Owing to the pavement cracking of heightening and thickening levees (HTL) caused by differential settlement, it is necessary to study the settlement prediction and differential settlement criterion for HTLs. In this study, an HTL was taken as the stu...
Highway widening is an important way to improve the existing expressway capacity and promote the development of transportation systems. The differential settlement between the old and new subgrade is the key factor to evaluate whether it is necessary...
To investigate the deformation behavior of corrugated steel pipe arch bridges subjected to differential foundation settlement, this study examines a ten-span continuous corrugated steel pipe arch bridge as the engineering background. A one-year field...
Landfill is still the most important process to dispose of municipal solid waste in China, while landfill closure aims for pollution control, security control, and better land reuse. However, uneven settlement of landfill cover system is very likely...
Processing of extracted oil sands generates substantial volumes of tailings slurries. Due to the scale and inherent variability of the tailings properties, consolidation settlement is expected to occur at different rates and magnitudes across the tai...
Slab track structures become deformed under the effects of differential subgrade settlement. According to the properties of the China Railway Track System (CRTS) II slab track on a subgrade, a three-dimensional (3D) coupled model based on both the di...
Embankment and pavement widening of an existing road is a viable option to cope with increased traffic volume. One of the common challenges in road expansion is the occurrence of differential settlement between the old and the new portions. This arti...
Many cities are prone to land subsidence, particularly due to the overuse of ground water. However, because man-made structures are normally built upon foundations that are stiffer than the surrounding ground, such structures react to land subsidence...
Large storage tanks situated in coastal areas are vulnerable to environmental hazards, with earthquakes being one of the most destructive forces threatening their structural safety. Additionally, differential settlement can significantly alter condit...
The bell tower of Murcia Cathedral (1521–1793) exhibits a documented inclination whose origin and structural significance have never been examined through an integrated geotechnical–structural approach. This study aims to identify the cau...
The timely identification of differential settlement of track foundations is of great significance for the safety of train operation and the maintenance of track structures. However, traditional monitoring techniques cannot meet the requirements of e...
Island settlement landscapes exhibit distinctive characteristics, and investigating their spatio–temporal differentiation features and formation mechanisms is crucial for effective landscape conservation. This study selected Qida Village, Beiga...
Historic masonry heritages, such as cathedrals, colonnades, and arch bridges, were constructed with individual components (e.g., stones, bricks, other materials) bound together with, e.g., mortar, and they are very vulnerable to foundation settlement...
The Trepponti bridge in Comacchio (Italy) is a significant masonry landmark characterised by a complex geometry. Its structure comprises five irregularly connected segments, creating pronounced geometric discontinuities. Accurately modelling this con...
This study established a numerical model for a foundation pit at the Zhongyilu Station of the Wuhan Metro Line 12, using Plaxis3D version 2021 finite element software to examine the horizontal displacement of the diaphragm wall, ground surface settle...
The environmental influence of seasonal freezing and thawing forces the longitudinal shear effect of the bridge abutment, and the differential settlement between the subgrade and the bridge abutment will significantly affect traffic safety. In this w...
The highway network is densely distributed in the southeast coast of China. Highway subgrades passing through soft soil areas often produce large settlements, resulting in pavement cracking, bridgehead jumping, and other diseases. In order to study t...
Critical transmission lines frequently traverse geologically complex mountainous regions, where harsh environments and variable climatic conditions pose significant geohazard risks. Utilizing 163 Sentinel-1A scenes (January 2018 to October 2023), we...
In highway widening projects, the wet–dry cycling effect of weakly expansive soil fill under seasonal groundwater fluctuations exacerbates differential settlement. This study establishes a three-dimensional numerical model for a widened road wi...
Stricter control of the differential settlement is always required in important buildings more than in ordinary buildings. It becomes a necessity to find a simple and efficient optimum design method for pile foundations in terms of performance and ec...
Settlement control for tunnel–terminal co-construction projects remains undefined, despite the growing trend of integrating multiple transportation modes within large-scale transport hubs. This study investigates a large underground structure p...
11 January 2023
The suitability of human settlements is critical for quality of life and regional development. As comprehensive evaluations and research on the suitability of human settlements are lacking, a comprehensive evaluation of human settlements in the Yangt...
Rural settlement consolidation (RSC) is an important tool for improving rural habitat environments, and the potential evaluation of RSC is the premise for rural settlement planning. This paper identified the potential sources of RSC in different reco...
Dynamic response of a bridge–embankment transition is determined by, and therefore an indicator of, the coupled train–track–subgrade system. This study aims to investigate the approach of coupling the train–track–subgrad...
In the transition zone of railway tracks, track irregularities occur frequently due to differential settlement, which arises from the difference between the vertical supporting stiffness of the abutment and the backfill. This is disadvantageous becau...
Exploring the spatiotemporal evolution of urban and rural settlements in African countries could provide critical insights into the patterns of urbanization, regional disparities, and sustainable development in the context of rapid socio-economic and...
27 February 2023
To further promote the effective governance of rural human settlements in China, it is necessary to summarize and organize the research on rural human settlements that has been undertaken in the last decade. This paper analyzes the current status of...
The use of the segmental pipe section immersed tunnel suffers from several problems, such as complex construction, weak foundation, great water depth, great thickness of siltation back on the top of the tube, and difficult settlement control. Based o...
A bamboo grid is a new type of reinforcement material, which can replace traditional geogrids in the reinforcement of embankments. In this study, the reinforcement effect of the bamboo grid that is only set at the interface between the filled and und...
The current global population aging trend has intensified, especially in rural areas. As vital spatial carriers supporting multiple activities of older adults, rural human settlements have become key settings for addressing the challenges of aging. H...
Urban air has its typical structural characteristics. With the continuous optimization of urban human settlement indicators, the key issue and single system of “air quality” in urban human settlements needs to be further discussed. Based on air condi...
This article presents a study on the structural behavior of the Government Building that is part of the old Lecumberri Palace and which currently houses the Mexican General Archive of the Nation. This building was inaugurated in 1900 and closed in 19...
The soil engineering geological characteristics and hidden fault creep activity are the main geological factors affecting the stability of the Beijing–Zhangjiakou high-speed railway foundation. In order to reveal the deep formation structure an...
Rural settlements in mountainous areas change slowly and are not easy to measure. Reclamation is an important spatial indication of their demise. To measure the spatial–temporal variation of rural settlements extinction from the perspective of...
The connected foundation is an effective structural type of foundation that can improve the sustainability of electrical transmission towers in soft soils to serve as a resilient energy supply system. In this study, the performance of electrical tran...
As an economically developed region, the Yangtze River Delta region has undergone earth-shaking changes in its rural settlements due to rapid urbanization. For the optimization and adjustment of rural settlements, it is crucial to disclose their dist...
Land use practices have had important implications for structuring household inequalities and broader political systems in the past. Our contribution examines settlement patterns in relation to political structure, household wealth, ecological produc...
Taking Dalian, a typical square city in China, as an example based on data from remote sensing images, questionnaires, spatial statistics, social economy, etc., 48 squares in the main districts were constructed from the perspective of human settlemen...
Rural settlement systems in core ecological barrier zones face heightened geological disaster risks, making vulnerability assessment crucial for enhancing resilience and sustainable development. This study examines Maoxian County, a typical high-risk...
In engineering practice, properly characterizing the spatial distribution of soil liquefaction potential and induced surface settlement is essential for seismic hazard assessment and mitigation. However, geotechnical site investigations (e.g., cone p...
Complicated soil conditions are direct difficulties for high-rise building projects. A new device called a deformation adjustor, which is used to optimize the stiffness distribution in the piled raft system, has achieved good results for this challen...
The rural human settlement is an important carrier for rural residents’ production and living life, and its quality level is an important basis for judging the current living conditions of rural residents. This study aims to explore the spatial...
Rural settlement is the main vehicle for the existence and development of the countryside. The functions of rural settlements vary across different regions, influencing land use patterns. This study conducted multi-function evaluations of rural settl...
When traditional joint structures are used to widen multi-span continuous concrete box girder bridges, excessive lateral deformation often occurs at the girder ends, typically leading to the squeezing and cracking of seismic blocks by the girder webs...
GeoGauge is a portable instrument for rapid determination of the stiffness and modulus of compacted soil, which can quickly, safely, and nondestructively evaluate the quality of each compacted layer. In order to deeply study the effectiveness of the...
This study establishes the evaluation index system of Chengdu’s habitat suitability based on three dimensions (the ecological livability environment, economic development environment, and social security environment) and quantitatively investig...
As the world’s largest developing country, China has actively implemented the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Sustainable development of urban human settlements is the result of localization and the deepening of sustainable development theor...
Watersheds provide a spatial framework for tightly coupling human activities and the natural environment. Investigating the spatial distribution patterns of traditional villages within watersheds is crucial for comprehending their origins and advanci...
Road infrastructure is reshaping the rural settlement landscape in the Himalayan area of China through the construction of the rural road and strategic highway network. However, most methods based on multiple factors described in spatial analysis of...
The high-quality interaction of urban reality human settlements (RHSs), pseudo-human settlements (PHSs) and image human settlements (IHSs) can better explain the constantly updated human settlements phenomena under the human–land-relationship r...
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