Liquan Xie is an associate professor in the College of Civil Engineering at the Tongji University, Shanghai, China. He has more than 20 years of teaching, research, and industrial experience related to hydraulic engineering and geotechnical engineering. He has published more than 60 research papers and spent about 10 years teaching many courses for undergraduate and graduate students. Previously, he worked on the construction of Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River, the third longest in the world. He also built up technical experience on the construction of large river-crossing bridges and highways.

• Chapter 1 Part Icle breakage and creep deformation prediction of rockfill materials, Cheng-fa Deng, Xue-mei Li, Lei-lei Zheng, Yong-ming Wang; Chapter 2 An energy efficiency evaluation measure of water supply systems for high-rise buildings, L.T. Wong, K.W. Mui, Y. Zhou; Chapter 3 Effect of the load history of hydraulic gradient on suffusion, Y.L. Luo, X.F. Kong; Chapter 4 Structural analysis and optimal design of full-tubular submersible gate pump, Jun Ding, Guohua Shen, Haitian Huang; Chapter 5 New explicit analytical solutions of rogue wave based on the HAM, L. Zou, Z.B. Yu, Y.G. Pei, Z. Wang; Chapter 6 A monitoring model based on MIV-improved RBF neural network for dam deformation, Xinyang Ning, Xiaoqing Liu; Chapter 7 The study of probability flood forecast based on AREM and Bayesian model, Zhiyuan Yin, Fang Yang, Tao Peng, Tieyuan Shen; Chapter 8 Numerical simulation of knotless fishing nets in current, Hao Tang, Liuxiong Xu; Chapter 9 A multi-functional experiment setup for underwater soil cutting simulation and rake tooth optimization, Gongxun Liu, Guojun Hong, Qingbo Zhang, Yehui Zhu, Liquan Xie; Chapter 10 Changes in Benthic diatom communities at different locations in Pearl River downstream rivers of China and the applicability of major diatom indices on the water quality evaluation, R. Jiang, F. Yang, X.T. Wang, Z.X. Li; Chapter 11 Safety monitoring index of horizontal displacement based on abutment instability of the arch dam, C.J. Fu, X.W. Yao, H.Y. Shen; Chapter 12 Risk prioritization of hydropower dams using risk informed decision making method, X.W. Yao, X.L. Zhang, C.J. Fu; Chapter 13 Initial exploration of the application of steel reinforced concrete in radial gate pier, Xiaofei Zhang, Yaling Liu, Kaiman Wei, Ruichang Hu, Qingfu Zeng, Chun Yuan; Chapter 14 Optimal schedule for track maintenance actions for fixed and seasonal possession costs, Mohammad Daddow, Xiedong Zhang, Hongsheng Qiu; Chapter 15 Effect of bulk solids on strength of cylindrical corrugated steel silos without columns during filling, N. Kuczynska, M. Wojcik, J. Tejchman; Chapter 16 Trend changes in resistivity image: A new indicator of earthquakes, T. Zhu, B. Zhang, J. Zhou; Chapter 17 Study on the application of blending Ground Sand Dust with unqualified fly ash in RCC, Guo-xin Chen, Ye-ran Zhu, Guo-hong Huang; Chapter 18 The molecular structural design and performance characterization of Concrete Anti-Clay Additives, Long Xiong, Yao Bi, Xing Li, Shaofeng Wang, Jinwen Wang, Juxiang Xing; Chapter 19 Simulation evaluation and optimization of road intersection in Lishui City, Y.M. Du, J.P. Wu, Z.B. Chen, J.X. Wei, H.T. Zhang; Chapter 20 Change in tunnel inflow due to groundwater level drawdown during excavation, J.S. Moon, A.Q. Zheng, J.Y. Cho, W.J. Park; Chapter 21 An experimental study on the bonding and shearing performance of new Modified Polymer Concrete (MPC) with high strength and super lightweight using fly ash, G.W. Liu, X.L. Chen, S.P. Li, F. Gao, G. Yang, Z.C. Hu; Chapter 22 Vibration mitigation of nonlinear structural system incorporating uncertainties, N.B. Wang, L.Y. Li; Chapter 23 Dynamic response analysis of bridge rectangular pier in deep water, Fan Lei, Yulin Deng; Chapter 24 Study on durability and service life of anchor bolt structure, Lili Zhang, Qinxi Zhang, Xiaojie Wang; Chapter 25 Simulation of transport of sediment and heavy metal in a bay system…/Part contents