Environmental Vibrations and Transportation Geodynamics

This book includes keynote presentations, invited speeches, and general session papers presented at the 7th International Symposium on Environmental Vibration and Transportation Geodynamics (formerly the International Symposium on Environmental Vibration), held from October 28 to 30, 2016 at Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.  It discusses topics such as the dynamic and cyclic behaviors of soils, dynamic interaction of vehicle and transportation infrastructure; traffic-induced structure and soil vibrations and wave propagation; soil-structure dynamic interaction problems in transportation; environmental vibration analysis and testing; vehicle, machine and human-induced vibrations; monitoring, evaluation and control of traffic induced vibrations; transportation foundation deformation and deterioration induced by vibration; structural safety and serviceability of railways, metros, roadways and bridges; and application of geosynthetics in transportation infrastructure. It is a

Prof. Xuecheng Bian is professor of Transpiration Geotechnical Engineering at Zhejiang University, China. He received his Ph.D. Degree from Okayama University, Japan, with expertise in the area of Tain-Track-Ground system dynamics, and was a visiting professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA and the University of Edinburgh, UK. He has also received a number of national and international awards and fellowships. He currently serves on the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Aggregate Committee (AFP70) and in the editorial board of Tranportation Geotechnics Journal.

Prof. Yunmin Chen is a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. His research fields include soil dynamics, ground improvement and foundation engineering as well as geoenvironmental engineering. He has completed several major consultancy projects, including the construction of the first airport built on thick soft clay deposit in China and the deep excavation of Shanghai World Expo underground transformer substation. Prof. Chen has published over 200 technical papers and has received two national awards for his research achievements.

Prof. Xiaowei Ye is an associate professor at the Department of Civil Engineering at Zhejiang University, China. His research interests include structural health monitoring, smart materials and structures, fatigue of steel structures, and structural reliability. Dr. Ye received his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2010. He is a member of the Internati