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Research project

Railway Track for the 21st Century

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

Professor John Preston

Professor in Rail Transport

Research interests

  • Demand, capacity and cost modelling for sustainable transport infrastructure.
  • The design, monitoring and evaluation of transport interventions designed to promote sustainable choices.
  • The determination of pathways for future mobility transitions to net zero carbon.

Professor David Thompson MA PhD CEng FIMechE FIOA FHEA

Professor

Research interests

  • Low noise design in railways
  • Ground vibration and ground-borne noise
  • Aerodynamic noise from high-speed trains

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Research outputs

Xianying Zhang,
Hongseok Jeong,
, 2017 , Journal of Sound and Vibration , 399 , 137--150
Type: article
Anna Mamou,
Jeffrey Priest,
& Christopher Clayton
, 2017 , G{\'e}otechnique
Type: article
Xianying Zhang,
, 2017 , Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Multidisciplinary Design
Type: article
Xianying Zhang,
, 2016 , Journal of Sound and Vibration , 362 , 111--124
Type: article
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