Durgesh C. Rai

Sponsored Projects


 
 
Sponsored Research Projects at IIT Kanpur:
  • As Principal Investigator
  • Finite element modeling for seismic analysis on non-structural plasterboard suspended ceiling systems. (Sponsored by Saint-Gobain Research India, Chennai, 2018-19, Rs. 21.24 lacs)

  • Seismic testing of vertical only suspended plaster board ceiling systems (Sponsored by Saint-Gobain Research India, Chennai, 2016-18, Rs. 27.6 lacs)

  • Seismic testing of non-structural plaster board suspended ceiling systems (Sponsored by Saint-Gobain Research India, Chennai, 2016-19, Rs 29.97 lacs)

  • Aluminium shear-links for passive control of seismic response of truss moments frames (Sponsored by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi, 2009-2012, Rs.20.5 lacs)

  • A hybrid scheme for enhancing seismic performance of a open - ground story RC buildings (Sponsored by Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi, 2008-2011, Rs. 25.0 lacs)

  • Confinement of masonry for earthquake resistance (Sponsored by Ministry of Human Resource Development, New Delhi, 2004-2007 Rs. 56.0 lacs)

  • Aluminum shear-link for passive control of seismic response of structures (Sponsored by Ministry of Human Resource Development, New Delhi, 2003-2006, Rs. 15.0 lacs)

  • Review of IS codes for seismic design of shaft supported elevated water tanks (Sponsored by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi, 2004-2006, Rs. 4.14 lacs)

  • Inelastic behaviour of R/C shaft supports of elevated tanks (Sponsored by IIT Kanpur, Rs. 0.5 lacs)

 
  • As Co-Principal Investigator
  • Development of a sliding bearing for earthquake protection of structures (Sponsored by Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi, 2021-24, Rs. 63.77 lacs)

  • Strong floor-wall system for pseudo-dynamic facility (Sponsored by IIT Kanpur, Ministry of Human Resource Development, New Delhi and Department of Science &Technology, New  Delhi, Rs. ~500.0 lacs)

  • Out-of-plane behaviour of masonry walls using shake table: An experimental study (Sponsored by Ministry of Human Resource Development, New Delhi, 2005-2008, Rs. 36.0 lacs )

  • Earthquake disaster mitigation (Sponsored by Ministry of Human Resource Development, New Delhi, 2003-2005, Rs. 15.0 lacs)

 
Sponsored Research Projects at IIT Roorkee:
  • As Principal Investigator
  • Seismic evaluation and upgrading of shaft type stagings of existing overhead reservoirs (Sponsored by Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi, Rs. 1.32 lacs)

  • Evaluation of earthquake resistant provisions for steel structures (Sponsored by University Grant Commission Unassigned Grant, Rs. 0.2 lacs)

 
  • As Co-Principal Investigator
  • Modernization and upgradation of shake table facility (Sponsored by Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi, Rs. 104.0 lacs)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Designed by Sandhya Sharma
NICEE, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Kanpur