Research project

Long-term performance of geotechnical transport infrastructure

Lead researcher:

Professor William Powrie
Other researchers:

Professor David Richards
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

Professor David Richards BEng MSt PhD CEng FICE

Professor in Ground Engineering

Connect with David

Email: djr@soton.ac.uk

Research outputs

Wet winter pore pressures in railway embankments

K.M. Briggs, J.A. Smethurst, W. Powrie & A.S. O'Brien, 2013, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Geotechnical Engineering, 166(GE5), 451-465

DOI: 10.1680/geng.11.00106

Type: article

Factors controlling the seasonal variation in soil water content and pore water pressures within a lightly vegetated clay slope

J.A. Smethurst, D. Clarke & W. Powrie, 2012, Géotechnique, 62(5), 429-446

DOI: 10.1680/geot.10.p.097

Type: article

Effects of climate change on cycles of wetting and drying in engineered clay slopes in England

D. Clarke & J. Smethurst, 2010, Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 43(4), 473-486

DOI: 10.1144/1470-9236/08-106

Type: article