Geotechnical Applications

THEME 2 : SHALLOW AND DEEP FOUNDATIONS.- Measured & Predicted Settlement of Shallow Foundations on Cohesionless Soil.- Prediction of Bearing Capacity and Settlement From SPT Values using Genetic Algorithm.- Influence of Configuration of Stone Columns on Combined Footings Resting on Reinforced Earth Beds.- Dynamic Response Characteristics of Hollow Steel Single Pile Under Vertical Excitations.- Analysis of Laterally Loaded Fixed Headed Single Pile in Multilayered Soil using P-Y Approach.- Application of Artificial Neural Network to Predict the Settlement of Shallow Foundations on Cohesionless Soils.- Interference of Two Nearby Footings Resting on Clay Medium.- Static and Incremental Cyclic Loading of Ring and Circular Footing on Coir Geocell Reinforcement.- Experimental Study on Uplift Capacity of Horizontal Circular and Strip Anchor Plates in Two Layered Cohesionless Soil.- Footing Load Tests on Sand: Validating the Theoretical Predictions.- Experimental Study of Lateral Load-Displacement Behavior of Piles in Sand.-Effect of Excavation on the Response of Circular Footing in Sandy Soil.- THEME 6 : STABILITY OF EARTH AND EARTH RETAINING STRUCTURES.- Analysis of Slope Stability of Fly Ash Stabilized Soil Slope.- Slope Stability Studies of Excavated Slopes in Lateritic Formations.- Effect of Varying Geometrical Configuration of Sheet Piles on Exit Gradient and Uplift Pressure.- Stability Analysis of a Tailings Dam- a Comparative Study.- Stability Analyses for Reclamation Bund on Marine Clay.- Slope Stability Analysis of Steep Reinforced Soil Slopes using Finite Element Method.- Reinforcement Tensile Forces in Back-To-Back Retaining Walls.- Limit Analysis of Full Scale MSE Wall- A Comparative Study.- Effect of Toe Cutting on Hillslope Stability.- Stability of Earthen Embankment with Clay Core Under Tidal Fluctuation.- Reduction of Surcharge Induced Earth Pressure on Rigid Non-Yielding Retaining Wall using Relief Shelves.- Stability Analysis of Nonhomogeneous Soil

Anirudhan I.V. is a geotechnical consultant based in Chennai, India. His career as an independent consultant started in 1987 after associating with a leading geotechnical consultancy firm. His major field of expertise is foundation design & construction and ground improvement techniques. He has been involved in the design of foundations and ground improvement schemes for the power and water projects in India and abroad. His organization, Geotechnical Solutions in Chennai, has executed more than 1500 small and medium geotechnical investigation jobs and provided foundation recommendations for small to high-rise buildings. Mr. Anirudhan graduated in Geotechnical Engineering from IIT Kanpur, India, in 1981 after obtaining a B.Sc. Engg. Degree in Civil Engineering from the College of Engineering, Thrissur, Kerala, India. He is actively involved in the activities of Indian Geotechnical Society and has conducted conferences and seminars. He has authored several conference papers ongeotechnical engineering applications and a manual on Lateritic Soils. He was a member of TC 302 of ISSMGE on Forensic Engineering and the convener of TC-04 of the Indian Geotechnical Society on Geotechnical Investigation. He is the vice chair of the Deep Foundations Institute of India. 

V.B. Maji joined the Department of Civil Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras in 2008, and is currently working as an associate professor there. He received his PhD degree from the Indian Institute of Science Bangalore. He has a Master of Technology degree from the Institute of Technology (now IIT), Banaras Hindu University (BHU), India and a Bachelor of Science Engineering degree from BIT Sindri, Dhanbad, India. Prior to joining IIT Madras, he worked as associate consultant at Advanced Technologies and Engineering Services (ATES), a consultancy division of AIMIL Ltd., New Delhi, India. His teaching and research interest includes rock mechanics and