Emerging Trends in Civil Engineering (eBook)

This book comprises select papers from the International Conference on Emerging Trends in Civil Engineering (ICETCE 2018). Latest research findings in different branches of civil engineering such as structural engineering, construction materials, geotechnical engineering, water resources engineering, environmental engineering, and transportation infrastructure are covered in this book. The book also gives an overview of emerging topics like smart materials and structures, green building technologies, and intelligent transportation system. The contents of this book will be beneficial for students, academicians, industrialists and researchers working in the field of civil engineering.

?Dr. K. Ganesh Babu is a retired professor of the Ocean Engineering Department at IIT Madras. His areas of specialization are offshore structures, rehabilitation of structures, corrosion and high performance composites. He has published more than 200 research articles in international journals and conferences of repute, and also authored a book on high performance self-consolidating cementitious composites. Dr. Babu is actively involved in the rehabilitation of many of the centuries-old temples and also other world heritage sites in the country. He has received several awards including the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellowship. He is a former Director of the Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee - a constituent national laboratory of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. He has organized several national and international workshops at IIT Madras, and is an expert committee member of various scientific committees. 

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This book comprises select papers from the International Conference on Emerging Trends in Civil Engineering (ICETCE 2018). Latest research findings in different branches of civil engineering such as structural engineering, construction materials, geotechnical engineering, water resources engineering, environmental engineering, and transportation infrastructure are covered in this book. The book also gives an overview of emerging topics like smart materials and structures, green building technologies, and intelligent transportation system. The contents of this book will be beneficial for students, academicians, industrialists and researchers working in the field of civil engineering.