Recent Trends in Civil Engineering: Select Proceedings of ICRTICE 2019 (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 77) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9811551944 ISBN 13: 9789811551949

Publisher: Springer, 2020

Synopsis

This book presents the selected peer-reviewed proceedings of the International Conference on Recent Trends and Innovations in Civil Engineering (ICRTICE 2019). The volume focuses on latest research and advances in the field of civil engineering and materials science such as design and development of new environmental materials, performance testing and verification of smart materials, performance analysis and simulation of steel structures, design and performance optimization of concrete structures, and building materials analysis. The book also covers studies in geotechnical engineering, hydraulic engineering, road and bridge engineering, building services design, engineering management, water resource engineering and renewable energy. The contents of this book will be useful for students, researchers and professionals working in civil engineering.

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About the Author

Dr. K. K. Pathak is Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering IIT (BHU) Varanasi since April 2016. Before that he was a professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, NITTTR Bhopal. He has also served as Scientist in CSIR from 1996 to 2011. Dr. Pathak received his B.Tech and M.Tech from KNIT Sultanpur and MNNIT Allahabad, in 1991 and 1993, respectively. He obtained his Ph.D from IIT Delhi in the area of computational solid mechanics in 2001. He has published more than 300 papers in journals and conference proceedings. He is a Fellow of Institution of Engineers (India). He is a recipient of the prestigious George Oomen Memorial Prize, The Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Division Prize and E. P. Nicoles Prize by the Institution of Engineers (India) in 2004, 2009 and 2011, respectively. He was the editor of Journal of Modelling and Simulation in Design and Manufacturing and Journal of Engineering, Science & Management Education. Dr. Pathak hasdelivered many invited talks in Conferences and STTP programs. His research interests include structural analysis and design, structural shape optimization, computer simulation of manufacturing processes, material characterization using miniature testing methods, finite element analysis, artificial intelligence and software development. 

Dr. Saman Bandara is a Senior Professor in Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa. He graduated from the University of Moratuwa as a Civil Engineer and obtained his Ph.D. in Transportation Engineering with specialization in Airport Planning from The University of Calgary, Canada. He has over 35 years of experience in teaching and research. Currently, he is serving as the Head, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa and Director of Intelligent Transport Systems Research Center. Dr. Bandara is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of Chartered Institute of Logistic & Transport, Sri Lanka. He is also the current President of Sri Lanka Evaluation Association and President of Highway Engineering Society, Sri Lanka. Dr. Bandara has served in a number of national level committees in the areas of public transport, traffic planning, airport development, road safety, highway engineering, monitoring & evaluation, and environmental assessment.  He is a member of the editorial advisory board of the Journal of Advanced Transportation. There are over 200 national and international research publications in the above areas and joint patent for UniRoad Traffic Signal System to his credit.

Dr. Ramakant Agrawal is Professor and Head in the Department of Civil Engineering, Medi-Caps University Indore. He received his B.E. and M. Tech. from Maulana Azad College of Technology (REC), Bhopal, and obtained his Ph.D in structural engineering from Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal. He has more than 21 years of teaching experience. His research interests include soil-structure interaction, high-performance concrete and structural health monitoring. He has published 15 research papers in reputed journals. He is Life Member of Indian Society of Technical Education.

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This book presents the selected peer-reviewed proceedings of the International Conference on Recent Trends and Innovations in Civil Engineering (ICRTICE 2019). The volume focuses on latest research and advances in the field of civil engineering and materials science such as design and development of new environmental materials, performance testing and verification of smart materials, performance analysis and simulation of steel structures, design and performance optimization of concrete structures, and building materials analysis. The book also covers studies in geotechnical engineering, hydraulic engineering, road and bridge engineering, building services design, engineering management, water resource engineering and renewable energy. The contents of this book will be useful for students, researchers and professionals working in civil engineering.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9811551944
• ISBN 13: 9789811551949
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 1126
• Editor: Pathak K. K., Bandara J. M. S. J., Agrawal Ramakant