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    2016

  • B. P. Naveen, T. G. Sitharam and P. V. Sivapullaiah (2016), “Evaluation of Municipal Solid Waste Unit Weight and Shear Wave Velocity Profile", Conference on Municipal Solid Waste Management-201.

    • 2015

  • .N. James and T. G. Sitharam (2015). “Macro-Level assessment of seismically induced landslide hazard for the state of Sikkim, India based on GIS technique”. International Symposium on ‘Geohazards and geomechanics’, Univesity of Warwick, UK. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (Vol. 26, No. 1, p. 012027).
  • T.G. Sitharam and S. D. Anitha Kumari (2015), “Numerical simulations of tunnels using DEM and FEM”, Proc. 13th ISRM International Congress of Rock Mechanics, Montreal, Canada Vol: 978-1-926872-25-4
  • Vivek P and T.G. Sitharam (2015), A Study of Tensile Fracture Induced in Soft Rock Due to Shock Wave Interaction, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.(ISBN: 978 – 1- 926872 -25- 4.)
  • T.G. Sitharam, S. N. Hebbal, D. Hanumappa and R. H. Mulangi (2015). “Performance evaluation of road transport undertakings in Karnataka: a comprehensive case study using data envelopment analysis”, Proc. Conference of IES-2015, Kumamoto, Japan, paper ID:52.
  • B. P. Naveen, T. G. Sitharam and P. V. Sivapullaiah (2015), “Evaluation of dynamic properties of municipal solid waste sites by geophysical tests”, Proc. 30th International conference on solid waste technology and management, Philadelphia, pp. 362-371.
  • P. Naveen, P. V. Sivapullaiah and T. G. Sitharam (2015), “Effect of aging on the leachate characteristics from municipal solid waste landfill”, Proc. 15th Asian regional conference on soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering (15ARC), Japan, pp. 63.
  • B. P. Naveen, T. G. Sitharam and P. V. Sivapullaiah (2015), “ Assessment of dynamic properties of municipal solid waste sites using multichannel analysis of surface waves”, Proc. 4th International engineering symposium (IES 2015), Kumamoto university, Japan, pp. C4-7-1-6.
  • R. Deendayal , K. Muthukkumaran, T.G. Sitharam (2015), “Dynamic response of single pile located in soft clay underlay by sand”. International conference GEOMATE-2015, November 16-18, Osaka, Japan
  • A. Hegde. and T. G. Sitharam (2015). “3-dimensional numerical modeling of rock bolt pull-out tests”. Proc. Indian Geotechnical Conference-2015, Pune, pp.1-5.
  • Hegde. and T. G. Sitharam (2015). “3-dimensional numerical simulations of geocell reinforced soft clay beds”. Young Geotechnical Engineer’s Symposium on Finite Element Methods, Mumbai
  • R. Deendayal, K. Muthukkumaran and T. G. Sitharam (2015), “Response of laterally loaded pile groups in sloping ground”, Proc. Indian Geotechnical Conference, IGC-2015, Pune, pp 77.
  • P. Naveen, T. G. Sitharam and P. V. Sivapullaiah. (2015), “Technology Options For Treatment of Municipal Solid Waste in Bangalore city”, Symposium on Management and Procurement of Integrated Waste Management System, under TEQIP: A GOI-MHRD INITIATIVE 2014-15, Guwahati, Assam, India, IIT Guwahati, pp.31-32.
  • P. Naveen, P. V. Sivapullaiah and T. G. Sitharam (2015), “Influence of Leachate Migration on Ground Water Quality”, Proc. 5th Indian Young Geotechnical Engineer's Conference (5IYGEC-2015), Indian Geotechnical Society Baroda Chapter, pp 127-128.
  • P. Naveen, P. V. Sivapullaiah and T. G. Sitharam (2015), “Estimating the Carbon Stored in the Municipal Solid Waste in Mavallipura landfill site, Bangalore”, 3rd International Brainstorming Workshop on “Sustainable Municipal Solid Waste Management in India” , organized by Waste to Energy Research and Technology Council (WTERT), India, held at IICT Hyderabad, pp.1-10.
  • M. S. Balreddy, S. V. Dinesh and T. G. Sitharam (2015), “Effect Of Plastic And Non-Plastic Fines On Liquefaction Resistance Of Sandy Soils”, Proc. 50th Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC-2015), Pune, Maharashtra.
  • Hegde. A. and Sitharam, T.G. (2015). “Cyclic behavior of geocell reinforced soft clay beds.”Proceedings of Fifth Indian Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference, Baroda, 89-90.
  • T. G. Sitharam and R. H. Mulangi (2015), “Performance evaluation of state road transport undertakings of Karnataka”, conference of 10CCP, IIM Bangalore.
  • T. G. Sitharam& Sebastian, R. (2015). “Numerical simulation of resonant column experiments for jointed rocks and its application in rock mechanics”. Proceedings, Innovations in applied and theoretical rock mechanics, 13th International ISRM Congress, Montreal, Canada, ISBN: 978 – 1- 926872 -25- 4.
  • Vivek P and T.G. Sitharam (2015), A Study of Tensile Fracture Induced in Soft Rock Due to Shock Wave Interaction, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.(ISBN: 978 – 1- 926872 -25- 4.)

    • 2014

  • Sebastian, R &Sitharam, T. G.(2014) Numerical simulation of transformation of an obliquely incident shear wave at rock joint,Proc. International Symposium, Geomechanics from Micro to Macro, IS Cambridge, p- 801-805.
  • T. G. Sitharam& Sebastian, R. (2014), Study on long wavelength propagation of seismic waves across filled joints using resonant column experiments, 8th Asian Rock Mechanics Symposium, Japan.
  • SitharamT G & Anitha Kumari S D (2014), Underground Engineering for Sustainable Urban development: Experiences from Urban Underground metro constructions in India, International Conference on Sustainable Civil Infrastructure (ICSCI), IIT Hyderabad, India (Keynote paper).
  • Vivek P, T.G. Sitharam, Jagadeesh G and KPJ Reddy (2014), Shock Tube based Study on Damage Prediction of Soft Rocks ”, 8th Asian Rock Mechanics Symposium, Sapporo, Japan.
  • K. B. Syed, N Chandra, S Sankaran, S Dyamnnavar, T. G Sitharam (2014), “Suburban rail system- to the rescue of urban infrastructure crisis faced by the metropolitan cities in emerging economies”, Proc. International Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure, ASCE, pp.11-22.
  • D. Hanumappa, P. Ramachandran and T. G. Sitharam (2014), “Impact evaluation of MGNREGA using data envelopement analysis”, 2014 IEEE IEEM, DOI: 10.1109/IEEM.2014.7058603.
  • D. Hanumappa, P. Ramachandran, T. G. Sitharam, R. Mulangi and S. Lakshmana (2014), “Performance evaluation of premium services in Bangalore metropolitan transport corporation (BMTC)”, Transportation Research Procedia, 11th International conference, TPMDC-2014, IIT Mumbai, paper ID:60, pp.31.
  • B. P. Naveen, T. G. Sitharam and P. V. Sivapullaiah (2014), “ Status of solid waste management in Bangalore and review of solid waste technologies adopted”, Proc. International conference on waste management for sustainable development, Palakkad, Kerala, pp.11-17.
  • Sitharam, T.G. and Hegde, A. (2014). Ground improvement using 3D cellular confinement systems and its applications to foundation in soft soils. Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference-2014, Kakinada, 2402-2411.
  • B. P. Naveen, P. V. Sivapullaiah, T. G. Sitharam and A. K. Sharma. (2014), “Stabilization of Waste dump using Fly ash”, National Conference on the ´Beneficial use of fly-ash in the construction industry and agriculture´ (23-24May2014) UAS, Raichur, Karnataka, pp.217-224.
  • H. M. Raviraj, H Devraj and T. G. Sitharam (2014), “A non parametric efficiency of KSRTC divisions: performance analysis with respect to physical and financial parameters”, Conference of ACIDIC-2014, NITK Surathkal, Paper ID: T-43-ACIDIC-2014.
  • R. Deendayal, K. Muthukkumaran and T. G. Sitharam (2014), “Experimental investigation of single model piles in clayey soil with slope under lateral load, Proc. Indian Geotechnical Conference, IGC-2014, Kakinada, pp. 1595-1599.
  • B. P. Naveen, P. V. Sivapullaiah and T. G. Sitharam (2014), “Characteristics of a municipal solid waste landfill leachate”, Proc. Indian geotechnical conference on geotechnics for inclusive development of India (GEOIND), Kakinada, pp. 1413- 1419
  • B. P. Naveen, P. V. Sivapullaiah, T. G. Sitharam and T. V. Ramachandra (2014), “Characterization of leachate from municipal landfill and its effect on surrounding water bodies”, Proc. Lake 2014: Conference on Conservation and Sustainable Management of Wetland Ecosystems in Western Ghats, Sirsi, Karnataka, pp.1-9.
  • B. P. Naveen, T. G. Sitharam.T.G. and P. V. Sivapullaiah (2014), “Advanced Geophysical Characterization for Evaluating Dynamic Properties of MSW Landfills”, Proc. National Conference on Geo-Innovations,(30-31 October 2014), IISc,Bangalore,GC-1 ,pp.1-4.

    • 2013

  • Hegde, A., Sitharam, T.G. (2013). Experimental and numerical studies on geocell reinforced sand beds. Proceedings of Geosynthetics 2013, Long Beach (CA), USA, 119-126.
  • Sitharam T.G., Naveen James, Vipin K.S. (2013). “Site Amplification and LiquefactionStudies for the State of Karnataka: A Probabilistic Approach.” International Conference ofEarthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey.
  • Naveen James. and Sitharam T.G (2013) “Macro-scale Seismic Site Characterization for the State ofKarnataka Based on Topographic Slope Map.” IGS-Incheon 2013 The 5th InternationalGeotechnical Symposium, Incheon, Korea.
  • Anitha Kumari S D & T G Sitharam (2013), Shear Behaviour of ellipsoidal particles- DEM simulations, Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Discrete Element Methods (DEM6), Colorado USA, pp 271-276.
  • T G Sitharam & Anitha Kumari S D (2013), Experimental and 3-D DEM studies to relate microscopic observation to macroscopic relation of granular media: Particle Shape Effects, Proceedings of the Workshop on “Experimental Micromechanics for Geomaterials by ISSMGE” University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
  • Sebastian, R &Sitharam, T. G.(2013) Numerical simulation of bender / extender elements using DEM and its application to jointed rock mass, Proceedings, 6th International Conference on Discrete Element Methods (DEM6-2013), Colorado, U.S.A. p. 494-499.
  • T. G. Sitharam& Sebastian, R. (2013)“Study on transmission of elastic waves through jointed rocks using numerical simulations”, Keynote address: 11th International Conference on Analysis of Discontinuous Deformation, 2013, Fukoka, Japan.
  • Sitharam, T.G., SubbaRao, K.S., Hegde, A. (2013). An innovative use of textured geomembrane in protection and stabilization of the dykes of the red mud pond-A case history. Proceedings of Geosynthetics India-2013, New Delhi. 146-152.
  • Hegde. A., Sitharam, T.G. (2013). Effect of infill materials on the performance of the geocell reinforced clay beds. Proceedings of Fourth Indian young geotechnical engineers conference, Chennai, 99-102.
  • Sebastian, R &Sitharam, T. G.(2013). Conversion of Seismic Waves at a Joint during Wave Propagation across Jointed Rock Media– Proceedings, Indorock-2013, Waknaghat, Himachal Pradesh. p. 153-159.
  • Anitha Kumari S D, K S Vipin & T G Sitharam (2013), Twin tunnels under seismic conditions, INDOROCK 2013, Fourth Indian Rock Conference, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, pp 550-558.
  • Vivek P, T.G. Sitharam , Jagadeesh G and KPJ Reddy (2013),A Study of Shock Wave Induced Damage in Brittle Materials, 3rd National Symposium on Shock Waves, IIT Bombay.
  • Sitharam, T.G., Abhishek, Kumar and Anbazhagan, P., (2013), Comprehensive Seismic Microzonation of Lucknow city With detailed Geotechnical and Deep Site Response Studies, Invited Keynote lecture, Indian Geotechnical Conference, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India

    • 2012

  • Hegde. A., Sitharam, T.G. (2012). Performance of shallow footing on geocell reinforced sand beds using 1-g model tests. Geosynthetics Asia (5th Asian regional conference on geosynthetics), Bangkok, Thailand. 757-762.
  • Sitharam T G and Kolathayar S (2012) Probabilistic Evaluation of Seismic Hazard India Comparison of Different Methodologies, 15th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 24-28 September 2012, at Lisbon.
  • Sitharam T G, Kolathayar S and Vipin K S (2012) Evaluation of liquefaction return period for India and adjoining areas, International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, 23-25. 01. 2012, Luxor-Aswan, Egypt.
  • Hegde.A., Sitharam, T.G. (2012). Performance of shallow footings on geocell reinforced clay beds using 1-g model tests. Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference-2012, New Delhi. 536-539.
  • T G Sitharam & Anitha Kumari S D (2012), Discrete-element modelling: methods and applications, (Keynote Lecture) International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulation (ICCMS), IIT Hyderabad, December 2012.

    • 2011

  • Anitha kumari, S. D., Vipin,K.S. and Sitharam,T.G. (2011),"Stress Distribution And Deformations Around Tunnels:A Study Based On Discrete And Finite Element Methods", International Conference on Underground Space Technology and the 8th Asian Regional Conference of IAEG, 2011, Bangalore, India pp DA-03-01- DA03-08.
  • Kolathayar S and Sitharam T.G. (2011) "Probabilistic Evaluation of Seismic Hazard in and around Kerala”. Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC-2011) December.
  • Naveen, J., Sitharam, T.G. and Vipin, K.S. (2011). “Assessment of liquefaction potential for the Karnataka state using probabilistic approach.” Indian Geotechnical Conference -11, Kochi.
  • Sireesh Saride, Sitharam T.G. and Anand J. Puppala (2011). ‘The Function of Basal Geogrids in Minimizing the Rutting of Geocell Reinforced Subgrades”. Proceedings of the GeoFrontiers 2011 Conference, Advances in Geotechnical Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Special technical publication, GSP 211, pp. 4645-4652. (Edts. Jie Han and Daniel E. Alzamora).
  • Sitharam T.G. and Patil S.M (2011). “Liquefaction and post liquefaction behavior of sand-silt mixtures: laboratory cyclic stress controlled test on Lucknow sands”, First Indo-Japan workshop in geotechnical engineering, Kochi, INDIA.
  • Sitharam T G, Kolathayar S and Vipin K S (2011) "Probabilistic seismic hazard macrozonation of India ". International Symposium on "The 2001 Bhuj Earthquake and Advances in Earthquake Science AES 2011, 22-27 Jan, 2011 (Keynote Lecture), (CD Proceedings).
  • Sitharam T. G., Arjun Sil and Kolathayar S (2011) "A study on Probabilistic seismic hazard analysis of Tripura state ". Tripura Science Congress 2011.
  • Sitharam T.G., James N. and Vipin K.S. (2011). “Study of the Local Site Effects on Seismic Hazard Using Deterministic and Probabilistic approaches: A Case Study of Karnataka State.” 2001 Bhuj Earthquake and Advances in Earthquake Science, Gandhinagar, India, (CD Proceedings).
  • Sitharam, T.G. and Vipin, K.S. (2011). “Seismic hazard Mitigation of urban Centres – An Indian Prespective” Third International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering for Disaster Mitigation and Rehabilitation (GEDMAR 2011), Java, Indonesia (Special Lecture), 247-254.
  • Sitharam, T.G., Vipin, K.S. and Naveen, J. (2011). “Evaluation of Dynamic Properties, Local site effects and Design Ground Motions: Recent Advances.” Conference on Advances in Seismic Design of Structures, Systems and Components of Nuclear Facilities, BARC, Mumbai, 58 – 74.
  • Vinod, J S and Sitharam, T G (2011), “ Behaviour of granular materials during cyclic loading: DEM simulations, Invited lecture, Indian Geotechnical Conference, Kochi (IGC 2011).
  • Vinod, J. S., Nagaraja, S., Sitharam, T. G. and Dinesh, S. V. (2011), “Numerical Simulation of Geosyntheitic reinforced granular soils”, Geo-Frontiers, Dallas, USA : Geotechnical Special Publication, GSP: 211: 4242- 4251.
  • Vipin K S, Sitharam T G and Kolathayar S (2011) "Probabilistic Assessment of Liquefaction Potential for the Sate of Gujarat ". Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC-2011) December, 2011.
  • Vipin K S, Sitharam T G and Kolathayar S (2011) "Seismic hazard assessment of Gujarat ". International Symposium on "The 2001 Bhuj Earthquake and Advances in Earthquake Science AES 2011 22-27 Jan, 2011, (CD Proceedings).
  • Vipin K S, Sitharam T G and Kolathayar S (2011) "Seismic hazard assessment of Gujarat". International Symposium on "The 2001 Bhuj Earthquake and Advances in Earthquake Science AES 2011 22-27 Jan, 2011, (CD Proceedings).
  • Vipin, K.S., Sitharam, T.G. and Kolathayar, S. (2011). “Liquefaction Potential Evaluation of Gujarat.” Indian Geotechnical Conference -11, Kochi.

    • 2010

  • Anbazhagan P. and Sitharam T.G. (2010). “Correlation between Low Strain Shear Modulus and Standard Penetration Test ‘N’ Values”, Proceedings of Fifth International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, San Diego, California . Paper No. 1.13b:P-10
  • Anbazhagan P. and Sitharam T.G. (2010). “Seismic Site Classification Using Boreholes and Shear Wave Velocity: Assessing the Suitable Method for Shallow Engineering Rock Region”, GeoFlorida 2010, Proceedings of ASCE (1059-1068.), Florida, US.
  • Anbazhagan P., Abhishek Kumar and Sitharam T.G. (2010). “Site Response Deep Sites in Indo-Gangetic Plain for Different Historic Earthquakes” Proceedings of Fifth International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, San Diego, California. Paper No. 3.21b: P-12.
  • Anitha kumari, S. D. and Sitharam,T. G. (2010). "Micromechanical characterization and prediction of undrained response from drained triaxial shear tests in granular media under monotonic loading: simulations using PFC3D", International Symposium on Geomechanics and geotechnics: from Micro to Macro, 2010, Shanghai, China, CRC Press/Balkema, Taylor & Francis, Vol 1, 597-602.
  • Anitha kumari, S. D. and Sitharam,T.G. (2010)."Effect of contact bonds on the constitutive behaviour of cemented rocks: simulations using DEM", International Symposium and 6th Asian Rock Mechanics Symposium (Advances in Rock Engineering), 2010, New Delhi, India pp 77,1-6 (CD Proceedings).
  • Anitha kumari, S. D. and Sitharam,T.G. (2010)."Stability of Tunnels - Effect of Ground Supports and Reinforcement: 3-D Discrete Element Simulations",International Symposium and 6th Asian Rock Mechanics Symposium (Advances in Rock Engineering), 2010, New Delhi, India pp 146, 1-7 (CD Proceedings).
  • James N., Kolathayar S., Vipin K.S. and Sitharam T.G. (2010). “Seismic Hazard Scenario of Karnataka State: An Input for Planning of Urban Centers”, Conference on Infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation And Urban Planning, CiSTUP, IISc, Bangalore.
  • Maji V.B. and Sitharam T.G. (2010). “Stability of slope based on shear strain criterion and its dependency on shear strength”, European rock Mechanics symposium (EUROCK 2010), 14-18 June 2010, Lausanne, Switzerland.
  • Sireesh S., Sitharam T.G and Anand J. Puppala (2010). “Prediction of Settlement of Geocell Reinforced Sand Foundations”, Proceedings of the GeoShanghai 2010 International Conference, American Society of Civil Engineers, Special technical publication(GSP 207), June 3-5, Shanghai, pp. 328-337.
  • Sitharam T. G., Kolathayar S. and Vipin K.S. (2010). “Evaluation of Seismic hazard for Andaman Nicobar region: Deterministic and Probabilistic approaches”, 14th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering, IIT Roorkee.
  • Sitharam T.G. and Raji M. (2010). “Seismic effects of underground structures in jointed rock mass”, 14th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering (14SEE), IIT Roorkee.
  • Sitharam T.G. and Raji M. (2010). “Static and Dynamic Analysis of Underground Structures”, Indian Geotechnical Conference-2010 (Geotrendz). Mumbai.
  • Sitharam T.G. and Vipin K.S. (2010). “Liquefaction potential evaluation based on site classes – A performance based approach”, The Fifth International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, San-Diego, Paper No. 9.09.
  • Sitharam T.G. and Vipin K.S. (2010). “Performance Based Design in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering: General Report on Session - 9”, The Fifth International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, San-Diego, Paper accepted (General report for Session 9).
  • Sitharam T.G., James N. and Vipin K.S. (2010). “Seismic Hazard Map for the State of Karnataka with Local Site Effects: Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis”, 14th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering 2010 at IIT Roorkee.
  • Sitharam T.G., James N. and Vipin K.S. (2010). “Seismic Hazard Map for the State of Karnataka with Local Site Effects: Deterministic Seismic Hazard Analysis”, Indian Geotechnical Conference IIT Bombay.
  • Sitharam T.G., Kolathayar S. and Vipin K.S. (2010). “Evaluation of Seismic hazard for entire India: Deterministic approach including local site effects”, Indian Geotechnical Conference-2010, IIT Mumbai.
  • Sitharam T.G., Kolathayar S. and Vipin K.S. (2010). “Evaluation of Seismic hazard for Andaman Nicobar region: Deterministic and Probabilistic approaches”, 14th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering, IIT Roorkee.
  • Vinod J.S., Sitharam T.G. and Ravishankar B.V. (2010). “DEM Simulations of liquefaction and post liquefaction behaviour of granular materials”, Seismic Engineering- Design for Management of Geohazards Symposium, AGS Sydney Chapter.
  • Vipin K.S. and Sitharam T.G. (2010). “Development of Site Specific Design Response Spectrum Based on Different Codal Provisions”, 14th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering, IIT Roorkee.
  • Sitharam T.G., Naveen J. and Vipin K.S. (2010). “Seismic hazard map for the state of Karnataka with local site effects: Deterministic seismic hazard analysis”, Indian Geotechnical Conference -10, Mumbai.
  • Sitharam T.G., Anitha Kumari S.D. (2010). “Stability of Tunnels - Effect of Ground Supports and Reinforcement: 3D Discrete Element Method simulation”, ISRM International Symposium 2010 and 6th Asian Rock Mechanics, New Delhi.
  • Sitharam T.G., Raji M. and Vipin K.S. (2010). “An overview of seismic design of underground structures”, Keynote Lecture, Seismic Design of Earth Structures & Foundations for High Rise buildings, IIIT, Hyderabad, 32 - 42.
  • Vinod J.S., Nagaraja S., Sitharam T.G. and Dinesh S.V. (2010). “Numerical Simulation of Geosyntheitic reinforced granular soils”, Geo-Frontiers, Dallas, USA.
  • Tsang H.H., Saman Y.S., Anbazhagan P., Neaz M.S, Sitharam T.G., Vinod. J. S. (2010). “An Alternative Method for Probabilistic Seismic-Hazard Assessment: A Case Study of Three Cities”, Proceedings of Fifth International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, San Diego, California. Paper No.6.07b: P-10.
  • Tsang H.H., Yaghmaei-Sabegh S., Anbazhagan P., Sheikh N., Sitharam T.G. and Vinod J.S. (2010). “An alternate method for probabilistic seismic hazard assessment: A case study of three cities”, Fifth International Conference On Recent Advances In Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering And Soil Dynamics and symposium In Honor Of Professor I. M. Idriss, San Diego, Ca – pp No. 6.07b , 1-4.
  • Sitharam T.G., Anbazhagan P. and Vipin K.S. (2010). “Principles and Practices of Seismic Microzonation: Case Studies in India”, The Fifth International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, San-Diego, Other Special Presentation - 10.
  • Sitharam T.G., Ravishankar B.V. and Vinod J.S. (2010). “A Note on the Effect of Non Plastic Fines on the Liquefaction and Reconsolidation Volumetric Strain Behaviour of Sands”, Fifth International Conference On Recent Advances In Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering And Soil Dynamics and symposium In Honor Of Professor I. M. Idriss, San Diego, Ca – pp No. 4.02a, pp. 1-4.

    • 2009

  • Anbazhagan P., Sharan Basavaraj, Premalatha K.V. and Sitharam T.G. (2009). “Liquefaction Hazard Mapping of Chennai Using SPT Data”, Proceedings of International Conference on Infrastructure Development on Expansive Soils, Index-09, 247-256.
  • Anitha Kumari S.D. and Sitharam T.G. (2009). “Prediction of Undrained Triaxial Test Results From Drained Tests: Discrete Element Simulations Using PFC3D”, Geotide, Indian Geotechnical Conference, Guntur 2009, 642-644.
  • Ramulu M., Sitharam T.G. and Chakraborty A. (2009). “Rock mass damage assessment due to repeated blast vibrations due to open cut blasting on underground granite rock mass at a hydroelectric construction project”, 5th World Conference on Explosives & Blasting, European Federation of Explosives Engineers, (Editors. Moser P. et al), 26-28 April, 15-25
  • Ramulu M., Sitharam T.G., Choudhury P.B., Raina A.K. and Chakraborty A. K. (2009). “Effect of repeated blast loading on damage characteristics of tunnels in weak rockmass-a case study”, Rock Characterization Modelling and Engg. Design Methods, (Editors. Hudson, J.A. et al) SINOROCK- 2009, ISRM Symposium, University of Hong Kong, 19-22 May, 847-852
  • Ramulu M., Sitharam T.G., Choudhury P.B., Raina A.K. and Chakraborty A.K. (2009). “Effect of joint orientations on rock mass damage at a penstock tunnel subjected to repeated blast vibrations – a case study”, International Symposium on Rock Fragmentation and blasting, Technical University of Madrid, Granada, Spain, pp.521-527
  • Ramulu M., Sitharam T.G., Raina A.K., Choudhury P.B. and Chakraborty A.K. (2009). “Effect of joint orientations on damage intensity of jointed rock mass subjected to repeated blast vibrations at an hydroelectric power project -a case study”, International Symposium on Rock Mechanics and Geoenvironment in Mining and Allied Industries, (Editors. Sharma, S.K. et al) IT-BHU, Varanasi, 281-292
  • Sireesh S., Pradhan S., Sitharam T.G. and Puppala A.J. (2009). “Performance Improvement of Railroads over Soft Subgrades with Geocell Reinforcement”, Proceedings of the 8th International conference on Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields, June 29th – July 2nd, Urbana, Champaign, USA.
  • Sitharam T.G. and Vipin K.S. (2009). “Deterministic and Probabilistic Assessment of Seismic Soil Liquefaction Triggering Based on Geotechnical In-Situ Test Data”, Indian Geotechnical Conference-09, Guntur, (Plenary Lecture).
  • Anbazhagan P. and Sitharam T.G. (2008). “Application of Multichannel Analysis of Surface Wave survey in Geotechnical Engineering problems”, Proceedings of 6th Asian Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference, 291-300.
  • Anbazhagan P. and Sitharam T.G. (2008). “Seismic Microzonation of Bangalore - Preliminary Maps”, Invited lecture in Indo-Japan Theme Meeting and Workshop (IJTM-2008) on Disaster Risk Reduction, CPRI, Bangalore, V. p-12.
  • Anbazhagan P. and Sitharam T.G. (2008). “Site Characterization of Bangalore using Geophysical Method”, 3rd International Conference on Site Characterization, Taipei, Taiwan, 4-7April 2008, 793-798.
  • Anbazhagan P., Narendara Kumar J.N, and Sitharam T.G. (2008). “Seismic Hazard and Microzonation Studies using Geographic Information System - A Case Study of Bangalore city”, CD proceedings, Ninth ESRI India User Conference, 22-23 January 2008, 6.
  • Dash H.K. and Sitharam T.G. (2008). “Effect of Non-plastic Fines on Pore Pressure Generation of Sandy Soils” Published in IGC2008.
  • Narendara Kumar J.N., Anbazhagan P. and Sitharam T.G. (2008). “GIS Integration for Microzonation Hazard Mapping -A Case Study of Bangalore City, India”, Map Asia 2008, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 36, 1-10.
  • Ramulu M., Chakraborty A.K. and Sitharam T.G. (2008). “Effect of repeated blast loading on jointed rock mass at a hydroelectric construction project”, Indian Geotechnical Conference, Bangalore, pp.260-264
  • Ravishankar B.V, Vinod J.S. and Sitharam, T.G. (2008). “Reconsolidation volumetric strains characteristics of liquefied sands”, Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC-08), Bangalore, India, December 2008, Vol.2, pp. 456-459.
  • Sireesh S., Pradhan S. and Sitharam T.G. (2008). “Behavior of Geocell Reinforced Railroads over Soft Subgrades”, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference 2008 (IGC-08), Bangalore, India, December 17-19.
  • Sitharam T.G. and Anbazhagan P. (2008). “Site Characterization Using Geotechnical and Geophysical Techniques for Seismic Microzonation of Urban Areas”, Key note Lectures, International Conference Development of Urban Areas and Geotechnical Engineering, on June 16-19, 2008 in Saint Petersburg, Vol 1, 131-147.
  • Sitharam T.G. and Samui P. (2008). “Intelligent models applied to CPT seismic liquefaction data”, Conference on Challenges and Applications of Mathematical Modeling Techniques in Building Science and Technology, CBRI, Roorkee, 1-5.
  • Sitharam T.G. and Samui P. (2008). “Three dimensional site characterization models using support vectore machine and ordinary kriging”, 3rd International Conference on Site Characterization, China, 1-6.
  • Vipin K.S. and Sitharam T.G. and Anbazhagan P. (2008). “Liquefaction evaluation using spt data based on Probabilistic approaches”, Indian Geotechnical Conference-08, Bangalore, 2, 444 - 447.
  • Sitharam T.G., Ganesha Raj K., Vipin K.S. and Anbazhagan P. (2008). “Use of Remote Sensing Data and Past Earthquake Events for Deterministic Seismic Hazard Analysis of Bangalore”, Proceedings of the 24th Annual In-house Symposium on Space Science and Technology, 30-31 January2008, IISc, Bangalore, 119-124.

    • 2007

  • Anbazhagan P. and Sitharam T.G. (2007). “Microzonation Studies in India: Experiments and Experiences”, Special Invited Speech, Proceeding the 4th International Conference on Disaster prevention and Rehabilitation, Semarang-Central Java-Indonesia, 10-11 September 2007, Page 35-51.
  • Anbazhagan P., Sitharam T.G. and Divya C. (2007). “Site Response Analyses based on Site Specific Soil Properties using Geotechnical and Geophysical tests: Correlations between Vs30, Gmax and N60”, 4th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Thessaloniki, GREECE. P ID-1286.
  • Anbazhagan P., Sitharam T.G., Sivakumar Babu G.L. and Moore Ramulu (2007). “Evaluation of Response of Motion Simulator Foundations and Vibration Sensitivity Analysis for a Passive Source”, Sixth International Conference on Earthquake Resistant Engineering Structures, (ERES 2007), 11 - 13 June, 2007, Bologna, Italy, 6.
  • Anbazhagan P., Vinod J.S. and Sitharam T.G. (2007). “Probabilistic seismic hazard analysis considering local site effects”, Workshop on Microzonation, 26th – 27th June 2007, Indian Institute of science, Bangalore, pp. 122 -139.
  • Maji V.B. and Sitharam T.G. (2007). “Neural Network Prediction of Elastic Properties of Jointed Rocks”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Civil Engineering in the New Millennium: Opportunities and Challenges (CENeM-2007), 11-14 January 2007, Department of Civil Engineering, Bengal Engineering and Science University, Kolkata, Paper no. GT 22: 6 pages.
  • Sireesh S., Sitharam T.G. and Anand J. Puppala (2007). “Some studies on reinforced soft clay foundations”. Proceedings of First Indian Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference (FIYGEC-07), 2-3 March, Hyderabad. pp 187- 193.
  • Sireesh S., Sujit Kumar Dash, Sitharam T.G. and Anand J. Puppala (2007). “Geocell reinforced sand mattress spanning over an underground circular void in soft clays: Model studies” In the proceedings of 13th Asian Regional Conference of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. 10-14, December 2007, Kolkata, India.
  • Sitharam T.G. and Anbazhagan P. (2007). “Microzonation of Earthquake Hazard:Indian Experiences”, Invited Key note Lecture, Emerging Trends in Civil Engineering (ETCE-2007), Maralur, Tumkur, India.
  • Sitharam T.G. and Anbazhagan P. (2007). “Seismic hazard analysis with site effects for Bangalore”, Invited Key note Paper, 13th Asian Regional Conference on. Soil Mechanics & Geotechnical. Engineering (13th ARC-2007). Kolkata. December 10-14, 2007, India, P-17.
  • Sitharam T.G. and Anbazhagan P. (2007). “Seismic Microzonation of Bangalore”, Proceedings of Workshop on Microzonation, IISc, Bangalore, 44-75.
  • Sitharam T.G. and Anbazhagan P. (2007). “Seismic Site Characterization Using Geotechnical and Geophysical Techniques”, Invited lecture, International Workshop on Earthquake Hazards and Mitigations (EHAM-2007), 7-8 December, 2007 Guwahati, India PP 85-87.
  • Sitharam T.G. and Maji V.B. (2007). “An Equivalent Non-Linear Constitutive Model for Jointed Rock mass: Sensitivity Analysis”, International Workshop on Constitutive Modelling -Development, Implementation, Evaluation, and Application, (CEMODEL-2007) Hong Kong, China,12 and 13 January 2007 page 447-452.
  • Sitharam T.G. and Maji V.B. (2007). “Slope stability analysis of a large slope in rock mass: A case study”, 11th Congress of the International Society for Rock Mechanics, Lisbon, Portugal, 9-13 July. Tailor and Francis Group, LondonPp-1185-88.
  • Sitharam T.G. and Samui P. (2007). “Artificial neural network and support vector machine models for evaluating spatial variability of SPT data”, NUMOG X, Vol. 1, pp. 653-658.
  • Sitharam T.G. and Samui P. (2007). “Spatial variability of SPT data using ordinary and disjunctive kriging”, ISGSR-2007, Vol.1, paper no-1-3.
  • Sitharam T.G. and Samui P. (2007). “Support Vector Machine for Evaluating Seismic Liquefaction Potential Using Shear Wave Velocity”, A Workshop on Microzonation, 2007, Indian institute of Science, Bangalore, pp.163-175.
  • Sitharam T.G. and Samui P. (2007). “Three dimensional site characterization models using ANN and ANFIS”, Proceedings of FIYGEC-2007, JNTU Hyderabad, Vol. 1, pp.66-71.
  • Sitharam T.G. and Samui P. (2007). “Three-Dimensional Site Characterization Model Using Artificial Neural Network”, 13th ARC, Vol. 1, 1125-1129.
  • Sitharam T.G., Ganesha Raj K., Anbazhagan P. and Mahesh G.U. (2007). “Use of Remote Sensing Data and Past Earthquake Events for Deterministic Seismic Hazard Analysis of Bangalore”, Conference on Advances in Space Science and Technology (CASST2007), 29-31 January2007, IISc, Bangalore, 290-297.
  • Sitharam T.G., Ravishankar B.V. and Vinod J.S. (2007). “Post liquefaction undrained monotonic strength of sands”, 13th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 10th – 14th December 2007, Kolkata.
  • Sitharam T.G., Vinod J.S. and Ravishankar B.V. (2007). “Influence of initial anisotropy on liquefaction behaviour of granular materials using DEM”, Mineral Engineering Conference, Discrete Element Method 07, Brisbane, Australia.(in CR –R).
  • Vinod J.S., Sharat Nagaraja and Sitharam T.G. (2007). “Numerical simulation of reinforced granular beds using DEM”, Proceeding of First Indian Young Geotechnical Engineers conference, FIYGEC, 2- 3 March, Hyderabad, 84 -88.

    • 2006

  • Anbazhagan P. and Sitharam T.G. (2006). “Evaluations of Dynamic Properties and Ground Profiling Using MASW: Correlation between Vs and N60”, 13th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering, Roorkee, India, PP 390-400.
  • Anbazhagan P. and Sitharam T.G. (2006). “Seismic Microzonation of Urban Centres and Codal Provisions Lecture -Design and Construction of Earthquake Resistant Structures” on 15th & 16th September 2006, INSTRUCT, Bangalore, PP F1-6.
  • Anbazhagan P., Sitharam T.G. and Divya C. (2006). “Site Amplification and Liquefaction Studies for Bangalore”, Indian Geotechnical Conference 2006, Chennai, 823-826.
  • Anbazhagan P., Sitharam T.G. and Divya C. (2006). “Site Response Analyses Based on Site Specific Soil Properties Using Geotechnical and Geophysical Tests”, First European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology –Geneva, extended abstract.
  • Maji V.B. and Sitharam T.G. (2006). “Three Dimensional Analysis of Shiobara Power Cavern, Japan Using Nonlinear Hyperbolic Model”, Proceedings of the 4th Asian Rock Mechanics Symposium (ARMS 2006), 8-10 November 2006 Singapore, Paper no. 0066.
  • Sireesh S. and Sitharam T.G. (2006). “Strain variation in basal geogrid in geocell reinforced sand beds”, Proc. of National Conference on Corrective Engineering Practices in Troublesome Soils (CONCEPTS-’06), 8th & 9th July 2006, Kakinada, India. Theme No. 5, pp. 161-165.
  • Sireesh S., Sitharam T.G., Sujit Kumar Dash and Srilakshmi G. (2006). “Influence of footing size on behaviour of geocell reinforced sand foundations”, Proc. of Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC-06), Geoindex, due to held on 14-16 December 2006, Chennai, India. Vol. 2. pp 519-592.
  • Sitharam T.G. and Anbazhagan, P. (2006). “Seismic hazard analysis and preliminary microzonation of Bangalore city”, Keynote lecture, National conference on role of civil engineers in disaster management and mitigation, Feb 2-4, 2006, Bangalore, 20.-22.
  • Sitharam T.G. and Anbazhagan P. (2006). “Measurements of Dynamic Properties and Soil Profiling Using Multichannel Analysis of Surface Waves”, Invited Keynote in 4th Karl Terzaghi Memorial Workshops, Oct-07, 2006, Madgaon, Goa, P-6.
  • Sitharam T.G. and Anbazhagan P. (2006). “Seismic Hazard Analysis and Preliminary Microzonation of Bangalore City”, Key Note Lecture, workshop on Disaster Management and Mitigations, BMS Bangalore, 1-8.
  • Sitharam T.G. and Anbazhagan P. (2006). “Seismic Vulnerability of Bangalore City”, Invited Paper, Indo-Norwegian Workshop at New Delhi, 18&19, March 2006, SHRA-12, 1-9.
  • Sitharam T.G. and Anbazhagan P. (2006). “Seismicity of Peninsular India and A Case Study of Microzonation and Site Response for Bangalore”, Invited Technical Lecture on Students Project Programme (SPP), Karnataka State council of Science and Technology, Gulbarga.
  • Sitharam T.G. and Maji V.B. (2006). “Numerical Modelling of Jointed Rock Mass: A Practical Equivalent Continuum Model”, Proceedings of the 4th Asian Rock Mechanics Symposium (ARMS 2006), 8-10 November 2006 Singapore, Paper no.0065.
  • Sitharam T.G. and Samui P. (2006). “Comparison of CPT, SPT and MASW in situ tests”, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference-2006, IIT Chennai, pp. 913-917.
  • Sitharam T.G. and Vinod J.S. (2006). “Influence of stress path on the dynamic properties of granular materials”, Proceeding of International Workshop on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur, Howrah, West Bengal, pp.35- 42.
  • Sitharam T.G., Anbazhagan P. and Ganesha Raj K. (2006). “Deterministic Seismic Hazard Analysis and Estimation of PHA for Bangalore City”, International Conference on Earthquake Engineering, - 8&9 Sep-2006, Pakistan, (1-8).
  • Sitharam T.G., Anbazhagan P. and Govinda Raju L. (2006). “Seismic Response of Soils and a Case Study of Site Specific Ground Response Analysis”, Invited Paper, Indian Geotechnical Conference 2006, Chennai, 209-216.
  • Sitharam T.G., Anbazhagan P. and Kusala Rajendran, (2006). “Assessing the Seismic Hazard of the Stable Shield regions: An example of Bangalore”, extended abstract, First India Disaster Management Congress -Thematic Group on Earthquakes, Delhi.
  • Sitharam T.G., Srilakshmi G. and Sireesh S. (2006). “Numerical Simulation of Geocell Reinforced Sand Beds using FLAC3D”, Proc of 4th International FLAC Symposium on Numerical Modeling in Geomechanics – 2006 – Hart & Varona (eds.) Paper: 05-04, © 2006 Itasca Consulting Group, Inc., Minneapolis, ISBN 0-9767577-0-2.
  • Sitharam T.G., Vinod J.S. and Ravishankar B.V. (2006). “Liquefaction and post liquefaction behaviour of granular materials”, Keynote Lecture, International Symposium on Geomechanics and Geotechnics of Particulate Media, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan, pp. 1-10.
  • Sudhish Kumar B., Sitharam T.G. and Anbazhagan P. (2006). “Development of Theoretical Dispersion curves and Comparison with Multichannel Analysis of Surface Waves (MASW)”, 13th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering, Roorkee, India, 359-368.

    • 2005

  • Dash S.K., Sireesh S., Sitharam T.G. and Vinod J.S. (2005). “Improvement of bearing capacity of layered soil beds using geocell reinforcement”, Proceedings of the All India Seminar on Advances in Geotechnical Engineering, Rourkela, January, pp.71-77 (won best paper award).
  • Ravishankar B.V., Sitharam T.G and Govinda Raju L. (2005). “Dynamic Properties of Ahmedabad Sands at Large Strains”, Proc. Indian Geotechnical Conference-2005, Ahmedabad, India, Vol. 1, 369-372.
  • Sireesh S., Sitharam T.G. and Sujit Kumar Dash (2005). “Load tests on geocell reinforced soft clay foundations”, Proc. of Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC-05), 17-19 December, Ahmadabad, India. Vol. 2, pp 261-264.
  • Sitharam T.G. (2005). “Reinforced earth / soil nailed retaining walls for placing structures on slopes for the proposed iron ore project on lateritic soils”, Invited lecture, The Third Karl Terzaghi Memorial workshop, Madgoan, Goa, October 7, 2005, pp. 101-107.
  • Sitharam T.G. and Maji V.B. (2005). “Numerical Modeling of Jointed Rock Mass and Simulation of Excavations for large underground openings”, National symposium on Prediction Methods in Geotechnical Engineering, Geopredict-2005, June 3, 2005. IIT-Madras, Chennai, India, 51-55 (invited Keynote lecture).
  • Sitharam T.G., Samui P. and Jatinder Singh (2005). “Development of piezovibrocone and calibration chamber: advances in CPT and in-situ testing”, IGC, India, 179-182.
  • Sitharam T.G., Samui P. and Shyam Sundar P. (2005). “Three dimensional site characterization for Bangalore city using Neural Network approach”, Proceedings of National Conference on Case studies in Geotechnical Engineering, GEOPRACTICE, IISc-Bangalore, 147-152.
  • Sitharam T.G., Samui P. and Singh Jatinder (2005). “Development of piezovibrocone and calibration chamber: advances in CPT and in-situ testing”, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference-2005, Vol I, Ahmedabad. pp. 179-182.
  • Sitharam T.G. and Subba Rao K.S. (2005). “A case study of slope failure of an ash dyke”, Proceedings of National Conference on Case studies in Geotechnical Engineering, GEOPRACTICE, IISc-Bangalore, 363-366.
  • Sitharam T.G., Vinod J.S. and Rothenburg L. (2005). “Shear behavior of glass beads”, International conference micromechanics of granular media, Powder and Grains, 2005, University of Stuttgart, Germany, pp 257-260.
  • Sitharam T.G., Maji V.B. and Verma A.K. (2005). “Equivalent Continuum Analyses of Jointed Rock Mass”, 40th US – Rock Mechanics Symposium ALASKA ROCKS , 25th-29th June 2005 Anchorage, Alaska, USA, paper no. 05-776 (CDROM).
  • Sitharam T.G., Anbazhagan P., Mahesh G.U., Bharathi K. and Nischala Reddy P. (2005). “Seismic Hazard Studies Using Geotechnical Borehole Data and GIS”, Symposium on Seismic Hazard Analysis and Microzonation, September 23-24, 2005, Roorkee, 341-358.
  • Sitharam T.G., Ravishankar B.V. and GovindaRaju L. (2005). “Deformation characteristics of sandy soils subjected to cyclic loads”, 16th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering , Osaka, Japan, 2707-2710.

    • 2004

  • 335. Dinesh S.V., Sitharam T.G. and Srinivasa Murthy B.R. (2004). “Effect of Initial Anisotropy on Shear Behavior of Granular Materials using Discrete Element Method”, National Symposium on Advances in Geotechnical Engineering (NSAGE 2004), July 2004, Bangalore, Paper 10, part II, Theme 2, pp.247-251.
  • 336. Madhavi Latha G. and Sitharam T.G. (2004). “Comparison of Failure Criteria for Jointed Rock Masses”, Int. J. Rock Mech. and Min. Sciences, Vol 41, No. 3, paper 2B08, 456.
  • 337. Madhavi Latha G. and Sitharam T.G. (2004). “Equivalent continuum simulation of excavations in Numerical Models in Geomechanics” - NUMOG IX, Pande & Pietruszczak (eds.), Balkema Publishers, 461-465.
  • 338. Madhavi Latha G. and Sitharam T.G. (2004). “Prediction of elastic properties of jointed rocks using neural networks”, Proceedings of EUROCK 2004 & 53rd Geomechanics Colloquium, Schubert, Austria, August 2004, 132-140.
  • 339. Madhavi Latha, G. and Sitharam T.G. (2004). “Modelling rock masses using joint factor”, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference IGC-2004, NIT Warangal, Ground Engineering and Emerging Techniques, Vol 2, 118-121.
  • 340. Mahesh G.U., Shamanth Kuchangi, Sitharam T.G., Sudharshan M.S. and NarasimhaRaju P.S.R. (2004). “GIS based subsurface map of Bangalore”, National Symposium on Advances in Geotechnical Engineering (NSAGE 2004), July 2004, Bangalore, Paper 8, part II, Theme 2, 6.
  • 341. Sitharam T.G., Sireesh S. and Vinod J.S. (2004). “Bearing capacity of embedded circular footing on geogrid reinforced sand beds”, Proc of International E-conference on Modern trends in foundation engineering – Geotechnical challenges and solutions. CDROM, Theme 3(6), January 26 – 30, 2004. Online: http://www.ecfg.iitm.ac.in.
  • 342. Sitharam T.G. and Vinod J.S. (2004). “Numerical and Physical modeling of Geotechnical Materials”, Keynote Lecture, Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC-04), Warangal, India, December 2004, Vol 2, 51-58.
  • 343. Sitharam T.G., Viswanatha C.S., Sudharshan M.S., Narasimharaju P.S.R., Shamanth K. and Mahesh G.U. (2004). “Subsurface geotechnical characterization of Bangalore city using 3-D analyst in GIS”, New technologies for Urban Safety of Mega cities in Asia, October 18-19, 2004, Agra, India, paper no. 33, 159-166.
  • 344. Sitharam T.G., Govinda Raju L., Ravishankar B.V. and Srinivasa Murthy B.R. (2004). “Characteristics of Liquefied Silty Sands from Meizoseismal Region of Shillong Plateau, Assam in India”, 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Vancouver, paper number 2375, 14. (CDROM).
  • 345. Sitharam T.G., Mahesh G.U., Shamanth Kuchangi, Sudharshan M.S. and NarasimhaRaju P.S.R. (2004). “Geotechnical site characterization in 3-D for Bangalore city using GIS”, Indian Geotechnical Conference-2004, Warangal, AP, Ground Engineering and Emerging Techniques, Vol 1, 33-36.
  • 346. Sitharam T.G., Ravishankar B.V. and Muralikrishna A. (2004). “Settlement of Dry Sands from Ahmedabad, India, during Bhuj earthquake”, Proceedings, 11th International conference on Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Vol. II, 208-213.

    • 2003

  • Dinesh S.V. and Sitharam T.G. (2003). “Discrete element simulation of liquefaction behaviour of granular soils under cyclic loading”, Proc. Of the workshop on current practices and future trends in EGE, 23-024 Dec 2003, 99-108.
  • Govinda Raju L. and Sitharam T.G. (2003). “Ground Response Studies in Ahmedabad During Bhuj Earthquake”, Proceedings, Workshop on Current Practices and Future trends in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Bangalore, 33-42.
  • Shailendra Kumar and Sitharam T.G. (2003). “Three-Dimensional Numerical Simulation of a Tunnel: A Rock-Support Interaction Analysis”, Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference, Roorkee, pp. 483 – 487.
  • Sireesh S., Sitharam T.G., Vinod J.S. and Dash S.K. (2003). “Behaviour of circular footing supported on geocell reinforced sand underlain by soft clay”, Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC-03), Roorkee, India. Vol 1. pp 355 – 358 (won the best paper award).
  • Sitharam T.G. (2003). “Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering: an Overview”, Proceedings, Workshop on Current Practices and Future Trends in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Bangalore, 1-8.
  • Sitharam T.G. (2003). “Sand Bridging Theory and Modeling of Solids Production”, Two day conference on Sand Control & Management A Holistic Approach, on 20th and 21st August 2003, Kuala Lumpur, 20 (Invited paper).
  • Sitharam T.G. and Govinda Raju L. (2003). “Evaluation of Dynamic Properties of Sandy Soils at Large Strain Levels”, Proceedings, Work shop on Current Practices and Future trends in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Bangalore, pp.53-60.
  • Sitharam T.G. and Govinda Raju L. (2003). “Evaluation of Liquefaction Potential of Sandy Soils”, Proceedings, Workshop on Current Practices and Future Trends in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Bangalore, pp.61-68.
  • Sitharam T.G. and Ravishankar B.V. (2003). “Shaking table facility At Indian Institute of Science and effect of Shaking on Settlement Behaviour of Sand”, Proceedings, Work shop on Current Practices and Future trends in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 23-24 December, 91-98.
  • Sitharam T.G. and Sirees. S. (2003). “Seismic Bearing capacity Analysis”, Proc. of Work shop on Current Practices and Future Trends in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering. India, Bangalore, 109 – 114.
  • Sitharam T.G., Govinda Raju L. and Srinivasa Murthy B.R. (2003). “Evaluation of Dynamic Properties of Soils Using Cyclic Triaxial Testing System”, Proceedings, 12th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering, Roorkee, Vol.1, pp 369-375.
  • Sitharam T.G., Govinda Raju L., Srinivasa Murthy B.R., Ravikumar M. and Prasad S.K. (2003). “Frequency Response Analysis of Layered Ground in Ahmedabad during Bhuj Earthquake in India”, Proceedings, 12th Asian Regional conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 283-286.

    • 2002

  • Dash S.K., Sireesh S. and Sitharam T.G. (2002). “Bearing capacity of circular footing on geocell reinforced sand beds”, Proc. of Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC-02), Allahabad, India. vol. 1. pp 577 - 578.
  • Sitharam T.G. and Madhavi Latha (2002). “Equivalent continuum analysis of large cavern in jointed rock”, Proc. Of ISRM regional symposium- Advanced rock mechanics frontiers to meet the challenges of 21st century, 24-27 Sept 2002, new Delhi, V-7 to V-16.
  • Sitharam T.G. and Madhavi Latha G. (2002). “Equivalent Continuum Representations of Properties of Rock Mass Using Joint Factor”, Proceedings of 2002 ISRM Regional Symposium on Rock Engineering Problems and Approaches in Underground Construction, Seoul, Korea, Vol. I, 145-152.
  • Sitharam T.G., Dinesh S.V. and Srinivasa Murthy B.R. (2002). “Critical State Behavior of Granular Materials Using Three Dimensional Modeling”, 15th ASCE Engineering Mechanics conference, 101-108 (CD).
  • Sitharam T.G., Dinesh S.V. and Srinivasa Murthy B.R. (2002). “Interparticle Friction Effects on the Compression and Shear Behaviour of Granular Media Using Discrete Element Modeling”, Proceedings of National Symposium on Geotechnical engineering, 13-26.
  • Sitharam T.G., Govinda Raju L. and Srinivasa Murthy B.R. (2002). “Evaluation of Liquefaction Potential of Sandy Soils Close to Epicenter of Bhuj Earthquake”, Proceedings, Indian Geotechnical Conference, Allahabad, Vol. I, 637-640.

    • 2001

  • Abe T., Sawae H., Shimizu N. and Sitharam T.G. (2001). “Numerical Simulation of Tunnel Excavated in Granular Ground Using DEM”, Annual Conference, Japanese Society of Civil Engineers, Japan, pp 21-22. (In Japanese), June 2001.
  • Prasad S.K, Sitharam T.G., Chandradhara G.P. and Vijayendra K.V. (2001). “Geotechnical Aspects of Codal Provision Under Seismic Loading”, 15th International Conference in Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Istanbul, 27-31.
  • Sawae H., AbeT., Shimizu N. and Sitharam T.G. (2001). “Numerical Simulation of Loading Test of Granular Model Using DEM”, Japanese Society of Civil Engineers,Conference, Hiroshima, pp 377-378. (In Japanese), May 2001.
  • Sitharam T.G. and Dinesh S.V. (2001). “Large Displacement Analysis of Braced Cut excavation”, Proceedings, Indian Geotechnical Conference, Vol I, 551-554.
  • Sitharam T.G. and Dinesh S.V. (2001). “Monotonic Isotropic Compression and Decompression Behavior of Granular Materials using 3-D DEM”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Civil Engineering (ICCE-2001), Bangalore, 442-449.
  • Sitharam T.G. and Dinesh S.V. (2001). “Numerical Simulation of Liquefaction Behavior of Sands”, International Conference on Seismic Hazard with particular reference to Bhuj Earthquake of January 26, NewDelhi, 43-48.
  • Sitharam T.G. and Dinesh S.V. (2001). “Numerical Simulations of Granular Materials using Three Dimensional Discrete Element Modeling”, Symposium L, Modeling Materials and its Applications in Advanced Technologies, Proceedings of International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies, Singapore, 121-124.
  • Sitharam T.G., Dinesh S.V. and Norikazu Shimizu (2001). “Phase Transformation Behavior in Granular Materials using DEM”, 4th International Conference on Micromechanics of Granular media, Powders and Grains 2001, Sendai, Japan, 21-25th, May 2001, 241-245
  • Sitharam T.G., Govinda Raju L. and Srinivasa Murthy B.R. (2001). “Geotechnical Observations of the Damages to Dams during Bhuj Earthquake”, Proceedings, Indian Geotechnical Conference, Indore , Vol 1, 323-326.
  • Sridevi Jade and Sitharam T.G. (2001). “Finite Element Analysis of Large-Scale Cavern in Jointed Rock Mass using Simple Equivalent Continuum Approach”, National Workshop on application of Rock Engineering in Nation's Development, Roorkee, 191-202.
  • Sitharam T.G., Sridevi Jade and Shimizu N. (2001). “Equivalent Continuum Analysis of a Cavern for Shiobara Power Station - A case study”, Proceedings of JSCE Annual Conference, Sendai, Japan, Vol.III-2/2, pp 2, September 2001.
  • Sitharam T.G., Srinivasa Murthy B.R. and Aravind Kolge (2001). “A Post- Mortem of the Collapse of Structures in Ahmedabad During the Bhuj Earthquake”, Proceedings Indian Geotechnical Conference, Vol:I, 344-347.
  • Sitharam T.G., Madhavi Latha G., Saurabh P. and Amit P. (2001). “Predicted Behaviour of Kiirunavaara Mine Using Equivalent Continuum Model for Jointed Rocks”, International Workshop on Rock Mechanics and Tunneling Techniques, Kathmandu, 170-178.

    • 2000

  • Sitharam T.G. and Shimizu N. (2000). “Micromechanical Modelling of Granular Materials Using Discrete Element Method: Applications to geotechnical engineering”, Geotech Year 2000 Conference, Bangkok, November 27-30, 2000, 17-24.
  • Sitharam T.G. and Shimizu N. (2000). “Micromechnical Modeling of Granular Materials Under Monotonic Loading: Numerical Simulation Using Discrete Element Method”, Proceedings of 14th Engineering Mechanics Conference, ASCE, Austin, 21-24, May 2000, Texas, P.96 (CDROM).
  • Sitharam T.G. and Shimizu N. (2000). “Simulations of Hydrofracture in Soils Using a Fluid Flow Coupled Discrete Element Model”, Proceedings of 35th Japan National conference on Geotechnical engineering, Gifu, Japan, June 2000, Vol.1, 79-80.
  • Tatsuya A., Sitharam T.G. and Shimizu N. (2000). “Modeling the Behaviour of Shallow Tunnel due to Ground Surface Excavation Using FLAC”, Proceedings of the 52nd Annual conference of Japan Society of Civil Engineering, Chugoku Region, Hiroshima, June 3rd 2000, Vol.III-49, 369-370. (In Japanese).
  • Sitharam T.G., Dinesh S.V. and Chantawarangul K. (2000). “Simulation of Monotonic Compression Behavior of Granular Media Using 3-Dimensional DEM”, Proceedings of the International symposium on lowland Technology, Saga University, Saga, Japan, October 4-6, 2000, pp 299- 306.

    • 1999

  • Rajashree S.S. and Sitharam T.G. (1999). “Nonlinear cyclic load analysis for lateral response of batter piles in soft clays with a rigorous degradation model”, Proc. International Conf. on Offshore & Nearshore Geotechnical Engg., GEOSHORE-99, New Delhi, 309-314.
  • Sridevi Jade and Sitharam T.G. (1999). “Finite element modeling of jointed rock mass”, Proceedings of ROCKSITE-99, Bangalore, 375-380.
  • Sitharam T.G., Susan Kurien and Nagendra Prasad K. (1999). “Shear strength and volume change behavior of aggregates using big size box shear apparatus”, Indian Geotechnical Conference, Calcutta, Vol. 1, 307-310.

    • 1998

  • Rajashree S. and Sitharam T.G. (1998). “Lateral Response of batter piles- A study using finite element method”, Indian Geotechnical conference 1998, New Delhi, 171-174.
  • Sitharam T.G. (1998). “Constitutive modeling of geomaterials including discrete and micromechanical theories”, Indian Geotechnical Conference, Vol.2, 59-64.
  • Sitharam T.G. (1998). “Environmental Aspects Related to Fiber Reinforced Composites Including Waste Disposal: Status and Options”, Invited lecture for International Demonstration-Cum-Training Workshop on Design and Development of Fiber Reinforced Composites, Bangalore, 1998, L11.1 to L-11.4.
  • Sitharam T.G. (1998). “Soil reinforcement interaction analysis in reinforced soil beds”, Invited paper, Proceedings of the national Workshop on reinforcement of Ground and Slopes, Kanpur, 110-119.
  • Sitharam T.G. and Mallikarjuna Rao (1998). “Infinite elements for geomechanics problems”, South East Asian Geotechnical Conference, SEAGC13, Taipei, Taiwan, 819-823.
  • Sitharam T.G. and Vijaya Kumar (1998). “Non-linear analysis of unbounded geomechanics problems using finite and infinite elements”, International conference on theoretical, applied, computational and experimental mechanics (ICTACEM-98), Kharagpur, paper no 48, Vol. 1 (available in CD-ROM).
  • Sitharam T.G., Nagaraja Rao P.V. and Vatsala A. (1998). “A closer-look at liquefaction of sands using discrete element method”, Proc. Eleventh Symp. On Earthquake Engineering, Roorkee, 317-324.
  • Vatsala A., Nagendra Prasad K., Srinivasa Murthy B.R. and Sitharam T.G. (1998). “A rational approach for modeling bonded soils”, 2nd International Symposium on Hard Soils and Soft Rocks, Italy, pp. 923-928.
  • Vaziri H.H., Sitharam T.G. and Phillips R. (1998). “Investigation of sand production Mechanisms resulting in enhanced cold production”, ISSMFE, Centrifuge 98, Tokyo, Balkema, 875-880.
  • Vaziri H.H., Sitharam T.G. and Phillips R. (1998). ”Centrifuge tests to identify the mode of sand production and its effect on production”, Proceedings of North American Rock Mechanics Symposium, Mexico, CAN-730, Paper no. 075, (full paper on CD-ROM).
  • Sitharam T.G., Vatsala A. and Nagaraja Rao P.V. (1998). “Cyclic behavior of cohesionless soils: A particulate mechanics Approach using DEM”, 12th Engineering Mechanics Conference, Engineering mechanics: A force for the 21st century, An ASCE Specialty Conference, LaJolla, CA, USA, Session 2-L.
  • Sitharam T.G., Yamini Reddy and Susan Kurien (1998). “Role of contact friction on the mechanical behavior of granular materials - using discrete element modeling”, ICTACEM, Kharagpur, paper no.42, Vol. 1 (available in CD-ROM).

    • 1997

  • Nagendra Prasad K., Sitharam T.G. and Shajahan M. (1997). “Effect of inorganic chemicals found in tanning industrial wastes on behavior of a natural clay”, International Conf. on Industrial Pollution and Control Technologies, Hyderabad, Vol.1, 6.
  • Raghavendra H.B., Sitharam T.G. and Srinivasa Murthy B.R. (1997). “Implementation and effect of interface element in nonlinear finite element method”, Indian Geotechnical conference, Vol. 1, Vadodara, Section 3-6, 169 –172.
  • Sitharam T.G. and Sucharita P. (1997). “Numerical simulation of granular media under monotonic loading: A discrete element approach”, Indian Geotechnical conference, Vol. 1, Vadodara, 157-160.
  • Sitharam T.G., Nagaraj T.S. and Prakash Yaligar (1997). “A Generalized approach for assessment of strength and compressibility of rockfill material”, Proceedings of 14th ICSMFE, Hamburg, 413-416.
  • Sivapullaiah P.V. and Sitharam T.G. (1997). “Stability of landfills- An implication of soil-waste interaction on shear strength”, Second International R & D conference, WATER & ENERGY, Vadodara, 425-431.
  • Srinivasa Murthy B.R., Vatsala A., Sitharam T.G. and Nagendra Prasad K. (1997). “Prediction of extension test results of soft cemented clays with a simple constitutive model”, Ninth International conference on computer methods and advances in geomechanics, Wuan, China, 947-952.

    • 1996

  • Nagendra Prasad K., Srinivasa Murthy B.R., Sitharam T.G. and Vatsala A. (1996). “Strain softening behavior of sensitive clays”, Proceedings of Indian geotechnical Conference, Madras, pp. 150-153.
  • Nagendra Prasad K., Srinivasa Murthy B.R., Sitharam T.G. and Vatsala A. (1996). “A constitutive model for naturally cemented geomaterials”, APCOM – 96, Paper no 568, Proceedings of Asian Pacific Symposium on Computational Methods, Seoul, Korea, pp. 383-388.
  • Nagendra Prasad K., Srinivasa Murthy B.R., Sitharam T.G. and Vatsala A. (1996). “A simple approach to constitutive behavior of cemented geo materials”, 19th Int. Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, (ICTAM), Kyota, (abstract), pp. 4.
  • Sitharam T.G. (1996). “Discrete element modeling for Civil Engineers”, Proceedings of the National symposium on Recent Advances in Civil Engineering, Tirupati, Invited paper, 41-52.
  • Sitharam T.G. (1996). “Reinforced earth applications and Benefits”, Proceedings of the National symposium on Recent Advances in Civil Engineering, Tirupati, India, p 10, pp.109-118.
  • Sitharam T.G. and Sivapullaiah P.V. (1996). “Consolidation Behavior of Clays with Organic Fluids”, 3rd International Symposium on Environmental Geotechnology, California, Vol. 2, pp. 8.
  • Sridevi Jade and Sitharam T.G. (1996). “Numerical stress analysis of rock as continuum and discontinuum”, Proceedings of Indian geotechnical Conference, Madras, 601-604.
  • Sitharam T.G., Srinivasa Murthy B.R. and Raghavendra H.B. (1996), “Tensile force distribution along the reinforcement for reinforced soil foundations”, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Earth Reinforcement, Fukuoka, 681-684.

    • 1995

  • Sitharam T.G. and Nimbkar M.S. (1995). “Discrete element modeling approach for understanding the compaction behavior of granular materials”, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference, Bangalore, Vol.1,153-156.
  • Sitharam T.G. and Nimbkar M.S. (1995). “Microstructure and contact force distribution in Granular media during compaction”, Water & Energy 2001, International R&D Conference, New Delhi, Vol.1, pp.345-355.
  • Sitharam T.G. and Nimbkar M.S. (1995). “Numerical simulation of biaxial tests on particulate media using Discrete Element Method”, 40th ISTAM Congress, Paper no.107, 53-66.
  • Sitharam T.G. and Raghavendra H.B. (1995). “Nonlinear analysis of reinforced soil beds using finite element method”, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference, Bangalore, Vol.1, 19-122.
  • Srinivasa Murthy B.R., Sitharam T.G. and Raghavendra H.B. (1995). “Analysis and Design of reinforcing unpaved roads as a two-layered soil system”, National Seminar on Emerging Trends in Highway Engineering, Bangalore, 8.1-8.13.
  • Sitharam T.G., Sivapullaiah P.V. and Subba Rao K.S. (1995). “Shrinkage Behavior of Compacted Unsaturated Soils”, Proceedings of 1st International Conference on Unsaturated Soils, UNSAT'95, Paris, 195-200.

    • 1994

  • Sitharam T.G., Holder J. and Gray K.E. (1994). “Stability of sand arches and sand production mechanisms around the wellbore”, EUROCK, 94. Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands.

    • 1993

  • Holder J., Morita N., Kenrick A.J., Sitharam T.G. and Gray K.E. (1993). “Measurements of effective fracture toughness values for hydraulic fracture - dependence on pressure and fluid rheology”, SPE 1993 Productions Operations Symposium, Oklahoma, SPE 25491, pp.761-770.
  • Holder J., Sitharam T.G. and Gray K.E. (1993). “Static and dynamic moduli and relative permeability variations during air/water flow in shaley sandstone”, 34th U.S. Symposium on Rock Mechanics, Madison, Wisconsin.
  • Sitharam T.G. and Gray K.E. (1993). “Discrete particle modeling for analysis of borehole stability: Applications in petroleum geomechanics”, First Canadian Symposium on Numerical Modeling Applications in Mining and Geomechanics, Montreal, 277-286.
  • Sitharam T.G., Holder J. and Gray K.E. (1993). “Deformation effects on formation damage during drilling and completion operations”, SPE 1993 Productions Operations Symposium, Oklahoma, 249-258.
  • Sitharam T.G., Holder J. and Gray K.E. (1993). “Pressure dependence of apparent hydro fracture toughness”, 34th U.S. Symposium on Rock Mechanics, Madison, Wisconsin.

    • 1992

  • Allemandou X., Sitharam T.G., Dusseault M.B. and Kornelson P.J. (1992). “Simulation of the Behavior of Visco-Elasto-plastic Media Using the Discrete Element Method”,International Conference on Computers and Geotechnics, Paris, 8.
  • Sitharam T.G., Rothenburg L. and Dusseault M.B. (1992). “Numerical Simulation of Hydraulic Fracturing in Discrete Media”, American and Canadian Geophysical Meeting, Montreal, (invited paper).

    • 1991

  • Sitharam T.G., Sivapullaiah P.V. and Subba Rao K.S. (1991). “Effect of Clay-Organic Molecule Interaction on Volume Change Characteristics of Clays”, First Canadian Conference on Environmental Geotechnics, Montreal, 239-244.
  • Sitharam T.G., Rothenburg L. and Dusseault M.B. (1991). “Simulation of Multiple Hydraulic Fractures in a Discrete Element System”, 32nd U.S.Symposium on Rock Mechanics, Rock Mechanics as a Multi-disciplinary Science, Oklahoma, 271-280.
  • Sitharam T.G., Rothenburg L. and Dusseault M.B. (1991). “Analysis of Borehole Stability using Discrete Element Models”, 7th International Congress of Rock Mechanics, Aachen, pp.813-818.
  • Sitharam T.G., Dusseault M.B. and Rothenburg L. (1991). “Discrete Element Modeling of Borehole Mechanics”, Sixth European Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery, Stavanger, Norway, pp. 721-730.

    • 1990

  • Sitharam T.G., Rothenburg L. and Dusseault M.B. (1990). “Numerical Simulation of Hydrofracture in Discrete Element System”, presented at 15th Annual AOSTRA Technical Review Meeting and Seminar, Banff, Calgary, project no.788, 2.
  • Sitharam T.G., Rothenburg L., Dusseault M.B. and Bathurst R.J. (1990). “Numerical Simulation of Hydraulic Fracturing in Discrete Element System”, 2nd European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery, Arles, France, 291-296.

    • 1989

  • Subba Rao K.S., Sitharam T.G. and Sivapullaiah P.V. (1989). “Environmental Effects on Strength and Stiffness of Expansive Soils”, Indian Geotechnical Conference, Vishakapatnam, Vol. 1, 143-147.
  • Sitharam T.G., Rothenburg L. and Dusseault M.B. (1989). “Particulate media hydraulic fracture simulation”, Poster Session presented at 14th Annual AOSTRA Technical Review Meeting and Seminar, Banff, Calgary, project no. 788, pp.2.

    • 1987

  • Subba Rao K.S., Sitharam T.G., Sivapullaiah P.V. and Padmanabha J.R. (1987). “Pore Water Tension in Soils”, Indian Geotechnical Conference, Bangalore, Vol.1, 47-52.

    • 1986

  • Sivapullaiah P.V, Sitharam T.G. and Subba Rao K.S. (1986). “Effect of Organic Solvents on the Behavior of Soils”, Asian Regional Symposium on Geotechnical Problems and Practices in Foundation Eng., Sri Lanka, Vol.1, 269-276.
  • Venkatesh K.H. and Sitharam T.G. (1986). “Response Paper to: How Should Data from Pile Load Tests be interpreted for Design of Piles?” Indian Geotechnical Conference, New Delhi, Vol. 2,169-171.
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