Imperial College London

Emeritus ProfessorJohnBurland

Faculty of EngineeringDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Senior Research Investigator
 
 
 
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Contact

 

j.burland

 
 
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Location

 

416Skempton BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Overview

 

Areas of Expertise:

Soil-structure interaction; influence of foundation movements on building performance; deep excavations and tunnels; piled foundations; foundations on difficult ground including shrinking and swelling clays; the mechanical behaviour of unsaturated soils; the strength and stiffness of clays.

triaxial cells in the laboratory

Triaxial cells in the laboratory