Sudip Basack

Sudip Basack
Graphic Era Deemed University

PhD FIE FIGSCEng

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Introduction
Cutting edge research in the field of civil, environmental and hydrological engineering with emphasis on pile foundation, ground improvement, coastal hydrology, renewable energy, among others.
Education
May 2010 - November 2010

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Publications (98)
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Uplift loading is imparted on piles when subjected to overturning moment on the supporting structures, seismic stresses or hydrostatic pressures. Although several experimental and theoretical studies are available on piles subjected to uplift load, a complete analysis on pile-soil interactive performance under such loading is limited. The authors h...
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The disposal of vegetable waste in open landfills contributes to groundwater contamination and greenhouse gas emissions due to the high organic content. This study aims to investigate composting as a sustainable alternative to landfilling by converting vegetable waste into nutrient-rich compost for use as a soil conditioner. A comprehensive laborat...
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Screw micro-piles are becoming progressively popular for inherent advantages and installation convenience. Their load-transfer technique and failure mechanism are complex and they bear more loads compared to the conventional piles, due to soil-thread interactive shear and bearing stresses. Available knowledge on performance of such piles is limited...
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Pile foundations are often used to support large structures including wide and high commercial buildings, offshore and onshore structures, bridges and transport corridors (railways and highways). Apart from usual vertical loading from superstructures, these piles are subjected to lateral loading because of the actions of waves, ship impacts or movi...
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An effort has been made to develop statistical and ANN models for estimation of sodium concentration in pre-monsoon and post-monsoon seasons using routinely monitored water quality parameters of ground water wells in Jaipur district, Rajasthan (India). The Best Subset procedure based on R² (coefficient of determination) and F (Fishers test) values...
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Currently the domain of design and installation of Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWT) is in a developing phase and contemporary researches propose various methods to develop a VAWT. This system is showing a potential solution of domestic energy need. A review of current researches is required to proceed further towards a better understanding of VAW...
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Densely Populated Urban Residential Regions Are Often Characterized By Irregular Planning Of Buildings And Structures, Which Can Result In Close Spacing, Inadequate Environmental Friendliness, And Insufficient Public Utility Services. Such Adverse Situations Are Prevalent In Several Old Cities In India, Leading To Reduced Lifespan Of Numerous Resid...
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Use of helical piles has become increasingly popular since last few decades for numerous advantages and installation convenience. They may consist of isolated helical plate welded to a central shaft or continuous screw type piles. The load transfer mechanism of helical piles is complex compared to the conventional vertical driven piles. Although li...
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The permeability coefficient and air-entry value of saturated soil are important hydraulic properties, which play an important role in engineering applications. Subsoil supporting foundation is subjected to stress and undergoes deformation; the saturated permeability coefficient of such deformed soil is of practical importance. With the help of fra...
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This book is an extensive exploration of sustainable civil infrastructure development, encompassing a diverse range of topics.
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Foundations supporting infrastructure built on soft and compressible marine soil are unlikely to sustain due to possibility of undrained shear failure or excessive settlement of the supporting soil. This necessitates the importance of implementing an adequate ground improvement strategy. Among different techniques, soft soil reinforcing by the inst...
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Rivers are crucial components of human civilization, as they provide water for domestic, agricultural, and industrial use. Additionally, they transport domestic and industrial waste to the sea. The Ganga River is a major river in India, originating from Gangotri in the north, flowing through five provinces, and discharging into the Bay of Bengal. T...
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Major structures like offshore platforms, wind turbines, transport infrastructure, tall buildings, etc., resting on soft compressible clays, are often supported by pile foundations. Apart from usual vertical loading (dead load, live load, etc.), these piles are subjected to significant cyclic loads arising from actions of waves, ship impacts, winds...
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Ground vibrations initiated by the passage of vehicles in public transport infrastructure including railways and highways are likely to produce an adverse influence on adjacent structures. Under extreme conditions, this is likely to introduce disastrous consequences. While mitigation of these vibrations is a challenge to geotechnical engineers, ado...
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Amongst various sources of renewable energy, the kinetic energy of blowing wind has environmental friendliness and easy availability, together with other benefits. The wind energy is converted into usable electrical energy by means of a robust device termed a wind turbine. To carry out a performance study of such a device, a small-scale model verti...
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Pile foundations in loose sand are occasionally subjected to cyclic loading initiated by the influence of wind, wave, traffic loads, etc. Such load reversals alter the strength and stiffness of surrounding loose sand affecting the ultimate capacity and serviceability of the pile foundation. Although such cyclic loading may be under vertical, latera...
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Wind energy is one of the most sustainable and renewable resources for power generation. Offshore wind turbines (OWTs) derive significant wind energy compared to onshore installations. One of the greatest challenges encountered by installing the OWTs is the adequate design of their foundation in relatively soft and compressible marine soil. In most...
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Open trenches are one of the most popular vibration isolation techniques used to reduce the transmission of ground vibrations. Despite several advantages of this systems for isolating ground vibrations, the major drawback is the geotechnical instability of the trenches. To solve this issue, the author have created a novel approach that involves fil...
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Evaporation demand or potential evaporation is projected to increase almost everywhere in the world in future climate scenarios. Estimation of evapotranspiration (ET) is important for determining the agro-climatic potential of a particular region, water requirements of field crops, irrigation scheduling, and suitability of crops or varieties, which...
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Basack, S.; Loganathan, M.K.; Goswami, G., and Khabbaz, H., 2022. Saltwater intrusion into coastal aquifers and associated risk management: Critical review and research directives. Journal of Coastal Research, 38(3), 654672. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208. Coastal regions mainly rely on sources of local fresh groundwater for domestic, irri...
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The coastal geoenvironment initiates saline water intrusion into the freshwater aquifers, producing a geohydraulic problem. Such intrusion not only contaminates the fresh groundwater resources, making them unsuitable for human use, but also alters the hydraulic conductivity of the aquifer materials, which affects the coastal groundwater flow, influ...
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Pile foundations supporting major structures are often founded in soft compressible clays. Apart from usual super-structural loading, these piles are subjected to cyclic lateral loads originating from actions of waves, ship impacts, winds or moving vehicles. Such repetitive loading induces stress reversal in adjacent soft clay initiating progressiv...
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This study will help at managing the intrusion of saltwater at the ground aquifer through risk analysis in tandem that would encourage the mitigation and conservation of freshwater along the coastal areas of India.
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Civil Infrastructure built on soft and compressible soil is likely to collapse due to undrained shear failure or unacceptable settlement of supporting foundations. Incorporation of adequate ground improvement technique with the aim of upgrading the strength and stiffness of the weak soil is essential in such cases. Amongst various established metho...
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Structures founded on soft ground are likely to be exposed to disastrous consequences due to possible undrained failure or excessive settlement unless proper ground improvement is undertaken. Soft soil improvement by granular reinforcement has numerous benefits in terms of strength and stiffness as well as accelerated consolidation. Foundation soil...
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In the Kamle District of Arunachal Pradesh, rapid constructions, road cutting, excavation, and indiscriminate use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides in agriculture practices are causing a variety of pollution in the aquatic environment, resulting in deterioration of water quality and depletion of aquatic biota. Humans contract water-borne infec...
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The properties of flow through saturated soil are complicated. When the head is low, the flow is virtually linear, and Darcy's rule applies. The flow is nonlinear at the increasing head and is mathematically known as Forchheimer's flow. Several factors, including soil and fluid properties, influence the critical flow velocity for this transition an...
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The aim of this study is to examine the uniaxial tensile strength of three specimens of mild steel, brass and aluminium is examined. Tension tests enable the determination and prediction of the deformation/deflection response of the material properties and elastic modulus. The values of Young’s Modulus for Elasticity (E) for mild steel, brass, and...
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Rapid industrialization, road cutting, excavation and indiscriminate use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides in agriculture practices are causing varied pollution in aquatic environment, leading to deterioration of water quality and depletion of aquatic biota. Due to use of this contaminated water, human population suffers from various water bor...
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Saline water intrusion into freshwater aquifers is a major geohydraulic problem relevant to coastal environment. Apart from contaminating the fresh groundwater resources, the saltwater intrusion alters the geotechnical properties of the aquifer materials, affecting the coastal water resource planning and management. The present study focuses on an...
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River science and engineering has been one of the important study areas for geologists, hydrologists and engineers. The open channel flow and associated hydraulics often initiate several geomechanical hazards including silting and scouring, meandering and migration, floods, etc. Such hazards may lead to disastrous consequences if adequate remedial...
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Wind energy is one of the most sustainable and renewable resources of power generation. Offshore Wind Turbines (OWTs) derive significant wind energy compared to onshore installations. With the established phenomena that the wind speed has been high and consistent in offshore regions, the OWTs are likely to generate more electricity compared to the...
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Soft ground improvement to provide stable foundations for infrastructure is national priority for most countries. Weak soil may initiate instability to foundations reducing their lifespan, which necessitates the adoption of a suitable soil stabilization method. Amongst various soil stabilization techniques, using appropriate admixtures is quite pop...
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Soft ground improvement to provide stable foundations for infrastructure is national priority for most countries. Weak soil may initiate instability to foundations reducing their lifespan, which necessitates the adoption of a suitable soil stabilization method. Amongst various soil stabilization techniques, using appropriate admixtures is quite pop...
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Geomechanical and geohydraulic engineering is a promising study area with several emerging research concerns. Most of such problems requires advanced level of mathematics to arrive at specific solutions. A wide range of approaches includes several analytical and numerical techniques for better understanding of such problems. In this paper, a few se...
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The calcareous sand existing at the South China sea is characterized by low shear strength with high compressibility. Associated with particle breakage, foundations built on such problematic soil initiates undrained failure with uneven foundation settlement, unless adequate ground improvement technique is adopted. In this paper, chemical soil stabi...
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The interlocking concrete pavement blocks are quite commonly used to construct the pedestrian walkways and parking lots of transport infrastructure. Such blocks need adequate compressive strength to withstand the design live loads. In this paper, the influence of admixtures on the compressive strength of the blocks are studied through a series of l...
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Seawater intrusion has led to salinization of fresh groundwater reserves in coastal areas worldwide and has forced the closure of water supply wells. There is a paucity of well-documented studies that report on the reversal of SWI after the closure of a well field. Saline water from a storm surge can flow down storm-damaged submerged water supply w...
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The flow characteristics through saturated soil is complex. For low heads, the flow is essentially linear, where Darcy’s law is applicable. For higher head, the flow is nonlinear and mathematically identified as Forchheimer’s flow. The critical flow velocity for this transition and the relevant Reynold’s number depends upon several factors, includi...
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Land use change initiates significant impact on the stormwater characteristics including hydrograph, infiltration, discharges of the catchment, etc. An extensive literature review suggests that rapid urbanization is the root cause for such alteration in stormwater features. This paper presents a field-based study to investigate the influence of lan...
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Pile foundations supporting large structures (such as high-rise buildings, oil drilling platforms, bridges etc.) are often subjected to eccentric lateral load (in addition to the vertical loads) due to the action of wind, waves, high speed traffic and ship impacts etc. The eccentric lateral load, which is usually cyclic (repetitive) in nature, indu...
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Major offshore and onshore structures, including transport corridors and high-rise buildings, resting on soft compressible clays are often supported by pile foundations. Apart from the usual vertical loading from the superstructures, these piles are usually subjected to large cyclic loads arising from the actions of waves, ship impacts, or moving v...
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Stabilizing the soft clay by stone column reinforcement is one of the most accepted methods of ground improvement techniques. Because of their larger diameter and higher hydraulic conductivity, drainage with stone columns is much faster than prefabricated vertical drains (PVDs) or sand compaction piles (SCPs). Still, a significant hydraulic gradien...
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The influence of structural anisotropy on time-dependent behaviour of foliated metamorphic greenschist collected from deep underground tunnel (−1300 m) in China was investigated to acquire the fundamental knowledge of the long-term mobility of greenschist in nature. Considering the structural anisotropy, greenschist samples with different inclinati...
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The use of stone columns for soft soil stabilization has numerous advantages compared to other methods. There are many factors controlling performance of stone columns including column geometry and particle morphology. The reinforced soft ground supporting transport infrastructure like the railways and highways is subjected to cyclic loading, usual...
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Improvement of soft clay deposit by preloading with vertical drains is one of the most popular techniques followed worldwide. These drains accelerate the rate of consolidation by shortening the drainage path. Although the analytical and numerical solutions available are mostly based on equal strain hypothesis, the adoption of free strain analysis i...
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The pile foundations supporting large structures are subjected to different types of vertical and lateral loads arising from action of wind, waves, high speed traffic and ship impacts etc. In addition, torsional load on pile foundations are induced by the action of eccentric loads which are usually cyclic (repetitive) in nature. Such cyclic loading...
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Among various ground-improvement techniques, soft-soil reinforcement by stone columns is one of the most common and convenient methods with numerous benefits including increased bearing capacity and consolidation, reduced postconstruction settlement and lateral movement, and improved slope stability and liquefaction control, among others. Because o...
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Large structures, such as offshore platforms, wind turbine foundations, wide buildings, bridges, and railway granular embankments, are often supported by pile foundations. These structures are usually subjected to large cyclic loads (in axial, lateral, and torsional modes) arising from actions of waves, ship impacts, or moving trains. Significant t...
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This paper presents an analytical and numerical study on the behavior of stone column stabilized soft ground supporting transport infrastructure. Analysis has been carried out on the response of reinforced soft ground under static and cyclic loadings relevant to transport corridors.
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In this paper, an investigation is made to propose an efficient hybrid approach for analysis of the responses of the pile-raft foundations subjected to coupled loads (combination of vertical loads, horizontal loads and moments) in layered soils. In this method, pile to pile, pile to soil surface, soil surface to pile and soil surface to soil surfac...
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In this paper, a novel analytical solution for active earth pressure distribution on rigid retaining structures considering soil arching effect is presented. According to Mohr’s stress circle, a new relationship between active earth pressure and normal stress on failure surface at any depth from backfill surface is obtained. By analysing parabolic...
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In this chapter, an axisymmetric solution is presented to study the performance of soft ground reinforced with stone columns with special emphasis on transport infrastructure. For typical surcharge (embankment) loading, significant column-to-soil stiffness ratio and the flexible nature of the embankment initiate the fill weight to "arch over" the s...
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Rheological characteristics are one of most important properties needed to be considered for the designing and construction for the long term stability and serviceability of underground structures in the rock mass. Up to date, although extensive studies on the rheological properties of rocks are available in the literature, most of existing studies...
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Installing stone columns is a convenient method of soft ground improvement. Although several analytical and numerical solutions are available to predict the performance of stone column improved soft ground, these models are incapable of capturing the influence of cyclic loading on transport corridors, such as highways and railways. The authors deve...
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Foundations on soft soil without proper ground improvement can initiate excessive settlement causing undrained failure of infrastructure. Amongst various ground improvement techniques, reinforcement by stone columns is one of the convenient and effective methods, with numerous advantages including: increased bearing capacity, reduced settlement, im...
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Pile foundations subjected to cyclic load is an age-old problem dealt with for decades by geotechnical engineers. The ocean environment necessitates the piles supporting offshore structures to be designed against lateral cyclic loading initiated by wave action. Substantial experimental and analytical investigations have already been conducted by th...
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To investigate the soil-pile interactive performance under lateral loads, a set of laboratory model tests was conducted on remoulded test bed of soft clay and medium dense sand. Then, a simplified boundary element analysis had been carried out assuming floating pile. In case of soft clay, it has been observed that lateral loads on piles can initiat...
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Torsional loads on pile foundations are induced by the action of eccentric horizontal forces on the supporting structures. Such loading not only initiates twisting at the pile head but also reduces its axial capacity significantly with increased settlement of the foundation. Several theoretical and experimental investigations have already been carr...
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The ocean environment necessitates the pile foundation supporting the offshore structures to be designed against cyclic load, moments and torques initiated by a combined action of waves, wind, tides, currents, etc. Such a complex loading condition induces progressive degradation in the pile-soil interactive performance introducing significant reduc...
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The complexity of the hydrogeological setup in coastal areas calls for the adoption of scientific groundwater management techniques. Excessive withdrawal of groundwater in coastal zones will lead to depression of the water table, with associated hazards such as putting the well out of use, rendering abstraction uneconomic with increased lift. A sus...
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The pile foundations supporting offshore structures are required to be designed against cyclic load, moments and torques initiated by a combined action of waves, wind, tides, currents, etc. Such a complex loading condition produces progressive degradation in the pile-soil interactive performance which is likely to introduce significant reduction in...
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Torsional load on pile foundations is induced by the action of eccentric horizontal forces on the supporting structures. Such loading not only initiates twist at the pile head, but also reduces its axial capacity significantly associated with increased settlement of the foundation. Inadequate design of piles under torsion may lead to disastrous con...
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Pile foundations subjected to horizontal loads and moments is an age-old problem confronted by geotechnical engineers. This paper is aimed towards a detailed study on the response of pile foundations in layered soil subjected to lateral loading. Initially, a laboratory based small scale model test has been conducted on a pile group in a test bed ha...
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Improvement of soft clay deposits by the installation of stone columns is one of the most popular techniques followed worldwide. The stone columns not only act as reinforcing material increasing the overall strength and stiffness of the compressible soft soil, but they also promote consolidation through effective drainage. The analytical and numeri...
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The environment prevalent in ocean necessitates the piles supporting offshore structures to be designed against lateral cyclic loading initiated by wave action, which induces deterioration in the strength and stiffness of the pile-soil system introducing progressive reduction in the bearing capacity associated with increased settlement of the pile...
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Local scour around bridge piers is a quite common occurance. Reduction of such scour by altering the top of the foundation and by placing piles in front of the piers is an established method now-a-days. However, alternative techniques for scour reduction need to be investigated to arrive at the conclusion regarding the most efficient scour reductio...
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Ground improvement using stone columns is one of the most suitable methods for deformation control of soft soils. The use of stone columns can improve the bearing capacity, reduce settlement, accelerate consolidation process and enhance slope stability as well as resistance to liquefaction. Settlement prediction of the ground infl uenced by the lar...
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Soil conditions of construction sites have become worse than ever due to the overpopUlation in the metropolitan areas throughout the world. Likewise, the prevention of environmental risks due to individual activities is one of the most important subjects in the geo-environmental problems. Saline soils may induce several problems in geotechnical eng...
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The environment prevalent in oceans necessitates the piles supporting offshore structures to be designed against lateral cyclic loading initiated by wave action. Such quasi-static load reversal induces deterioration in the strength and stiffness of the soil-pile system, introducing progressive reduction in the bearing capacity associated with incre...
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The paper is based on experimental laboratory model study with relevant mathematical analysis followed by field investigation so as to understand the characteristics and flow pattern of saline water intrusion into natural porous medium followed by subsequent fresh water recharge.
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The environment prevalent in ocean necessitates the piles supporting offshore structures to be designed against lateral cyclic loading initiated by wave action. Such quasi-static load reversal induces deterioration in the strength and stiffness of the soil-pile system introducing progressive reduction in the bearing capacity as well as the pile hea...
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The environment prevalent in oceans necessitates the pile foundations supporting offshore structures to be designed against lateral cyclic loading initiated by wave action. Such quasi-static load reversal induces deterioration in the strength and stiffness of the soil-pile system introducing progressive reduction in the bearing capacity as well as...
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The environment prevalent in ocean necessitates the piles supporting offshore structures to be designed against lateral cyclic loading initiated by wave action. Such quasi-static load reversal induces deterioration in the strength and stiffness of the soil-pile system introducing progressive reduction in the bearing capacity associated with increas...
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Cylindrical bridge piers are widely used and equations exist that can predict the maximum depth of local scour around such piers. Scour around piers is an undesirable phenomenon, as it requires the foundation to be placed to a greater depth resulting in increased cost, making it worthwhile to investigate scour-reducing measures. A number of scour-r...
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The environment prevalent in ocean necessitates the piles supporting offshore structures to be designed against lateral cyclic loading initiated by wave action. Such quasi-static load reversal induces deterioration in the strength and stiffness of the soil-pile system introducing progressive reduction in the bearing capacity as well as settlement o...
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The paper deals with the engineering properties of a marine clay collected from Visakhapatnam, India. First of all, the physical, chemical and mineralogical properties were determined. Thereafter, the strength and stiffness of the soil-water matrix were established. The properties under cyclic stress reversal were also studied. The detailed test re...
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Offshore structures, including oil drilling platforms, jetties, quay and harbour structures, and tension leg platforms, are supported on pile foundations. Besides usual loads from super-structure, these piles are subjected to continuous lateral cyclic loading due to ocean waves. The quasi-static nature of such loading induces progressive alteration...
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Sometimes, arid regions of the world lie adjacent to the sea. Saline water intrusion into coastal aquifers takes place, and there is very little rainfall. This paper presents a investigates the phenomena of saline water intrusion and up-coning below wells and gives a practical design for groundwater withdrawal. This design consists of qanats couple...
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The environment prevalent in ocean necessitates the piles supporting offshore structures to be designed against lateral cyclic loading initiated by wave action. Such quasi-static load reversal induces deterioration in the strength and stiffness of the soil-pile system introducing progressive reduction in the bearing capacity as well as settlement o...
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The subject of pile foundation subjected to lateral cyclic load is an age-old problem confronted by Geotechnical Engineers. The environment prevalent in ocean necessitates the piles supporting offshore and onshore structures to be designed against lateral cyclic loading resulting from the effects of sea waves. Such loading induces remarkable deteri...
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The environment prevalent in ocean necessitates the piles supporting offshore structures to be designed against lateral cyclic loading initiated by wave action. Such quasi-static load reversal induces deterioration in the strength and stiffness of the soil-pile system introducing progressive reduction in the bearing capacity as well as settlement o...
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The environment prevalent in ocean necessitates the pile foundations supporting offshore structures to be designed against lateral cyclic loading initiated by wave action. Such quasi-static load reversal induces deterioration in the strength and stiffness of the soil-pile system introducing progressive reduction in the bearing capacity as well as s...