Research Activity
Covers a range of topics related to Structural Engineering, Seismic Vulnerability Evaluation and Strengthening, Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete structures, Concrete Composite materials, Materials of construction, Health Monitoring and Earthquake engineering, such as; constitutive relationships, modeling and testing structures and structural components and materials, shear capacity of HSC beams, ductility of structures, fiber reinforced composite materials and structural elements, high-strength normal and lightweight concrete, high performance concrete, durability of concrete, special concretes, RCC, use of industrial by-products in concrete, SCC(material and structural elements), sulfur concrete, nonlinear analysis and design of RC structures, condition assessment, repair & strengthening of structures in seismic zones, influence of concrete strength on RC structures and structural components and material behavior, failure criteria of concrete in stress and strain space, external confinement of RC columns for seismic zones, innovations in the form of reinforcements of concrete structural components (columns, slabs, shear-walls, etc.), Bridge analysis and design (load DF and curved bridges), inelastic models for RC members, seismic design parameters for RC members and structures, precast structures for seismic zones, 3D nonlinear analysis of dams, curved structures, localization of structures, reinforcement corrosion on seismic performance of RC structures, RC for crude oil tanks, CFST columns and connections, CF-UPVC-T columns, Use of FRP, steel and RC jackets in strengthening RC members, steel coupling beams in shear walls, FRP bars for RC structures, SMA in structural components and base isolators, Health monitoring of structures, aging of base isolators under seismic load, EQ vulnerability analysis and strengthening of buildings, refineries, petrochemical plants and sophisticated structures.
Impact behavior of RC slab using various strengthening techniques, use of Nano materials in concrete, strengthening steel structural members with CFRP laminate, RC column-steel beam behavior (exp. and seismic response), method for preventing failure of structural frame caused by column removal.
Design and control of design of special buildings and structures.
Research Report: have submitted over 80 final reports.