME2005-67559.
116. Xu X. and Lehane B.M. End bearing of closed-ended displacement piles in sand. Proc. Int. Symposium on Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics, Perth, 2005, 733-740.
117. Rattley M., Lehane B.M., Richards D.J. and Gaudin C. An experimental and numerical study of rate effects for plate anchors in clay. Proc. Int. Symposium on Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics, Perth, 2005, 197-204.
118. Gaudin C. and Lehane B.M. A centrifuge study of the monotonic and cyclic resistance of piles and pile groups in sand. Proc. Int. Symposium on Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics, Perth, 2005, 749-756.
119. Schneider J.A. and Lehane B.M. Correlations for shaft capacity of offshore piles in sand. Proc. Int. Symposium on Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics, Perth, 2005, 757-764.
120. Xu X., Lehane B.M. and Schneider J.A. Evaluation of end bearing capacity of open-ended piles in sand from cone penetration data. Proc. Int. Symposium on Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics, Perth, 2005, 725-732.
121. White D.J., Schneider J.A. and Lehane B.M. The influence of the pile end condition on the shaft capacity of displacement piles in sand. Proc. Int. Symposium on Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics, Perth, 2005, 741-748.
122. Lehane B.M. General Report : Insights into pile behaviour provided by recent field measurements. Proc. 16th International Conference in Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Osaka (September 2005) (in press).
123. Xu. X, Lehane B.M., Gaudin C., Zhang T. and Liu H.L. Centrifuge studies of single and group displacement piles in clay. Proc. Int. Physical Modelling Conf., Centrifuge ’06, 2006, Hong Kong, China (in press)
124. Schneider J.A. and Lehane B.M. Effects of width for square centrifuge displacement piles in sand. Proc. Int. Physical Modelling Conf., Centrifuge ’06, 2006, Hong Kong, China (in press).
125. Gaudin C. and Lehane B.M. Centrifuge modelling of pile groups in sand. Proc. Int. Physical Modelling Conf., Centrifuge ’06, 2006, Hong Kong, China, (in press).

Publications not subject to peer review

126. Farrell E.R. and Lehane B.M. Foundation settlements on Dublin black boulder clay. The Engineers Journal, 1996, 49(4), 23-26
127. Looby M.L., Farrell E.R. and Lehane B.M. Behaviour of driven piles in boulder clay. The Engineers Journal, 1995, 48(3), 36-42.
128. O’Loughlin C and Lehane B.M. Creep settlement of peat. The Engineers Journal, 1999, 53(4), 37-39.
129. Lehane B.M. Discussion summary on long term performance of embankments in Ireland. Road embankments on soft ground in Ireland, Inst. of Engineers of Ireland, 168.
130. Lehane B.M. (1997). The new CPT rig at TCD. The Engineers Journal, 50(4), 35.
131. Lehane B.M. (1998). Geotechnical Research at Trinity College Dublin. The Engineers Journal, 52(4), 49-51.

Technical reports
Co-author/author of an extensive range (in excess of 200) of technical reports for Ove Arup & Partners London & Hong Kong, OASYS software, Imperial College London, Trinity College Dublin, School of Civil Engineering UWA and the Centre for Offshore foundation Systems UWA.

Funding received

Current active research programmes

• Tunnelling induced ground and building movements in Perth CBD
• Application of the dilatometer to settlement prediction in sands
• Re-loading and re-use of shallow foundations
• The effect of the installation method on capacity of displacement piles in sand
• The stiffness and strength of sand at low degrees of saturation
• Transmission tower foundations and the effects of soil suction
• Applications of optical measurement techniques to foundation analysis.
• Liquefaction resistance of Perth sands
• Shallow foundations subjected to combined loading in sand
• Single piles subjected to combined axial and lateral loading
• Foundations for offshore wind turbines
• The behaviour of open-ended driven piles in sand
• Pile groups subjected to tension, compression and cyclic loading
• 1-D creep characteristics of peat and organic clays
• Cyclic loading of the backfill adjacent to integral bridge abutments
• Creep settlements in piles
• Experimental studies on the behaviour of rock sockets
• The BRICK soil model and its application in retaining wall design
• In-situ test based methods for pile design
• Insights gained using transparent soil in the centrifuge
• Characterising Belfast soft clay
• Modelling driven pile installation
• Pipe-pile installation in soft clay
• Earth pressures on braced sheet piles in Perth CBD
• The influence of partial drainage and viscous effects on CPTU data
• Response to lateral load of bored piles in Perth dune sand
• Scale effects of shaft friction in sand
• Axial response of pipe pile groups in clay
• Development of ‘centrifuge sols’
• Cyclic loading effects on the axial response of piles in calcareous sand

Industrial relevance

Industry Experience (1984-2004)

2002-2004
• Advice for proposed new Singapore flyer
• Advice on template foundation design for Sakhalin field
• Design check for basement at Anzac Parade, Sydney
• Advice for bridge duplication, Camden Haven River
• Piled raft design at Alcoa plant in Pinjarra
• Design check for Parramatta station extension
• Foundation design for stack at Worsley, retaining wall at Hotham Street, UWA chemistry building and Crawley apartment blocks, office developments in Osborne Park (for Belpile Pty Ltd, Perth)
• Design checks through Arup Australia for jetty (PNG), bi-directional pile load test (Singapore), Yolla gravity platform (Bass Strait), diaphragm wall (Perth CBD)
• Pile design checks and instrumented pile for Perth Convention centre
• Design review for defective piles in Brisbane
• On-going mining advice to Gypsum Industries (UK & Ireland)
• Expert witness for collapse due to excavation in Cork


Pre 2002
• Managed site investigation and geotechnical report for CrossRail tunnel in London
• Senior Geotechnical designer for Darlington Town Centre redevelopment, England (including two level basements and piled rafts)
• Advice to Gypsum Industries on mine collapses in Ireland
• Senior Geotechnical designer for Billingsgate market refurbishment including installation of a grout curtain and jetty construction
• Offshore platform feasibility studies for Sumitomo and BP
• Foundation design for Ravenspurn C gravity platform in North Sea
• Didcot reinforced embankments, UK
• Deep (9-level) basement design for Harrods UK
• Geotechnical advice on collapsing apartment blocks to Pierse developers, Ireland.
• Raft foundation design for Moorgate Hall, City of London
• Programming of OASYS FREW, VDISP, ALP, MINLIN & STAWAL commercial software packages for wall, shallow foundation and pile design
• Design and supervision of foundations for North Fleet Jetty, London
• Advice on instability of embankments at Avoca landfill, Ireland
• Project manager for Trinity College Dublin mobile ground investigation unit
• Co-ordinated laboratory testing at Trinity College Dublin for projects such as the Dublin port tunnel, Amsterdam metro, Jamuna bridge and a variety of Irish motorway projects
• Senior Geotechnical designer for MTRC Kowloon and Tsing Yi stations and interlinking running tunnels
• Co-ordinated various instrumentation projects for road works and piling contracts
• Director of Irish Centre for Offshore and marine geotechnics
• Advice to John Barnett & Associates consulting engineers (Ireland)
• Advice to MC O’Sullivan consulting engineers (Ireland)
• Advice to CainWhite engineering (Ireland)
• Advice to Murphy Piling plc (Ireland)

Memberships

MIEAust, CPEng, FTCD

Honours and awards

Armstrong PhD prize,1992, University of London
Bishop medal, 2004, ICE

Previous positions

Ove Arup & Partners (1984-1988 and 1992-1993)
Imperial College London (1988-1992)
Trinity College Dublin (1993-2002)
University of Weestern Australia (2002- present)

Teaching

Foundation Engineering
Environmental Geomechanics

Research profile