View all research projects
Research project

Long-term performance of geotechnical transport infrastructure

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 Richards BEng MSt PhD CEng FICE

Professor in Ground Engineering
Connect with David

Email: djr@soton.ac.uk

Research outputs

Research-informed design, management and maintenance of infrastructure slopes: development of a multi-scalar approach
S. Glendinning, P.R. Helm, M. Rouainia, R.A. Stirling, J.D. Asquith, P.N. Hughes, D.G. Toll, D. Clarke, W. Powrie, J.A. Smethurst, D. Hughes, R. Harley, R. Karim, N. Dixon, C. Crosby, J. Chambers, T. Dijkstra, D. Gunn, K. Briggs & D. Muddle, 2015, IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 26
DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/26/1/012005
Type: article
Validation of a spatial-temporal soil water movement and plant water uptake model
J. Heppell, S. Payvandi, K.C. Zygalakis, J.A. Smethurst, J. Fliege & T. Roose, 2014, Géotechnique, 64(7), 526-539
DOI: 10.1680/geot.13.P.142
Type: article
Wet winter pore pressures in railway embankments
Kevin M. Briggs, Joel A. Smethurst, William Powrie & Anthony S. O'Brien, 2013, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Geotechnical Engineering, 166(5), 451-465
DOI: 10.1680/geng.11.00106
Type: article
Managing the extent of tree removal from railway earthwork slopes
K.M. Briggs, J.A. Smethurst, W. Powrie, A.S. O'Brien & D.J.E. Butcher, 2013, Ecological Engineering, 61(Part C), 690-696
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.12.076
Type: article
Factors controlling the seasonal variation in soil water content and pore water pressures within a lightly vegetated clay slope
J.A. Smethurst, D. Clarke & W. Powrie, 2012, Géotechnique, 62(5), 429-446
DOI: 10.1680/geot.10.p.097
Type: article
Effects of climate change on cycles of wetting and drying in engineered clay slopes in England
D. Clarke & J. Smethurst, 2010, Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 43(4), 473-486
DOI: 10.1144/1470-9236/08-106
Type: article