Jitesh Chavda
@svnit.ac.in
Assistant Professor
Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat
Dr. Jitesh T. Chavda is working as Assistant Professor in Department of Civil Engineering, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat. He obtained his Ph. D. from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, M.Tech. in Geotechnical Engineering from SVNIT Surat, B.E. degree and Diploma in Civil Engineering from University of Mumbai. He has worked as a Project Associate at IIT Roorkee and served as a lecturer at Rizvi College of Engineering, Mumbai. He has published papers in several reputed journals and conferences. His area of research includes computational geomechanics, conservation of heritage structures, experimental geotechnics and image analysis. He has received best paper awards in national and international conferences, recipient of institute gold medal in M.Tech. SVNIT, organised several STTPs, delivered lectures in webinars, STTPs and conferences, actively involved in many prestigious consultancy projects, and is active member in several national and internationa
EDUCATION
Diploma (Civil Engineering), BE (Civil Engineering), MTech (Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering), PhD (Geotechnical Engineering)
RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS
Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology, Computational Mechanics, Civil and Structural Engineering, Ocean Engineering
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Chaitra Talikoti, Saif Alzabeebee, and Jitesh T. Chavda
World Scientific Pub Co Pte Ltd
The rigid pavements and rigid base supporting rails can be considered as a strip footing resting over an embankment. In addition, there can also be single or double-strip footings resting over an embankment. These strip footings are influenced by the properties of the soil, slope angle of an embankment, setback distance, and spacing between the footings and the height of embankment. In this study, the bearing capacity factors for the single- and double-strip footings resting over an embankment are evaluated using the finite element method (FEM). The bearing capacity factors [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] are evaluated for different soil friction angles [Formula: see text], slope angles of embankment [Formula: see text], setback distances [Formula: see text], embankment heights [Formula: see text] and spacing between the footings [Formula: see text]. Considering the practical aspect, i.e., the surcharge is not present for footing on an embankment, the [Formula: see text] is not evaluated in the study. Based on the analysis, it is observed that the bearing capacity factors [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] increase with increase in friction angle of the soil and setback distance and reduce with increase in the slope angle of the embankment. The effect of depth of embankment on the [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] is negligible for smaller friction angles [Formula: see text], whereas it increases marginally for higher friction angles [Formula: see text]. Furthermore, the [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] are influenced by the spacing between the footings. This study’s results are compared with the results available in the literature. This study’s results are presented as design charts, and these could be adopted in the practice in routine designs of shallow foundations.
Kritesh Chouhan, Harsh Rai, and Jitesh T. Chavda
ASTM International
Kritesh Chouhan and Jitesh T. Chavda
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Saif Alzabeebee, Safaa Manfi Alshibany, Jitesh T. Chavda, and Suraparb Keawsawasvong
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Van Qui Lai, Vinay Bhushan Chauhan, Suraparb Keawsawasvong, Kongtawan Sangjinda, Jitesh T. Chavda, and Lindung Zalbuin Mase
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Kritesh Chouhan, Van Qui Lai, Jitesh T. Chavda, Kittiphan Yoonirundorn, and Suraparb Keawsawasvong
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Saif Alzabeebee, Bashar H. Ismael, Suraparb Keawsawasvong, and Jitesh T. Chavda
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Chetan Bambhaniya, Jitesh T. Chavda, and Jignesh B. Patel
Thomas Telford Ltd.
Geotextiles are widely used as reinforcing elements in many geotechnical engineering applications such as mechanically stabilized earth walls, reinforced soil slopes, capping of high-water content clays in landfills, reinforced embankments for railways and roadways, etc. The ultimate strength of geotextile is obtained from the load-displacement plot; however, the failure mechanism evaluation of local displacement is crucial to understand the serviceability state. In the present study, the image-based deformation measurement technique is used to evaluate the local displacement within geotextile at different locations during the wide-width tensile test. Further, the load-displacement plots are obtained for different geotextiles and a comparison is made between the measured displacements from the instruments and through an image-based deformation measurement technique. Additionally, the strength of geotextiles with imbibed defects at different orientations and corresponding failure patterns is investigated. The imbibed defect in geotextile is in the form of slits having orientations varied as vertical, horizontal, and inclined with respect to the loading direction. It has been observed that geotextile with vertical slit has the highest strength, followed by geotextile with inclined and horizontal slits. The present study results provide insight into the variation in the strength and displacement field of geotextiles having defects.
Kritesh Chouhan, Van Qui Lai, Jitesh T. Chavda, Kittiphan Yoonirundorn, and Suraparb Keawsawasvong
Informa UK Limited
Harsh Rai, Jitesh T. Chavda, Suraparb Keawsawasvong, Kongtawan Sangjinda, and Pitthaya Jamsawang
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Suraparb Keawsawasvong, Wiphu Chaonoi, Jitesh T. Chavda, Lindung Zalbuin Mase, and Rungkhun Banyong
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Anvesh Parimi, Suraparb Keawsawasvong, and Jitesh T. Chavda
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Saif Alzabeebee, Jitesh T. Chavda, and Suraparb Keawsawasvong
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Wittaya Jitchaijaroen, Warit Wipulanusat, Suraparb Keawsawasvong, Jitesh T. Chavda, Sarawut Ramjan, and Jirapon Sunkpho
Elsevier BV
Van Qui Lai, Khamnoy Kounlavong, Jitesh T. Chavda, Pitthaya Jamsawang, and Suraparb Keawsawasvong
Elsevier BV
Bhavita S. Dave, Jitesh T. Chavda, Chandresh H. Solanki, and Atul K. Desai
EDP Sciences
The category of geosynthetics includes geocells as a common subclass. As a low-cost, easilyinstalled solution to soil stabilisation problems, geocells are gaining popularity in the field of geotechnical engineering. Assessing and measuring the matric potential of geocell reinforced soil subjected to alternating freezing-thawing cycles depends on understanding the water retention behaviour of the soil. The water retention properties of geocell reinforced soil are influenced by alternate freezing-thawing cycles. For the objective of this study, the thawing soil freezing characteristic curve (SFCC) of a clayey soil with variable numbers of model geocells was determined (0, 1, and 2 number). With the progression of freezingthawing cycles, which dramatically changed the retention behaviour of reinforcing soil, the matric potential was measured using the filter paper method methodology. The thawing SFCC for reinforced soil with model geocell was assessed using the van Genuchten model. For the studied soil with varied numbers of model geocells, the VG model was evaluated for five consecutive freezing-thawing cycles, demonstrating its efficacy in determining the retention behaviour of geocell reinforced soils. The experimental findings showed that the matric potential in SFCC has considerably enhanced due to the presence of model geocell.
Van Qui Lai, Wittaya Jitchaijaroen, Suraparb Keawsawasvong, Jitesh T. Chavda, Worathep Sae-Long, and Suchart Limkatanyu
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Kritesh Chouhan and Jitesh T. Chavda
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Vishnuvardhan Mandala, K. A. Patel, and Jitesh T. Chavda
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Harsh Rai, Suraparb Keawsawasvong, and Jitesh T. Chavda
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Khamnoy Kounlavong, Van Qui Lai, Jitesh T. Chavda, Rungkhun Banyong, Pitthaya Jamsawang, and Suraparb Keawsawasvong
Informa UK Limited
Vaibhav Samadhiya and Jitesh T. Chavda
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Harsh Rai and Jitesh T. Chavda
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Jitesh T. Chavda, Wittaya Jitchaijaroen, Suraparb Keawsawasvong, and Phadungsak Rattanadecho
Informa UK Limited