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- Enriches understanding by including contributions from leading experts across the globe
- Provides a broad overview plus in depth coverage of showcases new developments geotechnical earthquake engineering and soil dynamics
- Discusses new theories and applications in the field
Part of the book series: Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering (STICEE)
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This volume brings together contributions from world renowned researchers and practitioners in the field of geotechnical engineering. The chapters of this book are based on the keynote and invited lectures delivered at the 7th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics. The book presents advances in the field of soil dynamics and geotechnical earthquake engineering. A strong emphasis is placed on proving connections between academic research and field practice, with many examples, case studies, best practices, and discussions on performance-based design. This volume will be of interest to research scholars, academicians and industry professionals alike.
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Editors and Affiliations
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Prof. Ravi Sankar Jakka is working as Associate Professor in the Department of Earthquake Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. He is also currently serving as Secretary, Indian Society of Earthquake Technology(ISET). He has graduated in Civil Engineering from Andhra University Engineering College in the year 2001. He has obtained masters and doctorate degrees from IIT Delhi in the years 2003 and 2007 respectively. His areas of interest are Dynamic Site Characterization, Soil Liquefaction, Seismic Slope Stability of Dams, Landslides, Foundations & Seismic Hazard Assessment. He has published over 100 articles in reputed international journals and conferences. He has supervised over 35 Masters Dissertations and 6 Ph.D. thesis, while he is currently guiding 10 PhD Thesis. He has received prestigious DAAD and National Doctoral fellowships. He has obtained University Gold Medal from Andhra University. He also received ‘Young Geotechnical Engineer Best Paper Award’ from Indian Geotechnical Society. He was instrumental in the development of Earthquake Early Warning System for northern India, a prestigious national project. He is also the Organizing Secretary to 7th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering.
Dr. Sreevalsa Kolathayar pursued M.Tech. from Indian Institute of Technology (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. Dr. Kolathayar has authored three books and over 65 research papers. His broad research areas are geotechnical earthquake engineering, geosynthetics & geonaturals, and water geotechnics. He is currently the Secretary of the Indian chapter of International Association for Coastal ReservoirResearch (IACRR), and Executive Committee Member of Indian Society of Earthquake Technology. In 2017, The New Indian Express honored Dr. Kolathayar with 40 under 40 - South India's Most Inspiring Young Teachers Award. He is the recipient of ISET DK Paul Research Award from Indian Society of Earthquake Technology, IIT Roorkee. He received "IEI Young Engineers Award" by The Institution of Engineers (India), in recognition of his contributions in the field of Civil Engineering.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Latest Developments in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics
Editors: T.G. Sitharam, Ravi Jakka, Sreevalsa Kolathayar
Series Title: Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1468-2
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Indian Society of Earthquake Technology 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-16-1467-5Published: 02 July 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-16-1470-5Published: 03 July 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-1468-2Published: 01 July 2021
Series ISSN: 2363-7633
Series E-ISSN: 2363-7641
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 550
Number of Illustrations: 99 b/w illustrations, 206 illustrations in colour
Topics: Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics, Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences, Natural Hazards, Soil Science & Conservation, Solid Mechanics