Geotechnical Design and Practice

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This book presents articles covering a wide spectrum of topics in geotechnical engineering, including properties of soils, unsaturated soil mechanics, ground improvement, liquefaction and seismic studies, soil-structure interaction and stability analysis of man-made and natural slopes. The contributing authors are renowned researchers in their respective fields, which include soft ground improvement, seismic response of retaining structure using soil-structure Interaction (SSI) principles, and unsaturated soils. Based on keynote addresses and invited talks presented at the Indian Geotechnical Conference 2016, this book will prove a valuable resource for practicing engineers and researchers in the field of geotechnical engineering. Front Matter ....Pages i-xi Quality Assurance Studies for Ground Improvement Projects (Anand J. Puppala, Tejo V. Bheemasetti, Bhaskar C. S. Chittoori)....Pages 1-14 Liquefaction Screening—Non-plastic Silty Sands and Sands (S. Thevanayagam, U. Sivaratnarajah, V. Veluchamy, Q. Huang)....Pages 15-32 Insight into the Role of Osmotic Suction in Soil Behavior (Sudhakar M. Rao)....Pages 33-43 Modern Geotechnical Practices (V. Raju, J. Daramalinggam)....Pages 45-58 A Design Framework for Spatial Variability in Cement-Treated Soft Clay in Deep Excavations and Underground Constructions (Fook-Hou Lee, Yong Liu, Akanksha Tyagi, Kai-Qi Tan, Yutao Pan, Jiahui Ho)....Pages 59-69 Understanding Performance and Developing Global Geotechnical Standards (Kancheepuram N. Gunalan)....Pages 71-77 Stress State Variables for Unsaturated Soils—Consensus and Controversy (E. C. Leong)....Pages 79-89 Addressing Transportation Geotechnics Challenges Using Mechanics of Unsaturated Soils (Sai K. Vanapalli, Zhong Han)....Pages 91-104 Characterization of Sensitive Soft Clays for Design Purposes (V. Thakur)....Pages 105-112 Dynamic SSI of Monopile-Supported Offshore Wind Turbines (S. Bhattacharya, G. Nikitas, N. Vimalan)....Pages 113-123 Multiple-Driven Fibre-Reinforced Columnar Intrusions for Vertical Drains—A Case Study (Anil Joseph, Babu T. Jose, S. Chandrakaran, N. Sankar)....Pages 125-135 Development of Fly Ash Stabilized Recycled Base Material (FRB) for Indian Highways (Sireesh Saride, Deepti Avirneni)....Pages 137-147 Impact of Anisotropy in Permeability of Peaty Soil on Deep Excavation (D. E. L. Ong)....Pages 149-158 Seismic Analysis of Reinforced Soil Retaining Walls (A. Murali Krishna, A. Bhattacharjee)....Pages 159-171 Tailoring the Properties of Cement-Treated Clayey Soils (S. C. Chian)....Pages 173-182 Landslides in Nilgiris: Causal Factors and Remedial Measures (S. S. Chandrasekaran, V. Senthilkumar, V. B. Maji)....Pages 183-193 New Paradigm in Geotechnical Performance Monitoring Using Remote Sensing (Thomas Oommen, El Hachemi Bouali, Rudiger Escobar Wolf)....Pages 195-201 Characterisation of Vesicular Basalts of Mumbai Using Piezoceramic Bender Elements (A. Juneja, M. Endait)....Pages 203-212 Geotechnical Challenges and Opportunities in Large Infrastructure Projects—Learning from Failures (Jaykumar Shukla, Soumen Sengupta)....Pages 213-223 Reliability-Based Design of Pile Foundations (Sumanta Haldar)....Pages 225-236 Large Deformation Modelling in Geomechanics (Krishna Kumar, Kenichi Soga)....Pages 237-248 Geotechnical Engineering Through Mind Maps (M. Rama Rao, P. Samatha Chowdary)....Pages 249-261