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IN2RAIL- H2020 - Pro.William Powrie (Civil) and Pro.David Thompson (ISVR)

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).

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Other researchers

Doctor Antonios Zervos

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • The mechanics of railway ballast and ballasted track.
  • The mechanics of catastrophic landslides.

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Professor David Thompson MA PhD CEng FIMechE FIOA FHEA

Professor in Railway Noise And Vibration

Research interests

  • Low noise design in railways
  • Ground vibration and ground-borne noise

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Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Dynamics Group

The group's research covers a range of topics including fundamental theoretical studies, the development of numerical tools and experimental measurement techniques.

Research outputs

The influence of sleeper material characteristics on railway track behaviour: concrete vs composite sleeper
Edgar Ferro,
John Harkness,
& Louis Le Pen
, 2020 , Transportation Geotechnics , 23
DOI: 10.1016/j.trgeo.2020.100348
Type: article
Wheel–rail impact loads and noise generated at railway crossings – Influence of vehicle speed and crossing dip angle
P.T. Torstensson,
G. Squicciarini,
M. Krüger,
B.A. Palsson,
J.C.O. Nielsen,
& D.J. Thompson
, 2019 , Journal of Sound and Vibration , 456 , 119--136
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsv.2019.04.034
Type: article
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