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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, The changing strength of clay around subsea infrastructure, 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 2020
Research 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
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Time-dependent processes influencing offshore foundations in clay: an experimental study on plate anchors
Wang, C., O'Loughlin, C. D., Bransby, F., Watson, P. & Zhou, Z., Jan 2025, In: Geotechnique. 75, 1, p. 68-80 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A two-dimensional effective stress framework for modelling whole-life soil strength changes due to pore pressure generation and dissipation, Part 1: Formulation
Wang, Y., O'Loughlin, C., Zhou, Z. & Gaudin, C., Sept 2024, In: Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 61, 9, p. 1801-1818 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A two-dimensional effective stress framework for modelling whole-life soil strength changes due to pore pressure generation and dissipation, Part 2: Applications
O'Loughlin, C., Wang, Y., Zhou, Z. & Gaudin, C., Sept 2024, In: Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 61, 9, p. 1775-1800 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Permeable Plate Anchors: Accelerating Capacity Gain in Soft Clay
Wang, C., O'Loughlin, C. D., Bransby, M. F., Watson, P., Zhou, Z., Qi, Y., Tom, J. G. & Stanier, S. A., 1 Jan 2024, In: Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 150, 1, 11 p., 04023123.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Physical modelling to explore foundation response to soil strength changes – within and beyond the laboratory and at different scales
O'Loughlin, C., Bransby, F., Watson, P., Bienen, B., Osuchowski, A., Wang, C., Mani, S. A. & Zhou, Z., 2024, Proc. 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics (ACPMG). ISSMGEResearch output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Conference paper › peer-review
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Prizes
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Telford Gold Medal
Zhou, Z. (Recipient), O'Loughlin, C. (Recipient) & White, D. (Recipient), 22 Oct 2021
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