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Geomechanics and Railway Engineering

Geomechanics and Railway Engineering Staff

Externally Funded Projects

(Geomechanics and Railway Engineering)

Year	Project	Investigator	Grant Body	Grant Scheme	Funding
2009-2011	Geotechnical characterisation of compacted ground based on passive ambient noise techniques.	Leo, Indraratna, Zou, Rujikiatkamjorn, Golaszewski, McWilliam, Wong, Bergado	ARC	Linkage	$300
2008-2010	Advancement of Vacuum Pressure Application via Prefabricated Vertical Drains for Stabilising Soft Ground.	Indraratna, Rujikiatkamjorn, Buys, Wijeyakulasuriya, Kelly, McIntosh, Leroueil, Chu.	ARC	Linkage	$550k
2006-2009	Stabilisation of erodible and dispersive soils with natural wood processing by-products.	Indraratna, Ismail, Armstrong, Wijeyakulasuriya	ARC	Linkage	$320k
2006-2008	Assessment and Prediction of Particle Breakage under Cyclic Loading.	Indraratna and Darve	ARC	Discovery	$180k
2008-2010	Integrated Ballast-Formation-Track Design and Analysis including the Implications of Ballast Fouling and High Impact Loads.	Indraratna, Rujikiatkamjorn, Khabbaz, Christie.	Rail-CRC		$759k
2008-2010	Development and validation of non-destructive ballast and formation condition assessment.	Indraratna, Rujikiatkamjorn, Khabbaz, Christie.	Rail-CRC		$300k
2004-2009	Landslide monitoring and risk management	Flenje	Wollongong Council and Rail- Corp		$700k
2008	Real time landlslide monitoring	Flenje	Mineral Resource Tasmania		$45k

Research Topics

Available for postgraduate, undergraduate, summer vacation and practicum students

(Geomechanics and Railway Engineering)

Evaluation of the geotechnical properties of chemically treated soils
Numerical simulation on the post-liquefaction behaviour of granular materials using DEM
Dynamic response of the sleeper-ballast system
Soil-Structure Interaction Analysis applied to Road and Rail Embankments in Soft Clays
Cyclic Shear Behaviour of Rock Joints and applications in underground tunneling and mining
Measurement of crack enlargement in dams using Internal Erosion Apparatus
Flow through Granular Dam Filters and Modeling of Particle Migration
Soft Clay Improvement with Geosynthetic Vertical Drains and vacuum pressure application
Modelling and analysis of viscous creep behaviour of very soft clays
Effect of train speeds and impact loads on cyclic densification and breakage of ballast
Non-destructive testing and monitoring of rail track deformations
Behaviour of Jointed Rock Structures and Composite Discontinuous Ground
Clogging of Permeable Reactive Barriers in Acidic Soil Terrains
Soil-Structure Interaction Analysis applied to Road embankments and Rail Tracks
Micro-mechanics of granular assemblies and implications on civil infrastructure

Research Facilities

(Geomechanics and Railway Engineering)

Current PhD students

Name	Project
Dominic Laricar Trani	Application Of Constriction Size Based Filtration Criteria For Railway Subballast Under Cyclic Conditions
David Oliveira	Shear Stress - displacement and pure water pressure behaviour of idealised infilled rock joints
Pramod Thakur	Cyclic Densification of Ballast and Associated Deformation and Degradation.
Ali Ghandeharioon	Effect of Mandreal Penetration on the Development of Smear Zone and the Associated Pore Pressure and Deformation of the surrounding soil
Kourosh Kianfar	Effect of Vacuum Preloading via PVD on Secondary Consolidation of Clays
Gyanendra Regmi	Chemical Clogging is Permeable Reactive Barrier for Remediating Acidic Groundwater
Mohd Yusof	Effect of Unsaturated Vertical Drain Interfaces on Pore Pressure Dissipation
Jing Ni	Application of Geosynthetic In Stabilising Railways
Faizah Kamarudin	Improvement of soft soil with circular geosynthetic drains infilled with fine aggregate
Karpagam Muthu	Cyclic Behaviour of Granular Media and Implications on Rail Track Design.
Vo Trong Nguyen	Flow Through Filters and Drains in Hydropower Dams
Md. Al Mahamud	Stabilisation of Soft Clay with Non Toxic Waste Products
Nayoma Tennakoon	Development of Constitutive Model for Fouled Ballast under Cyclic Loading
Mousumi Mukherjee	Effect of impact and cyclic load on ballast degradation

Past PhD Students

Name	Project
F. Vafai (1996)	Experimental & Analytical Modelling of Granular Dam Filters
I. Redana (1998)	Analysis of Prefabricated Vertical Drains in Soft Ground
A. Haque (1999)	Constant Normal Stiffness Behaviour of Rock Joints
P. Ranjith (2000)	Coupled Water-Air flow through rock joints
B. Blunden (2000)	Acid Sulphate Soils Remediation by Groundwater Table Management
M. Locke (2001)	Behaviour and Design of Granular Dam Filters
A. Dey (2001)	Shear Behaviour of Grouted Bolts under Constant Normal Stiffness
J. Nemcik (2003)	Floor Failure Mechanisms in underground mines
W.Glamore (2003)	Acid Sulphate Soils Remediation by Tidal Buffering
C. Bamunawita (2003)	Behaviour of Vertical Drains with Vacuum Preloading in Soft Clays
W. Salim (2004)	Dynamic Modelling of Recycled Railway Ballast Stabilised with Geosynthetics
S. Welideniya (2004)	Constant Normal Stiffness Shear Behaviour of Clay-Infilled Joints
J. Price (2005)	Two-phase Flows in Jointed Rock
D. Ionescu (2005)	Engineering Behaviour of Railway Ballast
I. Sathananthan (2005)	Modelling of Smear Effects with Cavity Expansion Theory for Mandrel Driven Vertical Drains
R. Walker (2005)	Application of Vacuum Pressure through Unsaturated Vertical Drains in Soft Clay
J. Lackenby (2005)	Effect of Confining Pressure on Cyclic Behaviour and Degradation of Railway Ballast
R. Cholachat (2005)	Modelling of Radial Drainage with Vacuum Pressure in Geosynthetics Drains
M. Jayanathan (2006)	Shear behaviour of Clay-infilled Rock Joints under Triaxial Shearing
A. Raut (2006)	Filtration Modelling in Granular Soils
B. Fatahi (2006)	Modelling of influence of matric suction induced by native vegetation on sub-soil improvement

Contact

(Geomechanics and Railway Engineering)

Who To Contact

For more information please contact:

Prof. Buddhima Indraratna
Professor of Civil Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
Tel: (02) 4221 3046;
Fax: (02) 4221 3238 e-mail: indra@uow.edu.au

Last reviewed: 25 November, 2008

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