The book will prove equally useful to the practicing engineers.
Dr. S. K. Sharma has a brilliant academic record in the faculty of Civil Engineering. He graduated from IIT Kharagpur obtaining B.Tech (Hons.) in Civil Engineering. He did his M.Sc. (Engineering) with distinction from Punjab University and completed his Ph.D. work in record time. He joined Punjab Engineering College and has a teaching experience of more tham thirty years. He was deputed by Government of India on foreign assignments for five years. He has published a large number of research papers both national as well as International level.