Ground Improvement Techniques

Dr. Kasinathan Muthukkumaran is currently Professor in Civil Engineering at National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India. He obtained Ph.D. in Soil-Structure Interaction and Marine Geotechnical Engineering from Indian Institute Technology Madras. He has published more than 150 papers in international and national journals and conferences. He has completed 5 R & D (including ISRO - Chandrayaan- 2 Mission project) & 70 major consultancy projects in Geotechnical Engineering and published two patent including “Moon Soil” (A Method for Manufacture of Highland Lunar Soil Simulant). He has guided 10 PhD scholars and 6 more are in progress, 5 MS (by research) and more than 40 M.Tech. students in Geotechnical and allied research areas. He is the Founder Chairman of Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS-Trichy) Trichy Chapter. He is a member of Technical Committee (TC-301 on "Preservation of Historic Sites") of International Society for Soil Mechanicsand Geotechnical Engineering. Prof. Muthukkumaran area of research is in geotechnical engineering, which includes pile foundation, soil-structure interaction, marine geotechnics & foundations, field instrumentation, geotechnical physical modeling, ground improvement and forensic geotechnical engineering. He has received DST Young Scientist Award, IGS- Smt. Indra Joshi Biennial Award and Keynote Paper Award – GEOMATE Conference 2015 at Osaka, Japan. He is an Associate Editor of Australian journal of Civil Engineering and serving editorial board member of several journals.   Prof. Muthukkumaran has significant administrative contribution as Estate Officer, Associate Dean (Planning and Development), Member of Buildings and Works Committee and Member of Board of Governors (BoG) of National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli and Member of Buildings and Works Committee, IIM Trichy. He has received NIT Trichy Achiever Awards for research publications, research projects, maximum citation and consultancy projects.  Dr. Rajesh Sathiyamoorthy is Associate Professor of the Department of Civil Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, India. He holds Doctor of Philosophy (2010) in Geotechnical Engineering from IIT Bombay and Master of Technology (2001) from College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University. He was at University of Joseph Fourier, LTHE, Grenoble, France as a Postdoctoral Fellow (2010-2011); Tongji University, Shanghai, China, as a Talented Young Scientist (2019-2020); University of Applied Sciences, Darmstradt, Germany, as Young Researcher (2004-2005). His research studies focus on hydro-mechanical behaviour of geomaterials, numerical and physical modelling of geostructures, application of geosynthetics and engineered cover systems and has published more than 95 technical papers in journals and conferences and delivered more than 25 keynote/ invited lectures at various conferences and other events. He is a recipient of Institution of Engineers (India) Young Engineers Award-2013 (Civil Engineering), Talented Young Scientist Award-2018 from Ministry of Science and Technology China and Distinguished Alumni Award-2019 (Academic and Research) from VIT university. Dr. Rajesh is also a recipient of Prof. G. A. Leonards Biannual Award-2011, IGS - Prof. A.V. Shroff Biannual Award-2013, IIT Kanpur Best Instructor Award (seven times) and few best paper awards (IGS-Bangalore Chapter YGE Award-2015 and 2019, IGS-Prof. C.S. Desai Biennial Award-2020, IGC-2020). He is ISSMGE, TC-106 (Unsaturated Soils) committee member representing India. Dr. Arif Ali Baig Moghal is Distinguished Researcher and an Associate Professor of the Department of Civil Engineering at the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Warangal. Dr. Arif received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India. Prior to joining NIT, he had worked at Bugshan Research Chair in Expansive Soils at King Saud University, Riyadh as professor. He has over 16 years of research, teaching and consulting experience within the broad fields of civil, geotechnical, geoenvironmental engineering addressing the nexus between sustainability and the environment. His research was funded by KACST (King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia) and Department of Science and Technology (DST), India. Dr. Moghal is the author of 53 journal papers, 1 edited book, 11 book chapters, 33 ASCE Geotechnical Special Publications and 25 full conference papers. He has given 23 invited presentations in India and Saudi Arabia. He is Fellow of the Indian Geotechnical Society (FIGS), Fellow of the Institute of Engineers, India (FIE), and a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (MASCE).  Dr. S. P. Jeyapriya is currently working as Professor, Department of Civil Engineering (Geotechnical), Government College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India. She has over 20 years of experience in teaching and research. She has published around 30 research articles in international and national journals, 50 papers in international and national conferences. She has coordinated around 15 programs that include faculty development programs, workshops, conferences and seminars.  She has delivered invited lectures in several academic institutions. She is a reviewer of research articles submitted to journals and conferences and had done peer reviewing of e-course developed in the domain environmental engineering under NAIP. She has received two best paper awards. She is serving as State Government Nominee to the Board of Governors of few institutes. She is a life member of Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS), New Delhi, India, and Honorary Secretary of IGS-Coimbatore Chapter and has coordinated in establishing more than 20 student chapters at various institutes. Her areas of interests include soil mechanics,foundation engineering, ground improvement techniques and environmental geotechnology. She has been doing consultancy services to various government, quasi government and private organisations.

• Chapter 1. Enhancement of Soil Properties by using Red Mud and Lime.- Chapter 2. Ground Improvement for Open Foundation on Soft Clays using stone columns and PVD Drains for Retaining Walls and Approaches of a Cable Stayed ROB.- Chapter 3. State of the art on the extent of smear zone and variation of permeability during the installation of drain in clayey soil.- Chapter 4. State of the Art Review on Improvement of Strength Characteristics of Soil using Nano Silica.- Chapter 5. Influence of Aquaculture Sludge on Volume Change Behaviour of Expansive Clays.- Chapter 6. Densification of Fly ash deposits equipped with Rammed Stone Column – A Case Study.- Chapter 7. Application of Prefabricated Vertical Drains (PVD) for Improvement of Soft Clays – A Case Study.- Chapter 8. Performance Evaluation of Earthen Embankment underlain by Marine clay Deposit with ground improvement techniques-A case study of Mangaluru Region, Karnataka.- Chapter 9. An Experimental Study on Development of the Bearing Capacity of Soft Clay Soil Using Stone Column with Bamboo Sheet Plate.- Chapter 10. Evaluation of Heave Behaviour by Numerical Modelling of Granular Pile Anchor in Expansive Soil.- Chapter 11. A Study of Load Distribution between Soil and Stone Columns.- Chapter 12. An Experimental Study to Determine the Best Aggregate Mix for Stone Columns.- Chapter 13. Static and Dynamic Study on the Performance of Modified Stone-Column in Ahmedabad Soil.- Chapter 14. Modeling On Fiber-Reinforced Modeling of Subgrade Strength on Fiber-Reinforced Alkaline Binder Mixed Expansive Soil.- Chapter 15. Behavior of Jute Fibre-Reinforced Sand Using Direct Shear Test for Ground Engineering Application.- Chapter 16. Numerical Studies on Effects of Embankment Layer Construction Period on Consolidation Settlements of Underlain Soft Soil.- Chapter 17. Improvement of Soft Ground by Employing Granular Piles below Raft.- Chapter 18. Multivariate Regression Model to Predict Geotechnical Properties of Fly Ash StabilisedClayey Soil.- Chapter 19. A Study on the Strength Aspects of Alkali Activated Red Mud-Crusher Dust blended Geo-polymer.- Chapter 20. A State-Of-The-Art Review on Electro-Osmotic Treatment for Stabilization of Soft Soils.- Chapter 21. Study on Time- Viscosity Characteristics of Microfine Slag Grout with Hydrated Lime Activator.- Chapter 22. Influence Of Intensity And Position Of Surcharge On The Performance Of Soil Nail System.- Chapter 23. Effect of Biopolymer Inclusion and Curing Conditions on the Failure Strain and Elastic Modulus of Cohesive Soil.- Chapter 24. Producing Biochar from Crop Residues for Safe and Environment-friendly Waste Management and Using as an Innovative Material for Soil and Ground Improvement.- Chapter 25. A review on comparative study of stabilization of black cotton soil by different chemical stabilizers.- Chapter 26. Stabilization of Subgrade Soil Using Shredded Waste Plastic Bags.- Chapter 27. Mitigation of Liquefaction in Silty Soil using Vibro Stone Columns with Surcharge.- Chapter 28. Studies on consolidation characteristics of marine clay using geodrain.- Chapter 29. Mechanical Behaviour of Silty Soil Reinforced with Carbon Fibers.- Chapter 30. Evaluation on the Shear Strength Characteristics of Soil Reinforced with Randomly Distributed Areca Fibers.- Chapter 31. Design of Foundation on Erratic Landfill with Ground Improvement Techniques - A Case Study.- Chapter 32. Improvement of Soil Subgrade with Shredded Rubber Tyre Waste.-Chapter 33. Use of Nylon Fibers in Improving the Strength of Weak Laterite Soil Blended with Metakaolin and POFA.- Chapter 34. Amelioration of Strength Characteristics of Expansive Soil Treated With Calcium Chloride and Terrasil.- Chapter 35. Effect of Sawdust and Sawdust Ash on Expansive Soil.- Chapter 36. Improvisation in the swelling behavior of expansive soil using industrial waste.- Chapter 37. Influence of Radial Coefficient of Consolidation on Ground Improvement in Soft Clay with Vertical Drains.