Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering Problems in the Design and Construction of Underground Buildings

Dear Colleagues,

The fact that underground engineering is located or partially located below the surface determines that the geotechnical problems of underground engineering will run through the whole life cycle of underground engineering, including site selection, planning, investigation, design, construction, use, maintenance, transformation, reinforcement, demolition and restoration. At present, the construction schemes of underground engineering are classified into open excavation method, shallow buried excavation method, cover excavation method, drilling and blasting method, road header method, shield method, pipe jacking method, buried pipe section method, caisson method, trenchless technology scheme and so on. For underground engineering, geomechanics and geotechnical problems have the whole process, extensive and particularity.

The Special Issue titled "Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering Problems in the Design and Construction of Underground Buildings" will accept manuscripts covering a wide range of topics, from basic research to more applied exploration and comprehensive case studies.  Topics include, but are not limited to:

1. Interaction between soil and structure;
2. Safety and stability of underground structure;
3. Earthquake resistance of underground structure;
4. Mechanical properties and constitutive models of engineering rock, soil or concrete materials;
5. Geotechnical engineering problems in underground engineering construction;
6. Geotechnical properties and engineering applications under regional or special environment;
7. Stress wave propagation and attenuation law in rock and soil mass;
8. Theory and technology of rock breaking by explosion and dynamic load;
9. Response and disaster mechanism of underground engineering under engineering disturbance;
10. Other topics.

Dr. Shaobo Chai
Dr. Yongqiang Zhou
Dr. Erdi Abi
Dr. Longlong Lv
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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