Foundation and Forensic Geotechnical Engineering

This book comprises the select peer-reviewed proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC) 2021. The contents focus on Geotechnics for Infrastructure Development and Innovative Applications. This book covers topics related to shallow foundations, pile & piled raft foundation, geotechnical design of foundation, wind turbine foundation, foundations on problematic soils, forensic geotechnical engineering, and case studies on geotechnical failures. This book is of interest to those in academia and industry.   

Dr. Kasinathan Muthukkumaran is currently Professor in Civil Engineering at National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India. He obtained Ph.D. in Soil-Structure Interaction and Marine Geotechnical Engineering from Indian Institute Technology Madras. He has published more than 150 papers in international and national journals and conferences. He has completed 5 R & D (including ISRO - Chandrayaan- 2 Mission project) & 70 major consultancy projects in Geotechnical Engineering and published two patent including “Moon Soil” (A Method for Manufacture of Highland Lunar Soil Simulant). He has guided 10 PhD scholars and 6 more are in progress, 5 MS (by research) and more than 40 M.Tech. students in Geotechnical and allied research areas. He is the Founder Chairman of Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS-Trichy) Trichy Chapter. He is a member of Technical Committee (TC-301 on "Preservation of Historic Sites") of International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. Prof. Muthukkumaran area of research is in geotechnical engineering, which includes pile foundation, soil-structure interaction, marine geotechnics & foundations, field instrumentation, geotechnical physical modeling, ground improvement and forensic geotechnical engineering. He has received DST Young Scientist Award, IGS- Smt. Indra Joshi Biennial Award and Keynote Paper Award – GEOMATE Conference 2015 at Osaka, Japan. He is an Associate Editor of Australian journal of Civil Engineering and serving editorial board member of several journals.   Prof. Muthukkumaran has significant administrative contribution as Estate Officer, Associate Dean (Planning and Development), Member of Buildings and Works Committee and Member of Board of Governors (BoG) of National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli and Member of Buildings and Works Committee, IIM Trichy. He has received NIT Trichy Achiever Awards for research publications, research projects, maximum citation and consultancy projects. 

Dr. C.N.V. Satyanarayana Reddy is professor of civil engineering at College of Engineering, Andhra University, India and has over 29 years of teaching, research and consultancy experience. His expertise and research interests are in the areas of reinforced soils, ground improvement, landfills, soil retention in excavations, deep foundations and forensic geotechnical engineering. He obtained his B.Tech. (Civil Engineering) degree securing first Rank from Nagarjuna University, M.Tech (Geotechnical Engineering) degree from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, M.E (Structures) from Andhra University and Ph.D. from National Institute of Technology (NIT) Warangal. He has guided 9 Ph.D. scholars and 97 M.Tech. dissertations so far. He has more than 110 publications in various national and international journals and seminars/conference proceedings. He served as Director of Andhra University Development Centre during the period 2013-2017. He is a recipient of “A.P. Scientist Award 2020” in the discipline of civil Engineering from Govt. of Andhra Pradesh and A P State Council of Science and Technology, Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan “Best Academician Award 2014” from Andhra University and “Engineer of the Year 2006 Award” from Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, and the Institution of Engineers (India) A.P. State Centre. He handled research projects funded by Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, and University Grants Commission. He is a life fellow of Indian Geotechnical Society, the Institution of Engineers (India) and is life member of Indian Roads Congress, Indian Concrete Institute, Indian Society for Technical Education.

Dr. Anil Joseph is Managing Director of Geostructurals (P) Ltd., a leading foundation and structural consultancy firm based at Cochin, India. He has provided foundation and structural consultancy for more than 2000 high rise structures including many land mark multistoried and infrastructure projects in India and abroad in the last 28 years. His field of interests are deep foundations, ground improvement, forensic geotechnical analysis, structural design, offshore structures and soil structure interaction.  He is also the Managing Director of CECONS (P) Ltd. a construction firm specialized in the execution of pile foundations and Director of Engineers Diagnostic Centre (P) Ltd a firm specialized in Geotechnical investigation and Retrofitting works. He was awarded Ph.D. from National Institute of technology (NIT), Calicut on his work on “Precompression of Soft Marine Clays” and from Open International University, on his work on “Prestressing and Hollow Shell Technology in Earth Quake Resistant Construction.” He was a National Executive Committee member of the Indian Geotechnical Society from 2012 to 2020. He is serving as the Honorary Secretary of Indian Geotechnical Society, Kochi Chapter. He has numerous publications in various journals of national and international repute. 

Dr. Senthamil Kumar S is working as Professor at Periyar Maniammai Institute of Science and Technology, Tamil Nadu, India. He received his Ph.D. in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering from Anna University, Chennai, and M.E. in Geotechnical Engineering from Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu. He has 26 years of teaching and research experience and four years of industrial experience. He has exposure in geotechnical engineering, soil dynamics and earthquake engineering, project management, sustainable construction technology, green building concept, solid and liquid waste management, FEM, water resources, GIS and remote sensing. He has published 43 journal papers, 36 conference papers, 8 books and book chapters. He was awarded with best faculty and best consultancy service provider. Under his supervision, 8 Ph.D. degrees were awarded. Hecompleted 9 funded projects and many consultancy works. He organized 27 workshops, conferences and seminars. He is life member in six technical professional societies including Indian Geotechnical Society.