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Research project

Mechanics and settlement of post landfill directive residual wastes

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

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
Connect with Geoff

Email: g.watson@soton.ac.uk

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
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
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
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
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