Advancements in Foundations, Soil-Structure Interaction, and Site Investigation

Proceedings of the 10th Indian Young Geotechnical Engineers' Conference (IYGEC 2025), Volume III
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-981-957951-8
Verlag: Springer Verlag, Singapore

Buch, Englisch, 557 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

Reihe: Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering

This book includes select, peer-reviewed proceedings of the 10th Indian Young Geotechnical Engineers' Conference (IYGEC 2025), organized at IIT Indore, India. The papers presented here focus on ground improvement techniques, the application of Ground Improvement Techniques, Geosynthetics and Applications, Transportation Geotechnics, Foundations, Field Monitoring in Geotechnical Engineering, Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering and Tunnelling, Geotechnical Site Investigations, Case Studies in Geotechnical Engineering, Instrumentation in Geotechnical Engineering, Environmental Geotechnics, and Offshore Geotechnics.

With its focus on sustainability and future-forward solutions, this volume is an essential resource for scholars and practitioners interested in advancing geotechnical research and applications, particularly in challenging environments like India’s infrastructure and terrain. This volume will appeal to professionals and academics alike, aiming to solve real-world geotechnical challenges and promote research development among emerging engineers.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Baadiga, Ramu

Satyam, Neelima

Peddinti, Pranav R. T.

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Konstruktiver Ingenieurbau, Baustatik
• Geowissenschaften Geologie GIS, Geoinformatik
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geodäsie, Kartographie, GIS, Fernerkundung
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

A Probabilistic Approach to Derive Site Specific SPT-CPT Correlation.- Numerical Assessment of Foundation Stability Near Slopes: Effect of  Various Indian Seismic Zones.- A Comparative Study on Casagrande’s Log Time and Taylor’s Root Time Methods.- Study of Interfering Vertical Pressure Distribution under Square and Rectangular Footings.- Prediction of SPT-N from Dilatometer Marchetti Test (DMT) for Kolkata city using regression analysis.- Non-dimensional Analysis for a Small-scale 1g Physical Laboratory Model of a Combined Pile Raft Foundation.- Compression Ratio Method For the Analysis of Radial Consolidation Problem.- Analyzing the Response of T-shaped Rectangular Footing on Sloping Ground Through Finite Element Simulation.- Experimental Assessment of Block Machine Foundation Supporting on Geocell Strengthened Soil Layer.- Numerical study on performance of pre-engineered nail foundation system as an alternative to conventional shallow foundations.- etc.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Ramu Baadiga is Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Indore, India, specializing in Geosynthetic Engineering, Pavement Geotechnics (?exible and inverted pavements), Ground Improvement, AI-ML applications in Geotechnical Engineering, and Nature-Inspired Geotechnics. He holds a Ph.D. in Geotechnical Engineering from IIT Hyderabad, where he developed a mechanistic-empirical design for geogrid and geocell-reinforced ?exible pavements, a project funded by NHAI. He also completed a post-doctoral fellowship at IIT Hyderabad, focusing on ?eld performance evaluation of geosynthetic-reinforced pavements. Dr. Ramu’s academic journey includes an M.Tech. in Geotechnical Engineering from NIT Silchar and a B.Tech. in Civil Engineering from Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies (RGUKT) with a Minor in Business Management Studies. He has held faculty positions at IIT Patna and IIT Indore. He has received multiple prestigious awards, including the IGS-Shri A. G. Dastidar Biennial Award (2022) for best paper in ground improvement, the Outstanding Research Performance Award (2022), Best Reviewer Award (2023) from IGJ Journal, Best Technology Award (2025) and the GEOMATE Best Paper Award (2021). Dr. Ramu is actively involved in professional organizations, serving as Joint Secretary of the Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS) Indore Chapter (2024–2026) and holding memberships in the IGS, ISSMGE, IRC, TC Committees of ISSMGE and IEI, among others.

Dr. Neelima Satyam is currently a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Indore. She holds a Ph.D. and M.Tech. from IIT Delhi and a B.Tech. from SV University, Tirupati. Before joining IIT Indore, she served as an assistant professor at the Earthquake Engineering Research Centre, IIIT Hyderabad. Dr. Satyam was also a visiting researcher at Kyushu University (2023), the University of Stuttgart (2018), and the University of Tokyo (2013). She is actively involved in teaching, research, and consultancy in geotechnical engineering. Dr. Satyam is National Executive Committee Member of the Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS) and Chairman of the IGS Indore Local Chapter. Her expertise lies in geotechnical earthquake engineering, microzonation, site response studies, landslide hazard, monitoring, microseismic data processing, and rock engineering. Dr. Satyam has received research grants from DST, MHRD, AICTE, ITRA, DAE, NIOT, NRDMS, ISRO, and MoES.

Dr. Pranav R. T. Peddinti is Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering and Coordinator of the Centre for Drone Technology and Applications at SRM University AP, India. Dr. Peddinti is Civil Engineering Professional, specializing in pavement geotechnics, UAV-based infrastructure monitoring, and sustainable materials. He holds a Ph.D. in Pavement Geotechnics from IIT Hyderabad, where his research developed system reliability-based design frameworks for ?exible pavements. His research areas include drone technology applications in infrastructure condition assessment, non-destructive testing, secondary materials and heritage structure digitization and assessments. Dr. Peddinti was a Brain Pool Fellow and Research Assistant Professor at UNIST, South Korea. He authored multiple research papers in several journals.