Deadline for Paper Submission: March 31, 2017

Engineering is an international peer-reviewed academic journal sponsored by the Chinese Academy of Engineering. The journal is published on a bimonthly basis in English. Online versions are available through http://www.journals.elsevier.com/engineering/.

Tunneling & Underground Space, as one of the frontier areas attracting global researches and engineering efforts, has been selected as the 11th special issue for the journal Engineering 2017. This special issue seeks for the most leading researches and significant progresses on tunneling in the world. This issue will publish original papers including but not limited to the following fields:

Scope:

●  Theoretical and methodological study on tunnel Engineering (mechanized excavation, conventional method, immersed tube etc.)

●  Survey, design and construction as well as challenges of major tunneling projects (rail tunnel, highway tunnel, hydraulic tunnel, urban metro etc.)

●  Development and challenges of large underground space

●  Risk management and disaster prevention

●  Case studies on major or challenging projects

Paper Length:

6 pages in general.

Editorial Board of the Special Issue:

Editors-in-Chief

Mengshu Wang, Chinese Academy of Engineering, China

Martin C Knight, CH2M, UK

Executive Associate Editors-in-Chief

Jinxiu Yan, China Railway Academy, China

Ray L Sterling, Louisiana Tech University, US

Members of Editorial Board

Einar Broch, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

Tarcisio Celestino, Themag Engenharia, Brazil

Randall J. Essex, Mott MacDonald, US

Robert Galler, MONTANUNIVERSIT?T LEOBEN, Austria

Huawu He，Chinese Academy of Engineering, China

Kairong Hong, State Key Laboratory of Shield Machine and Boring Technology, China

Hongwei Huang, Tongji University, China

Rick Lovat, Independent Expert, Canada

Eric Leca, Arcardis, France

Baosong Ma, China University of Geosciences (Wu Han), China

Matthias Neuenschwander, Neuenschwander Consulting Engineers, Switzerland

Daniele Peila, Politecnico di Torin, Italy

Mingliang Pan，China Railway Tunnel Group Co., Ltd, China

Ed Taylor, John Holland, Australia

Markus Thewes, Ruhr-Universit?t Bochum, Germany

Yonghong Wang, Beijing Jiaotong University, China

Chungsik Yoo, Sung Kuyn Kwan University, Korean