Sustainable Materials and Technologies under Climate Change Scenario: Select Proceedings of SMET 2024 - Vol 1

by Hanuman Devidas Chalak (Editor), Ashwani Jain (Editor), Praveen Aggarwal (Editor)

Overview

This book encompasses economic, social, and environmental dimensions, aiming for a balance that ensures the well-being of both people and the planet over the long term. Sustainability and environmental protection are crucial topics in today's world. Sustainability refers to the ability to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Addressing these issues requires collaboration, innovation, and a commitment to change at all levels of society. By prioritizing sustainability and environmental protection, we can work toward a healthier, more equitable, and more resilient future for all. Sustainability of a system is its ability to survive and retain its functionality over time. For an engineered system to be sustainable, it should be efficient, reliable, resilient, and adaptive. Thus, the objective of sustainable engineering is to ensure the integration of an engineered system into the natural and man-made environment without compromising the functionality of either the engineered system or that of the ecosystem and society, and this harmony between the natural and built environments must be maintained at the local, regional and global scales. Therefore, in the engineering domain, sustainability can be looked upon as a dynamic equilibrium between four E’s—engineering design, economy, environment, and equity. As climate change and resource scarcity continue to pose major challenges, there is an urgent need for more sustainable solutions in construction industry. In response to these challenges, the construction industry is actively exploring and implementing more sustainable practices and materials. This shift aims to reduce the environmental impact of material production, extend the service life of structures, and minimize resource consumption. Researchers, industry professionals, and policymakers are collaborating to develop and promote innovative technologies, materials, and strategies that can significantly reduce the carbon footprint, energy use, and waste generation associated with construction.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789819658978
Publisher:	Springer Nature Singapore
Publication date:	02/16/2026
Series:	Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering , #631
Pages:	579
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dr. Chalak Hanuman Devidas has approximately 17 years of teaching experience. Dr. Chalak obtained his Ph.D. in Structural Engineering from IIT Roorkee in 2012. He has published 88 papers in international/national journals and 60 papers in international/national conferences and authored five book chapters. His research has been cited 1,766 times on Google Scholar (H-index = 25). He has been granted 01 patent in structural engineering. He has supervised four Ph.D. scholars and one is in progress, 25 M.Tech. theses, and more than 10 B.Tech. projects. His field of specialization is structural engineering, with research interests including functionally graded material application of FRP in civil engineering. Dr. Chalak has provided consultancy services as a principal investigator in various structural engineering projects for government, public, and private organizations.
Prof. Ashwani Jain is currently a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at NIT Kurukshetra. With about 35 years of teaching experience, he has completed two research projects, guided four Ph.D. students, and supervised 96 M.Tech. dissertations. He has published about 165 research papers in various international and national journals and conferences and authored 10 book chapters. His field of specialization is geotechnical engineering, with research interests including seismic hazard analysis, liquefaction susceptibility mapping, strength characteristics of intact rocks, behavior of closely-spaced footings, soil stabilization, geo-environmental engineering, and designing with geosynthetics. Prof. Jain has acted as a principal investigator and participated in several consultancy projects under the Geotechnical Engineering Division.
Prof. Praveen Aggarwal is currently a Professor in the Civil Engineering Department at NIT Kurukshetra since 2013. Prof. Praveen Aggarwal obtained his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from IIT Delhi in 2002. His field of specialization is transportation engineering. He has published 30 research papers in international/national journals and 50 in international/national conferences. He has supervised four awarded/submitted Ph.D. scholars and three in progress. He has supervised 68 awarded M.Tech. dissertations and seven in progress. Prof. Aggarwal has provided consultancy services as a principal investigator in various transportation engineering projects for government, public, and private organizations.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Advancements in Landfill Liner Technologies: A Guide to Sustainable Landfill Management.- Chapter 2. Landslide susceptibility mapping in the Karnaprayag, Uttarakhand using the Weight of Evidence method.- Chapter 3. Landslide susceptibility mapping in the Nandprayag to Gauchar, Uttarakhand using the frequency ratio method.- Chapter 4. Performance of Piled Raft foundation with variation of pile length, Diameter and Raft thickness for High Rise Structures by using Finite Element Modelling.- Chapter 5. Development of a Predictive Settlement Equation for Piled-Raft Foundations Based on Plaxis 3D Modeling.- Etc...