New Approaches of Geotechnical Engineering: Soil Characterization, Sustainable Materials and Numerical Simulation

Chapter 1. Surface Strength of Treated Subgrade Soils.- Chapter 2. HVSR and Site Characteristics of the Seismic and Strong-Motion Stations in Gansu Province, China.- Chapter 3. Analysis of the bearing capacity of Press-in pile with installation assistance for hard grounds.- Chapter 4. On earth dam leak detection based on using Fiber-Optic Distributed Temperature Sensor (Case study: canal embankment on the Rhône river, France).- Chapter 5. Comparative evaluation of Morphometric Parameters on Runoff Estimation of Savitri Watershed, India.- Chapter 6. Numerical modeling of excavation in shanghai soft clays using the new small strain Shanghai constitutive model.- Chapter 7. Computational Studies of Passive Vortex Generators for Flow Control on High-Speed Train.- Chapter 8. The study on extraction of falling rock source using aerial laser data to improve the efficiency of falling rock measures.

Dr. Jinwoo An is an Assistant Professor of Civil and Mechanical Engineering in the School of Engineering at the University of Mount Union. He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Central Florida in 2015 and his Master in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 2012. Dr. An is an experienced and energetic engineer, researcher and educator. He previously worked at a structural engineering company as an assistantengineer to finish a structural design of a multipurpose building with 29 floors (Macroscale).For his dissertation, he conducted a research on the mechanical and structural performance ofcement composite materials, which incorporated sustainable materials (Meso-scale).During his postdoctoralcareer, he deeply explored the effects of Micro- and Nano-materials as additives in cement compositematerials (Micro- and Nano-scale).He also authored, co-authored and edited more than 50 technical reports, journal and conference papers.
Dr. Jizhe Zhang is an associate professor of the School of Qilu Transportation, Shandong University. He is a professionally registered pavement engineer with a research interest in moisture damage of asphalt mixture, composite modification of bituminous materials, asphalt mixture recycling, solid waste utilization in asphalt pavement.He completed his graduate studies at the Wuhan University of Technology, China and obtained his doctorate from the University of Nottingham, UK.He has published over 50 journal papers and 10 conference papers. He is Young Academic Editor of the Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering (English Edition). He is a member of technical committeein the World Transportation Convention and a member of the expert committee of iFRAE 2021.

Professor Juan Xie is from School of Traffic & Transportation Engineering of Changsha University of Science & Technology. She completed her graduate studies at Donghua University (China) and Princeton University (The