Pavement and Rail Track Engineering
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Nottingham
Department Name: Sch of Civil Engineering
Abstract
This grant will allow the Nottingham Transportation Engineering Centre (NTEC), formerly known as the Nottingham Centre for Pavement Engineering (NCPE), to continue to undertake a wide range of research-led initiatives in pavement and rail track engineering. These are critical infrastructure areas for the UK economy and quality of life and represent a combined asset value of some 620 billion with an annual expenditure in the region of 6 billion.In this proposal, particular emphasis is placed on the development of Highway Asset Management as a research theme and the continued development of Physicochemical Interactions and Sustainable Construction through multidisciplinary research links with areas such as Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Structural Mechanics, Materials Science and Economics to exploit research at the boundaries between these disciplines and pavement and rail track engineering.
Publications
Moghaddas Tafreshi S
(2012)
A comparison of static and cyclic loading responses of foundations on geocell-reinforced sand
in Geotextiles and Geomembranes
Byrne M
(2013)
A generalised approach to outlier identification in pavement condition data
in International Journal of Pavement Engineering
Buttress A
(2014)
Accelerated swell testing of artificial sulfate bearing lime stabilised cohesive soils
in Materials and Structures
Matt Byrne (Co-Author)
(2010)
An investigation into a generalized framework for pavement data asset management
Apeagyei A
(2014)
Application of Fickian and non-Fickian diffusion models to study moisture diffusion in asphalt mastics
in Materials and Structures
Tafreshi S
(2010)
Behaviour of footings on reinforced sand subjected to repeated loading - Comparing use of 3D and planar geotextile
in Geotextiles and Geomembranes
Tafreshi S
(2012)
Buried Pipes in Rubber-Soil Backfilled Trenches under Cyclic Loading
in Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Tony Parry (Co-Author)
(2011)
Collecting Transport Information using smartphone apps
Tavakoli Mehrjardi G
(2012)
Combined use of geocell reinforcement and rubber-soil mixtures to improve performance of buried pipes
in Geotextiles and Geomembranes
Tafreshi S
(2010)
Comparison of bearing capacity of a strip footing on sand with geocell and with planar forms of geotextile reinforcement
in Geotextiles and Geomembranes
| Description | Knowledge Transfer Partnership KTP008700 |
| Amount | £91,508 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2011 |
| End | 07/2013 |
| Description | PhD Exchange Agreement - VT |
| Organisation | Virginia Tech |
| Department | Transportation Institution |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The agreement covers the exchange of PhD students between NTEC and VTTI. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The agreement covers the exchange of PhD students between NTEC and VTTI. |
| Impact | The PhD students involved in these exchanges, develop networks and links with VTTI which are beneficial both to their work and their personal development. |
| Start Year | 2011 |