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Professor Scott W. Sloan

Complete CV:
Qualifications:	BE, MEngSci (Monash), MPhil, PhD (Cantab), CPEng, FIEAust, MASCE, FTSE
Contact Details:	Federation Fellow and Professor of Civil Engineering Geotechnical Research Group Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment Building EA The University of Newcastle Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia Phone: +61 2 4921 6059 Fax: +61 2 4921 6991 Email: Scott.Sloan@newcastle.edu.au

Degrees Conferred:

Bachelor of Engineering (Hons I), Monash University, 1975
Master of Engineering Science, Monash University, 1978
Master of Philosophy, University of Cambridge, 1979
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge, 1981

Fellowships:

Senior Rouse Ball Fellowship, Trinity College, Cambridge, 1981-1982
W W Spooner Research Fellowship, New College, Oxford, 1982-1984
Fellow, Institution of Engineers, Australia, 1994
Fellow, Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Australia, 2000
Federation Fellowship, Australian Research Council (one of ten awarded to Australian residents in 2004), 2004-2009

Awards and Prizes (2000-2006):

Telford Medal, Institution of Civil Engineers London (highest award for any paper published by the ICE), 2000
Distinguished Visiting Professor Award, Spanish Research Council Grant (to support sabbatical visit at UPC, Barcelona), 2002
Centenary Medal, Prime Minister, Australia (for services to Civil Engineering and Geotechnical Research), 2003
E H Davis Lecture, Australian Geomechanics Society (for outstanding contributions to geomechanics theory and practice), 2003
Alumnus of the Year, Monash University Civil Engineering Department, 2005
Desai Medal, International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, 2005
Thomas A Middlebrooks Award, American Society of Civil Engineers (for a paper of special merit in geotechnical engineering), 2005

Positions Held:

Lecturer, University of Newcastle, 1984
Senior Lecturer, University of Newcastle, 1989
Director, Geotechnical Research Group, University of Newcastle, 1990
Associate Professor, University of Newcastle, 1993
Professor, University of Newcastle, 1998-current
Panel Member Engineering, Australian Research Council, 1998-2001
Federation Fellow, Australian Research Council, 2004-2009
Deputy Head, School of Engineering, University of Newcastle, 2004-current
Director, Geosential Software, 2005-current

Research Grants (Selected):

Year	Project	Investigator	Grant Body	Grant Scheme	Funding
1989-1991	Stability analysis in geotechnical engineering	Sloan	ARC		$94,500
1991-1993	Accurate algorithms for elastoplastic models in geotechnical engineering	Sloan; Moore	ARC		$107,000
1992-1993	Reactive clay foundations	Smith; Sloan	MSB		$55,000
1993-1995	Pollution migration through soils: a theoretical investigation of fluoride migration through Kaolin clay	Smith; Sloan	ARC		$176,368
1994-1996	Geotechnical limit analysis incorporating 3-dimensional geometry, anisotropy and soil reinforcement	Sloan	ARC		$117,921
1994-1996	Design of lightly loaded foundations on reactive soil	Smith; Sloan	ARC	Collaborative Grant	$487,960
1996-1998	Consolidation analysis with automatic time stepping and error control	Sloan	ARC		$162,835
1997-1999	Lower bound stability analysis using nonlinear programming	Sloan	ARC		$162,000
1997-1999	Stability of earth anchors	Sloan; Yu	ARC		$185,000
1997-1999	Reactive clay foundations	Sloan; Allman	MSB		$150,000
1999	A mobile testing facility for insitu measurement of soil properties	Sloan; Yu; 6 others	ARC	RIEF	$460,000
1999-2001	Accurate finite elements for soil plasticity and deep penetration analysis	Yu; Sloan	ARC		$159,000
2000	Lower bound limit analysis of jointed media	Yu; Sloan	ARC	IREX	$62,187
2000-2002	Three–dimensional upper bound stability analysis using nonlinear programming	Sloan	ARC		$188,029
2000-2002	Stability of shallow foundations under inclined and eccentric loading	Yu; Sloan	ARC		$199,575
2000-2001	Sorption–reaction trench technology for the remediation of groundwater pollution originating from aluminium smelter wastes	Binning; Sloan	ARC	SPIRT	$42,160
2001	Analysis of tunnel stability in soft ground using three-dimensional methods. Grant for sabbatical visit by Dr Charles Augarde, Durham, UK.	Sloan	ARC	IREX	$25,767
2003-2007	Static and dynamic analysis of saturated and unsaturated soils	Sloan; Sheng	ARC	Discovery	$503,000
2003-2006	Upper bound shakedown analysis for geotechnical applications	Sloan	ARC	Discovery	$456,000
2003-2005	Reactive barriers for the remediation of fluoride contamination in groundwater	Binning; Sloan	ARC	Linkage	$288,689
2004	Friction and contact in soil-structure interaction Fellowship to support Prof. Peter Wriggers, Hannover, Germany.	Sloan	ARC	Linkage International	$141,000
2004-2009	Geostructural stability analysis with adaptive mesh refinement	Sloan	ARC	Federation Fellow	$1,519,710
2004-2009	Matching funds for Federation Fellowship	Sloan	University of Newcastle		$1,500,000
2005-2008	Foundation remediation using resin injection	Fityus; Sloan	ARC	Linkage	$450,000
TOTAL:					$7,693,701

Publications (2000-2006):

Journal Papers:

Sloan, S. W., Sheng, D. and Abbo, A. J. (2000). Accelerated initial stiffness schemes for elastoplasticity. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 24(6), 579-599.

Sheng, D., Sloan, S. W., and Yu, H. S. (2000). Aspects of the implementation of critical state models. Computational Mechanics, 26(2), 185-196.

Sheng, D. and Sloan, S. W. (2001). Load stepping schemes for critical state models. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 50(1), 67-93.

Sloan, S. W., Abbo, A. J. and Sheng, D. (2001). Refined explicit integration of elastoplastic models with automatic error control. Engineering Computations, 18(1/2), 121-154. Erratum: Engineering Computations, 19(5/6), 594-594, 2002

Merifield, R. S., Sloan, S. W. and Yu, H. S. (2001). Stability of plate anchors in undrained clay. Géotechnique, 51(2), 141-153.

Kavetski D., Binning, P. and Sloan, S. W. (2001). Adaptive time stepping and error control in a mass conservative numerical solution of the mixed form of Richards equation. Advances in Water Resources, 24(6), 595-605.

Kavetski, D., Binning, P. and Sloan, S. W. (2002). Adaptive backward Euler time stepping with truncation errror control for numerical modelling of unsaturated fluid flow. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 53, 1301-1322.

Lyamin, A. V. and Sloan, S. W. (2002). Upper bound limit analysis using linear finite elements and nonlinear programming. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 26(2), 181-216.

Lyamin, A. V. and Sloan, S. W. (2002). Lower bound limit analysis using nonlinear programming. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering,55(5), 573-611.

Sheng, D., Sloan, S. W., and Abbo, A. J. (2002). An automatic Newton-Raphson scheme. International Journal of Geomechanics, 2(4), 471-502.

Kavetski, D., Binning, P. and Sloan, S. W. (2002). Noniterative time stepping schemes with adaptive truncation error control for the solution of Richard’s equation. Water Resources Research, 38(10), Art. No. 1211.

Augarde, C. E., Lyamin, A. V. and Sloan, S. W. (2003). Prediction of undrained sinkhole collapse. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, 129(3), 197-205.

Merifield, R. S., Lyamin, A. V., Sloan, S. W. and Yu, H. S. (2003). Three-dimensional stability analysis of plate anchors in clay. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, 129(3), 243-253.

Augarde, C. E., Lyamin, A. V. and Sloan, S. W. (2003). Stability of an undrained plane strain heading revisited. Computers and Geotechnics, 30(5), 419-430.

Huang, W., Bauer, E. and Sloan, S. W. (2003). Development of interfacial layer along granular soil-structure interfaces. Structural Engineering and Mechanics, 15(3), 315-329.

Lyamin, A. V. and Sloan, S. W. (2003). Mesh generation for lower bound limit analysis. Advances in Engineering Software, 34(6), 321-338.

Sheng, D. and Sloan, S. W. (2003). Time stepping schemes for coupled displacement and pore pressure analysis. Computational Mechanics, 31(1-2), 122-134.

Sheng, D., Sloan, S. W., Gens A. and Smith, D. W. (2003). Finite element formulation and algorithms for unsaturated soils. Part 1: Theory. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 27(9), 745-765.

Sheng, D., Smith, D. W., Sloan, S. W. and Gens A. (2003). Finite element formulation and algorithms for unsaturated soils. Part 2: Verification and Applications. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 27(9), 767-790.

Ukritchon, B., Whittle, A. J. and Sloan, S. W. (2003). Undrained stability of braced excavations in clay. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, 129(8), 738-755. (Thomas A Middlebrooks Award, ASCE)

Shiau, S. H., Lyamin, A. V. and Sloan, S. W. (2003). Bearing capacity of a sand layer on clay by finite element limit analysis. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 40(5), 900-915.

Sutcliffe, D. J., Yu, H. S. and Sloan, S. W. (2004). Lower bound solutions for bearing capacity of jointed rock. Computers and Geotechnics, 31(1), 23-36.

Sheng, D., Sloan, S. W. and Gens, A. (2004). A constitutive model for unsaturated soils: thermomechanical and computational aspects. Computational Mechanics, 453-465.

Kavetski, D., Binning, P. and Sloan, S. W. (2004). Truncation error and stability analysis of iterative and non-iterative Thomas-Gladwell methods for first order nonlinear differential equations. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 60(12), 2031-2043.

Turner, B. D., Binning P., and Sloan, S. W. (2004). The CO2 enhanced removal of fluoride using a calcite permeable reactive barrier. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta 68(11S), A460

Salgado, R., Lyamin, A. V., Sloan, S. W. and YU, H. S. (2004). Two- and three-dimensional bearing capacity of foundations in clay. Géotechnique, 54 (5), 297-306.

Hjiaj, M., Lyamin, A. V. and Sloan, S. W. (2004). Bearing capacity of a cohesive-frictional soil under non-eccentric inclined loading. Computers and Geotechnics, 31(6), 491-516.

Huang, W., Sheng, D. S., Sloan, S. W. and YU, H. S. (2004). Finite element analysis of cone penetration in cohesionless soil. Computers and Geotechnics, 31(7), 517-528.

Hjiaj, M., Lyamin, A. V. and Sloan, S. W. (2005). Numerical limit analysis solutions for the bearing capacity factor as N Gamma. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 42(5-6), 1681-1704.

Krabbenhoft, K., Lyamin, A. V., Hjiaj, M. and Sloan, S. W. (2005). A new discontinuous upper bound limit analysis formulation. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 63(7), 1069-1088.

Merifield, R. S., Lyamin, A. V. and Sloan, S. W.. (2005). The stability of inclined plate anchors in purely cohesive soil. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, 131(6), 792-799.

Hjiaj, M., Huang, W., Krabbenhoft, K. and Sloan, S. W. (2005). Formulation of non-standard dissipative behaviour of geomaterials. Journal of Engineering Mathematics, 52(1), 147-165.

Huang, W., Hjiaj, M. and Sloan, S. W. (2005). Bifurcation analysis for shear localization in non-polar and micro-polar hypolastic continua. Journal of Engineering Mathematics, 52(1), 167-184.

Lyamin, A. V., Sloan, S. W., Krabbenhoft, K. and Hjiaj, M. (2005). Lower bound limit analysis with adaptive remeshing. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 63(14), 1961-1974.

Zhao, J., Sheng, D., Rouania, M. and Sloan, S. W. (2005). Explicit integration of complex soil models. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 29(12), 1209-1229.

Sloan, S. W. (2005). Geotechnical stability analysis: new methods for an old problem. E H Davis Memorial Lecture, Australian Geomechanics Society, Australian Geomechanics, 40(30), 1-28. (E H Davis Memorial Lecture).

Merifield, R. S., Lyamin, A. V. and Sloan, S. W. (2006). Three-dimensional lower bound solutions for the stability of plate anchors in sand. Géotechnique, 56(2), 123-132.

Krabbenhoft, K., Lyamin, A. V. and Sloan, S. W. (2006). Bounds to shakedown loads for a class of deviatoric plasticity models. Computational Mechanics. (Accepted).

Merifield, R. S., Lyamin, A. V. and Sloan, S. W. (2006). Limit analysis solutions for the bearing capacity of rock masses using the generalised Hoek-Brown criterion. International Journal for Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 43(6), 920-937.

Krabbenhoft, K., Lyamin, A. V., Sloan, S. W. and Wriggers, P. (2006). An interior-point algorithm for rate independent elastoplasticity. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. (Accepted).

Zhao, J., Sheng, D., Sloan, S. W. and Krabbenhoft, K. (2006). Limit Theorems for Gradient-Dependent Elastoplastic Geomaterials. International Journal of Solids and Structures. (Accepted).

Merifield, R. S. and Sloan, S. W. (2006). The ultimate pullout capacity of anchors in frictional soils. Canadian Geotechnical Journal. (Accepted).

Huang, W. X., Wu, W., Sun, D. A. and Sloan, S. W. (2006). A simple hypoplastic model for normally consolidated clay. Acta Geotechnica, 1(1), 14-27.

Sun, D. A., Sheng and Sloan, S. W. (2006). Elastoplastic modelling of hydraulic and stress-strain behaviour of unsaturated soils, Mechanics of Materials. (Accepted)

Conference Papers:

Binning, P., Kavetski D. and Sloan, S. W. (2000). Automatic time stepping with error control for numerical solution of nonlinear PDEs:1 Algorithm development. Proceedings XIIIth International Conference on Computation Methods in Water Resources, Vol 2, Calgary, Canada, 685-692.

Kavetski D., Binning, P. and Sloan, S. W. (2000). Automatic time stepping with error control for numerical solution of nonlinear PDEs:2 Application to Richards equation. Proceedings XIIIth International Conference on Computation Methods in Water Resources, Vol 2, Calgary, Canada, 693-700.

Lyamin, A. V. and Sloan, S. W. (2000). Stability of a plane strain circular tunnel in a cohesive-frictional soil. Proceedings J. R. Booker Memorial Symposium, Sydney, Australia, 139-153. (Invited paper)

Lyamin, A. V. and Sloan, S. W. (2000). Rigorous lower bound solutions for the bearing capacity of rectangular foundations. Proceedings GeoEng 2000, Melbourne, Australia. CD format.

Merifield, R. S., Sloan, S. W. and Yu, H. S. (2000). Limit analysis solutions for the pullout capacity of anchors in sand. Proceedings GeoEng 2000, Melbourne, Australia. CD format.

Lyamin, A. V. and Sloan, S. W. (2000). Upper bound limit analysis using linear finite elements and nonlinear programming. Proceedings 5th International Conference on Computational Structures Technology (CST2000), Leuven, Belgium, 131-145.

Lyamin, A. V. and Sloan, S. W. (2000). Lower bound limit analysis using nonlinear programming. Proceedings European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering (ECCOMAS 2000), Barcelona, Spain. CD format (Invited paper).

Sloan, S. W. and Abbo, A. J. (2000). Consolidation analysis with automatic time stepping and error control. Proceedings European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering (ECCOMAS 2000), Barcelona, Spain. CD format (Invited paper).

Carter, J. P., Desai, C. S., Potts, D. M., Schweiger, H. F. and Sloan, S. W. (2000). Computing and computer modelling in geotechnical engineering. Proceedings GeoEng 2000, 1, Melbourne, Australia, 1157-1252. (Invited paper).

Merifield, R. S., Sloan, S. W. and Abbo, A. J. (2001). The ultimate pullout capacity of anchors in frictional soils. Proceedings 10th International Conference of the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG 10), Tucson, Arizona, 1187-1192.

Lyamin, A. V. and Sloan, S. W. (2001). Stability analysis of circular and square excavations. Proceedings 10th International Conference of the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG 10), Tucson, Arizona, 1583-1587.

Lyamin, A. V. and Sloan, S. W. (2001). Limit analysis using finite elements and nonlinear programming. Proceedings First MIT Conference on Computational Solid and Fluid Mechanics, Boston, USA,338-341. (Keynote paper).

Lyamin, A. V., Jack, D. and Sloan, S. W. (2001). Collapse analysis of square tunnels in cohesive-frictional soils. First Asian-Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics (APCOM 01), Sydney, Australia, 405-414. (Invited paper).

Sheng, D., Smith, D. W. and Sloan, S. W. (2001). An alternative finite element formulation for unsaturated soils. First Asian-Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics (APCOM 01), Sydney, Australia, 1389-1394.

Huang, W., Sheng, D., Yu, H. S. and Sloan, S. W. (2001). Finite element simulation of cone penetration with finite sliding interface. First Asian-Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics (APCOM 01), Sydney, Australia, 351-356.

Lyamin, A. V. and Sloan, S. W. (2001). Mesh generation for lower bound limit analysis. Proceedings 2nd European Conference on Computational Mechanics (ECCM 2001), Cracow, Poland.

Huang, W., Sloan, S. W. and Sheng, D. (2002). Hypoplastic analysis of cone penetration in sands. Proceedings of 8th International Symposium on Numerical Methods in Geomechanics (NUMOG8), Rome, Italy, 607-612.

Huang, W., Bauer, E. and Sloan, S. W. (2002). Development of interfacial layer in granular soil. In Chang-Koon Choi and William C. Schnobrich (eds), Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Advances in Structural Engineering and Mechanics, Techno Press, 232.

Hjiaj, M., Lyamin, A. V. and Sloan, S. W. (2002). Finite element limit analysis of strip footings under inclined loading. Proceedings of 8th International Symposium on Numerical Methods in Geomechanics (NUMOG 8), Rome, Italy, 445-450.

Hjiaj, M., Lyamin, A. V. and Sloan, S. W. (2002). Failure envelopes for strip footing under inclined loading by fe limit analysis. Proceedings of the 5th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM V), Vienna, Austria.

Hjiaj, M., Merifield, R. S., Lyamin, A. V. and Sloan, S. W. (2002). Rigorous limit analysis solutions for stability of geotechnical structures. Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Numerical methods in Geotechnical Engineering (NUMGE 2002), Paris, France, 203-210.

Hjiaj, M., Lyamin, A. V. and Sloan, S. W. (2003). Calculation of the bearing capacity factor by F.E. limit analysis. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computational Plasticity (COMPLAS 2003), 7-10 April, Barcelona, Spain.

Hjiaj, M., Lyamin, A. V. and Sloan, S. W. (2003). Bearing capacity of a shallow foundation subjected to an eccentric load using numerical limit analysis. Proceedings of International Symposium on Shallow Foundations (FOUNDSUP 2003), 5-7 November, Paris, France, Vol 1, 311-318.

Lyamin, A. V., Sloan, S. W. and Hjiaj, M., (2003). Adaptive algorithm for lower bound limit analysis. Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Adaptive Modeling and Simulation (ADMOS 2003), 29 September-1 October, Göteborg, Sweden.

Lyamin, A. V., Sloan, S. W. and Hjiaj, M., (2003). Different approaches to the introduction of velocity discontinuities in upper bound limit analysis. Book of Abstracts 5th Euromech Solid Mechanics Conference (ESMC 5), 17-22 August, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Lyamin, A. V., Sloan, S. W. and Hjiaj, M., (2003). Stability of circular and square excavations in cohesive soils with strength increasing with depth. Proceedings of the XIIIth European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (XIII ECSMGE), 25-28 August, Prague, Czech Republic, Vol 2, 265-270.

Lyamin, A. V., Hjiaj, M., Krabbenhoft, K. and Sloan, S. W. (2004). Stability of conical excavations in cohesive soils, Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Landslides, Slope Stability and the Safety of Infra-Structure, Kuala-Lumpur, Malaysia

Krabbenhoft, K., Lyamin, A. V., Hjiaj, M. and Sloan, S. W. (2004). Limit analysis of materials with nonassociated flow rules, Proceedings European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering (ECCOMAS 2004), Jyväskylä, Finland.

Lyamin, A. V., Krabbenhoft, K., Sloan, S. W. and Hjiaj, M. (2004). An adaptive algorithm for upper bound limit analysis using discontinuous velocity fields, Proceedings European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering (ECCOMAS 2004), Jyväskylä, Finland.

Krabbenhoft, K., Lyamin, A. V., Hjiaj, M. and Sloan, S. W. (2004). Upper bound shakedown analysis of geostructures. Proceedings of 9th International Symposium on Numerical Methods in Geomechanics (NUMOG 9), Ottawa, Canada, 297-302.

Lyamin, A. V., Krabbenhoft, K., Hjiaj, M. and Sloan, S. W. (2004). Discontinuous velocity fields for general yield criteria. Proceedings of 9th International Symposium on Numerical Methods in Geomechanics (NUMOG 9), Ottawa, Canada, 291-296.

Hjiaj, M., Lyamin, A. V., Krabbenhoft, K. and Sloan, S. W. (2004). A lower bound formulation for shakedown analysis. Proceedings of 9th International Symposium on Numerical Methods in Geomechanics (NUMOG 9), Ottawa, Canada, 303-307.

Merifield., R. S., Lyamin, A. V., and Sloan, S. W. (2004). Three dimensional pullout capacity of earth anchors. Proceedings of 9th International Symposium on Numerical Methods in Geomechanics (NUMOG 9), Ottawa, Canada, 527-533.

Sloan, S. W. (2005). Finite element limit analysis in geomechanics. Proceedings 11th International Conference of the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG 2005), Torino, Italy, Vol 4, 141-160. (Keynote Paper)

Lyamin, A. V., Krabbenhoft, K., Abbo, A. J. and Sloan, S. W. (2005). General approach to modelling discontinuities in limit analysis. Proceedings 11th International Conference of the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG 2005), Torino, Italy, Vol 1, 95-102.

Krabbenhoft, K., Lyamin, A. V. and Sloan, S. W.(2005). Plastic design of sheet pile walls using finite elements and nonlinear programming. Proceedings 11th International Conference of the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG 2005), Torino, Italy, Vol 3, 675-682.

Huang, W., Sloan, S. W. and Sun, D. A. (2005). Analysis of failure mode in granular soils under general stress conditions. Proceedings 11th International Conference of the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG 2005), Torino, Italy, Vol 1, 337-344.

Krabbenhoft, K., Lyamin, A. V., Sloan, S. W. and Wriggers, P. (2005) Elastoplasticity by mathematical programming methods, Proceedings 8th International Conference on Computational Plasticity (COMPLAS 8), Barcelona, 1106-1109.

Huang, W., Sloan, S. W. and Sheng, D. (2005). Formation of shear localization in granular materials. Proceedings of the Fourth Australasian Congress on Applied Mechanics, Melbourne, Australia, 16-18 February, 815-820.

Krabbenhoft, K., Pivonka, P., Sloan, S. W. and Smith, D. W. (2005) Numerical aspects of multiionic transport in electrolytic solutions, Proceedings 3rd Biot Conference on Poromechanics, Norman, Oklahoma, USA, 24-27 May.

Krabbenhoft, K., Lyamin, A. V. and Sloan, S. W. (2006). Conic representations of Mohr-Coulomb plasticity. Second International Conference on Nonsmooth/Nonconvex Mechanics, Thessaloniki, Greece, July.