UCD School of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering
Scoil na hlnnealtóireachta Comhshaoil, Struchtúr agus Sibhialta UCD
Rail Transport
Geophysical Assessment of Railway Infrastructure
Geophysical techniques have the advantage of penetrating the surface, non-invasively and non-destructively and observing the internal structure and mechanical properties within infrastructure systems . Researchers at UCD are researching and developing a number of these methods such as the Multichannel Analysis of Surface Waves (MASW), 2D-R esistivity and Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) techniques, for assessing the stability of railway embankments and the condition of track beds.
Fig. MASW 2D embankment stiffness mapping
Clients: Irish Rail, Apex Geoservices
