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) Slide Rule Technology, 41, pp.19-21.
Hencher SR (2008) The 'New' British and European Standard Guidance on Rock Description, Ground Engineering, 41, pp.17-21.
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.