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Research project

Railway Track for the 21st Century

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: [email protected]

Other researchers

Professor John Preston

Professor in Rail Transport

Research interests

  • Demand, capacity and cost modelling for sustainable transport infrastructure.
  • The design, monitoring and evaluation of transport interventions designed to promote sustainable choices.
  • The determination of pathways for future mobility transitions to net zero carbon.
Connect with John

Email: [email protected]

Professor David Thompson MA PhD CEng FIMechE FIOA FHEA

Professor of Railway Noise and Vibration

Research interests

  • Low noise design in railways
  • Ground vibration and ground-borne noise
  • Aerodynamic noise from high-speed trains
Connect with David

Email: [email protected]

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Dynamics Group

The group's research covers a range of topics including fundamental theoretical studies, the development of numerical tools and experimental measurement techniques.

Research outputs

Sound radiation from railway sleepers
Xianying Zhang, David Thompson & Giacomo Squicciarini, 2016, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 369, 178-194
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsv.2016.01.018
Type: article
Numerical modelling of railway ballast at the particle scale
S. Ahmed, J. Harkness, L. Le Pen, W. Powrie & A. Zervos, 2016, International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 40(5), 713-737
DOI: 10.1002/nag.2424
Type: article
Modelling scheme for railway vehicle/track/ground dynamic interaction in the time domain
Jou-Yi Shih, David Thompson & Antonis Zervos, 2016
Type: conference
The effect of particle elongation on the strength of granular materials
Matthew Potticary, Antonios Zervos & John Harkness, 2016
Type: conference
Sound radiation of a railway rail in close proximity to the ground
Xianying Zhang, Giacomo Squicciarini & David Thompson, 2016, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 362, 111-124
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsv.2015.10.006
Type: article