Soil-Water-Structure Interaction

Dear Colleagues,

Interactions between soil, water, and/or structures play an essential role in studying geotechnical problems. Some relevant examples are the stability and runout of water-retaining structures and river levees subjected to changes on the water table, impact of landslides on civil infrastructure, soil characterization through in situ testing using penetrating tools, scour and erosion around offshore structures, pile installation, response of piers embedded in liquefiable layers, or soil trafficability. Understanding the behavior of these interactions is required to improve the design of geotechnical systems and to have safer and more resilient communities in a global warming scenario where climate conditions can dramatically change the external agents affecting our civil infrastructure.

The mechanics of soil–water–structure interactions are generally complex due to multibody contact, soil non-linearities, and multiphase coupling effects. In addition, large deformations of the soil are commonly encountered in such processes in a large variability of strain rates, making their numerical modeling extremely challenging. Advanced numerical tools in the frameworks of continuum and discrete mechanics are being developed to address these challenges. The validation of these tools is even more essential when experimental data are limited.

In this Special Issue, we aim to encourage original submissions that provide innovative solutions to study soil–water–structure interaction problems. Numerical and theoretical approaches are welcome, as well as field and experimental studies that can serve for comparison and benchmarking.

Dr. Alba Yerro
Dr. Francesca Ceccato
Dr. Mario Martinelli
Dr. Jorge Macedo
Dr. Krishna Kumar
Mr. Alexander Chmelnizkij
Dr. Mingliang Zhou
Guest Editors

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