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D-Index
51
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8737
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3918
National Ranking
261

William Powrie publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where William Powrie sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 348 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

William Powrie D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where William Powrie sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK)

Overview

William Powrie is affiliated with the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom. Their primary field of study is Engineering, with a focus spanning several subfields including Civil and Structural Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, Building and Construction, and General Engineering.

The main topics of research undertaken by William Powrie include:

  • Railway Engineering and Dynamics
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization
  • Civil and Geotechnical Engineering Research
  • Tree Root and Stability Studies
  • Soil and Unsaturated Flow

William Powrie has contributed to a number of recent research papers, covering various aspects of geotechnical and railway engineering. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Modelling railway ballasted track settlement in vehicle-track interaction analysis," 2020, Transportation Geotechnics
  • "Effectiveness of a buttress wall in reducing retaining wall movement during dewatering before bulk excavation," 2021, Acta Geotechnica
  • "Ground Behavior due to Dewatering Inside a Foundation Pit Considering the Barrier Effect of Preexisting Building Piles on Aquifer Flow," 2024, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
  • "Mathematical and computational modelling of vegetated soil incorporating hydraulically-driven finite strain deformation," 2020, Computers and Geotechnics
  • "Influence of ballast shoulder width and track superelevation on the lateral resistance of a monoblock sleeper using discrete element method," 2023, Transportation Geotechnics

The frequent co-authors who have collaborated with William Powrie include:

  • Louis Le Pen
  • Joel Smethurst
  • David Milne
  • Geoff Watson
  • John Harkness

William Powrie's publications are regularly featured in the following venues:

  • Transportation Geotechnics
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology
  • Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
  • Energy Reports

In addition to journal articles, William Powrie has authored a book published by Emerald Publishing Limited titled Sustainable Railway Engineering and Operations in 2022.

William Powrie was awarded the status of Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK) in 2009.

Best Publications

  • Soil Mechanics: Concepts and Applications

    William Powrie

  • Stress changes in the ground below ballasted railway track during train passage

    W Powrie;L A Yang;C R I Clayton

  • Hydraulic properties of household waste and implications for landfills

    W. Powrie;R. P. Beaven

  • Dynamic Stress Analysis of a Ballasted Railway Track Bed during Train Passage

    L. A. Yang;W. Powrie;J. A. Priest

  • Embedded Retaining Walls - Guidance for Economic Design

    A.R. Gaba;B. Simpson;D.R. Beadman;W. Powrie

  • Contribution of base, crib and shoulder ballast to the lateral sliding resistance of railway track: a geotechnical perspective

    L M Le Pen;W Powrie

  • An assessment of transition zone performance

    B Coelho;P Holscher;J A Priest;W Powrie

  • Seasonal changes in pore water pressure in a grass covered cut slope in London clay

    J. A. Smethurst;D. Clarke;W. Powrie

  • Monitoring the dynamic displacements of railway track

    D Bowness;A C Lock;W Powrie;J A Priest

  • BEHAVIOUR OF DIAPHRAGM WALLS IN CLAY PRIOR TO COLLAPSE

    M. D. Bolton;W. Powrie

  • Temperature response functions (G-functions) for single pile heat exchangers

    Fleur Loveridge;William Powrie

  • Dependence of shape on particle size for a crushed rock railway ballast

    Louis Le Pen;William Powrie;Antonis Zervos;Sharif Ahmed

  • Factors controlling the seasonal variation in soil water content and pore water pressures within a lightly vegetated clay slope

    J.A. Smethurst;D. Clarke;W. Powrie

  • Monitoring and analysis of the bending behaviour of discrete piles used to stabilise a railway embankment

    J. A. Smethurst;W. Powrie

  • Numerical modelling of plane strain tests on sands using a particulate approach

    W. Powrie;Q. Ni;R. M. Harkness;X. Zhang

  • 2D thermal resistance of pile heat exchangers

    Fleur Loveridge;William Powrie

  • Ground energy systems: from analysis to geotechnical design

    Martin Preene;William Powrie

  • Determination of Dynamic Track Modulus from Measurement of Track Velocity during Train Passage

    J. A. Priest;W. Powrie

  • Three-dimensional finite-element analysis of diaphragm wall installation

    S. M. Gourvenec;W. Powrie

  • The collapse of diaphragm walls retaining clay

    M. D. Bolton;W. Powrie

Frequent Co-Authors

C.R.I. Clayton
C.R.I. Clayton University of Southampton
David Thompson
David Thompson University of Southampton
Neil Dixon
Neil Dixon Loughborough University
Chris Baker
Chris Baker University of Birmingham
Robert J. Nicholls
Robert J. Nicholls University of East Anglia
Jim W. Hall
Jim W. Hall University of Oxford
Malcolm D. Bolton
Malcolm D. Bolton University of Cambridge
Peter M. Atkinson
Peter M. Atkinson Lancaster University
Susan Gourvenec
Susan Gourvenec University of Southampton
A. G. Bengough
A. G. Bengough University of Dundee

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