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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.
  • Hencher, SR; Lee, SG (2010) Landslide Mechanisms in Hong Kong, Engineering Geology Special Publications, 23, pp.77-103.
  • Hencher, SR (2010) Preferential flow paths through soil and rock and their association with landslides, HYDROL PROCESS, 24, pp.1610-1630. doi:10.1002/hyp.7721
  • Lee, SG; Hencher, SR (2009) The repeated failure of a cut-slope despite continuous reassessment and remedial works, ENG GEOL, 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, Q J ENG GEOL HYDROGE, 42, pp.473-486. doi:10.1144/1470-9236/08-001
  • 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 (2008) The 'New' British and European Standard Guidance on Rock Description, Ground Engineering, 41, pp.17-21.
  • 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, COMPUT GEOTECH, 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.