Seepage and Erosion in Soils and Rocks: Challenges for Environmental Sustainability and Sustainable Geotechnical Engineering
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2025 | Viewed by 193
Special Issue Editors
Interests: soil-water interaction; internal erosion; seepage; coupled DEM simulation; centrifugal physical modeling
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Soil–water interactions and related soil erosion are crucial subjects and mechanisms in the failure of geo-infrastructure. This interaction encompasses various processes, such as seepage in pores and fractures, the migration and clogging of fines in soils, post-erosion behavior, erosion caused by overflow, and contaminant transport in porous and fractured media, which are important for geotechnical engineering as well as other related fields, such as environmental protection and energy exploitation. Mitigating water-induced geotechnical failures is vital for ensuring the sustainability of these engineering practices.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Seepage in porous and fractured media (including soils, rocks, and other sediments)
- Internal erosion in soils/rocks
- Post-erosion behavior of soils/rocks
- Interactions between porous and fractures media
- Contaminant transport in porous and fractured media
- Scouring/surface erosion induced by overflow
- Monitoring of water–soil/rock interactions (seepage, erosion, etc.) in the field
- Challenges and mitigation strategies for soil erosion in sustainable geotechnical engineering.
- Case studies regarding water-induced geotechnical engineering problems (e.g., dam/embankment failure, ground collapse, foundation pit failure, etc.)
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Yao Tang
Dr. Yingtao Hu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- seepage
- internal erosion
- contaminant transport
- scouring
- surface erosion
- soils
- rocks
- porous media
- fractured media
- geotechnical engineering
- environmental sustainability
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