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Research project

GROUND ENERGY

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

Design tools for thermoactive geotechnical systems
2014, DFI Journal: The Journal of the Deep Foundations Institute, 8(2), 121-129
DOI: 10.1179/1937525514Y.0000000013
Type: article
Environmental impact calculations, life cycle cost analysis
2014, DFI Journal: The Journal of the Deep Foundations Institute, 8(2), 130-146
DOI: 10.1179/1937525514Y.0000000009
Type: article
Identifying best practice, installation, laboratory testing, and field testing
2014, DFI Journal: The Journal of the Deep Foundations Institute, 8(2), 74-83
DOI: 10.1179/1937525514Y.0000000006
Type: article
New technologies and applications: materials and equipment in near surface geothermal systems
2014, DFI Journal: The Journal of the Deep Foundations Institute, 8(2), 93-107
DOI: 10.1179/1937525514Y.0000000012
Type: article
A comparison of laboratory and in situ methods to determine soil thermal conductivity for energy foundations and other ground heat exchanger applications
J. Low, F. Loveridge & W. Powrie, 2014, Acta Geotechnica, 10(2), 209-218
DOI: 10.1007/s11440-014-0333-0
Type: article