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

Staff

Lead researchers

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
Connect with William

Email: W.Powrie@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor David Thompson MA PhD CEng FIMechE FIOA FHEA

Professor of Railway Noise and Vibration
Research interests
  • Low noise design in railways
  • Ground vibration and ground-borne noise
  • Aerodynamic noise from high-speed trains
Connect with David

Email: djt@isvr.soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

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