Smart Geotechnical Systems for Urban and Rural Development
A special issue of Urban Science (ISSN 2413-8851).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 509
Special Issue Editors
Interests: unsaturated soil mechanics; water and gas migration in soil; foundation engineering in unsaturated zone; retaining structures in unsatuated zone; unsaturated soil slope stability
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Interests: sustainable construction; geographical information system; IoT-sensing system; unsaturated soil mechanics; finite element analyses
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Interests: hydro-chemo-mechanical behavior of clayey soil; geopolymer materials
Interests: intelligent power transmission and transformation technology; intelligent concrete grounding technology; intelligent concrete pressure-sensitive characteristic detection and monitoring technology; electrical tomography health monitoring and intelligent operation and maintenance technology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In the process urban and rural development, wildlands are explored, and the existing ground needs to be evaluated for the newly developed buildings, facilities, and underground utilities. Either laboratory or field measurements are required to provide reliable information of the hydro-mechanical properties of different types of soil in conventional geotechnical engineering. However, those tests or measurements are time-consuming and costly. Smart systems, in comparison to conventional direct measurements, in the determination of engineering properties of soil are more attractive to geotechnical engineers. Smart systems relevant to soil investigations, geotechnical designs, geotechnical constructions, and geotechnical instrumentations are all welcome in this Special Issue.
Dr. Qian Zhai
Dr. Alfrendo Satyanaga
Dr. Tongwei Zhang
Dr. Shijun Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- urban and rural development
- smart geotechnical systems
- unsaturated soil mechanics
- hydro-mechanical properties
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