Sustainability Trends and Challenges in Civil Engineering, 1st ed. 2022
Select Proceedings of CTCS 2020
Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering Series, Vol. 162

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This book presents the select proceedings of the International Conference on Civil Engineering Trends and Challenges for Sustainability (CTCS 2020). The chapters discuss emerging and latest research and advances in sustainability in different areas of civil engineering, which aim to provide solutions to sustainable development. The contents are broadly divided into the following categories: construction technology and building materials, structural engineering, transportation and geotechnical engineering, environmental and water resources engineering, and RS-GIS applications. This book will be of potential interest to beginners, researchers, and professionals working in the area of sustainable civil engineering and related fields.
Stability Analysis of Embankments on Soft Consolidating Layered Foundation Soil.- Curvature Ductility of Reinforced Masonry Walls and Reinforced Concrete Walls.- Application of Image Analysis in Infrastructure Sector Fields – An Overview.- Microalgae and Sewage Treatment for Developing Countries.- A Review on the Development of Outriggers and Introduction to Hybrid Outrigger System on Tall Buildings.- Efficiency of Carica Papaya Stem Activated with Phosphoric Acid and Sodium Hydroxide in Mining Wastewater Treatment.- Response Surface Models for Optimal Concrete Designs.- Thermal Comfort Studies of Residential Building Models in Vijayawada.- Graphene Oxide as Nano-Material in Concrete - A Critical Review.- Investigations on Compression Behaviour of Short Reinforced NSC Columns.
Dr. Lakshman Nandagiri is a Professor in the Department of Applied Mechanics & Hydraulics at the National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal. He has an academic career spanning over 34 years. He possesses a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering (University of Mysore, 1983), a Master’s degree in Hydraulics (University of Mysore, 1986), and a Doctoral degree in Water Resources Engineering (IISc, 1994). His main areas of research interest are surface water hydrology, hydrological modeling using remote sensing/GIS, vadose zone hydrology, and irrigation & drainage engineering. He has to his credit over 80 technical papers in journals/conference proceedings and has guided 08 doctoral candidates and over 50 M.Tech/B.Tech dissertations. He has completed 07 R&D projects and several consultancy assignments in the area of hydraulics and water resources engineering and remote sensing/GIS. Prof. Nandagiri has a keen interest in promoting research culture and ethical values amongst students and has delivered a large number of popular lectures on these topics. He is a reviewer for several reputed international and national journals and Associate Editor for the ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering (Taylor and Francis).

Dr. Mattur C. Narasimhan is a proud alumnus of University BDT College of Engineering, Davangere, India [B.E (Civil Engg) - 1982]. He obtained his Masters and a doctoral degree from Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India during the years 1985 and 1993, respectively. He started his teaching career at the National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK) [formally, Karnataka Regional Engineering College, KREC] as a lecturer in the Department of Applied Mechanics and Hydraulics in the year 1985 and was promoted as a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering in the year 2002. His research interests are in the areas of concrete technology, special concretes, structural behaviour of RCC, steel and composit

Discusses emerging and latest research and advances in sustainability in different areas of civil engineering

Overs topics such as construction technology and building materials, structural engineering, transportation and geotechnical engineering, environmental and water resources engineering, and RS-GIS applications

Presents the select proceedings of the CTCS 2020