Indian Geotechnical Society

ISSMGE

IGS Mumbai Chapter

International Geotechnical Engineering Conference

on

Sustainability in Geotechnical Engineering Practices and

Related Urban Issues
Organising Chairman

Organising Secretary

Prof. Anand R. Katti

Joint Organising Secretary

Prof. Deepankar Choudhury

Prof. Mahua A. Chakrabarti

Venue: Ramada Powai Hotel and Convention Centre,

Saki Vihar Road, Powai, Mumbai 400087, India
September 23-24, 2016

Conference Program
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2016 (Day 1)
8.00 am 5.30 pm

Registration

9.00 am 10.00 am

Inauguration
Lighting of Lamp
Saraswati Vandana
Opening Remarks by Organising Secretary
Welcome Address by Organising Chairman
Address by IGS President
Address by Chairman of IGS Mumbai Chapter
Address by ISSMGE Vice President (Asia)
Welcome Address by ISSMGE President
Vote of Thanks by Joint Organising Secretary

10.00 am 10.25 am

Presidential Address: Presentation of

the ISSMGE and its activities

Speaker: Professor Roger Frank,

France, President of ISSMGE

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10.25 am 10.30 am
10.30 am 11.00 am

Inauguration of Exhibition
High Tea
Keynote Session 1 (11:00 am 1:00 pm)

Session Chairs: Professor Roger Frank, France and Professor N. K. Samadhiya, India
Session Organizer: Professor Vivek B. Deshmukh, India
11.00 am 11.30 am

Keynote Lecture 1
Speaker: Professor Ikuo Towhata, Vice
President (Asia) of ISSMGE, Japan
Topic: Significance of Maintenance and
Life Cycle Cost in Infrastructures

11.30 am 12.00 Noon

Keynote Lecture 2
Speaker: Professor G. L. Sivakumar
Babu, India
Topic: Characterization of MSW for
Sustainable Design of landfills

12.00 Noon 12.30 pm

Keynote Lecture 3
Speaker: Professor Dinesh R. Katti,
USA
Topic: Molecular Interactions Control
Macroscale Properties in Swelling Clays
Design of landfills

12.30 pm 1.00 pm

Discussions and Group Photo

1.00 pm 2.30 pm

Lunch Break
Keynote Session 2 (2:30 pm 3:30 pm)

Session Chairs: Professor A. Sreerama Rao, India and Professor Kalpana S Katti, USA
Session Organizer: Professor Sunil Rangari, India
2.30 pm 3.00 pm

Keynote Lecture 4
Speaker: Professor C. F. Leung,
Singapore
Topic: Centrifuge and Field Study of Pile
Subject to Lateral Soil Movement

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3.00 pm 3.30 pm

Keynote Lecture 5
Speaker: Professor Manoj Datta, India
Topic: Stability Aspects Related to
Enhancement of Capacity of Hazardous
Waste Landfill- A Case Study

3.30 pm 4.00 pm

Tea Break
4.00 pm 5.30 pm (Concurrent Technical Sessions 1 to 4)

Concurrent Technical Session 1,

Session Chairs: Professor B.V.S. Viswanadham and

Venue: Hall 1

Professor Purnanand Savoikar, India

Session Organizer: Professor Santiram Chatterjee, India

Strength Improvement of Weak Subgrade Soil Reinforced

with Geogrid (Abstract ID- 7)
Ayush Mittal, Shalinee Shukla

Soil Reinforcement with Waste Material (Abstract ID- 2)

S.K. Tiwari, Rajshree Mathur

Bottom Ash and EPS Beads Based Light Weight

Geomaterial - an Experimental Study (Abstract ID- 20)
V. N. Badwaik, Ram Rathan Lal Birali

Uplift of Rafts Due to Bouyancy Effect - A Review

(Abstract ID- 157)
Nagesh S. Naik, Purnanand P. Savoikar

Liquefaction Susceptibility of Soils in Kutch Region

(Abstract ID-28)
Majid Hussain, Ajanta Sachan

Seismic nonlinear analysis for tunnels in soft soils

(Abstract ID-126)
Divyavani B, Pallavi Badry

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Reduction of Lateral Earth Pressure Acting on Nonyielding Retaining Wall using Relief Shelves
(Abstract ID-34)
Vinay Bhushan Chauhan, Dasaka S. M.

Bearing Capacity of Square Footings Supported on Coir

Geotextile Reinforced Sand (Abstract ID- 102)
Dharmesh Lal, N Sankar, S Chandrakaran

Concurrent Technical Session 2,

Session Chairs: Professor Amitava Ghosh, and Dr. Vedula

Venue: Hall 2

Srinivasa Phanikanth, India

Session Organizer: Professor Vivek B. Deshmukh, India

Development Of a Flexible Boundary Plane Strain

Apparatus For Soil Testing (Abstract ID-30)
Debayan Bhattacharya, Amit Prashant

Frequency dependent Horizontal dynamic stiffness and

damping of 2x2 pile groups using 3D finite element
modelling (Abstract ID-93)
Abhishek Kumar, Shiva Kuncharapu, Vedula Srinivasa
Phanikanth, Kakaraparthi Srinivas

Capacity Augmentation Of Red Mud Pond Using Industrial

Wastes (Abstract ID-44)
Parvathi G. S., Amitava Ghosh

A Comparative Study on Limit Equilibrium Method and

Finite Element Method of Slope Stability analysis for
Highway Embankment (Abstract ID-121)
Athulya G.K , Sunil K.Ahirwar, Sariput M.Nawghare and J.N.
Mandal

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Combined Pile-Raft Foundation (CPRF) Response under

Earthquake Conditions (Abstract ID-181)
Ashutosh Kumar, Jashod Roy and Deepankar Choudhury

Effect of Geofoam inclusion on Behavior of Geogrid

Reinforced Soil Walls (Abstract ID-53)
Abhinav Mane, Pooja A. Gore, Seema L. Gawali

Utilisation of Red Mud and Pond Ash as Geo-material for

Construction (Abstract ID-91)
Ghosh. A

Uplift Behaviour of Helical Pile Anchor in Expansive Soil

(Abstract ID-68)
Muthukumar. M, Arpit Tiwari, Parak Jain and Abhinav Singth
Sikarwar

Concurrent Technical Session 3,

Session Chairs: Shri Raghupati Roy and Dr. Sima Ghosh,

Venue: Hall 3

India
Session Organizer: Professor Sunil Rangari, India

Analysis of a combined piled-raft system (CPRF) of a

typical NPP safety related structure founded on alluvium
soil (Abstract ID-159)
Girish Patil, Tushar Mondal, Apurba Mondal, Raghupati Roy
and Arvind Shrivastava

Stiffness Degradation and Cyclic Response of Naturally

available Combination Soil (Abstract ID-27)
Saloni P.Pandya, Ajanta Sachan

Effect of Impregnation of Bitumen at Different Tack Coat

Rate in Jute Geotextile (Abstract ID-59)
Ankita Kumar, Jnanendra N. Mandal

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Behaviour of Reinforced Soil Slopes under Strip Loading

(Abstract ID-64)
Koushik Halder, Debarghya Chakraborty, Sujit K. Dash

A Critical Review of IS: 1893 (Part 3) (2014)

(Abstract ID-125)
S. Chakraborty, S. Das, S. Gupta, Sima Ghosh

Computation of load carrying capacity of a single pile in

Mumbai region (Abstract ID-165)
B.G. Gajre, V.B. Deshmukh

Assessment of Coefficient of Soil Modulus Variation over

Laterally Loaded Piles Large Diameter Using IS 2911 and
Pressure-meter Methods (Abstract ID-21)
Mandeep Kamboj, Anand Katti

Concurrent Technical Session 4,

Session Chairs: Professor Mahendra Singh and Dr. Anil

Venue : Hall 4

Joseph, India
Session Organizer: Professor Prasenjit Basu, India

Unsaturated Behaviour of Geotextile in Earth Retaining

Structure under Rainwater Infiltration (Abstract ID-101)
Amalesh Jana, Arindam Dey

Experimental study of vertical and batter piles in loose sand

under lateral loads (Abstract ID-150)
Pankaj Bajaj, Laxmikant Yadu

Some Studies on Mechanical Behavior Of Stabilized

Dredged Soil For Sustainable Environment
(Abstract ID-66)
Bashir Ahmed Mir, Faizan Amin, Basit Majid

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Three Dimensional Computer Simulation Of CushionTaper Finned Pile Foundation For Offshore Wind Turbine
(Abstract ID-3)
Rohan R. Deshmukh, V.K. Sharma

Effect of GBS on the UCS and Shear modulus of soil

(Abstract ID-95)
Ansu Thomas, R. K. Tripathi, L. K. Yadu

Study On Effect of Horizontal Drains On Slope Stability

(Abstract ID-96)
Naresh M, K V Uday

A study on comparison of pullout behavior of helical and

conventional driven soil nails (Abstract ID-133)
Mahesh Sharma. M, Samanta, S. Sarkar

A Study on The Retention of Lead By Black Cotton Soil

Under The Influence of Organic And Inorganic Chemicals
(Abstract ID-52)
Sudheer Kumar Y, Subhashini A and Hari Krishna P
7.00 pm 10.00 pm

Conference Dinner

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2016 (Day 2)

8.00 am 5.30 pm

Registration
Keynote Session 3 (9:00 am 11:00 am)

Session Chairs: Professor Ikuo Towhata, Japan-India and Professor G.L.S. Babu, India
Session Organizer: Professor Santiram Chatterjee, India
9.00 am 9.30 am

Keynote Lecture 6
Speaker: Mr. Dilip V. Karandikar,
India
Topic: Challenges to Quality Control in
Bored Cast-in-situ Piling in Growing
Urban Environment
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9.30 am 10.00 am

Keynote Lecture 7
Speaker: Professor Eun Chul Shin,
Korea
Topic: Stability Analysis of
Underground Tunnel for
2nd Perimeter Highway Construction
work in Incheon

10.00 am 10.30 am

Keynote Lecture 8
Speaker: Professor T. G. Sitharam,
India
Topic: Seismic Microzonation Of
Urban Centres along with Evaluation of
Seismic Hazards For Deep Soil
Deposits in Active Himalayan Region:
Case Studies, Highlights and Findings

10.30 am 11.00 am

Discussions

11.00 am 11.30 am

Tea Break
Keynote Session 4 (11:30 am 1:00 pm)

Session Chairs: Professor Eun Chul Shin, Korea and Professor T.G. Sitharam, India
Session Organizer: Professor Prasenjit Basu, India
11.30 am 12.00 Noon

Keynote Lecture 9
Speaker: Professor Dipanjan Basu,
Canada
Topic: An Integrated Framework for
Assessment of Resilience and
Sustainability in Geotechnical
Engineering

12.00 Noon 12.30 pm

Keynote Lecture 10
Speaker: Professor Chandan Ghosh,
India
Topic: Bio-engineering measures for
erosion and landslides mitigation by
Vetiver Grass

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12.30 pm 1.00 pm

Keynote Lecture 11
Speaker: Professor Kalpana S Katti,
USA
Topic: Applications of FTIR
Spectroscopy in Flow and Swelling
Behavior of Smectite Clays

1.00 pm 2.30 pm

Lunch Break
2.30 pm 4.00 pm (Concurrent Technical Sessions 5 to 8)

Concurrent Technical Session 5,

Session Chairs: Shri Santanu Moitra, and Dr. Jaykumar C.

Venue : Hall 1

Shukla, India
Session Organizer: Professor Santiram Chatterjee, India

Stability Analysis of a Vertical Cut at a Factory Site in Goa

(Abstract ID-106)
Aniket R. Dessai, Nisha P. Naik

Determination of Absorption Capacity of Open Mesh Type

Jute Geotextile (JGT) (Abstract ID-78)
Md Nazmus Sakib, Mohammad Maksimul Islam, Abdul Jabbar
Khan, Imran Khan

Management of Municipal Solid Waste Ash in Soil

Stabilization (Abstract ID-19)
Mohammed Wasim Shaikh, Rajendra Magar, Umesh Jadhav

Multiple Nonlinear Regression Analysis for Slope Stability

using Limit Equilibrium Method (Abstract ID-116)
Rubi Chakraborty, Arindam Dey

Numerical Modeling of Pile Response in Liquefiable Sand

due to Seismically Induced Lateral Spreads
(Abstract ID-158)
Pavan Kumar T. S, S. V. Dinesh

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Behaviour of Short Pile under Machine Induced Horizontal

Vibrations (Abstract ID-138)
Mahima Khandelwal, Bharathi. M and S. Mukerjee

Behavior of Model Square Footing Resting on Three

Dimensional Geogrid Reinforced Sand Bed
(Abstract ID-100)
Femy. M. Makkar, Chandrakaran.S, Sankar.N

Concurrent Technical Session 6,

Session Chairs: Professor Chandresh H Solanki and

Venue : Hall 2

Dr. Rajib Saha, India

Session Organizer: Professor Vivek B. Deshmukh, India

Crushing Effect of Mica Particles on Mechanical Behavior

of Micaceous Sand at Macro and Micro Level
(Abstract ID-33)
Seethalakshmi P, Ajanta Sachan

Foundation Remediation for a Reservoir on Anomalous

Ground (Abstract ID-111)
Sujatha Manoj, N. S. Kontopoulos

Deterministic Seismic Hazard Analysis for proposed Smart

city, Jalandhar (Abstract ID-174)
Sanjeev Naval, Gagan Deep, and Nitish Puri

Liquefaction Susceptibility of Silty Sands based on Critical

State Line Concept (Abstract ID-113)
Akhila M, Kodi Ranga Swamy, N Sankar

Seismic soil-pile foundation-structure interaction in

liquefiable soil: A parametric study (Abstract ID-43)
Parteek Mallik, Moumita Chakraborty, Rajib Saha, Subhamoy
Bhattacharya

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Influence of Ground Response Analysis on Seismic

Behavior of Piles (Abstract ID-99)
Kaustav Chatterjee

Extended Finite Fault Method (FINSIM) used to Hazard

Analysis for Chiplun Fault (Abstract ID-6)
Shivamanth Angadi, Praveen M Huded, Mayank K Desai,
Suryavanshi S R, Pallabee C and C H Solanki

Effect of organic content and curing period on Atterberg

limits of expansive clay (Abstract ID-112)
Rinku Varghese, S Chandrakaran, K Rangswamy

Concurrent Technical Session 7,

Session Chairs: Professor Dilip Kumar Baidya and

Venue : Hall 3

Professor C.N.V. Satyanarayana Reddy, India

Session Organizer: Professor Sunil Rangari, India

Soil Liquefaction: Potential Analysis and Evaluation by

SPT blow count (Abstract ID-122)
Anurag Kapoor

Reduction of Bearing Resistance of Rock below Foundation

Subjected to Underground Blast (Abstract ID-51)
Ranjan Kumar, Deepankar Choudhury, Kapilesh Bhargava

Contamination of fine grained soils by oil spillage: Effects

and remediation by electrochemical technique
(Abstract ID-117)
Sony Balan, M Harikumar

Improvement in strength and durability of soil using Blast

Furnace Slag and Lime (Abstract ID-39)
Amanpreet Tangri, Jagadanand Jha

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Slope Stability Analysis and Erosion Studies with

Lithomargic Clays (Abstract ID-123)
R. Shivshankar, Biji Chinnamma Thomas, K. T. Krishnanunni,
S. Anaswara

Seismic Earth Pressure Coefficients for Vertical Strip

Anchors in Cohesionless Soil (Abstract ID-172)
Sunil Mahadeorao Rangari, Radhika Dinesh Joshi

Effect Of Soil Layering On Coupled Dynamic Response

And Active Length Of Piles Embedded in Layered Soil
Using Cone Model (Abstract ID-155)
Amar Sankar Pal, Dilip Kumar Baidya

Foundation Stability of Retaining Walls in Hill Slope

(Abstract ID-180)
C.N.V. Satyanarayana Reddy, N. Sasi kumar

Concurrent Technical Session 8,

Session Chairs: Shri R.K. Kulkarni, and Professor Nisha P.

Venue : Hall 4

Naik, India
Session Organizer: Professor Prasenjit Basu, India

Stability analysis of lime stabilized soil slope

(Abstract ID-161)
Tarun Kumar Rajak, Laxmikant Yadu

An Experimental Study on The Effect Of Tide Induced

Seepage In A Typical Sunderban Embankment
(Abstract ID-26)
Kaustuv Bhattacharya, Gupinath Bhandari, Sibapriya
Mukherjee

Design of Track Transitions in Railway Bridges approaches

A Review (Abstract ID-152)
Saurabh Singh, R. P. Singh

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Recent Advances in Understanding Energy Harvesting

Using Geothermal Piles (Abstract ID-149)
Prasenjit Basu, Omid Ghasemi-Fare, Cory A. Kramer and
Amir Ahmadipur

Influence of Fly Ash on the Shear Strength and Volumetric

Behaviour of Sand Rubber-tire Mixture (SRM)
(Abstract ID-160)
M. Senthen Amuthan, B. R. Madhusudhan, A. Boominathan,
Subhadeep Banerjee

Influence of Confining Pressure on Soil Suction of

Compacted Soil (Abstract ID-182)
Suman Roy and S Rajesh

Constitutive Equations of Elasto-Brittle and Elasto-Plastic

Soils (Abstract ID-18)
Bala Padmaja S, Narasimha Reddy G.V and Saibaba Reddy E
4.00 pm 5.00 pm

Valedictory Function and Distribution of Multiple Best

Paper Awards for Young Engineers (below 35 years) for
Technical Sessions 1 to 8

5.00 pm 5.30 pm

High Tea

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ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Vice President (Asia) ISSMGE: Prof. Ikuo Towhata
Organising Chairman: Prof. Anand R. Katti
Organising Secretary: Prof. Deepankar Choudhury
Joint Organising Secretary: Prof. Mahua A. Chakrabarti
Treasurer: Ms. Aruna Lall
Joint Treasurer: Ms. Kshitija Nadgouda
Convenors of Technical Committee: Prof. Vivek B. Deshmukh, Prof. Prasenjit Basu, Prof.
Santiram Chatterjee and Prof. Sunil Rangari
Convenor of Finance Committee: Mr. Mahesh Kukalyekar
Convenor of Exhibition Committee: Mr. Gaurav S. Parab
Convenor of Logistic Committee: Mr. Zarir Panthaky
Student Volunteers: Mr. Giridhar Rajesh Bande, Mr. Shibayan Biswas, Mr. Shubhrajit
Maitra, Mr. Ashutosh Kumar, Ms. Pradnya Singbal, Mr. Jashod Roy, Mr. Ritwik
Nandi, Mr. Abhishek Ghosh Dastider, Ms. Mahima Khandelwal, Ms. Renu Uday
Kulkarni

Organizers

Indian Geotechnical Society

IGS Mumbai Chapter

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Exhibitors

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