Intro
Foreword from the Honorary Secretary, IGS
Foreword from the IGS President
Preface
Chairman Message
Director Message
HOD Message
Message from the Organizing Secretaries, 7IYGEC
Contents
About the Editors
Shallow and Deep Foundation
Parametric Influence on the Behavior of Skirted Foundation
1 Introduction
2 Modeling
2.1 Material Modeling
2.2 Model Geometry
3 Analysis and Results
4 Conclusions
References
Dynamic Analysis of Cantilever Sheet Pile Walls in Liquefiable Soil Using FLAC2D
1 Introduction

2 Numerical Modeling of Sheet Pile
2.1 Input Seismic Motions
2.2 Validation of Present Study
3 Results and Discussion
4 Conclusion
References
Bearing Capacity of Strip Footing Over Rectangular Tunnel in Soft Clay
1 Introduction
2 Problem Definition
3 Finite Element Mesh, Domain and Stress Boundary Conditions
4 Analysis
5 Comparison and Results
5.1 Comparison
5.2 Results
5.3 Proximity of Stress State at a Point to Failure
6 Conclusion
References
Combined Effect of Vertical and Horizontal Loads on the Behavior of Pile Foundations in Layered Soils

1 Introduction
2 Numerical Model
2.1 Validation
3 Analysis of Piles Subjected to Combined Loads
3.1 Lateral Response Due to Influence of Vertical Load
3.2 Variation of Deflection and Bending Moment (BM)
4 Summary and Conclusions
References
Behavior of Laterally Loaded Piles Using Finite Difference Method
1 Introduction
1.1 Finite Difference Method
2 Methodology
3 Results and Discussion
3.1 Case I
3.2 Case II
3.3 Case III
4 Conclusions
References

Bearing Capacity of Strip Footing Placed on Reinforced Cohesionless Soil Slope Using Conic Programming
1 Introduction
2 Problem Domain and Mesh Details
3 Methodology
4 Results
4.1 Comparison
5 Failure Patterns
6 Conclusions
References
Optimizing the Bearing Capacity of Pile Foundation in Clay
1 Introduction
2 Problem Considered
3 Method of Analysis
4 Results and Discussions
5 Comparisons
6 Failure Patterns
7 Conclusions
References
Numerical Analysis of Soft Soil Reinforced with Geogrid Encased Stone Column
1 Introduction

2 Geometry and Model Description
3 Outcomes and Discussion
3.1 Effect of Length of Encasement
3.2 Effect of Encasement Stiffness
4 Conclusion
References
Ground Improvement Technique
Behaviour of Multi-layered Geocell-Reinforced Soil Embankment
1 Introduction
2 Modelling and Validation
2.1 Simulation of Composite Geocell-Soil Layer
2.2 Validation
3 Results and Analysis
4 Conclusions
References
Parametric Effect on Granular Columns: A Brief Review
1 Introduction
2 Parametric Studies
2.1 Physical Model Investigations
2.2 Theoretical Analysis