Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

Dr. Baleshwar Singh
Associate Professor

Tel: +91-361-258 2411
Fax: +91-361-258 2440

E-mail: baleshwar@iitg.ernet.in


LECTURE NOTES:

on “Soil Mechanics

 

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Education

Ph.D. – Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

M.Tech. – Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

B.Tech. – Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

 

Research Interests

Marine Geotechnology

Modelling of Offshore & Onshore Foundations

Soil Stabilization & Ground Modification

Pavement Subgrade & Site Characterization



Teaching

Geotechnical Engineering – I & II

Design of Foundations & Retaining Structures

Advanced Soil Mechanics

Ground Improvement & Ground Engineering

Advanced Foundation Engineering

Subsurface Investigation & Instrumentation

Transportation Engineering – II

Engineering Drawing – I & II



Project & Thesis Guidance

Developing a geographic information system depicting erosion pattern using remote sensing imageries

Creating digital elevation model using imageries

Study of erosion pattern using remote sensing data

Analysis and design aspects of foundations for offshore structures

Study on offshore soils and pile foundations

Uplift capacity of pile and suction anchors

Pullout behaviour of plate anchors

Study on installation of suction anchors

Simplified analysis of piled rafts

Pullout characteristics of suction caissons

Study on optimization of piled raft performance

Analysis of piled raft foundations in clayey soils

Experimental investigation of a blended lateritic soil

Experimental study of an amended local soil

Experimental study on geotechnical reuse of scrap tyre shreds to reinforce soils

Study on behaviour of piles-supported raft foundations

Study on load capacity of offshore pile foundations

Study on stability analysis of flood embankments

Experimental study on behaviour of soils blended with fly ash and cement

Study on influence of piles on response of raft foundations

Study on soils blended with fly ash and lime based on triaxial testing

Study on load capacity of plate anchors

Behaviour of tension piles under cyclic loading

Modelling the behaviour of suction caisson foundations

Modelling the settlement behaviour of piled rafts

Behaviour of modified and compacted soil composites

Strength behaviour of fine-grained and granular soils with fibres and geocells

Bearing behaviour of piled rafts with varying pile parameters

Load-deformation behaviour of monopile and pile group foundations for wind turbines

Shear strength characteristics of soil mixes blended with tyre buffings and cement

Geotechnical behaviour of lateritic soil and sand stabilized with fly ash and lime

Geotechnical characterization of residual lateritic soil and sand blended with fly ash and cement

 

Other Projects

Rural roads pavement performance study

Urban flood hazard mitigation of Guwahati city by silt monitoring and watershed modeling (As co-PI)

Developing a remote sensing laboratory for better water resources management and flood mitigation (As co-PI)

 

Consultancy

Undertaken for:

Mott Macdonald Private Limited

RITES Ltd.

Gammon India Ltd.

North East Frontier Railways

Indian Air Force

Simplex Infrastructure Ltd.

Airports Authority of India

Inland Waterways Authority of India

Simplex Concrete Piles (I) Ltd.

National Hydro Electric Power Corporation Ltd.

Larsen & Toubro Ltd.

Assam Urban Water Supply and Sewerage Board

National Building Construction Corporation Ltd.

Kurichhu Hydro Power Corporation Ltd.

State Electricity Board, Meghalaya

Public Works Department (Roads), Guwahati

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.

Oil India Ltd.

Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.

Patel Engineering Ltd.

DRA-Brahmaputra Consortium Ltd.

Punj Lyold Ltd.

Brahmaputra Board

CICON Pvt. Ltd.

KMC Constructions Ltd.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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