Durgesh C. Rai

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Aluminum Shear-Yielding Damper & Supplemental Damping

• Pokhara, P., Ekamparam, A. S. S., Gupta, A. B., Rai, D. C., and Singh, A. (2019). "Activated alumina sludge as partial substitute for fine aggregates in brick making," Construction and Building Materials, Elsevier, vol. 221, 244-252, [doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.06.002].

• Sahoo, D. R. and Rai, D. C. (2013). "Design and Evaluation of Seismic Strengthening Techniques for Reinforced Concrete Frames with Soft Ground Story, " Engineering Structures, Elsevier, vol. 56, 1933-1944.

• Rai, D. C., Annam, P. K. and Pradhan, T. (2012).Seismic Testing of Steel Braced Frames with Aluminum Shear Yielding Dampers.” Engineering Structures, Elsevier, vol. 46, 737-747, [ doi:10.1016/j.engstruct.2012.08.027]

• Sahoo, D. R. and Rai, D. C. (2010).Seismic strengthening of non-ductile reinforced concrete frames using aluminum shear links as energy dissipation devices,” Engineering Structures, Elsevier, vol. 32, no. 11, 3548-3557 ..

• Sahoo, D. R. and Rai, D. C. (2009).A Novel Technique Seismic Strengthening of RC Frame using Steel Caging and Aluminum Shear Yielding Device", Earthquake Spectra, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI), vol. 25, no. 2, 415-437

• Jain, S., Rai, D. C. and Sahoo, D. R. (2007). "Post-yield cyclic buckling criteria for aluminum shear panels," Journal of Applied Mechanics, American Society of Mechanical Engineering.

• Rai, D. C. (2002). "Cyclic inelastic web buckling of Aluminum shear panels." J. Engg. Mechanics, ASCE, vol. 128, no. 11, November, 1233-1237.

• Rai, D. C., and Wallace, B. J. (1998). "Aluminium shear-links for enhanced seismic performance." J. Earthquake Engrg. & Struct. Dyn., John Wiley, vol. 27, 315-342.

• Rai, D. C. & Wallace, B. J. (2000) "Aluminium shear-link for seismic energy dissipation." Proc. 12^th World Conf. on Earthquake Engrg., Auckland, New Zealand, Jan. 30-Feb.4, Paper No. 0279 on CD-ROM.

• Rai, D. C. (1999)."Use of supplemental damping in seismic retrofitting: a case study."Engineering Structures, Elsevier, vol. 21, no. 7, 603-614.

Unreinforced Masonry & Rocking-Critical Piers

• Kumar, M., Rai, D. C. and Jain, S. K. (2015). "Ductility reduction factors for masonry infilled RC frames, " Earthquake Spectra, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI), vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 339-365 [doi: 10.1193/110512EQS322M].

• Rai, D. C., Paikara, S., Mukherjee, D. and Singhal, V. (2014). "Sub-paneling of masonry walls using pre-cast RC elements for earthquake resistance, " Earthquake Spectra, Journal of Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (USA), vol. 30, no. 2, 913-937, [doi: 10.1193/102010EQS178M]

• Singhal, V. and Rai, D. C. (2014). "Suitability of half-scale burnt clay bricks for shake table tests on masonry Walls, " Journal of Materials Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineering, vol. 26, no. 4, 644-657.

• Agnihotri, P., Singhal, V. and Rai, D. C. (2013). "Effect of in-plane damage on out-of-plane strength of unreinforced masonry walls, " Engineering Structures, Elsevier, vol. 57, 1-11, [10.1016/j.engstruct.2013.09.004 ].

• Rai, D. C. and Dhanapal, S. (2013).Bricks and mortars in Lucknow monuments of c. 17–18 century,” Current Science, Indian Academy of Sciences, vol. 104, no. 2, 25 January, 238-244.

• Komaranenni, S., Rai, D. C. and Singhal, V. (2011).Seismic Behavior of Framed Masonry Panels in Out-of-Plane Direction with Prior Damage,” Earthquake Spectra, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI), vol. 27, no. 4, 1077–1103.

• Kaushik, H.B., Rai, D. C. and Jain, S. K. (2009).Effectiveness of Some Strengthening Options for Masonry-Infilled RC Frames with Open First-Storey,” Journal of Structural Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineering, vol. 135, no. 8, 925-937.

• Rai, D. C. and Goel, S. C. (2007)."Seismic Strengthening of Rocking-Critical Masonry Piers,"Journal of Structural Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineering

• Kaushik, H. B., Rai, D. C. and Jain, S. K. (2007)."Stress-Strain Characteristics of Clay Brick Masonry under Uniaxial Compression."Journal of Materials Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineering.

• Kaushik, H. B., Rai, D. C. and Jain, S. K. (2006)."Code Approaches to Seismic Design of Masonry-Infilled Reinforced Concrete Frames: A State-of-the-Art Review."Earthquake Spectra, EERI, vol. 22, no. 4, November, 961-983.

• Kaushik, H. B., Rai, D. C. and Jain, S. K. (2007)."Uniaxial compressive stress-strain model for clay brick masonry."Current Science, Indian Academy of Sciences, vol. 92, no. 4, 497-501

• Rai, D. C. & Goel, S. C. (1996)."Seismic strengthening of unreinforced masonry piers with steel elements."Earthquake Spectra, EERI, vol. 12, no. 4, November, 845-862.

Elevated Water Tanks

• Jaiswal, O. R., Rai, D. C. and Jain, S. K.  (2007)."Review of Seismic Codes on Liquid- Containing Tanks."Earthquake Spectra, EERI, vol. 23, no. 1, February, 239-260.

• Rai, D. C., Kumar K. and Kaushik, H. B. (2006)."Ultimate flexural strength of reinforced concrete circular hollow sections."Indian Concrete Journal, The ACC Limited, no. 12, 39-45.

• Rai, D. C. (2002)."Seismic retrofitting of R/C shaft supports of elevated tanks."Earthquake Spectra, EERI, vol. 18, no. 4, November, 745-760.

• Rai, D. C. (2003)."Performance of elevated tanks in M_w 7.7 Bhuj earthquake of January  26th, 2001."Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Earth Planet. Sci.), vol. 112, No. 3, Sept, 421-429.

• Rai, D. C. (2002)."Review of Code Design Forces for Shaft Supports of Elevated Water Tanks." Proc. of 12th Symp. on Earthquake Engrg, IIT Roorkee, Dec. 16-18, 2002, 1407-1418

Retrofitting of Bridge

• Parool, N. and Rai, D. C. (2015). "Seismic fragility of multi-span simply supported bridge with drop spans and steel bearings, " Journal of Bridge Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineering, [doi:10.1061/(ASCE)BE.1943-5592.0000778 ].

• Rai, D. C, Komaranenni, S., and Pradhan, T. (2013).Strengthening of Slab Action in Transverse Direction of Damaged Deck of Prestressed Box Girder Bridge,” Journal of Bridge Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineering, vol. 18, no. 1,  [doi:10.1061/(ASCE)BE.1943-5592.0000318]

Steel Structures - Buckling under cyclic loads

• 19. Jain, A. and Rai, D. C. (2014). "Lateral-torsional buckling of laterally unsupported single angle sections loaded along geometric axis, " Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Elsevier, vol. 102, 178-189.

• Sahoo, D. R. and Rai, D. C. (2007)."Built-Up Battened Columns Under Lateral Cyclic Loading."Thin Walled Structures, Elsevier, vol. 45, no. 5, 552-562.

• Rai, D. C. and Goel, S. C. (2003)."Seismic evaluation and upgrading of chevron braced frames."J. Constructional Steel Research, Elsevier, vol. 59, no. 8, August, 971-994.

• Sahoo, D. and Rai, D. C. (2004)."Battened built-up beam-columns under cyclic loads."Proc. 13th World Conf. on Earthquake Engrg., Vancouver, B.C., Canada, August 1-6, 2004, Paper No. 67.

RC Frames - Columns & Joints

• Lalit Sagar, S., Singhal, V., and Rai, D. C. (2018). ”In-plane and out-of-plane behavior of masonry infilled RC frames strengthened with fabric reinforced cementitious matrix,” Journal of Composites for Construction, American Society of Civil Engineering, (in print).

• Nagaprasad, P., Rai, D. C. and Sahoo, D. R. (2009).”Seismic strengthening of RC columns using external steel cage,” Journal of Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, John Wiley, vol. 38, no. 14, 1563 – 1586.

• Murty C. V. R., Rai, D. C., Bajpai, K. K. & Jain S. K. (2003).”Effectiveness of reinforcement details in exterior RC beam-column Joints for earthquake resistance,” ACI Structural Journal, American Concrete Institute, vol. 100, no. 2, March-April, 149-156.

• Rai, D. C., Ramesh, U. and Thakkar, S. K. (2006).”Behaviour of seismic & non-seismic RC frames under cyclic loads.” Indian Concrete Journal, The ACC Limited, Thane, vol. 80, no. 7, 46-52.

Experimental Equipment Techniques & Methods

• Singh, P. R. and Rai, D. C. (2018). ”Effect of piped water cooling on thermal stress in mass concrete at early ages,” Journal of Engineering Mechanics, American Society of Civil Engineering, vol. 144, no. 3, 04017183, [doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)EM.1943-7889.0001418], 11p.

• Sinha, P. and Rai, D. C. (2009).”Development and performance of single-axis shake table for earthquake simulation.” Current Science, Indian Academy of Sciences, vol. 96, no. 12, 1611-1620

• Rai, D. C. (2001)”Cyclic testing for evaluation of seismic performance of structural components.” Journal of. Indian Society of Earthquake Technology, vol. 38, no. 1, 31-55.

Earthquake Resistant Design & Analysis

• Kaushik, H. B., Rai, D. C. and Jain, S. K. (2006)."A case for use of dynamic analysis in designing for earthquake forces."Current Science, Indian Academy of Sciences, vol. 91, no. 7, 10 October, 874-877.

• Rai, D C. (2000)."Future trends in earthquake resistant-design of structures."Current Science, Indian Academy of Sciences, vol. 79, no. 9, 1291-1300

Earthquake Reconnaissance Studies 

• Rai, D. C., Kaushik, H. B. and Singhal, V. (2018). "M6.7 January 4, 2016 Imphal earthquake: dismal performance of Publicly-funded buildings, " Current Science, vol. 113, no. 12, 2341-50.

• Rai, D. C., Singhal, V., Bhushan, R. S. and Sagar, S. L. (2015). "Reconnaissance of the effects of the M7.8 Gorkha (Nepal) Earthquake of April 25, 2015, " Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, Taylor & Francis, 1-15. [doi:10.1080/19475705.2015.1084955]

• Rai, D. C., Singhal, V., Bhushan, R. S. and Sagar, S. L. (2015). "Performance of residential buildings during M7.8 Gorkha (Nepal) Earthquake, " Current Science, vol. 109, no. 11, 2126-2135 [doi: 10.18520/v109/i11/2126-2135].

• Rai, D.C., Mondal, G., Singhal, V., Parool, N., Pradhan, T. and Mitra, K. (2012). "Reconnaissance report of the M6.9 Sikkim (India-Nepal Border) earthquake of September 18, 2011. " Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, Taylor & Francis, vol. 3, no. 2, 99-111.

• Rai, D. C., Singhal, V., Mondal, G., Parool, N., Pradhan, T. and Mitra, K. (2012). "The M 6.9 Sikkim (India-Nepal Border) earthquake of 18 September 2011. " Current Science, Indian Academy of Sciences, vol. 102, no. 10, 25 May, 1437-46.

• Kaushik, H. B., Rai, D. C. and Jain, S. K. (2006). "Code approaches to seismic design of masonry infilled reinforced concrete frames: A state-of-the-art review. " Earthquake Spectra, J. of Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (USA), vol. 22, no. 4, November, 961-983.

• Mondal, G. and Rai, D. C. (2007)."Performance of Harbour Structures in Andaman Islands During 2004 Sumatra Earthquake,"Engineering Structures, Elsevier,.

• Rai, D. C. and Murty, C. V. R. (2006)."Effects of the 2005 Muzaffarabad (Kashmir) earthquake on built environment."Current Science, Indian Academy of Sciences,. vol. 90, no. 8, 1066-1070.

• Rai, D. C. and Murty, C.V.R. (2005)."Engineering Lessons Not Learnt from 2002 Diglipur Earthquake - A Review after 2004 Sumatra Earthquake."Current Science, vol. 89, no. 10, 1681-1689

Historical Structures

• Tripathi, A. and Rai, D. C. (2018). ”Seismic vulnerability assessment and fragility analysis of stone masonry monastic temples in Sikkim Himalayas,” International Journal of Architectural Heritage: Conservation, Analysis, and Restoration, Taylor & Francis, vol. 13, no. 2, 257-752, [doi: 10.1080/15583058.2018.1433249]

• Rai, D. C., Singhal, V., Pradhan, T. and Tripathi, A. (2016)."Seismic Vulnerability of monastery temples of stone masonry in Sikkim Himalayas,"Current Science, vol. 110, no. 10, 1947-57.

• Rai, D. C. and Dhanapal, S. (2015)." Mineralogical and mechanical properties of masonry and mortars of Lucknow monuments circa the 18 century," International Journal of Architectural Heritage: Conservation, Analysis, and Restoration, Taylor & Francis, vol. 9, no. 3, 300-309, [doi:10.1080/15583058.2013.780109].

Confined & Fabric Reinforced Masonry

• Singhal, V. and Rai, D. C. (2017). ”Behavior of confined masonry walls with openings under in-plane and out-of-plane loads,” Earthquake Spectra, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI), vol. 34, no. 2, November, [https://doi.org/10.1193/061416EQS097M].

• Lalit Sagar, S., Singhal, V., Rai, D. C. and Gudur, P. (2017). "Diagonal shear and out-of-plane flexural strength of fabric- reinforced cementitious matrix strengthened masonry walletes," Journal of Composites for Construction, American Society of Civil Engineering, [doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)CC.1943-5614.0000796].

• Bose, S. and Rai, D. C. (2016)."Lateral load behavior of open ground story RC building with AAC infills in upper stories," Earthquake Spectra, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) vol. 32, no. 3, 1653-1674 [doi: 10.1193/121413EQS295M].

• Singhal, V. and Rai, D. C. (2016). "In-plane and out-of-plane behavior of confined masonry walls for various toothing and openings details and prediction of their strength and stiffness," Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, J. of Intnl. Assoc. of Earthquake Engrg., John Wiley, [doi: 10.1002/eqe.2783], 19 p.

• Singhal, V. and Rai, D. C. (2014). "Role of toothing on in-plane and out-of-plane behavior of confined masonry walls," Journal of Structural Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineering, vol. 140, no. 9, /04014053(14) [doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)ST.1943-541X.0000947].