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Rail Systems Research:(Prof MJ Griffin Theme Management)

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

The effect of enhanced curving forces on the behaviour of canted ballasted track
J.A. Priest,
W. Powrie,
L. Le Pen,
P. Mac,
& M. Burstow
, 2012 , Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit , 227 (3) , 229--244
DOI: 10.1177/0954409712458623
Type: article
Measurements of transient ground movements below a ballasted railway line
J.A. Priest,
W. Powrie,
L.A. Yang,
P.J. Grabe,
& C.R.I. Clayton
, 2010 , G{\'e}otechnique , 60 (9) , 667--677
DOI: 10.1680/geot.7.00172
Type: article
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
A full-scale experimental and modelling study of ballast flight under high speed trains
A.D. Quinn,
M. Hayward,
C.J. Baker,
F. Schmid,
J.A. Priest,
& W. Powrie
, 2009 , Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit , 61--74
DOI: 10.1243/09544097JRRT294
Type: article
Determination of dynamic track modulus from measurement of track velocity during train passage
J. A. Priest,
& W. Powrie
, 2009 , Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering , 135 (11) , 1732--1740
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000130
Type: article
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