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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

Identifying best practice, installation, laboratory testing, and field testing
T. Amis,
J.S. McCartney,
F. Loveridge,
C.G. Olgun,
M.E. Bruce,
& K. Murphy
, 2014 , DFI Journal: The Journal of the Deep Foundations Institute , 8 (2) , 74--83
DOI: 10.1179/1937525514Y.0000000006
Type: article
New technologies and applications: materials and equipment in near surface geothermal systems
R. Katzenback,
C.G. Olgun,
F.A. Loveridge,
M. Sutman,
G.A. Bowers,
J.S. McCartney,
L. Laloui,
T. Mimoumi,
F. Dupray,
J.D. Spitler,
F. Clauss,
L.L. Meyer,
& G. Akrouch
, 2014 , DFI Journal: The Journal of the Deep Foundations Institute , 8 (2) , 93--107
DOI: 10.1179/1937525514Y.0000000012
Type: article
Design tools for thermoactive geotechnical systems
P. Bourne-Webb,
J.-M. Pereira,
G.A. Bowers,
T. Mimouni,
F.A. Loveridge,
S. Burlon,
C.G. Olgun,
J.S. McCartney,
& M. Sutman
, 2014 , DFI Journal: The Journal of the Deep Foundations Institute , 8 (2) , 121--129
DOI: 10.1179/1937525514Y.0000000013
Type: article
Environmental impact calculations, life cycle cost analysis
D. Nicholson,
P. Smith,
G.A. Bowers,
F. Cuceoglu,
C.G. Olgun,
J.S. McCartney,
K. Henry,
L.L. Meyers,
& F.A. Loveridge
, 2014 , DFI Journal: The Journal of the Deep Foundations Institute , 8 (2) , 130--146
DOI: 10.1179/1937525514Y.0000000009
Type: article
2D thermal resistance of pile heat exchangers
F.A. Loveridge,
& W. Powrie
, 2014 , Geothermics , 50 , 122--135
DOI: 10.1016/j.geothermics.2013.09.015
Type: article
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