Luke J Prendergast

Contact

• workRoom B48 Coates
  University Park
  Nottingham
  NG7 2RD
  UK
• work0115 74 87247
• Luke.Prendergast@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

Dr Luke J. Prendergast is Associate Professor in Civil Engineering at University of Nottingham, UK. Previously, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, 2016-2018. Prior to this, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher at University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland, 2015-2016.

Luke obtained his PhD at University College Dublin in 2015 and holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) from University College Cork (UCC), Ireland (2011).

Expertise Summary

Research interests include Structural Health Monitoring, Vibration-Based Bridge Scour Monitoring, Offshore Engineering, Structural Dynamics and Geotechnical Engineering.

Research Summary

Luke is interested in dynamic soil-structure interaction and vibration-based damage detection. His research focuses on detecting the presence of scour erosion around bridges and offshore structures… read more

Recent Publications

• BOZYIGIT, B., BOZYIGIT, I. and PRENDERGAST, L. J., 2023. Analytical approach for seismic analysis of onshore wind turbines considering soil-structure interaction: Structures Structures. 51, 226-241
• TOTT-BUSWELL, J., GARALA, T. K., PRENDERGAST, L. J., MADABHUSHI, S. P. G. and ROVITHIS, E., 2022. Seismic response of piles in layered soils: Performance of pseudostatic Winkler models against centrifuge data: Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. 153,
• ATALAN, M., PRENDERGAST, L. J., GRIZI, A. and THOM, N., 2022. A Review of Numerical Models for Slab-Asphalt Track Railways: Infrastructures Infrastructures. 7(4),
• JAWALAGERI, S., PRENDERGAST, L. J., JALILVAND, S. and MALEKJAFARIAN, A., 2022. Effect of scour erosion on mode shapes of a 5 MW monopile-supported offshore wind turbine: OCEAN ENGINEERING Ocean Engineering. 266,

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Current Research

Luke is interested in dynamic soil-structure interaction and vibration-based damage detection. His research focuses on detecting the presence of scour erosion around bridges and offshore structures by analyzing changes in the structure's dynamic signatures.

Past Research

Luke has conducted research into vibration-based bridge scour detection, estimating soil stiffness for small-strain dynamic applications and offshore monopile engineering

Future Research

Luke is interested in investigating long term cyclic behavior of offshore foundations for wind turbines, particularly how cyclic degradation in soil stiffness may affect the structure's dynamic response.

I welcome enquiries from potential PhD candidates from Home, EU and international countries who are interested in the following research areas: Vibration-Based Damage Detection; Soil-Structure interaction; Offshore Foundations; Structural Health Monitoring; Vehicle-Bridge Interaction

• BOZYIGIT, B., BOZYIGIT, I. and PRENDERGAST, L. J., 2023. Analytical approach for seismic analysis of onshore wind turbines considering soil-structure interaction: Structures Structures. 51, 226-241
• TOTT-BUSWELL, J., GARALA, T. K., PRENDERGAST, L. J., MADABHUSHI, S. P. G. and ROVITHIS, E., 2022. Seismic response of piles in layered soils: Performance of pseudostatic Winkler models against centrifuge data: Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. 153,
• ATALAN, M., PRENDERGAST, L. J., GRIZI, A. and THOM, N., 2022. A Review of Numerical Models for Slab-Asphalt Track Railways: Infrastructures Infrastructures. 7(4),
• JAWALAGERI, S., PRENDERGAST, L. J., JALILVAND, S. and MALEKJAFARIAN, A., 2022. Effect of scour erosion on mode shapes of a 5 MW monopile-supported offshore wind turbine: OCEAN ENGINEERING Ocean Engineering. 266,
• KHAN, M. A., MCCRUM, D. P., PRENDERGAST, L. J., OBRIEN, E. J., FITZGERALD, P. C. and KIM, C. W., 2021. Laboratory investigation of a bridge scour monitoring method using decentralized modal analysis: Structural Health Monitoring Structural Health Monitoring.
• PREGNOLATO, M., VARDANEGA, P. J., LIMONGELLI, M. P., GIORDANO, P. F. and PRENDERGAST, L. J., 2021. Risk-based bridge scour management: A survey
• REALE, C., TOTT-BUSWELL, J. and PRENDERGAST, L. J., 2021. Impact of geotechnical uncertainty on the preliminary design of monopiles supporting offshore wind turbines: ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part B: Mechanical Engineering ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part B: Mechanical Engineering. 7(4),
• CHORTIS, G., ASKARINEJAD, A., PRENDERGAST, L. J., LI, Q. and GAVIN, K., 2020. Influence of scour depth and type on p–y curves for monopiles in sand under monotonic lateral loading in a geotechnical centrifuge: Ocean Engineering Ocean Engineering.
• BIENEN, B., KLINKVORT, R. T., FAN, S., BLACK, J., BAYTON, S., THOREL, L., BLANC, M., MADABHUSHI, G. S. P., HAIGH, S., BROAD, T., ZANIA, V., ASKARINEJAD, A., LI, Q., KIM, D. S., PARK, S., ALMEIDA, M., BARRA, M. F. W., PRENDERGAST, L., KONG, D. and ZHU, B., 2020. Centrifuge benchmark testing of laterally loaded monopiles in sand
• MALEKJAFARIAN, A., KIM, C. W., OBRIEN, E. J., PRENDERGAST, L. J., FITZGERALD, P. C. and NAKAJIMA, S., 2020. Experimental Demonstration of a Mode Shape-Based Scour-Monitoring Method for Multispan Bridges with Shallow Foundations: Journal of Bridge Engineering Journal of Bridge Engineering. 25(8),
• PRENDERGAST, L. J., GANDINA, P. and GAVIN, K., 2020. Factors influencing the prediction of pile driveability using CPT-based approaches: Energies Energies. 13(12),
• BARRETT, J. W. and PRENDERGAST, L. J., 2020. Empirical Shaft Resistance of Driven Piles Penetrating Weak Rock: Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering.
• LI, Q., PRENDERGAST, L. J., ASKARINEJAD, A. and GAVIN, K., 2020. Influence of vertical loading on behavior of laterally loaded foundation piles: A review: Journal of Marine Science and Engineering Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 8(12), 1-18
• GIORDANO, P. F., LIMONGELLI, M. P. and PRENDERGAST, L. J., 2020. Impact of climate change on the value of information for bridges at risk of scour
• FITZGERALD, P. C., MALEKJAFARIAN, A., CANTERO, D., OBRIEN, E. J. and PRENDERGAST, L. J., 2019. Drive-by scour monitoring of railway bridges using a wavelet-based approach: Engineering Structures Engineering Structures. 191, 1-11
• PRENDERGAST, L. J., WU, W. H. and GAVIN, K., 2019. Experimental application of FRF-based model updating approach to estimate soil mass and stiffness mobilised under pile impact tests: Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. 123, 1-15
• FITZGERALD, P. C., MALEKJAFARIAN, A., BHOWMIK, B., PRENDERGAST, L. J., CAHILL, P., KIM, C. W., HAZRA, B., PAKRASHI, V. and OBRIEN, E. J., 2019. Scour Damage Detection and Structural Health Monitoring of a Laboratory-Scaled Bridge Using a Vibration Energy Harvesting Device: Sensors Sensors. 19(11), 21
• ANŽLIN, A., PRENDERGAST, L. J., GAVIN, K. and LIMONGELLI, M. P., 2018. The effect of local scour of a single pier on the vibration parameters of a multi-span bridge under seismic excitation
• GIORDANO, P. F., PRENDERGAST, L. J. and LIMONGELLI, M. P., A framework for assessing the value of information for health monitoring of scoured bridges: Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring. 12
• OBRIEN, E. J., MCCRUM, D. P., KHAN, M. A. and PRENDERGAST, L. J., Wavelet-based operating deflection shapes for locating scour-related stiffness losses in multi-span bridges: Structure and Infrastructure Engineering Structure and Infrastructure Engineering.
• GIORDANO, P. F., PRENDERGAST, L. J. and LIMONGELLI, M. P., Quantifying the value of SHM information for bridges under flood-induced scour: Structure and Infrastructure Engineering Structure and Infrastructure Engineering.
• PREGNOLATO, M., GIORDANO, P. F., PANICI, D., PRENDERGAST, L. J. and LIMONGELLI, M. P., A comparison of the UK and Italian national risk-based guidelines for assessing hydraulic actions on bridges: Structure and Infrastructure Engineering Structure and Infrastructure Engineering.