Time-dependent soil behaviour in multi-coupled problems: fundamentals and applications

Call for papers Géotechnique Special Issue - Time-dependent soil behaviour in multi-coupled problems: fundamentals and applications

Journal: Géotechnique
Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Manuscript Submission Deadline: 7 September 2026

Detailed Overview

Géotechnique invites contributions on time-dependent soil behaviour—viscous effects (creep, relaxation, rate-dependency) and structural evolutions (degradation or ageing)—in multi-coupled contexts like thermo-hydro-mechanical-chemical (THMC) processes. Focus is on sustainable geotechnical design for extended lifetimes/reuse of structures, using advanced lab/field testing (tomography, geophysics), monitoring (optical fibre, remote sensing), numerical tools (THMC codes, DEM), and constitutive models. Abstracts due 18 May 2026.

Guest Editors:
Giuseppe Pedone (giuseppe.pedone@unitn.it)
Tingfa Liu (tingfa.liu@bristol.ac.uk)
Teresa Bodas Freitas (tmbodas@civil.ist.utl.pt)
Truong Le (truong.le@mottmac.com)
Gustav Grimstad (gustav.grimstad@ntnu.no)
Satoshi Nishimura (nishimura@eng.hokudai.ac.jp)
Cor Zwanenburg (Cor.Zwanenburg@deltares.nl)
Béatrice A Baudet (b.baudet@ucl.ac.uk)

Core Themes and Topics

• Bespoke lab testing for time-dependent behaviour.

• Viscous phenomena in multi-coupled processes.

• Rate-dependent responses across scales.

• Ageing effects on soil-structure interactions.

• Advances in constitutive/numerical modelling.

• Case studies with advanced monitoring.

Key Dates

Submission Guidelines

• Submit abstract: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=fGpnW1X7nkWgVZV5UIAYQ3KFwRw8LSROicwWiRdGpMZUMlROWFhQVERTT0Q4OE0yMVJPWlExMjRLTS4u

• Submit full paper: https://ice-review.rivervalley.io/journal/jgeot

• Original papers only; not under review elsewhere; follow author guidelines.

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