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Steve Hencher Prof Steve Hencher

Research Professor in Engineering Geology

Email address: S.R.Hencher@leeds.ac.uk

Research Interests

  • Landslide mechanisms in weathered terrain.
  • Shear strength of rock joints and rock masses
  • Ground investigation techniques and rock classification.
  • Litigation in Civil Engineering and how to avoid it.

Teaching Interests

Part time teaching to MSc students at Leeds and at Hong Kong University.

Publications

  • Hencher SR; Lee SG; Carter TG; Richards LR (2011) Sheeting Joints: Characterisation, Shear Strength and Engineering, ROCK MECHANICS AND ROCK ENGINEERING, 44, pp.1-22. doi: 10.1007/s00603-010-0100-y
  • Hencher SR (2010) Preferential flow paths through soil and rock and their association with landslides, HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES, 24, pp.1610-1630. doi: 10.1002/hyp.7721
  • Hencher SR; Lee SG (2010) Landslide mechanisms in Hong Kong, Geological Society Engineering Geology Special Publication, 23, pp.77-103.
  • Lee S; Hencher S (2009) The repeated failure of a cut-slope despite continuous reassessment and remedial works, ENGINEERING GEOLOGY, 107, pp.16-41. doi: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2009.03.011
  • Devonald DM; Thompson JA; Hencher SR; Sun HW (2009) Geomorphological landslide models for hazard assessment: a case study at Cloudy Hill, Hong Kong, QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING GEOLOGY AND HYDROGEOLOGY, 42, pp.473-486. doi: 10.1144/1470-9236/08-001
  • Hencher SR (2008) The 'New' British and European Standard Guidance on Rock Description, Ground Engineering, 41, pp.17-21.
  • Hencher SR (2008) Slide Rule Technology, 41, pp.19-21.
  • Shaquour F; Jarrar G; Hencher S; Kuisi M (2008) Geotechnical and mineralogical characteristics of marl deposits in Jordan, Volume 55, . doi: 10.1007/s00254-007-1128-5
  • Hencher SR (2007) Slope Failures in Hong Kong, Geophysical Research Abstracts, 9, .
  • Blake JR; Renaud JP; Anderson MG; Hencher SR (2003) Prediction of rainfall-induced transient water pressure head behind a retaining wall using a high-resolution finite element model, COMPUTERS AND GEOTECHNICS, 30, pp.431-442. doi: 10.1016/S0266-352X(03)00055-7
  • Hencher SR; Liao QH; Monaghan BG (1996) Modelling slope behaviour for open-pits, Transactions of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy. Section A: Mining Industry, pp.37-47.