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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

A comparison of laboratory and in situ methods to determine soil thermal conductivity for energy foundations and other ground heat exchanger applications
J. Low,
F. Loveridge,
& W. Powrie
, 2014 , Acta Geotechnica , 10 (2) , 209--218
DOI: 10.1007/s11440-014-0333-0
Type: article
Thermal conductivity of soils by the needle probe method, for energy foundation applications
J. Low,
F.A. Loveridge,
& W. Powrie
, 2014
Type: conference
Comparison of two different models for pile thermal response test interpretation
F.A. Loveridge,
W. Powrie,
& D. Nicholson
, 2014 , Acta Geotechnica , 9 (3) , 367--384
DOI: 10.1007/s11440-014-0306-3
Type: article
G-Functions for multiple interacting pile heat exchangers
F.A. Loveridge,
& W. Powrie
, 2014 , Energy , 64 , 747--757
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2013.11.014
Type: article
The thermal behaviour of three different auger pressure grouted piles used as heat exchangers
F. Loveridge,
C.G. Olgun,
T. Brettmann,
& W. Powrie
, 2014 , Geotechnical and Geological Engineering , 33 (2) , 273--289
DOI: 10.1007/s10706-014-9757-4
Type: article
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