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2024
Salifu, Emmanuel and Di Rauso Simone, Giuseppe and Russo, Giacomo and Rao, Maria, A. and Urciuoli, Gianfranco and El Mountassir, Grainne (2024) Influence of environmental conditions on the growth of Pleurotus ostreatus in sand. Biogeotechnics. ISSN 2949-9291
2023
Sang, Guijie and Lunn, Rebecca J. and El Mountassir, Grainne and Minto, James M. (2023) Meter-scale MICP improvement of medium graded very gravelly sands : lab measurement, transport modelling, mechanical and microstructural analysis. Engineering Geology, 324. 107275. ISSN 0013-7952
Sang, Guijie and Lunn, Rebecca J. and El Mountassir, Grainne and Minto, James M. (2023) Transport and fate of ureolytic Sporosarcina pasteurii in saturated sand columns: experiments and modelling. Transport in Porous Media, 149 (2). pp. 599-624. ISSN 0169-3913
Turner, Ronald and Castro, Gloria M. and Minto, James and El Mountassir, Grainne and Lunn, Rebecca J. (2023) Treatment of fractured concrete via microbially induced carbonate precipitation : from micro-scale characteristics to macro-scale behaviour. Construction and Building Materials, 384. 131467. ISSN 0950-0618
Pagano, Arianna Gea and El Mountassir, Gráinne and Lunn, Rebecca Jane (2023) Colloidal silica as a grouting material for the temporary encapsulation of heat-generating radioactive waste during removal and transport operations : a proof of concept. Frontiers in Energy Research, 11. 1156301. ISSN 2296-598X
2022
Sang, Guijie and Lunn, Rebecca and Minto, James M. and El Mountassir, Grainne (2022) Microbially induced calcite precipitation for sealing anhydrite fractures with gouges. In: 56th US Rock mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, 2022-06-26 - 2022-06-29, New Mexico/Online.
Salifu, Emmanuel and El Mountassir, Graínne and Minto, James and Tarantino, Alessandro (2022) Hydraulic behaviour of fungal treated sand. Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment, 30. 100258. ISSN 2352-3808
Lunn, Rebecca J and Turner, Ronald J and Minto, James M and Salifu, E. and El Mountassir, Grainne (2022) Biomineral sealing of cracks in degraded concrete structures. In: Waste Management Conference 2022, 2022-03-06 - 2022-03-10.
Pagano, Arianna G. and El Mountassir, Gráinne and Lunn, Rebecca J. (2022) Reducing hazard in spent fuel removal using colloidal silica gel. In: Waste Management Conference 2022, 2022-03-06 - 2022-03-10.
Pagano, Arianna Gea and El Mountassir, Gráinne and Lunn, Rebecca Jane (2022) Performance of colloidal silica grout at elevated temperatures and pressures for cement fracture sealing at depth. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 208 (Part E). 109782. ISSN 0920-4105
2021
Assadi-Langroudi, Arya and O'Kelly, Brendan C. and Barreto, Daniel and Cotecchia, Federica and Dicks, Henry and Ekinci, Abdullah and Garcia, Fernando E. and Harbottle, Michael and Tagarelli, Vito and Jefferson, Ian and Maghoul, Pooneh and Masoero, Enrico and El Mountassir, Gráinne and Muhunthan, Balasingam and Geng, Xueyu and Ghadr, Soheil and Mirzababaei, Mehdi and Mitrani, Helen and van Paassen, Leon (2021) Recent advances in nature-inspired solutions for ground engineering (NiSE). International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering, 8 (3). 3.
Turner, Ronnie J and Minto, James M and El Mountassir, Grainne and Lunn, Rebecca J; Maddalena, R. and Wright-Syed, M., eds. (2021) Calcite biomineralisation for the repair of damaged concrete. In: Proceedings of the Resilient Materials 4 Life 2020 (RM4L2020) International Conference. Cardiff University, GBR, pp. 58-62. ISBN 9781399908320
El Mountassir, Grainne and Schellenger, Alexandra and Salifu, Emmanuel and Lunn, Rebecca J.; Maddalena, R. and Wright-Syed, M., eds. (2021) Engineering fungal networks for ground improvement. In: Proceedings of the Resilient Materials 4 Life 2020 (RM4L2020) International Conference. Cardiff University, UK, pp. 63-68. ISBN 9781399908320
Pagano, Arianna Gea and El Mountassir, Grainne and Lunn, Rebecca Jane; Maddalena, R. and Wright-Syed, M., eds. (2021) Grouting of well leakage and migration pathways using colloidal silica : a preliminary experimental investigation. In: Proceedings of the Resilient Materials 4 Life 2020 (RM4L2020) International Conference. Cardiff University, Cardiff, pp. 142-146. ISBN 9781399908320
Lunn, Rebecca J. and Minto, James M. and El Mountassir, Grainne and Anderson, Mary; Maddalena, R. and Wright-Syed, M., eds. (2021) Large-scale soil improvement tests using microbially induced carbonate precipitation. In: Proceedings of the Resilient Materials 4 Life 2020 (RM4L2020) International Conference. Cardiff University, GBR, pp. 148-152. ISBN 9781399908320
Minto, James M. and Lunn, Rebecca J. and El Mountassir, Grainne and Anderson, Mary M.; Maddalena, R. and Wright-Syed, M., eds. (2021) Micro-scale processes in microbially induced carbonate precipitation. In: Proceedings of the Resilient Materials 4 Life 2020 (RM4L2020) International Conference. Cardiff University, Cardiff, pp. 220-224. ISBN 9781399908320
Anderson, Mary and Lunn, Rebecca J and Minto, James and El Mountassir, Grainne; Maddalena, R. and Wright-Syed, M., eds. (2021) Microbial induced calcite precipitation as a viable ground improvement technique. In: Proceedings of the Resilient Materials 4 Life 2020 (RM4L2020) International Conference. Cardiff University, Cardiff, pp. 136-141. ISBN 9781399908320
Corson, Lindsey and Reid, Christopher and Lunn, Rebecca J. and El Mountassir, Grainne and Henderson, Alisdair E. and Henderson, Kenneth and Pagano, Arianna G. and Kremer, Yannick (2021) Field validation of a detectable, magnetic, cementitious grout for rock fracture grouting. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 145. 104853. ISSN 1365-1609
Salifu, Emmmanuel and El Mountassir, Gráinne (2021) Fungal-induced water repellency in sand. Géotechnique, 71 (7). pp. 608-615. ISSN 0016-8505
2020
Tarantino, Alessandro and El Mountassir, Grainne and Wheeler, Simon and Gallipoli, Domenico and Russo, Giacomo and Augarde, Charles and Urciuoli, Gianfranco and Pirone, Marianna and Stokes, Alexia and van de Kuilen, Jan Willem and Gard, Wolfgang and Fourcaud, Thierry and Romero, Enrique and Priegue, Angel and Smith, Colin C and Larrey-Lassalle, Pyrène and Becker, Patrick and Ferrari, Alessio and Dainese, Roberta and Salifu, Emmanuel and Beber, Raniero and Scarfone, Riccardo and Cuccurullo, Alessia and Coudert, Elodie and Dias, Sofia and Mmuguda-Viswanath, Sravan and Rossi, Lorenzo MW and Kamath, Abhijith and Fraccica, Alessandro and Karagianni, Pavlina and González Castejón, Javier and Ouakka, Slimane and Zannin, Jacopo and Speranza, Gianluca (2020) TERRE project : interplay between unsaturated soil mechanics and low-carbon geotechnical engineering. E3S Web of Conferences, 195. 01002. ISSN 2267-1242
Pedrotti, Matteo and Wong, Christopher and El Mountassir, Gráinne and Renshaw, Joanna C. and Lunn, Rebecca J. (2020) Desiccation behaviour of colloidal silica grouted sand : a new material for the creation of near surface hydraulic barriers. Engineering Geology, 270. 105579. ISSN 0013-7952
2019
Minto, James M. and Lunn, Rebecca J. and El Mountassir, Gráinne (2019) Development of a reactive transport model for field-scale simulation of microbially induced carbonate precipitation. Water Resources Research, 55 (8). pp. 7229-7245. ISSN 0043-1397
Minto, James M. and El Mountassir, Grainne and Lunn, Rebecca J.; Tarantino, Alessandro and Ibraim, Erdin, eds. (2019) Micro-continuum modelling of injection strategies for microbially induced carbonate precipitation. In: E3S Web of Conferences. EDP Sciences, GBR. ISBN 978-2-7598-9064-4
Salifu, Emmanuel and El Mountassir, Gráinne; Tarantino, A and Ibrahim, E, eds. (2019) Preliminary observations of the shear behaviour of fungal treated soil. In: ES3 Web of Conferences. E3S Web of Conferences, 92 . Bloomsbury, GBR.
2018
Tobler, Dominique J. and Minto, James M. and El Mountassir, Gráinne and Lunn, Rebecca J. and Phoenix, Vernon R. (2018) Microscale analysis of fractured rock sealed with microbially induced CaCO3 precipitation : influence on hydraulic and mechanical performance. Water Resources Research, 54 (10). pp. 8295-8308. ISSN 1944-7973
Wong, Christopher and Pedrotti, Matteo and El Mountassir, Grainne and Lunn, Rebecca J. (2018) A study on the mechanical interaction between soil and colloidal silica gel for ground improvement. Engineering Geology, 243. pp. 84-100. ISSN 0013-7952
El Mountassir, G. and Minto, J. M. and van Paassen, L. A. and Salifu, E. and Lunn, R. J.; Gadd, Geoffrey and Sariaslani, Sima, eds. (2018) Applications of microbial processes in geotechnical engineering. In: Advances in Applied Microbiology. Advances in Applied Microbiology, 104 (1st). Elsevier. ISBN 9780128151822
Lunn, R.J. and Corson, L.T. and Howell, C. and El Mountassir, G. and Reid, C. and Harley, S.L. (2018) Could magnetic properties be used to image a grouted rock volume? Journal of Applied Geophysics, 155. pp. 162-175. ISSN 0926-9851
Minto, James M. and Tan, Qian and Lunn, Rebecca J. and El Mountassir, Gráinne and Guo, Hongxian and Cheng, Xiaohui (2018) 'Microbial mortar'- restoration of degraded marble structures with microbially induced carbonate precipitation. Construction and Building Materials, 180. pp. 44-54. ISSN 0950-0618
Shashank, B.S. and Minto, James M. and Singh, Devendra Narain and El Mountassir, Grainne and Knapp, Charles W. (2018) Guidance for investigating calcite precipitation by urea hydrolysis for geomaterials. Journal of Testing and Evaluation, 46 (4). ISSN 1945-7553
Lunn, Rebecca and Hamilton, Andrea and Pedrotti, Matteo and Bots, Pieter and Wong, Christopher and El Mountassir, Grainne and Renshaw, Joanna and Maddalena, Riccardo and Zhao, Cheng and Sun, Li and Stolkin, Rustam and Fairweather, Michael and Tovey, Lois and Boxall, Colin and Hriljac, Joseph and Hyatt, Neil and Kaltsoyannis, Nikolas and Lee, William and Read, David and Scott, Thomas; (2018) The DISTINCTIVE university consortium : structural integrity. In: 44th Annual Waste Management Conference (WM2018). Waste Management Symposia, Inc., USA, pp. 6195-6209. ISBN 9781510867642
2017
Pedrotti, M. and Wong, C. and El Mountassir, G. and Lunn, R. J. (2017) An analytical model for the control of silica grout penetration in natural groundwater systems. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 70. pp. 105-113. ISSN 0886-7798
Yang, Wenbin and Lunn, Rebecca J and Tarantino, Alessandro and El Mountassir, Grainne (2017) Laboratory testing of a MEMS sensor system for in-situ monitoring of the engineered barrier in a geological disposal facility. Geosciences, 7 (38). ISSN 2076-3263
2016
Minto, James M. and MacLachlan, Erica and El Mountassir, Grainne and Lunn, Rebecca J. (2016) Rock fracture grouting with microbially induced carbonate precipitation. Water Resources Research, 52 (11). pp. 8827-8844. ISSN 0043-1397
2015
Leung, A. K. and Anastasopoulos, I. X. and Augarde, C. and Barreto, D. and Brennan, A. J. and Brown, M. J. and Connolly, D. and Coombs, W. M. and Davies, T. and Gao, Z. and Ivanovic, A. and Kenny, M. J. and Knappett, J. A. and Lombardi, D. and McDougall, J. and Medero, G. M. and Wood, D. M. and El Mountassir, G. and Osman, A. S. and Pytharouli, S. and Sentenac, P. and Stewart, B. and Switzer, C. and Tarantino, A. and Wheeler, S. J. and Woodward, P. K. and Zielinski, M.; Winter, M G and Smith, D M and Eldred, P J L and Toll, D G, eds. (2015) An overview of research activities and achievement in geotechnics from the Scottish Universities Geotechnics Network (SUGN). In: Parameter Selection and Monitoring; Developments in Education and Practice. ICE Publishing, GBR, pp. 4289-4294. ISBN 9780727760678
Reid, Christopher and Lunn, Rebecca and El Mountassir, Grainne and Tarantino, Alessandro (2015) A mechanism for bentonite buffer erosion in a fracture with a naturally varying aperture. Mineralogical Magazine, 79 (6). pp. 1485-1494. ISSN 0026-461X
2014
El Mountassir, Grainne and Sanchez, Marcelo and Romero, Enrique (2014) An experimental study on the compaction and collapsible behaviour of a flood defence embankment fill. Engineering Geology, 179. pp. 132-145. ISSN 0013-7952
El Mountassir, Grainne and Lunn, Rebecca J. and Moir, Heather and MacLachlan, Erica (2014) Hydrodynamic coupling in microbially mediated fracture mineralization : formation of self-organized groundwater flow channels. Water Resources Research, 50 (1). pp. 1-16. ISSN 0043-1397
2013
MacLachlan, E. and El Mountassir, G. and Lunn, R. J. (2013) Use of bacterial ureolysis for improved gelation of silica sol in rock grouting. Geotechnique Letters, 3 (4). 180–184. ISSN 2045-2543
Tarantino, Alessandro and El Mountassir, Grainne (2013) Making unsaturated soil mechanics accessible for engineers : preliminary hydraulic-mechanical characterisation and stability assessment. Engineering Geology, 165. pp. 89-104. ISSN 0013-7952
2012
Sanchez, Marcelo and El Mountassir, Grainne and Romero, Enrique (2012) Estudio de rellenos compactadow utilizados en la construccion de ataguias en Indonesia. Revista Internacional de Desastres Naturales, Accidentes e Infraestructura Civil, 12 (1). pp. 91-96. ISSN 1936-1483
2011
El Mountassir, G. and Sanchez, M. and Romero, E. and Soemitro, R. A. A. (2011) Behaviour of compacted silt used to construct flood embankment. Proceedings of the ICE - Geotechnical Engineering, 164 (3). pp. 195-210.
Tarantino, Alessandro and Gallipoli, D. and Augarde, C.E. and De Gennaro, V. and Gomez, R. and Laloui, L. and Mancuso, C. and El Mountassir, Grainne and Munoz, J. and Pereira, J-M. and Peron, H and Pisoni, G. and Romero, E. and Raveendiraraj, A and Rojas, J.C. and Toll, D.G. and Tombolato, S. and Wheeler, S. (2011) Benchmark of experimental techniques for measuring and controlling suction. Geotechnique, 61 (4). 303 –312. ISSN 0016-8505
El Mountassir, Grainne and Sanchez, Marcelo (2011) Behaviour of a collapsible structured unsaturated fill material. PhD thesis, University Of Strathclyde.
2009
McCloskey, G. and Sanchez, M. and Romero, E.; Buzzi, O. and Fityus, S. and Sheng, D., eds. (2009) Characterisation, mechanical and microstructural behaviour of an unsaturated silt. In: Unsaturated Soils. CRC Press, AUS, pp. 51-56. ISBN 9780415804806
2008
McCloskey, G. and Sanchez, M. and Dyer, M. and Kenny, M.; Toll, D. and Augarde, C.E. and Gallipoli, D. and Wheeler, S.J., eds. (2008) Behaviour of a silt used in flood embankment construction in Indonesia. In: Unsaturated Soils : Advances in Geo-Engineering. CRC Press, London, pp. 465-469. ISBN 9780415476928
McCloskey, G. and Sanchez, M. and Dyer, M. and Soemitro, R. A. A.; (2008) Experimental behaviour of a compacted silt used in a flood defence embankment in Indonesia. In: Proceedings of International Conference on Geotechnical & Highway Engineering. Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ISBN 9789834261344