Transportation Soil Engineering in Cold Regions, Volume 2: Proceedings of Transoilcold 2019

ISBN-13: 9789811504563 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 502 str.

Andrei Petriaev; Anastasia Konon

Spis treści

Themes.- Problems of design, construction and operation of transportation infrastructure in Arctic and cold regions.- Methods of geological survey and diagnostics.- Stability of slopes, landslides, debris flows, avalanches and disaster prevention.- Soil dynamics and earthquake engineering.- Geosynthetics in construction and reconstruction of transport facilities.- Geoenvironmental technologies in construction and reconstruction of transport facilities.- Geotechnical problems.- Experience in construction and maintenance of subgrade in cold regions.- Artificial ground freezing in transportation.- Pavement problems.- Permafrost dynamics in changing climate and under technogenic impact

O autorze

Dr Andrei Petriaev is a senior researcher in the Emperor Alexander I St. Petersburg State Transport University, Russia and the President of Russian Chapter of IGS. Dr Petriaev's research expertise is in geoecology and the geotechnics of railways and road design, with specific focus on the challenges faced in cold and arid regions.   He  has served as the conference chair for the Transportation Geotechnics and Geoecology conference in 2017, and on the scientific committee for various other conferences.

Dr Anastasia Konon is an associate professor in Emperor Alexander I St. Petersburg State Transport University, Russia, where she joined in 2005. Dr Konon's research interests are primarily in road and railway engineering, with specific emphasis on the geotechnical challenges faced in cold and arid environmental conditions.  She has worked as a technician, researcher and engineer in railway design and geotechnics projects for JSC Russian Railways, and has served as the conference secretary for  Transportation Geotechnics and Geoecology conference in 2017, and on the scientific committee for various other conferences. 

Blurb

This volume comprises select papers presented during TRANSOILCOLD 2019. It covers the challenges and problems faced by engineers, designers, contractors, and infrastructure owners during planning and building of transport infrastructure in Arctic and cold regions. The contents of this book will be of use to researchers and professional engineers alike.