Springer Trends in Civil Engineering and Challenges for Sustainability: Select Proceedings of CTCS 2019: 99 (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 99)

This book comprises selected papers from the International Conference on Civil Engineering Trends and Challenges for Sustainability (CTCS) 2019. The book presents latest research in several areas of civil engineering such as construction and structural engineering, geotechnical engineering, environmental engineering and sustainability, and geographical information systems. With a special emphasis on sustainable development, the book covers case studies and addresses key challenges in sustainability. The scope of the contents makes the book useful for students, researchers, and professionals interested in sustainable practices in civil engineering. From the Back Cover This book comprises selected papers from the International Conference on Civil Engineering Trends and Challenges for Sustainability (CTCS) 2019. The book presents latest research in several areas of civil engineering such as construction and structural engineering, geotechnical engineering, environmental engineering and sustainability, and geographical information systems. With a special emphasis on sustainable development, the book covers case studies and addresses key challenges in sustainability. The scope of the contents makes the book useful for students, researchers, and professionals interested in sustainable practices in civil engineering. About the Author Dr. M. C. Narasimhan is a proud alumnus of University BDT college of Engineering, Davangere, India [B.E (Civil Engg) - 1982]. He obtained his masters and doctoral degree from Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India during the years 1985 and 1993 respectively. He started his teaching career at the National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK) [formally, Karnataka Regional Engg. College, KREC] as a lecturer in the Department of Applied Mechanics and Hydraulics in the year 1985 and was promoted as a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering in the year 2002. His research interests are in the areas of concrete technology, special concretes, structural behavior of RCC, steel and composite constructions and numerical methods in structural analysis. He has completed number of R&D and consultancy projects in his department. He has guided more than fifty post graduate students for their dissertations and eight students for their doctoral thesis. He has large number of research publications to his credit- either published in leading journals or presented and included in proceedings of reputed international conferences. He is also a life member of leading professional organisations like Institution of Engineers (India), Indian Cement Institute, Association of consulting civil engineers, Indian Society for Technical Education and Indian Society for Earthquake Technology.                                      Dr. Varghese George Professor and Head in the Department of Civil Engineering (2017-19). He pursued his B.Sc. (Engineering) Degree from College of Engineering, Trivandrum in the year 1984, M.Tech (Transportation Systems Engineering) from IIT, Kanpur in the year 1986, and Ph.D (Transportation Engineering) from IIT Bombay in the year 1999. He served as the Associate Dean (Research and consultancy) in NITK Surathkal during 2010 -13, and as the Head of Department of Civil Engineering, NITK, Surathkal during 2017-19. He has more than 33 years of teaching experience. Dr. Varghese George is a life member of professional bodies like the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), Indian Roads Congress (IRC), Coorg and South Kanara Engineer’s Assn and the Institute of Urban Transport (IUT), and is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India). He is also an Associate member of the ASCE, USA. He has has published 20 research papers in International Journals, 22 papers in National journals, and 20 papers in International Conferences. He has guided 5 Doctoral Research students till date. His areas of expertise include urban transport planni