New Advances in Soil-Structure Systems

A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Building Structures".

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Special Issue Editors

College of Civil Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
Interests: soil arching effect; soil-structure interface behaviour; hydro-mechanical behaviour of geomaterials; high-speed railway geotechnics; unsaturated soil mechanics
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong 999077, China
Interests: soil dynamics; sustainable ground improvement techniques; soil-pile interaction; geoenvironmental engineering
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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, USA
Interests: numerical modeling; geomechanics; machine learning; optimization in civil engineering
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

In many geotechnical applications, the built structures and the surrounding soil inevitably work as a complete system during construction and under service conditions. Some examples are the soil-foundation system, soil-geosynthetic system, retaining wall-backfill system, pavement-subgrade system and underground structure-soil system. The safety and performance of these geotechnical systems are dependent on not only the behaviours of the soils and the structures but also the complex soil-structure interactions. The investigation of the soil-structure system (including the topic of soil-structure interaction) has attracted tremendous attention from both academics and engineers over the last decades. In recent years, we have seen growing applications of new technologies in the investigation of soil-structure systems, such as image analysis, computed tomographic methods, centrifuge tests, advanced numerical modelling, sophisticated physical modelling, and machine learning methods. The investigation domain has also been extended to a much broader scope, including geothermal systems, offshore turbines and pipelines, extraterrestrial investigation and construction.

As the Guest Editors for the Special Issue “New Advances in Soil-Structure Systems”, we cordially invite you to submit your up-to-date articles related to this topic including, but not limited to, the following aspects:

  • State-of-the-art review of the performance of the soil-structure system for specific cases;
  • Laboratory test on the soil-structure interactions, including interface behaviours;
  • Physical modelling and field test on the performance of soil-structure systems;
  • Numerical modelling of the performance of soil-structure systems;
  • Theoretical analysis of the performance of soil-structure systems;
  • Machine learning applications on the performance of soil-structure systems.

Prof. Dr. Han-Lin Wang
Dr. Wenbo Chen
Dr. Fei Han
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • soil-structure system
  • interface mechanical behaviour
  • laboratory test
  • physical model test
  • field test
  • numerical modelling
  • theoretical analysis
  • machine learning
  • ground improvement
  • smart monitoring

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Influence of Grouting Sequence on the Correction Effect of Horizontal Tunnel Displacement by Grouting in Granite Residual Soil
by Min Zhu, Changqing Xia, Dengwei Chen, Wei Chen, Kun Hao and Xiangsheng Chen
Buildings 2022, 12(10), 1655; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings12101655 - 11 Oct 2022
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Shield tunnels are vulnerable to large displacements induced by surrounding environmental changes. Grouting is an effective way to correct excessive shield tunnel displacement, while the grouting scheme design, especially the grouting sequence, is the key factor affecting the correction efficiency. A finite element [...] Read more.
Shield tunnels are vulnerable to large displacements induced by surrounding environmental changes. Grouting is an effective way to correct excessive shield tunnel displacement, while the grouting scheme design, especially the grouting sequence, is the key factor affecting the correction efficiency. A finite element simulation method considering the construction of multiple grouting zones is verified by the engineering case of Shenzhen Metro Line 1, and the influence of the grouting sequence on the correction effect on the horizontal tunnel displacement is further studied. The results show that the proper grouting efficiency of sandy clay, completely decomposed granite, and strongly decomposed granite is 5.5%, 2.8%, and 1.1%, respectively. The adjacent newly-built grouting zones are significantly constrained by the reinforcement created during the preceding grouting process. It is more efficient to correct excessive tunnel displacement in the “from far to near” sequence and excessive tunnel convergence in the “from near to far” sequence with increasing reinforcement stiffness. The correction effect improves greatly as the elastic modulus of the reinforcement increases up to 100 MPa. Full article
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Stability Analysis of the Inclined Capillary Barrier Covers under Rainfall Condition
by Cen Gao, Yueming Zhu and Yawei Zhang
Buildings 2022, 12(8), 1218; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings12081218 - 12 Aug 2022
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Capillary barrier covers consist of fine-grained soil layer overlying coarse-grained soil layer, which are widely used as surface covers for mine tailings, solid waste landfills, and low-level radioactive waste repositories. On one hand, the capillary barrier covers can effectively prevent the rainfall water [...] Read more.
Capillary barrier covers consist of fine-grained soil layer overlying coarse-grained soil layer, which are widely used as surface covers for mine tailings, solid waste landfills, and low-level radioactive waste repositories. On one hand, the capillary barrier covers can effectively prevent the rainfall water infiltrating into the toxic and hazardous materials below. On the other hand, the infiltrated water stores and diverts in the fine-grained soil layer, leading to a reduction in the stability of the capillary barrier covers. In this study, a stability analysis method for the capillary barrier covers was established based on the Green-Ampt model and the Janbu method. Firstly, the infiltration process of capillary barrier covers was analyzed and divided into four stages. The variation of the wetting front profile during infiltration, caused by the capillary barrier effect, was depicted based on the law of mass conservation. Next, the wetting front is assumed to be the potential sliding surface. As the infiltration goes on, the stability of capillary barrier covers in different stages was analyzed through the limit equilibrium method. Both the water redistribution and the influence of seepage force in the capillary barrier covers were considered in the proposed method. Finally, using the examples in the published articles, the availability and superiority of the proposed method was verified. Full article
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