Edward Davis

Professor Davis has made outstanding contributions in soil mechanics. He is recognised as the leading worker in theoretical soil mechanics in Australia. He has gained an international reputation both by independent contributions and by his ability to collaborate with and guide the work of colleagues here, in the USA and elsewhere. The two main aspects of his work, the development of a unified theory of the behaviour of foundations and the extension of the theory of plasticity to soil and rock stability problems, are notable for their essentially scientific basis and their applicability to practical engineering problems, for example unusual foundations problems in power stations, large buildings, and harbour works. The work on pile foundations is widely applied in practice.

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