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Research project

W Powrie 2015 - EPSRC: Track to the Future

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 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

Professor Simon Blainey PhD, FRGS, FHEA, MCIHT, CMILT

Professor of Sustainable Transport

Research interests

  • Rail demand and operations modelling
  • GIS and transport
  • Transport decision support systems

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.

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Research outputs

Edgar Ferro,
& Louis Le Pen
, 2020 , Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing , 142
Type: article
Xianying Zhang,
Hongseok Jeong,
David Herron,
Chris Jones,
& Nicolas Vincent
, 2020 , Journal of Sound and Vibration , 468
Type: article
Xianying Zhang,
Hongseok Jeong,
, 2019 , Applied Acoustics , 151 , 193--205
Type: article
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