Springer Smart and Green Solutions for Civil Infrastructures Incorporating Geological and Geotechnical Aspects: Proceedings of the 6th GeoChina International ... 2021 (Sustainable Civil Infrastructures)

Advancement in design and construction to embrace the impact of rapid global urbanization growth in infrastructure development is inevitable. This proceedings volume includes many smart and green solutions for civil infrastructures, incorporating geotechnical and engineering geology aspects. The articles presented in this volume are attempts made by the researchers and practitioners to address many geotechnical challenges, based on the state-of-the-art practices, innovative technologies, new research results and case histories in construction and design towards safer and cost effective infrastructures. This volume covers a wide range of topics with direct relevance to people within the broad field of geomechanics, including consultants, contractors, academics, materials suppliers and the owners and operators of civil infrastructures. Many papers associated with numerical modeling of transport infrastructure, advanced soil and rock testing, field monitoring, tunnelling, expansive soils, geo-center motion, triaxial and dynamic testing, piles etc. are included. The content is based on the contributions to the 6th GeoChina International Conference on Civil & Transportation Infrastructures: From Engineering to Smart & Green Life Cycle Solutions -- Nanchang, China, 2021. From the Back Cover Advancement in design and construction to embrace the impact of rapid global urbanization growth in infrastructure development is inevitable. The proceedings include many smart and green solutions for civil infrastructures, incorporating geotechnical and engineering geology aspects. The articles presented in this volume are attempts made by the researchers and practitioners to address many geotechnical challenges, based on the state-of-the-art practices, innovative technologies, new research results and case histories in construction and design towards safer and cost effective infrastructures. This volume covers a wide range of topics with direct relevance to people within the broad field of geomechanics, including consultants, contractors, academics, materials suppliers and the owners and operators of civil infrastructures. Many papers associated with numerical modeling of transport infrastructure, advanced soil and rock testing, field monitoring, tunnelling, expansive soils, geo-center motion, triaxial and dynamic testing, piles etc. are included. The content is based on the contributions to the 6th GeoChina International Conference on Civil & Transportation Infrastructures: From Engineering to Smart & Green Life Cycle Solutions -- Nanchang, China, 2021. About the Author Dr Hadi Khabbaz is the Deputy Head of School for Research and an Associate Professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney (UTS). He received his PhD in Geotechnical Engineering from the University of New South Wales, Australia. He is a recognised researcher in the area of pavement geotechnics, railway geotechnics, recycled waste and unsaturated soil mechanics. His research focuses on the theoretical and numerical analysis of soft soils, granular particles and unsaturated porous media.He has an H-Index of 33 in Google Scholar (26 in Scopus). He has 3900+ citations and 200+ publications. Hadi was the Deputy Chair and Chair of Australian Geomechanics Society (Sydney) in 2015-19. His awards include the Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) Citation Award, four best paper awards, UTS Learning and Teaching and Research Students Supervision Awards. Professor Yang Xiaois Full Professor of the School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University. He received his Ph.D. degree on College of Civil and Transportation Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, China.He is a recognised researcher in the area ofrockfill dam, railway geotechnics, biotreatment geotechnics, recycled waste and granular flow mechanics. His research focuses on the testing and theoretical modelling of clay, sil