Geotechnical Engineering Challenges to Meet Current and Emerging Needs of Society

‘Geotechnical Engineering Challenges to Meet Current and Emerging Needs of Society’ includes the papers presented at the XVIII European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (Lisbon, Portugal, August 26 to 30th, 2024). The papers aim to contribute to a better understanding of problems and solutions of geotechnical nature, as well as to a more adequate management of natural resources. Case studies are included to better disseminate the success and failure of Geotechnical Engineering practice. The peer-reviewed articles of these proceedings address the six main topics: New developments on structural design Geohazards Risk analysis and safety evaluation Current and new construction methods Environment, water, and energy Future city world vision With contributions from academic researchers and industry practitioners from Europe and abroad, this collection of conference articles features an interesting and wide-ranging combination of innovation, emerging technologies and case histories, and will be of interest to academics and professionals in Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering.

Table of Contents:
A - New developments on structural design B - Geohazards C - Risk analysis and safety evaluation D - Current and new construction methods E - Environment, water and energy F - Future city world vision

About the Author :
Nuno Guerra is Associate Professor at NOVA School of Science and Technology, where he lectures undergraduate, master and postgraduate courses in the fields of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, in the Civil Engineering Department. His research interests are the study of the collapse of geotechnical structures, geotechnical design considering the variability of soil properties, soil-structure interaction and the performance of retaining structures. He was Vice-President of the Portuguese Geotechnical Society (2012-2016), member of several Organizing and Scientific Committees of national conferences and Geotechnical Engineer and Consultant. He was (2004-2008) and is now (from 2016) member of the Board of the journal “Geotecnia” published by SPG, ABMS and SEMSIG. He is author of 75 papers published in national and international journals and in the proceedings of national and international conferences. Manuel Matos Fernandes is Professor of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto. His main research areas concern numerical modelling of geotechnical works, deep urban excavations and the history of Construction. He was editor of the journals Geotecnia (2000-04) and Soils & Rocks (2012-16) and President of the Portuguese Geotechnical Society (2016-20). He is author of textbooks on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering published in Portugal and internationally. From 1991 to 2012, he co-organized the series International Workshops on Applications of Computational Mechanics in Geotechnical Engineering and co-edited its proceedings (6). In 2013 he was awarded with the Prize in Pedagogic Excellency at his university. Cristiana Ferreira, Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto and an integrated member of CONSTRUCT (Institute of R&D in Structures and Construction). Her research is mainly focused on laboratory and field soil characterisation, wave-based non-destructive testing, seismic and static liquefaction characterisation and mitigation, and the mechanics of non-textbook geomaterials. She has 3 published books as editor, 32 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals and more than 50 papers in conference proceedings. António Gomes Correia is professor and researcher at the Institute for Sustainability and Innovation in Structural Engineering (ISISE) of University of Minho. His activities involve research, teaching and consulting in the general field of geotechnical and transportation engineering for 44 years. He has been a keynote speaker and member of the organising/technical committees for many well established international conferences. He is a co-founder of the International Society for Intelligent Construction (ISIC) as well as has founded the conference series on Transportation Geotechnics. He is also one of founding editors for the international journal "Transportation Geotechnics" (from 2014), as well as for “Transportation Engineering” (from 2020), both published by Elsevier. He is also editor of the journal "Geotecnia" (from 2016) published by SPG, ABMS and SEMSIG. He is an author/coauthor of 190 scholarly publication indexed in SCOPUS. Alexandre Pinto is founder and technical manager of JETsj Geotecnia Lda. and invited Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) of Technical University of Lisbon. His activities involve consulting and teaching in the general field of geotechnical engineering for 30 years. He is an author/coauthor of 120 technical papers. He has been a keynote speaker and member of the organising/technical committees for several conferences. He was Vice President of Portuguese Geotechnical Society from 2016 to 2020 and is President from 2020 to 2024. Pedro Sêco e Pinto was a Full Professor of Geotechnical Engineering at Coimbra University. He is a member of European Union Academy of Sciences, a Fellow of Portuguese Institute of Engineers and a former Director of Research of National Laboratory of Civil Engineer (LNEC). He was ISSMGE Board Member, Immediate Past President, ISSMGE President and ISSMGE Vice President. He was Chairman of ISSMGE TC “Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering“. He presented 350 State-of-the Art Lectures in 80 countries. He was an Editorial in Chief of 2 International Journals and he is member of 7 Editorial Boards. He has been a member of Advisory Committee of 100 International Conferences. He worked as World Bank Consulting and United Nations Consulting. He worked on 450 major projects in Dams, Power plants, Bridges, Special Foundations, Tunnels, Highways, Landslides, Dykes, Airports and Quay Walls, in 23 countries. He is author or co-author of 500 Technical and Scientific Reports and 180 papers for Conferences and Journals and contributed for 13 Books. He received more than 50 International Awards.