This book contains state-of-the-art review articles on specific research areas in the civil engineering discipline -- the areas include geotechnical engineering, hydraulics and water resources engineering and structural engineering. The articles are written by invited authors who are currently active at the international level in their respective research fields. Each of the articles comprises an informed assessment of the specific field of specialization, with a critical appraisal of recent advances and perspectives for future research directions and would thus highlight the needs for R&D in the Indian context in specific areas of civil engineering.The editorial board for this publication consists of distinguished members of the faculty of the Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
Preface / Advance in the Design of Concrete Structural Members / State -of-the- art Report on Ferrocement and Fiber Reinforced Concrete / A Review of Recent Advances in Layout Optimization of Skeletal Structures / Modeling and Evaluation of Structural Reliability: Current Status and Future Directions / Recent Advances in the Study of Chaos in Engineering Dynamics / Neural Networks Applications to Structural Identification: An Overview / Continuum Damage Mechanics: Recent Advances and Research Needs / Fracture Mechanics of Concrete Structures: A State-of-the-art with A Historical Review / Interface Fracture: A State of the Art Recapitulation / Developments in Modeling and Analysis of Railway Tracks / List of Contributors / Index