Overview
- Comprises select peer-reviewed proceedings of the conference ICGE Iraq
- Enriches understanding in the interdisciplinary field of Structural Engineering
- Covers latest research in modeling of foundations & slope stability, seismic analysis & soil mechanics, construction & management of projects, etc
Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering (LNCE, volume 112)
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Conference proceedings info: ICGE 2020.
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Table of contents (30 papers)
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Front Matter
Keywords
About this book
This book contains select papers from the International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering Iraq discussing the challenges, opportunities, and problems of application of geotechnical engineering in projects. The contents cover a wide spectrum of themes in geotechnical engineering, including but not limited to sustainability & geotechnical engineering, modeling of foundations & slope stability, seismic analysis & soil mechanics, construction materials, and construction & management of projects. This volume will prove a valuable resource for practicing engineers and researchers in the field of geotechnical engineering, structural engineering, and construction and management of projects.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Prof. Mahdi Karkush is the President of Iraqi Scientific Society for Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, and Professor of Civil Engineering at the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Baghdad, Iraq. He received his Ph.D. in Civil Geotechnical Engineering from University of Baghdad, Iraq in 2008. He pursued his B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from University of Babylon, Iraq in 1995 and M.Sc. in Civil Structural Engineering from University of Babylon, Iraq in 1998. Prof. Karkush has authored over 65 technical publications including 50 peer reviewed journal papers. He has supervised over 20 Ph.D. and M.Sc. students. He is a member of the editorial board of several scientific journals. He is a Fellow of The Iraqi Engineers Association (IEA), International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE), UK, and Fulbright scholar, USA.
Prof. Deepankar Choudhury is Institute Chair Professor of Civil Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India and Adjunct Professor ofAcademy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) at CSIR laboratories, India. Prof. Choudharyreceived his Ph.D. in Civil Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering from IISc,India in 2002. He served as BOYSCAST Fellow at UC Berkeley USA, Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at TU Darmstadt Germany, JSPS Fellow at Kagoshima University Japan, and as Visiting Fellow/Professor at NUS Singapore, UoW Australia, INU South Korea. Prof. Choudhury has authored over 300 technicalpublications including over 160 peer reviewed journal papers. He has supervised 25 Ph.D. students. He isa Fellow of The National Academy of Sciences, India (FNASc), Fellow of Institutionof Engineers India (FIE), Indian Geotechnical Society (FIGS), Indian Society ofEarthquake Technology (FISET). His research contributions in the domain of geotechnical earthquake engineering, foundation engineering and computational geomechanics have been included in several text books, design manual, codes and implemented in field projects.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Modern Applications of Geotechnical Engineering and Construction
Book Subtitle: Geotechnical Engineering and Construction
Editors: Mahdi O. Karkush, Deepankar Choudhury
Series Title: Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9399-4
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-9398-7Published: 22 December 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-9401-4Published: 23 December 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-9399-4Published: 21 December 2020
Series ISSN: 2366-2557
Series E-ISSN: 2366-2565
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 387
Number of Illustrations: 41 b/w illustrations, 320 illustrations in colour
Topics: Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics, Building Materials, Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences