Railway Infrastructure
New detection strategies for mineshafts beneath railways
Rail trackbed – integrity & stiffness
Void detection
Solutions for real problems: enhanced track stability and innovation in visualisation.
Urban Water
Flood management; model and data enhancement to better model real world behaviour.
Channel Processes
Experimental facilities used for sediment transport studies
Flow turbulence affects sediment transport
Underestimation of river dynamics can lead to erroneous planning & design decisions
Modified threshold diagram for prediction of incipient motion of sediment
Sediment transport; predicting river stability in a changing climate.
Structural Design (Dynamic Loading)
Design of infrastructure elements under extreme dynamic load conditions.
High Performance Structural Timber
The growth, characterisation, extraction, and utilisation of high strength, crystalline nano fibres.