Durgesh C. Rai

Consultancy
 
 
Structural & Seismic Consultancy at IIT Kanpur
  • As Principal Investigator

    1. Review of the structural system of 136.7m Bharatratna Ambedkar statue at Mumbai (Sponsored by Shapoorji Pallonji and Company Pvt Ltd, Mumbai, 2023)

    2. Load Testing on Bridge at Chambal River at Etawah (Sponsored by MP Highways Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2023)

    3. Study of creep related hog and lateral sweep of PSC girders of flyover on Jodhpur Ring Road(Sponsored by Mundan Construction Company, Jodhpur, 2023 for National Highway Authority of India,PIU, Jodhpur)

    4. Study of structural distress in the large span roof structure of a convention centre and remedial measures (Sponsored by Indian Trade Promotion Organization, Department of Commerce, Govt. of India, New Delhi, 2023)

    5. Review of PQC core strengths and structural design of rigid pavement (Sponsored by PNC Infratech Limited, Agra, 2023 for National Highway Authority of India, PIU, Patna)

    6. Creep deflection of PSC bridge girders on NH8A (Bagodara-Limbdi section) (Sponsored by Sadbhav Engineering Pvt Ltd., Ahmedabad, 2023 for National Highway Division, Roads & Buildings Department, Govt. of Gujarat, Ahmedabad)

    7. Study of excessive deflection of composite steel girder ROB at km 8.674 near Khapri, Nagpur, MH on Nagpur-Hyderabad section of NH-7 (NH-44) (Sponsored by D P Jain & Co Infrastructure Pvt Ltd., Nagpur, 2021)

    8. Study of excessive hogging of PSC girders for flyover on NH-75/76 crossing NH-25 at Jhansi, UP (Sponsored by PNC Infratech Ltd., Agra, 2019 for National Highway Authority of India, PIU, Chhattarpur)

    9. Review of seismic design and ductile detailing of RC frame building with haunched beams. (Sponsored by GE Power India Ltd., Noida, 2019)

    10. Seismic design aspects of proposed slab-column viaduct system for rail flyover at Dadri. (Sponsored by Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd., Meerut, 2019)

    11. Finite element modeling for seismic analysis on non-structural plasterboard suspended ceiling systems. (Sponsored by Saint-Gobain Research India, Chennai, 2018)

    12. Remedial measures for damaged masonry arch bridge on R. Sukhanai at Mauranipur, UP on NH-75/76 (Jhansi-Khajuraho section), (Sponsored by PNC Infratech Limited, Agra, 2018)

    13. Evaluation of rehabilitated RC box culvert of Agra-Lucknow Expressway (Sponsored by PNC Infratech Limited, Agra, 2017)

    14. Detailed study of structures and suggestions for remedial measures for TG Hall structure at NTPC Tanda (Sponsored by National Thermal Power Corporation, Tanda, 2017)

    15. Seismic integrity study of petrochemical manufacturing plant at Vadodara (Sponsored by Reliance Industries Ltd, Mumbai, 2017)

    16. Seismic testing of non-structural plaster board suspended ceiling systems (Sponsored by Saint-Gobain Research India, Chennai, 2016)

    17. Study of settlement failure of at-grade three-cell RC box bridge over Gehra nulla near Ramakona, MP on NH-547, Nagpur-Chhindwara section (Sponsored by National Highway Authority of India, PIU, Chhindwara, MP, 2016)

    18. Inspection of damaged ROB at Gwalior Bypass and Sindh bridge on NH-75 at Dabra, MP (Sponsored by National Highway Authority of India, , New Delhi, 2016)

    19. Visual inspection for performance evaluation of rehabilitated flyover at Dholpur on NH-3 (Sponsored by National Highway Authority of India, New Delhi, 2016)

    20. Study of Structural Distress in Yamuna Bridge at Hamirpur on NH-86 and Suggestions for Remedial Measures (Sponsored by PNC Kanpur Highways Ltd., Agra, 2015)

    21. Review of Base-Isolation Design of Residential Buildings at Bharuch (Sponsored by SLD Infrastructure, Bharuch, 2015)

    22. Verification of Design Parameters of Fly Ash Brick Masonry (Sponsored by Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, 2014)

    23. Study of Cracking in Chambal Bridge Piers and Recommendations for Remedial Measures (Sponsored by PNC Infratech Limited, Agra, 2014)

    24. Experimental Evaluation of Textile Reinforcement for Seismic Strengthening of Masonry Infills (Sponsored by Saint-Gobain Research India, Chennai, 2014)

    25. Evaluation of Structural Capacity of Pot Bearings of Chambal Bridge, Dholpur for Revised Loadings (Sponsored by PNC Infratech Limited, Agra, 2014)

    26. Evaluation of Structural Capacity of Pot-Cum-PTFE Bearings of Agra Bypass Project (Sponsored by PNC Infratech Limited, Agra, 2014)

    27. Seismic Hazard Study and Review of Dynamic Analysis and Design of Substructure of Railway Bridge at Kosi River (Sponsored by RITES Ltd., Gurgaon, 2014)

    28. Study of End Zone Cracking and Lateral Sweep of PSC Girders of Chambal Bridge on Dholpur-Morena Section of NH-3 (Sponsored by CDM Smith Inc, Bangalore, 2013)

    29. Evaluation of In-Situ Concrete of Deck Slab of ROB-cum-Flyover at Dholpur on NH-3. (Sponsored by PNC Infratech Limited, Agra, 2013)

    30. Study into Cracking of Deck Slab and Girders of Flyovers At Dholpur on NH3 and Development of Strengthening Schemes (Sponsored by PNC Infratech Limited, Agra, 2013)

    31. Capacity Verification Tests on Pot-cum-PTFE Bearings of Chambal Bridge, Dholpur (Sponsored by PNC Infratech Limited, Agra, 2012)

    32. Evaluation of Building using Reinforced Concrete Blocks (RCB) (Sponsored by Sahara Prime City Limited, Mumbai, 2012-13)

    33. Evaluation of Brick Masonry Design Parameters for IITGn Buildings (Sponsored by Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, 2012-13)

    34. Seismic Evaluation and Retrofitting of Trauma Building of New Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad (Sponsored by Project Implementation Unit, Commissionerate of Health, Govt. of Gujarat, Ahmedabad, 2012-13)

    35. Peer Review of Structural Design and Retrofit Options for 1200 Bed New Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad (Sponsored by Project Implementation Unit, Commissionerate of Health, Govt. of Gujarat, Ahmedabad, 2012-13)

    36. Peer Review of 14-storeyed Building at Cuttack (Sponsored by Dion Infratech Pvt. Ltd., Bhubaneswar, 2012)

    37. Evaluation of In-Situ Concrete of Prestressed Clinker Storage Silo (Sponsored by Prism Cement Ltd, Satna, 2012)

    38. Structural Assessment of RC Deck Slab of Yamuna Bridge on Kanpur- Hamirpur Section of NH-86 (Sponsored by PNC Infratech Limited, Agra, 2011)

    39. Evaluation of Core Samples from Seismic Shear Walls (Sponsored by Procter & Gamble, Baddi, 2010)

    40. Design of rehabilitation scheme for damaged road over bridge at Etawah (Sponsored by North Central Railways, Allahabad, 2009)

    41. Field testing of concrete of prestressed concrete box girder at Etawah (Sponsored by North Central Railways, Allahabad, 2009)

    42. Evaluation of masonry at P&G facilities in Baddi, Himachal Pradesh (Sponsored by Proctor & Gamble, Cincinnati, USA, 2008)

    43. Design of foundation of outdoor BTS and its structural suitability (Sponsored by Indian Telephone Industries Ltd., Manakapur, 2007)

    44. Study of the influence of properties of reinforcement bars on seismic response of RC structures (Sponsored by Tata Steel, Jamshedpur, 2006-07)

    45. Seismic design criteria for the Chuzachen Hydroelectric Project in Sikkim (Sponsored by Colenco Power Engineering Ltd, New Delhi, 2006)

    46. Seismic design of base-isolated military hospital at Shimla (Sponsored by Military Engineering Services, Chandigarh, 2005-07)

    47. Evaluation of fire damage to structure of a paint factory (Sponsored by E V Lokhandwalla Associates, Mumbai, 2006)

    48. Proof checking of structural design of 2.2 lakh overhead tank at Jabalpur (Sponsored by West Central Railway, 2005)

    49. Structural stability of LDA office at Gomti Nagar, Lucknow (Sponsored by Lucknow Development Authority, Lucknow, 2005)

    50. Feasibility of the construction work for the revival of the mill (Sponsored by Cawnpore Woollen Mill Branch Lal Imli, Kanpur, 2004)

    51. Condition assessment of a factory building (Sponsored by Small Arms Factory, Kanpur, 2003)

    52. Acceptance tests of the tri-axial shaker (shake table) system (Sponsored by Central Power Research Institute, Bangalore, 2002)

    53. Derailment of hangar gates in cyclones (Sponsored by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd., Kanpur, 2002)

    54. Damage to ceiling in houses at NSI Campus, Kanpur (Sponsored by Central Public Works Department, Kanpur, 2002)
 
  • As Co-Principal Investigator

    1. Improving Seismic Resilience of Built Environment in India-Review and Modification of Seismic Codes, IS 1893 (Part 1) and 13920. (Sponsored by World Bank, 2019).

    2. Seismic studies of Anjar-Mundra pipeline project (Sponsored by L&T- Gulf, Pvt. Ltd., Faridabad, 2017).

    3. Seismic studies of Barmer-Pali pipeline project (Sponsored by L&T- Gulf, Pvt. Ltd., Faridabad, 2017).

    4. Seismic studies of Palanpur-Pali pipeline project (Sponsored by L&T- Gulf, Pvt. Ltd., Faridabad, 2017).

    5. Review of Design Basis Report for Structural Design of Bridges, Road Under Bridges And Flyovers for Dedicated Freight Corridor - Eastern Corridor (Bhaupur to Khurja) (Sponsored by Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation (I) Ltd, Mumbai, 2013)

    6. Seismic Design Criteria for the Gandhinagar-Ahmedabad Metro Project (Sponsored by Metro Link Express for Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad (MEGA) Company Ltd., Gandhinagar, 2012)

    7. Seismic Studies on Seismic Activities for Salaya Bhogat Pipeline at Bhogat, Gujarat (Sponsored by Larsen & Toubro, New Delhi, 2010)

    8. Seismic studies on Bhagyam field, Gujarat (Sponsored by Larsen & Toubro, New Delhi, Rs. 8.27 lacs, 2010)

    9. Development of Guidelines on Seismic Design of Railway Bridges & Training of Railway Engineers (Sponsored by RDSO, Ministry of Railways, Lucknow, )

    10. Seismic Analysis of ESP Supporting Structure (Sponsored by Bharat Heavy Electrical Ltd., New Delhi, 2008)

    11. Peer review of structural design of 32 storey building in Noida (Sponsored by Assotech, New Delhi, 2007-08)

    12. Pushover analysis of Police Head Quarter Building at New Delhi (Sponsored by Public Works Department, NCT of Delhi, 2006-07)

    13. Review of building codes and handbook (Sponsored by Gujarat State Disaster Management Agency, Gandhinagar, 2003-04)

    14. Seismic design of railway bridges at Patna and Mongheyr (Sponsored by RITES Ltd., 2004-06)
 
Seismic Design Consultancy at IIT Roorkee
  • As Principal Investigator

  • Seismic evaluation and strengthening of earthquake damaged 5 Lac gallon Gulaotal water tank (Sponsored by Public Health Engrg. Dept., Jabalpur)

  • Earthquake damage assessment of Control Room Building at 440 kV Substation, Jabalpur (Sponsored by Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd., New Delhi)

  • Seismic evaluation of 5000 MT Godown, Simli, Garhwal UP (Sponsored by Food Corporation of India, Lucknow)
 
Seismic Qualification Testing at IIT Roorkee
  • As Co-Principal Investigator

  • Various testing of industrial equipment for seismic qualification on a 150 kN payload capacity, 3.5 m by 3.5 m bi-axial shake table
 
Highlights of Consulting Experience:
  • Base-Isolation Building

As a consultant to Military Engineering Services (MES), our role was more like a mentor to MES and its other consultants on various aspects of the base-isolation technology to be used in a major hospital building for the first time in the country without any external help. We helped develop the design basis report, specifications for bearings, tender notices for international bidding, technical evaluation of vendors' design of bearings, negotiation for a better design at lower prices, review of the prototype tests on bearings and also of production bearings and other design details.
 
  • Peer Review of Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit Project

For a US-based multi-national healthcare entity, peer reviewed the work performed by their engineering consultants (one of top structural design firms in the world) for seismic evaluation and retrofit of a manufacturing facility located in Baddi, Himachal Pradesh. Helped develop a cost-effective strategy for seismic upgrade of their new facilities located in high seismic region, by qualifying the existing masonry to resist seismic loads through a series of analytical and experimental studies.
 
  • Seismic Design Parameters for Dam Projects

Developed seismic design parameters and criteria for the design of two concrete gravity dams to be built in highly seismic active regions of Sikkim in Himalayas for a hydroelectric project developed by a multi-national firm.
 
  • Nonlinear Analyses for Seismic Retrofitting

Delhi Government identified the Police Headquarter Building as one its lifeline building which should meet the requirements of immediate occupancy for future earthquakes. The building of 70's vintage, was to be analyzed as per nonlinear analysis procedures of the state-of-art NEHRP/FEMA documents to identify seismic deficiencies in quantitative terms. Further, such analyses were carried out to measure the effectiveness of various retrofitting options. This is the first time in the country when such analyses were carried out for a seismic retrofitting for a major public building.
 
  • Seismic Design and Retrofitting of Bridges

As a consultant to Indian Railways and  RITES,New Delhi, we have helped analyse and design major railway bridges for seismic forces as per the state-of-art requirements, which often exceeded those of prevailing standards. Also developed a novel retrofitting strategy for a damaged top deck of newly constructed 50 m long pre-stressed box girder bridge using steel girders without altering its overall stress conditions including pre-stress conditions.
 
  • Shake Table Studies

Many critical equipment needs to be tested for their performance under seismic environment and shake table studies are required by many standards such as IEEE-693, Bellcore-GR-63, etc. At IIT Roorkee shake table many such tests were conducted for nuclear and other industrial applications. I was consultant to Central Power Research Institute, Bangalore in approving the acceptance of the six degrees-of-freedom, 10-ton payload capacity shake table imported from UK.

 
 
 
 

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