Abstract:
The author wishes to express his sincere gratitude
to Dr. K.B.Agarwal, Professor in Civil Engineering, University of Roorkee, Roorkee, for his valuable guidance, keen interest in the work and encouragement throughout the preparation of this dissertation.
Thanks are also due to my colleagues specially to Mr. 11,,Krishne, Reddy for valuable help.
Material has been drawn freely in one form or the other from any papers and books in the preparation of .the review, the author gratefully acknowledges his gratitude to the authors of the papers and books.
Thanks are also extended to the staff of Geotech. Laboratory for their help during Laboratory Testing
