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Research project

Mechanics and settlement of post landfill directive residual wastes

Staff

Lead researchers

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

Mr Geoff Watson

Senior Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Railway field instrumentation (MEMS, geophones, DIC, fibre optics)
  • Geotechnical field instrumentation (piezometers, earth pressure cells, shape arrays, extensometers)
  • Solid waste infrastructure modelling
Connect with Geoff

Email: g.watson@soton.ac.uk

Research outputs

Investigations into the landfill behaviour of pretreated wastes
A.A. Siddiqui, D.J. Richards & W. Powrie, 2012, Waste Management, 32(7), 1420-1426
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2012.03.016
Type: article
Physical modelling of in-ground waste repository capping systems
David J. Richards & William Powrie, 2011, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Waste and Resource Management, 164(1), 53-65
DOI: 10.1680/warm.2011.164.1.53
Type: article
A preliminary analysis of mechanically biologically treated waste: Biodegradation and settlement behaviour
A. Siddiqui, D. J. Richards & W. Powrie, 2009
Type: conference