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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

Assessing the applicability of thermal response testing to energy piles
F.A. Loveridge,
T. Brettmann,
C.G. Olgun,
& W. Powrie
, 2014
Type: conference
Measuring soil thermal properties for use in energy foundation design
J. Low,
F.A. Loveridge,
& W. Powrie
, 2013
Type: conference
Thermal response testing through the chalk aquifer
F. Loveridge,
G. Holmes,
W. Powrie,
& T. Roberts
, 2013 , Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Geotechnical Engineering , 166 (2) , 197--210
DOI: 10.1680/geng.12.00037
Type: article
Performance of piled foundations used as heat exchangers
F.A. Loveridge,
& W. Powrie
, 2013
Type: conference
Pile heat exchangers: thermal behaviour and interactions
F.A. Loveridge,
& W. Powrie
, 2013 , Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Geotechnical Engineering , 166 (2) , 178--196
DOI: 10.1680/geng.11.00042
Type: article
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