Karkush / Choudhury Modern Applications of Geotechnical Engineering and Construction

Geotechnical Engineering and Construction
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-981-15-9399-4
Verlag: Springer Singapore
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 112, 387 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering

< p="">This book contains select papers from the International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering Iraq discussing the challenges, opportunities, and problems of application of geotechnical engineering in projects. The contents cover a wide spectrum of themes in geotechnical engineering, including but not limited to sustainability & geotechnical engineering, modeling of foundations & slope stability, seismic analysis & soil mechanics, construction materials, and construction & management of projects. This volume will prove a valuable resource for practicing engineers and researchers in the field of geotechnical engineering, structural engineering, and construction and management of projects.^

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Karkush, Mahdi O.

Choudhury, Deepankar

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Sustainability and Geotechnical Engineering.- Structural Engineering and Construction Materials.- Construction and Projects Management.- Modeling of Foundations and Slope Stability.- Seismic Analysis and Soil Mechanics.

Über Autor(innen)

Prof. Mahdi Karkush  is the President of Iraqi Scientific Society for Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, and Professor of Civil Engineering at the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Baghdad, Iraq. He received his Ph.D. in Civil Geotechnical Engineering from University of Baghdad, Iraq in 2008. He pursued his B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from University of Babylon, Iraq in 1995 and M.Sc. in Civil Structural Engineering from University of Babylon, Iraq in 1998. Prof. Karkush has authored over 65 technical publications including 50 peer reviewed journal papers. He has supervised over 20 Ph.D. and M.Sc. students. He is a member of the editorial board of several scientific journals. He is a Fellow of The Iraqi Engineers Association (IEA), International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE), UK, and Fulbright scholar, USA. Prof. Deepankar Choudhury is Institute Chair Professor of Civil Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India and Adjunct Professor ofAcademy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) at CSIR laboratories, India. Prof. Choudharyreceived his Ph.D. in Civil Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering from IISc,India in 2002. He served as BOYSCAST Fellow at UC Berkeley USA, Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at TU Darmstadt Germany, JSPS Fellow at Kagoshima University Japan, and as Visiting Fellow/Professor at NUS Singapore, UoW Australia, INU South Korea. Prof. Choudhury has authored over 300 technicalpublications including over 160 peer reviewed journal papers. He has supervised 25 Ph.D. students. He isa Fellow of The National Academy of Sciences, India (FNASc), Fellow of Institutionof Engineers India (FIE), Indian Geotechnical Society (FIGS), Indian Society ofEarthquake Technology (FISET). His research contributions in the domain of geotechnical earthquake engineering, foundation engineering and computational geomechanics have been included in several text books, design manual, codes and implemented in field projects.