Geotechnics for Transportation Infrastructure

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. Subsurface Sensing, Investigations and Monitoring in Transportation Geotechnics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Seasonal Variations in Properties of Expansive Soils Along a Railway Corridor in Western India

      • Sanjay Gupta, Ravi Sundaram, Sorabh Gupta

      Pages 3-14

   3. Analyses and Design of the Highly Jointed Slopes on the Abutments of the World’s Highest Railway Bridge Across the Chenab River in Jammu and Kashmir State, India

      • T. G. Sitharam, Srinivas Mantrala, A. K. Verma

      Pages 15-32

   4. Bridge Foundations in Strata with Potential of Liquefaction

      • Mahesh Tandon

      Pages 33-44

   5. Evaluation of Performance of the Roadmesh Reinforcement Pavement at Trial Stretch on Chita-Khabarovsk Autoroad

      • Ushakov Victor, Inshakov Aleksander

      Pages 45-55

   6. Geotechnical Design Parameters for a Metro Tunnel from Pressuremeter Tests

      • Ravi Sundaram, Sanjay Gupta, Sorabh Gupta, Bhajan Lal

      Pages 57-69

   7. Non-destructive Intrinsic Self-sensing Method for Health Monitoring of Sub- and Superstructures

      • M. Vinothkumar, R. Malathy

      Pages 71-83

   8. Use of Ground-Penetrating Radar (GPR) as an Effective Tool in Assessing Pavements—A Review

      • Ruchita Salvi, Ajinkya Ramdasi, Yashwant A. Kolekar, Lata V. Bhandarkar

      Pages 85-95

3. Use of Geosynthetics, and Non-Traditional Materials in Transportation Geotechnics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-97

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   2. Analytical Modeling of Indian-Made Biodegradable Jute Drains for Soft Soil Stabilization: Progress and Challenges

      • Kirti Choudhary, Cholachat Rujikiatkamjorn, Buddhima Indraratna, P. K. Choudhury

      Pages 99-109

   3. Characterization of Cement Stabilised Flyash for Use as Structural Layer in Rural Road Pavements

      • Anusree Bhowmik, Umesh Chandra Sahoo

      Pages 111-125

   4. Effects of Stabilization on Engineering Characteristics of Fly Ash as Pavement Subbase Material

      • Deepti Patel, Rakesh Kumar, Krupesh Chauhan, Satyajit Patel

      Pages 127-137

   5. Experimental Study on Geocell and of Fibre Reinforced Soil Sub-grade Under Static and Repetitive Load

      • A. Ramesh, Ch. Nageshwar Rao, M. Kumar

      Pages 139-149

   6. Improved Performance of Railroad Ballast Using Geogrids

      • Chuhao Liu, Ngoc Trung Ngo, Buddhima Indraratna

      Pages 151-163

   7. Incorporation of the Influence of Hexagonal Stabilisation Geogrids into Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Method

      • Mike Horton, Piotr Mazurowski, Timothy Oliver

      Pages 165-179

   8. Influence of Crack Depth on Performance of Geosynthetic-Reinforced Asphalt Overlays

      • V. Vinay Kumar, Sireesh Saride

      Pages 181-193

   9. Interface Behavior of Geogrid-Reinforced Sub-ballast: Laboratory and Discrete Element Modeling

      • Ngoc Trung Ngo, Buddhima Indraratna

      Pages 195-209

   10. Jarofix Waste Material in Embankment Construction

       • A. K. Sinha, V. G. Havanagi

       Pages 211-222

   11. Model Study on RE Wall Using Municipal Solid Waste as Backfill Material

       • Kinjal H. Gajjar, Manish V. Shah, Alpa J. Shah

       Pages 223-233

This book presents selected papers from the International Symposium on Geotechnics for Transportation Infrastructure (ISGTI 2018). The research papers cover geotechnical interventions for the diverse fields of policy formulation, design, implementation, operation and management of the different modes of travel, namely road, air, rail and waterways. This book will be of interest to academic and industry researchers working in transportation geotechnics, as also to practicing engineers, policy makers, and civil agencies.

• Transportation Geotechnics
• Pavements
• Highways
• Hill Roads
• Bridge Foundations
• Railroad and Metro Tracks
• Ground Improvements
• Underground Construction
• ISGTI

• Cengrs Geotechnica Pvt. Ltd. , Noida, India

  Ravi Sundaram

• Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India

  Jagdish Telangrao Shahu

• Geotechnical Engineering Division, CSIR Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi, India

  Vasant Havanagi

Mr. Ravi Sundaram did his B. Tech (1978) and M. Tech (1980) from IIT Delhi. He started his career with McClelland Suhaimi Ltd. at Saudi Arabia and Qatar. He has 38 years experience as practicing geotechnical engineer and is a founder director of Cengrs Geotechnica Pvt. Ltd. His expertise includes geotechnical investigations, geophysical surveys, ground improvement and bored piles. He has worked on problems of collapsible soils, soft clays, expansive soils, weak rocks, artesian conditions, liquefiable soils, etc. His interests include foundations for bridges, high rise buildings, large-diameter tanks, power plants, etc. He has published over 60 technical papers that reflect his experience in geotechnical engineering practice. He was awarded the IGS Delhi Chapter Lifetime Achievement Award for the year 2014-2015. He delivered the prestigious Sixth Madhav Lecture in October 2017. He received Indian Geotechnical Society's IGS-Prof. Dinesh Mohan Memorial Award for Excellence in Professional Practice for the years 2016-17.

Dr. Jagdish Telangrao Shahu graduated in 1986 from Nagpur University, India and obtained his M.Tech. and Ph.D. degrees from IIT Kanpur, India in 1988 and 1994, respectively. He did his post doctoral research at Institute of Lowland Technology, Japan from 1996-99 and again visited Japan in 2006-2007 as Visiting Professor. Dr. Shahu joined IIT Delhi in 2002 as Assistant Professor. Since 2012, he is Professor at IIT Delhi.  His main research interests are geotechnology for roads and railway tracks, ground improvement and geosynthetic applications. He has more than 50 papers in journals. He has also co-edited four book volumes. He has guided 50 M.Tech. and 9 Ph.D. theses. 

Dr. Vasant Havanagi did his M.Tech in Highway Engineering in the year 1988, from IIT, Kharagpur and completed his Doctorate in Geotechnical Engineering from IIT, Delhi in the year 2000. Presently he is a Senior Principal Scientist at CSIR-Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi. He has over 27 years of experience in R&D activities related to Geotechnical investigations, Ground improvement, Waste material utilization, Pavement design, Quality supervision, Audit of highway projects etc. He has published more than 65 Research papers in National and International Journals, Conferences and Seminars etc.  Awards for his R&D contribution / achievements included; DAAD (German Academic Exchange), IRC, SKOCH order of merit, CIDC etc. He is also involved activities of Indian Roads Congress (IRC), Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), and Indian Geotechnical Society, Delhi chapter.  

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