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Geomechanics and Railway Engineering
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- Research Facilities
- Current PhD Students
- Past PhD Students
- Contact
Geomechanics and Railway Engineering Staff
- Professor Buddhima Indraratna
- Dr Samanthika Liyanapathirana
- Dr Cholachat Rujikiatkamjorn
- Professor Robin Chowdhury
- Dr Phil Flentje
- Dr Jayan Sylaja Vinod
- Dr Lijun Su
- Dr Sanjay Nimbalkar
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 |
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For more information please contact: Prof. Buddhima Indraratna |
Last reviewed: 11 December, 2008