ABOUT THE BOOK

This book deals with the attempts made by the scholars and engineers to address contemporary issues in geotechnical engineering such as characterization of geomaterials, slope stability and tunneling, sustainability in geohazards and some other geotechnical issues that are becoming quite relevant in today's world. With increasing urbanization rates and development of society, advancement in geotechnical technologies is essential to the construction of infrastructures. Geotechnical Investigation is the first step of applying scientific methods and engineering principles to obtain solutions of civil engineering problems. Papers were selected from the 5th GeoChina International Conference on Civil Infrastructures Confronting Severe Weathers and Climate Changes: From Failure to Sustainability, held on July 23-25, 2018 in HangZhou, China.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Numerical Analysis of Tunnel Lining and Ground Behaviour During Shield Tunneling—A Case Study in Japan

   • Grant Hasan, Alireza Afshani, Akagi Hirokazu

   Pages 1-12

2. Sustainable Reconstruction in Conditions of Dense Urban Development

   • Talal Awwad, Vladimir Gruzin, Vladimir Kim

   Pages 13-23

3. Influence of Unit Weight of Slurry-Deposited Coal Ash on Stability of Ash Dykes Raised by Upstream Method

   • Aali Pant, Manoj Datta, Gunturi Venkata Ramana

   Pages 24-37

4. Impact Assessment of Climate Change in Texas Pavements and Resiliency Strategy

   • Megha Sharma, Sundeep Inti, Vivek Tandon

   Pages 38-53

5. Implementation of Computational Contact Analysis in Geotechnical Engineering

   • Daqing Xu, Luis G. Vasquez, William M. Isenhower

   Pages 54-68

6. Performance of Geocell Reinforced Embankment over Soft Soil Deposit

   • Lalima Banerjee, Sowmiya Chawla, Gupinath Bhandari

   Pages 69-82

7. A Study on Utilization of Mine Overburden as a Replacement of Base and Sub-base Layers on Rural Roads

   • Brajendra Nath, Sowmiya Chawla, Randhir Kumar Gupta

   Pages 83-100

8. A New Equation for SWCCs of Unsaturated Soils

   • Suched Likitlersuang, Martin D. Liu

   Pages 101-108

9. Effects of Dry Density and Water Content on Mechanical Properties of Sand-Bentonite Buffer Material

   • Janaka J. Kumara, Takeshi Kodaka

   Pages 109-123

10. Geotechnical Investigation on Compacted Clay Liner Blended with Reactive Material

    • Polapala Sai Pradeep, Mayakrishnan Muthukumar, Sanjay Kumar Shukla

    Pages 124-132

11. Back Matter

    Pages 133-133