Advanced Underground Space Technology

Dear Colleagues,

The recent development of underground space technology makes underground space a potential and feasible solution for climate change, the shortage of energy, the growing population, and the demands on urban space. Advances in material science, information technology, and computer science incorporating traditional geotechnical engineering have been applied extensively to sustainable and resilient underground space applications. The aim of this Special Issue entitled “Advanced Underground Space Technology” is to gather original fundamental and applied research related to the design, construction, and maintenance of underground space. Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:

• High-performance tunnel and precast underground structures;
• Information modeling of tunnelling and underground space;
• BIM, machine learning, and computer vision techniques in underground construction
• Construction materials of underground structures;
• Tunnel inspection techniques;
• Instrumentation and experimental methods for underground space.

Dr. Chenjie Gong
Prof. Dr. Mingfeng Lei
Dr. Xianda Shen
Guest Editors

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