Frederick Nai Charkley
The researcher conducts a comprehensive study of material behavior across multiple domains, focusing on how materials respond under varying stresses and conditions. Their work encompasses geotechnical engineering, where they investigate shear strength influenced by mineral composition and wet-dry cycles; underground structures, examining geosynthetic materials and pipeline performance under static and dynamic loads; soil mechanics, analyzing deformation in expansive soils through experiments; and geophysical methods, applying electrical resistivity to study soil compaction. This interdisciplinary approach highlights the researcher's expertise in understanding material behavior across physical sciences and engineering disciplines.
Faculty Biography
Dr Frederick Nai Charkley is a lecturer at the Department of Civil Engineering. He holds a PhD and MSc in Geotechnical Engineering from Hohai University, Nanjing, China. Dr Charkley received his BSc (Hons) in Civil Engineering from KNUST, Ghana. His area of specialty is slope stability and ground improvement. He has special interest in investigating the stabilization of expansive soils using solid waste materials. Dr Charkley has authorized a wide range of publications in reputable journals
Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods
Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization
Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures
Soil and Unsaturated Flow
The use of natural non-expansive soil cover to prevent water loss and crack formation in underlying expansive soil slope
Crack development in a physical model of undisturbed expansive soil slope and core sample under wet-dry cycles
Compaction Verification of Lateritic Soil Using Electrical Resistivity: A Laboratory Study
Shear Strength of Compacted Clays as Affected by Mineral Content and Wet‐Dry Cycles
Open AccessExperimental Research on Strength Parameters of Expansive Soil from the “Yin Jiang Ji Huai” Project
An anisotropic constitutive model of geomaterials based on true triaxial testing and its application
Discussion of “Numerical Investigation of Geosynthetic-Reinforced Soil Bridge Abutments under Static Loading” by Yewei Zheng and Patrick J. Fox
Deformation Calculation of HDPE Pipeline under Upper Load of Landfill Site
Open AccessDeformation Calculation of HDPE Pipeline under uneven settlement of Landfill Site
Open AccessDepartment of Civil Engineering
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology