• An integrated framework for nonlinear analysis of plane frames exposed to fire using the direct stiffness method 

  Srivastava, Gaurav; Ravi Prakash, P. (Elsevier, 2017-10)

  A novel coupled framework for analysis of reinforced concrete (RC) and steel planar frames subjected to fire is developed with three-way coupling between heat transfer, mechanical deformations and pore pressure build-up. ...
• Strut-and-Tie Model for seismic design of confined masonry buildings 

  Ghaisas, Kunal V.; Basu, Dhiman; Brzev, Svetlana; Gavilán, Juan José Pérez (Elsevier, 2017-08)

  The Strut-and-Tie-Model (STM) of a confined masonry wall, with or without opening, consists of an equivalent system, in which the masonry wall is modelled as compression struts and the reinforced concrete (RC) confining ...
• Contrasting response of rainfall extremes to increase in surface air and dewpoint temperatures at urban locations in India 

  Ali, Haider; Mishra, Vimal (Nature, 2017-04)

  Rainfall extremes are projected to increase under the warming climate. The Clausius-Clapeyron (C-C) relationship provides a physical basis to understand the sensitivity of rainfall extremes in response to warming, however, ...
• Testing the use of standardised indices and GRACE satellite data to estimate the European 2015 groundwater drought in near-real time 

  Van Loon, Anne F.; Kumar, Rohini; Mishra, Vimal (European Geosciences Union, 2017-04)

  In 2015, central and eastern Europe were affected by a severe drought. This event has recently been studied from meteorological and streamflow perspective, but no analysis of the groundwater situation has been performed. ...
• GPR signatures of pipes and walls with emphasis on the effect of inclined scanning trajectory 

  Thakur, Mohmad Mohsin; Prashant, Amit (Springer Verlag, 2017-04)

  This study investigates the effects of some commonly encountered constraints such as inclined scanning trajectory, multiple targets in the vicinity and material variation on GPR responses of pipes and walls. Further, the ...
• Non-intrusive underwater measurement of mobile bottom surface 

  Chourasiya, Shikha; Mohapatra, Pranab K.; Tripathi, S. (Elsevier, 2017-03)

  This paper reports a novel approach for underwater measurement of mobile bottom surface by using an inexpensive 3-D depth sensor – Kinect. The sensor is tested in controlled conditions for surface profiling of rigid objects ...
• Effect of matric suction and initial static loading on dynamic behaviour of unsaturated cohesive soil 

  Pandya, Saloni; Sachan, Ajanta (Taylor & Francis, 2017-02)

  Unsaturated soils are frequently encountered in various civil engineering projects; however, their dynamic behaviour is still unexplored. Present study evaluates the influence of matric suction, initial static loading, and ...
• Short to sub-seasonal hydrologic forecast to manage water and agricultural resources in India 

  Shah, Reepal; Sahai, Atul Kumar; Mishra, Vimal (European Geosciences Union, 2017-02)

  Water resources and agriculture are often affected by the weather anomalies in India resulting in disproportionate damage. While short to sub-seasonal prediction systems and forecast products are available, a skilful ...
• On extracting rotational components of ground motion using an empirical rotational window 

  Basu, Dhiman; Rodda, Gopala Krishna (Inderscience, 2014-01)

  Rotational ground motions are not being measured by the accelerographs deployed in the free-field, but rather extracted from the recorded three-component translation data, usually at one single station (single station ...
• An ensemble analysis of climate change impacts on streamflow seasonality across 11 large river basins 

  Mishra, Vimal (Springer Verlag, 2017-01)

  The paper investigates climate change impacts on streamflow seasonality for a set of eleven representative large river basins covering all continents and a wide range of climatic and physiographic settings. Based on an ...
• Seismic probabilistic risk assessment for seismically isolated safety-related nuclear facilities 

  Kumar, Manish; Whittaker, Andrew S.; Kennedy, Robert P.; Johnson, James J.; Kammerer, Annie (Elsevier, 2017-03)

  In the United States, seismic probabilistic risk assessment is performed on nuclear power plant (NPP) designs to calculate mean annual frequencies of unacceptable performance, including core damage and large early release ...
• Relative contribution of monsoon precipitation and pumping to changes in groundwater storage in India 

  Asoka, Akarsh; Gleeson, Tom; Wada, Yoshihide; Mishra, Vimal (Nature publishing group, 2017-01)

  The depletion of groundwater resources threatens food and water security in India. However, the relative influence of groundwater pumping and climate variability on groundwater availability and storage remains unclear. ...
• Seismic analysis of confined masonry shear walls using the wide column model 

  Rangwani, Kiran; Brzev, Svetlana (Trans Tech Publications, 2016-11)

  Confined Masonry (CM) structural system consists of masonry walls enclosed by reinforced concrete (RC) confining elements (tie-columns and tie-beams) and is usually supported by reinforced concrete floors and roof. This ...
• Multimodel assessment of sensitivity and uncertainty of evapotranspiration and a proxy for available water resources under climate change 

  Shah, Harsh L.; Mishra, Vimal; Kumar, Rohini; Samaniego, Luis; Eisner, S.; Yang, Tao (Springer Verlag, 2017-01)

  Partitioning of precipitation (P) into actual evapotranspiration (ET) and runoff affects a proxy for water availability (P-ET) on land surface. ET accounts for more than 60% of global precipitation and affects both water ...
• On the frequency of the 2015 monsoon season drought in the Indo-Gangetic Plain 

  Mishra, Vimal; Aadhar, Saran; Asoka, Akarsh; Pai, Sivananda; Kumar, Rohini (Wiley, 2016-12)

  The 2015 drought in the Indo-Gangetic Plain posed new challenges related to food and water security and affected the lives of millions. All-India monsoon rainfall in 2015 was the tenth driest year on record (1906–2015) ...
• Short-to-medium range hydrologic forecast to manage water and agricultural resources in India 

  Shah, Reepal; Sahai, Atul Kumar; Mishra, Vimal (European Geosciences Union, 2016-10)

  Water resources and agriculture are often affected by the weather anomalies in India resulting in a disproportionate damage. While short to medium range prediction systems and forecast products are available, a skilful ...
• On the design of a dense array to extract rotational components of earthquake ground motion 

  Basu, Dhiman; Whittaker, Andrew S.; Constantinou, Michael C. (Springer Verlag, 2016-08)

  Data recorded from dense seismic arrays such as the Large Scale Seismic Testing array in Lotung, Taiwan, are used for multiple purposes, including development of attenuation and coherency functions, computing dynamic strains ...
• Propagation of forcing and model uncertainties on to hydrological drought characteristics in a multi-model century-long experiment in large river basins 

  Samaniego, Luis; Kumar, R.; Breuer, L.; Chamorro, A.; Flörke, Martina; Pechlivanidis, Ilias G.; Schafer, David; Shah, Harsh L.; Vetter, Tobias; Wortmann, Michel; Zeng, Xiaofan (Springer International Publishing, 2016-08)

  Recent climate change impact studies studies have presented conflicting results regarding the largest source of uncertainty in essential hydrological variables, especially streamflow and derived characteristics that describe ...
• A novel method for prediction of truss geometry from topology optimization 

  Mandhyan, Amar; Srivastava, Gaurav; Krishnamoorthi, S. (Springer International Publishing, 2016-08)

  An important task in designing a truss structure is to determine the initial configuration of the truss. In the absence of an efficient optimization technique, the selection of initial geometry is based on a trial and error ...
• Hydrologic changes in Indian sub-continental river basins (1901-2012) 

  Shah, Harsh L.; Mishra, Vimal (American Meteorological Society, 2016-07)

  Long-term (1901-2012) changes in hydroclimatic variables in the 18 Indian sub-continental basins were examined with hydrology simulated using the Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC) model. Change point analysis using the ...

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