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Peter John Bourne Webb. Is Assistant Professor in Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Peter John Bourne-Webb
Gender
Male

Citation names

  • Bourne-Webb, P.J.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
731D-1B70-DEB7
ORCID iD
0000-0003-1203-4710

Addresses

  • Avenida Rovisco Pais, 1049-003, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Civil Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English (Mother tongue)
Portuguese Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
1999 - 2004
Concluded
Doctor of Philosophy (Doctor of Philosophy)
Major in Soil Mechanics
Imperial College London Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, United Kingdom
"Ultimate Limit State analysis if embedded retaining walls" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Pass
1992 - 1993
Concluded
MSc in Soil Mechanics and Environmental Engineering (Master)
Imperial College London Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, United Kingdom
"Pile group interaction under horizontal load" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Distinction
1984/02 - 1987/11
Concluded
Civil Engineering (Bachelor)
Canterbury University - Department of Civil Engineering, New Zealand
First Class Honours
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
1999 - 2003 Research Assistant (Research) Imperial College London Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, United Kingdom

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution
Employer
2011/12/23 - Current Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Departamento de Engenharia Civil Arquitectura e Georrecursos, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution
Employer
2011 - Current Member of research unit Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Engenharia Civil para a Sustentabilidade, Portugal
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2009 - 2011 Self-employed Geotechnical Specialist Peter Bourn-Webb, Portugal
2005 - 2009 Chief Geotechnical Engineer Skanska UK Plc, United Kingdom
2003 - 2005 Principal Engineer Card Geotechnics Ltd, United Kingdom
1995 - 1999 Senior Design Engineer Geotechnical Consulting Group LLP, United Kingdom
1987 - 1995 Design Engineer Works Consultancy Services, New Zealand
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2024/01/15 - Current ERIES HELIQUAKE Dynamic Soil Structure Interaction effects in helical steel pile foundations
Not signed yet
Principal investigator
Under evaluation
2023/01/16 - 2026/01/15 HELIPORT Helical Steel Piles - A sustainable solution for lightweight & reusable foundations
2022.08947.PTDC
Principal investigator
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2024/01 - 2025/07 GEOLAB - HELITEST - Testing and Advanced Modelling of Helical Steel Piles for Support & Recovery of Critical Infrastructure
GEOLAB
Principal investigator
Under evaluation
2018/10/01 - 2022/09/30 DEEPCOOL Use of Underground Spaces for Renewable Heating & Cooling
PTDC/ECI-EGC/29083/2017
Principal investigator
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Engenharia Civil para a Sustentabilidade, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2015/03/09 - 2019/03/08 TU1405 - European network for shallow geothermal energy applications in buildings and infrastructures (GABI)
Researcher
European Cooperation in Science and Technology
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Bourne-Webb, P.; Amis, T.; Bernard, J.-B.; Friedemann, W.; Von Der Hude, N.; Pralle, N.; Uotinen, V.M.; Widerin, B.. "Delivery of energy geostructures". In Energy Geostructures, edited by Laloui, L.; Di Donna, A., 227-263. John Wiley & Sons, 2013.
    Published
  2. Bourne-Webb, P.. "Observed response of energy geostructures". In Energy Geostructures, edited by Laloui, L.; Di Donna, A., 45-77. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2013.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Martins, Nuno R.; Bourne-Webb, P.J.. "HYBRID NATURAL VENTILATION & PERSONAL COMFORT SYSTEM APPROACH TO IMPROVE THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF COOLING-DOMINATED OFFICE BUILDINGS". Paper presented in CEES 2021 - International Conference on Construction, Energy, Environment and Sustainability, Coimbra, 2021.
    Published
  2. Zito, M.; Freitas, T.M.B.; Bourne-Webb, P.J.; Sterpi, D.. "Effect of Domain Size in the Modelled Response of Thermally-Activated Piles". Paper presented in International Conference of the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, Torino, 2021.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-030-64518-2_132
  3. Bourne-Webb, P.; Zito, M.; Freitas, T.M.B.; Sterpi, D.. "Effect of thermal boundary conditions on the response of thermally-activated floating piles in a cohesive material". 2020.
    10.1051/e3sconf/202019504013
  4. Figueira, J.D.; Bourne-Webb, P.; Bodas Freitas, T.. "A novel approach to the evaluation of contact thermal resistance at soil-structure interfaces". 2020.
    10.1051/e3sconf/202020506010
  5. Bourne-Webb, P.; Gonçalves, R.D.C.. "On the Exploitation of Ground Heat Using Transportation Infrastructure". 2016.
    10.1016/j.proeng.2016.06.157
  6. Bourne-Webb, P.J.; Da Costa Goncalves, R.A.; Freitas, T.M.B.. "Retaining walls as heat exchangers: A numerical study". 2015.
  7. Bourne-Webb, P.; Cunningham, M.; Card, G.. "Advanced testing and modelling delivers cost effective piled raft foundation solution". 2013.
  8. Freitas, B.T.M.; Silva, C.F.; Bourne-Webb, P.J.. "The response of energy foundations under thermo-mechanical loading". 2013.
Journal article
  1. Bashiri, Mohammadreza; Ghazavi, Mahmoud; Bourne-Webb, Peter J.. "Small-scale physical modelling of vertically loaded, cyclically thermally-activated helical piles". Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment 40 (2024): 100589. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gete.2024.100589.
    10.1016/j.gete.2024.100589
  2. João de Sousa Figueira; Stefan Nachbaur; Stefan Wehinger; Peter Bourne-Webb. "The Implementation and Comparison of Conventional and Enhanced Borehole Thermal Response Tests: A Case Study". Energies (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/en17133161.
    10.3390/en17133161
  3. Arianna Lupattelli; Diana Salciarini; Francesco Cecinato; Manolis Veveakis; Teresa Maria Bodas Freitas; Peter John Bourne-Webb. "Temperature dependence of soil-structure interface behaviour in the context of thermally-activated piles: A review". Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gete.2023.100521.
    10.1016/j.gete.2023.100521
  4. Teresa Maria Bodas Freitas; Rúben André Matos Sirgado; Peter J. Bourne-Webb; Duarte Nuno de Jesus Silva. "The influence of geometry on the heat exchange potential of embedded planar retaining walls with seasonally-balanced thermal load". Applied Thermal Engineering (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2024.122893.
    10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2024.122893
  5. Arianna Lupattelli; Peter J. Bourne-Webb; Teresa M. Bodas Freitas; Diana Salciarini. "A Numerical Study of the Behavior of Micropile Foundations under Cyclic Thermal Loading". Applied Sciences (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app13179791.
    10.3390/app13179791
  6. Nuno R. Martins; Peter J. Bourne-Webb. "An assessment of the potential effect of climate change on renewable hybrid heating and cooling systems". Journal of Building Engineering (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2022.105598.
    10.1016/j.jobe.2022.105598
  7. Nuno R. Martins; Peter J. Bourne–Webb. "Discussion on “Providing renewable cooling in an office building with a Ground–Source heat pump system hybridized with natural ventilation & personal comfort systems”, energy and buildings 261 (2022), 111,982". Energy and Buildings 273 (2022): 112396-112396. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2022.112396.
    10.1016/j.enbuild.2022.112396
  8. Nuno R. Martins; Peter J. Bourne–Webb. "Providing renewable cooling in an office building with a Ground–Source heat pump system hybridized with natural ventilation & personal comfort systems". Energy and Buildings 261 (2022): 111982-111982. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2022.111982.
    10.1016/j.enbuild.2022.111982
  9. Bourne-Webb, P.J.; Lupattelli, A.; Bodas Freitas, T.M.; Salciarini, D.. "The influence of initial shaft resistance mobilisation in the response of seasonally, thermally-activated pile foundations in granular media". Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment (2022): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85122073557&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.gete.2021.100299
  10. Cunha, R.P.; Bourne-Webb, P.J.. "A critical review on the current knowledge of geothermal energy piles to sustainably climatize buildings". Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 158 (2022): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85123759280&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.rser.2022.112072
  11. Habert, J.; Mroueh, H.; Josifovski, J.; Bogusz, W.; Sterpi, D.; Georgiadis, K.; Bourne-Webb, P.J.. "Discussion: Synthesis of a benchmark exercise for geotechnical analysis of a thermoactive pile". Environmental Geotechnics (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85119382717&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1680/jenge.19.00200
  12. Liu, R.Y.W.; Taborda, D.M.G.; Fisher, A.; Bourne-Webb, P.J.. "Development of a Practical Heat of Hydration Model for Concrete Curing for Geotechnical Applications". Geotechnical Research (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85121327777&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1680/jgere.21.00054
  13. Bourne-Webb, P.J.. "Transient thermal response of a thermally activated pile during a long-term maintained load test at Lambeth College, London". Geotechnique (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85119174307&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1680/jgeot.20.P.245
  14. Bourne-Webb, P.. "Editorial: Linear infrastructure and slopes". Geotechnique 71 11 (2021): 937-937. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85117263118&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1680/jgeot.2021.71.11.937
  15. Bodas Freitas, T.M.; Zito, M.; Bourne-Webb, P.J.; Sterpi, D.. "Thermal performance of seasonally, thermally-activated floating pile foundations in a cohesive medium". Engineering Structures 243 (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85107613478&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.engstruct.2021.112588
  16. Nuno R. Martins; Hussein Kazem; Peter J. Bourne-Webb; Marta Szabo; Abdul Salam K. Darwish. "Hybridization of Heat Pump Systems With Natural Ventilation To Improve Energy Efficiency in Cooling Dominated Buildings". Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability (2021): https://doi.org/10.1051/rees/2021032.
    10.1051/rees/2021032
  17. Bourne-Webb, P.J.. "The role of concrete creep under sustained loading, during thermo-mechanical testing of energy piles". Computers and Geotechnics 118 (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85074168235&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.compgeo.2019.103309
  18. Bourne-Webb, P.J.; de Sousa Figueira, J.D.; Bodas Freitas, T.M.. "On the resistance to heat flow across soil-structure interfaces". Energy and Buildings 228 (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85091667913&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.enbuild.2020.110488
  19. Bourne-Webb, P.J.; Bodas Freitas, T.M.; Freitas Assunção, R.M.. "A review of pile-soil interactions in isolated, thermally-activated piles". Computers and Geotechnics 108 (2019): 61-74. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85058794511&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.compgeo.2018.12.008
  20. Bourne-Webb, P.J.; Bodas Freitas, T.M.. "Thermally-activated piles and pile groups under monotonic and cyclic thermal loading–A review". Renewable Energy (2018): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85057000703&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.renene.2018.11.025
  21. Bourne-Webb, P.; Burlon, S.; Javed, S.; Kürten, S.; Loveridge, F.. "Analysis and design methods for energy geostructures". Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 65 (2016): 402-419. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84978646234&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.rser.2016.06.046
  22. Bourne-Webb, P.J.; Freitas, T.M.B.; Assunção, R.M.F.. "Soil-pile thermal interactions in energy foundations". Geotechnique 66 2 (2016): 167-171. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84955601155&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1680/jgeot.15.T.017
  23. Bourne-Webb, P.J.; Bodas Freitas, T.M.; Da Costa Gonçalves, R.A.. "Thermal and mechanical aspects of the response of embedded retaining walls used as shallow geothermal heat exchangers". Energy and Buildings 125 (2016): 130-141. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84966391988&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.enbuild.2016.04.075
  24. Webb, Peter. "Building response to adjacent deep basement construction". Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Geotechnical Engineering (2014): http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/content/article/10.1680/geng.13.00051.
    10.1680/geng.13.00051
  25. Bourne-Webb, P.; Pereira, J.-M.; Bowers, G.A.; Mimouni, T.; Loveridge, F.A.; Burlon, S.; Olgun, C.G.; McCartney, J.S.; Sutman, M.. "Design tools for thermoactive geotechnical systems". DFI Journal 8 2 (2014): 121-129. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84975095482&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1179/1937525514Y.0000000013
  26. Bourne-Webb, P.J.; Amatya, B.; Soga, K.. "A framework for understanding energy pile behaviour". Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Geotechnical Engineering 166 2 (2013): 170-177. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84885000834&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1680/geng.10.00098
  27. Amatya, B.L.; Soga, K.; Bourne-Webb, P.J.; Amis, T.; Laloui, L.. "Thermo-mechanical behaviour of energy piles". Geotechnique 62 6 (2012): 503-519. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84871024108&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1680/geot.10.P.116
  28. Bourne-Webb, P.J.; Potts, D.M.; Rowbottom, D.. "Eurocode reduction factors for U-profile sheet pile walls". Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Structures and Buildings 164 6 (2011): 377-390. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-82255177038&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  29. Bourne-Webb, P.J.; Potts, D.M.; König, D.; Rowbottom, D.. "Analysis of model sheet pile walls with plastic hinges". Geotechnique 61 6 (2011): 487-499. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79955889733&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1680/geot.9.P.061
  30. Bourne-Webb, Peter J.. "Book review: Risk assessment in geotechnical engineering". Géotechnique 61 2 (2011): 186-186. http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/geot.10.B.001.
    10.1680/geot.10.b.001
  31. Bourne-Webb, P.J.; Potts, D.M.; König, D.. "Comparison of finite element predictions with results from a centrifuge test representing a double anchor wall in sand". Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering - Proceedings of the 7th European Conference on Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering (2010): 705-710. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84860232612&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  32. Bourne-Webb, P.J.; Amatya, B.; Soga, K.; Amis, T.; Davidson, C.; Payne, P.. "Energy pile test at lambeth college, London: Geotechnical and thermodynamic aspects of pile response to heat cycles". Geotechnique 59 3 (2009): 237-248. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-58049214205&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1680/geot.2009.59.3.237
  33. Bourne-Webb, P.J.; Potts, D.M.; Rowbottom, D.. "Plastic bending of steel sheet piles". Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Geotechnical Engineering 160 3 (2007): 129-140. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34547170549&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1680/geng.2007.160.3.129
  34. Bourne-Webb, P.J.; Potts, D.M.; Godden, S.; Rowbottom, D.. "Elastic-plastic flexure of embedded retaining walls". Proceedings of the 6th European Conference on Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering - Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering (2006): 383-389. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-56149124080&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  35. Paterson, B.R.; Bourne-Webb, P.J.. "Reconnaissance report on highway damage from the 18 June 1994, Arthurs Pass earthquake". Bulletin of the New Zealand National Society for Earthquake Engineering 27 3 (1994): 222-226. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0028510988&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2022/03/22 Energy pile research and implications for design 2022 CYCLING Training School
Università degli Studi di Perugia (Perugia, Italy)
2020/07 Current status of energy foundation research and implications for design 2020 Webinar Series - Energy Foundations
Deep Foundations Institute
2019/02 SHALLOW GEOTHERMAL ENERGY - Challenges & new applications VIII Jornadas da Associação Portuguesa de Geologia
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
2015/12 Field testing of energy piles: an overview of existing experiences Cost Action TU1405 Workshop on Thermoactive geostructures: experiences in Europe
LNEC (Lisboa, Portugal)
2014/02 A framework for understanding energy pile behaviour British Geotechnical Association, Evening meeting on sustainable geotechnics
BGA (London, United Kingdom)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role
Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2018/10 - 2021/10 Energy Geotechnics and Shallow Geothermal Applications in Modern Society
Co-supervisor

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role
Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2020/09 Advances in the Soil-Structure Interaction Analysis - from Surface Footings to Thermoactive Deep Foundations
(Thesis) Main arguer
Cristiano Garbellini (PhD)
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
2020/07 Numerical Modelling of Thermo-Active Retaining Walls
(Thesis) Main arguer
Elenora Sailer (PhD)
Imperial College - Chelsea and Westminster Campus, United Kingdom
2017/02 Análise Crítica de Ensaios de Carregamento Dinâmico de Energia Crescente em Estacas de Elevada Capacidade Resistente
(Thesis) Arguer
Sérgio Cançado Paraíso (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2016/02 Thermal Performance of the Energy Geotechnical Structures
(Thesis) Main arguer
He Qi (PhD)
University of Cambridge Department of Engineering, United Kingdom

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2007 - Current ICE Institution of Civil Engineers, UK Member
2000 - Current BGA British Geotechnical Association Member
1987/01/01 - Current NZGS New Zealand Geotechnical Society Member
1987 - Current EngNZ Engineering New Zealand Member

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role
Institution / Organization Funding entity
2022/11 - 2023/01 Expert evaluator for EPSRC project application
Evaluator
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, United Kingdom Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
2017/01 - 2017/10 Evaluator for H2020 research proposals (two-stage)
Evaluator
European Commission
2014/10 - 2014/10 Evaluation of H2020 research proposals (one stage)
Evaluator
European Commission

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2018 - Current Canadian Geotechnical Journal (1208-6010) Canadian Science Publishing
2018 - Current Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment (2352-3808) Elsevier
2018/01 - 2020/12 Géotechnique (1751-7656) Thomas Telford Ltd.
2009/01 - 2011/12 Géotechnique (1751-7656) Thomas Telford Ltd.
Distinctions

Award

2008 Bill Curtin medal for innovation