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Research project

Discrete piles

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
Connect with William

Email: W.Powrie@soton.ac.uk

Research outputs

Effective-stress analysis of berm-supported retaining walls
J. Smethurst & W. Powrie, 2008, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Geotechnical Engineering, 161(1), 39-48
DOI: 10.1680/geng.2008.161.1.39
Type: article
Monitoring and analysis of the bending behaviour of discrete piles used to stabilise a railway embankment
J.A. Smethurst & W. Powrie, 2007, Géotechnique, 57(8), 663-677
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2007.57.8.663
Type: article