IACGE2015&ICTPA2015ConferenceProgram

May 14-16, 2015Irvine, California, USA

The 3rd IACGE International Conference onGeotechnical and Earthquake Engineering

and the 28th ICTPA Annual Conference第三屆國際華人岩土工程師協會岩土與地震工程國際會議

暨第二十八屆國際華人交通運輸協會年會

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The 3rd IACGE International Conference on Geotechnical and EarthquakeEngineering (IACGE2015) and the 28th ICTPA Annual Conference

(ICTPA28) Technical Program

Thursday, May 14, 201510:00AM – 7:00 PM Registration Location: Front Room12:00 – 4:00 PM Technical Tour Bus will leave hotel at

12pm

6:00 – 8:00 PM Reception Dinner Location: MakinoSushi Seafood Buffet

Friday, May 15, 2015 7:00 AM – 6:30 PM Registration Location: Front Room

Friday, May 15, 2015Opening Ceremony8:30 AM – 9:45 AM Location: SALON AB

8:30 – 8:35 AM Opening Remarks XiaoyunWu/Liping Yan

Organizing Committee co-chairs

8:35 – 8:45 AM Welcome Speech Endi Zhai President of IACGEA8:45 – 8:55 AM Welcome Speech Pei-Sung Lin President of ICTPA8:55 – 9:00AM VIP Introduction Xiaoyun

Wu/Liping YanOrganizing Committee co-chairs

9:00 – 9:05 AM VIP Speech Steve Choi Mayor, City of Irvine9:05 – 9:10AM VIP Speech Xuecai Zhang Vice President, China Railway Eryuan

Engineering Croup (CREEC)9:10 – 9:15 AM VIP Speech Qixiang Fan Vice President of Three Gorge Corp9:15 – 9:20 AM VIP Speech Xiuli Du Vice President of Beijing University of

Technology9:20 – 9:35 AM Group Picture Hotel Lobby9:35 – 9:50 AM Coffee Break

Plenary Session I 9:50 AM – 11:50AMSession Chair: Endi Zhai Location: SALON AB9:50 – 10:30 AM Longwall Mining "Cutting Cantilever Beam Theory" and a New Mining Method in China —

the third Mining Technology RevolutionManChao He, NAS, Professor, China University of Mining and Technology

10:30 – 11:10 AM Building near Faults: Engineering Mitigation of Surface Fault RuptureJonathan D. Bray, NAE, Professor, University of California, Berkeley

11:10 – 11:50AM Dynamic Design of Rock Engineering Projects Based on Deformation and Cracking ControlXiating Feng, President, International Society for Rock Mechanics

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Plenary Session II 9:50 AM – 11:50AMSession Chair: Pei-Sung Lin Location: THEATER9:50 – 10:20 AM California Road Charging

Susan Bransen, Deputy Director of CTC10:20 – 10:50 AM Caltrans Strategic Management Plan, Our vision for the Future

Kome Ajise, Chief Deputy Director of Caltrans10:50 – 11:20 AM A Transportation Investment in California Future

Lou Correa, Board Member of CA High Speed Rail Authority11:20 – 11:50AM Research and Policy about Transportation Safety in China

Jian Lu, Dean of School of Transportation, Tongji University

Lunch Session 12:00 PM – 1:30 PMSpeaker: Darrell Johnson, CEO, OCTAPresentation: Keeping Orange County Moving

Location: PAVILION

Friday, May 15, 2015Session I 1:30 PM – 3:10 PMSession I-A: US-China Dam Safety Workshop Location: SADDLEBACKSession Co-Chairs: David Gutierrez and Qixiang Fan1:30 – 1:35PM Opening Remark1:35 – 2:00 PM Nonlinear Seismic Analysis Methods for Concrete Dams and Hydraulic Structures

Vojislav Cvijanovic, California Department of Water Resource, Division of Safety of Dams2:00 – 2:25 PM Jinsha River Dam Seismic Design and Strong Ground Motion Monitoring(金沙江流域大坝抗震设计

与强震监测)Yifeng Wang, China Three Gorge Corp

2:25 – 2:50 PM Characterizing Ground Motions for Bouquet Canyon Dams Seismic Stability EvaluationAndrew Dinsick, GeoPentech Inc.

2:50 – 3:10 PM Liquefaction Evaluation of the Foundation Soil of a Dam Considering Overlying Structure EffectGang Wang, Chongqing University; Xing Wei, Southwest Jiaotong University and Hanlong Liu,Chongqing University

Session I-B: Soil Dynamic & Earthquake Engineering Location: THEATERSession Co-Chairs: Wolfgang Roth and Xiuli Wang1:30 – 1:50 PM Research Progress on Seismic Design of Highway Bridges (Invited Presentation)

Xiu-li Du and Qiang Han, Key Laboratory of Urban Security and Disaster Engineering of Ministry ofEducation, Beijing University of Technology

1:50 – 2:10 PM Horizontal dynamic response of single pile partially embedded in layered saturated soilZhengyu Wang, Xing-Hua Wang, Yuan-Yuan Liu and Min Zhang, Central South University

2:10 - 2:30 PM Seismic Design of Revetment for CMSA Container Terminal in Manzanillo, Mexico

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Jiaer Wu, Jun Ji and Jialin Liu, China Harbor Engineering Company2:30 – 2:50 PM Seismic Analysis of Offshore Wind Towers Considering Pile-Soil-Structure Interaction

Bo Song, Hailong Wang and Yu Yi, University of Science and Technology Beijing2:50 – 3:10 PM Investigation and Liquefaction Mitigation of Landfill Perimeter Levee.

Robbie M. Warner, Geo-Logic Associates

Session I-C: Foundation and Retaining Wall Location: SALON BSession Co-Chairs: Raphael Siebenmann and Xilin Lu1:30 – 1:50 PM The comparison of the pile foundation bearing capacity test under the condition of single pile and single

pile capsYanpeng Zhu, Zexue Bao and Tianzhong Ma, School of Civil Engineering, Lanzhou University ofTechnology

1:50 – 2:10 PM Study of settlement prediction model of high-speed railway bridge pileZhongbo Hu, Southwest Jiaotong University

2:10 - 2:30 PM Geotehcnical Challenges for Fast-Track Design and Construction of a Bridge FoundationSomalingam Balachandran, Joseph J. Kulikowski, and Shuyu Liu, GENTERRA Consultants, Inc.

2:30 – 2:50 PM Subgrade settlement prediction of high-speed railway by using Hilbert-Huang TransformJun Zhou, John X. Zhao and Jian-Lin Ma, Southwest Jiaotong University

2:50 – 3:10 PM A new method of determining the compressed layer thickness based on correcting Es for the settlementcalculation of pile foundation in soft soilChunhui Su, Jianlin Ma and Qinke Wang, Southwest Jiaotong University

Session I-D: Transportation Infrastructure Design Location: SALON ASession Chair: Pei-Sung Lin1:30 – 1:55 PM Los Angeles 6th Street Viaduct Update

John Koo, City of Los Angeles, Department of Public Works1:55 – 2:20 PM The Tom Lantos Tunnels at Devil’s Slide Project – The Longest Highway Tunnels in California

Yung-Nien Wang, HNTB CORPORATION2:20 - 2:45 PM Complete Street Concept Design for Avenue 64 in City of Pasadena

Min Zhou and Steven Wang, KOA Corporation2:45 – 3:10 PM Design and Construction Strategies for Pavement Rehabilitation of I-15 Cajon Pass

Jian Lan, Caltrans District 8

Session I-E: Design Build and PPP Location: SALON ESession Chair: Dewei Chen1:30 – 1:55 PM Building a Successful Design-Build Project on Lessons Learned

Monica Born and Wynne Chow, Parsons Brinckerhoff1:55 – 2:20 PM Public-Private Partnership of Mega Infrastructure Development: Case Study of Taiwan High Speed

RailMeng-Cheng Ni, City University of Hong Kong

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2:20 - 2:45 PM Advertising in Railway in AsiaDennis Li, TÜV SÜD Hong Kong

2:45– 3:10 PM Public-Private Partnership for Infrastructure ProjectsLan Saadatnejadi, LRS Program Delivery

3:10 PM – 3:30 PM Current Session Break

Friday, May 15, 2015Session II 3:30 PM – 5:10 PM

Session II-A: US-China Dam Safety Workshop Location: SADDLEBACKSession Co-Chairs: Jianping Hu and Yifeng Wang3:30 – 3:55 PM Validation of Finite Element Analysis Techniques Using Loma Prieta Recordings at Lower Crystal

Springs DamMark Schultz , California Department of Water Resource, Division of Safety of Dams

3:55 – 4:20 PM Xiluodu Underground Powerhouse Excavation Key Technology (溪洛渡地下厂房开挖关键技术)Jilin Fu, China Three Gorge Corp

4:20 – 4:45 PM Seismic Design Approach and Safety Evaluation for CTG’s nearly 300-meter-high Concrete ArchDamEndi Zhai, China Three Gorge Corp

4:45 – 5:05 PM Three Gorge Shiplock High Slope Evaluation (三峽船闸高边坡稳定分析与监测)Hongbin Zhu, China Three Gorge Corp

Session II-B: Soil Mechanics and NumericalModeling

Location: THEATER

Session Co-Chairs: Jiaer Wu and Qiang Han

3:30 – 3:50 PM Critical State of Sand-Fines MixturesAminaton Marto, Choy Soon Tan and Ahmad Mahir Makhtar, University Technology Malaysia

3:50 – 4:10 PM Environmental Evaluation in Utilizing MC-IBA Matrix for Land ReclamationLin Guo, Augustine Quek, Wen Yu Xu and Dong Qing Wu, CHEMILINK Technologies Group PTELTD

4:10 - 4:30 PM Mathematical simulations of isochrones to determine degree of consolidation using vertical geodrainsManish Shah and Arvind Shroff

4:30 – 4:50 PM A Parallel Iwan Mohr-Coulomb Model for 3D Cyclic LoadingEthan Dawson and Wolfgang Roth, AECOM

4:50 – 5:10 PM

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Session II-C: Slope Stability and Landslides I Location: SALON BSession Co-Chairs: Jianlin Ma and Genhua Shi3:30 – 3:50 PM DIGGS: A Dream Becomes Reality – Implementation Status

Robert Bachus, GeoSyntec Consultants3:50 – 4:10 PM Analysis of slope stability with weak interlayer under rainfall by strength reduction FEM

Jiangwei Zhang, Boming Zhao and Xiaojun Li, Institute of Geophysics, China EarthquakeAdministration

4:10 - 4:30 PM Overview of Advancements in Geotechnical Instrumentation and MonitoringMing Zhu and Robert Bachus, GeoSyntec Consultants

4:30 – 4:50 PM Research on comprehensive treatment and monitoring on Suoeryou landslide in ZhouquXiuli Wang, Guangming Yu, Yanpeng Zhu and Yongzhong Ren, Lanzhou University oT technology

4:50 – 5:10 PM Wavelet analysis in settlement calculation and assessment of high-speed railway base on hypothesis testWeiming Hu and Jianlin Ma, Southwest Jiaotong University

Session II-D: Transportation Planning and Modeling Location: Salon ASession Chair: Fengxiang Qiao3:30 – 3:55 PM Enhancement of Estimation of Internal Trip Capture Rates for Mixed-use Developments

Pei-Sung Lin, CUTR, University of South Florida and Aldo Fabregas, Florida Institute of Technology3:55 – 4:20 PM Cuyamaca Street Trolley Signal Upgrade with Trolley

Minjie Mei, City of Santee, CA4:20 - 4:45 PM Embracing the Big Data Trend in Urban Transportation Planning

Jinghua Xu, Fehr & Peers4:45 – 5:10 PM Short-Term Prediction of Entering and Exiting Passenger Flows of Rail Transit Station Based on Bayesian

Combined ModelPengpeng Jiao, Tuo Sun and Dongyue Li, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture

Session II-E: Tunnel and Bridge Structure Location: Salon ESession Chair: Jian Lu3:30 – 3:55 PM Non-Linear Seismic Behavior of a Highly Horizontally Curved Bridge

Yong Deng, Tom Lee and Omar Jaradat, Moffat and Nichol3:55 – 4:20 PM Dynamic Interaction of Bridge Superstructure and Light Rail Vehicle

Hao Luo, HNTB Corporation and Xiaoyun Wu, IDC Consulting Engineers, Inc.4:20 - 4:45 PM Stress-Free Methodology for Construction Design of Extra-Long Span P.C. & Steel Trussed Deck

Hybrid Cable-Stayed BridgeXiangmin Yu and Dewei Chen, Tongji University

4:45 – 5:10 PM Research on the Rotation Point of the Towed Jack-upsShilun Feng and Yang Jiao, Tianjin University

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Saturday, May 16, 2015Session III 8:15 AM – 10:00 AM

Session III-A: US-China Dam Safety Workshop Location: TRABUCO ABSession Co-Chairs: Mark Schultz and Endi Zhai8:30 – 8:50 AM Baihetan Dam Foundation Rock Joint Excavation Key Technology (白鹤滩坝玄武岩基柱状节理

开挖关键技术)Jilin Fu, China Three Gorge Corp China Three Gorge Corp

8:50 – 9:10 AM Risk Informed Decision Making and Portfolio Risk Management for Dam and ReservoirsJoseph Sun, Pacific Gas & Electric Company

9:10 – 9:30 AM Introduction of CTG and Jinsha River Project Key Technical Issues (三峡集团和金沙江项目关键

技术介绍)Wenlin Weng, China Three Gorge Corp China Three Gorge Corp

9:30 – 10:00 AM Risk Assessment for Dam Safety and Early Dam Failure Warning SystemJohn Yen and John Dong, Southern California Edison

Session III-B: Slope Stability and Landslides II Location: Saddleback ABSession Co-Chairs: Ming Zhu and Xu Zhao8:30 –8:50 AM Experimental Study on Toppling Failure of Fully-embedded Anti-sliding Pile

Qiang Xie, Xiang Fu, Ren-Feng Wan and Peng Qiu, College of Civil Engineering,Chongqing University, Chongqing

8:50 – 9:10 AM Mega-Landslide Remediation – Use of 3D Stability AnalysisChris Conkle, Alex Stern and Daniel Simpson, GeoSyntec Consultants

9:10 – 9:30 AM Study on Failure Mechanisms and Equivalent Sand Pile Method for the Slope Reinforcedwith Rigid PilesYan Zhuang, Yaming Lu and Hanlong Liu, Hohai UniversityCoupling model based on evidence theory and rough set theory for evaluation of seismiclandslide riskBo Li and Jingyu Su, Beijing University of Technology

9:30 – 9:50 AM Typical Applications of Chemical-Physical Combined Method (CPCM) for Higher EfficientImprovement of Marine Clay SlurryDong Qing Wu, Wen Yu Xu and Romy Tjuar, CHEMILINK TECHNOLOGIES GROUPPTE LTD

9:50 – 10:10 AM Coupling model based on evidence theory and rough set theory for evaluation of seismiclandslide riskBo Li and Jingyu Su, Beijing University of Technology

Session III-C: Transportation System Operation (I)Session Chair: Meng-Cheng Ni

Location: TRABUCO C

8:30 –8:55 AM Updated Flow Dispersion Model Considering V2I Advanced Warning Message

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Qing Li, Fengxiang Qiao and Lei Yu, Texas Southern University8:55 – 9:20 AM Driving Performance Test of Stop Signs with Drivers Smart Advisory System

Qing Li, Fengxiang Qiao, Xiaobing Wang and Lei Yu, Texas Southern University9:20 – 9:45 AM Case Study: I-805/47th Street Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Station Planning

Fu Sun, CH2M Hill9:45 – 10:10 AM Performance Evaluation of Diverging Diamond Interchange

Quang Le, Xudong Jia, Wen Cheng and Syed Raza, Cal Poly Pomona

Session III-D: Transportation System Operation (II)Session Chair: Dennis Li

Location: Saddleback C

8:30 –8:55 AM Spillover Assessment of System-Wide Adaptive Ramp Metering (SWARM) Control on I-210Sze Kin Chan, Xudong Jia, Wen Cheng and Emanuel Alforja, Cal Poly Pomona

8:55 – 9:20 AM ITS Development in Southern CaliforniaJason Xu, Stantec

9:20 – 9:45 AM Implications of Left-turn Warning Messages in Work Zone Termination AreasBoya You, Fengxiang Qiao and Lei Yu. Texas Southern University

9:45 – 10:10 AM Impacts of Autonomous Vehicle Technology on Freeway Level of Service AnalysisJeffrey Wei, Xudong Jia and Wen Cheng, Cal Poly Pomona

10:10 AM – 10:20 AM Current Session Break

Saturday, May 16, 2015Session IV 10:20 AM – 12:00 PM

Session IV-A: Rock Mechanics and Special Soil Location: TRABUCO ABSession Co-Chairs: Kang Wang and Dong Qing Wu10:20 –10:40 AM Damage mechanics model of rock and damage energy dissipation rate in consideration of

the crack closure effectTao Wen, Yourong Liu, Kang Wang and Chengang Yang, China University ofGeosciences, WuHan

10:40 – 11:00 AM Rock Stability Analysis and Limit Equilibrium (Invited Presentation)Genhua Shi, University of California, Berkeley

11:20 - 11:40 AM Interpretation of Subgrade Strength from FWD and DCP Test for Pavement DesignMesbah Ahmed, Naomi Waterman and Rafiqul Tarefder, University of New Mexico

11:40 – 12:00 PM Case Study of the Design and Construction of Bouquet Canyon DamsDoug Whal, GenPentech Inc.

Session IV-B: Tunnel and Underground Structure Location: SADDLEBACK ABSession Co-Chairs: Jianlin Ma and Bob Bachus

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10:20 –10:40 AM Numerical study on the main influence factors of the face stability of shield tunnelXilin Lu, Tongji University

10:40 – 11:00 AM UCIMS: Advances in Geotechnical Construction and Performance MonitoringRaphael Siebenmann, Hai-Tien Yu and Robert Bachus, Geosyntec Consultants

11:20 - 11:40 AM Studies on Construction Mechanical Effect of Advanced Tunnel Segments During ParallelShield Tunnels in Close Proximity by Numerical Simulation and Field TestMingju Zhang and Yi Liu, Beijing University of Technology

11:40 – 12:00 PM Bridging Over the Second Los Angeles Aqueduct Saugus PipelineThang Nguyen, Lisheng Shao, Dane Taylor, Hayward Baker Inc. and Liping Yan, LosAngeles Department of Water and Power

Session IV-C: Transportation System Safety Location: TRABUCO CSession Chair: Xiaoyun Wu10:20 –10:45 AM Exploration of Optimal Time Period for a Macro Level Safety Analysis in California

Emanuel Alforja, Wen Cheng and Xudong Jia, Cal Poly Pomona10:45 – 11:10 AM Understanding of Safety Impacts and Potential Causes of Distracted Walking and Biking

Pei-Sung Lin, Achilleas Kourtellis and Yu Zhang, University of South Florida11:10 - 11:35 AM Identification and Evaluation of Secondary Crashes in GIS

Yuan Tian, Hongyun Chen, Nadia Correa and Dothang Truong, Embry-RiddleAeronautical University

11:35 – 12:00 PM Towards Zero Deaths -- Vulnerable Road UsersJohn A. Lower, Iteris, Inc.

Session IV-C: Multimodal TransportationSystems (I)

Location: SADDLEBACK C

Session Chair: Deng (Bill) Yong10:20 –10:45 AM Freeway Project Delivery Deviations: Challenges and Opportunities

Wendy Li, IDC Consulting Engineers, Inc.10:45 – 11:10 AM Overview of Current Practice and Research in Track Condition Assessment

Jameson Mayer and Xudong Jia, Cal Poly Pomona, and William Doran, Metrolink11:10 - 11:35 AM The Factors that Validate the Building of Beijing Daxing International Airport

William F. Yim, Independent Consultant11:35 – 12:00 PM Emission Effects of Real-Time Eco-Driving Strategies at Signalized Intersections with

Consideration of QueuePeijia Tang, Mehdi Azimi, Fengxiang Qiao and Lei Yu, Texas Southern University

Lunch Session 12:00 PM – 1:30 PMSpeaker: Michelle Liu, Director of Key Accounts and Asia Operations, BNSF

Location: THEATER

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Saturday, May 16, 2015Session V1:55 PM – 4:00 PM

Session V-A: Transportation Planning andDevelopment

Location: THEATER

Session Chair: Xudong Jia1:55 – 2:20 PM Bikeway Corridor Evaluation and Ranking Criteria

Frank Barrera and Min Zhou, KOA Corporation2:20 – 2:45 PM Traffic Impact Analysis: USC New Store Development

Ruixi Chen, University of Southern California2:45- 3:10 PM Los Angeles Sports and Entertainment District and LA Live! Development

Fong-Ping Lee, FPL & Associates3:10 – 3:35 PM Pilot Test of Vehicular Emissions under Different Pavement Types in Houston

Wu Ying, Mehdi Azimi, Fengxiang Qiao, Po-Hsien Kuo, Pengfei Liu and Lei Yu, TexasSouthern University

3:35 – 4:00 PM Impacts of Advanced Warning Message on Lane-changing Behaviors in Work ZoneQing Li, Fengxiang Qiao and Lei Yu, Texas Southern University

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