TY - BOOK ID - 133940134 TI - Trends and Prospects in Geotechnics AU - da Venda Oliveira, Paulo José AU - Correia, António Alberto Santos PY - 2022 PB - Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute DB - UniCat KW - Technology: general issues KW - History of engineering & technology KW - ground improvement KW - earth reinforcement KW - geotextiles KW - numerical analysis KW - spatial TDR KW - moisture content KW - soil suction KW - SWRC KW - transient flow KW - excess pore water pressure KW - pond filling rates KW - upstream tailings dam KW - AdaBoost KW - support vector machine KW - k-nearest neighbor KW - random forest KW - rockfill materials KW - shear strength KW - cement-treated soil KW - cellulose nanofibre KW - strength KW - permeability KW - sulfate-bearing soil KW - ettringite KW - soil stabilization KW - gypseous soil KW - calcium-based stabilizer KW - non-calcium-based stabilizer KW - biopolymer KW - soil stabilisation xanthan gum KW - sandy soil KW - cement KW - soil contamination KW - oil field KW - SEM KW - treatment KW - soil-cement mixtures KW - fibers KW - mechanical properties KW - machine learning KW - artificial neural networks KW - soil improvement KW - multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) KW - unconfined compressive strength tests KW - surfactant KW - quality control KW - quality assurance KW - deep mixing method KW - cemented iron ore tailings behaviour KW - filtered tailings stacking KW - Portland cement KW - compaction KW - n/a UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:133940134 AB - The Special Issue book presents some works considered innovative in the field of geotechnics and whose practical application may occur in the near future. This collection of twelve papers, in addition to their scientific merit, addresses some of the current and future challenges in geotechnics. The published papers cover a wide range of emerging topics with a specific focus on the research, design, construction, and performance of geotechnical works. These works are expected to inspire the development of geotechnics, contributing to the future construction of more resilient and sustainable geotechnical structures. ER -