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Overview
My current research focuses on the numerical modelling of heterogeneous materials, with particular interest in stochastic methods and random field theory. Interests include
- Numerical methods
- Random field theory
- Plurigaussian simulation
- Soil mechanics
- Stochastics
- Theory of acoustic-gravity waves
- Machine learning
- Multi-level modelling
- Flow in porous media
Publication
2024
- Farid, A. et al. 2024. A review of the occurrence and causes for wildfires and their impacts on the geoenvironment. Fire 7(8), article number: 295. (10.3390/fire7080295)
- Ricketts, E. J., Cleall, P. J., Jefferson, A., Kerfriden, P. and Lyons, P. 2024. The influence of spatially varying boundary conditions based on material heterogeneity. European Journal of Computational Mechanics 33(3), pp. 199-226. (10.13052/ejcm2642-2085.3331)
- Ricketts, E. J. 2024. Stochastic periodic microstructures for multiscale modelling of heterogeneous materials. Transport in Porous Media 151(6), pp. 1313-1332. (10.1007/s11242-024-02074-z)
- Ricketts, E. J., de Souza, L. R., Freeman, B. L., Jefferson, A. and Al-Tabbaa, A. 2024. Microcapsule triggering mechanics in cementitious materials: a modelling and machine learning approach. Materials 17(3), article number: 764. (10.3390/ma17030764)
2023
- Ricketts, E. J., Cleall, P. J., Jefferson, T., Kerfriden, P. and Lyons, P. 2023. Near-boundary error reduction with an optimized weighted Dirichlet-Neumann boundary condition for stochastic PDE-based Gaussian random field generators. Engineering with Computers 39, pp. 3821-3833. (10.1007/s00366-023-01819-6)
- Ricketts, E. J., Cleall, P. J., Jefferson, A., Kerfriden, P. and Lyons, P. 2023. Representation of three-dimensional unsaturated flow in heterogeneous soil through tractable Gaussian random fields. Géotechnique (10.1680/jgeot.22.00316)
- Sayadi, S., Ricketts, E., Schlangen, E., Cleall, P., Mihai, I. and Jefferson, A. 2023. Effect of microstructure heterogeneity shapes on constitutive behaviour of encapsulated self-healing cementitious materials. Presented at: SMARTINCS’23 Conference on Self-Healing, Multifunctional and Advanced Repair Technologies in Cementitious Systems, 22-23 May 2023, Vol. 378. EDP Sciences, (10.1051/matecconf/202337809004)
- Ricketts, E. J., Freeman, B. L., Cleall, P. J., Jefferson, A. and Kerfriden, P. 2023. A statistical finite element method integrating a plurigaussian random field generator for multi-scale modelling of solute transport in concrete. Transport in Porous Media (10.1007/s11242-023-01930-8)
- Ricketts, E. 2023. Stochastic representation of material heterogeneity and its effects on flow: applications in soils of mixed wettabilities. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
Articles
- Farid, A. et al. 2024. A review of the occurrence and causes for wildfires and their impacts on the geoenvironment. Fire 7(8), article number: 295. (10.3390/fire7080295)
- Ricketts, E. J., Cleall, P. J., Jefferson, A., Kerfriden, P. and Lyons, P. 2024. The influence of spatially varying boundary conditions based on material heterogeneity. European Journal of Computational Mechanics 33(3), pp. 199-226. (10.13052/ejcm2642-2085.3331)
- Ricketts, E. J. 2024. Stochastic periodic microstructures for multiscale modelling of heterogeneous materials. Transport in Porous Media 151(6), pp. 1313-1332. (10.1007/s11242-024-02074-z)
- Ricketts, E. J., de Souza, L. R., Freeman, B. L., Jefferson, A. and Al-Tabbaa, A. 2024. Microcapsule triggering mechanics in cementitious materials: a modelling and machine learning approach. Materials 17(3), article number: 764. (10.3390/ma17030764)
- Ricketts, E. J., Cleall, P. J., Jefferson, T., Kerfriden, P. and Lyons, P. 2023. Near-boundary error reduction with an optimized weighted Dirichlet-Neumann boundary condition for stochastic PDE-based Gaussian random field generators. Engineering with Computers 39, pp. 3821-3833. (10.1007/s00366-023-01819-6)
- Ricketts, E. J., Cleall, P. J., Jefferson, A., Kerfriden, P. and Lyons, P. 2023. Representation of three-dimensional unsaturated flow in heterogeneous soil through tractable Gaussian random fields. Géotechnique (10.1680/jgeot.22.00316)
- Ricketts, E. J., Freeman, B. L., Cleall, P. J., Jefferson, A. and Kerfriden, P. 2023. A statistical finite element method integrating a plurigaussian random field generator for multi-scale modelling of solute transport in concrete. Transport in Porous Media (10.1007/s11242-023-01930-8)
Conferences
- Sayadi, S., Ricketts, E., Schlangen, E., Cleall, P., Mihai, I. and Jefferson, A. 2023. Effect of microstructure heterogeneity shapes on constitutive behaviour of encapsulated self-healing cementitious materials. Presented at: SMARTINCS’23 Conference on Self-Healing, Multifunctional and Advanced Repair Technologies in Cementitious Systems, 22-23 May 2023, Vol. 378. EDP Sciences, (10.1051/matecconf/202337809004)
Thesis
- Ricketts, E. 2023. Stochastic representation of material heterogeneity and its effects on flow: applications in soils of mixed wettabilities. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.