Subdivisions of the field of Geotechnical Engineering

1. Trends in Site investigation;

2. Trends in laboratory testing, analysis;
3. New trends in design methods and designs;
4. Trends in ground improvement methods;
5. Trends in geoenvironmental applications;
6. Trends in utilisation of waste by products;
7. Trends in predicting soil behaviour;
8. Trends in dealing with underground structures offshore geotechnical structures;
9. Trends in earthquake related problems and designs;
10. Trends in construction methods under challenging situations

Topics to be considered
1. Sand drain
2. Tunnel work – NATM method with drill blast.
3. Predictions of stresses and displacements around a circular opening in rock mass at great
depth are an important problem in geotechnical, petroleum and mining engineering. The
main analytical approaches adopted are: i. Limit Equilibrium Method
ii. Numerical Method
4. Ground response in the study was obtained using the powerful FLAC method. The Fast
Langrangian Analysis of Continua (FLAC) is a two dimensional explicit finite difference
program. In order to setup a model to run a simulation with FLAC, in the fundamental
components of the problem shall be specified: a finite difference grid, constitutive
behaviour and material properties and boundary and initial conditions. The general
solution procedure as indicated in FLAC manual version 5.0 is adopted for the study. The
Mohr- Coulomb model which is convenient is used in the study.
5. Curtain Grouting
6. Geotechnical structure subjected to Seismic action have two traditional ways to design-
displacement approach and strength based approach. There’s new approach called -
performance based design.
7. Pushover Analysis
8. Concluding remark on research paper : Performance Based Earthquake Resistant
Design of Geotechnical Structures – A New Trend This paper provides the
methodology for performance based design of geotechnical structures. The design of any
geotechnical structure such as foundation, embankment, retaining wall, slope etc. under
earthquake loading has sufficient scope to improvise. The present day design guidelines
emphasize on force based design which includes evaluating the factors of safety against
sliding, overturning and bearing pressure. However, displacement or performance based
 analysis is being considered to be superior specially for geotechnical structures. Pushover
analysis applied to structural frames can provide a basis for assessing the capacity of
geotechnical structures under a design earthquake demand. Considering this aspect, it is
important to note that the evaluation of precise permanent displacement of geotechnical
structure is extremely essential. In this regard, the methodology presented in the paper to
estimate the coupled permanent sliding and tilting displacement is useful. It is even more
important to validate and show that analytical models are comparable to reality. With
such papers, it is hoped that performance based design in geotechnical earthquake
engineering takes a big leap in immediate future.
9. Soil remediation technologies
10. Risk assessment: The objective of risk management is to ensure that the risks associated
with a contaminated site are properly managed. In present context basically risk describes
the combination of the probability and the effects of contamination, like adverse
environmental effects on human health, on ecosystems, or on water resources.
11. Quantification of Risk
12. Development of decision support system
13. Soil vapor extraction