Durgesh C. Rai
Selected Publications
Aluminum Shear-Yielding Damper & Supplemental Damping
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, EERI, vol. 25, no. 2, 415-437.
Jain, S., Rai, D. C. and Sahoo, D. R. (2008). "Post-yield cyclic buckling criteria for aluminum shear panels," Journal of Applied Mechanics, ASME, vol. 75, 021015-1-8.
Rai, D. C. (2002). "Cyclic inelastic web buckling of Aluminum shear panels." J. Engrg. 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. 12th 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.
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 Mw 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
Unreinforced Masonry & Rocking-Critical Piers
Rai, D. C., Komaraneni, S. and Singhal, V. (2009). “Out-of-Plane Seismic Behaviour of Brick Masonry Infilled Panels with Prior In-Plane Damage,” Proc. 11th Canadian Masonry Symposium, Toronto, Ontario, May 31- June 3, 2009, Paper no. 239.
Rai, D. C. and Goel, S. C. (2007)."Seismic Strengthening of Rocking-Critical Masonry Piers,"Journal of Structural Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineering, vol. 133, no. 10, 1445–1452.
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, vol. 19, no. 9, 728–739.
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.
Reinforced Concrete Frames, Columns and Beam-Column Joints
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.
Nagaprsad, 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, (in print).
Rai, D. C. (2008). “A Generalized Method for Seismic Evaluation of Existing Buildings,” Current Science, Indian Academy of Sciences, vol. 94, no. 3, 10 February, 363-370.
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.
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.
Steel Structures - Buckling under cyclic loads
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.
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
Mondal, G. and Rai, D. C. (2007)."Performance of Harbour Structures in Andaman Islands During 2004 Sumatra Earthquake,"Engineering Structures, Elsevier, vol. 30, no. 1, 174–182.
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
Experimental Earthquake Engineering Techniques
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.