Advances in Geomechanics and Intelligent Infrastructure: Constitutive Modeling, Stability, and Resilience Under Multiphysical Fields

Dear Colleagues,

Geotechnical infrastructure faces escalating threats from extreme climates, environmental degradation, and complex multiphysical interactions. These challenges demand innovations in constitutive modeling, stability analysis, and intelligent monitoring to ensure sustainable resilience. Current research must bridge advanced geomechanics (e.g., hypoplasticity and shear band bifurcation) with digital technologies, addressing critical gaps in infrastructure behavior prediction under seismic, environmental, and climatic stresses.

This Special Issue highlights theoretical and technological breakthroughs in geotechnical engineering, focusing on constitutive models for soil–structure systems, stability control of underground constructions, and intelligent solutions for environmental hazards. Submissions must demonstrate novel contributions to infrastructure resilience through experimental, computational, or field-based approaches.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. Advanced constitutive modeling:
   • Hypoplastic models for granular materials under cyclic loading.
   • Shear band bifurcation analysis in soil–structure systems.
   • Multiscale modeling of acid-alkaline corrosion effects.
2. Stability and risk mitigation:
   • Stability analysis of deep excavations and underground structures.
   • Seismic energy dissipation technologies for building foundations.
   • Risk assessment of infrastructure in liquefiable/collapsible soils.
3. Environmental geotechnics:
   • Contaminant transport prediction in subsurface environments.
   • Climate-adaptive ground improvement techniques.
   • Thermohydromechanical coupling in permafrost regions.
4. Intelligent systems integration:
   • Machine learning for constitutive parameter identification.
   • BIM/digital twins for stability monitoring of geotechnical assets.
   • Real-time control systems for infrastructure deformation mitigation.

Dr. Guowei Fan

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ming Chang

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Shaobo Chai

Dr. Longlong Lv

Guest Editor

Dr. Guowei Fan
Dr. Ming Chang
Dr. Shaobo Chai
Dr. Longlong Lv
Guest Editors

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