Stephen Fityus
Professor
School of Engineering
Newcastle University
Australia
Biography
Professor Fityus has made many contributions to a wide range of research areas with a large number of co-researchers. His research interests are spread across fields in geomechanics, geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering and engineering geology. Geomaterials studied include granular soils, soft/estuarine soils, expansive/cracked clay soils, unsaturated soils and residual soils. Issues studied include foundation movements, foundation capacity, slope stability, contaminant transport, permeability and hydraulic conductivity, in situ and laboratory testing and the origin of soils and soil deposits.
Research Interest
Geology, Soil Sciences, Civil Geotechnical Engineering
Publications
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Carteret RD, Buzzi O, Fityus S, Liu X. Effect of naturally occurring salts on tensile and shear strength of sealed granular road pavements. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering. 2013 Sep 13;26(6):04014010.
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Wells T, Fityus S, Smith DW. Use of in situ air flow measurements to study permeability in cracked clay soils. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 2007 Dec;133(12):1577-86.
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Huang W, Fityus S, Bishop D, Smith D, Sheng D. Finite-element parametric study of the consolidation behavior of a trial embankment on soft clay. International Journal of Geomechanics. 2006 Sep;6(5):328-41.
