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New Developments in Materials for Infrastructure Sustainability and the Contemporary Issues in Geo-environmental Engineering

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

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Editors:
  1. Shanzhi Shu

    1. Kiewit Corporation, Englewood, USA

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  2. Liangcai He

    1. Amec Foster Wheeler, Los Angeles, USA

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  3. Yao Kai

    1. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

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  • Presents the advancements in the fields of soil improvement and foundation engineering
  • Shows latest advancements in the field of numerical modeling in geotechnical and geo-environmental engineering
  • Sheds the lights on various creative remediation techniques of groundwater and soil contamination
  • Discusses case studies of seismic characterization and earthquake engineering
  • Offers insights about various geoenvironmental issues that are attracting every one’s attraction

Part of the book series: Sustainable Civil Infrastructures (SUCI)

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Table of contents (21 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Impact of Initial In-Situ Stress Field on Soil Response During Cavity Expansion Using Discrete Element Simulation

    • Yang Dong, Behzad Fatahi, Hadi Khabbaz, Jeff Hsi
    Pages 1-10

  3. Equivalent FEM Meshes from Axisymmetric (AXID) to Three (3D) Dimensions Applied to Tunnels in Clay

    • Luisa N. Equihua-Anguiano, Iván Rubio-Saldaña, Marcos Orozco-Calderón, Eleazar Arreygue-Rocha, Carlos Chávez-Negrete
    Pages 11-22

  4. Earthquake-Induced Deformation of Breakwater on Liquefiable Soil with and Without Remediation: Case Study of Iran LNG Port

    • Yaser Jafarian, Mohsen Bagheri, Mehdi khalili
    Pages 23-37

  5. Effect of the Seismic Vulnerability of Water Pipelines on the Collapsible Soils of the North of Chile

    • Yolanda Alberto, Juan Carlos de la Llera Martin
    Pages 38-52

  6. Experimental Study on the Dynamic Response of Saturated Sandy Soil with Different Clayey Particle Content and Skeleton Sand Size

    • Guocai Wang, Hao Wang, Yong Zhang, Xiaobing Xu, Qianqian Liu
    Pages 53-65

  7. Model-Scale Study on the Effect of Cyclic Loading on Pile Lateral Bearing Capacity at Different Directions

    • Dong Su, Junjie Huang, Bin Liu, W. M. Yan, Xiaohua Bao
    Pages 66-74

  8. Evaluation of Concrete Bored Piles Behaviour in Saturated Loose and Dense Sand During the Static Load Testing

    • Mehdi Aghayarzadeh, Hadi Khabbaz, Behzad Fatahi
    Pages 75-89

  9. Experimental Investigations on Uplift Capacities of Single and Group of Granular Anchor Piles

    • Mohit Kumar, Hans Raj Vashishtha, Vishwas A. Sawant
    Pages 90-98

  10. Generalized Solutions for Lateral Bearing Behavior of Large Diameter Monopile Foundation for Offshore Wind Turbine Considering Double Additional Moment Effects

    • Ming-Xing Zhu, Hong-Qian Lu, Guo-Liang Dai, Wei-Ming Gong, Lei Wang
    Pages 99-124

  11. Full-Scale Lateral Load Tests to Determine Load-Displacement Characteristics of Driven Piles in Soft Clay

    • Gong Chaosittichai, Pongpipat Anantanasakul
    Pages 125-135

  12. An Experimental Study on Strength Characteristics of Cohesionless Soil Under Small Gravity Fields

    • Guoqing Zhou, Feng Gao, Pin-Qiang Mo
    Pages 136-147

  13. Reasons for Mid-Span Failure of Pile Supported Bridges in Case of Subsurface Liquefaction

    • P. Mohanty, S. Bhattacharya
    Pages 148-164

  14. Experimental Study on Gas Permeability of Intact Loess Under Applied Load with Constant Stress Ratio Paths

    • Cun-Li Chen, Le Zhang, Deng-Fei Zhang, Hui Chen
    Pages 165-181

  15. Weathered Swelling Mudstone Landslide and Mitigation Measures in the Yanji Basin: A Case Study

    • Zhixiong Zeng, Lingwei Kong, Min Wang, Juzhao Li
    Pages 182-190

  16. Soils Improvement by PVD in a Harbor Storage Area

    • Alexandre Santos-Ferreira, Joana Lemos, Paula F. da Silva
    Pages 191-203

  17. Research of Geopolymer Deal with the Strength of Soft Soil and Microstructure Test

    • Huicong Wang, Jialiang Yao, Yi Lin, Hua He
    Pages 204-214

  18. Mechanical Properties of Geopolymers Cured in Saline Water

    • Xiaonan Ge, Guoping Zhang
    Pages 215-226

  19. Water Permeability Reduction in THF Hydrate-Bearing Sediments

    • Nariman Mahabadi, Tae Sup Yun, Jaewon Jang
    Pages 227-237

  20. Concept of a Geotechnical Solution to Address the Issues of Sea Water Intrusion in Ashtamudi Lake, Kerala

    • T. G. Sitharam, Sreevalsa Kolathayar, Shuqing Yang, Amala Krishnan
    Pages 238-246
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  1. New Developments in Materials for Infrastructure Sustainability and the Contemporary Issues in Geo-environmental Engineering

  2. Sustainable Design and Construction for Geomaterials and Geostructures

  3. New Developments in Soil Characterization and Soil Stability

  4. Tunneling in Soft Ground, Ground Conditioning and Modification Techniques

  5. Pavement Materials and Associated Geotechnical Aspects of Civil Infrastructures

  6. Solving Pavement and Construction Materials Problems with Innovative and Cutting-edge Technologies

  7. Testing and Characterization of Asphalt Materials and Pavement Structures

  8. New Prospects in Geotechnical Engineering Aspects of Civil Infrastructures

  9. Current Geotechnical Engineering Aspects of Civil Infrastructures

  10. Enhancements in Applied Geomechanics, Mining, and Excavation Simulation and Analysis

  11. Transportation and Geotechniques: Materials, Sustainability and Climate

  12. New Solutions for Challenges in Applications of New Materials and Geotechnical Issues

  13. Advancements on Sustainable Civil Infrastructures

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About this book

This book contains research papers focusing on recent advances throughout the world in theories and technologies of geotechnical engineering and the relevant disciplines. Topics includes: numerical modeling, earthquake engineering, geomaterial application in soil improvement and geo-environmental engineering, foundation engineering, and geo-environmental engineering.. Papers were selected from 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 and Affiliations

  • Kiewit Corporation, Englewood, USA

    Shanzhi Shu

  • Amec Foster Wheeler, Los Angeles, USA

    Liangcai He

  • Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

    Yao Kai

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: New Developments in Materials for Infrastructure Sustainability and the Contemporary Issues in Geo-environmental Engineering

  • 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: Shanzhi Shu, Liangcai He, Yao Kai

  • Series Title: Sustainable Civil Infrastructures

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95774-6

  • 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: 978-3-319-95773-9Published: 12 July 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-95774-6Published: 11 July 2018

  • Series ISSN: 2366-3405

  • Series E-ISSN: 2366-3413

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 272

  • Number of Illustrations: 76 b/w illustrations, 84 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences, Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics, Numerical Analysis

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