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New Developments in Soil Characterization and Soil Stability

Proceedings of the 5th GeoChina International Conference 2018 – Civil Infrastructures Confronting Severe Weathers and Climate Changes: From Failure to Sustainability, held on July 23 to 25, 2018 in HangZhou, China

  • Presents the advancements in the field of geomaterial
  • Gives insights on the characterization of soils
  • Discusses various geo-stability issues

Conference proceedings info: GeoChina 2018.

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Table of contents (11 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
  2. Impact of Liquid Whey Waste on Strength and Stiffness of Cement Treated Clay

    • Thang Pham Ngoc, Behzad Fatahi, Hadi Khabbaz
    Pages 1-10
  3. Experimental Study of Erosion on Expansive Soil Slope Strengthened by HPTRM System

    • Yingzi Xu, Rikui Yan, Tang Linqiang, Chunyan Kang, Lin Li
    Pages 11-22
  4. The Geotechnical Properties, on Water Sensitive Soils, Loess

    • Gabriela B. Cazacu, Gabriela Draghici
    Pages 23-31
  5. Performance Evaluation of Low Volume Rural Roads- A State-of-the-Art Review

    • Piyush G. Chandak, Ravindra P. Patil, Anand Tapase, Abdulrashid C. Attar, Sabir S. Sayyed
    Pages 43-57
  6. Evaluation of the Load Bearing Capacity of Piles by Numerical, Analytical and Empirical Approaches

    • Karen Ninanya, Jackeline Huertas, Hugo Ninanya, Celso Romanel
    Pages 58-71
  7. Numerical Analysis of the Seismic Behavior of Alpamarca Tailings Dam in Peru

    • Jainor Cabrera Huaman, Celso Romanel
    Pages 89-100
  8. Back Matter

    Pages 121-122

About this book

This book presents new studies dealing with the attempts made by the scientists and practitioners to address contemporary issues in geotechnical engineering such as characterization of soil, geomaterials, soil stability and some other geomechanics issues that are becoming quite relevant in today's world. Papers were selected from the 5th GeoChina International Conference on Civil Infrastructures Confronting Severe Weathers and Climate Changes: From Failure to Sustainability, held on July 23-25, 2018 in HangZhou, China.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Civil Engineering, National Engineering School of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia

    Wissem Frikha

  • Graduate School of Engineering, Muroran Institute of Technology, Muroran, Japan

    Shima Kawamura

  • Department of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

    Wen-Cheng Liao

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: New Developments in Soil Characterization and Soil Stability

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the 5th GeoChina International Conference 2018 – Civil Infrastructures Confronting Severe Weathers and Climate Changes: From Failure to Sustainability, held on July 23 to 25, 2018 in HangZhou, China

  • Editors: Wissem Frikha, Shima Kawamura, Wen-Cheng Liao

  • Series Title: Sustainable Civil Infrastructures

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95756-2

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

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

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-95755-5Published: 19 July 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-95756-2Published: 18 July 2018

  • Series ISSN: 2366-3405

  • Series E-ISSN: 2366-3413

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 122

  • Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations, 59 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences, Soil Science & Conservation

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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