1st Edition
Geotechnical Characteristics of Soils and Rocks of India
This book presents mainly the geotechnical details of geomaterials (soils and rocks) found in all the 36 states and union territories of India. There are 37 chapters in this book. Chapter 1 provides an overview of geomaterials, focusing on their engineering properties as determined based on the project site investigations and laboratory/field tests; this will help readers understand the technical details explained throughout the book, with each chapter dealing with geomaterials of one state/union territory only.
Each chapter, contributed by a team of authors, follows a common template with the following sections: introduction, major types of soils and rocks, properties of soils and rocks, use of soils and rocks as construction materials, foundation and other geotechnical structures, other geomaterials, natural hazards, case studies and field tests, geoenvironmental impact on soils and rocks, concluding remarks and references.
All the chapters cover highly practical information and technical data for application in ground infrastructure projects, including foundations of structures (buildings, towers, tanks, machines and so on), highway, railway and airport pavements, embankments, retaining structures/walls, dams, reservoirs, canals and ponds, and landfills and tunnels. These details are also highly useful for professionals dealing with mining, oil and gas projects and agricultural and aquacultural engineering projects. Although this book covers the Indian ground characteristics, the information provided can be helpful in some suitable forms to the professionals of other countries having similar ground conditions and applications.
1 Introduction
Sanjay Kumar Shukla
2 Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Rajashri Shashikant Kulkarni
3 Andhra Pradesh
G.V. Rama Subba Rao and Chava Srinivas
4 Arunachal Pradesh
Ajanta Kalita, Sukumar Baruah, and Yachang Omo
5 Assam
Utpal Kumar Das, Diganta Goswami, and Ramani Mohan Das
6 Bihar
J.N. Jha, S.K. Singh, Sunita Kumari, Akash Priyadarshee, Vijay Kumar, and Ashish Kumar
7 Chandigarh
S. K. Singh
8 Chhattisgarh
Laxmikant Yadu, Sunny Deol Guzzarlapudi, Mahasakti Mahamaya, and Arun Bhave
9 Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
Rakesh Kumar, Radha J. Gonawala, Ketan Bajaj, Neetu Yadav, Moirangthem Johnson Singh, Lalit Borana, and Chandresh H. Solanki
10 Delhi
Ashutosh Trivedi and Sadanand Ojha
11 Goa
Purnanand P. Savoikar
12 Gujarat
Chandresh H. Solanki, Mohit K. Mistry, and Manali S. Patel
13 Haryana
Ashwani Jain and Nitish Puri
14 Himachal Pradesh
Varinder S. Kanwar, Surinder Kumar Vashisht, Abhishek Kanoungo, Rajesh Pathak, and Manvi Kanwar
15 Jammu and Kashmir
Falak Zahoor and Bashir Ahmed Mir
16 Jharkhand
Anil K. Choudhary and Awdhesh K. Choudhary
17 Karnataka
C.R. Parthasarathy
18 Kerala
Anil Joseph, Jayamohan J., and Sreevalsa Kolathayar
19 Ladakh
Chandan Ghosh, Nitin Joshi, Prabhat Kumar, and Avinash Dubey
20 Lakshadweep
Sreevalsa Kolathayar, Nizar P.K., and Anil Joseph
21 Madhya Pradesh
Lalit Borana, Sanjoy Bhowmik, V.K. Panwar, Manish Kumar Goyal, and Vikas Poonia
22 Maharashtra
Hemant S. Chore, S. Rupali, and Gaurav Kumar
23 Manipur
Sangeeta Shougrakpam, Ashutosh Trivedi, and Arunkumar Yendrembam
24 Meghalaya
Smrutirekha Sahoo
25 Mizoram
Naveen Kumar, Prashant Navalakha, and Ashish D. Gharpure
26 Nagaland
Raju Sarkar, Devashish Gupta, Aman Pawar, Sunil Saha, and Chandan Ghosh
27 Odisha
Manas Chandan Mishra, Swagatika Senapati, and Bendadi Hanumantha Rao
28 Puducherry
J. Saravanan, T. Kaviarasu, N.J.L. Ramesh, and R. Premkumar
29 Punjab
Harvinder Singh, K.S. Gill, and J.N. Jha
30 Rajasthan
Anil Dixit, Nirbhay Mathur, and Harsh Chittora
31 Sikkim
Kaushik Bandyopadhyay, Abhipriya Halder, Saptarshi Nandi, Bappaditya Koley, and Subhajit Saraswati
32 Tamil Nadu
K. Premalatha, M. Muthukumar, B. Arun, and M. Dhanasekaran
33 Telangana
Balunaini Umashankar, Sravanam Sasanka Mouli, and Chennarapu Hariprasad
34 Tripura
Sima Ghosh and J.R. Kayal
35 Uttarakhand
S.S. Gupta and V.A. Sawant
36 Uttar Pradesh
Ashish Gupta, Vinay Bhushan Chauhan, and Vikrant Patel
37 West Bengal
Kaushik Bandyopadhyay, Abhipriya Halder, Saptarshi Nandi, Bappaditya Koley, and Subhajit Saraswati
Biography
Dr. Sanjay Kumar Shukla is Founding Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering, Springer Nature, Switzerland. He holds the Distinguished Professorship in Civil Engineering at Delhi Technological University, Delhi, VIT University, Vellore, Chitkara University, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, VR Siddhartha Engineering College, Vijayawada, Amity University, Noida, Amrita University, Coimbatore and Nirma University, Ahmedabad, India. He is a fellow of Engineers Australia, a life fellow of Institution of Engineers (India) and Indian Geotechnical Society, a member of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), International Geosynthetics Society and several other professional bodies. He has been honoured with several awards, including the most prestigious IGS Award 2018 from the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS), USA.
