Advances in Earthquake Geotechnics
Springer Verlag, Singapore
978-981-19-3329-5 (ISBN)
Prof. TG Sitharam is Director of Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam, since July 2019. He is a member of the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Established through an Act of Parliament: SERB Act 2008, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. He is Senior Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, and served IISc for more than 27 years. He was Chairman of the Board of Governors at IIT Guwahati during 2019-2020 for more than a year. He was the former Chairman, Research Council, CSIR- CBRI (Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee). He is holding the position of Director (additional charge) of Central Institute of Technology, Kokrajhar, Assam (A Deemed to be University), since May 2021. Over the last 35 years, he has carried out research and development in the area of geotechnical and infrastructure engineering, seismic microzonation and soil dynamics, geotechnical earthquake engineeringand has developed innovative technologies in the area of earth sciences, leading to about 500 technical papers, 20 books with Google scholar H-index of 47 and I-10 index 137 with more than 7175 citations. He has guided 40 Ph.D. students and 35 Master's Students. He was listed in the world's top 2% of scientists for the most-cited research scientists in various disciplines by Stanford University in 2020. Again his name appeared in the top 2% of scientists IN Elsevier by Stanford University in 2021. His broad area of research falls into Geotechnical Infrastructure engineering, earth sciences, hydrology, seismology, and natural hazards. He has carried out seismic microzonation of many urban centers in India, and he is an authority on seismic microzonation and site effects. Presently, he is the President of the Indian Society of Earthquake Technology, and he was the chairman of the 7th International conference on recent advances in geotechnical earthquake engineering and soil dynamics heldin July 2021. He is the chief editor of the International Journal of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, (IJGEE), PA, USA since 2010. He is Editor-in-chief, Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engg series, Book Series, Singapore. He is Fellow of ASCE, Fellow of ICE (UK), Diplomat of Geotechnical Engineering (D.Ge.) from Academy of Geo-Professionals, ASCE, Fellow of IGS, ISET, ISES, and many other Societies. He is also a certified professional engineer and a chartered engineer from the Institution of Engineers. Prof. Ravi Sankar Jakka is working as Associate Professor in the Department of Earthquake Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, and serving as Editor to the International Journal of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and ISET Journal of Earthquake Technology. He graduated in Civil Engineering from Andhra University Engineering College in the year 2001. He has obtained masters and doctorate degrees from IIT Delhi inthe years 2003 and 2007, respectively. His areas of interest are Dynamic Site Characterization, Soil Liquefaction, Seismic Slope Stability of Dams, Landslides, Foundations and Seismic Hazard Assessment. He has published over 100 articles in reputed international journals and conferences. He has supervised over 35 Masters Dissertations and 7 Ph.D. thesis, while he is currently guiding 10 Ph.D. Thesis. He has received prestigious DAAD and National Doctoral fellowships. He has obtained University Gold Medal from Andhra University. He also received the “Young Geotechnical Engineer Best Paper Award” from the Indian Geotechnical Society. He was instrumental in the development of the Earthquake Early Warning System for northern India, a prestigious national project. He was also Organizing Secretary to 7th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering. Prof. Sreevalsa Kolathayar pursued M.Tech from IIT Kanpur, Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Science (IISc), and served as International Research Staff at UPC BarcelonaTech Spain. He is presently Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, India. Dr. Sreevalsa has authored five books, edited 16 book volumes, and published 100 research papers. He is Associate Editor of two International Journals and acted as a reviewer for many. His research interests include seismic hazard assessment, local site effects, disaster risk reduction, earth reinforcement, and water geotechnics. He is currently Secretary Indian chapter of the International Association for Coastal Reservoir Research (IACRR) and Executive Committee Member of the Indian Society of Earthquake Technology (ISET). In 2017, The New Indian Express honored Dr. Sreevalsa with South India's Most Inspiring Young Teachers Award. He is the recipient of the ISET DK Paul Research Award from the Indian Society of Earthquake Technology (ISET) in 2018. He is on the roster of two technical committees of ASCE Geo-Institute. Dr. Sreevalsa received the "IEI Young Engineers Award" by The Institution of Engineers (India), in recognition of his contributions in the field of Civil Engineering. He served as Organizing Secretary to the 7th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering.
Chapter 1. Risks and Vulnerabilities in the design, construction and operation of offshore wind turbine farms in seismic areas.- Chapter 2. Numerical modelling of basin effects on earthquake ground motions in Kutch basin.- Chapter 3. Controlled ground-borne vibrations for design of sub-structural systems - theory and practice.- Chapter 4. Geotechnical, Geological and Geophysical Investigations for Seismic Microzonation and Site-Specific Earthquake Hazard Analysis in Gujarat.- Chapter 5. Seismic Analysis of Pile Foundations using an Integrated Approach.- Chapter 6. Numerical Modeling of Liquefaction.- Chapter 7. Region Specific Consideration for GMPE Development,Representative Seismic Hazard Estimation and Rock Design Spectrum for Himalayan Region.- Chapter 8. Seismic Response of Shallow Foundations on Reinforced Sand Bed.- Chapter 9. Seismic Performance Evaluation of Concrete Gravity Dam on Rock Foundation System with Shear Zone.- Chapter 10. Visualization of Liquefaction in Soils withPWP Measurements by Tapping.- Chapter 11. An Experimental Study on Soil Spring Stiffness of Vibrating Bases on Polypropylene Fibre Reinforced Fine Sand.- Chapter 12. Guidelines for minimization of uncertainties and estimation of a reliable shear wave velocity profile using MASW testing: A state of the art review.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 25.08.2022 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Springer Tracts in Civil Engineering |
| Zusatzinfo | 106 Illustrations, color; 25 Illustrations, black and white; XII, 253 p. 131 illus., 106 illus. in color. |
| Verlagsort | Singapore |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Meteorologie / Klimatologie | |
| Technik ► Bauwesen | |
| ISBN-10 | 981-19-3329-4 / 9811933294 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-981-19-3329-5 / 9789811933295 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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