Research project

GROUND ENERGY

Lead researcher:

Professor William Powrie
Other researchers:

Dr Joel Smethurst
Research funder:

EPSRC
Status:

Not active

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

Other researchers

Dr Joel Smethurst BEng PhD GMICE FHEA

Associate Professor

Research interests

The effects of vegetation and climate on the performance of earthworks (cuttings and embankments)
The stabilisation of both infrastructure slopes and large landslides using discretely spaced piles
The mechanical stabilisation of soil by plants roots

Connect with Joel

Email: J.A.SMETHURST@soton.ac.uk

Research outputs

Error analysis of the thermal cell for soil thermal conductivity measurement

Jasmine E. Low, William Powrie & Fleur A. Loveridge, 2017, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Geotechnical Engineering, 170(3), 191-200

DOI: 10.1680/jgeen.16.00137

Type: article

Site investigation for energy geostructures

Fleur Loveridge, Jasmine Low & William Powrie, 2017, Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 50(2), 158-168

DOI: 10.1144/qjegh2016-027

Type: article

Thermal performance of thermoactive continuous flight auger piles

2016, Environmental Geotechnics, 3(4), 265-279

DOI: 10.1680/jenge.15.00023

Type: article

Influences on the thermal efficiency of energy piles

2015, Energy, 82, 1021-1033