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Long-term performance of geotechnical transport infrastructure

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

Professor David Richards BEng MSt PhD CEng FICE

Professor in Ground Engineering

Research outputs

Challenges in monitoring and managing engineered slopes in a changing climate
P.N. Hughes,
R. Hen-Jones,
R.A. Stirling,
S. Glendinning,
D.A. Gunn,
J.E. Chambers,
T.A. Dijkstra,
J.A. Smethurst,
& K. Flesjo
, 2016
DOI: 10.1051/e3sconf/20160904009
Type: conference
Seepage and pore pressures around contiguous pile retaining walls
D.J. Richards,
C.A. Wiggan,
& W. Powrie
, 2016 , G{\'e}otechnique , 66 (7) , 523--532
DOI: 10.1680/jgeot.14.P.121
Type: article
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
DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/26/1/012005
Type: conference
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 , G{\'e}otechnique , 64 (7) , 526--539
DOI: 10.1680/geot.13.P.142
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. Butcher
, 2013 , Ecological Engineering , 61 (Part C) , 690--696
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.12.076
Type: article