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Rail Systems Research (Project CI)

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

Emeritus Professor Mike Mcdonald

Research outputs

Dynamic stress analysis of a ballasted railway track bed during train passage
L.A. Yang,
W. Powrie,
& J.A. Priest
, 2009 , Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering , 135 (5) , 680--689
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000032
Type: article
Low frequency motions and motion sickness on a tilting train
B.E. Donohew,
& M.J. Griffin
, 2007 , Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit , 221 (1) , 125--133
DOI: 10.1243/09544097JRRT80
Type: article
A comparison of railway track foundation design methods
D. Bowness,
M.P.N. Burrow,
& G.S. Ghataora
, 2007 , Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit , 221 (1) , 1--12
DOI: 10.1243/09544097JRRT58
Type: article
Experimental and theoretical investigation of railway wheel squeal
S.S. Hsu,
Z. Huang,
S.D. Iwnicki,
D.J. Thompson,
C.J.C. Jones,
G. Xie,
& P.D. Allen
, 2007 , Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit , 221F (1) , 59--73
DOI: 10.1243/0954409JRRT85
Type: article
Stress changes in the ground below ballasted railway track during train passage
W. Powrie,
L.A Yang,
& C.R.I. Clayton
, 2007 , Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit , 221 (2) , 247--262
DOI: 10.1243/0954409JRRT95
Type: article
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