David Muir Wood is an academic working in the field of geomechanics (the mechanics of geomaterials) and soil mechanics, famous for having pioneered advances in mathematical modelling of soils, informed by experimental observation. The hallmark of his modelling efforts has been to formulate elegant models that capture the essence of the material response while being accessible to practitioners of Geotechnical engineering. David Muir Wood is author of a number of books for academic audiences as well as for the general public.
Education David Muir Wood obtained his BA degree at Cambridge University in 1970, where he proceeded onto his MA.
Career David Muir Wood obtained his PhD in Cambridge in 1974 under the supervision of Peter Wroth. The title of this work is 'Some aspects of the mechanical behaviour of kaolin under truly triaxial conditions of stress and strain' He then continued onto a Research fellowship between Cambridge and Norwegian Geotechnical Institute in 1975 followed by a lectureship, Cambridge (1975-1987). He was then appointed Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Glasgow, 1987-1995 (Head of Department, Dean of Engineering). He then moved onto Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Bristol, 1995-2009 (Head of Department, Dean of Engineering), retired 2009. Since 2009 he a Professor of Geotechnical Engineering at the University of Dundee, and Emeritus since 2014 Recent/current Visiting professorships:
Politecnico di Milano, Italy Chalmers University of Technology Gothenburg, Sweden University of Western Australia, Australia TU Dresden, Germany University of Innsbruck, Australia Yokohama National University, Japan
Awards He is a fellow of the following institutions:
Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers (FICE), since 1992 Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng), since 1998 International Honorary Member, Japanese Geotechnical Society, since 2010 Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE), since 2012
Bibliography David Muir Wood is the author of a number of academic books:
Muir Wood, D. (1990), Soil Behaviour and Critical State Soil Mechanics, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0521337828 Muir Wood, D. (2003), Geotechnical modelling, CRC Press, ISBN 1351990047 Muir Wood, D. (2009), Soil Mechanics: A One-Dimensional Introduction, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0521517737 As well as a large number of academic articles, some of the most significant of which are:
Nova, R.; Wood, D.M. (1979), "A constitutive model for sand in triaxial compression", International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 3 (3): 255–278, doi:10.1002/nag.1610030305 Wood, D.M.; Belkheir, K.; Liu, D.F. (1994), "Strain softening and state parameter for sand modelling", Géotechnique, 44 (2): 335–339, doi:10.1680/geot.1994.44.2.335 Gajo, A.; Muir Wood, D. (1999), "Severn-Trent sand: A kinematic-hardening constitutive model: the q-p formulation", Géotechnique, 49 (5): 595–614, doi:10.1680/geot.1999.49.5.595 Rouainia, M.; Wood, D.M. (2000), "A kinematic hardening constitutive model for natural clays with loss of structure", Géotechnique, 50 (2): 153–164, doi:10.1680/geot.2000.50.2.153 Wood, D.M.; Maeda, K. (2008), "Changing grading of soil: Effect on critical states", Acta Geotechnica, 3 (1): 3–14, doi:10.1007/s11440-007-0041-0, S2CID 129246830 Diambra, A.; Ibraim, E.; Muir Wood, D.; Russell, A.R. (2010), "Fibre reinforced sands: Experiments and modelling", Geotextiles and Geomembranes, 28 (3): 238–250, doi:10.1016/j.geotexmem.2009.09.010 Lombardi, D.; Bhattacharya, S.; Muir Wood, D. (2013), "Dynamic soil-structure interaction of monopile supported wind turbines in cohesive soil", Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 49: 165–180, doi:10.1016/j.soildyn.2013.01.015 At least one book for the general public in the Very Short Introduction series:
Muir Wood, D. (2012), Civil Engineering: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0199578634
Personal life David Muir Wood is the son of Alan Muir Wood and Winifred Leyton Lanagan
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