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Biography
I am a geotechnical engineer working on offshore renewable and Oil&Gas sectors. My work has been primarily focused on offshore geotechnics including offshore foundations & anchors design, offshore wind farm verification, soil parametric study, Earthquake analysis, advanced numerical modelling, physical modelling and geotechnical laboratory experiments.
I completed my PhD at the Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems (COFS) at UWA in 2019. During my PhD research, I investigated and unlocked the changing seabed strength and stiffness due to cyclic remoulding and consolidation, and developed a new critical state-inspired model to capture whole-life soil behaviours.
Education/Academic qualification
Offshore geotechnical engineering, PhD, Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems
1 Apr 2015 → 1 Mar 2019
Award Date: 1 Mar 2019
External positions
Senior geotechnical engineer, DNV GL Group
1 Jul 2012 → 31 May 2020Research expertise keywords
- Offshore foundations
- Cyclic behaviour of soils
- Consolidation effects
- Changing soil strength
- Digital twins
- Centrifuge and 1g physical modelling
- Anchor design
- Subsea foundation analysis and design
- Earthquakes
- Novel penetrometers
- Risers and mooring lines engineering
- Suction caisson installation and performance
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Research output
- 29 Citations
- 3 h-Index
- 4 Article
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Improvements in plate anchor capacity due to cyclic and maintained loads combined with consolidation
Zhou, Z., O'Loughlin, C., White, D. & Stanier, S., 14 Jul 2020, In : Géotechnique. 70, 8, p. 732-749Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
9 Citations (Scopus) -
Load-controlled cyclic T-bar tests: a new method to assess effects of cyclic loading and consolidation
O'Loughlin, C., Zhou, Z., Stanier, S. & White, D., Mar 2020, In : Geotechnique Letters. 10, p. 7-15 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access6 Citations (Scopus) -
The changing strength of carbonate silt: Parallel penetrometer and foundation tests with cyclic loading and reconsolidation periods
Zhou, Z., White, D. & O'Loughlin, C., 7 Jan 2020, In : Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 57, 11, p. 1664-1683 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
3 Citations (Scopus) -
An effective stress framework for estimating penetration resistance accounting for changes in soil strength from maintained load, remoulding and reconsolidation
Zhou, Z., White, D. & O'Loughlin, C., Jan 2019, In : Geotechnique. 69, 1, p. 57-71 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
11 Citations (Scopus)