Advances on Testing and Experimentation in Civil Engineering

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. Geotechnics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The Role of Engineering Geology Mapping and GIS-Based Tools in Geotechnical Practice

      • Helder I. Chaminé, Isabel Fernandes

      Pages 3-27

   3. In Situ Geotechnical Investigations

      • Isabel Fernandes, Helder I. Chaminé

      Pages 29-54

   4. Laboratory and Field Testing of Rock Masses for Civil Engineering Infrastructures

      • José Muralha, Luís Lamas

      Pages 55-83

   5. Testing and Monitoring of Earth Structures

      • Rafaela Cardoso, Anna Ramon-Tarragona, Sérgio Lourenço, João Mendes, Marco Caruso, Cristina Jommi

      Pages 85-111

   6. Offshore Wind Foundation Monitoring and Inspection

      • Jaime A. Santos, Luís Berenguer Todo-Bom, Simon Siedler

      Pages 113-131

3. Transportation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-133

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   2. Tests and Surveillance on Pavement Surface Characteristics

      • Elisabete Freitas, Ablenya Barros, Cedric Vuye, Jorge Sousa, Leif Sjögren, Luc Goubert et al.

      Pages 135-161

   3. Full-Scale Accelerated Pavement Testing and Instrumentation

      • José Neves, Ana Cristina Freire, Issam Qamhia, Imad L. Al-Qadi, Erol Tutumluer

      Pages 163-186

   4. Monitoring of Pavement Structural Characteristics

      • Simona Fontul, José Neves, Sandra Vieira Gomes

      Pages 187-208

   5. Intelligent Traffic Monitoring Systems

      • Sandra Vieira Gomes

      Pages 209-228

   6. Testing and Monitoring in Railway Tracks

      • Eduardo Fortunato, André Paixão

      Pages 229-255

4. Hydraulics and Natural Resources

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 257-257

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   2. Laboratory Tests on Wind-Wave Generation, Interaction and Breaking Processes

      • María Clavero, Luca Chiapponi, Sandro Longo, Miguel A. Losada

      Pages 259-281

   3. Advances in Wave Run-Up Measurement Techniques

      • Diogo Mendes, Umberto Andriolo, Maria Graça Neves

      Pages 283-297

   4. Recent Advances in Instrumentation and Monitoring Techniques Applied to Dam Breach Experiments

      • Sílvia Amaral, Teresa Viseu, Gensheng Zhao, Rui M. L. Ferreira

      Pages 299-324

   5. Bridging the Water Gap Between Neighboring Countries Through Hydrometeorological Data Monitoring and Sharing

      • Rui Raposo Rodrigues

      Pages 325-349

   6. Quality of Measurement in Urban Water Services: A Metrological Perspective

      • Maria do Céu Almeida, Alvaro Silva Ribeiro, Rita Salgado Brito

      Pages 351-375

The book presents the recent advances on testing and experimentation in civil engineering, especially in the branches of geotechnics, transportation, hydraulics, and natural resources. It includes advances in physical modelling, monitoring techniques, data acquisition and analysis, and provides an invaluable contribution for the installation of new civil engineering experimental facilities. The first part of the book covers the latest advances in testing and experimentation in key domains of geotechnics: soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering, rock mechanics and rock engineering, and engineering geology. Some of the topics covered include new developments in topographic survey acquisition for applied mapping and in situ geotechnical investigations; laboratory and in situ tests to estimate the relevant parameters needed to model the behaviour of rock masses and land structures; monitoring and inspection techniques designed for offshore wind foundations. The second part of the bookhighlights the relevance of testing and monitoring in transportation. Full-scale accelerated pavement testing, and instrumentation becomes even more important nowadays when, for sustainability purposes, non-traditional materials are used in road and airfield pavements. Innovation in testing and monitoring pavements and railway tracks is also developed in this part of the book. Intelligent traffic systems are the new traffic management paradigm, and an overview of new solutions is addressed here. Finally, in the third part of the book, trends in the field and laboratory measurements and corresponding data analysis are presented according to the different hydraulic domains addressed in this publication, namely maritime hydraulics, surface water and river hydraulics and urban water. 

• Geotechnics
• sustainable buildings
• structural health monitoring
• construction materials
• building pathology
• pavement testing
• innovative materials
• Innovative testing

• CERIS, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

  Carlos Chastre, Paulina Faria

• CERIS, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

  José Neves

• CONSTRUCT-LESE, School of Engineering, Polytechnic of Porto, Porto, Portugal

  Diogo Ribeiro

• NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

  Maria Graça Neves

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