Durgesh C. Rai

PhD/M.Tech Thesis


 
 
 
 
PhD Thesis
       
       
1   Ankul Kumar
Phd Student
eMail: ankul.iitk@gmail.com


Title:Seismic behaviour of suspended piping systems (in progress)
       
       
2  

Shambhavi Dube
Phd Student
eMail: shamdube@iitk.ac.in


Title: Seismic behaviour of partially slab continuous bridges (in progress)

       
       
3   Rajat Awasthi
Phd Student
eMail: rajat.avasthi12@gmail.com


Title:On seismic fragility of masonry corner walls and its mitigation (in progress)
       
       
4   Subodh Kumar
Phd Student
eMail: subodh.nits@gmail.com


Title:Polyester fibre based engineered cement composites for enhancing seismic behaviour of masonry walls (in progress)
       
       
5   Venkatesh Patnana
Phd Student
eMail: jesvenkatesh137@gmail.com


Title: Seismic behaviour of suspended ceiling systems (2024)
 
       
6  

Vaibhav Singhal
Assistant Professor
IIT Patna
eMail: singhal@iitk.ac.in

Title:Out-of-plane Behaviour of Confined Masonry Walls under Seismic Loads (2015), Currently, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at IIT Patna
Selected for INAE Innovative Student Project Awards, 2015, Indian National Academy of Engineering, New Delhi

 
       
7   D R Sahoo
Associate Professor
Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
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Title: Hybrid Elements for Seismic Strengthening of RC Buildings with Soft Open Storey (2008), Currently, Professor of Civil Engineering at IIT Delhi.
Awarded Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (SSB) Prize for Science and Technology 2022 in Engineering Sciences.
       
       
8   Hemant B Kaushik
Professor
Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
eMail: hemantbk@iitg.ac.in


Title: Evaluation of Strengthening Options for Masonry-infilled RC Frames with Open First-storey (2007, Jointly supervised with Prof. Sudhir K Jain)
       
       

External PhD Thesis

       
       
1   Aanisa Gani
eMail:aanisa_17@nitsri.net


Title:
Earthquake resistance of traditional Dhajji-Dwari masonry system for buildings (2019, jointly with Prof. J M Banday, NIT Sringar, in progress)
       
       

Masters' Thesis

       
       
       
1  

Aravind Thangallapalli
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Title: Creep and shrinkage models for prediction of hogging displacement of post-tensioned bridge girders (2023)

       
       
2   Kundan Kumar
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Title: Role of the Intermediate Diaphragms in Skewed and Non-Skewed Bridges (2022)
       
       
3   Ajaykumar D. Patel
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Title: Seismic resistance of truss moment frames with Aluminium and steel core buckling restrained braces (2021)
       
       
4   Karishma Loharkar
eMail:karishma@iitk.ac.in


Title: Seismic fragility of slab-column bridges (2021)
       
       
5   Rohit Ranjan
eMail:rohitrjn@iitk.ac.in


Title: Seismic behaviour of dry stack masonry walls (2021))
       
       
6   Parul Srivastava
eMail:parulsri@iitk.ac.in


Title: Seismic fragility analysis of C-bent piers in Metro viaducts (2019)
       
       
7   Rajat Awasthi
Pursuing PhD IIT Kanpur
eMail:rajat.avasthi12@gmail.com


Title: Behavior of corner masonry walls under shake table generated motions (
2018)
       
       
8   Ankul Kumar
Pursuing PhD IIT Kanpur
eMail:ankul.iitk@gmail.com


Title: Large PSC silo structures under accidental impact and earthquake loads (2018)
       
       
9   Subodh Kumar
Pursuing PhD IIT Kanpur
eMail:subodh.nits@gmail.com


Title: Seiesmic evaluation of large span steel roof structures of industrial buildings (2018)
       
       
10   Pragya Vaishanav
Pursuing Doctoral Degree at North Carolina State University, USA
eMail:1507pragya@gmail.com


Title:
On structural behaviour and failure of RC box culverts due to loss of soil support (2017)
       
       
11   Mir Faizan Ul Haq
Pursuing Doctoral degree at University Buffalo, USA
eMail:faizanulhaqmir@gmail.com


Title: Effect of Staircases on the Dynamic Characteristics of a Building (2017)
       
       
12   Amanpreet Singh
Pursuring Phd at University of California, San Diego
eMail:amanprs5@gmail.com

Title:
Dynamic Characterization And Seismic Assessment Of Historic Masonry Structure Of Rumi Darwaza (2016)
       
       
13   Nitin Bansal
Working at Larsen & Toubro Ltd., Chennai
eMail:nitinbansal64@gmail.com

Title:
Behavior Of Masonry Wall At Corners Under Lateral Loads (2016)
       
       
14   Abhijit Gupta
Working at a Central Govt. organization

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Title:
Behaviour and Design of Reinforced Concrete Frames with Beam Openings under Lateral Loads (2015)
       
       
15   Bhushan Raj S
Working at Larsen& Toubro Ltd. Aurangabad, Mahararashtra

eMail:s.bhushanraj@gmail.com

Title:
Analysis of Fabric Reinforced Cementitious Matrix (FRCM) reinforced masonry infills for seismic forces (2015)
       
       
16   S Lalit Sagar
eMail:lalithsagar@gmail.com


Title:
Experimental Evaluation of Fabric Reinforced Cementitious Matrix for Seismic Strenthening of Masonry Infill Walls (2015)
       
       
17   Anu Tripathi
Pursuing Doctoral degree at University of Minnesota, USA

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Title:
Seismic Vulnerability Assessement of Stone Masonry Monastic Temples in Sikkim Himalayas (2015)
       
       
18   Mohit Sharma
Working at Siemens, New Delhi

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Title:
Seismic Performance of Aluminium Core Buckling Restrained Braced Frame under Shake Table Generated Motions (2014)
       
       
19   Alok Raj
Working at Airbus Industries, Bangalore

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Title:
Effect of debonding on shear capacity of Prestressed Concrete
       
       
20   Rajarshi Maitra
Working at Atkins, New Delhi
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Title:
Validation of Design Methodology of Aluminium Shear Yielding Damper in Open Ground Story RC Frame using Full Scale Test (2014)
       
       
21   Hari Sankar
Working at Indian Register of Shipping, Kochi
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Title:
Strengthening of Half-scaled Reinforced Brick Slabs using Section Enlargement Scheme (2014)
       
       
22   Jaskanwal Preet Singh Chabra
Pursuing Doctoral degree at Pennsylvania State University, USA
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Title:
Experimental Evaluation of Aluminium Core Buckling Restrained Knee Braced Truss Moment Frame under Cyclic Loads (2014)
       
       
23   Supratik Bose
Pursuing Doctoral degree at University Buffalo, USA
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Title:
Behaviour of AAC Infilled RC Frame Under Lateral Loading (2013)
       
       
24   Puneet Chugh
Working at EXL
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Title:
Placement of Bilinear Hysteretic Energy Dissipation Devices For Passive Control Of RC Structures (2013)
       
       
25   Neha Parool
Working at FEA Consultant Advisian, Worley Parsons Pvt. Ltd. Singapore
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Title:
Seismic Fragility of Multi-Span Simply Supported Bridge with Drop Spans and Steel Bearings(2012)
       
       
26   Vijay Pal Singh
Working at CH2M
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Title:
Aluminium Buckling Restrained Braces for Seismic Resistance of Truss Moment Frames (2012)
       
       
27   Amit Jain
Pursuing Doctoral degree at University of Southern, California
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Title:
Flexural-Torsional Buckling of Laterally Unsupported Single Angle Sections Loaded Along Geometric Axis (2012)
       
       
28   Ankit Sachan
Pursuing Phd at National, University of Singapoure
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Title:
Al-SYD as an Energy Dissipation Device in Truss Moment Frames (2011)
       
       
29   Kaustubh Mehta
Working at ESSAR, Vadodara

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Title:
Full Scale Testing of Al-SYD Based Seismic Retrofitting for Non Ductile Open Ground Storey RC Frame
       
       
30   Anil Pathrikar
Working at Goverment Callege of Engineering Aurangabad, Maharashtra
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Title:
Crack Width Analysis of RC Beams under Monotonic Loading
       
       
31   Md. Naseem
Working at LERA, Mumbai, Maharashtra

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Title:
Hysteretic Performance of Aluminium Shear Yielding Damper (Al-SYD) under Axial Loads
       
       
32  

Nirav Thakkar
Working at Larsen & Tourbo, Vadodara
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Title: Modelling Bridge Bearings for Seismic Analysis

       
       
33  

Raghav Sharma
Working at KPFF Global DMCC
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Title:
On Optimal Placement of Hysteretic Dampers in Frame Structures

       
       
34   Nishit Sandilya
Warked at COWI, New Delhi


Title: Retrofitting of Existing Reinforced Brick Slabs (2012)
       
       
35  

Piyush Raj
Pursuing PhD at University of Waterloo, Canada
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Title:
Thermal Stresses in Mass Concrete of Heavily Reinforced Member at Early Ages (2011)

       
       
36  

Sanjukta Chakraborty
Working at M.N.Dastur & Company

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Title: Significance of Fatigue Analysis for Concrete Wind Turbine Tower Shafts (2010)

       
       
37   Alok Tomar
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Title: In-situ Study of Historical Masonry and Establishing a Correlation with Laboratory Specimens of Recreated Masonry (2010)
       
       
38   Shriharsh S. Modak
Working at Black and Veatch Pune, Maharashtra

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Title:
Effect of Scouring on Seismic Response of Well Foundation (2010, Jointly supervised with Prof. Sudhir K Jain)
       
       
39   Vijaya Narayanan A.R.
Pursuing PhD at IIT Madras

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Title:
Fragility Estimates and Safe Design Limits for RC and PT Flat Slab Subjected to Lateral Drifts (2010)
       
       
40  

Pawan Agnihotri
Working at ITC Ltd.
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Title: On Interaction between Out-of-plane Strength and In-plane Damage of Un-reinforced Masonry Walls (2010)

       
       
41  

Sunil Shinge
Working at Aker Solutions Pune, Maharastra
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Title:
Comparative Performance of Seismic Design of Bridge Piers using Various Codes (2010, Jointly supervised with Prof. Sudhir K Jain)

       
       
42   Diwaker Katiyar
Working at SNC-Lavalin

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Title:
Effect of Reinforcing Bar Characteristics on Flexural Behavior of Beams Suitable for Earthquake Loads (2009)
 
 
43   Dhanapal S
Working at Alkins, New Delhi

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Title:
Evaluation of Masonry Materials and Half-dome Structure of Lucknow Monuments for Seismic Resistance (2009)
 
 
44  

Srinaganjaneyulu Komaranen
Working at ASC Infratech
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Title:
Out-of-plane Seismic Behaviour of Brick Masonry Infilled Panels with Prior in-plane Damage (2009)

 
 
45   A P Kumar
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Title: Shaking Table Studies of Alumnium Shear-link Braced Frames (2007)
       
       
46   Dhritman Banerjee
Working at EIL, New Delhi

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Title: Design of Shear-link Braced Frame and Development of High-force Yielding Shear-link (2006)
       
       
47   Debashis Mukherjee
Working at Godrej Properties Limited, New Delhi
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Title: Effect of Confinement Schemes on In-plane Behaviour of URM Walls under Cyclic Lateral Loads (2006)
       
       
48  

Saikat Banerjee
Works at GE Lives, Kolkata

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Title: Control of Out-of-plane Deformation of Inelastically Buckling Aluminium Shear Panels (2006)

       
       
49  

Naga Prasad Pasala
Working at Structural Specialist Jacobs Canada.
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Title: Enhancement of Flexural Capacity of Undamaged RC Column by a Composite Steel Caging Technique (2005, Jointly supervised with Prof. Sudhir K Jain)

       
       
50  

Samaresh Paikar
Working at L&T Construction
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Title: Confining Masonry with RC Pre-cast Grid Elements for Earthquake Resistance (2005)

       
       
51   Sachin Jain
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Title: Experimental Investigation of Inelastic Buckling of Aluminium Shear Panels (2004)
       
       
52   Bhumika Singh
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Title: Seismic Evaluation of Shaft Supported Elevated Tanks (2004)
       
       
53   D R Sahoo
Associate Professor
Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
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Title: Battened Double-channel Beam-columns under Cyclic Load (2003)
       
       
54   Y. Sudheer
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Title: Inelastic Seismic Demand of Shaft Type Staging for Elevated Tanks (2001)
       
       
55   MLN Rao
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Title: Effect of Confinement on RC Hollow Circular Columns (2000)
       
       
56  

Amit Gupta
Pursuing PhD at IIT Kanpur, India
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Title: Effect of Openings on In-plane Shear Behaviour of Masonry Walls (1999)

       
       
57   GVSK Prasad
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Title: Aluminium Shear Link - Energy Dissipator Device for Truss Moment Frames (1999)
       
       
58   Umakant Chakpram
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Title: Seismic Evaluation of Existing RC Structures (1999, Jointly supervised with Prof. S K Thakkar)
       
       
59  

Ummati Ramesh
Team Lead - Analytics at AIR Worldwide India Private Limited
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Title: Influence of Reinforcement Detailing on Behaviour of RC Frames (1998, Jointly supervised with Prof. S K Thakkar)

       
       
       

Masters' Project

       
1  

Vaibhav M. Shah
Title - Evaluation of response reduction factor for steel outrigger systems (2021)
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2  

Karan Acharya
Title - Seismic vulnerability of setback building frames on hill slopes (2020)
eMail:akaran@iitk.ac.in 


       
 

External Masters' Thesis

       
       
1   Sujit V Matale
eMail: sujit.matale@iitgn.ac.in 


Title: Experimental study and analytical modeling of a plasterboard suspended ceiling system with "free" perimeter support (2018, Jointly with Prof. Manish Kumar, IIT Gandhinagar)
       
       
2   N Y Kochak
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Title: Effect of Lintel Bands on Seismic Performance of RC Infilled Frames (2008, Jointly with Prof. B M Dawari of College of Engineering, Pune)
       
       
3   Anup Suryavanshi
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Title: Pushover Analysis of Tank Staging (2009, Jointly with Prof. O R Jaiswal, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur)
       
       
 
 
 
 
 
   
   
 

Designed by Pawan Kumar Srivastava
NICEE, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Kanpur