Artificial Ground Freezing Technology—2nd Edition
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Civil Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 January 2026 | Viewed by 294
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Interests: soil mechanics; tunneling engineering; frozen soil; coalbed methane well; concrete
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Interests: artificial ground freezing technology; geotechnical engineering; coupling THM analysis; hydraulic/thermal properties of geomaterials; uncertainty quantification; artificial intelligence
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Interests: offshore geotechnical engineering; tunnelling and underground space technology; marine civil engineering construction; artificial ground freezing technology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to inform you that we have launched a new Special Issue of Applied Sciences, titled “Artificial Ground Freezing Technology—2nd Edition”. This Special Issue aims to advance state-of-the-art artificial ground freezing (AGF) technologies, coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) analysis of AGF, safe design, and risk evaluation through analytical studies, experiments, numerical simulations, and field surveys.
Artificial ground freezing (AGF) has been widely used in geotechnical practices for temporary support and waterproofing. However, engineering accidents related to AGF technologies are reported in complex scenarios due to the lack of experience and vague understanding of the mechanism of AGF. In addition, the increasing scale of engineering projects and construction requirements for mega infrastructure pose new challenges in the advancement of AGF technologies. Therefore, this Special Issue is intended for the presentation of novel scientific advances in AGF theories, testing methods, numerical simulations, and case studies, which will shed light on the mechanism of the coupled THM effect on AGF to further narrow the gap between theory and practical use.
This Special Issue will publish high-quality, original research papers in the following overlapping fields:
- Artificial ground freezing;
- Case histories;
- Coupling THM theory and simulation;
- Energy conversion, utilization, and saving;
- Engineering risk assessment;
- Engineering design;
- Uncertainty quantification in heat transfer;
- Environmental soil freezing;
- Frozen and thawed soils;
- Heat transfer in porous media;
- Multiscale analysis;
- Underground construction techniques and applications;
- Heat transfer under seepage flow.
Prof. Dr. Jie Zhou
Dr. Kai-Qi Li
Prof. Dr. Jun Hu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- tunnel
- artificial ground freezing
- porous media
- coupling THM analysis
- numerical simulation
- model test
- risk assessment
- uncertainty quantification
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