Preface

摘要

Developing and maintaining resilient infrastructure are critical responsibilities of civil engineers in cold regions. Challenges associated with repeated and/or extended occurrences of freezing temperatures are present across all aspects of infrastructure management, from design to construction to operation to maintenance. This compilation of papers uniquely addresses issues and solutions related to the built environment, including pavements, railways, foundations, buildings, bridges, and utilities in cold regions, and it also provides deeper understanding about the processes of freezing and thawing as they occur in the surrounding natural environment. Recommendations for characterizing and controlling the effects of snow and ice are provided, and applications to urban centers, rural areas, and remote sites are given. In addition, innovative technologies for assessing material properties and evaluating infrastructure condition are described, and the efficacy of numerical simulation for analysis of selected cold regions problems is demonstrated in many examples.