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About Professor John Small

Professor Small conducts research is in the following areas: numerical analysis, finite element analysis, finite layer methods, analysis of raft and compensated raft foundations, piled raft foundations, pavement testing and analysis, analysis of tunnelling and excavation.

Departmental and University Service

  • Pro-HOD (Research)
  • Pro-Dean, Faculty of Engineering
  • Director, Centre for Geotechnical Research
  • Member, Faculty Post Graduate Studies Committee

    • Professional Service and Memberships

  • Member, Australian Geotechnical Society
  • Member, Standards Australia Committee, CE9, Testing of Soils for Engineering Purposes
  • Fellow, Institution of Engineers Australia
  • Member, American Society of Engineers
  • Senior Principal, Coffey Geosciences

    • Selected publications

    • Behaviour of Piled Rafts with Piles of different Length and Diameter, J.C. Small, H.H. Zhang, and H. Chow, Proceedings of the 9th Australia-New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics: To the eNZ of the Earth, Auckland, 8-11 February, 2004, Vol.1, pp.123-129.
    • Soil-Structure Interaction, J.C. Small, EH Davis Memorial Lecture, 2001, Australian Geomechanics, 2002, Vol.37, No.1, pp.1-16.
    • Analysis of Capped Pile Groups Subjected to Horizontal and Vertical Loads, H. Zhang and J.C. Small, Computers and Geotechnics, 2000, Vol.26, No.1, pp.1-21.
    • A Case Study of Hydraulic Fracturing Using Finite Element Methods, A. Ng and J.C. Small, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 1999, Vol.36, No.5, pp.861-875.
    • Analysis of Piled Raft Systems in Layered Soils, L.D. Ta and J.C. Small, International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 1996, Vol.20, pp.57 72.
    • Finite Layer Analysis of Pile Groups in Layered Soils, L.D. Ta and J.C. Small, Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Numerical Models in Geomechanics NUMOG V (Edited by G.N. Pande and S. Pietruszczak), 6 9 September, Davos, Switzerland, 1995, A.A. Balkema, pp.577-582.
    • Finite Layer Analysis of Soil Raft Structure Interaction, B.Q. Zhang and J.C. Small, Proceedings of the XIII International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, 1994, New Delhi, India, January 5 10, Vol.2, pp.587 590.
    • Ground Settlements and Drawdown of the Water Table Around an Excavation, J.P. Hsi and J.C. Small, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 1992, Vol.29, No.5, pp.740 756.
    • Analysis of Excavation in an Elasto plastic Soil Involving Drawdown of the Water Table, J.P. Hsi and J.C. Small, Computers and Geotechnics, 1992, Volume 13, No.1, pp.1 19.
    • Finite Layer Analysis of Layered Elastic Materials Using a Flexibility Approach, Part 2 Circular and Rectangular Loadings, J.C. Small and J.R. Booker, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 1986, Volume 23, pp.959 978. (Part 1 published in 1984).