Publications

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1. Merry, M. (2015). “Characterisation of reinforced granular transitions on freight railways for static and dynamic effects”, XVI ECSMGE 2015, September 2015, Scotland, UK.
2. Barea, P., Muir, J. and Merry, M. (2015). “Rail Formation by Controlled Blasting – A Balance between Effective Blasting and Safe Practice”, 12th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics, February 2015, Auckland, New Zealand.
3. Merry, M. (2015). “Significance of Reinforced Granular Transitions for Heavy Freight Rail Applications”, 12th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics, February 2015, Auckland, New Zealand.
4. Merry, M. and Pan, J. (2012) “Quality Control and Performance Monitoring of Ground Improvement Using Continuous Flight Auger (CFA) Columns".  11th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics, July 2012, Melbourne, Australia.
5. Marwick, J., Chung, M., Merry, M. and Wanis, P. (2012). “Successful Application of Mixed Abutment Construction of a Freight Rail Foundation on Granular Soil”, 2012 AGS Symposium, October 2012, Sydney, Australia.
6. Merry, M. and Power, G. (2011). “Constructing a Rail Overpass on Poor Foundations in an Operating Electrified Rail Environment”. International Symposium on Railway Geotechnical Engineering, May 2011, Paris, France.
7. Pan, J., Merry, M., Faulkner, A. and Li, T. (2011). “Design and Performance of Ground Improvement using Continuous Flight Auger Columns for Railway Embankment”. 14th Pan-American Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering and 64th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, October 2011, Toronto, Canada.
8. Merry, M., Byrne, N. and Mckenzie, P. (2011). “Checking Pile Concrete and Foundation Quality Above and Beyond: Is It Good Practice or Opening Pandora’s Box?”.  International Conference on Advances in Geotechnical Engineering, November 2011, Perth, Australia.
9. Ballantyne, S. H. and Merry, M. (2001).  "Innovative Adaption of Insitu Testing Techniques in the Mahakam River Delta, East Kalimantan".  International Conference on Insitu Measurement of Soil Properties, Bali, Indonesia.
10. Nolan, D. K., Ballantyne, S. H. and Merry, M. (2003).  “Low Wall Instabilities in Coal Mines in Indonesia from a Geotechnical Perspective”.  One-Day Seminar on Slope Stability in Indonesian Mining III, Bandung, Indonesia.