Specific themes
1. Geotechnics for Pavement, Rail Track and Airfield
- Ground improvement
- Application of unsaturated soil mechanics
- Advanced geotechnics for high-speed trains
- Difficulties in transition zone between earthwork and bridge
- Newly emerged issues
2. Geomaterial, including Nontraditional Materials
- Mechanical characteristics
- Applications to base, subbase, subgrade and foundation
- Unbound aggregates
- Recycled materials including reclaimed concrete and asphalt
- Performance evaluation
3. Asphalt Mixtures and Hydraulically-bound Materials
- Mechanical characteristics
- Porous asphalt mixtures
- Recycled aggregates in asphalt mixtures
- Ferrous and nonferrous slag as aggregates
- Performance evaluation
4. Earthworks for Transportation Facilities
- Cut and fill in difficult terrain and geology
- Quality control
- Intelligent compaction and construction
- Earthquake resistant technologies
5. Application of Geosynthetics
- Material characterization
- Performance evaluation
- Other reinforcement technologies
- Case studies with difficulty
6. Laboratory Testing and In-situ Testing
- Material characterization
- Advanced testing
- Performance-based tests
- Non-destructive characterization
- In-situ instrumentation and tests
7. Modeling and Numerical Simulations
- Performance of pavement, rail track and airfield
- Material behaviour
- Physical and numerical modeling
- Back-calculation of deflection measurements
8. Design, Construction and Maintenance
- Geotechnical input on Mechanistic-empirical design
- Geotechnical approach on life cycle cost
- Construction on soft ground
9. Performance Evaluation and Quality Control
- Pavement, rail track and airfield
- Porous pavements under heavy traffic
- Investigation
- Monitoring
10. Sustainability of Management and Rehabilitation
- Distress surveys
- Perpetual pavements, rail track and airfield
- Use of recycled materials
- Geotechnical approach on PMS
11. Risk Assessment and Environmental Issues
- Traffic vibration and noise reduction
- Seepage in porous pavements
- Issues in cold climates including frost heave
- Slope stability alongside roads and railways
- Elution of hazardous substance from nontraditional materials
Invited Lectures
Seven internationally renowned academics and engineers are invited to deliver special/keynote lectures.
Special Lectures
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Professor A. Gomes Correia |
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Professor J.-P. Magnan |
"Trends and Challenges in Earthworks for Transportation Infrastructures"
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Professor S. Miura |
"Mechanical Behavior and Earthquake-induced Failures of Volcanic Soils in Japan"
Keynote Lectures
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Professor H. Di Benedetto |
"Bituminous Mixtures: from Thermo-mechanical Properties of Components to Structure Calculation"
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Professor D. G. Fredlund |
"Soil Suction Measurements in Highway Subgrades"
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Professor B. Indraratna |
"Performance Evaluation of Shock Mats and Synthetic Grids in the Improvement of Rail Ballast"
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Professor F. Tatsuoka |
"GRS Structures Recently Developed and Constructed for Railways and Roads in Japan"
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Professor E. Tutumluer |
"Sustainable Pavement Construction Utilizing Engineered Unbound Aggregate Layers"