Name Peter Wroth | Died 1991 | |
Institutions University of CambridgeUniversity of Oxford Thesis The behaviour of soils and other granular media when subjected to shear (1958) Books Pressuremeters: Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Pressuremeters Institution | ||
Charles Peter Wroth (1929–1991) was a British Civil Engineer, a world pioneer in Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics. He led the design and construction of the Hammersmith flyover.
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Education
He studied Engineering at the University of Cambridge and carried out research in Soil Mechanics under Kenneth H. Roscoe, leading to the award of a PhD degree in 1958 with his thesis titled "The behaviour of soils and other granular media when subjected to shear". He served as Professor at the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge. He also served as Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.
Academic recognition
He delivered the 24th Rankine Lecture, titled "The interpretation of in situ soil tests".
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