Robert Mair, Baron Mair

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According to Wikipedia, Robert James Mair, Baron Mair, is a geotechnical engineer and Emeritus Sir Kirby Laing Professor of Civil Engineering and director of research at the University of Cambridge. He is Head of the Cambridge Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction . He was Master of Jesus College, Cambridge, from 2001 to 2011 and a fellow of St John's College, Cambridge, from 1998 to 2001. In 2014 he was elected a vice president of the Institution of Civil Engineers and on 1 November 2017 became the Institution's president for 2017–18, its 200th anniversary year. He was appointed an independent crossbencher in the House of Lords in 2015 and is currently a member of its Select Committee on Science and Technology.

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SUBSURFACE SETTLEMENT PROFILES ABOVE TUNNELS IN CLAYS (1993) (468)
The stability of shallow tunnels and underground openings in cohesive material (1980) (463)
Prediction of ground movements and assessment of risk of building damage due to bored tunnelling (1996) (223)
Tunnelling and geotechnics: new horizons (2008) (221)
Estimating the Effects of Tunneling on Existing Pipelines (2005) (220)
Centrifugal modelling of tunnel construction in soft clay (1980) (197)
Centrifuge Modelling of Tunnelling Near Driven Piles (2004) (166)
Soil-pipe interaction due to tunnelling: comparison between Winkler and elastic continuum solutions (2005) (157)
Tunnels in sands: the effect of size, depth and volume loss on greenfield displacements (2012) (157)
Developments in geotechnical engineering research: application to tunnels and deep excavations (1993) (128)
Bored tunnelling in the urban environment (State-of-the-art report and theme lecture) (1997) (121)
Behaviour of an old masonry tunnel due to tunnelling-induced ground settlement (2010) (119)
Modelling of long-term ground response to tunnelling under St James's Park, London (2007) (119)
Monitoring Twin Tunnel Interaction Using Distributed Optical Fiber Strain Measurements (2012) (118)
On the kinematics of 2D tunnel collapse in undrained clay (2006) (112)
Distributed strain measurement for pile foundations (2006) (107)
Effect of building stiffness on tunnelling-induced ground movement. (2008) (97)
Tunneling beneath Buried Pipes: View of Soil Strain and Its Effect on Pipeline Behavior (2010) (96)
Unwin Memorial Lecture 1992: developments in geotechnical engineering research: application to tunnels and deep excavations (1993) (94)
Tunneling effects on jointed pipelines (2008) (83)
Mechanics of tunnelling machine screw conveyors: model tests (2006) (83)
Tunneling beneath driven or jacked end-bearing piles in sand (2011) (82)
GROUND MOVEMENT AROUND SHALLOW TUNNELS IN SOFT CLAY (1982) (79)
DESIGN OF RETAINING WALLS EMBEDDED IN STIFF CLAY (1984) (77)
Geotechnical Aspects of Underground Construction in Soft Ground (2022) (73)
Observations of ground and structure movements for compensation grouting during tunnel construction at Waterloo station (1994) (70)
Building response to tunnelling (2014) (67)
Interaction between surface structures and tunnelling in sand: Centrifuge and computational modelling (2015) (67)
Elastoplastic Solution for Soil-Pipe-Tunnel Interaction (2007) (66)
Observations of Ground Movements during Tunnel Construction by Slurry Shield Method at the Docklands Light Railway Lewisham Extension—East London (1999) (63)
PREDICTION OF CLAY BEHAVIOUR AROUND TUNNELS USING PLASTICITY SOLUTIONS (1993) (61)
Response of framed buildings to excavation-induced movements (2014) (54)
Predicting 2D ground movements around tunnels in undrained clay (2006) (51)
Fibre optic monitoring of a deep circular excavation (2014) (47)
Tunnelling-induced consolidation settlements in London Clay (2013) (46)
Long-term settlements over tunnels: an eleven-year study at Grimsby (1991) (46)
Pile-Soil Interaction and Settlement Effects Induced by Deep Excavations (2016) (44)
SOIL MECHANICS ASPECTS OF SOFT GROUND TUNNELLING (1981) (43)
Mechanics of tunnelling machine screw conveyors: a theoretical model (2008) (42)
Ground performance and building response due to tunnelling (2004) (39)
Monitoring tunnel deformation induced by close-proximity bored tunneling using distributed optical fiber strain measurements (2007) (38)
Highway tunnel performance during the 1999 Duzce earthquake (2001) (38)
Centrifuge modelling of building response to tunnel excavation (2017) (37)
BORED TUNNELLING IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENTS (1999) (34)
Building damage assessment for deep excavations in Singapore and the influence of building stiffness (2011) (32)
Discussion on the use of physical models in design (1979) (29)
The use of fibre optic sensors to monitor pipeline response to tunnelling (2006) (28)
Tunnelling Close Beneath an Existing Tunnel in Clay- Perpendicular Undercrossing (2017) (27)
Influence of building characteristics on tunnelling-induced ground movements (2017) (26)
Centrifuge modelling of the effects of soil loading on flexible sewer liners (2007) (24)
Soil conditioning for clay soils (2003) (24)
Effect of TBM driving parameters on ground surface movements on Channel Tunnel Rail Link Contract 220 (2005) (24)
The influence of tunnelling and deep excavation on piled foundations (2014) (24)
Estimating volume loss for open-face tunnels in London Clay (2007) (22)
Centrifuge modelling of the response of buildings to tunnelling (2010) (21)
Stability of a loaded pile adjacent to a slurry-supported trench (2007) (19)
Research on tunnelling-induced ground movements and their effects on buildings-lessons from the Jubilee Line Extension (2003) (19)
Repository tunnel construction in deep clay formations (1992) (16)
The response of buildings to movements induced by deep excavations (2012) (16)
Conditioning of clay soils for earth pressure balance tunnelling machines (2003) (16)
Ground conditions around an old tunnel in London Clay (2005) (15)
Centrifuge modelling of the effect of tunnelling on buried pipelines: mechanisms observed (2005) (14)
A comparison of current analytical methods for predicting soil-structure interaction due to tunnelling (2018) (14)
Centrifuge and discrete element modelling of tunnelling effects on pipelines (2010) (13)
Centrifuge Modeling of Deep Excavations and Their Interaction With Adjacent Buildings (2013) (13)
Settlement predictions for Neptune, Murdoch and Clegg Houses and adjacent masonry walls (2001) (13)
Case studies of circular shaft construction in London (2018) (12)
5 – Pressuremeter tests in weak rock (1987) (12)
Tunnelling effects on driven piles (2001) (12)
Considerations for monitoring of deep circular excavations (2016) (12)
PRESSUREMETER MEASUREMENT OF TOTAL HORIZONTAL STRESS IN STIFF CLAY . PRESSUREMETERS. PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM, ORGANISED BY THE BRITISH GEOTECHNICAL SOCIETY, OXFORD UNIVERSITY, APRIL 2-6, 1990 (1991) (12)
The effects of tunneling near single driven piles in dry sand (2001) (12)
The response of buildings to tunnelling: A case study (2011) (11)
Open-face tunnelling effects on non-displacement piles in clay – part 2: tunnelling beneath loaded piles and analytical modelling (2017) (11)
The horizontal response of framed buildings on individual footings to excavation-induced movements (2012) (10)
Effect of soil models on the prediction of tunnelling-induced deformations of structures (2020) (10)
Volume loss experienced on open-face London Clay tunnels (2007) (10)
Building damage and repair due to leakage in a deep excavation (2011) (10)
Geotechnical aspects of soft ground tunnelling (1983) (10)
Compensation grouting to control tilt of Big Ben Clock Tower (1999) (10)
Ground displacements related to deep excavation in Amsterdam (2013) (9)
Finite element analyses of settlements above a tunnel in soft ground (1992) (9)
COMPENSATION GROUTING TO LIMIT SETTLEMENTS DURING TUNNELLING AT WATERLOO STATION, LONDON (1994) (9)
Open-Face Tunnelling Effects on Non-Displacement Piles in Clay i) Centrifuge Modelling Techniques (2017) (9)
Elizabeth House: settlement predictions (2001) (9)
Ground movements above tunnels: a method for calculating volume loss (2011) (9)
Cracked Equivalent Beam Models for Assessing Tunneling-Induced Damage in Masonry Buildings (2021) (9)
Impact of the Crossrail tunnelling project on masonry buildings with shallow foundations (2019) (9)
Field investigations of long term ground loading on an old tunnel in London Clay (1999) (8)
Bridge data – what do we collect and how do we use it? (2016) (8)
Stiffness anisotropy of London clay and its modelling: laboratory and field (2004) (7)
General report on settlement effects of bored tunnels (1996) (7)
First application of anchored earth (1985) (7)
Centrifuge modeling of soil load transfers to flexible sewer liners (2003) (7)
APPLICATION OF CENTRIFUGE MODELLING TO THE DESIGN OF TUNNELS AND EXCAVATIONS IN SOFT CLAY (1984) (7)
Innovative monitoring of the response of a heritage masonry building to nearby tunnelling in London Clay (2020) (7)
Distributed optic fibre sensing for monitoring civil infrastructure: A practical guide (2016) (6)
Numerical modelling of pipe-soil stresses during pipe jacking in clays (2003) (6)
The assessment of tunnel stability in clay by model tests (1981) (6)
Important aspects when modelling the interaction between surface structures and tunnelling in sand (2014) (6)
Numerical modelling of the NATM and compensation grouting trial at Redcross Way (1996) (6)
Centrifuge modelling to investigate soil-structure interaction mechanisms resulting from tunnel construction beneath buried pipelines. (2008) (6)
Monitoring the Behaviour of an Existing Royal Mail Tunnel: London Underground Bond Street Station Upgrade Works (2017) (6)
Using BOTDR fibre optic sensors to monitor pipeline behaviour during tunnelling (2006) (6)
Self-boring pressuremeter permeability measurements in Bothkennar clay (2002) (5)
Compensation grouting at the Docklands Light Railway Lewisham Extension project (1999) (5)
3D printing of masonry structures for centrifuge modelling (2018) (5)
Discussion on effects of tunnelling on the bearing capacity and settlement of piled foundations (paper by Morton and King) (1979) (5)
Ground movements caused by tunnelling with an earth pressure balance machine: a greenfield case study at Southwark Park, London (2002) (5)
The effects of boring a new tunnel under an existing masonry tunnel (1999) (5)
Easing the way: soil conditioning (2003) (5)
Tunnelling effects on pile groups in sand (2004) (5)
Discussion: Loads on leaking and watertight tunnel linings, sewersand buried pipes due to groundwater (1985) (4)
Centrifuge model testing of tunnel construction in soft ground (1978) (4)
A collaborative research programme on subsidence damage to buildings: prediction, protection and repair (1996) (4)
MODELLING OF SEQUENTIAL INJECTIONS NEAR TUNNEL LININGS (2002) (4)
Continuum solution of soil-pipe-tunnel interaction including local failure (2005) (4)
How will city infrastructure and sensors be made smart ? Professor (2015) (4)
Tunnelling in complex ground conditions in Bolu, Turkey (2001) (4)
The effects of compensation grouting on segmental tunnel linings (1999) (4)
Response of piled buildings to deep excavations in soft soils (2013) (4)
Building damage examples due to leakage at a deep excavation in Amsterdam (2009) (3)
Construction problems associated with an excavation in chalk at Costessey, Norfolk (1989) (3)
The response of a piled structure to tunnelling and jacking (2002) (3)
Modelling the 3D brittle response of masonry buildings to tunnelling (2016) (3)
A Fibre-optic Strain Measurement System to Monitor the Impact of Tunnelling on Nearby Heritage Masonry Buildings (2021) (3)
Monitoring the effects of tunnelling under an existing tunnel-fibre optics (2014) (3)
Centrifuge modelling of pile-tunnel interaction (2006) (3)
An in situ permeability measurement technique for cut-off walls using the Cambridge self boring pressuremeter (2001) (3)
Imposed longitudinal settlement on a cast-iron tunnel from the excavation of a new tunnel beneath (2018) (3)
SOFT-GROUND TUNNELLING. FAILURES AND DISPLACEMENTS (1981) (3)
The effect of surface structures on soil deformations due to tunnelling in sand (2017) (2)
Geotechnical aspects of the reconstruction of London Underground’s Angel Station (1997) (2)
Settlement Response of Framed Buildings to Movements from Tunnelling and Deep Excavations (2010) (2)
The response of piled buildings to deep excavations (2012) (2)
Geotechnical aspects of tunnelling in soft ground (1995) (2)
Finite element and centrifuge investigations of excavation-induced ground movements (2006) (2)
6 – Application of pressuremeter testing to design (1987) (2)
A tale of two tunnels – understanding the performance of existing and new tunnels during construction works (2015) (2)
The HADES project at Mol: geomechanical behaviour of Boom Clay (1992) (2)
Centrifuge Modelling of Diaphragm Wall Construction Adjacent to Piled Foundations (2014) (2)
TC28 - tunnelling: reflections on advances over 10 years (2006) (2)
Reduction and control of surface settlement induced by shallow and deep excavations (2009) (2)
Field measurements of ground movements associated with circular shaft construction (2017) (2)
A novel in situ permeability measurement technique using the Cambridge self boring pressuremeter (2000) (2)
DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF TUNNELS IN SOFT GROUND (1999) (2)
Soil Conditioning Under London (2006) (2)
Discussion Session 3.3 - Underground work in urban areas including its impact on existing infrastructure (2002) (2)
The influence of tunnelling on piled foundations (2005) (2)
Centrifuge modelling of bored piles in sands (2013) (2)
Report on session 4: displacement (1993) (1)
Numerical modelling of the influence of a deep excavation and bored tunnels on the Palace of Westminster clock tower (1996) (1)
Asymmetrical injections near tunnel linings (2002) (1)
Influence of building geometry on bending and shear deformations of buildings subject to tunnelling subsidence:numerical modelling (2016) (1)
Criteria for the estimation of damage to services caused by ground movements arising from tunnelling (1996) (1)
The design of retaining walls in stiff clays (1984) (1)
Centrifuge modelling of tunneling-induced settlement damage to 3D-printed surface structures (2016) (1)
The role of building position on the response of buildings to tunnelling subsidence: numerical modelling (2017) (1)
The installation effects of a diaphragm wall on an adjacent piled foundation (2002) (1)
Experimental challenges of modelling structure response to tunnelling (2016) (1)
INFORMAL DISCUSSION. RISING GROUND-WATER LEVELS AND GEOTECHNICAL CONSEQUENCES. (1984) (1)
Ectos geotecnicos de los criterios de diseno de tuneles excavados en terrenos blandos (Geotechnical aspects of design criteria for bored tunnelling in soft ground) (2002) (1)
3 – Estimation of soil properties from pressuremeter tests in clays (1987) (1)
Centrifuge modelling of injections near tunnel linings (2001) (1)
Monitoring of Shaft Excavations in Clay (2019) (1)
Experimental Studies of Soil Load Transfer to Flexible Sewer Liners: Latest Results and Implications for Design (2004) (1)
Discussion on Bica and Clayton 'limit equilibrium design methods for free embedded cantilever walls in granular materials' (1991) (1)
Centrifuge modelling of compensation grouting in dense dry sand (2000) (1)
Semi-coupled modelling of soil-structure interaction during tunnel construction: Two case studies from Bank Station Capacity Upgrade (2021) (1)
Discussion: Case studies of circular shaft construction in London (2020) (1)
Soil movements associated with compensation grouting during line 9 excavation in Barcelona: a case study (2013) (1)
Recent Experiences of Tunneling and Deep Excavations in London (1998) (1)
Transforming the Future of Infrastructure through Smarter Information (2016) (1)
Geotechnical aspects of tunnel design criteria (1998) (1)
Numerical modelling of the response of two heritage masonry buildings to nearby tunnelling (2023) (1)
The influence of injection sequence in compensation grouting (2000) (1)
Discussion on tunnel face pressures in soft clay (1988) (0)
ELASTIC CONTINUUM SOLUTIONS (2004) (0)
Soil Models and stress paths on injection in sand (2001) (0)
Longitudinal response of an existing cast iron tunnel subjected to parallel piggy-back tunnelling (2017) (0)
Influence of building geometry on bending and shear deformations of buildings subject to tunnelling subsidence: experimental testing (2017) (0)
A view of Japanese civil engineers overseas (1988) (0)
Centrifuge modelling of shaft excavations in clay (2017) (0)
The role of building dimensions and position on the response of buildings to tunnelling subsidence: centrifuge modelling (2018) (0)
Modelling of injections in sand (2000) (0)
TECHNICAL REPORT ON TC 28 - UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION IN SOFT GROUND (1999) (0)
General report on the 3rd International Symposium on Pressuremeters, Oxford, April 1990 (1990) (0)
Summary of Session IC: Decision theory and probability, factors of safety and risk analysis (1985) (0)
Construction of a pipe jack in London Clay - a case study (1996) (0)
Centrifuge and numerical simulation of compensation grouting near tunnel linings (2001) (0)
Research data supporting "3D printing of masonry structures for centrifuge modelling" (2018) (0)
Research data supporting "Centrifuge modelling of building response to tunnel excavation" (2016) (0)
The twin tunnels construction at Docklands Light Railway Lewisham Extension, London (2000) (0)
Excavation-induced ground movements behind a single-propped wall (2006) (0)
Permeability measurement using the self boring pressuremeter (2001) (0)
COMPENSATION GROUTING. INFORMAL DISCUSSION. (1995) (0)
Monitoring concrete segmental lining tunnels with fibre-optic and conventional instrumentation (2015) (0)
BOTDR Distributed Fibre Optic Strain Sensing for the Monitoring of an Existing Cast Iron Tunnel (2014) (0)
The role of building position on the response of buildings to tunneling subsidence: centrifuge testing (2017) (0)
2 – Pressuremeter devices and test procedures (1987) (0)
Hot-mix asphalt pavement design in Dunedin (1964) (0)
Generalist Administrators and Professional Engineers: Some Developments since the Fulton Report (1980) (0)
In-situ embedded walls (1993) (0)
Research data supporting "The role of building dimensions and position on the response of buildings to tunnelling subsidence: centrifuge testing" (2016) (0)
Research data supporting "Bending and shear deformations of buildings subject to tunnelling subsidence: experimental testing" (2016) (0)
Discussion on Thomas H J H 'Observations on the behaviour of a pilot tunnel in London Clay as the main tunnel was driven' (1984) (0)
Research data supporting 'Modelling the 3D brittle response of masonry buildings to tunnelling'. (2016) (0)
THE BENEFITS OF USING ADVANCED NUMERICAL METHODS THROUGHOUT THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A ROAD SCHEME (1998) (0)
DISCUSSION. LIMIT EQUILIBRIUM DESIGN METHODS FOR FREE EMBEDDED CANTILEVER WALLS IN GRANULAR MATERIALS. (1991) (0)
Field observations of settlements during circular shaft excavation in London (2018) (0)
Modelling the excavation of elliptical shafts in the geotechnical centrifuge (2018) (0)
Geotechnical observations of construction OF A large shallow SCL tunnel in soft ground (2009) (0)
Research data supporting "Influence of building characteristics on tunnelling-induced ground movements" (2017) (0)
Centrifuge modelling of injection near tunnel lining (2001) (0)
Preliminary analysis of construction of the test drift in Boom clay at Mol using plasticity solutions and finite elements (1988) (0)
The stability of piles adjacent to a slurry-supported trench (2006) (0)
Administrative report: TC28 - Underground construction in soft ground (2005) (0)
Lubrication and soil conditioning for pipejacking and tunnelling in clays (2020) (0)
Protective compensation grouting operations beneath the Big Ben Clock Tower (2013) (0)
Introduction and summary of Session 9: selection of design parameters for underground construction (1989) (0)
Sir Alan Marshall Muir Wood FREng FICE. 8 August 1921 — 1 February 2009 (2013) (0)
The prediction of the safety of tunnels under construction in soft ground by centrifugal model testing (1980) (0)
Technical session 2d: Tunneling (2005) (0)
BEHAVIOUR OF TUNNELS IN SOFT GROUND (1977) (0)
Research data supporting "The role of building position on the response of buildings to tunnelling subsidence: numerical modelling" (2016) (0)
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR SOIL MECHANICS AND GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING (2019) (0)
The history of UK experience in the use of fibre optic monitoring of geotechnically associated installations (2015) (0)
Research data supporting "The effect of surface structures on soil deformations due to tunnelling in sand" (2017) (0)
Masonry response to tunnelling: a sensitivity study on the effect of cracking and building weight (2014) (0)
Distributed fibre optic monitoring of the time-dependent behaviour of tunnel segmental linings in London clay * (2017) (0)
FIRST APPLICATION OF ANCHORED EARTH. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ELEVENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOIL MECHANICS AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING, SAN FRANCISCO, 12-16 AUGUST 1985 (1985) (0)
Sir Alan Muir Wood (2010) (0)
Tunnelling Under A Heritage Structure: Distributed Sensing Data and Cracked Equivalent Beam Models (2019) (0)
Development of a new excavation technique for centrifuge testing in sand (2021) (0)

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