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Research project

Rail Systems Research:(Prof MJ Griffin Theme Management)

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

Emeritus Professor Mike Mcdonald

Connect with Mike

Email: M.Mcdonald@soton.ac.uk

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, Géotechnique, 60(9), 667-677
DOI: 10.1680/geot.7.00172
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
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
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