KOLKATA CHAPTER OF INDIAN GEOTECHNICAL SOCIETY

(Formerly, Geotechnical Study Circle, Calcutta)

10 A, Chanchal Sarani, Santoshpur, Kolkata – 700 075

KOLKATA CHAPTER
Date: 28.05.2022
Chairman:
Prof. Jagat Jyoti Mandal
Dear Friends,
Vice Chairman:
Dr. Abhijit Saha On behalf of Kolkata Chapter of Indian Geotechnical Society, it is my pleasure
to invite you to a lecture session in webinar mode as detailed below:
Hony. Secretary:
Er. Sudip Nath
Title of presentation: “Design of Underground Metro Structures – Project Specific
Joint Secretary:
Dr. Supriya Pal Case Studies”.

Treasurer: Speaker: Mr. Chiranjib Sarkar, Sr. Structural Engineer, AECOM

Er. Hitesh Talukdar

Date & Time: on 03.06.22 at 5:00 PM sharp

The online link: meet.google.com/arn-vyfn-iqr

With best regards,

Prof. Jagat Jyoti Mandal

ABSTRACT OF PRESENTATION

Metro railway is considered as lifeline for development of any city. Almost every
developing city in our country is currently planning to construct tunnels and
underground structures for rails, roads, metros, subways and other utilities as well
as sustainable development of the city. An underground metro rail project should
be planned and designed in such way that it can provide a socially, economically,
and environmentally sustainable transportation network. The design of tunnels and
underground structures should be done with realistic assumption and actual site-
specific considerations of design parameters like site geotechnical data, water
table, surcharge load etc. It is a well-known fact that over conservative approaches
provide uneconomical and unrealistic situations. This presentation will cover two
project specific case studies of underground metro structures.