research overview
- Dr Madabhushi's research goal is to deepen the insight and understanding of civil engineering and geotechnical problems from a mechanistic point of view. The complementary use of physical modeling, and in particular centrifuge modeling, with numerical or analytical models is a key component of his research. The combination of techniques is used to fundamentally explore the deformation and failure mechanisms of a variety of civil engineering systems, such as foundations, retaining walls, coastal defences and dams. As the design paradigms for tomorrow's infrastructure continually evolve, striking the balance between efficiency and sustainability with multi-hazard resiliency requires the interacting components in civil engineering systems to be understood at a fundamental level. Relating the observed and predicted material response of the soil to the global system behavior, for example progressive dynamic soil-structure interactions, fluid-soil-structure interaction and the consequences of soil liquefaction are of particular interest.
