Recent Research in Frozen Soil Mechanics and Cold Regions Engineering

Dear Colleagues,

The distribution area of frozen ground in the Northern Hemisphere is close to 1/4 and is widely spread in regions such as China, Russia, Canada and the United States. With the expansion of global economic construction and the impact of climate change, infrastructure construction in cold areas is increasing day by day, providing a new growth point for global development. However, as a special soil with four phases, frozen soil has strong sensitivity to water, heat, force and time. Conducting infrastructure construction in cold areas must importantly consider the interaction between the structure and frozen soil. Gaining an in-depth understanding of the mechanical properties of frozen soil under complex environmental and engineering conditions has become an important task for engineers and researchers, and many achievements have been made in past studies. In recent years, with the development of new technologies such as artificial intelligence, research on frozen soil mechanics and engineering has entered a new stage. This Special Issue aims to publish papers that study the recent research in frozen soil mechanics and its influence on cold regions engineering. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Advances in frozen soil mechanics
• Frozen soil engineering under extreme environmental and engineering conditions
• Arctic navigation and frozen soil
• Hydrology and ice engineering in cold regions
• AI and frozen soil engineering
• International cooperation and education in frozen soil mechanics

Dr. Dun Chen
Dr. Fei Wang
Guest Editors

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