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Advances in Urban Geotechnical Engineering

Proceedings of the 6th GeoChina International Conference on Civil & Transportation Infrastructures: From Engineering to Smart & Green Life Cycle Solutions -- Nanchang, China, 2021

  • Presents the advancements on new technologies and materials as solutions for the challenges in the geotechnical engineering
  • Sheds the lights on new findings obtained from laboratory tests, field application and numerical simulation, which can strongly promote the understandings on the soils earth behaviors
  • Presents the advancements on the numerical simulation method in the geotechnical engineering

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Table of contents (8 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Used Paper Fibers for Sustainably Enhancing the MICP Stabilization of Sand

    • Meiqi Chen, Sivakumar Gowthaman, Kazunori Nakashima, Shin Komatsu, Satoru Kawasaki
    Pages 52-64
  3. A Field Study on the Utilization of Recycled Concrete Aggregate in Drainage Systems

    • Jinwoo An, Adam Lane Perez, Boo Hyun Nam, Byoung Hooi Cho
    Pages 65-89
  4. Numerical Modeling of Grout Injection for Hybrid Bored Prestressed Concrete Cased Piles

    • Hesong Hu, Sudheer Prabhu, Xiaobin Chen, Tong Qiu
    Pages 100-112
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 113-113

About this book

This volume discusses a compilation of studies regarding transportation geotechnics, geomechanics, rock mechanics, and geosynthetics reinforced soils from the 6th GeoChina International Conference held in NanChang, China, July 19-21, 2021.

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Environmental, Civil, Agricultural, and Mechanical Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, USA

    S. Sonny Kim

  • Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Warangal, India

    Arif Ali Baig Moghal

  • School of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha, China

    Jia-liang Yao

About the editors

​Dr. S. Sonny Kim is an associate professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Georgia. Dr. Kim received his M.S. from Georgia Tech in 2000 and Ph.D from Texas A&M University in 2004. Kim’s primary research has focused on transportation geotechnics, geosynthetics-reinforced pavement foundation, and performance evaluation of aggregate/subgrade layers using nondestructive test (NDT). Before joining the academia, Dr. Kim has been an integral contributor to several nationwide highway/airport pavement design and construction projects. 


Dr. Kim is Fellow of the ASCE and he was also named Distinguished Faculty Fellow by College of Engineering from the University of Georgia. Dr. Kim is an active member of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) G-I Highway Pavement Committee, ASCE T&DI Committee, and Transportation Research Board (TRB) AKP 20 and AKM 80 Committee. Dr. Kim is a licensed professional engineer and has written over 100 refereed articles and reports.


Prof Arif is an active Consultant, Researcher and Academician. He obtained his PhD from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. Prof Arif is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at National Institute of Technology, Warangal, India and had worked earlier at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.He was responsible for establishing state-of-the-art Geoenvironmental Engineering Laboratoryin the Department of Civil Engineering at King Saud University, Riyadh, during his tenure there.  He is an active member of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS).Prof Arif has authored, co-authored over one hundred articles in peer reviewed journals, book chapters, and conference proceedings.(ORCID: 0000-0001-8623-7102).


Professor JialiangYao is deputy director of Institute of transportation economy and professor of Materials Department of School of transportation engineering of Changsha University of technology. He is a professional registered road supervision engineer, and his research direction is pavement engineering and pavement materials. He completed his undergraduate and graduate studies in Hunan University, China. He has written, Co- authored and edited 45 journal papers, 12 monographs and textbooks (author / co-author / Editor) and 20 conference papers. He presided over and participated in 26 provincial and ministerial level projects, and served as a technical consultant for several expressway projects. 



Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Advances in Urban Geotechnical Engineering

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the 6th GeoChina International Conference on Civil & Transportation Infrastructures: From Engineering to Smart & Green Life Cycle Solutions -- Nanchang, China, 2021

  • Editors: S. Sonny Kim, Arif Ali Baig Moghal, Jia-liang Yao

  • Series Title: Sustainable Civil Infrastructures

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80152-6

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-80151-9Published: 14 July 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-80152-6Published: 13 July 2021

  • Series ISSN: 2366-3405

  • Series E-ISSN: 2366-3413

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 113

  • Number of Illustrations: 19 b/w illustrations, 73 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics, Transportation Technology and Traffic Engineering

Buy it now

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eBook USD 129.00
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  • Available as EPUB and PDF
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  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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