Assistant Professor (Geotechnical Engineering)   Dr. Béatrice A. Baudet   Ingénieur ETP, Ecole Spéciale des Travaux Publics, Paris, France MSc, University of Glasgow, U.K. PhD, City University, London, U.K.   Office:      HW 5-23 Phone:     +852 28592673 Fax:         +852 25595337 E-mail:     baudet@hku.hk

 

Teaching Activities

• CIVL 2006 Soil Mechanics
• CIVL 3013 Project
• CIVL 3031 Earth Retaining System

 

Research Interests

• Laboratory characterisation of soils including structure, time effects, cyclic behaviour, effect of fines
• Constitutive modelling of geomaterials
• Particulate geomechanics
• Soil reinforcement

 

Representative Research / Consultancy Projects

• Constitutive modelling of naturally structured clays
• Characterisation of natural soils: deep-sea sediments, glacial sediments
• Characterisation of reinforced soils: fibre reinforcement, cement reinforcement
• Time- and rate-dependent behaviour of soils
• Cyclic behaviour of sand and silty sand
• Review of site investigation techniques and determination of geotechnical parameters

 

Representative Publications

1. Baudet B.A. and Bolton M.D. (2010). Soil mechanics at the grain scale: issue 2. Editorial. Géotechnique 60, No. 6, pp. 411.
2. Baudet B.A. and Bolton M.D. (2010). Soil mechanics at the grain scale: issue 1. Editorial. Géotechnique 60, No. 5, pp. 313-314.
3. Altuhafi F., Baudet B.A. and Sammonds P. The mechanics of subglacial sediment: an example of new "transitional behaviour". Canadian Geotechnical Journal 47, pp.775-790 [doi: 10.1139/T09-136].
4. Santos A.P.S., Consoli N.C. and Baudet B.A. The mechanics of fibre-reinforced sand. Géotechnique [doi: 10.1680/geot.8.P.159].
5. Sorensen K.K., Baudet B.A. and Simpson B. Influence of strain rate and acceleration on the behaviour of reconstituted clays at small strains. Géotechnique [doi: 10.1680/geot.07.D.147].
6. Altuhafi F., Baudet B.A. and Sammonds P. (2009). On the time-dependent behaviour of glacial sediments: a geotechnical approach. Quaternary Science Reviews 28, pp.693-707.
7. Dalla Rosa F., Consoli N. and Baudet B.A. (2008). An experimental investigation of the behaviour of artificially cemented soils cured under stress. Géotechnique 58, No. 8, pp. 675-679.
8. Sorensen K.K., Baudet B.A. and Simpson B. (2007). Influence of structure on the time-dependent behaviour of a stiff sedimentary clay. "Stiff sedimentary clays – Genesis and engineering behaviour". Géotechnique 57, No. 1, pp. 113-124.
9. Baudet B.A. and Ho E.W.L. (2004). On the behaviour of deep-ocean sediments. Géotechnique 54, No. 9, pp. 571-580.
10. Baudet B.A. and Stallebrass S.E. (2004). A constitutive model for structured clays. Géotechnique 54, No. 4, pp. 269-278.