Advances in Sustainable Geotechnical Engineering

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue is devoted to publishing research results of important geotechnical problems involved in the field of tunnel and underground engineering. In recent years, with the rapid development of population and economy in various countries, new tunnel projects have begun to be built. However, the geological environment of tunnel construction is complex and changeable. Landslides, collapses, rock piles, unsymmetrical strata, karst, high stress, high strength strata, loose strata, soft soil sections, special rock and soil, strong permeable strata, and other unfavorable geological environments are often encountered. Various unfavorable geological environments have led to frequent engineering accidents, which has brought great challenges to tunnel construction. This Special Issue mainly focuses on the important geotechnical problems involved in the design and construction of highway, railway, subway, and municipal tunnels, but it is not limited to tunnels in the above fields. High-quality research papers and engineering cases focusing on low-carbon environmental protection technology, energy saving and consumption reduction technology, advanced methods, machine learning technology, artificial intelligence methods, etc. applied in tunnels are welcome.

Prof. Dr. Helin Fu
Dr. Zhen Huang
Dr. Jiabing Zhang
Guest Editors

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