Overview
Our principal areas of research are
- Environmental Geotechnics
- Fundamental Geomechanics
- Infrastructure
We currently hold over £5.5M in research funding, supporting over 30 researchers. We are one of the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council's (EPSRC's) most highly funded groups in ground and environmental engineering, and draw in significant industry support from Network Rail, Veolia, the Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB), the Environment Agency, and National Grid. Research results are consistently disseminated to industry through authorship of guidance documents and reports, and articles in the professional and trade press.
We have contributed to fundamental knowledge in the areas of groundwater control, retaining wall performance, landfill engineering, soil behaviour, field and laboratory instrumentation, geotechnical numerical modelling, railway geotechnical engineering and the use of pile foundations as heat exchangers for ground source heat pump energy systems.
We have international research links with institutions in China, Hong Kong, Italy, Germany, Kazakhstan, Korea, Netherlands, Singapore, South Africa and Australia.
Other University of Southampton sites
Our principal areas of research are
- Environmental Geotechnics
- Fundamental Geomechanics
- Infrastructure
We currently hold over £5.5M in research funding, supporting over 30 researchers. We are one of the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council's (EPSRC's) most highly funded groups in ground and environmental engineering, and draw in significant industry support from Network Rail, Veolia, the Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB), the Environment Agency, and National Grid. Research results are consistently disseminated to industry through authorship of guidance documents and reports, and articles in the professional and trade press.
We have contributed to fundamental knowledge in the areas of groundwater control, retaining wall performance, landfill engineering, soil behaviour, field and laboratory instrumentation, geotechnical numerical modelling, railway geotechnical engineering and the use of pile foundations as heat exchangers for ground source heat pump energy systems.
We have international research links with institutions in China, Hong Kong, Italy, Germany, Kazakhstan, Korea, Netherlands, Singapore, South Africa and Australia.
Other University of Southampton sites
Research Areas
Facilities
Infrastructure laboratory including Southampton Railway Testing Facility; Instron; Geomechanics laboratory including hollow cylinder apparatus, cyclic simple shear apparatus, low temperature/high pressure rig for triaxial testing of gas hydrate bearing sediments; resonant column apparatus; cyclic triaxials; advanced image analysis for strain measurement.
Postgraduate opportunities
If you are interested in joining us either to study or to become part of our research team please select the relevant link below for further information.
Publications
Articles
- Collins, A. L., Williams, L. J., Zhang, Y. S., Marius, M., Dungait, J. A. J., Smallman, D. J., ... Naden, P. S. (2013). Catchment source contributions to the sediment-bound organic matter degrading salmonid spawning gravels in a lowland river, southern England. Science of Total Environment, 456-457, 181-195. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.03.093
- Beaven, R. P., Hudson, A. P., Knox, K., Powrie, W., & Robinson, J. P. (2013). Clogging of landfill tyre and aggregate drainage layers by methanogenic leachate and implications for practice. Waste Management, 33(2), 431-444. DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2012.10.021
- White, J. K., & Beaven, R. P. (2013). Developments to a landfill processes model following its application to two landfill modelling challenges. Waste Management, 33(10), 1969-1981. DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2012.12.006
- Loveridge, F. A., & Powrie, W. (2013). Pile heat exchangers: thermal behaviour and interactions. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Geotechnical Engineering, 166(2), 178-196. DOI: 10.1680/geng.11.00042
- Walker, J. C., Kamps, T. J., & Wood, R. J. K. (2013). The influence of start-stop velocity cycling on the friction and wear behaviour of a hyper-eutectic Al-Si automotive alloy. Wear, 306(1-2), 209-218. DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2012.11.007
- Briggs, K. M., Smethurst, J. A., Powrie, W., & O'Brien, A. S. (2013). Wet winter pore pressures in railway embankments. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Geotechnical Engineering, 166(GE5), 451-465. DOI: 10.1680/geng.11.00106
- Papanicolopulos, S-A., & Zervos, A. (2012). A method for creating a class of triangular C1 finite elements. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 89(11), 1437-1450. DOI: 10.1002/nme.3296
- Rajahram, S. S., Harvey, T. J., Walker, J. C., Wang, S. C., & Wood, R. J. K. (2012). Investigation of erosion-corrosion mechanisms of UNS S31603 using FIB and TEM. Tribology International, 46(1), 161-173. DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2011.05.012
- Priest, J. A., Powrie, W., Le Pen, L., Mac, P., & Burstow, M. (2012). The effect of enhanced curving forces on the behaviour of canted ballasted track. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 227(3), 229-244. DOI: 10.1177/0954409712458623
- Maurice, L., Barker, J. A., Atkinson, T. C., Williams, A. T., & Smart, P. L. (2011). A tracer methodology for identifying ambient flows in boreholes. Ground Water, 49(2), 227-238. DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2010.00708.x
- Coelho, B., Holscher, P., Priest, J., Powrie, W., & Barends, F. (2011). An assessment of transition zone performance. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 225(2), 129-139. DOI: 10.1177/09544097JRRT389
- Yunus, A., Smallman, D. J., Stringfellow, A., Beaven, R., & Powrie, W. (2011). Characterisation of the recalcitrant organic compounds in leachates formed during the anaerobic biodegradation of waste. Water Science & Technology, 64(2), 311-319. DOI: 10.2166/wst.2011.636
- Le Pen, L. M., & Powrie, W. (2011). Contribution of base, crib and shoulder ballast to the lateral sliding resistance of railway track: a geotechnical perspective. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 225(2), 113-128. DOI: 10.1177/0954409710397094
- Nixon, C., Sanderson, D. J., & Bull, J. (2011). Deformation within a strike-slip fault network at Westward Ho!, Devon U.K.: Domino vs conjugate faulting. Journal of Structural Geology, 33, 833-843. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2011.03.009
- White, J. K., Beaven, R. P., Powrie, W., & Knox, K. (2011). Leachate recirculation in a landfill: some insights obtained from the development of a simple 1-D model. Waste Management, 31(6), 1210-1221. DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2010.10.022
- Stringfellow, A., Powrie, W., Castano-Tejada, W., Whatmore, S., Gilbert, A., Manser, R., & Maslen, R. (2011). Mechanical heat treatment of municipal solid waste. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Waste and Resource Management, 164(3), 179-190. DOI: 10.1680/warm.2011.164.3.179
- Jolly, J. M., Beaven, R. P., & Barker, R. D. (2011). Resolution of electrical imaging of fluid movement in landfills. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Waste and Resource Management, 164(2), 79-96. DOI: 10.1680/warm.2011.164.2.79
- Stringfellow, A., Simoes, A., Smallman, D. J., Beaven, R. P., Powrie, W., & Potter, H. A. B. (2011). Sorption of Mecoprop by two clay landfill liner materials: Oxford clay and Mercia mudstone. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 44(3), 321-329. DOI: 10.1144/1470-9236/08-099
- Simoes, A., Stringfellow, A., Smallman, D. J., Beaven, R. P., Powrie, W., & Potter, H. (2011). Sorption of organic contaminants by Oxford Clay and Mercia Mudstone landfill liners. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 44(3), 345 -360. DOI: 10.1144/1470-9236/09-003
- Chang, N., Heymann, G., & Clayton, C. (2011). The effect of fabric on the behaviour of gold tailings. Géotechnique, 61(3), 187-197. DOI: 10.1680/geot.9.P.066
Staff
Related Projects
| Related Projects | Status | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Validation of a spatial-temporal soil water movement and plant water uptake model | Active | Other |
| Modelling the effects of material microstructure | Active | Other |
| Mechanics of landslides | Active | Other |
| Leachate recirculation and collection systems | Active | Other |
| How do we reduce the length of landfill aftercare? | Active | Other |
| Landfill hydraulics | Active | Other |
| Understanding landfill processes | Active | Other |
| Modelling Of Train Induced Vibration (MOTIV) | Active | Other |