Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference 2019

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Behaviour of Square Footing on Cement Modified Fibre Reinforced Sand Layer Underlain by Soft Clayey Soil

   • Banchiva K. Marak, Nirmali Borthakur

   Pages 1-11

3. Enhancing Properties of Black Cotton Soil Using Bacterial Culture

   • Ratna Jadvani, Nilesh Savani

   Pages 13-19

4. Comparative Study of Subgrade Strength of Soil Using Bio-Enzyme

   • Wafa Yousef, Soumya Jose

   Pages 21-31

5. Determination of Shear Strength, Shear Viscosity and Liquidity Index Using Fall Cone Penetrometer

   • Jiji Krishnan, Ashish Juneja, C. H. Solanki

   Pages 33-45

6. Cost-Effective Foundation System for Medium Rise Residential Building on Typical Soft Kolkata Soil

   • Monojit Mondal, Shuvra Saha, J. J. Mandal

   Pages 47-62

7. Strength and Compaction Behavior of Randomly Distributed Polypropylene Fiber-Reinforced Expansive Clay

   • Brijesh K. Agarwal, Shyam A. Hathiwala, C. H. Solanki

   Pages 63-74

8. Stabilization of Black Cotton Soil Using Calcium Carbide Residue

   • Mahesh Endait, Suyash Wagh, Shubham Kolhe

   Pages 75-86

9. Influence of Curing Stress and Curing Time on Unconfined Compressive Strength Behaviour of Cemented Clay

   • Deepak K. Haritwal, Brijesh K. Agarwal, Anand V. Reddy, Shailendra Kumar

   Pages 87-97

10. Experimental Study on Load-Settlement Behavior of Circular Plate Supported on Small Diameter Timber Piles Under Vertical Loading

    • Hitesh Kumar, Nayanmoni Chetia

    Pages 99-112

11. Stabilization of Expansive Soil Using Terrazyme

    • Abhishek Tiwari, J. K. Sharma, V. Garg

    Pages 113-125

12. Stabilization of Expansive Black Cotton Soil Using Alkali-Activated Binder with Glass and Polypropylene Fiber

    • Mazhar Syed, Sagar Agarwal, Anasua GuhaRay

    Pages 127-139

13. Strength Enhancement of Clayey Soil Using Cement Kiln Dust and Recron Fiber

    • Amrendra Kumar, Sunita Kumari, Ravi Kumar Sharma

    Pages 141-148

14. Effect of Rice Husk Ash on the Behaviour of Highly Compressible Clay

    • E. R. Sujatha, M. Abijayan, M. Vignesh, V. Shriram

    Pages 149-157

15. Geotechnical Properties of Lime Treated Soil Contaminated with Sulphatic Water

    • Shivanshi, Vijay Bahadur Singh, Arvind Kumar Jha

    Pages 159-169

16. Geotechnical Properties of β-Glucan Treated High Swelling Clay

    • M. Vishweshwaran, S. T. Soundarya, E. R. Sujatha

    Pages 171-181

17. Effect of Various Parameters on Electrokinetic Dewatering of Saturated Clay

    • Veerabhadrappa M. Rotte, Abhishek A. Sutar, Aayushkumar Patel, Anish Patel

    Pages 183-194

18. Plasticity and Swelling Characteristics of Geopolymer Treated Expansive Soil

    • Manaswini Mishra, Prabodha Kumar Sahoo, Suresh Prasad Singh

    Pages 195-209

19. Improvement in Soil Subgrade Using Natural Fibre (Kenaf and Coir Fibre)

    • Shalinee Shukla, Ayush Mittal, Sunit Kumar

    Pages 211-218

20. Stabilization of Sediment Soil by Alccofine and Geogrid

    • Shimna Manoharan, C. Shashinaga, U. Pradeepa, P. R. Pavana Kumara

    Pages 219-226

This book comprises select proceedings of the annual conference of the Indian Geotechnical Society. The conference brings together research and case histories on various aspects of geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering. The book presents papers on geotechnical applications and case histories, covering topics such as (i) Characterization of Geomaterials and Physical Modelling; (ii) Foundations and Deep Excavations; (iii) Soil Stabilization and Ground Improvement; (iv) Geoenvironmental Engineering and Waste Material Utilization; (v)  Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering; (vi) Earth Retaining Structures, Dams and Embankments; (vii) Slope Stability and Landslides; (viii) Transportation Geotechnics; (ix) Geosynthetics Applications; (x) Computational, Analytical and Numerical Modelling; (xi) Rock Engineering, Tunnelling and Underground Constructions; (xii) Forensic Geotechnical Engineering and Case Studies; and (xiii) Others Topics: Behaviour of Unsaturated Soils, Offshore and Marine Geotechnics, Remote Sensing and GIS, Field Investigations, Instrumentation and Monitoring, Retrofitting of Geotechnical Structures, Reliability in Geotechnical Engineering, Geotechnical Education, Codes and Standards, and other relevant topics. The contents of this book are of interest to researchers and practicing engineers alike.

• Characterization of Geomaterials
• Foundations and Deep Excavations
• Soil Stabilization
• Ground Improvement
• Geoenvironmental Engineering
• Waste Material Utilization
• Soil Dynamics
• Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering
• Earth Retaining Structures, Dams and Embankments
• Slope Stability and Landslides
• Transportation Geotechnics
• Geosynthetics Application
• Computational, Analytical and Numerical Modelling
• Rock Engineering, Tunelling, and Underground Constructions
• Forensic Geotechnical Engineering and Case Studies
• IGC 2019

• Department of Applied Mechanics, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, India

  Satyajit Patel, C. H. Solanki

• Department of Civil, Materials, and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA

  Krishna R. Reddy

• Department of Civil Engineering, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Australia

  Sanjay Kumar Shukla

Dr. Satyajit Patel is Associate Professor at the Civil Engineering Department, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, India. His research area includes utilization of industrial solid wastes in civil engineering constructions, geoenvironmental issues, soil stabilization, ground improvement, and geosynthetics for road pavements. He has published 13 journal papers and presented 7 research papers internationally. He has guided more than 29 M.Tech students and 9 students are currently pursuing their PhD under his guidance. He is a life member of Indian Geotechnical Society, Institution of Engineers (India), and Indian Road Congress (IRC). He has received a research grant from the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. 


Dr. Chandresh H. Solanki is Professor (Geotechnical Engineering) at the Civil Engineering Department, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, India. He hasguided 50 postgraduate dissertations and 16 Ph.D. thesis and he is currently supervising 11 PhD research scholars. He has published 165 research papers in the reputed national, international journals and conferences. Dr. Solanki received the “Shri. M.S. Jain Biannual Award” for the Best Paper in IGC 2013, Prof. Dinesh Mohan Award in IGC 2017 and “Distinguished Faculty Award” form The Venus International Faculty Awards-2016. He has organized 20 national level events including STTP, FDP, conferences and seminars and he was the chairman for the Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC 2019) held at Surat, Gujarat. Dr. Solanki has been elected as a member of executive committee of IGS for the terms (2015-2022). His research interests include subsoil characteristics, predictions in geotechnical engineering, soil dynamics, ground improvement and geoenvironmental engineering. He has given 50 expert talks throughout India and abroad. He is a life member of Indian Geotechnical Society, Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), and Institution of Engineers (India).
 
Dr. Krishna R. Reddy is Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Director of Sustainable Engineering Research Laboratory, and also Director of the Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Chicago, USA. He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, USA. Dr. Reddy has over 28 years of teaching, consulting, and research experience in the fields of civil engineering, geotechnical & geoenvironmental engineering, environmental engineering, and sustainable & resilient engineering. He is the author of 4 books, 246 journal papers, 21 edited books/conference proceedings, 22 book chapters, and 225 full conference papers. He has received several awards for excellence in research and teaching, including the ASCE Wesley W. Horner Award, ASTM Hogentogler Award, UIC Distinguished Researcher Award, the University of Illinois Scholar Award, and the University of Illinois Award for Excellence in Teaching.


Dr. Sanjay Kumar Shukla is the Founding Research Group Leader (Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering) at the Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia. He is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering. He holds the Distinguished Professorship in Civil Engineering at Delhi Technological University, Delhi, VIT University, Vellore, Amity University, Noida, Chitkara University, Himachal Pradesh and VR Siddhartha Engineering College, Vijayawada, India. He graduated in Civil Engineering from BIT Sindri, India, and earned his MTech in Civil (Engineering Geology) Engineering and PhD in Civil (Geotechnical) Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, India. His primary areas of research interest include geosynthetics and fibres for sustainable developments, ground improvement techniques, utilization of wastes in construction, earth pressure and slope stability, environmental, mining and pavement geotechnics, and soil–structure interaction. He is an author/editor of 15 books, including 7 textbooks, and more than 260 research papers, including 160 refereed journal papers. He has been honoured with several awards, including IGS Award 2018 by the International Geosynthetics Society, USA, in recognition of outstanding contribution to the development and use of geosynthetics. He is a fellow of Engineers Australia, Institution of Engineers (India), and Indian Geotechnical Society, and a member of American Society of Civil Engineers, International Geosynthetics Society, and several other professional bodies. 

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