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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

A comparison of railway track foundation design methods
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
Low frequency motions and motion sickness on a tilting train
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