Overview
- Comprises select peer-reviewed proceedings of the conference IGC 2020
- Enriches understanding by including contributions from leading experts across the globe
- Covers latest research in technological advances in the field of tunneling and deep excavations, offshore geotechnics, etc.
Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering (LNCE, volume 152)
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About this book
This volume comprises the select proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC) 2020. The contents focus on recent developments in geotechnical engineering for sustainable tomorrow. The volume covers the topics related advances in ground improvement of weak foundation soils for various civil engineering projects and design/construction of reinforced soil structures with different fill materials using synthetic and natural reinforcements in different forms.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
He handled several research projects funded by DST, UGC and AICTE. He received the Engineer of the Year 2006 Award from Govt. of Andhra Pradesh and The Institution of Engineers (India) A.P. State Centre, Best Academician Award for the year 2014 from Andhra University and Andhra Pradesh Scientist Award 2020 in Civil Engineering Discipline from A.P. State Council of Science and Technology, Govt. of A.P. He served as National Executive Committee member of Indian Geotechnical Society during the period 2013-2020. He served as a member in H-4 Committee on Embankment, Ground Improvement and Drainage Committee of Indian Roads Congress (IRC) for the term 2018-2020. He is serving as member of TC 213 on "Scour and Erosion" of International Society for Soil mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE).
Dr. Sireesh Saride is currently Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad. His expertise and research interests are in the area of pavement geotechnics, geosynthetics, and ground improvement. He graduated from JNTU College of Engineering, Kakinada, in 2000 and earned his Master’s degree integrated with Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, in 2006. Prior to joining IIT Hyderabad, he was Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Texas at Arlington. Dr. Saride has published more than 200 referred journals, conference articles, and technical reports. He is Member of ASCE, ICE, TRB, International Geosynthetic Society, Life Member of IRC, and Fellow of Indian Geotechnical Society.
Prof. A. Murali Krishna is currently a faculty member in the department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Tirupati. Dr. Krishna obtained his Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, M.Tech. degree from IIT Kanpur and B.Tech. degree from Sri Venkateswara University College of Engineering, Tirupati. His research interests include earthquake geotechnics, geosynthetics and ground improvement, site characterization, and numerical and physical modelling of geotechnical structures. He was a recipient of BRNS Young Scientist Research award, BOYSCAST fellowship and HERTAGE fellowship. He was a visiting fellow at Bristol University(UK), Surrey University (UK) and University de Torino (Italy). He supervised 7 Doctoral students and 24 Masters students; co-authored nearly 180 publications of technical papers in international/national Journals and conference/seminar proceedings, including book chapters.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Ground Improvement and Reinforced Soil Structures
Book Subtitle: Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference 2020 Volume 2
Editors: C. N. V. Satyanarayana Reddy, Sireesh Saride, A. Murali Krishna
Series Title: Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1831-4
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-16-1830-7Published: 28 July 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-16-1833-8Published: 29 July 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-1831-4Published: 27 July 2021
Series ISSN: 2366-2557
Series E-ISSN: 2366-2565
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 788
Number of Illustrations: 156 b/w illustrations, 358 illustrations in colour
Topics: Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics, Building Materials, Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences