Professor Peter Cleall
(he/him)

BEng, PhD, FICE

: Media commentator
: Available for postgraduate supervision

Teams and roles for Peter Cleall

Head of Department of Architectural, Civil and Environmental Engineering
School of Engineering

Professor of Geoenvironmental Engineering and Head of Department of Civil Engineering (ACE). My research activities initially focused on the area of coupled flow and deformation behaviour in soils and have developed to encompass a number of areas in the subject of geoenvironmental and geotechnical engineering including ground energy, thermal fluxes and inter-seasonal heat storage, in-situ resource recovery from geological repositories and behaviour of modified soils. Work in these areas, supported by RCUK and industrial funding has developed a number of specific analytical and numerical models alongside an improved understanding of fundamental processes.

Date
Type

2017

Crane, R. et al. 2017. Physicochemical composition of wastes and co-located landscape designations at legacy 1 mine sites in south west England and Wales: Implications on resource potential. Resources, Conservation and Recycling 123 , pp.117-134. (10.1016/j.resconrec.2016.08.009)
Li, Y. et al., 2017. Design charts for contaminant transport through slurry trench cutoff walls. Journal of Environmental Engineering 143 (9) 10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0001253. (10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0001253)
Li, Y. and Cleall, P. 2017. Slurry trench. In: Bobrowsky, P. and Marker, B. eds. Encyclopedia of Engineering Geology. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series Springer International Publishing. , pp.1-2. (10.1007/978-3-319-12127-7_264-1)
Muaaz-Us-Salam, S. , Cleall, P. and Harbottle, M. 2017. Enhanced delignification and methane generation in waste repositories-overcoming heterogeneity. Presented at: Proceedings Sardinia 2017 / Sixteenth International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium S. Margherita di Pula, Cagliari, Italy 2 - 6 October 2017. , pp.-.
Munoz Criollo, J. , Cleall, P. and Harbottle, M. 2017. Coupled biomass growth and flow in unsaturated soil. Presented at: International Symposium on Coupled Phenomena in Environmental Geotechnics University of Leeds 6 - 7 September 2017.
Sapsford, D. J. , Cleall, P. and Harbottle, M. 2017. In situ resource recovery from waste repositories: exploring the potential for mobilization and capture of metals from anthropogenic ores. Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy 3 (2), pp.375-392. (10.1007/s40831-016-0102-4)
Shuang, Z. et al., 2017. Erodibility in synthetic water repellent soils. Presented at: ICSMGE 2017 - 19th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering Seoul; South Korea 17-22 September 2017.
Zheng, S. et al., 2017. Synthetic water repellent soils for slope stabilization. Presented at: Workshop on World Landslide Forum Ljubljana, Slovenia 29 May - 2 Jun 2017. Published in: Mikoš, M. et al., Advances in Landslide Technology. Vol. 3.Advancing Culture of Living with Landslides Cham: Springer. , pp.523-528. (10.1007/978-3-319-53487-9_61)
Zheng, S. et al., 2017. Hydrologic behavior of model slopes with synthetic water repellent soils. Journal of Hydrology 554 , pp.582-599. (10.1016/j.jhydrol.2017.09.013)

2016

Bower, T. et al. 2016. A micro-mechanics based soil-fibre composite model for use with finite element analysis. Presented at: UK Conference of the Association for Computational Mechanics in Engineering Cardiff, UK 31 March - 01 April 2016.
Bower, T. et al. 2016. Modelling soil-fibre composite behaviour using a micromechanical approach. Presented at: 7th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering Crete, Greece 5 - 10 June 2016.
Muñoz Criollo, J. J. , Cleall, P. J. and Rees, S. W. 2016. Factors influencing collection performance of near surface interseasonal ground energy collection and storage systems. Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment 6 , pp.45-57. (10.1016/j.gete.2016.04.001)
Munoz Criollo, J. J. , Cleall, P. J. and Rees, S. W. 2016. Modelling thermal fluxes at the soil surface. Environmental Geotechnics 6 (6), pp.393-405. (10.1680/jenge.15.00075)
Peppicelli, C. et al., 2016. Electrokinetic treatment in the recovery of valuable metals from waste repositories: Metal speciation and transient behaviour of metals during EK. Presented at: 3rd International Symposium on Enhanced Landfill Mining Lisbon, Portugal February 2016.
Roberts, M. et al., 2016. In situ microbial dissolution of iron mineral-bearing wastes for metal recovery. Presented at: 3rd International Symposium on Enhanced Landfill Mining Lisbon, Portugal February 2016.
Sapsford, D. J. , Cleall, P. J. and Harbottle, M. J. 2016. In situ resource recovery from waste repositories: exploring the potential for mobilisation and capture of metals from anthropogenic ores. Presented at: 3rd International Symposium on Enhanced Landfill Mining Lisbon, Portugal February 2016.
Tripathy, S. et al. 2016. Soil suction measurement of unsaturated soils with a sensor using fixed- matrix porous ceramic discs. Indian Geotechnical Journal 46 (3), pp.252-260. (10.1007/s40098-016-0200-z)

2015

Cleall, P. J. 2015. Editorial. Environmental Geotechnics 2 (6), pp.317-318. (10.1680/jenge.2015.2.6.317)
Cleall, P. J. , Munoz Criollo, J. and Rees, S. W. 2015. Analytical solutions for ground temperature profiles and stored energy using meteorological data. Transport in Porous Media 108 (1), pp.181-199.
Li, Y. et al., 2015. Stresses in soil-bentonite slurry trench cut-off walls. Géotechnique 65 (10), pp.843-850. (10.1680/jgeot.14.P.219)

2014

Cleall, P. J. , Munoz Criollo, J. and Rees, S. W. 2014. Assessment and representation of thermal surface fluxes in soils. In: Oka, F. et al., Computer Methods and Recent Advances in Geomechanics. CRC Press. , pp.1321-1326. (10.1201/b17435-233)
Page, K. et al. 2014. Heavy metal leaching and environmental risk from the use of compost-like output as an energy crop growth substrate. Science of the Total Environment 487 , pp.260-271. (10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.04.021)
Thomas, H. R. , Vardon, P. J. and Cleall, P. J. 2014. Three-dimensional behaviour of a prototype radioactive waste repository in fractured granitic rock. Canadian Geotechnical Journal 51 (3), pp.246-259. (10.1139/cgj-2013-0094)

2013

Cleall, P. J. and Rees, S. W. 2013. Analysis of inter-seasonal heat fluxes in soils. Presented at: ISES Solar World Congress 2013 Cancun, Mexico 3-7 November 2013.
Cleall, P. J. , Singh, R. M. and Thomas, H. R. 2013. Vapour transfer in unsaturated compacted bentonite. Géotechnique 63 (11), pp.957-964. (10.1680/geot.12.P.147)
Cleall, P. J. , Singh, R. M. and Thomas, H. R. 2013. Vapour transfer in unsaturated compacted bentonite. Géotechnique 63 (11), pp.957-964. (10.1680/geot.12.P.147)
Li, Y. and Cleall, P. J. 2013. Consolidation of sensitive clays: a numerical investigation. Acta Geotechnica 8 (1), pp.59-66. (10.1007/s11440-012-0171-x)
Li, Y. et al., 2013. Influences of operational practices on municipal solid waste landfill storage capacity. Waste Management & Research 31 (3), pp.273-282. (10.1177/0734242X12472705)
Li, Y. et al., 2013. Stability analysis of slurry trenches in similar layered soils. ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering 139 (12), pp.2104-2109. (10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000958)
Muñoz Criollo, J. J. , Cleall, P. J. and Rees, S. W. 2013. Impacts of surface fluxes on interseasonal heat storage in soils. Presented at: International Workshop on Geomechanics and Energy Lausanne, Switzerland 26-28 November 2013. (10.3997/2214-4609.20131947)
Rees, S. W. et al. 2013. Freezing soil effects on earth-contact heat transfer. Building Services Engineering Research and Technology 34 (3), pp.259-274. (10.1177/0143624412441616)

2012

Li, Y. and Cleall, P. J. 2012. Errata to ‘Analytical solutions for advective–dispersive solute transport in double-layered finite porous media’, International Journal of Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 2011; 35:438–460, DOI: 10.1002/nag.903. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics 36 (14), pp.1682. (10.1002/nag.2137)
Li, Y. et al., 2012. Gas Pressure Model for Layered Municipal Solid Waste Landfills. Journal of Environmental Engineering 138 (7), pp.752-760. (10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0000533)
Page, K. et al. 2012. Heavy metal content of recycled organic wastes and potential bioaccumulation in short rotation coppice when used as a nutrient source. Presented at: ISWA World Solid Waste Congress Florence, Italy 17-19 September 2012.

2011

Cleall, P. J. and Li, Y. 2011. An analytical solution for diffusion of VOCs through Composite Landfill Liners. ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering (10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000506)
Cleall, P. J. , Singh, R. M. and Thomas, H. R. 2011. Non-isothermal moisture movement in unsaturated kaolin: An experimental and theoretical investigation. Geotechnical Testing Journal 34 (5) GTJ103585. (10.1520/GTJ103585)
Li, Y. and Cleall, P. J. 2011. Analytical Solutions for the Advection-dispersion Solute Transport Equation in Double-layered Finite Porous Media. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics 35 (4), pp.438-460. (10.1002/nag.903)
Li, Y. , Cleall, P. J. and Thomas, H. R. 2011. Multi-dimensional chemo-osmotic consolidation of clays. Computers and Geotechnics 38 (4), pp.423-429. (10.1016/j.compgeo.2011.02.005)
Pettit, C. et al., 2011. Sustainable Management of Urban Pollution: An Integrated Approach. Building Services Engineering Research and Technology 32 (1), pp.21-34. (10.1177/0143624410394528)
Shao, K. , Rees, S. W. and Cleall, P. J. 2011. Numerical simulation of earth-contact heat transfer. Advanced Materials Research 243-24 , pp.6206-6211. (10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.243-249.6206)
Vardon, P. J. et al. 2011. Three-dimensional field-scale coupled Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical modelling: parallel computing implementation. International Journal of Geomechanics 11 (2), pp.90-98. (10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0000019)
Vardon, P. J. , Cleall, P. J. and Thomas, H. R. 2011. Three-dimensional modelling of the Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical behaviour of a prototype repository. Presented at: 6th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics (6ICEG) New Delhi, India 8-12 November 2010. Published in: Datta, M. ed. Proceedings of the 6th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics, 8-12 November 2010, New Delhi, India. Vol. 2.New Delhi: McGraw Hill. , pp.1646-1649.

2010

Cleall, P. J. 2010. Ramaswami, Anu and Milford, Jana B. and Small, Mitchell: Integrated environmental modeling: pollutant transport, fate, and risk in the environment [Book Review]. Proceedings of the ICE - Engineering Sustainability 163 (2), pp.121. (10.1680/ensu.2010.163 .2.121)
Cleall, P. J. et al. 2010. Experimental and numerical modelling of soils subjected to seasonal freezing and thawing. Presented at: 6th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics (6ICEG) New Delhi, India 8-12 November 2010. Published in: Datta, M. ed. Proceedings of the 6th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics, New Delhi, India. Vol. 2.Tata McGraw Hill. , pp.1691-1694.
Li, Y. and Cleall, P. J. 2010. Analytical Solutions for Contaminant Diffusion in Double-layered Porous Media. ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering 136 (11), pp.1542-1554. (10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000365)
Li, Y. et al., 2010. An efficient approach for locating the critical slip surface in slope stability analyses using a real-coded genetic algorithm. Canadian Geotechnical Journal 47 (7), pp.806-820. (10.1139/T09-124)
Singh, R. M. , Thomas, H. R. and Cleall, P. J. 2010. Heat and mass migration in MX-80 Bentonite subject to thermo-hydraulic gradient. Presented at: 6th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics (6ICEG) New Delhi, India 8-12 November 2010. Published in: Datta, M. ed. Proceedings of the 6th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics (6ICEG) November 8 - 12 2010 (New Delhi, India). Vol. 2.McGraw Hill. , pp.1646-1649.

2009

Thomas, H. R. et al. 2009. The coupled thermal-hydraulic-mechanical behaviour of a large scale in-situ heating experiment. Géotechnique 59 (4), pp.401-413. (10.1680/geot.2009.59.4.401)
Thomas, H. R. et al. 2009. Modelling of cryogenic processes in permafrost and seasonally frozen soils. Géotechnique 59 (3), pp.173-184. (10.1680/geot.2009.59.3.173)
Vardon, P. J. et al. 2009. Coupled Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Modelling: A New Parallel Approach. Presented at: IPDPS 2009 - IEEE International Symposium on Parallel & Distributed Processing 2009 Rome, Italy 23-29 May 2009. Published in: Mei, A. ed. Proceedings: IPDPS 2009 - 23rd IEEE International Parallel & Distributed Processing Symposium 2009. Los Alamitos, CA: IEEE. , pp.2534-2542. (10.1109/IPDPS.2009.5161160)
Vardon, P. J. et al. 2009. Coupled thermo/hydro/chemical/mechanical modelling: a new parallel approach. Presented at: 23rd IEEE International Parallel & Distributed Processing Symposium Rome, Italy 25-29 May 2009. Proceedings of the International Parallel and distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS09) (Rome, Italy). Piscataway, NJ, USA: Institute of Electical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
Vardon, P. J. , Thomas, H. R. and Cleall, P. J. 2009. An investigation of the re-saturation characteristics of the prototype repository. Presented at: First International Symposium on Computational Geomechanics (COMGEO I) Juan-les- Pins, France 29 April-1 May 2009. Published in: Pietruszczak, S. et al., Computational Geomechanics I (ComGeo I): Abstracts of Papers Presented at the, First International Symposium on Computational Geomechanics (COMGEO I), Juan -les- Pins, France, 29 April - 1 May, 2009.. IC2E International Center for Computational Engineering,. , pp.544-552.
Vardoulakis, S. et al., 2009. Assessment of health and ecological impact of policy on a legal contamination case study. Presented at: 21st ISEE Conference on Food, Environment and Global Health Dublin, Ireland

2008

Vardon, P. J. et al. 2008. Three-Dimensional Large Scale Coupled Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Modelling. Presented at: 12th International Conference of International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG) Goa, India 1-6 October 2008.
Vardon, P. J. , Thomas, H. R. and Cleall, P. J. 2008. Modelling the three-dimensional hydraulic performance of a prototype repository system within fractured crystalline rock. Presented at: 3rd international symposium GeoProc 2008 Lille, France 2-6 June 2008. Published in: Shao, J. F. and Burlion, N. eds. Thermo-hydromechanical and chemical coupling in geomaterials and applications : proceedings of the 3rd international symposium GeoProc'2008. London: ISTE. , pp.517-524.

2007

Cleall, P. J. and Ding, D. 2007. Additional modelling of gas migration at Holly Lane, Erdington. Technical Report.
Cleall, P. J. , Seetharam, S. C. and Thomas, H. R. 2007. Inclusion of some aspects of chemical behaviour of unsaturated soil in thermo/hydro/chemical/mechanical models. I: Model development. Journal of Engineering Mechanics 133 (3), pp.338-347. (10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(2007)133:3(338))
Cleall, P. J. , Seetheram, S. C. and Thomas, H. R. 2007. Inclusion of some aspects of chemical behaviour of unsaturated soil in thermo/hydro/chemical/mechanical models. II: Application and transport of soluble salts in compacted bentonite. Journal of Engineering Mechanics 133 (3), pp.348-356. (10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(2007)133:3(348))
Pettit, C. et al., 2007. More sustainable management of pollution: iIntegrated approach, models and tools. Presented at: International Conference on Whole Life Urban Sustainability and its Assessment Glasgow, UKPublished in: M. Horner, C. H. ed.
Seetharam, S. C. , Thomas, H. R. and Cleall, P. J. 2007. Coupled thermo/hydro/chemical/mechanical model for unsaturated soils- numerical algorithm. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 70 (12), pp.1480-1511. (10.1002/nme.1934)

2006

Cleall, P. J. , Melhuish, T. A. and Thomas, H. R. 2006. Modelling the three-dimensional behaviour of a prototype nuclear waste repository. Engineering Geology 85 (1-2), pp.212-220. (10.1016/j.enggeo.2005.09.045)
Cleall, P. J. et al. 2006. An experimental study of moisture movement due to thermal and thermo-hydraulic gradients in clays. Presented at: Proceedings of the 5th Intl Congress on Environmental Geotechnics (5th ICEG) Cardiff, UKVol. 1., pp.693-700.
Cleall, P. J. , Thomas, H. R. and Glendinning, M. C. 2006. Modelling the behaviour of freezing and thawing soil slopes. Presented at: Proceedings of the 5th Intl Congress on Environmental Geotechnics (5th ICEG) Cardiff, UKVol. 2., pp.1603-1610.
Cleall, P. J. et al. 2006. Use of parallel computing and visualisation techniques in the simulation of large scale geoenvironmental engineering problems. Future generation computer systems 22 (4), pp.460-467. (10.1016/j.future.2005.04.006)
Hosseini, A. , Cleall, P. J. and Martin, C. 2006. Implementation of TM modeling as an alternative for fully coupled THM models. Presented at: Proceedings of the 59th Canadian Geotechnical Conference and 7th Joint CGS/IAH-CNC Groundwater Specialty Conference. Vancouver, Canada, pp.838-847.
Jones, M. J. , Cleall, P. J. and Thomas, H. R. 2006. The PUrE software platform: general specification. Project Report.
Pettit, C. et al., 2006. Integrated assessment of pollutants in the urban environment. Presented at: Collaborations Across the DivideRGS-IBG Annual Conference 2006 London, UK
Seetharam, S. C. , Cleall, P. J. and Thomas, H. R. 2006. On the inclusion of geochemical effects in coupled processes in soils. Presented at: Proceedings of the 5th Intl Congress on Environmental Geotechnics (5th ICEG) Cardiff, UKVol. 1., pp.781-788.
Seetharam, S. C. , Cleall, P. J. and Thomas, H. R. 2006. Modelling some aspects of ion migration in a compacted bentonitic clay. Engineering Geology 85 (1-2), pp.221-228. (10.1016/j.enggeo.2005.09.041)
Thomas, H. R. , Cleall, P. J. and Singh, R. M. 2006. Thermal and thermo-hydraulic gradient tests on compacted bentonite: experimental set-up. Technical Report.

2005

Cleall, P. J. and Ding, D. 2005. Modelling of gas migration at Holly Lane, Erdington. Project Report.
Cleall, P. J. et al. 2005. Development of a framework for integrated health impact analysis of geoenvironmental pollution. Presented at: 11th International Conference on Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics Turin, ItalyPublished in: Barla G, B. M. ed. Vol. 3., pp.93-100.
Cleall, P. J. , Thomas, H. R. and Seetharam, S. C. 2005. Coupled models in geoenvironmental applications. Presented at: 11th International Conference on Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics Turin, ItalyPublished in: Barla G, B. M. ed. Vol. 4., pp.275-288.
Thomas, H. R. , Cleall, P. J. and Pace, N. A. 2005. CETRAD:Coordination Action on Education and Training in Radiation Protection and Radioactive Waste Management - Final Report. Project Report.[Online].Brussels: European Commission. Available at: ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/fp6-euratom/docs/cetrad-d3-projrep_en_pdf.zip.
Thomas, H. R. , Cleall, P. J. and Pace, N. A. 2005. Geological disposal of radioactive waste: review of European education and training: needs and capability. Project Report.
Thomas, H. R. et al. 2005. Behaviour of engineered barriers - some recent advances. Presented at: International Conference on Problematic Soils (GEOPROB 2005) Famagusta, Cyprus

2004

Cleall, P. J. , Melhuish, T. A. and Thomas, H. R. 2004. Modelling the three-dimensional behaviour of a prototype nuclear waste repository. Presented at: Proceedings 4th BGA International Geoenvironmental Engineering Conference. Integrated Management of Groundwater and Contaminated Land Stratford on Avon, UK, pp.402-409.
Cleall, P. J. , Thomas, H. R. and Melhuish, T. A. 2004. Comparison of results from the THMCB modelling of buffer, backfill and rock with measured data from prototype repository. Project Report.
Cleall, P. J. et al. 2004. Thermal-hydraulic-chemical-mechanical (THCM) behaviour of unsaturated soils- applications in the nuclear waste disposal context. Presented at: Proceeding of the 9th International Conference on Numerical Methods in Geomechanics. Numerical Models in Geomechanics Ottawa, CanadaVol. IX.Balkema. , pp.311-318.
Hobson, D. , Hughes, K. and Cleall, P. J. 2004. Evaluating the real risk of development on former landfills. Presented at: Proceedings of 4th BGA International Geoenvironmental Engineering Conference Stratford-on-Avon, UK, pp.425-232.
Seetharam, S. C. et al., 2004. An integrated modelling framework for health impact analysis for urban pollution. Project Report.
Seetharam, S. C. , Cleall, P. J. and Thomas, H. R. 2004. An investigation of the thermo/hydro/chemical/mechanical behaviour of unsaturated soils. Presented at: Proceedings of the 12th ACME Annual Conference Cardiff, UK
Seetharam, S. C. , Cleall, P. J. and Thomas, H. R. 2004. Modelling the behaviour of soluable salts in a highly compacted bentonitic clay. Presented at: Proceedings. 4th BGA International Geoenvironmental Engineering Conference. Integrated Management of Groundwater and Contaminated Land Stratford-On-Avon, UK, pp.466-476.
Tey, C. Y. , Cleall, P. J. and Thomas, H. R. 2004. Thermal hydraulic interactions between buffer and rock in a deep geological waste disposal repository. Presented at: Proceedings of the Malaysian Geotechnical Conference Subang, MalaysiaVol. 16-18., pp.619-624.
Thomas, H. R. et al. 2004. Hydro-mechanical behaviour of unsaturated buffer. Presented at: Proceedings of the International Conference: From Experimentatal Evidence Towards Numerical Modelling of Unsaturated Soils Weimar, GermanyVol. 94.Springer Proceedings in Physics. , pp.327-340.
Thomas, H. R. et al. 2004. Modelling the thermal-hydraulic-chemical -mechanical (THCM) behavious of bentonite buffers. Presented at: Proceedings from Task Force Related Meeting on Buffer and Backfill Modelling (SKB International Progress Report) Lund, SwedenVol. IPR-04., pp.63-72.

2003

Thomas, H. R. et al. 2003. Analysis of the hydraulic interaction between clay buffer and host rock in a large scale test. Presented at: Proceedings of the International Conference on Coupled T-H-C-M Processes in Geosystems: Fundamentals, Modelling, Experiments and Applications Stockholm, Sweden, pp.461-466.
Thomas, H. R. et al. 2003. Water infiltration into a large-scale in-situ experiment in an underground research laboratory. Geotechnique 53 (2), pp.207-224. (10.1680/geot.2003.53.2.207)
Thomas, H. R. , Cleall, P. J. and Melhuish, T. A. 2003. Simulation of the prototype repository. Presented at: Advances in Understanding Engineered Clay Barriers: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Large Scale Field Tests in Granite Sitges, SpainPublished in: Ledesma, A. &. ed. , pp.347-352.
Thomas, H. R. , Cleall, P. J. and Melhuish, T. A. 2003. Modelling the prototype repository. Project Report.
Thomas, H. R. , Cleall, P. J. and Melhuish, T. A. 2003. Simulation of the tunnel sealing experiment using THM modelling. Technical Report.
Thomas, H. R. , Cleall, P. J. and Mitchell, H. P. 2003. Coupled thermal-hydraulic-mechanical simulation of the buffer/container experiment. Technical Report.
Thomas, H. R. , Cleall, P. J. and Seetharam, S. C. 2003. Thermo-hydraulic-chemical-mechanical behaviour of unsaturated bentonite. Presented at: Advances in Understanding Engineering Clay Barriers:Proceedings of the International Symposium on Large Scale Field Tests in Granite Sitges, SpainPublished in: Ledesma, A. &. ed. , pp.547-552.
Thomas, H. R. et al. 2003. A multi-level parallelized substructuring-frontal solution for coupled thermo/hydro/mechanical problems in unsaturated soil. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics 27 (11), pp.951-965. (10.1002/nag.306)

2002

Chandler, N. A. et al., 2002. Modelling moisture movement through unsaturated bentonite-based materials. Presented at: Proceedings 2nd Canadian Speciality Conference on Computer Applications in Geotechnique Winnipeg, Canada.
Cleall, P. J. , Melhuish, T. A. and Thomas, H. R. 2002. Vapour transfer in clay based engineered barriers, in high level nuclear waste disposal. Presented at: Workshop on Clay Microstructure and its Importance to Soil Behaviour Lund, Sweden, pp.58-65.
Cleall, P. J. et al. 2002. Simulation of the behaviour of deep geological repositories – some computational challenges. Presented at: Numerical Models in Geomechanics – NUMOG VIII Rome, Italy, pp.235-240.
Cleall, P. J. , Thomas, H. R. and Melhuish, T. A. 2002. Modelling the prototype repository. Project Report.
Cleall, P. J. , Thomas, H. R. and Melhuish, T. A. 2002. Modelling the prototype repository. Project Report.
Murugesan, K. , Thomas, H. R. and Cleall, P. J. 2002. An investigation of the influence of two-stage drying conditions on convective drying of porous materials. International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow 12 (1), pp.29-46. (10.1108/09615530210413154)
Thomas, H. R. and Cleall, P. J. 2002. Selection of THMCB models. Project Report.
Thomas, H. R. and Cleall, P. J. 2002. Vapour flow in soils - a brief review. Technical Report.
Thomas, H. R. et al. 2002. Air wall research project: conceptual modelling. Technical Report.
Thomas, H. R. , Cleall, P. J. and Melhuish, T. A. 2002. Predictive THMCB modelling of buffer, backfill and rock. Project Report.
Thomas, H. R. , Cleall, P. J. and Mitchell, H. P. 2002. Comparison of physical measurements and a finite element numerical simulation of water uptake and distribution in the isothermal test. Project Report.
Thomas, H. R. , Cleall, P. J. and Seetharam, S. C. 2002. Multispecies chemical transport in unsaturated soil. Presented at: Proceedings 4th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, pp.213-218.
Thomas, H. R. , Cleall, P. J. and Seetharam, S. C. 2002. Numerical modelling of the thermal-hydraulic-chemical- mechanical behaviour of unsaturated clay. In: Vulliet, L. , Laloui, L. and Schrefler, B. A. eds. Environmental Geomechanics. Lausanne: EPFL. , pp.125-136.
Thomas, H. R. et al. 2002. Training proposal related to study panel 5. Project Report.
Zhou, Z. , Cleall, P. J. and Thomas, H. R. 2002. Coupled multigas, moisture and heat transfer in unsaturated soil. Presented at: Proceedings of the 4th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, pp.237-242.

2001

Thomas, H. R. and Cleall, P. J. 2001. Geoenvironmental modelling, (invited keynote paper). Presented at: Proceedings International Conference on Civil Engineering (IISc 2001) Bangalore, India, pp.100-110.
Thomas, H. R. and Cleall, P. J. 2001. Pollutant transport and chemical effects. Revue Française de Génie Civil 5 (6), pp.743-775. (10.1080/12795119.2001.9692325)
Thomas, H. R. , Cleall, P. J. and Hashm, A. A. 2001. Thermal/hydraulic/vhemical/ mechanical (THCM behaviour of partly saturated soil: (invited theme paper). Presented at: Proceedings 10th International Conference on Computer Methods & Advances in Geomechanics Tucson, USA, pp.757-763.
Thomas, H. R. et al. 2001. An assessment of the thermal and hydraulic interaction between a clay buffer and host rock. Presented at: Proceedings of the 3rd British Geotechnical Society Geoenvironmental Engineering Conference, pp.374-379.
Thomas, H. R. , Cleall, P. J. and Owen, D. H. 2001. Modelling and analysis of geoenvironmental problems using the finite element method. Presented at: 8th International Conference on Civil and Structural Engineering Computing Vienna, Austria 19-21 September 2001. Published in: Topping, B. H. V. ed. Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Civil and Structural Engineering Computing. Stirling: Civil-Comp Press. , pp.459-474.
Thomas, H. R. et al. 2001. 3D contaminant transport model for multiple chemical species in partly saturated soil, (invited paper) computational mechanics. New Frontiers for the New Millenium. Presented at: Proceedings 1st Asian-Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics Sydney, Australia, pp.795-800.
Thomas, H. R. et al. 2001. Coupled multispecies transport in geochemical problems. Presented at: Proceedings 3rd British Geotechnical Society Geoenvironmental Engineering Conference Edinburgh, UK, pp.380-385.
Zhou, Z. , Cleall, P. J. and Thomas, H. R. 2001. Non-isothermal migration of multiple gas species in partly saturated soil. Presented at: Proceedings 3rd British Geotechnical Society Geoenvironmental Engineering Conference Edinburgh, UK, pp.386-392.

Contracts

Title	People	Sponsor	Value	Duration
IFC Open BIM Digital Standards Research and Development for immersed tunnel	Prof H Li, Prof R Ahmadian, Prof P Cleall	China Communications	500,000	2024-2026
Montmorillonite-supported nanoscale zero-valent iron for enhanced performance of low-permeability barriers	Jin F. (PI), Cleall P., Sapsford D.	Royal Society	11,860	2023-2025
GESPERR - Geobatteries: energy storage in the pedosphere to enable the renewables revolution	Harbottle, M, Sapsford, D, Cleall, P, Weightman, A, Ugalde-Loo, C,	EPSRC	251,979	01/10/2022 - 31/03/2024
ASPIRE - Accelerated Supergene Processes in Repository Engineering	Sapsford, D, Cleall, P, Harbottle, M, Owen, N, Weightman, A	EPSRC	592345	01/03/2021 - 30/09/2024
To develop and market new state-of -the-art facilities in the finite element program LUSAS for soil-structure interaction problems	Jefferson A, Cleall PJ	TSB and FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS	269368	01/07/2013 - 30/06/2016
In Situ Recovery of Resources from Waste Repositories	Sapsford D, Griffiths A, Harbottle M, Mahdi T, Cleall P	NERC	56803	01/04/2013 - 30/09/2013
In situ recovery of resources from waste repositories	Sapsford D, Harbottle M, Cleall P, Mahdi T, Weightman A (BIOSI)	NERC	671454	02/06/2014 - 01/06/2017
Modelling of landfill gas migration	Dr PJ Cleall	Persimmon Homes (West Midlands) Ltd	5467	25/11/2006 - 24/08/2007
Response of pollutant chemistry, pathways and mobility to Short Rotation Forestry on brownfield Sites	Dr PJ Cleall, Dr MJ Harbottle	Forest Research	27500	01/10/2010 - 30/09/2013
Modelling pre-failure shear strain (solifluction) in freezing and thawing soil slopes	Prof HR Thomas, Dr PJ Cleal,l (with EARTH)	Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council	192705	01/05/2005 - 30/04/2008
3D virtual reality platform for data analysis of large scale simulation for geoenvironmental problems	Prof HR Thomas, Dr PJ Cleall	Education and Learning Wales	186548	01/12/2001 - 31/07/2002
Co-ordination action on education and training in radiation protection and radioactive waste management [CETRAD]	Thomas HR, Cleall PJ	Commission of European Communities	50394	01/01/2004 - 31/12/2005
A land regeneration, industrial waste management and sustainable development network	Thomas HR, Cleall PJ, Owen DH	The National Assembly for Wales (European Regional Development Fund)	235779	01/11/2002 - 31/10/2005
SUE: Pollutants in the urban environment (PUrE)- scoping study	Thomas HR, Cleall PJ, (with University of Surrey)	Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council	18497	01/01/2004 - 30/09/2004
A land regeneration, Industrial management and sustainable development network	Thomas HR, Cleall PJ, Owen DH	The National Assembly for Wales (European Regional Development Fund)	66412	14/10/2002 - 13/10/2004
Land regeneration network	Thomas HR, Cleall PJ	Welsh Development Agency	20000	01/11/2005 - 01/04/2006
NF-PRO thermo-hyrdo-mechanical (geochemical) processes in the EBS (RTD3)	Thomas HR, Cleall PJ	Nirex Ltd	26800	01/06/2004 - 31/12/2007
Pollutants in the urban environments (PURE)	Thomas HR, Cleall PJ, (with University of Surrey)	Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council	295131	01/04/2005 - 31/03/2009
A land regeneration, industrial waste management and sustainable development network	Thomas HR, Cleall PJ, Owen DH	The National Assembly for Wales (European Regional Development Fund)	156164	14/10/2002 - 13/10/2004
Sixth International Conference of environmental geotechnics	Cleall P	Royal Academy of Engineering	600	06/11/2010 - 12/11/2010
Assessment of airport snow and ice management systems	Cleall P J	Jacobs Engineering	1500	14/02/2012 - 13/03/2012
Landfill gas modelling	Cleall PJ, Thomas HR	Persimmon Homes (West Midlands) Ltd	18950	01/05/2003 - 01/05/2006
Understanding and physical and numerical modelling of the key processes in the near-field, and their coupling, for different host rocks and repository strategies (NF-PRO)	Cleall PJ, Thomas HR	Commission of European Communities	160800	01/01/2004 - 31/12/2007

Supervised Postgraduate Research Students (28)

Supervising

Khaled Alshehri “Resource Recovery From Waste Repositories In A Circular Economy” Registered PhD student, Cardiff University
Tianchi Wu “A Unified Microstructurally Based Constitutive Model Considering Stress-Strain And Water Retention Behaviours Of Unsaturated Soil” Registered PhD student, Cardiff University
Evan Ricketts “Modelling hydrophobic soils” Registered PhD student, Cardiff University
Priyanka Katta “Climate Adaptation Composite Barrier Systems In Urban Spaces For Mitigating Long-Term Climate Change Impacts” Registered PhD student, Cardiff University
Ashley Patton “Investigating The Controls On The Spatio-Temporal Thermal Regime Of Urban Groundwater And Implications For Ground Source Heating And Cooling” Registered PhD student, Cardiff University
Claudia Peppicelli “In situ processes in resource extraction from waste repositories” Registered PhD student, Cardiff University

Graduated

Steven Warwick “Methodologies for the prediction and evaluation of potential resources within landfills” PhD Thesis, Cardiff University
Syed Muaaz-Us-Salam “Enhanced Biodegradation of Model Lignocellulosic Wastes in Laboratory-Scale Bioreactors & Landfills” PhD Thesis, Cardiff University
Suhad Abdulsattar Hasan Almahbobi “Effects of wet-dry and freeze-thaw cycles on engineering behaviour of compacted soils-specialisation-civil engineering/geotechnical engineering” PhD Thesis, Cardiff University
Sahar Satar Abduljabar Al Khyat “Effective stress in unsaturated soils” PhD Thesis, Cardiff University
Yahya Hamza Jebur Karagoly “Stability of landfill lining systems” PhD Thesis, Cardiff University
Oniosun, SA 2018 “Long term phytoremediation of LNAPLs and residual oils in the vadose zone and capillary fringe” PhD Thesis, Cardiff University
Hassanein Jawad Mortada Mobarek 2018 “A numerical and experimental study of near surface ground energy systems including the use of adaptable insulation layers” PhD Thesis, Cardiff University
Osama Mahdi Abdul-Hussain Al Hussaini 2018 “Volume change behaviour of some geomaterials under combined influence of freeze-thaw and wet-dry cycles: An experimental investigation” PhD Thesis, Cardiff University
Khabeer Abdulameer Jaber Al Awad 2018 “The effect of biological exudates on the mechanical properties of granular soil” PhD Thesis, Cardiff University
Huw Mithan 2018 “Quantifying the dynamic response of permafrost and slope stability to a changing climate” PhD Thesis, Cardiff University
Brubeck Freeman 2017 “A Numerical and Experimental Investigation into Multi-Ionic Reactive Transport Behaviour in Cementitious Materials” PhD Thesis, Cardiff University
Tom Bower 2017 “Constitutive modelling of soils and fibre-reinforced soils” PhD Thesis, Cardiff University
Shang K 2016 “The simulation of water uptake by vegetation and its impact on slope stability using an image – based model of plant root architecture” Registered PhD student Cardiff University
Muñoz Criollo J.J 2014 “An investigation of inter-seasonal near-surface ground heat transfer and storage” PhD Thesis, Cardiff University
Page, K 2014 “The application Organic Waste Materials as a nutrient source for Short Rotation Coppice” PhD Thesis, Cardiff University
Vardon, P.J. 2009 “A three-dimensional numerical investigation of the thermo-hydro-mechanical behaviour of a large scale prototype repository”, PhD Thesis, Cardiff University
Glendinning, M.C. 2007 “Modelling the freezing and thawing behaviour of saturated soils”, PhD Thesis, Cardiff University
Singh, R.M. 2007 “An experimental and numerical investigation of heat and moisture movement in unsaturated clays”, PhD Thesis, Cardiff University
Yean, T.C. 2005 "An investigation of the thermo/hydraulic/mechanical behaviour of large scale experiments – including parametric studies of various critical factors", PhD Thesis, Cardiff University
Melhuish, T.A. 2004 "An investigation of the three-dimensional thermo-hydro-mechanical behaviour of large scale in-situ experiments", PhD Thesis, Cardiff University
Seetharam, S.C. 2003 "An investigation of the thermo/hydro/chemical/ mechanical behaviour of unsaturated soils", PhD Thesis, Cardiff University
Mitchell, H.P. 2002. "A study of the thermo/hydraulic/mechanical behaviour of two large scale, in-situ experiments", PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.

Honours and awards

Telford Premium Prize 2024: Circular Economy Landfills for Temporary Storage and Treatment of Mineral-rich Wastes ICE Journal: Waste and Resource Management: 176(2):77-93
Telford Premium Prize 2021: "A reformulated hardening soil model" ICE Journal: Engineering and Computational Mechanics: 173(1):11–29;
Awarded 2018 Indian Geotechnical Society IGS-AIMIL Biennial Award
Teaching of the Year Award 2015/16 School of Engineering
Teaching of the Year Award 2014/15 School of Engineering
Highly Commended Award for `The influence of drying conditions on convective drying of porous materials in two-stage drying`, International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow 12(1):29-46

Professional memberships

Fellow of the Institute of Civil Engineers (FICE)

Academic positions

Secondment to Jacobs Engineering UK (2010-2011)
Expert reviewer for SKB, Sweden.

Committees and reviewing

Member of the Royal Society’s International Exchanges Panel from 01/01/2025 until 31/12/2027
Member of Géotechnique Advisory Panel (2010-2013)
Member of Géotechnique Symposium in Print 2013 “Bio- and Chemomechanical Processes in Geotechnical Engineering” Advisory Sub-Committee
Editorial Board member, Environmental Geotechnics (2013-2022)
Advisory Board member, Environmental Geotechnics (2022->)
MSc External Examiner Imperial College (2012-2016)
Member of EPSRC Associate Peer Review College
Management Committee Member of COST Action CA15115 Mining the European Anthroposphere
Outstanding Reviewer in 2012, Computers and Geotechnics

I am interesting in supervising PhDs involving the following areas:

Modelling coupled processes in geoenvironmental and geotechnical engineering systems including:
- Ground energy
- Barrier systems
- Geological repositories
- Behaviour of modified soils.
- Unsaturated soil behaviour.
- Thermo-hydro-mechanical behaviour of porous materials.
- Freeze-thaw behaviour of soil.

Even if your idea is not precidely aligned to these areas - please get in touch - it may still be something I can supervise (or co-supervise with a colleague).

Contact Details

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+44 29208 75795
Queen's Buildings - South Building, Room S/2.44, 5 The Parade, Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 3AA

Research themes

Specialisms

Geomechanics and resources geotechnical engineering
Soil mechanics
Geoenvironmental
Numerical modelling and mechanical characterisation
Numerical analysis

Professor Peter Cleall (he/him) BEng, PhD, FICE

Teams and roles for Peter Cleall

Head of Department of Architectural, Civil and Environmental Engineering

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