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 Producing technical reports and encouraging international
training and meeting in this research field and exchange
experience and ideas on improving communication to other
researchers, public and politics for more alertness and
awareness
Planning of activities:
2011 1st committee meeting for the occasion of the int. Course
on Understanding Dike Safety, Delft The Netherlands
2012 2nd committee meeting for the occasion of the 12 th Baltic
Sea Conference 31 May – 2 June 2012 Rostock Germany
2013 3rd committee meeting for the occasion of the 18th
International Conference on Soil mechanics and
Geotechnical Engineering, Paris, 1-5 Sept 2013.
TC202 - TRANSPORTATION
TRANSPORTATION GEOTECHNICS
Chair: A. Correia Gomes
TERMS OF REFERENCE
The goal of TC202 committee should be considered a broad
engineering unit bridging the gap between Pavement/Railway
Engineering and Geotechnical Engineering. The main task is to
promote co-operation and exchange of information and
knowledge about the geotechnical aspects in design,
construction, maintenance, monitoring and upgrading of roads,
railways and airfields. It will also cover the related
environmental aspects. For these purposes, the main Task
Forces of the Committee will cover the following topics:
TF1. Promote of use of non traditional materials in
embankments and structural layers. Leaders: M. Winter
and T. Edil, N. Yoshida.
(i) Survey and collecting data of demonstration projects.
(ii) Guidelines and recommendations for practice.
(iii)Co-sponsor the ASTM Symposium "Testing and
Specification of Recycled Materials for Sustainable
Geotechnical Construction", Baltimore, USA, 2-4
February 2011.
(iv)Contributions for TF6.
Liaisons: TC215 Environmental Geotechnics.
TF2. Reinforcement of geomaterials and its implications in
pavement and rail track design. Leaders: E. Tutumler
and S-W Park; W. Kim.
(i) Guidelines and recommendations for practice
(ii) Symposium and contribution for TF6
Liaisons: IGS.
TF3. Earthworks design, technology and management: To
extend the previous work on compaction. Leaders: Jean-
Pierre Magnan and A. Gomes Correia
(i) Survey and collecting data of demonstration projects.
(ii) Prepare overview of the standards, codes, and
guidelines. Participate in CEN standardisation works
and prepare recommendations – also strong link with
industry.
(iii)Keynote lecture ECSMGE on "Earthworks in hard
soils and weak rocks".
(iv)Workshop on Intelligent construction/compaction
technologies associated with TF6.
(v) Contribution for TF6.
Liaisons: CEN TC396 Earthworks.
TF4. Rail track substructures, including transition zones.
Leaders: W. Powrie and K. Muramoto; C. Lai, P.
Kolisoja, B. Indraratna.
(i) Survey current state of knowledge and experience.
(ii) Develop guidelines for practice and recommendations
for future research.
(iii)Workshop associated with TF6 (9 th September, 2012).
(iv) Final symposium or workshop.
Liaisons: UIC, UK EPSRC Program Grant on track
systems (Track21), other research projects.
TF5. Subsurface sensing for transportation infrastructure
condition diagnostics amongst others. Leaders: S.
Nazarian and C. Lai; A. Loizos
(i) Comprehensive document for TF5, with schedule
plan.
(ii) Survey and make guidelines and recommendations
for practice.
(iii)Contribution for TF6.
Liaisons: TC102 Ground Property Characterization from
In-Situ Tests.
TF6. 2nd International Conference on Transportation
Geotechnics (ICTG-2), Hokkaido, Japan, 10 to 12 th
September 2012. Chairman: Seiichi Miura; Secretary
General: Tatsuya Ishikawa. Leaders: T. Ishikawa and N.
Yoshida
(i) Themes: Geotechnics for pavements, Rail track and
airfield; geomaterials, including asphalt mixtures,
unbound aggregates and recycling materials;
earthworks for transportation facilities; application of
geosynthetics; laboratory testing and in-situ testing;
modelling and numerical simulations; design
construction and maintenance; performance
evaluation and quality control; sustainability of
management and rehabilitation; risk assessment and
environmental issues.
(ii) Start with a named lecture in to honour an eminent
geotechnical engineer in the TC202 field.
(iii)Workshops before or after the Conference. The
following are planned: see TF3 and TF4 and
"Geotechnical challenges for transportation
geotechnics in extreme climates."
(iv) Proceedings of ICTG -2 and selected papers will be
considered for publications in the special issue of
Soils and Foundations JGS Journal, subjected to the
usual peer-reviewing process.
(v) TC202 workshop/seminar where the representative
person of each TF reports the activity progress,
interesting findings and perspectives.
Liaisons: IAEG, IGS; TC215 Environmental
Geotechnics; TC101 Laboratory Stress Strain Strength
Testing of Geomaterials; TC106 Unsaturated Soils;
TC216 Frost Geotechnics.
TF7. Journal of "Transportation Geotechnics". Proposal to be
submitted to Taylor & Francis, Ongoing action. Editors in
Chief: A. Gomes Correia; A. Loizos & E. Tutumluer.
TF8. To promote TC3-sponsored sessions on Geotechnics for
transportation infrastructures at ISSMGE international,
European and regional conferences on soil mechanics and
geotechnical engineering, and to support special
geotechnical, geoenvironmental and unsaturated soils
conferences on transportation geotechnics.
(i) ECSMGE; ICSMGE.
(ii) Others to be defined.
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