Advances in Geo-Science and Geo-Structures: Select Proceedings of GSGS 2020: 154 (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 154)

This book presents select proceedings of the National conference on Geo-Science and Geo-Structures (GSGS 2020). It provides sustainable solutions to various challenges encountered in the field of geotechnical engineering. The topics presented include advanced characterization to study the behavior of geomaterials, shallow and deep foundations including tunneling, use of geosynthetics and other soil reinforcing materials in minimizing slope failures and landslides, dynamics of soils and foundations, and its connection with energy geotechnics, transportation geotechnics, and offshore geotechnics. The book further highlights various aspects of ground improvement techniques by incorporating the use of industrial by-products, forensic analyses of geo-structures, instrumentation and sensing techniques in geotechnical engineering and issues associated with geo-environmental engineering. The book will be a valuable reference for budding researchers, academicians, practitioners and policymakers interested in sustainable practices associated with geotechnical engineering and related domains. From the Back Cover This book presents select proceedings of the National conference on Geo-Science and Geo-Structures (GSGS 2020). It provides sustainable solutions to various challenges encountered in the field of geotechnical engineering. The topics presented include advanced characterization to study the behavior of geomaterials, shallow and deep foundations including tunneling, use of geosynthetics and other soil reinforcing materials in minimizing slope failures and landslides, dynamics of soils and foundations, and its connection with energy geotechnics, transportation geotechnics, and offshore geotechnics. The book further highlights various aspects of ground improvement techniques by incorporating the use of industrial by-products, forensic analyses of geo-structures, instrumentation and sensing techniques in geotechnical engineering and issues associated with geo-environmental engineering. The book will be a valuable reference for budding researchers, academicians, practitioners and policymakers interested in sustainable practices associated with geotechnical engineering and related domains. About the Author Dr. Awdhesh Kumar Choudhary is presently working as an Assistant professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. He obtained his B.E. (Civil) from North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon; M.Tech. from Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati and Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. After completing his Ph.D., Dr. Choudhary also worked as a Post-doctoral fellow at Indian Institute of Science Bangalore. His major areas of research interests include the anchor foundation system, ground improvement, reinforced soil structures, and the stability of the buried structures. He has published 9 papers in reputed international journals as well as 9 conference papers in the proceedings. Dr. Choudhary is also reviewer of several reputed journals such as Geotextile and Geomembrane, Geosynthetics International, Soils and Foundation, and European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering.  Dr. Somenath Mondal is presently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur. He received his B.Tech degree in Civil Engineering from West Bengal University of Technology in 2011. Then he joined Bengal Engineering and Science University Shibpur (presently known as IIEST Shibpur) for pursuing Master of Engineering in Geotechnical Engineering and he graduated in 2013 from there. In 2014, he joined IIT Bombay to pursue doctoral study in the department of Civil Engineering with the specialization in Environmental Geotechnology and in 2017, he graduated with Ph.D. degree from IIT Bombay. During his Ph.D. tenure he got a couple of research grants from European Commission to