Recent Research on Engineering Geology and Geological Engineering [electronic resource] : Proceedings of the 2nd GeoMEast International Congress and Exhibition on Sustainable Civil Infrastructures, Egypt 2018 – The Official International Congress of the Soil-Structure Interaction Group in Egypt (SSIGE) /
Wasowski, Janusz.editor.
Dijkstra, Tom.editor.
The ongoing population growth is resulting in rapid urbanization, new infrastructure development and increasing demand for the Earth's natural resources (e.g., water, oil/gas, minerals). This, together with the current climate change and increasing impact of natural hazards, imply that the engineering geology profession is called upon to respond to new challenges. It is recognized that these challenges are particularly relevant in the developing and newly industrialized regions. The idea beyond this Volume is to highlight the role of engineering geology and geological engineering in fostering sustainable use of the Earth's resources, smart urbanization and infrastructure protection from geohazards. We selected 19 contributions from across the globe (16 countries, five continents), which cover a wide spectrum of applied interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research, from geology to engineering. By illustrating a series of practical case studies, the Volume offers a rather unique opportunity to share the experiences of engineering geologists and geological engineers who tackle complex problems working in different environmental and social settings. The specific topics addressed by the papers included in the Volume are the following: pre-design site investigations; physical and mechanical properties of engineering soils; novel, affordable sensing technologies for long-term geotechnical monitoring of engineering structures; slope stability assessments and monitoring in active open-cast mines; control of environmental impacts and hazards posed by abandoned coal mines; assessment of and protection from geohazards (landslides, ground fracturing, coastal erosion); applications of geophysical surveying to investigate active faults and ground instability; numerical modeling of seabed deformations related to active faulting; deep geological repositories and waste disposal; aquifer assessment based on the integrated hydrogeological and geophysical investigation; use of remote sensing and GIS tools for the detection of environmental hazards and mapping of surface geology.
Slope stability analysis and suggestive measures for an active landslide in Indian Himalaya -- Analysis of a combined circular-toppling slope failure in an open-pit -- Reflection of Processes of Two-Phase Filtration in Fluid Saturated Hierarchic inclusion in a Block Layered Medium by Data of Active Wave Geophysical Monitoring. Evaluation of the landslide in Erzurum ski-jumping complex-A Case Study Geological Investigation and Risk Assessment for Disaster Management of Merapi Volcano and Surrounding Area, Yogyakarta Special Territory, Indonesia -- Acquisition and Analysis of Surface wave data in the Indo Gangetic Basin -- Investigation of turbulent flow characteristics along the streamwise centerline in the interior and wake region of emergent and sparse vegetation patch -- Volcanic Hazards and the Decline of Mataram Kingdom in the Central Java, Indonesia -- Causal Analysis and Stability Evaluation of Loess Landslide in Yili region of Xinjiang - A Case Study of Alar Village Landslide -- Artificial Neural Networks for rock and soil cutting slopes stability condition prediction -- Landslide Susceptibility Assessment Using Frequency Ratio Technique - A Case Study of NH67 Road Corridor in the Nilgiris district, Tamilnadu, India -- On the development of ground-based and drone-borne radar system -- Is Gas Hydrate a Non-Nuclear Lethal Weapon? -- Geotechnical Engineering behavior of mudstone formations of Al Wadi Al Gadid region in Egypt.
The ongoing population growth is resulting in rapid urbanization, new infrastructure development and increasing demand for the Earth's natural resources (e.g., water, oil/gas, minerals). This, together with the current climate change and increasing impact of natural hazards, imply that the engineering geology profession is called upon to respond to new challenges. It is recognized that these challenges are particularly relevant in the developing and newly industrialized regions. The idea beyond this Volume is to highlight the role of engineering geology and geological engineering in fostering sustainable use of the Earth's resources, smart urbanization and infrastructure protection from geohazards. We selected 19 contributions from across the globe (16 countries, five continents), which cover a wide spectrum of applied interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research, from geology to engineering. By illustrating a series of practical case studies, the Volume offers a rather unique opportunity to share the experiences of engineering geologists and geological engineers who tackle complex problems working in different environmental and social settings. The specific topics addressed by the papers included in the Volume are the following: pre-design site investigations; physical and mechanical properties of engineering soils; novel, affordable sensing technologies for long-term geotechnical monitoring of engineering structures; slope stability assessments and monitoring in active open-cast mines; control of environmental impacts and hazards posed by abandoned coal mines; assessment of and protection from geohazards (landslides, ground fracturing, coastal erosion); applications of geophysical surveying to investigate active faults and ground instability; numerical modeling of seabed deformations related to active faulting; deep geological repositories and waste disposal; aquifer assessment based on the integrated hydrogeological and geophysical investigation; use of remote sensing and GIS tools for the detection of environmental hazards and mapping of surface geology.
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