Most papers are available to download, either as pre-prints or in final published format, copyright permitting. Published versions of individual papers, as well as presentation slides and other material, are available upon request (email: jphambleton@northwestern.edu).

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Book Chapters

 

1. Munoz, J.J., Hambleton, J.P. and Sloan, S.W. (2018). R-adaptivity in limit analysis. In O. Barrera, A. Cocks & A. Ponter (Eds.), Advances in Direct Methods for Materials and Structures (pp. 73-84). New York: Springer.

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Books (Edited)

 

1. Hambleton, J. P., Makhnenko, R., and Budge, A. S. (Eds.). (2020). Geo-Congress 2020: Foundations, Soil Improvement, and Erosion. GSP 315. Reston, VA: ASCE. https://ascelibrary.org/doi/book/10.1061/9780784482780
2. Hambleton, J. P., Makhnenko, R., and Budge, A. S. (Eds.). (2020). Geo-Congress 2020: Engineering, Monitoring, and Management of Geotechnical Infrastructure. GSP 316. Reston, VA: ASCE. https://ascelibrary.org/doi/book/10.1061/9780784482797
3. Hambleton, J. P., Makhnenko, R., and Budge, A. S. (Eds.). (2020). Geo-Congress 2020: Modeling, Geomaterials, and Site Characterization. GSP 317. Reston, VA: ASCE. https://ascelibrary.org/doi/book/10.1061/9780784482803
4. Hambleton, J. P., Makhnenko, R., and Budge, A. S. (Eds.). (2020). Geo-Congress 2020: Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Special Topics. GSP 318. Reston, VA: ASCE. https://ascelibrary.org/doi/book/10.1061/9780784482810
5. Hambleton, J. P., Makhnenko, R., and Budge, A. S. (Eds.). (2020). Geo-Congress 2020: Geo-Systems, Sustainability, Geoenvironmental Engineering, and Unsaturated Soil Mechanics. GSP 319. Reston, VA: ASCE. https://ascelibrary.org/doi/book/10.1061/9780784482827
6. Kavazanjian, E., Hambleton, J. P., Makhnenko, R., and Budge, A. S. (Eds.). (2020). Geo-Congress 2020: Biogeotechnics. GSP 320. Reston, VA: ASCE. https://ascelibrary.org/doi/book/10.1061/9780784482834
7. Labuz, J. F., Theroux, B. A., Hambleton, J. P., Makhnenko, R., and Budge, A. S. (Eds.). (2020). Geo-Congress 2020: University of Minnesota 68th Annual Geotechnical Engineering Conference. GSP 321. Reston, VA: ASCE. https://ascelibrary.org/doi/book/10.1061/9780784482841

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Journal Papers

 

1. Shi, Z., Muir Wood, D., Huang, M., & Hambleton, J. P. (2021). Tay Creep: A multi-mechanism model for rate-dependent deformation of soils. Géotechnique, (published online Dec. 15, 2021). (download preprint HERE)
2. Shi, Z., Huang, M., and Hambleton, J. P. (2021). Possibilities and limitations of the sequential kinematic method for simulating evolutionary plasticity problems. Computers and Geotechnics, 140, 104449. (download preprint HERE)
3. Martinez, A., DeJong, J., Akin, I., Aleali, A., Arson, C., Atkinson, J., Bandini, P., Baser, T., Borela, R., Boulanger, R., Burrall, M., Chen, Y., Collins, C., Cortes, D., Dai, S., DeJong, T., Del Dottore, E., Dorgan, K., Fragaszy, R., Frost, J. D., Full, R., Ghayoomi, M., Goldman, D, Gravish, N., Guzman, I., Hambleton, J., Hawkes, E., Helms, M., Hu, D., Huang, L., Huang, S., Hunt, C., Irschick, D., Lin, H., Lingwall, B., Marr, A., Mazzolai, B., McInroe, B., Murthy, T., O’Hara, K., Porter, M., Sadek, S., Sanchez, M., Santamarina, C., Shao, L., Sharp, J., Stuart, H., Henning Stutz, H., Summers, A., Tao, J., Tolley, M., Treers, L., Turnbull, K., Valdes, R., van Passen, L., Viggiani, G., Wilson, D., Wu, W., Yu, X., and Zheng, J. (2021). Bio-inspired geotechnical engineering: Principles, current work, opportunities and challenges. Géotechnique, (published online May 27, 2021).
4. Jin, Z., Shi, Z., and Hambleton, J. P. (2020). Small-scale geotechnical testing using a six-axis robot. International Journal of Physical Modelling in Geotechnics, (under review). engrXiv:10.31224/osf.io/jqytk (or direct download HERE)
5. ​Shi, Z. and Hambleton, J.P. (2020). An r-h adaptive kinematic approach for 3D limit analysis. Computers and Geotechnics, 124, 103531. engrXiv:10.17605/OSF.IO/M7HSU
6. Jin, Z., Tang, J., Umbanhowar, P.B. and Hambleton, J.P. (2019). Preparation of sand beds using fluidization. Acta Geotechnica, (under review). engrXiv:10.31224/osf.io/u78t9 (or direct download HERE)
7. Shi, Z., Hambleton, J.P. and Buscarnera, G. (2019). Bounding surface elasto-viscoplasticity: a general constitutive framework for rate-dependent geomaterials. Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 145(3), 04019002.
8. Zhao, L., Gaudin, C., O’Loughlin, C.D., Hambleton, J.P., Cassidy, M.J., and Herduin, M. (2019). Suction caisson capacity in sand under inclined loading. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 145(2), 04018107.
9. Jin, Z., Li, W., Jin, C., Hambleton, J.P. and Cusatis, G. (2018). Anisotropic elastic, strength, and fracture properties of Marcellus shale. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 109, 124-137.
10. Hambleton, J.P. and Stanier, S.A. (2017). Predicting wheel forces using bearing capacity theory for general planar loads, International Journal of Vehicle Performance, 3(1), 71-88.
11. Suchowerska, A.M., Carter, J.P. and Hambleton, J.P. (2016). Geomechanics of subsidence above single and multi-seam coal mining. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 8(3), 304-313.
12. Hambleton, J.P. and Sloan, S.W. (2016). A simplified kinematic method for 3D limit analysis. Applied Mechanics and Materials, 846, 342-347.
13. Stanier, S.A., Dijkstra, J., Leśniewska, D., Hambleton, J.P., White, D.J. and Muir Wood, D. (2016). Vermiculate artefacts in image analysis of granular materials. Computers and Geotechnics, 72, 100-113.
14. Yu S.B., Hambleton, J.P. and Sloan, S.W. (2015). Undrained uplift capacity of deeply embedded strip anchors in non-uniform soil. Computers and Geotechnics, 70, 41-49. (download preprint HERE)
15. Hambleton, J.P., Stanier, S.A., White, D.J. and Sloan, S.W. (2014). Modelling ploughing and cutting processes in soils. Australian Geomechanics, 49(4), 147-156.
16. Hambleton, J.P., Stanier, S.A., Gaudin, C. and Todeshkejoei, K. (2014). Analysis of installation forces for helical piles in clay. Australian Geomechanics, 49(4), 73-79.
17. Gaudin, C., O’Loughlin, C.D., Randolph, M.F., Cassidy, M.J., Wang, D., Tian, Y., Hambleton, J.P. and Merifield, R.S. (2014). Advances in offshore and onshore anchoring solutions. Australian Geomechanics, 49(4), 59-71.
18. Yu, S.B., Hambleton, J.P. and Sloan, S.W. (2014). Analysis of inclined strip anchors in sand based on the block set mechanism. Applied Mechanics and Materials, 553, 422-427.
19. Hambleton, J.P. and Sloan, S.W. (2013). A perturbation method for optimization of rigid block mechanisms in the kinematic method of limit analysis. Computers and Geotechnics, 48, 260-271.
20. Hambleton, J.P., Buzzi, O., Giacomini, A., Spadari, M. and Sloan, S.W. (2013). Perforation of flexible rockfall barriers by normal block impact. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 46(3), 515-526. (Invited Paper, 1 of 14, 46th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium)
21. Hambleton, J.P. and Drescher, A. (2012). Approximate model for blunt objects indenting cohesive-frictional materials. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 36(3), 249-271. (Excellent Paper Award, International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics)
22. Spadari, M., Giacomini, A., Buzzi, O. and Hambleton, J.P. (2012). Prediction of the bullet effect for rockfall barriers: a scaling approach. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 45(2), 131-144.
23. Abbo, A.J., Lyamin, A.V., Sloan, S.W. and Hambleton, J.P. (2011). A C2 continuous approximation to the Mohr–Coulomb yield surface. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 48(21), 3001-3010.
24. Hambleton, J.P. and Drescher, A. (2009). On modeling a rolling wheel in the presence of plastic deformation as a three- or two-dimensional process. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 51(11-12), 846-855.
25. Hambleton, J.P. and Drescher, A. (2009). Modeling wheel-induced rutting in soils: Rolling. Journal of Terramechanics, 46(2), 35-47.
26. Hambleton, J.P. and Drescher, A. (2008). Modeling wheel-induced rutting in soils: Indentation. Journal of Terramechanics, 45(6), 201-211.

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Conference Papers*

* Underlined name indicates speaker.

 

1. Hambleton, J. P., Nally, A., and Küçükyavuz, S. (2022). Optimal test methods for determining material parameters. In M. M. Rahman and M. Jaksa (Eds), Proc. 20th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Sydney, Australia, May 1-5, pp. 389-394. (direct download HERE)
2. Lee, H., Ponkshe, N., Hambleton, J. P., & Van de Ven, J. D. (2022). Characterization of mechanical properties of a synthetic modeling clay used as a substitute for natural soils. Proc. Geo-Congress 2022, Charlotte, NC, USA, March 20-23, pp. 75 – 82. (download preprint HERE)
3. Yang, Q., & Hambleton, J. P. (2021). Data-driven modeling of granular column collapse. Proc. Geo-Extreme 2021, Savannah, GA, USA, November 7-10, pp. 79-88. (download preprint HERE)
4. Hambleton, J.P., and Stanier, S.A. (2019). Linking the installation response of screw piles to soil strength and ultimate capacity. Proc. 44th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations, Chicago, October 15-18, pp. 638-647.
5. Nally, A., and Hambleton, J.P. (2019). Assessment of analysis techniques for multi-plate anchors in sand. Proc. 44th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations, Chicago, October 15-18, pp. 341-350.
6. Nally, A., Shi, Z., and Hambleton, J.P. (2019). Optimal deformation modes for estimating soils properties. Proc. GeoCongress 2019, Philadelphia, USA, March 24-27, pp. 541-550. (direct download HERE)
7. Jin, Z., and Hambleton, J.P. (2019). Simulation of the cutting process in softening and hardening soils. Proc. GeoCongress 2019, Philadelphia, USA, March 24-27, pp. 11-19. (direct download HERE)
8. Hambleton, J.P. (2017). Earthmoving through the lens of geotechnical engineering. Proc. 6th International Young Geotechnical Engineers’ Conference (iYGEC6), Seoul, Korea, Sept. 17-22, (iYGEC6 Best Paper Award). engrXiv:10.17605/OSF.IO/6JCD7
9. Graham, D., Shi, Z., Hambleton, J.P., and Kouretzis, G.K. (2017). Limit loads for pipelines and cylinders partially embedded in frictional materials, Proc. 51st US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, USA, June 25-28.
10. Herduin, M., Gaudin, C., Cassidy, M., O’Loughlin, C., and Hambleton, J.P. (2016). Multi-directional load cases on shared anchors for arrays of floating structures, Proc. 3rd Asian Wave and Tidal Energy Conference, Singapore, Oct. 24-28.
11. Todeshkejoei, C., Hambleton, J.P., Stanier, S.A. and Gaudin, C. (2014). Modelling installation of helical anchors in clay. Proc. 14th International Conference of the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, Kyoto, Japan, Sept. 22-25, pp. 917-922.
12. Kashizadeh, E., Hambleton, J.P. and Stanier, S.A. (2014). A numerical approach for modelling the ploughing process in sands. Proc. 14th International Conference of the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, Kyoto, Japan, Sept. 22-25, pp. 159-164.
13. Suchowerska, A.M., Hambleton, J.P. and Carter, J.P. (2014). Prediction of roof collapse for rectangular underground openings. Proc. AusRock 2014: Third Australasian Ground Control in Mining Conference, Sydney, Australia, November 5-6, pp. 367-374.
14. Suchowerska, A.M., Carter, J.P., Hambleton, J.P. and Merifield RM. (2014). Effect of constitutive behaviour of strata on the prediction of subsidence above single-seam and multi-seam supercritical longwall panels. Proc. 9th Triennial Conference on Mine Subsidence, Pokolbin, Australian, May 11-13, Vol. 1, pp. 149-168.
15. Hambleton, J.P., Buzzi, O., Giacomini, A., Spadari, M. and Sloan, S.W. (2012). Perforation of rockfall protection barriers by normal block impact. Proc. 46th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Chicago, IL, USA, June 24-27, Vol. 2, pp. 1413-1419.
16. Hambleton, J.P. and Sloan, S.W. (2011). Coordinate perturbation method for upper bound limit analysis. Proc. 2nd International Symposium on Computational Geomechanics, Cavtat-Dubrovnik, Croatia, Apr. 27-29, pp. 373-384.
17. Hambleton, J.P., Sloan, S.W., Pyatigorets, A.V. and Voller, V.R. (2011). Lower bound limit analysis using the Control Volume Finite Element Method. Proc. 13th International Conference of the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, Melbourne, Australia, May 9-11, Vol. 1, pp. 88-93.
18. Drescher, A. and Hambleton, J.P. (2010). Geotechnics and Terramechanics. Proc. UMN 58th Annual Geotechnical Engineering Conference, St. Paul, USA, Feb. 26, pp. 23-31.
19. Hambleton, J.P. and Drescher, A. (2009). Asymptotics in soil-wheel interaction. Proc. International Symposium on Computational Geomechanics, Juan-les-Pin, France, Apr. 29-May 1, pp. 967-976.
20. Hambleton, J.P. and Drescher, A. (2008). Soil damage models for off-road vehicles. Proc. Geocongress 2008, Geosustainability and Geohazard Mitigation, New Orleans, USA, Mar. 9-12, ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication No. 178, pp. 562-569.
21. Hambleton, J.P. and Drescher, A. (2008). Mechanistic approach for relating test roller penetration to mechanical properties of bases and subgrades. Transportation Research Board 87th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers, Washington, D.C., USA, Jan. 13-17.
22. Hambleton, J.P. and Drescher, A. (2007). Modeling test rolling on cohesive subgrades. Proc. International Conference on Advanced Characterisation of Pavement and Soil Engineering Materials, Athens, Greece, June 20-22, Vol. 1, 359-368.
23. Eggen, M., Hambleton, J.P., Mantell, S.C. and Davidson, J.H. (2005). Mechanical behavior of random fiber composite perforated plates. Proc. American Society for Composites 20th Technical Conference, Philadelphia, USA, Sept. 7-9, 84-96.

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Conference Presentations and Posters/Abstracts

 

1. Hambleton, J. P. (2022) Inspiring interest in geotechnics. IS-Cambridge: 10th International Symposium on Geotechnical Aspects of Underground Construction in Soft Ground, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. June 27-28. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.20346768.v1 (Bright Spark Lecture)
2. Shi, Z., Muir Wood, D., Huang, M., & Hambleton, J. P. (2021). Modeling rate sensitivity in soils with multiple viscous mechanisms. Biot-Bažant Conference on Engineering Mechanics and Physics of Porous Materials, Evanston, IL, June 1-3. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.14766570.v1
3. Hansen, S. K., Hambleton, J. P., & Lee, H. (2019). Quantifying predictive uncertainty as a function of calibration data quantity and model resolution using an adjoint state Monte Carlo technique. AGU Fall Meeting 2019, San Francisco, CA, December 9-13, No. H31C-08.
4. Hambleton, J. P. (2019). High-efficiency models for soil-machine interaction. Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference 2019, Pasadena, CA, June 18-21.
5. Jin, Z., Umbanhowar, P. B., & Hambleton, J. P. (2019). Reconstituting granular test beds by fluidization. Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference 2019, Pasadena, CA, June 18-21. (Poster)
6. Hambleton, J. P., & Stanier, S. A. (2019). Linking the installation response of screw piles to soil strength and ultimate capacity. 1st International Symposium on Screw Piles for Energy Applications, Dundee, UK, May 27-28. https://doi.org/10.20933/100001123 (Invited presentation)
7. Jin, Z., and Hambleton, J. P. (2018). Simulation of the cutting process in softening and hardening soils. 13th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, New York City, NY, July 22-27.
8. Shi, Z., and Hambleton, J. P. (2018). Modeling large, plastic deformation processes in soils based on a simplified sequential kinematic method. 18th U.S. National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Chicago, IL, June 5-9.
9. Jin, Z., and Hambleton, J. P. (2018). Simulation of the cutting process in softening and hardening soils. 18th U.S. National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Chicago, IL, June 5-9.
10. Shi, Z., and Hambleton, J. P. (2017). An automated upper bound approach for three-dimensional limit analysis. Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference (EMI 2017), San Diego, USA, June 4-7, 2017.
11. Hambleton, J. P., and Sloan, S. W. (2015). A simplified kinematic method for 3D limit analysis. 2nd Australasian Conference on Computational Mechanics, Brisbane, Australia, Nov. 30-Dec. 1. (Keynote lecture)
12. Hambleton, J.P., and Kashizadeh, E. (2013). A numerical approach for modeling evolutionary problems in geomechanics. Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference, Evanston, IL, USA, Aug. 4-7.
13. Hambleton, J.P., and Kashizadeh, E. (2013). Simulation of ploughing and cutting in soils by incremental limit analysis. 12th U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Raleigh, NC, USA, July 22-25.
14. Spadari, M., Giacomini, A., Buzzi, O., and Hambleton, J.P. Application of dimensional analysis to predict the performance of rockfall barrier. EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, April 22-27, p. 1108.
15. Hambleton, J.P., and Drescher, A. (2008). On modeling a rolling wheel as a two- or three-dimensional process. Symposium on Advances in Contact Mechanics, Delft, The Netherlands, Oct. 22-24.
16. Hambleton, J.P., and Drescher, A. (2008). Modeling processes involving soil-wheel interaction. 8th International Workshop on Bifurcations and Degradations in Geomaterials (IWBDG2008), Lake Louise, Canada, May 28-31.
17. Hambleton, J.P., and Drescher, A. (2008). Modeling deep wheel penetration in frictional/cohesive soils. Inaugural International Conference of the Engineering Mechanics Institute, Minneapolis, USA, May 18-21.

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1. Hambleton, J.P. (2021). Doing more with less: Arguments for low-tech innovation in engineering. ASCE Illinois Section News, Vol. 62, No. 1. (available on Medium: https://link.medium.com/bKe5L89lRfb)
2. Hambleton, J.P., Kouretzis, G.P. and Sloan, S.W. (2014). Introduction to the “CGSE Special  Issue” of Australian Geomechanics. Australian Geomechanics, 49(4), 1-2.
3. Hambleton, J.P., Kashizadeh, E., Stanier, S.A. and White, D.J. (2013). Analysis of ploughing in sand. ARC Centre of Excellence for Geotechnical Science and Engineering 2013 Annual Report, pp. 94-95.
4. Todeshkejoei, C., Hambleton, J.P., Gaudin, C., Stanier, S.A. and Merifield, R.M. (2013). Effects of installation on the capacity of helical anchors in clay. ARC Centre of Excellence for Geotechnical Science and Engineering 2013 Annual Report, pp. 65-66.
5. Hambleton, J.P., White, D.J., Stanier, S.A., Merifield, R.M. and Krabbenhoft, K. (2011). Modelling evolutionary contact in ploughing and cutting of soils. ARC Centre of Excellence for Geotechnical Science and Engineering 2011 Annual Report, pp. 74-75.
6. Drescher, A. and Hambleton, J.P. (2010). Modeling a rolling wheel on soil. University of Minnesota Supercomputing Institute Research Bulletin, Vol. 26(1), 1-4.