Dr Trevor Davies

  • Honorary Research Fellow (School of Engineering)

Research interests

  • personal webpage: http://userweb.eng.gla.ac.uk/trevor.davies/

Research interests

Dr. Trevor Davies is a Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering. He graduated PhD from Cardiff University in 1979 for work on the "Linear and non-linear analysis of pile groups" under the direction of Prof PK Banerjee, one of the pioneers in the rapidly emerging field of boundary element methods. Following post-doctoral research at Cardiff University on the (soil) mechanics aspects of burial of radio-active waste in abyssal sediments, in 1980 he became assistant professor in geotechnical engineering at State University of New York at Buffalo, USA before joining Glasgow University in 1985.

Major research interest is computational solid mechanics. This work concentrates on development of the boundary element approach, which offers some advantages over whole-body discretisation methods. A notable achievement,  summarized in the book (Gao & Davies) is the development of a highly efficient boundary element method to solve non-linear (elasto-plastic) problems in three dimensions. In the geotechnical field, this work is exploited in commercial tunnelling software produced by the rock mechanics group of Graz University, Austria. Recent work has concentrated on developing boundary element methods for 3D elasto-dynamics. Enduring interests have been the development of analyses for deep foundations and inverse analysis, amongst others.

Publications

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Number of items: 17.

2017

Al-Budairi, Hassan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3832-9840, Gao, Zhiwei ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5501-9855, Steel, Andrew, Davies, Trevor and Wheeler, Simon ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1493-2434 (2017) Improving Protection Against Rockfall Accidents on Railway Networks. KTP Associates Conference 2017, Birmingham, UK, 21 Jun 2017. (Unpublished)

Al-Budairi, Hassan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3832-9840, Gao, Zhiwei ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5501-9855, Steel, Andrew, Davies, Trevor and Wheeler, Simon ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1493-2434 (2017) Condition Monitoring System for Rockfall Catch Fences. In: 6th Interdisciplinary Workshop on Rockfall Protection, Barcelona, Spain, 22-24 May 2017, pp. 67-70. ISBN 9788494690945

Al-Budairi, Hassan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3832-9840, Gao, Zhiwei ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5501-9855, Steel, Andrew, Davies, Trevor and Wheeler, Simon ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1493-2434 (2017) Improving the Design of Low-Energy Rockfall Catch Fences. In: 6th Interdisciplinary Workshop on Rockfall Protection, Barcelona, Spain, 22-24 May 2017, pp. 139-141. ISBN 9788494690945

2016

Al-Budairi, Hassan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3832-9840, Gao, Zhiwei ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5501-9855, Steel, Andrew, Wheeler, Simon ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1493-2434 and Davies, Trevor (2016) Modelling and Optimising of a Light-Weight Rockfall Catch Fence System. In: NAFEMS UK Conference 2016, Telford, UK, 15-16 June 2016, pp. 129-132.

2011

Gao, X.W. and Davies, T. (2011) Boundary Element Programming in Mechanics. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK. ISBN 9781107400252

Grassl, P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5862-4460 and Davies, T. (2011) Lattice modelling of bond and corrosion-induced cracking in reinforced concrete. Cement and Concrete Composites, 33(9), pp. 918-924. (doi: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2011.05.005)

2010

Davies, Trevor and Kamchoom, Viroon (2010) Strength Regain of Clay Slurry using Additives. Technical Report. Glasgow University, Glasgow.

Grassl, P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5862-4460 and Davies, T. (2010) On a three-dimensional lattice approach for modelling corrosion induced cracking and its influence on bond between reinforcement and concrete. In: 7th International Conference on Fracture Mechanics of Concrete and Concrete Structures, Jeju, South Korea, 23-27 May 2010, pp. 487-492.

Kamchoom, V. and Davies, T.G. (2010) Analysis of arching around shallow tunnels using the boundary element approach. In: 15th National Convention on Civil Engineering, Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand, 12-14 May 2010, pp. 374-378.

2007

Zhou, JX, Koziara, T and Davies, TG (2007) Adaptive space-time BEM for 3D scalar wave prpoagation. In: 6th UK Conference on Boundary Integral Methods (UKBIM 6), Durham, UK, 17-18 September, pp. 41-50. ISBN 978-0-9535558-3-3

Zhou, JX, Koziara, T and Davies, TG (2007) Adaptive space-time boundary element method for three-dimensional scalar wave propagation. In: 15th UK Conference of the Association of Computational Mechanics in Engineering (ACME), Glasgow, UK, 2-3 April, ISBN 978-1-905088-13-3 (CD Rom)

2006

Zhou, JX and Davies, TG (2006) A space-time boundary element method for 3D elastodynamic analysis. In: 28th World Conference on Boundary Elements and Other Mesh Reduction Methods (BEM/MRM28), Skiathos, Greece, 38838, pp. 295-304. ISBN 1743-355X

Zhou, JX, Koziara, T and Davies, TG (2006) A space-time adaptive boundary element method for 3D Elastodynamics. In: Conference of the International Association for Boundary Element Methods (IABEM), Graz, Austria, 10-12 July, pp. 79-82. ISBN 3-902465-23-9

2005

Zhou, JX and Davies, TG (2005) A space-time boundary element method for shock wave in 2D. In: 5th UK Conference on Boundary Integral Methods, Liverpool, UK, 12-13 September, pp. 182-189. ISBN 0 906370 39 6

2004

Merouani, Z and Davies, TG (2004) Incipient yield in a Mohr-Coulomb material loaded by an intrusion. In: 15th Southeast Asian Geotechnical Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, 22-26 November, pp. 121-126. ISBN 974-13-3276-9

2002

Xu, JD and Davies, TG (2002) Multi-region BEM in solid mechanics. In: 3rd International Conference on Boundary Element Techniques, China, Beijing, pp. 335-340. ISBN 7-302-05745-1

2001

Gao, X.W. and Davies, T.G. (2001) Boundary Element Programming in Mechanics. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK. ISBN 9780521773591

This list was generated on Thu Oct 30 23:45:11 2025 GMT.
Jump to: Articles | Books | Research Reports or Papers | Conference or Workshop Item | Conference Proceedings
Number of items: 17.

Articles

Grassl, P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5862-4460 and Davies, T. (2011) Lattice modelling of bond and corrosion-induced cracking in reinforced concrete. Cement and Concrete Composites, 33(9), pp. 918-924. (doi: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2011.05.005)

Books

Gao, X.W. and Davies, T. (2011) Boundary Element Programming in Mechanics. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK. ISBN 9781107400252

Gao, X.W. and Davies, T.G. (2001) Boundary Element Programming in Mechanics. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK. ISBN 9780521773591

Research Reports or Papers

Davies, Trevor and Kamchoom, Viroon (2010) Strength Regain of Clay Slurry using Additives. Technical Report. Glasgow University, Glasgow.

Conference or Workshop Item

Al-Budairi, Hassan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3832-9840, Gao, Zhiwei ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5501-9855, Steel, Andrew, Davies, Trevor and Wheeler, Simon ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1493-2434 (2017) Improving Protection Against Rockfall Accidents on Railway Networks. KTP Associates Conference 2017, Birmingham, UK, 21 Jun 2017. (Unpublished)

Conference Proceedings

Al-Budairi, Hassan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3832-9840, Gao, Zhiwei ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5501-9855, Steel, Andrew, Davies, Trevor and Wheeler, Simon ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1493-2434 (2017) Condition Monitoring System for Rockfall Catch Fences. In: 6th Interdisciplinary Workshop on Rockfall Protection, Barcelona, Spain, 22-24 May 2017, pp. 67-70. ISBN 9788494690945

Al-Budairi, Hassan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3832-9840, Gao, Zhiwei ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5501-9855, Steel, Andrew, Davies, Trevor and Wheeler, Simon ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1493-2434 (2017) Improving the Design of Low-Energy Rockfall Catch Fences. In: 6th Interdisciplinary Workshop on Rockfall Protection, Barcelona, Spain, 22-24 May 2017, pp. 139-141. ISBN 9788494690945

Al-Budairi, Hassan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3832-9840, Gao, Zhiwei ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5501-9855, Steel, Andrew, Wheeler, Simon ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1493-2434 and Davies, Trevor (2016) Modelling and Optimising of a Light-Weight Rockfall Catch Fence System. In: NAFEMS UK Conference 2016, Telford, UK, 15-16 June 2016, pp. 129-132.

Grassl, P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5862-4460 and Davies, T. (2010) On a three-dimensional lattice approach for modelling corrosion induced cracking and its influence on bond between reinforcement and concrete. In: 7th International Conference on Fracture Mechanics of Concrete and Concrete Structures, Jeju, South Korea, 23-27 May 2010, pp. 487-492.

Kamchoom, V. and Davies, T.G. (2010) Analysis of arching around shallow tunnels using the boundary element approach. In: 15th National Convention on Civil Engineering, Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand, 12-14 May 2010, pp. 374-378.

Zhou, JX, Koziara, T and Davies, TG (2007) Adaptive space-time BEM for 3D scalar wave prpoagation. In: 6th UK Conference on Boundary Integral Methods (UKBIM 6), Durham, UK, 17-18 September, pp. 41-50. ISBN 978-0-9535558-3-3

Zhou, JX, Koziara, T and Davies, TG (2007) Adaptive space-time boundary element method for three-dimensional scalar wave propagation. In: 15th UK Conference of the Association of Computational Mechanics in Engineering (ACME), Glasgow, UK, 2-3 April, ISBN 978-1-905088-13-3 (CD Rom)

Zhou, JX and Davies, TG (2006) A space-time boundary element method for 3D elastodynamic analysis. In: 28th World Conference on Boundary Elements and Other Mesh Reduction Methods (BEM/MRM28), Skiathos, Greece, 38838, pp. 295-304. ISBN 1743-355X

Zhou, JX, Koziara, T and Davies, TG (2006) A space-time adaptive boundary element method for 3D Elastodynamics. In: Conference of the International Association for Boundary Element Methods (IABEM), Graz, Austria, 10-12 July, pp. 79-82. ISBN 3-902465-23-9

Zhou, JX and Davies, TG (2005) A space-time boundary element method for shock wave in 2D. In: 5th UK Conference on Boundary Integral Methods, Liverpool, UK, 12-13 September, pp. 182-189. ISBN 0 906370 39 6

Merouani, Z and Davies, TG (2004) Incipient yield in a Mohr-Coulomb material loaded by an intrusion. In: 15th Southeast Asian Geotechnical Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, 22-26 November, pp. 121-126. ISBN 974-13-3276-9

Xu, JD and Davies, TG (2002) Multi-region BEM in solid mechanics. In: 3rd International Conference on Boundary Element Techniques, China, Beijing, pp. 335-340. ISBN 7-302-05745-1

This list was generated on Thu Oct 30 23:45:11 2025 GMT.

Teaching

  • Maths C1
  • Maths M1
  • Applicable Maths 2A
  • Geotechnical Engineering 3A
  • Geotechincal Engineering 4

Dr Trevor G Davies