Pedro Ferreira

Dr. Pedro Ferreira

Civil Engineering Department, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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Academic Career Length

22Years (2005-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

Representative Publications

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1 December 2016 in Soils and Foundations
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NCNilo Cesar Consoli
Nilo Cesar Consoli
Pedro FerreiraPedro Ferreira
Pedro Ferreira
CTChao-Sheng Tang
Chao-Sheng Tang
SMSérgio Filipe Veloso Marques
Sérgio Filipe Veloso Marques
LFLucas Festugato
Lucas Festugato
MCMarina Bellaver Corte
Marina Bellaver Corte

1 April 2016 in Geotextiles and Geomembranes
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LLLihua Li
Lihua Li
HXHenglin Xiao
Henglin Xiao
Pedro FerreiraPedro Ferreira
Pedro Ferreira
XCXilin Cui
Xilin Cui

1 April 2016 in Sensors and Actuators A: Physical
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Esequiel Fernandes Teixeira MesquitaEsequiel Fernandes Teixeira Mesquita
Esequiel Fernandes Teixeira Mesquita
TPTiago Paixão
Tiago Paixão
Paulo AntunesPaulo Antunes
Paulo Antunes
FCFrancisco Coelho
Francisco Coelho
Pedro FerreiraPedro Ferreira
Pedro Ferreira
Humberto VarumHumberto Varum
Humberto Varum

1 August 2019 in Geotextiles and Geomembranes
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LLLihua Li
Lihua Li
FCFeilong Cui
Feilong Cui
Pedro FerreiraPedro Ferreira
Pedro Ferreira
HXHenglin Xiao
Henglin Xiao
HJHuang Jie
Huang Jie

1 August 2017 in Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
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BMB. N. Madhusudhan
B. N. Madhusudhan
BBB. A. Baudet
B. A. Baudet
Pedro FerreiraPedro Ferreira
Pedro Ferreira
PSP. Sammonds
P. Sammonds
Adding discrete fibers to soils can improve their strength; however, fiber reinforcement remains scarce in practice. Previous studies on the performance of soils reinforced with discrete fibers consist mainly of laboratory studies with either clay or, most often, uniform sand as the host soil, so there is a lack of data on other types of soils such as weathered soils, which tend to be well graded. Unlike uniform soils, which are generally dilative, well-graded soils usually show a contractive behavior. This study examines the effect of adding fibers to a completely decomposed granite (CDG) typical of many residual soils, which has the characteristics to be sensitive to material and sample preparation and also to be compressive during shearing. It is found that adding discrete fibers to the CDG homogenizes it because the reinforced soil is not sensitive to the method of material or sample preparation. It is also found that, despite its compressive nature, fibers mobilize extra strength compared with the unreinforced soil, and this effect does not reduce at large confining stresses.

1 June 2018 in Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
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RFRaul Fuentes
Raul Fuentes
APAnton Pillai
Anton Pillai
Pedro FerreiraPedro Ferreira
Pedro Ferreira