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Special Issue: Geosynthetic-Reinforced Sustainable Transport Infrastructures

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Geosynthetics are increasingly used in civil engineering applications due to their numerous benefits, including the cost-effectiveness, reliability and sustainability. When employed in transport infrastructure projects, geosynthetics may perform a variety of functions such as filtration, drainage, separation, barrier, stabilisation and reinforcement, hence contributing to increased stability and longevity of the system. This special issue welcomes original research articles addressing the development and use of innovative geosynthetic solutions to enhance the short- and long-term performance of transport infrastructures, including pavements, railway tracks, embankments, earth retaining structures, landfills, bridge abutments, tunnels and underground space infrastructure. Submissions reporting laboratory, numerical and field studies involving the most recent geosynthetic products and associated technologies, including smart sensing geosynthetics, cellular geosynthetics and sustainable geosynthetics made of recycled polymers are particularly encouraged. The main purpose of this special issue is to act as a platform for researchers and practitioners to share the latest research advances in geosynthetics for transport infrastructure development, while also promoting the adoption of sustainable practices in the construction industry.

Editors

  • Fernanda Bessa Ferreira Fernanda Bessa Ferreira  &

    Fernanda Bessa Ferreira

    Postdoc Researcher at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto. She completed a MSc degree (2010) and a PhD (2016) in Civil Engineering at the University of Porto, and undertook a Research Associate position at the University of Wollongong Australia (2016-2018). She is the author/co-author of over 60 publications and Editorial Board Member of prestigious journals, such as Geotextiles and Geomembranes, Geosynthetics International, Sustainability and Frontiers in Built Environment. Her contributions to geotechnical eng. are reflected by several awards, including the ISSMGE Bright Spark Lecture Award (2021) and the Young IGS Award (2023).

  • Sanjay Nimbalkar Sanjay Nimbalkar

    Sanjay Nimbalkar

    Assoc Prof at the University of Technology Sydney. He completed MTech (1999) and PhD (2007) from IIT Bombay. He is a recipient of many awards including ICE’s Thomas Telford Premium award (2014), Professor Sussman Best Paper Prize (2020), Editor's Choice Award for the best paper in IJGGE (2020), Best Reviewer of the year (non EBM, 2017 and from EBM, 2022) Awards for Indian Geotechnical Journal and Outstanding Associate Editor award (2023) from Frontiers in Built Environment (Switzerland). He was an EMCR fellow of Australian Academy of Science (2020-2022). He has delivered short courses under the GIAN scheme of Government of India (2022-2023).

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