Research project

Sciences and strategies for the long term management and remediation of landfills

Lead researchers:

Professor William Powrie
Other researchers:

Dr Richard Beaven
Research funder:

EPSRC
Status:

Not active

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

Dr Richard Beaven

Principal Research Fellow

Connect with Richard

Email: R.P.Beaven@soton.ac.uk

Research outputs

Intrinsic and relative permeabilities of shredded municipal solid wastes from the Qizishan landfill, China

X.B. Xu, T.L.T. Zhan, Y.M. Chen & R.P. Beaven, 2014, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 51(11), 1243-1252

DOI: 10.1139/cgj-2013-0306

Type: article

A multi-component two-phase flow algorithm for use in landfill processes modelling

J.K. White, D. Nayagum & R.P. Beaven, 2014, Waste Management, 34(9), 1644-1656

DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2014.05.005

Type: article

Biodegradation and flushing of MBT wastes

A.A. Siddiqui, D.J. Richards & W. Powrie, 2013, Waste Management, 33(11), 2257-2266

DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2013.07.024

Type: article

Enhanced biodegradation at the Landgraaf bioreactor test-cell

H. Oonk, A. van Zomeren, T.C. Rees-White, R.P. Beaven, N. Hoekstra, L. Luning, M. Hannen, H. Hermkes & H. Woelders, 2013, Waste Management, 33(10), 2048-2060

DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2013.03.003

Type: article

Quantifying the effect of settlement and gas on solute flow and transport through treated municipal solid waste

N.D. Woodman, A.A. Siddiqui, W. Powrie, A. Stringfellow, R.P. Beaven & D.J. Richards, 2013, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 153, 106-121

DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2013.04.007

Type: article