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

• https://fenix.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/homepage/ist25309 (Scholar)

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)

	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

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

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 10.54499/2022.08947.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) COST119/14 Researcher	European Cooperation in Science and Technology Concluded

Publications

Book chapter	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 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	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 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 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 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 Bourne-Webb, P.; Gonçalves, R.D.C.. "On the Exploitation of Ground Heat Using Transportation Infrastructure". 2016. 10.1016/j.proeng.2016.06.157 Bourne-Webb, P.J.; Da Costa Goncalves, R.A.; Freitas, T.M.B.. "Retaining walls as heat exchangers: A numerical study". 2015. Bourne-Webb, P.; Cunningham, M.; Card, G.. "Advanced testing and modelling delivers cost effective piled raft foundation solution". 2013. Freitas, B.T.M.; Silva, C.F.; Bourne-Webb, P.J.. "The response of energy foundations under thermo-mechanical loading". 2013.
Journal article	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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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. 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 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 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. 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 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 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. 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.

Award

2008	Bill Curtin medal for innovation