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Research project

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

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

Dr Richard Beaven

Principal Research Fellow
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Email: [email protected]

Research outputs

Settlement characteristics of mechanically biologically treated wastes
A.A. Siddiqui, W. Powrie & D.J. Richards, 2013, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 139(10), 1676-1689
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000918
Type: article
Investigating clogging failure mechanisms of leachate extraction wells in landfills
T. Rees-White, R.P. Beaven, W. Powrie & Darren Cole, 2013, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 50(11), 1179-1187
DOI: 10.1139/cgj-2012-0478
Type: article
Mechanisms of clogging in granular drainage systems permeated with low organic strength leachate
R. Nikolova-Kuscu, W. Powrie & D.J. Smallman, 2013, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 50(6), 632-649
DOI: 10.1139/cgj-2012-0146
Type: article
Behavior of an MBT waste in monotonic triaxial shear tests
A.R. Bhandari & W. Powrie, 2013, Waste Management, 33(4), 881-891
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2012.11.009
Type: article
Catchment source contributions to the sediment-bound organic matter degrading salmonid spawning gravels in a lowland river, southern England
A.L. Collins, L.J. Williams, Y.S. Zhang, M. Marius, J.A.J. Dungait, D.J. Smallman, E.R. Dixon, A. Stringfellow, D.A. Sear, J.I. Jones & P.S. Naden, 2013, Science of the Total Environment, 456-457, 181-195
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.03.093
Type: article