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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

Dynamics Group

The group's research covers a range of topics including fundamental theoretical studies, the development of numerical tools and experimental measurement techniques.

Transportation Group

Our research focuses on the interactions between behaviour, infrastructure and operations and how they translate into transport policy and practice.

Research outputs

Noise reduction for ballasted track: a comparative socio-economic assessment
John Armstrong,
Alejandro Ortega,
Simon Blainey,
John Preston,
David Thompson,
Giacomo Squicciarini,
& Evangelos Ntotsios
, 2019 , International Journal of Transport Development and Integration , 3 (1) , 15--29
DOI: 10.2495/tdi-v3-n1-15-29
Type: article
A model of a discretely supported railway track based on a 2.5D finite element approach
Xianying Zhang,
David Thompson,
Qi Li,
Dimitrios Kostovasilis,
Martin Toward,
Giacomo Squicciarini,
& Jungsoo Ryue
, 2019 , Journal of Sound and Vibration , 438 , 153--174
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsv.2018.09.026
Type: article
The design of railway overhead line equipment (OLE) mast foundations
William Powrie,
David J. Richards,
& Vaneshen K.S. Mootoosamy
, 2019 , Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Geotechnical Engineering , 1--55
DOI: 10.1680/jgeen.18.00242
Type: article
Installation of under sleeper pads on ballasted railway track
Alejandro Ortega Hortelano,
Simon Blainey,
& Jonathan Preston
, 2018 , Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit , 232 (6) , 1800--1813
DOI: 10.1177/0954409717748811
Type: article
The behaviour of under-sleeper pads at switches and crossings (S&C) - field measurements
Louis Le Pen,
Geoffrey Watson,
Andrew Hudson,
& William Powrie
, 2018 , Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit , 232 (4) , 1049--1063
DOI: 10.1177/0954409717707400
Type: article
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