Professor Harvey Burd

Position

Professor of Engineering Science and Tutorial Fellow in Engineering Science

Qualifications

MA, DPhil, FICE

Academic Background

I studied Engineering Science at Hertford College, Oxford as an undergraduate. After a working for several years as a structural engineer, I returned to Hertford College to engage in a DPhil on the development of finite element methods in soil mechanics. I have been a Fellow of Brasenose College since 1987. I am a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers.

Undergraduate Teaching

I teach a range of topics in College-based tutorials including: theory of structures, dynamics, mechanics and mathematics. I also run advanced University courses in Civil Engineering.

Research Interests

My research is mainly concerned with the development of computational and analytical modelling techniques to predict and better understand the performance of civil engineering structures and systems.

I currently work on the development of improved design models for foundation systems (e.g. monopiles) for offshore wind turbine support structures. These design models facilitate the continued development of offshore wind as an effective and economical source of renewable energy.

I also have interests in the development of computational techniques to understand the ground movements that occur due to underground construction (e.g. tunnels and deep excavations) and to make predictions on the ways in which these ground movements may interact with nearby existing infrastructure.

In collaboration with clinicians, I also work on numerical modelling and in vitro experiments to investigate the mechanics of the human eye.

Publications

I have a range of journal publications in high-impact academic journals. A full publication list is given in my ORCID record at https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8328-0786.

I contributed to nine journal papers in the Géotechnique special issue (Volume 70 Issue 11) on ‘Geotechnical design for offshore wind turbine monopiles’. These papers describe the development of a new approach – the ‘PISA design model’ – for the design of foundations for offshore wind turbines. These papers can be freely downloaded at https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/toc/jgeot/70/11 .

Email address

harvey.burd@eng.ox.ac.uk

Links

https://eng.ox.ac.uk/people/harvey-burd/