GROUND IMPROVEMENT TECHNIQUES
About this ebook
Written in the same context, the book focuses on the fundamental principles and practical methods of ground improvement. The design and constructional procedure of different ground improvement methods are comprehensively covered in the text. The subject-matter, divided into fourteen chapters, is organised into a simplified and logical manner to describe first the working methods and then the possible future developments. The book enables its readers to become aware of the overall methodology to be adopted in a particular case and seek possible solution to the chosen field.
It is primarily intended to cater the needs of undergraduate and postgraduate students of civil engineering and geotechnical engineering.
KEY FEATURES
• Numerous figures, tables and mathematical equations are provided to support the topics discussed.
• Several worked-out examples are provided in most of the chapters.
• Objective questions, descriptive questions and references are given at the end of each chapter.
• Numerical questions are given for practice in the relevant chapters.
• An appendix introduces miscellaneous topics related to soil.
About the author
JOYANTA MAITY, PhD (Jadavpur University), is Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Meghnad Saha Institute of Technology, Kolkata. He is actively engaged in teaching both undergraduate and postgraduate students of Civil Engineering for more than a decade. His research interests include ground improvement techniques, use of alternative materials and use of natural geofibres in Civil Engineering. He has published more than 30 papers in different national and international conferences and journals.
BIKASH CHANDRA CHATTOPADHYAY, PhD (IIT Kharagpur), is Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Meghnad Saha Institute of Technology, Kolkata. He has been Head of the Department of Civil Engineering, Dean of Research and Consultancy and Coordinator of Quality Improvement Programme at Bengal Engineering and Science University (BESU, presently IIEST), Shibpur. He has been engaged in teaching geotechnical engineering, research and consultancy over last 46 years and received Leonard’s award for the best PhD thesis from the Indian Geotechnical Society in 1987. He has published several books in the areas of his specialisation and more than 150 research papers in different national and international conferences and journals.
