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Pavement Materials and Associated Geotechnical Aspects of Civil Infrastructures

Proceedings of the 5th GeoChina International Conference 2018 – Civil Infrastructures Confronting Severe Weathers and Climate Changes: From Failure to Sustainability, held on July 23 to 25, 2018 in HangZhou, China

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  • © 2019

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Editors:
  1. WJvdM Steyn

    1. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

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  2. Irina Holleran

    1. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Auckland University, Auckland, New Zealand

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  3. BooHyun Nam

    1. Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA

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  • Presents the advancements in the field of civil infrastructure, pavement engineering and related geotechnical engineering issues
  • Sheds lights on recent developments in design, construction, and safety inspections of transportation infrastructures
  • Offers a forum to discuss and debate future directions for the 21st century

Part of the book series: Sustainable Civil Infrastructures (SUCI)

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Table of contents (11 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Development and Application of Water-Saving and Moisture-Retaining Membrane Made from Controllable High Polymer Materials for Concrete Curing

    • Jia-liang Yao, Zhen-quan Wang, Dong-han Tang
    Pages 1-20

  3. Characteristics of Excavation-Induced Deformation Associated with Different Propped Retaining Walls in Soft Soil

    • Nian-wu Liu, Feng Yu, Xiao-nan Gong
    Pages 21-34

  4. Slope Stability Analysis of the Embankment Filled with River Sand and Weathered Mudstone Rock

    • Weidong Cao, Shutang Liu, Yingyong Li
    Pages 35-45

  5. Investigating Effects of Individual Fracture Length on Behaviour of Weak Rock Using Discrete Element Method

    • Xiangyu Zhang, Behzad Fatahi, Hadi Khabbaz
    Pages 46-56

  6. Numerical Analysis of the Long-Term Performance of Energy Piles in Sand

    • Kang Fei, Wei Hong, Jian Qian
    Pages 57-72

  7. Effect of Material Stiffness Variation on Shakedown Solutions of Soils Under Moving Loads

    • Shu Liu, Juan Wang, Dariusz Wanatowski, Hai-Sui Yu
    Pages 73-82

  8. Social Considerations in Selection of Sustainable Pavement Designs

    • Sundeep Inti, Megha Sharma, Vivek Tandon
    Pages 83-97

  9. A Cost-Effective Approach Towards Road Construction—Kondave a Case Study

    • Anuj Gade, Sushma Kulkarni, Anand Tapase, Sanjiv Bonde
    Pages 98-106

  10. Geophysical Properties of Sand-Cement-Inorganic Binder Mixture: Electrical Resistivity and Elastic Wave Velocity

    • Pacifique Kiza Rusati, Sanha Kim, Ki-Il Song
    Pages 107-114

  11. Assessing Benefits of Using Geogrids in Pavements Founded on Problematic Soils

    • Steven Williams, Jason Wright, S. Sonny Kim, Mi G. Chorzepa, Stephan A. Durham
    Pages 115-125

  12. Measuring Specific Heat Capacity of Pavement Materials

    • Wei Geng, Michael Heitzman
    Pages 126-135

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 137-137
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Other volumes

  1. New Developments in Materials for Infrastructure Sustainability and the Contemporary Issues in Geo-environmental Engineering

  2. Sustainable Design and Construction for Geomaterials and Geostructures

  3. New Developments in Soil Characterization and Soil Stability

  4. Tunneling in Soft Ground, Ground Conditioning and Modification Techniques

  5. Pavement Materials and Associated Geotechnical Aspects of Civil Infrastructures

  6. Solving Pavement and Construction Materials Problems with Innovative and Cutting-edge Technologies

  7. Testing and Characterization of Asphalt Materials and Pavement Structures

  8. New Prospects in Geotechnical Engineering Aspects of Civil Infrastructures

  9. Current Geotechnical Engineering Aspects of Civil Infrastructures

  10. Enhancements in Applied Geomechanics, Mining, and Excavation Simulation and Analysis

  11. Transportation and Geotechniques: Materials, Sustainability and Climate

  12. New Solutions for Challenges in Applications of New Materials and Geotechnical Issues

  13. Advancements on Sustainable Civil Infrastructures

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About this book

This book contains latest research studies regarding issues related to civil infrastructure such as pavement layers and material properties. It contains research data and conclusions that should lead to more resilient infrastructure design, maintenance and management. Civil engineering researchers and practitioners will gain valuable information from this material. 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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Civil Engineering, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

    WJvdM Steyn

  • Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Auckland University, Auckland, New Zealand

    Irina Holleran

  • Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA

    BooHyun Nam

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