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Research project

Mechanics and settlement of post landfill directive residual wastes

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.

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Other researchers

Mr Geoff Watson

Senior Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Railway field instrumentation (MEMS, geophones, DIC, fibre optics)
  • Geotechnical field instrumentation (piezometers, earth pressure cells, shape arrays, extensometers)
  • Solid waste infrastructure modelling

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Research outputs

Investigating the effect of compression on solute transport through degrading municipal solid waste
N. Woodman,
T. Rees-White,
A. Stringfellow,
R.P. Beaven,
& A.P. Hudson
, 2014 , Waste Management , 34 (11) , 2196--2208
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2014.06.022
Type: article
Behavior of an MBT waste in monotonic triaxial shear tests
A.R. Bhandari,
& W. Powrie
, 2013 , Waste Management , 33 (4) , 881--891
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2012.11.009
Type: article
Settlement characteristics of mechanically biologically treated wastes
A.A. Siddiqui,
W. Powrie,
& D.J. Richards
, 2013 , Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering , 139 (10) , 1676--1689
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000918
Type: article
Quantifying the effect of settlement and gas on solute flow and transport through treated municipal solid waste
N.D. Woodman,
A.A. Siddiqui,
W. Powrie,
A. Stringfellow,
R.P. Beaven,
& D.J. Richards
, 2013 , Journal of Contaminant Hydrology , 153 , 106--121
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2013.04.007
Type: article
Biodegradation and flushing of MBT wastes
A.A. Siddiqui,
D.J. Richards,
& W. Powrie
, 2013 , Waste Management , 33 (11) , 2257--2266
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2013.07.024
Type: article
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