MGG - ARC and Other Grants

Monash Geomechanics is very successful in getting ARC Discovery, ARC (Linkage), University and Industry Grants. Recent grants received are listed in the following Table. The following grants were received from 2005 onwards. Earlier grants can be found here.

2008

Project Title	Funding Source	Investigators
Modelling of shrinkage crack development in porous media	ARC Discovery Projects	Dr Kodikara, J.
The thermo-hydro mechanical behaviour of geo-materials under carbon dioxide	ARC Discovery Projects	Dr Ranjith, P.G., Dr Kodikara, J., Dr Bouazza, A.
Development of a new technique to improve very soft soils using geogrid wrapped stone columns	ARC Linkage funding allocation including industry component	Dr. Bouazza, A.
Improvement of the performance of water-sensitive geomaterials using hydrophobic additives	ARC Linkage funding allocation including industry component	Dr Kodikara, J., Dr Ranjith, P.G.
Prediction and controlling of pipe failures in buried water and gas pipe systems	ARC Linkage funding allocation including industry component	Kodikara, Cull, Zhao, Bouazza, Davis, Burn, Moore
Languide M4 Thermal Imager	Collier Charitable Fund	Dr. Kodikara, J.
Rail CRC	Co-Operative Research Centre Funding	Haque
CO2 CRC Scholarship	Co-Operative Research Centre Funding	Ranjith, Haque
Wealth from Oceans – subsea pipeline clusters	CSIRO Flagship	Zhao, Kodikara

2007

Project Title	Funding Source	Investigators
Faculty contribution towards LIEF	Monash Uni Engineering Faculty	Dr Haque, A.
Central Funding Contribution towards LIEF	Monash Uni Engineering Faculty	Dr Haque, A.
Numerical modelling of desiccation cracking in clay soils using material point method	Monash Uni Engineering Faculty	Dr. Kodikara, J.
Geomechanical investigation of sequestration of carbon dioxide in unminable coal seams	Monash Uni Engineering Faculty	Dr Ranjith, P.G.
Mechanisms of pipe bursts in cast iron reticulation water mains.	CSIRO-Monash Uni	Dr. Kodikara, J.
Influence of climate on unbound road behaviour.	Austroads, ARRB, Monash Uni	Dr. Kodikara, J.

2006

Project Title	Funding Source	Investigators
Development of time domain reflectometry (TDR) waveguide technology for application in GeoEnvironmental engineering	Monash Uni Engineering Faculty	Dr. Bouazza, A.
Modelling of shrinkage crack development in porous media.	ARC-Discovery	Dr. Kodikara, J.
Advanced testing facility for geological sequestration of greenhouse gases.	ARC LIEF Scheme	Dr. Ranjith, P.G., Smith, D.W., Dr. Kodikara, J. et al.
Prediction and controlling of pipe failures in buried water and gas pipe systems.		Dr. Kodikara, J.
New method for the measurement of critical strain energy release rate in soils during mode 1 fracture	Monash Uni Engineering Faculty	Dr. Kodikara, J.
Rail infrastructure/pavement technology	Rail CRC	Dr Haque, A.
Investigation of strength deformability and failure of mechanisms of rock slopes in large open pit mines	BHP (Billiton)	Dr. Ranjith, P.G.

2005

Project Title	Funding Source	Investigators
A laboratory investigation of the effects of gas adsorption on the fluid transport and geomechanical properties of coal with application to enhanced coalbed methane recovery and carbon dioxide sequestration. Read project summary.	CSIRO-Monash Uni	Dr. Ranjith, P.G. and Dr. Choi, S.K. (Xavier)
FLAC Module for two phase flow	Collier Charitable Fund	Dr. Kodikara, J.
Gas migration through geomembranes seams	Engineering Faculty	Dr. Bouazza, A.
Prediction and development of solutions to salinity and water induced damage to roads and building infrastructure	Engineering Faculty	Dr. Kodikara, J.
Experimental and numerical investigations of carbon dioxide	Engineering Faculty	Dr. Ranjith, P.G.
The effects of an explosion in a tunnel on the stability of surface structures	Civil Engineering Dept.	Dr. Ranjith, P.G.