Research on Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering and Mining Sciences in Construction—3rd Edition
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Building Structures".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 April 2026 | Viewed by 116
Special Issue Editors
Interests: new material applications; underground structure anti-floating; geotechnical and foundation engineering; geotechnical engineering testing techniques
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Interests: environmental geotechnics; geotechnical and foundation engineering; coastal soft foundation treatment
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Interests: geotechnical engineering; performance analysis of underground structures; pipe jacking; ground anchorage theory; waterproof material
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Geotechnical engineering is an applied science that requires the use of theoretical knowledge, test results, and engineering experience for proper analysis. Geotechnics plays an important role in various types of engineering and construction, such as building structures, transportation infrastructure, green buildings, mining, urban underground space, energy transition, and so on. As the scale of engineering construction increases, the engineering environment becomes more complex, thereby presenting greater challenges in the field of geotechnics. Driven by the goals of ‘human–land coordination’ and ‘sustainable development’ of modern geotechnical engineering and supported by AI technology, it provides more possibilities for diversified analyses of geotechnical mechanics in engineering applications. For these reasons, it is worthwhile to explore the direction of geotechnical research development in the future and the trends that it will present.
The main aim of this Special Issue is to explore the research on rock mechanics and rock engineering, geotechnical engineering and urban underground engineering in construction. The topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
Rock mechanics and rock engineering;
Soil mechanics and foundation engineering;
Urban underground engineering;
Tunnelling engineering;
Geoenvironmental and petroleum engineering;
Energy geotechnical engineering;
Intelligent and digital geotechnical engineering;
Environmental geotechnics;
Ground improvement technology;
Soils and rocks dynamics properties;
Engineering applications of new building materials;
The mechanical, physical, hydraulic and thermal properties of geomaterials;
Theoretical analysis, testing techniques and numerical simulation of geotechnical media materials.
Dr. Xiaoyu Bai
Dr. Nan Yan
Dr. Jianyong Han
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- rock mechanics
- geotechnical engineering
- urban underground engineering
- soil mechanics
- ground improvement technology
- intelligent geotechnical engineering
- geotechnical engineering testing techniques
- geomaterials properties
- numerical simulation
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