6th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake

Engineering and Soil Dynamics

Dec. 7-12, 2015New Delhi / Roorkee (India)

To be Organized byIndian Society of Earthquake Technology

in collaboration with

Deptt. of Earthquake Engineering, IIT Roorkee

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6th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics (Dec. 7-12, 2015)

General Details

Conference to have Invited Talks (Key-Note/SOAP/Special Lectures) and general Contributed Papers on the Themes of the Conference. Key-note Lecture (45 mts), SOAP (45 mts) and Special Lectures (30 mts) to be scheduled.

No page limits for invited papers. Max. 12 page for contributed papers.

Abstract Volume Containing one page Abstracts to be hard printed. Conf. Proceedings to be included in CD-RoM/Pen-drive, with a search engine.

Each Abstract to be reviewed by 3 reviewers. Five Abstracts to be reviewed by one person, in general.

Full papers to be reviewed by at least 2 reviewers who have earlier reviewed the Abstract of the paper.

Grading of Abstracts (1-10) and Full Papers (1-10) to be done by reviewers for all the papers, including both for recommended changes and mandatory changes/ modifications, wherever suggested by reviewers.

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One separate Technical committee to be constituted for deciding final acceptance or rejection of Abstracts/Full Papers after reviewers’ comments and grading are received.

5-10 papers per General Rapporteurs for preparing summary/report. General Rapporteurs also to give grading of Full Papers at the time of preparation of report for the allotted theme.

General Rapporteur One plus upto 6 Co-Gen. Rapporteurs per theme. Co-Gen-Rapporteurs to report to the Gen. Rapporteur. Chairman/org. Secretary to correspond only with the main Gen-Rapporteur.

With Full length paper, Extended Abstract (only 1 page) to be provided by authors which shall be used for Abstract Volume. Both pdf as well as MS word files to be asked from Authors.

Benefits to different categories of Sponsors to be given. Advts. In Abstract Volume to be included on the Outside cover and inside pages for Sponsors.

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No discussion at the conclusion of invited Key-Note/SOAP/Special Lectures; Discussion to be done during respective theme sessions only.

Discount in the Course Fee to be allowed to those participants attending both Short Course on Soil Dynamics and the Conference.

All correspondence On-line/Internet based, through emails & Website posts.

Post-Conf. excursion: Round trip; Delhi-Jaipur-Agra may be arranged.

Short Course: Two days Short Course on Soil Dynamics should be organized preceding the Conference (Dec. 7-8, 2015) in which some foreign speakers also can deliver lectures. Lectures to be delivered by ppt. lecture material shall comprise of slides (ppt) and short notes. Fee for the Course participants to be decided subsequently in consultation with Course-Coordinator.

Details about the Short Course & Int. Conference, including ‘Call for Papers’ to be published in the ISET News Letter, in addition to website/online/emails.

Key-Note & SOAP Speakers will be given free registration.

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SUGGESTED DATES / DEADLINES

Short Course on Soil Dynamics & 6th Int. Conf. on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering & Soil Dynamics

: Dec.7 – 12, 2015

Committees:

Steering Committee

Advisory Committee

Organizing Committee

Paper Review Committee

General Reports Preparation Committee

Other Sub Committees

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:

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May 31, 2014

June 30, 2014

December 31, 2014

Request for Financial Assistance

IITR, IITGN, IITB, IITD, MOES, DST, NDMA, IGS, Atomic Energy, NHPC, NTPC, JP Associates, THDC, Other River Valley Projects, DDA, TCE, Construction Companies, Manufacturers of Instruments, Geotechnical Consultants, HUDCO, NOIDA & GR-NOIDA Authority, GDA, MECL, HUDA, RMSI, ASI, NGRI, CPRI, CSIR, CIMPHOR

Foreign Organizations : List to be finalized with inputs from Prof. S. Prakash

: April 30, 2014

Conference Website : May 15, 2014

Names of Keynote Speakers & Special Lecturers : May 31, 2014

Venue for the Conference : June 15, 2014

First Announcement /Call for Papers /Short course on Soil Dynamics : June 30, 2014

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SUGGESTED DATES / DEADLINES

Invitation to Exhibitors : September 30, 2014

Submission of Abstracts (500 words) : October 31, 2014

Completion of Review of Abstracts : December 31, 2014

Review Acceptance of Abstracts : January 15, 2015

Submission of Full Papers : May 15, 2015

Second Announcement and final Brochure : March 31, 2015

Completion of Review of Accepted Papers : June 30, 2015

Submission of All Invited Full Length Papers : June 30, 2015

Preparation of General Reports : August 31, 2015

Finalization of Technical Program / Conf. Schedule : September 30, 2015

Finalization of Post Conference Excursion : September 30, 2015

Printing of Abstract Volume / Proceedings in CD-USB-drive : October 15, 2015

6th Int. Conf. on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering & Soil Dynamics

PatronProf. Pradipta Banerji

Honorary ChairmanProf. Shamsher Prakash

Conference Chair Prof. H.R. Wason

Conference Co-Chair Prof. M.L. Sharma

Organizing Secretaries1. Prof. G.V. Ramana, IITD

2. Sri Ajay K. Chaurasia, Secretary ISET & Scientist , CSIR-CBRI

Committees: Steering Committee

HONOR MEMBERS

Dr. Kenji IshiharaDr. W.D. Liam FinnDr. I. M. IdrissDr. Richard D. WoodsDr. James K. MitchellDr. A. S. VeletsosProf. Harsh K. Gupta, Prof. A.S. AryaSri Manoj Gaur, MD, JP Associates

MEMBERS

Donald G. AndersonSher BahadurRajendra Kumar BhandariRoss BoulangerRicardo DobryAhmed ElgamalEzio V. FaccioliGeorge GazetasDoncho KarastanevEd KavazanjianRobert KayenProf. S.K. Brahmachari, DG CSIRDr. Shailesh Nayak, Chairman & MD, THDCChairman & MD, NTPCChairman & MD, NHPCDG, GSIDG, IMDDr. Satyendra, ED, NIDM

Advisory Committee

Sudhir Kr. Jain, Director, IITGNS.K. Bhattacharya, Director, CSIR-CBRIPresident, IGSMurari Ratnam, Director, CSMRS, New Delhi CVR Murthy, Director, IIT, JodhpurK.G. Bhatia, Past President, ISETB.K. Bansal, Advisor, MOESGopal Dhawan, MD, MECL, BhopalDirector, CRRID.K. Paul, IITRV.H. Joshi, Past President, ISETShailesh K. Aggarwal, ED, BMTPCVijay K Puri, USADoncho Karastanev, USAEd Kavazanjian, USARobert Kayen, USADirector, NGRIDirector, CRRIDirector NEISTDirector, CIMFRS.K. Nath, IIT KGP Chairman/ED, RITES

Organizing Committee

A. Boominathan, IITM T.G. Sitharam, IISc BangaloreK.S. Rao, IITD G.V. Ramana, IITDA.K. Shukla, IMD Chandan Ghosh, NIDMR.S. Dattatrayam, IMD Deepankar Chowdhary, IITBBiswajit Sarma, NE Council All ISET EC, MembersAll Faculty Members, DEQ Amitava Ghosh, CSIR-CBRISushil Gupta, RMSI, Noida Shamsher PrakashM.N. Viladkar Satyendra MittalKaushik Deb, IIT Kgp Pradeep Ramcharla, IIIT, HyderabadAshish Juneja, IITB Prabhash Pandey,R.K. Goel, CIMFR Cell, CBRI Manish Gupta,CSMRSV.K.Sharma,AIMIL Alpa Sheth, VMS Consultants,Mumbai

Sixth International Conferences on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering & Soil Dynamics

December 7 – 12, 2015, New Delhi / Roorkee (India) (Tentative)

Sl.No. Estimated Expenditure Estimated ReceiptsDetails of Heads Amount (Rs.) Details of Heads Amount (Rs.)

1 2 3 4 51. Conference Website, Printing of Conference

Circulars, Abstract Volume & CDs/ Pen-Drive of Proceedings

2,50,000.00 Reg. Fee expected from Foreign Delegates (@ US$ 500 x 33 (1 US$ = Rs. 60.00 approx) (excluding 07 free registrations to Key Note / SOAP speakers.

9,90,000.00

2. TA for Expert Invitees / Young Scientists 2,00,000.00 Reg. Fee expected from Indian Delegates (@ 8000 x 50)

4,00,000.00

3. Hospitality, Local Transport, Expenses of Auditorium, Projection, Hiring of Event Management Services

7,15,000.00 Reg. Fee expected from ISET Member Delegates (@ 6000 x 30)

1,80,000.00

4. Registration Materials, Printing of Program cards, Program Arrangements, Exhibition Displaces Boards etc.

3,00,000.00 Reg. Fee expected from Accompanying Delegates (@ 4000 x 20 (Indian) + US$ 250 x 15 (Foreign))

3,05,000.00

5. Logistic support for technical field excursion 1,00,000.006. Secretarial Assistance 3,50,000.00 Reg. Fee expected from Students / Research

Scholar Delegates (@ 4000 x 20) 80,000.00

7. Postage / Courier 1,24,000.00 Expected Financial Support from Sponsors /Govt. Organizations and Exhibitors of the Conference

12,00,000.00

8. Cultural Program / Photography /Publicity 3,75,000.009. Contingency / Travel Expenses of Organizing

Officials 3,50,000.00

10. Contribution to the Forum on Soil Dynamics (10% of Delegates Reg. Fee)

1,95,500.00

11. Contribution to ISET (10% of Delegates Reg. Fee)

1,95,500.00

Total 31,55,000.00 31,55,000.00

SPONSORS

Category : Amount

Platinum : 2.0 Lac

Gold : 1.5 Lac

Silver : 1.0 Lac

Bronze : 0.50 Lac

6TH Int. Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics:

THEMES

1a. "Dynamic Properties of Soils and Soil-Like Materials, Engineering Soil Parameters and Constitutive Relations”

1b. “New Field and Laboratory Methods and Results, Data Base, Large Scale Field Tests, Centrifuge Tests”

2. “Wave Propagation, Engineering Vibrations and Solutions, Vibrations of Machine Foundations, Blast, Traffic and Construction Vibrations, Vibration Absorption”

3a. “Engineering Seismology: Near Fault and Directivity Effects, Geologic Indicators of Rupture Direction, Geometric Effects on Ground Motions, Motion Parameters for Design, Borehole Arrays, Seismological and Strong Motion Arrays, Interpretation of Field Array Data, Site Amplification”

3b. “Local Site Effects: 1-D/2-D Wave Propagation Predictions and Measurements, Nonlinear versus Equivalent Linear Analysis, Effective Stress versus Total Stress Analysis”

4a “Liquefaction and Seismically-Induced Settlement, Ground Failures, Seismic Studies of Kobe, Lima Peru, Chile, Pakistan, China, U.S. and other Recent Earthquakes, Spatial Liquefaction”

4b. “Stability and Displacement Performance of Slopes, Landfills and Earth Dams Under Earthquakes”

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5a. “Soil-Structure Interaction under Dynamic Loading for both Shallow and Deep Foundations”

5b. “Soil-Foundation Interaction Triggered by Seismic Faulting”

6a. “Seismic Analysis and Design of Retaining and Marine Structures, Field Studies on Retaining Walls in California, Japan, India and other countries”

6b. “Seismic Hazard Zonation: Earthquake Risk Assessment with Earthquake Risk Management, Microzonation Projects and procedures, Use of Building Codes to Reduce Earthquake Hazards”

7a. “Case Histories of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Failures and Geotechnical Analysis of Recent Earthquakes, Reports of Recent Damaging Earthquakes”

7b. “Seismic Analysis and Retrofit of Foundations of Bridges and other Sub-Structures, Seismic Retrofit Projects and Procedures”

8. “Model and Full-Scale Tests of Geotechnical Structures Including Centrifuge Tests, Recent Advances from Earthquake Simulation Facilities such as NEES, E- Defense, NCREE”

9. “Performance Based Design in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering”