This book comprises select proceedings of the annual conference of the Indian Geotechnical Society. The conference brings together research and case histories on various aspects of geotechnical engineering and geoenvironmental engineering. The book presents papers on geotechnical applications and case histories, covering topics such as (i) shallow and deep foundations; (ii) stability of earth and earth retaining structures; (iii) rock engineering, tunneling, and underground constructions; (iv) forensic investigations and case histories; (v) reliability in geotechnical engineering; and (vi) special topics such as offshore geotechnics, remote sensing and GIS, geotechnical education, codes, and standards. The contents of this book will be of interest to researchers and practicing engineers alike.

 

Anirudhan I.V. is a geotechnical consultant based in Chennai, India. His career as an independent consultant started in 1987 after associating with a leading geotechnical consultancy firm. His major field of expertise is foundation design& construction and ground improvement techniques. He has been involved in the design of foundations and ground improvement schemes for the power and water projects in India and abroad. His organization, Geotechnical Solutions in Chennai, has executed more than 1500 small and medium geotechnical investigation jobs and provided foundation recommendations for small to high-rise buildings. Mr. Anirudhan graduated in Geotechnical Engineering from IIT Kanpur, India, in 1981 after obtaining a B.Sc. Engg. Degree in Civil Engineering from the College of Engineering, Thrissur, Kerala, India. He is actively involved in the activities of Indian Geotechnical Society and has conducted conferences and seminars. He has authored several conference papers ongeotechnical engineering applications and a manual on Lateritic Soils. He was a member of TC 302 of ISSMGE on Forensic Engineering and the convener of TC-04 of the Indian Geotechnical Society on Geotechnical Investigation. He is the vice chair of the Deep Foundations Institute of India. 

V.B. Maji joined the Department of Civil Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras in 2008, and is currently working as an associate professor there. He received his PhD degree from the Indian Institute of Science Bangalore. He has a Master of Technology degree from the Institute of Technology (now IIT), Banaras Hindu University (BHU), India and a Bachelor of Science Engineering degree from BIT Sindri, Dhanbad, India. Prior to joining IIT Madras, he worked as associate consultant at Advanced Technologies and Engineering Services (ATES), a consultancy division of AIMIL Ltd., New Delhi, India. His teaching and research interest includes rock mechanics and geotechnical engineering.

 

THEME 2 : SHALLOW AND DEEP FOUNDATIONS.- Measured& Predicted Settlement of Shallow Foundations on Cohesionless Soil.- Prediction of Bearing Capacity and  Settlement From SPT Values using Genetic Algorithm.- Influence of Configuration of Stone Columns on Combined Footings Resting on Reinforced Earth Beds.-        Dynamic Response Characteristics of Hollow Steel Single Pile Under Vertical Excitations.- Analysis of Laterally Loaded Fixed Headed Single Pile in Multilayered Soil using P-Y Approach.- Application of Artificial Neural Network to Predict the  Settlement of Shallow Foundations on Cohesionless Soils.- Interference of Two Nearby Footings Resting on Clay Medium.- Static and  Incremental Cyclic Loading of Ring and  Circular Footing on Coir Geocell Reinforcement.-        Experimental Study on Uplift Capacity of Horizontal Circular and  Strip Anchor Plates in Two Layered Cohesionless Soil.- Footing Load Tests on Sand: Validating the  Theoretical Predictions.- Experimental Study of Lateral Load-Displacement Behavior of Piles in Sand.-Effect of Excavation on the  Response of Circular Footing in Sandy Soil.- THEME 6 : STABILITY OF EARTH AND EARTH RETAINING STRUCTURES.- Analysis of Slope Stability of Fly Ash Stabilized Soil Slope.- Slope Stability Studies of Excavated Slopes in Lateritic Formations.- Effect of Varying Geometrical Configuration of Sheet Piles on Exit Gradient and  Uplift Pressure.- Stability Analysis of a Tailings Dam- a Comparative Study.- Stability Analyses for Reclamation Bund on Marine Clay.- Slope Stability Analysis of Steep Reinforced Soil Slopes using Finite Element Method.- Reinforcement Tensile Forces in Back-To-Back Retaining Walls.- Limit Analysis of Full Scale MSE Wall- A Comparative Study.- Effect of Toe Cutting on Hillslope Stability.- Stability of Earthen Embankment with Clay Core Under Tidal Fluctuation.- Reduction of Surcharge Induced Earth Pressure on Rigid Non-Yielding Retaining Wall using Relief Shelves.- Stability Analysis of Nonhomogeneous Soil Slopes using Numerical Techniques.- THEME 7 : ROCK ENGINEERING, TUNNELING AND UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTIONS.- Static and  Dynamic Slope Stability Assessment of a Himalayan Rock Slope.- Rock Failure Pattern Under Uniaxial, Triaxial Compression and  Brazilian Loading Conditions.- Analysis of a Diaphragm Wall Panel After Leakage during Deep Excavation.- Response of Single Pile Due to Deep Excavation and  Underground Openings.- THEME 10 : FORENSIC INVESTIGATIONS AND CASE HISTORIES.- Support of Deep Excavation using Contiguous Pile a Case Study.- Punch-Through Analysis of Jack-Up Rig at a Site Off the East Coast of India a Case Study.- THEME 11 : RELIABILITY IN GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING.- Reliability Analysis of Slopes in Soils with Strain-Softening Behaviour.- THEME 12 : SPECIAL TOPICS: OFFSHORE GEOTECHNICS, REMOTE SENSING AND GIS, GEOTECHNICAL EDUCATION, CODES& STANDARDS.- Appraisal of Sensitivity Correlations on Data From Clays of Western Indian Offshore.- Behaviour of Bucket Foundations in Sandy Bed Subjected to Eccentric Lateral Loading.- Effect of Soil Structure Interaction Analysis on the Response of Fixed Offshore Jacket Structure.- Effect of Stiffness Degradation of Clay in the  Dynamic Response of Monopile Supported Offshore Wind Turbines.