Exemplar Projects

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

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The growth, characterisation, extraction, and utilisation of high strength, crystalline nano fibres.