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GROUND ENERGY

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor William Powrie

Professor of Geotechnical Engineering

Research interests

  • Railway track and trackbed behaviour and performance.
  • Geotechnical transportation infrastructure (earthworks, retaining walls, tunnels).
  • Groundwater and groundwater control.
Other researchers

Dr Joel Smethurst BEng PhD GMICE FHEA

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • The effects of vegetation and climate on the performance of earthworks (cuttings and embankments)
  • The stabilisation of both infrastructure slopes and large landslides using discretely spaced piles
  • The mechanical stabilisation of soil by plants roots

Research outputs

Site investigation for energy geostructures
Fleur Loveridge,
Jasmine Low,
& William Powrie
, 2017 , Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology , 50 (2) , 158--168
DOI: 10.1144/qjegh2016-027
Type: article
Error analysis of the thermal cell for soil thermal conductivity measurement
Jasmine E. Low,
William Powrie,
& Fleur A. Loveridge
, 2017 , Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Geotechnical Engineering , 170 (3) , 191--200
DOI: 10.1680/jgeen.16.00137
Type: article
Thermal performance of thermoactive continuous flight auger piles
F.A. Loveridge,
& F Cecinato
, 2016 , Environmental Geotechnics , 3 (4) , 265--279
DOI: 10.1680/jenge.15.00023
Type: article
Influences on the thermal efficiency of energy piles
F. Cecinato,
& F.A. Loveridge
, 2015 , Energy , 82 , 1021--1033
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2015.02.001
Type: article
Building codes, green certification and implementation issues, market challenges
C.G. Olgun,
J S. McCartney,
F.A. Loveridge,
G.A. Bowers,
C.J. Coccia,
A. Bouazza,
K. Soga,
J.D. Spitler,
D. Nicholson,
& M. Sutman
, 2014 , DFI Journal: The Journal of the Deep Foundations Institute , 8 (2) , 84--92
DOI: 10.1179/1937525514Y.0000000011
Type: article
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