Knowledge Sharing Session on “Challenges in Lateritic Soil” & “Application of Optimization Techniques”

The Civil Engineering department had its fourth session under R&D cell on  March 6, 2021 at 3.30 P.M. There were two speakers for this session.

Prof. Jeffrey Valadares presented a research paper while Prof. B.R. Anirudha presented on a recent trend.

Prof. Jeffrey presented his paper titled ‘Challenges in Lateritic Soil’. He explained how Laterite, which is the most common soil available in Goa, could have a strength varying from 5 Mt/m² to 35 Mt/m². The various geological processes that have caused the parent rock to weather with time led to different challenges in soil.

Cavities, voids and slip circle may cause failure of the supported structure. The understanding of the parent rock and the weathered process and knowing the soil profile below is an important subject that needs attention.

In his paper, he has presented about different geological formations in Goa and the different lateritic formations and the challenges faced with these formations in the laterization process.

 Prof. Anirudha presented on ‘Application of Optimization Techniques’. He highlighted on the use of optimization techniques in civil and structural engineering problems. Specifically, a case of particle swarm optimization for minimum cost and minimum weight on a simple framed structure was illustrated.