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Subsurface exploration is an indispensable component of any project and requires understanding of the engineering and geologic properties of the soil and rock strata and groundwater conditions that could be useful for the new design project and evaluate performance of the existing project for the retrofitting. Conventional way of drilling borehole, logging subsurface layer information with Standard Penetration Test N values measurement, and arriving at soil properties through laboratory experiments are useful for simple project up to some extent, but may not be always effective for subsurface investigation for unusual cases. This article presents problem associated with conventional practice of surface exploration in unusual cases in a modern geotechnical world. It also explains the integrated and modern approach that has been adopted to estimate required properties for the design and performance assessment by using advanced subsurface exploration methods available at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
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The author would like to thank the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology (DST), India, for funding the projects titled “Measurement of shear wave velocity at deep soil sites and site response studies” Ref: SERB/F/162/15-2016 and “Development of correction factors for standard penetration test N values in India through energy measurement and field experiments—Step towards a reliable Liquefaction Potential Assessment” Ref: SERB/F/198/2017-18.
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Anbazhagan, P. (2018). Subsurface Investigation—Integrated and Modern Approach. In: Krishna, A., Dey, A., Sreedeep, S. (eds) Geotechnics for Natural and Engineered Sustainable Technologies. Developments in Geotechnical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7721-0_13
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