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Influence of Weather-Driven Processes on the Performance of UK Transport Infrastructure with Reference to Historic Geostructures

Applied sciences, 2022-08, Vol.12 (15), p.7461 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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  • Title:
    Influence of Weather-Driven Processes on the Performance of UK Transport Infrastructure with Reference to Historic Geostructures
  • Author: Walker, Christopher ; Heitor, Ana ; Clarke, Barry
  • Subjects: 19th century ; 20th century ; Climate change ; Climatic conditions ; Construction ; Construction methods ; Dams ; Geology ; Highway construction ; Highways ; historic transport infrastructure ; Infrastructure ; Railway construction ; Rain ; Roads & highways ; Soil compaction ; Soil structure ; Transportation networks ; unsaturated soil ; Vegetation
  • Is Part Of: Applied sciences, 2022-08, Vol.12 (15), p.7461
  • Description: Several factors control the vulnerability of historic geostructures to climate change. These factors are both temporally and spatially variable depending on construction techniques and climatic conditions. This paper provides a review of both the historical construction practices on the UK transport network and recent developments in the understanding of climate change effects, allowing for an assessment of the impact of climate change on existing geostructures. Geostructures in the UK can be split between pre-regulation and post-regulation construction techniques. In general, highways were constructed after the implementation of modern regulations and are therefore less vulnerable to climate change due to formalisation of construction methods. In comparison, the performance of the railway network has shown to be inferior due to historic construction practices including poor or absent compaction, lack of consideration for foundations, or selection of fill materials. Recent findings have shown that the impacts of climate change are also a multiscale problem, influenced not only by regional geology but also the pore structure of soils and its evolution. While the research into these impacts is critical, the limitations of common methods employed to survey these structures and study the behaviour of their constituent materials requires consideration. In this paper, these aspects are examined in detail in a bid to integrate holistically the complexity of the systems involved.
  • Publisher: Basel: MDPI AG
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 2076-3417
    EISSN: 2076-3417
    DOI: 10.3390/app12157461
  • Source: ROAD: Directory of Open Access Scholarly Resources
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    DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
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