Advances in Innovative Geotechnical Engineering

Dr. YongLiu is currently a professor in the School of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering, and vice-director of the Institute of Engineering Risk and Disaster Prevention, Wuhan University. In the area of geotechnics, he has a strong interest in seepage problems in dam embankments, uncertainty quantification, as well as efficient stochastic analysis methods and applications of large-scale geotechnical structures.He published more than 90 academic papers in Géotechnique, ASCE-JGGE and other peer-viewed journals, among which twowere selected as ESI highly cited papers. In 2017, he won the Best Paper Award from the International Sabatino Cuomo, Coordinator of LARAM School (International School on “LAndslide Risk Assessment and Mitigation) for PhD students, http://www.laram.unisa.it/ . Management Director of ICGDR (International Consortium on Geo-disaster Reduction), https://icgdr.com/ Associate Editor of Geoenvironmental Disaster Journal, Springer Nature, https://geoenvironmental-disasters.springeropen.com/ Board Officer for the Italian Chapter of IGS (International Geosynthetics Society), https://www.geosyntheticssociety.org/ Research Topics including: Landslide Mechanisms, Solid-fluid transition, Landslide Dynamics, Regional slope stability, Slope erosion, Geosynthetics reinforcement, Laboratory testing of unsaturated soils, Constitutive Modelling. More than 100 international publications (most in peer-reviewed international ISI Journals). International Cooperation: UPM Madrid, Université Grenoble, NTNU Trondheim, Universitè Geneve, Northwestern University Chicago USA, University Rijeka Croaztia, Beijing University ChinaEditorial Board Member of International Journals: Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Soils and Foundations, ICE Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, Geoenvironmental Disasters, International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering, Journal of Mountain Science. Conference on Transportation Infrastructure and Materials. He has served as editorial board member of severalinternational journals. Prof Junsheng Yang is the professor of School of Civil Engineering,at the Central South University of China. He obtained his PhD from Central South University,and completed both his undergraduate and graduate studies at the Hunan University of Science and Technology, Anhui University of Science and Technology,respectively. He  had worked as the visiting scholar in the the Pennsylvania State University,USA,and TU Bergakademie Freiberg,Germany. His research areas/interests included Tunnel and Underground Works, Rock Mechanics and Engineering.Prof. Yang has authored, co-authored over two hundred articles in peer reviewed journals, book chapters, and conference proceedings.

• Chapter 1. Estimating Compacted Subgrade Density – A Machine Learning Approach with Ground Penetrating Radar Data.- Chapter 2. Physical-Mechanical Properties of Sandstones after Exposure to High Temperature.- Chapter 3. Liquefaction Properties of Two Types of Sandy Soils with Different Specimen Preparation Method.- Chapter 4. Research of Dynamics Property and Long-term Settlement about Weathered Argillaceous Siltstone under Base of Subway Tunnel.- Chapter 5. Reinforcement of Shallow-buried Tunnels in Soft Grounds by Deploying Umbrella Arch Method.- Chapter 6. Influence factors and Calculation Model of the Adhesion Strength of Clayey Soil.- Chapter 7. Numerical Investigation on Cracking Behavior of TBM Tunnel Lining Subjected to Surface Loading.- Chapter 8. Structural Analysis of Segmental Lining Based on the Bedding Beam Method and Incorporating the Nonlinear Response of Surrounding Soil.- Chapter 9. The Freezing Characteristic Curve of a Coarse-Grained Volcanic Soil.- Chapter 10. Physical and Mechanical Properties and Structural Characterization of Residual Soils.- Chapter 11. Microscopic Analysis of Tunnel Face Stability of Shield Tunneling Through Water-rich Sandy pebble Stratum.- Chapter 12. Discussion on the Influence of Mixing Machine Dust on Asphalt Mixture Under Different Mineral Filler Substitution Rate.