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Editorial

Forward

Geosynthetics have become important civil engineering mate-

rials successfully used for transportation infrastructure to provide

economical and versatile solutions for various challenges. They

have been used to improve soil strength and modulus, provide

drainage, create load transfer platforms, stabilize slopes and walls,

mitigate erosion and scour, accelerate consolidation, contain

contaminants, etc. In recent years, new products and applications

of geosynthetics have continued emerging and they have remained

an active research topic in transportation applications.

This special issue, entitled   “Geosynthetics for Transportation

Applications”, contains nine technical papers and one technical

note which present recent advances in applications of geosyn-

thetics in transportation-related sectors. These technical papers/

note(s) cover a variety of geosynthetics including geogrid, geocell,

geotextile, geotube, geober, and geofoam. The studied applica-

tions encompass roadway stabilization and vegetation, ballast

connement, pipeline/drainage protection, encased stone columns,

erosion mitigation, and  ood control.

This special issue is compiled based on the technical papers

presented in the sessions of Ground Improvement and Geosyn-

thetics at the GeoShanghai 2014 International Conference held in

Shanghai, China, May26e

28, 2014. Among 27 excellent paperspub-lished at this conference, authors of ten papers were invited to

contribute to this special issue based on the review results of these

conference papers. Nine authors accepted the invitation and

signicantly improved and expanded their papers by restructuring

the papers and incorporating new unpublished results. One author

presented a complete new study. All the submitted papers under-

went rigorous peer review as required for any paper submitted to

Geotextiles and Geomembranes. Each paper was reviewed by at

least two experts of that topic to provide in-depth comments and

suggestions. The authors addressed all the review comments to

the satisfactory of the reviewers and/or the guest editors.

The guest editors greatly appreciate the Editor-in-Chief of 

Geotextiles and Geomembranes, Prof. Kerry Rowe, for providing

the opportunity and his instructions for this special issue. The guest

editors also wish to thank the anonymous reviewers who have

done an excellent job by providing rigorous and constructive

reviews for this special issue.

 Jie Huang

The University of Texas at San Antonio, USA

 Jie Han*

The University of Kansas, USA

* Corresponding author.

E-mail address:  jiehan@ku.edu (J. Han).

5 May 2015

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