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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

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
Recent research on railway track sub-base behaviour
W. Powrie, J.A. Priest & C.R.I. Clayton, 2008
Type: conference
Performance of canted ballasted track during curving of high speed trains
J. A. Priest, W. Powrie, L. Le Pen, P. Mak & M. Burstow, 2008
Type: conference