Publications

Loveridge, F., Schellart, A., Rees, S., Stirling, R.A., Taborda, D., Tait, S., Alibardi, L., Biscontin, G., Shepley, P., Shafagh, I., Shepherd, W., Yildiz, A. and Jerrerson, B. 2022. The Potential for Heat Recovery and Thermal Energy Storage in the UK Using Buried Infrastructure. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Smart Infrastructure and Construction. In print. doi: 10.1680/jsmic.21.00018.

Yildiz, A. and Stirling, R.A. 2022. Ground heat exchange potential of green infrastructure. Geothermics 101, 102351. doi: 10.1016/j.geothermics.2022.102351

Yildiz, A. and Stirling, R.A. 2021. Thermo-hydrological behaviour of green infrastructure: a comparative field and laboratory study. Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment 25, 100219. doi: 10.1016/j.gete.2020.100219.

Yildiz, A. 2020. Estimating the full range of thermal conductivity dryout curve. Géotechnique Letters 10(3), pp.419-423. doi: 10.1680/jgele.20.00055.

Stirling, R.A., Toll, D.G., Glendinning, S., Helm, P.R., Yildiz, A., Hughes, P.N. and Asquith, J.D. 2020. Weather-driven deterioration processes affecting the performance of embankment slopes. Géotechnique (in press). doi: 10.1680/jgeot.19.SiP.038.

Yildiz, A., Graf, F. and Springman, S.M. 2020. On the dilatancy of root-permeated soils under partially saturated conditions. Géotechnique Letters 10(2), pp. 227-230. doi: 10.1680/jgele.19.00048.

Yildiz, A., Graf, F. and Springman, S.M. 2019. An investigation of plant-induced suction and its implications for slope stability. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Geotechnical Engineering 172(6), pp. 520–529. doi: 10.1680/jgeen.18.00218.

Yildiz, A., Graf, F., Rickli, C. and Springman, S.M. 2019. An assessment of plant-induced suction and its effects on the shear strength of root-permeated soils. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Geotechnical Engineering 172(6), pp. 507–519. doi: 10.1680/jgeen.18.00209.

Yildiz, A., Graf, F., Rickli, C. and Springman, S.M. 2018. Determination of the shearing behaviour of root-permeated soils with a large-scale direct shear apparatus. CATENA 166, pp. 98–113. doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2018.03.022.

Graf, F., Bast, A., Gärtner, H. and Yildiz, A. 2019. Effects of Mycorrhizal Fungi on Slope Stabilisation Functions of Plants, in: Wu, W. (Ed.) Recent Advances in Geotechnical Research. Springer International Publishing, Cham, pp. 57–77. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-89671-7_6.

Yildiz, A. and Stirling, R. 2020. Investigating green infrastructure as potential medium for ground heat exchangers. In: McCartney, J.S., Tomac, I. (eds.) 2nd International Conference on Energy Geotechnics (ICEGT2020). doi: 10.1051/e3sconf/202020506013.

Yildiz, A., Stirling, R. and Glendinning, S. 2020. Monitoring of thermo-hydrological behaviour in Green Infrastructure. In: Cardoso, R., Jommi, C., Romero, E. (eds.) 4th European Conference on Unsaturated Soils (E-UNSAT2020). doi: 10.1051/e3sconf/202019501008.

Yildiz, A., Graf, F. and Springman, S.M. 2020. Volume change behaviour of root-permeated soils under partially saturated conditions. In: Cardoso, R., Jommi, C., Romero, E. (eds.) 4th European Conference on Unsaturated Soils (E-UNSAT2020). doi: 10.1051/e3sconf/202019501007.

Yildiz, A., Askarinejad, A., Graf, F., Rickli, C. and Springman, S.M. 2015. Effects of roots and mycorrhizal fungi on the stability of slopes, In: Winter, M.G., Smith, D.M., Eldred, P.J.L., Toll, D.G. (eds.), XVI ECSMGE Geotechnical Engineering for Infrastructure and Development. ICE Publishing, 1693–1698. doi: 10.1680/ecsmge.60678.vol4.251.

Graf, F., Bebi, P., Braschler, U., De Cesare, G., Frei, M., Greminger, P., Grunder, K., Hählen, N., Rickli, C., Rixen, C., Sandri, A., Springman, S.M., Thormann, J.-J., von Albertini, N. and Yildiz, A. 2017. Pflanzenwirkungen zum Schutz vor flachgründigen Rutschungen. Birmensdorf. (pdf).

Rickli, C., Yildiz, A., Bebi, P. and Graf, F. 2017. Pflanzenwirkungen zum Schutz vor flachgründigen Rutschungen. Fachleute Naturgefahren Schweiz Agenda 2, 3-8. (pdf)

Yildiz, A., Baselt, I., Edrich, A.-K., Fischer, J.-T., Mergili, M., Zhao, H. and Kowalski, J. 2021. Emulation techniques for rapid flow-like geohazards: a case study-based performance analysis. In: EGU General Assembly 2021, EGU2021-2453. doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu21-2453.

Green, D., Stirling, R., Walsh, C., Starkey, E., Walker, A., Yildiz, A., Thaman, N. and Dawson, R. 2021. National Green Infrastructure Facility - a specialised "living laboratory" to assess the value of urban green infrastructure. In: EGU General Assembly 2021, EGU2021-12457. doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu21-12457.

Loveridge, F., Shepley, P., Stirling, R. and Yildiz, A. 2020. Harvesting Energy from Buried Infrastructure: current UKCRIC research. In: EGU General Assembly 2020, EGU2020-19412. doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-19412.

Yildiz, A., Stirling, R.A, Walsh, C., Starkey, E. and Glendinning, S. 2019. Monitoring capabilities at the National Green Infrastructure Facility. In:Multi-scale Analysis of Slopes under Climate Change MUSLOC2019, 19-20 September 2019, Barcelona, Spain. (pdf)

Yildiz, A., Graf, F., Rickli, C. and Springman, S.M. 2018. An experimental investigation of plant-induced suction and its implications for slope stability. In: 5th Italian Workshop on Landslides (IWL 2018), 28 - 30 May 2018, Naples, Italy. (pdf).

Yildiz, A., Graf, F. and Springman, S.M. 2018. Effects of biodiversity, plant age, and mycorrhizal fungi on the plant-induced suction and shear strength of root-permeated soils. In: EGU General Assembly 2018, EGU2018-1016. doi: 10.3929/ethz-b-000321128.

Yildiz, A. and Graf, F. 2017. Linking plants, fungi and soil mechanics. In: EGU General Assembly 2017, EGU2017-14475. (pdf).

Yildiz, A., Graf, F., Rickli, C. and Springman, S.M. 2016. Effects of root characteristics and dilatancy on the shear strength of root-permeated soils. In: 4th International Conference on Soil Bio- and Eco- Engineering, 11-14 July 2016, Sydney, Australia. (pdf).

Yildiz, A., Graf, F., Rickli, C. and Springman, S.M. 2016. Effects of different vegetation types on the shear strength of root-permeated soils. In: EGU General Assembly 2016, EGU2016-17879. (pdf).

Yildiz, A., Graf, F., Rickli, C. and Springman, S.M. 2015. Effects of Dilatancy on the Shearing Behaviour of Root-Permeated Soil. In: EGU General Assembly 2015, EGU2015-8972. (pdf).