Advanced Technologies in Deep Excavation
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Civil Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 October 2023) | Viewed by 9461
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Underground exploitation has become one of the most efficient ways to mitigate the crisis of population explosion, resource scarcity, and environmental pollution, which result from the rapid urbanization in the past two decades. Until now, many underground structures have been constructed by deep excavation in both congested urban areas and underexploited suburban areas. Because of the sparse population and infrastructures in suburban areas, many excavations performed in these areas have large scale and depth. The construction of an oversized and/or ultra-deep foundation pit in soft clay theoretically causes greater deformation and displacement in the supporting structures and stratum because of the unloading effect and soil creep. To reduce the excavation-induced adverse impact on surroundings, the these pits are always constructed by advanced technologies with novel design and construction methods.
This Special Issue, “Advanced Technologies in Deep Excavation”, in the journal Applied Sciences aims to present new developments on technologies for deep and large-scale excavation and to promote the sustainable development of underground space. In this Special Issue, the recent progress in underground development is welcomed, including novel design and construction methods for deep excavation, new equipment and construction methods for retaining systems, advanced numerical simulation methods, and interesting case histories.
Dr. Mingguang Li
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- design and construction methods
- retaining systems
- numerical simulation methods
- performance of deep excavation