ACCE (I) Hyderabad Centre Invites you to the Technical Session on 26/12/2011

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Dear Fellow Members / Engineers
Greetings

ACCE (I) Hyderabad Centre Invites you to the Technical Session on

Recent Developments in Civil Engineering - Environmental Geomechanics
by
Dr. D N Singh,
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

and
Geotechnical Aspects of Foundation for Structural Engineers
by Dr. M. R Madhav D.Sc., F.N.A.E
Researcher, Educator and Consultant, Professor Emeritus, JNU University, Hyderabad

on 26th December 2011,

At JCI Banjara Conventional Hall,

Palace Heights Hotel Building, IInd Floor, Abids,

For Address contact Mr. Adi Narayana- 9640089489 / Mrs. Dhara - 9700102379

The session shall start at 6.30 Pm Sharp and will be followed by Dinner.

A line of confirmation shall be appreciated before 25^th evening.

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ABSTRACT of Dr. D. N. Singh Technical Session.

Environmental geomechanics is an engineering philosophy that helps in incorporating the influence of environmental effects (either man made or natural) on conventional geotechnical engineering practices. It is gaining significant attention of engineers, researchers and planners due to rapid and uncontrolled industrialization, which yields a huge amount of hazardous waste (contaminants). It is a blend of geotechnical and environmental engineering and basically deals with studies related to safe disposal and handling of the waste, estimation of its spread and fate in the subsurface, methods to contain its spread in the subsurface and development of schemes for remediation of the contaminated land. It also encompasses safe transportation and disposal, and development of suitable strategy for proper utilization of the waste. Apart from a discussion on these issues, this talk highlights the importance and relevance of revising the basic concepts of geotechnical engineering so as to deal with the concerns raised by these issues, in the most befitting manner.

In addition to this, the talk focuses on pointing out the role and importance of the parameters and mechanisms that govern interaction of contaminants with geomaterials (soil and rock mass), and their degradation, due to the presence of chemical and/or radio-nuclides in undesirable concentrations and at elevated temperatures, in the long-run.