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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

Thermal response testing through the chalk aquifer
F. Loveridge, G. Holmes, W. Powrie & T. Roberts, 2013, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Geotechnical Engineering, 166(2), 197-210
DOI: 10.1680/geng.12.00037
Type: article
Energy pile performance and preventing ground freezing
F.A. Loveridge, A. Amis & W. Powrie, 2012
Type: conference