Advances in Construction Materials and Sustainable Environment: Select Proceedings of ICCME 2020: 196 (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 196)

This book comprises select papers presented at the International Conference on Construction Materials and Environment (ICCME 2020). The topics discussed revolve around the identification and utilization of novel construction materials primarily in the areas of structural engineering, geotechnical engineering, transportation engineering, and environmental engineering. The volume presents a compilation of thoroughly studied and utilized sustainable construction materials in different areas of civil engineering. Newly developed testing methodologies, physical modelling methods, numerical studies, and other latest techniques discussed in this book can prove to be useful for researchers and practitioners across the globe.  From the Back Cover This book comprises select papers presented at the International Conference on Construction Materials and Environment (ICCME 2020). The topics discussed revolve around the identification and utilization of novel construction materials primarily in the areas of structural engineering, geotechnical engineering, transportation engineering, and environmental engineering. The volume presents a compilation of thoroughly studied and utilized sustainable construction materials in different areas of civil engineering. Newly developed testing methodologies, physical modelling methods, numerical studies, and other latest techniques discussed in this book can prove to be useful for researchers and practitioners across the globe.  About the Author Dr. Ashok Kumar Gupta is currently a Professor of Civil Engineering and Dean(Academics and Research), Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India. He obtained his B.E. (Civil) with honours and M. E. (Geotechnical Engineering) from University of Roorkee which is now Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. He completed his Ph.D. from Indian institute of Technology, Delhi. His major areas of research includes testing and modeling of geotechnical materials, finite element method and its applications to geotechnical engineering, continuum damage mechanics and its application to rockfill materials modeling, and environmental geotechnique. He has published 57 papers in international journals of repute and co-authored 2 books and 7 book chapters. He is also a reviewer for the Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE and International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE for which he has been awarded the ‘Best Reviewer Award’ for three consecutive years. Prof. Gupta is also the Founder Chairman, Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS) Shimla Chapter. He is a lifetime member of Indian Geotechnical Society, Indian Society of Rock Mechanics and Tunneling Technology (ISRMTT) and Indian Society of Technical Education (ISTE). Sanjay Kumar Shukla is Founding Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering, Springer Nature, Switzerland. He is Founding Research Group Leader (Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering) at the School of Engineering, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Perth, Australia. He holds the Distinguished Professorship in Civil Engineering at Delhi Technological University, Delhi, VIT University, Vellore, Chitkara University, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, VR Siddhartha Engineering College, Vijayawada, Amity University, Noida, and Amrita University, Coimbatore, India. He has over 25 years of experience in teaching, research and consultancy in the field of Civil (Geotechnical) Engineering. He collaborates with several world-class universities, research institutions, industries and individuals on academic and field projects. As a consulting geotechnical engineer, he has successfully provided solutions to the challenging field problems faced by many engineering organisations. He has authored more than 280 research papers and technical articles, including over 175 refereed journal publications. He is also author/editor of