University of Warwick research group studies the physics of heterogeneous materials and develops efficient and robust numerical algorithms through integration of Computational Statistics and Data Science to reliably capture hydro-chemo-mechanical behaviour of a wide variety of heterogeneous materials that exhibit significant randomness. The research goal is to investigate and understand the relationship between pore structure and macro-scale properties. The research group also works on development of new purpose-built experimental systems to model and quantify complex (micro- to macro-scale) behaviour of the materials and generates data for verification of the computational algorithms.
Their research is highly multi-disciplinary and motivated by applications in integrity assessment of safety structures (e.g. nuclear energy and waste disposal systems, carbon capture and storage systems, flood embankments), environmental risk analysis (e.g., surface and ground water quality modelling), geotechnics (e.g., injection of Geopolymer resin for ground improvement) and petroleum geomechanics (e.g., shale rock characterisation and hydraulic fracturing modelling). Currently collaborate with mathematicians, environmentalist, hydrologists and geotechnical engineers.
In RECYCLE project, the research group focuses on developing numerical algorithms to model flow and chemical transport in river sediments. Particular attention is given to investigating effect of spatial heterogeneity of hydraulic characteristics of sediments on chemical transport. They also investigate effect of agrochemicals on the stability of riverbanks.
