Services
EngTest researchers offer services in water resources, coastal and environmental engineering, structural engineering and geotechnical analysis:
| Water Resources, Environmental & Coastal Engineering | ||
| The Water Systems and Infrastructure Modelling and Management research group (WaterSIMM) offer services in the following areas of water resources, environmental & coastal engineering: | ||
 | - environmental impact assessment - water hammer in pipelines - coastal engineering - modelling of coastal and hydraulic structures - optimisation techniques in water resources planning - optimisation of water related infrastructure - hydrological and water quality effects of land use change - neural networks in water engineering - stochastic modelling of hydrological systems - artificial neural network & neurofuzzy, risk and reliability modelling - biologically inspired global optimisation techniques - numerical modelling of artificial wetlands | |
| Mining & Geotechnical Engineering | ||
| The Geotechnical & Mining research group are active in the investigation of issues relating to soils and rocks. | ||
 | - software generation for geomechanics applications - statistical and probabilistic analysis in geotechnical engineering - geotechnical diagnostics, soil testing and numerical modelling - offshore geomechanics - geostatistics and mineral resource/reserve estimation - optimal mine design and mine planning - production optimisation using simulation - mineral processing/biologigal leaching | |
| Structural Engineering | ||
| The Structures research group offers forensic services in the detection and analysis of faults in structures, structural remediation and structures design. | ||
 | - fatigue and vibration analysis - investigation and analysis of earthquake resistance of structures - thin walled, cold formed steel elements - structural steel fatigue - design of composite beams for buildings and bridges. - remediation and rehabilitation techniques of public infrastructure. - design of composite, precast, prestressed concrete structures. - serviceability of concrete structures - structural response to blast loads - crashworthiness of the traffic barriers under vehicle impact - rock blasting | |
