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Research project

RRUK2

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
Contribution of base, crib and shoulder ballast to the lateral sliding resistance of railway track: a geotechnical perspective
L.M. Le Pen & W. Powrie, 2011, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 225(2), 113-128
DOI: 10.1177/0954409710397094
Type: article
The vibration discomfort of standing persons: The effect of body supports
2011, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 225(2), 228-235
DOI: 10.1177/09544097JRRT369
Type: article
An assessment of transition zone performance
B. Coelho, P. Holscher, J. Priest, W. Powrie & F. Barends, 2011, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 225(2), 129-139
DOI: 10.1177/09544097JRRT389
Type: article
Ground vibration from trains: experimental parameter characterization and validation of a numerical model
N. Triepaischajonsak, D.J. Thompson, C.J.C. Jones, J. Ryue & J.A. Priest, 2011, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 225(2), 140-153
DOI: 10.1177/09544097JRRT370
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