Research project

Rail Systems Research:(Prof MJ Griffin Theme Management)

Lead researchers:

Professor William Powrie
Other researchers:

Emeritus Professor Mike Mcdonald
Research funder:

EPSRC
Status:

Not active

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

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

Monitoring the dynamic displacements of railway track

D. Bowness, A.C. Lock, W. Powrie, J.A. Priest & D.J. Richards, 2007, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 221(1), 13-22

DOI: 10.1243/0954409JRRT51

Type: article