THE STATE OF THE ART AND EXPECTATION OF GEO-ENGINEERING IN CHINA &mdash|A SUMMARY FOR THE 3TH CHINA NATIONAL GEOENGINEERING CONFERENCE

This is a summary speech for the 3th China national geoengineering conference co-organized by 4 Chinese societies in geoengineering in Chengdu, June 11~18, 2009.  The conference has shown the following 4 features in the research of geoengineering in the recent years: (1) Fundamental researches have been enhanced. A series of progresses have been made in tests of problematic soils, the dynamics of rock and soil has become a new hotspot after Wenchuan earthquake, and the theoretical exploration for the basic behaviors of rock and soil has attracted more attention, (2) Engineering induced geohazards has been emphasized in research, (3) New techniques have been developed rapidly, and (4) education, training, standardization in geoengineering have been widely concerned.  An expectation for the future development pointed out that the following aspects are to be emphasized: theoretical studies on basic properties and structure controlled behaviors of rock and soil under the condition with dynamics, coupled multiple physical and chemical field, high geostress and interaction between engineering and geoenvironment; solutions for special geo-engineering problems; techniques for testing, monitoring and reinforcement, etc.