The book comprises selected proceedings of the 2016 annual conference of the Indian Geotechnical Society. The technical papers presented on the theme “Geotechnical Characterisation and Geoenvironmental Engineering” highlight the modified geotechnical properties of soil admixed industrial waste and also the characteristics of soil with different pore fluid under varying test conditions. The major topics covered are (i) characterisation of soils, rocks and synthesised materials and (ii) geoenvironmental engineering and behaviour of unsaturated soil. This book will prove a valuable reference for researchers and practicing engineers alike.
THEME 1 : CHARACTERIZATION OF SOILS, ROCKS AND SYNTHESIZED MATERIALS.-
Static Compaction Test and Determination of Equivalent Static Pressure.-
Effect of Confining Pressure on Post Peak Behaviour of Igneous Rock.- Utility
of Lime and Red Mud in Clay Soil Stabilization.-
Geotechnical Characterization of Construction and Demolished (C&D) Waste.-
Light Weight Deflectometer as a Compaction Quality Control Device.- A Study
on Compressibility, Swelling and Permeability Behaviour of Bentonite- Sand
Mixture.- Effect of Fines on Shear Strength of Sands.- Effect of Constant
Energy Source on Coherence Function in Spectral Analysis of Surface Waves
(SASW) Testing.- Comparison of Properties of Cohesive Soils Along East Coast
of India.- Effect of Pore Size Distribution on Unconfined Compressive
Strength.- Synthesis of Fly Ash-GGBS Blended Geopolymer Composites.- Local
Strain Measurements in Triaxial Tests using On-Sample Transducers.-
Geotechnical Characterization of Hill Slope Soils of Guwahati Region.- Effect
of Box Size on Dilative Behaviour of Sand in Direct Shear Test.- THEME 4:
GEOENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AND BEHAVIOUR OF UNSATURATED SOILS.- Influence
of Initial Conditions on Undrained Response of Soft Clays.- A Methedology to
Determine Water Vapour Diffusion Characteristics of Geomaterials.- Atterberg
Limits of Sand-Bentonite Mixes and the Influnce of Sand Composition.-
Effect of Sample Thickness on Laboratory Determination of Gas Permeability of
Buffer Material.- Biominerlisation as a Remediation Technique: a Critical
Review.- Biopolymer Modified Soil: Prospects of a Promising Green
Technology.- Factors Influencing Zeta Potential of Clayey Soils.-
Experimental Analysis of Salt Diffusion in Compacted Clays by Through
Diffusion and Half-Cell Technique.- A Study on Influence of pH and Organic
Chemical on Adsorption Capacity of Red Earth.- Effect of Induced Osmotic
Suction on Swell and Hydraulic Conductivity of an Expansive Soil.-
Attenuation Characteristics of Laterite - Fly Ash - Bentonite Mix as Liner.-
An Experimental Investigation on the Geoengineering Properties of Pond
Ash-Bentonite Mixes.- Influence of Engineering Behaviour of Coal Ash on
Design of Ash Dykes.- Virus Transport Through Heterogeneous Unsaturated Zone
in Guwahati City in Assam Under Transient State Condition.- Behaviour
Thresholds of Quarry-Dust Bentonite Mixes.- Index and Shear Strength
Properties of Clay Soil Contaminated by Tannery Effluent.- Effect of pH on
the Geotechnical Properties of Kaolinitic and Montmorillonitic Clay.-
Influence of Geomembrane Stiffness on the Integrity of Landfill Covers:
Centrifuge Modeling.- Studies on Desiccation Cracking Behaviour of Geofiber
Reinforced Clay.- Shear Strength Parameters of Granite Rock-Mass: a Case
Study.- Effects of Gypsum on Strength Behaviour of Lime Modified Pond Ash as
an underground Stowing Material.- Stress-Dilatancy Relation of Sea Deposits
Off Mumbai Coast.- Evaluation of Soil Parameters by using Light Cone
Penetrometer.
Dr. V. K. Stalin is a professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, CEG at Anna University. He obtained his bachelors in civil engineering and masters in soil mechanics and foundation engineering from Annamalai University in 1987 and 1989 respectively. He subsequently obtained his PhD in the field of soil mechanics and foundation engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in 1995. Dr Stalin has teaching and research experience of 22 years at Anna University. He has published over 110 papers in national and international journals, and at conferences and seminars.
He also serves as a consultant on various challenging field problems such as pavement failures, railway embankments, monitoring land reclamation, modification of soil and recommendation of foundations as well as soil testing for various private and government organisations. He was an executive committee member of the Chennai chapter of the Indian Geotechnical Society and is currently the chairman of the same chapter.
Dr. M. Muttharam is a professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, CEG at Anna University. She obtained her bachelors in civil engineering from Madras University in 1992 and her masters from Anna University in the field of hydrology and water resources engineering in 1995. She subsequently obtained her doctoral degree in the field of soil mechanics and foundation engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India in 2001.
She pursued postdoctoral research at Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, France from 2002 to 2003, which was funded by French Higher Education Ministry and has worked as a CSIR research associate for about 3 years. She started her academic career as a lecturer at CEG, Anna University in 2003 and was promoted to associate professor in 2006 and then professor in 2014.
She has published more than 40 papers in national and international journals and at conferences. She also servedas the secretary of the Chennai chapter of the Indian Geotechnical Society for 5 years and is currently an executive committee member of the same chapter.
