Journal Articles
Li, S and
Smith, A (2024)
Pipeline-soil interaction behaviour: acoustic emission and energy dissipation,
Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 151(2), 04024157, ISSN: 1090-0241. DOI:
10.1061/JGGEFK.GTENG-12913.
Helm, PR, Svalova, A, Morsy, AM, Rouainia, M,
Smith, A, El-Hamalawi, A, Wilkinson, DJ, Postill, H, Glendinning, S (2023)
Emulating long-term weather-driven transportation earthworks deterioration models to support asset management,
Transportation Geotechnics, 44, 101155, DOI:
10.1016/j.trgeo.2023.101155.
Briggs, KM, Helm, PR, Smethurst, JA,
Smith, A, Stirling, R, Svalova, A, González, YT, Loveridge, FA, Glendinning, S (2023)
Evidence for the weather-driven deterioration of ageing transportation earthworks in the UK,
Transportation Geotechnics, 43, 101130, DOI:
10.1016/j.trgeo.2023.101130.
Li, S and
Smith, A (2023)
Acoustic emission and energy dissipation in soils during triaxial shearing,
Computers and Geotechnics, 162, 105639, ISSN: 0266-352X. DOI:
10.1016/j.compgeo.2023.105639.
Wang, H, Barone, G,
Smith, A (2023)
A novel multi-level data fusion and anomaly detection approach for infrastructure damage identification and localisation,
Engineering Structures, 292, 116473, ISSN: 0141-0296. DOI:
10.1016/j.engstruct.2023.116473.
Morsy, A, Helm, P, El-Hamalawi, A,
Smith, A, Hughes, P, Stirling, R, Dijkstra, T, Dixon, N, Glendinning, S (2023)
Development of a multiphase numerical modeling approach for hydromechanical behavior of clay embankments subject to weather-driven deterioration,
Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 149(8), 04023062, ISSN: 1090-0241. DOI:
10.1061/JGGEFK.GTENG-11213.
Wang, H, Barone, G,
Smith, A (2023)
Current and future role of data fusion and machine learning in infrastructure health monitoring,
Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, ISSN: 1573-2479. DOI:
10.1080/15732479.2023.2165118.
Li, S and
Smith, A (2022)
Relationship between acoustic emission and energy dissipation: a DEM study of soil-structure interaction,
Acta Geotechnica, 18(6), pp.2971-2990, ISSN: 1861-1125. DOI:
10.1007/s11440-022-01753-9.
Dixon, N,
Smith, A, Pietz, M (2022)
A community-operated landslide early warning approach: Myanmar case study,
Geoenvironmental Disasters, 9, 18, DOI:
10.1186/s40677-022-00220-7.
Smith, A, Barone, G, Wackrow, R, Stanley, R (2021)
Interpretation of uplift pipeline-soil interaction behaviour using acoustic emission measurements,
Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 59(8), pp.1321-1333, ISSN: 0008-3674. DOI:
10.1139/cgj-2021-0468.
Deng, L,
Smith, A, Dixon, N, Yuan, H (2021)
Machine learning prediction of landslide deformation behaviour using acoustic emission and rainfall measurements,
Engineering Geology, 293, 106315, ISSN: 0013-7952. DOI:
10.1016/j.enggeo.2021.106315.
Deng, L,
Smith, A, Dixon, N, Yuan, H (2021)
Automatic classification of landslide kinematics using acoustic emission measurements and machine learning,
Landslides, 18(8), ISSN: 1612-510X. DOI:
10.1007/s10346-021-01676-8.
Smith, A and Dixon, N (2020)
Listening for deterioration and failure: Towards smart geotechnical infrastructure,
Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Smart Infrastructure and Construction, 171(4), pp.131-143, ISSN: 2397-8759. DOI:
10.1680/jsmic.19.00019.
Smith, A, Heather-Smith, H, Dixon, N, Flint, J, Pennie, D (2019)
Acoustic emission generated by granular soil-steel structure interaction,
Géotechnique Letters, 10(2), pp.119-127, ISSN: 2045-2543. DOI:
10.1680/jgele.19.00065.
Smith, A, Moore, I, Dixon, N (2019)
Acoustic emission sensing of pipe-soil interaction: Full-scale pipelines subjected to differential ground movements,
Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 145(12), 04019113, ISSN: 1090-0241. DOI:
10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002185.
Smith, A and Dixon, N (2019)
Acoustic emission generated by glass beads in compression and shearing,
Granular Matter, 21, 92, ISSN: 1434-5021. DOI:
10.1007/s10035-019-0944-0.
Smith, A and Dixon, N (2019)
Acoustic emission behaviour of dense sands,
Géotechnique, 69(12), pp.1107-1122, ISSN: 0016-8505. DOI:
10.1680/jgeot.18.p.209.
Dixon, N,
Smith, A, Flint, J, Khanna, R, Clark, B, Andjelkovic, M (2018)
An acoustic emission landslide early warning system for communities in low-income and middle-income countries,
Landslides, 15(8), pp.1631-1644, ISSN: 1612-510X. DOI:
10.1007/s10346-018-0977-1.
Berg, N,
Smith, A, Russell, S, Dixon, N, Proudfoot, D, Take, A (2018)
Correlation of acoustic emissions with patterns of movement in an extremely slow moving landslide at Peace River, Alberta, Canada,
Canadian Geotechnical Journal, ISSN: 0008-3674. DOI:
10.1139/cgj-2016-0668.
Smith, A, Dixon, N, Moore, R, Meldrum, P (2017)
Acoustic emission monitoring of coastal slopes in north-east England, United Kingdom,
Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 50(3), ISSN: 1470-9236. DOI:
10.1144/qjegh2016-081.
Uhlemann, S, Chambers, J, Wilkinson, P, Maurer, H, Merritt, A, Meldrum, P, Kuras, O, Gunn, D,
Smith, A, Dijkstra, T (2017)
Four-dimensional imaging of moisture dynamics during landslide reactivation,
Journal of Geophysical Research. Earth Surface, 122(1), pp.398-418, ISSN: 2169-9011. DOI:
10.1002/2016JF003983.
Smith, A, Dixon, N, Fowmes, GJ (2017)
Early detection of first-time slope failures using acoustic emission measurements: large-scale physical modelling,
Géotechnique, 67(2), pp.138-152, ISSN: 0016-8505. DOI:
10.1680/jgeot.15.P.200.
Smethurst, JA,
Smith, A, Uhlemann, S, Wooff, C, Chambers, J, Hughes, P, Lenart, S, Saroglou, H, Springman, S, Lofroth, H, Hughes, D (2017)
Current and future role of instrumentation and monitoring in the performance of transport infrastructure slopes,
Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, ISSN: 2041-4803. DOI:
10.1144/qjegh2016-080.
Smith, A, Dixon, N, Fowmes, G (2016)
Monitoring buried pipe deformation using acoustic emission: quantification of attenuation,
International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 11(4), pp.418-430, ISSN: 1938-6362. DOI:
10.1080/19386362.2016.1227581.
Wilkinson, P, Chambers, J, Uhlemann, S, Meldrum, P,
Smith, A, Dixon, N, Loke, MH (2016)
Reconstruction of landslide movements by inversion of 4D electrical resistivity tomography monitoring data,
Geophysical Research Letters, 43(3), pp.1166-1174, ISSN: 0094-8276. DOI:
10.1002/2015GL067494.
Uhlemann, S,
Smith, A, Chambers, J, Dixon, N, Dijkstra, T, Haslam, E, Meldrum, P, Merritt, A, Gunn, D, Mackay, J (2016)
Assessment of ground-based monitoring techniques applied to landslide investigations,
Geomorphology, ISSN: 0169-555X. DOI:
10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.10.027.
Dixon, N,
Smith, A, Spriggs, MP, Ridley, A, Meldrum, P, Haslam, E (2015)
Stability monitoring of a rail slope using acoustic emission,
Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Geotechnical Engineering, ISSN: 1353-2618. DOI:
10.1680/jgeen.14.00152.
Smith, A, Dixon, N, Meldrum, P, Haslam, E, Chambers, J (2014)
Acoustic emission monitoring of a soil slope: comparisons with continuous deformation measurements,
Géotechnique Letters, 4(4), pp.255-261, ISSN: 2045-2543. DOI:
10.1680/geolett.14.00053.
Smith, A and Dixon, N (2014)
Quantification of landslide velocity from active waveguide generated acoustic emission,
Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 52(4), pp.413-425, ISSN: 0008-3674. DOI:
10.1139/cgj-2014-0226.
Dixon, N, Spriggs, MP,
Smith, A, Meldrum, P, Haslam, E (2014)
Quantification of reactivated landslide behaviour using acoustic emission monitoring, ISSN: 1612-510X. DOI:
10.1007/s10346-014-0491-z.
Smith, A, Dixon, N, Meldrum, P, Haslam, E (2014)
Inclinometer casings retrofitted with acoustic real-time monitoring systems,
Ground Engineering, 30(October 2014), pp.1-8, ISSN: 0017-4653.
Conferences
Morsy, AM, Helm, PR, El-Hamalawi, A,
Smith, A, Stirling, RA (2024)
Simulation of weather-driven deterioration of clay embankments. In Evans, TM, Stark, N, Chang, S (ed)
Geo-Congress 2024; Geo-Congress 2024: Geotechnical Systems, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, pp.85-94, ISBN: 9780784485354. DOI:
10.1061/9780784485354.009.
Briggs, K, Gonzalez, YT, Morsy, A, Smith, A, El-Hamalawi, A, Blake, A, Smethurst, J, Helm, P, Glendinning, S (Accepted for publication) The seasonal ratcheting of clay cut slopes in response to seasonal weather cycles. In Geo-Resilience 2023, Cardiff, UK.
Smith, A, Deng, L, Dixon, N, Yuan, H (2022)
Extracting knowledge on slope behaviour from acoustic emission measurements. In Ridley, AM (ed)
11th International Symposium on Field Monitoring in Geomechanics (ISFMG 2022); Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Field Monitoring in Geomechanics (ISFMG2022), London, United Kingdom.
Blake, A, Smethurst, J, Yu, Z, Brooks, H, Stirling, R, Holmes, J, Watlet, A, Whiteley, J, Chambers, J, Hughes, P,
Smith, A, Briggs, K (2022)
Long-term monitoring of long linear geotechnical infrastructure for a deeper understanding of deterioration processes. In Ridley, AM (ed)
11th International Symposium on Field Monitoring in Geomechanics (ISFMG 2022); Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Field Monitoring in Geomechanics (ISFMG2022), London, United Kingdom.
Wang, H, Barone, G,
Smith, A (2022)
Data fusion and machine learning for bridge damage detection. In Casas, JR, Frangopol, DM, Turmo, J (ed)
11th International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management (IABMAS 2022); Bridge Safety, Maintenance, Management, Life-Cycle, Resilience and Sustainability: Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management (IABMAS 2022), Barcelona, Spain, July 11-15, 2022, Barcelona, Spain, pp.348-353, ISBN: 9781003322641.
Li, S and
Smith, A (2022)
Energy dissipation and acoustic emission during shearing of internally eroded soil: a DEM study. In
28th Annual Meeting of the European Working Group on Internal Erosion (EWG‐IE), Sheffield, UK.
Smith, A, Biller, T, Heather-Smith, HJ, Dixon, N, Flint, JA (2019)
Acoustic emission monitoring in geotechnical element tests. In
Proceedings of the XVII European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Reykjavik, Iceland,ISBN: 9789935943613. DOI:
10.32075/17ECSMGE-2019-0700.
Smith, A, Moore, ID, Dixon, N (2019)
Acoustic emission sensing of pipe-soil interaction: Development of an early warning system for buried pipe deformation. In
International Conference on Smart Infrastructure and Construction, Cambridge, UK,ISBN: 9780727764669. DOI:
10.1680/icsic.64669.463.
Biller, T,
Smith, A, Dixon, N (2019)
Monitoring seepage-induced internal erosion using acoustic emission [extended abstract]. In
European Working Group on Internal Erosion (EWG‐IE) 27th Annual Meeting, University of British Columbia, Vancouver.
Heather-Smith, H,
Smith, A, Dixon, N, Flint, J, Wordingham, J (2018)
Monitoring buried infrastructure deformation using acoustic emissions. In
9th European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Biller, T,
Smith, A, Dixon, N (2018)
Early detection of seepage-induced internal erosion using acoustic emission monitoring. In
15th BGA Young Geotechnical Engineers Symposium (YGES), University of Surrey, UK.
Dixon, N, Codeglia, D,
Smith, A, Fowmes, G, Meldrum, P (2015)
An acoustic emission slope displacement rate sensor — case studies. In
Ninth International Symposium on Field Measurements in Geomechanics, Sydney, pp.743-756, ISBN: 9780992481025. DOI:
10.36487/ACG_rep/1508_54_Dixon.
Smith, A, Dixon, N, Moore, R, Meldrum, P, Haslam, E, Siddle, R (2014)
Performance of an acoustic emission monitoring system to detect subsurface ground movement at Flat Cliffs, North Yorkshire, UK. In
, Turin, pp.117-120, ISBN: 9783319090573. DOI:
10.1007/978-3-319-09057-3_9.
Smith, A, Dixon, N, Berg, N, Take, A, Proudfoot, D (2014)
Listening for landslides: method, measurements and the Peace River Case Study. In
GeoHazards 6, Kingston, Canada, pp.1-10.
Smith, A and Dixon, N (2014)
Acoustic emission monitoring of active waveguides to quantify slope stability. In
, University of Manchester, pp.17-18.
