• Sustainable removal of pernicious arsenic and cadmium by a novel composite of MnO2 impregnated alginate beads: A cost-effective approach for wastewater treatment 

  Shima, Jaehong; Kumar, Manish; Mukherjee, Santanu; Goswami, Ritusmita (ScienceDirect, 2019-03)

  There is a dire necessity of developing low cost waste water treatment systems, for the efficient removal of noxious heavy metals (and metalloids) such as Arsenic (As) and Cadmium (Cd). Magnetic biopolymer (CABs-MO) was ...
• Simulation of free surface flows with non-hydrostatic pressure distribution 

  Chandran, Krishna; Saha, Arun K.; Mohapatra, Pranab K (Springer Verlag, 2019-01)

  In this work, a free surface flow simulator is developed in which Navier–Stokes equations using Marker and Cell (MAC) method in the framework of finite difference methodology have been solved. The free surface is tracked ...
• Parameterisation of auto-spectral density of earthquake induced strong ground motions 

  Rodda, Gopala Krishna; Basu, Dhiman (Elsevier, 2019-03)

  This paper explores the possibility of a new parametric representation of auto-spectral density (ASD) that enables extraction of several meaningful insights. Recorded translational ground motions are considered first and ...
• Fully coupled multi-physics nonlinear analysis of structural space frames subjected to fire using the direct stiffness method 

  Ravi Prakash, P.; Srivastava, Gaurav (SAGE, 2018-11)

  This article develops a fully coupled hydro-thermo-mechanical formulation based on the direct stiffness method for analysis of steel and reinforced concrete structural space frames. The superiority of the developed formulation ...
• A sixfold rise in concurrent day and night-time heatwaves in India under 2 °C warming 

  Mukherjee, Sourav; Mishra, Vimal (Nature Publishing Group, 2018-11)

  Heatwaves with severe impacts have increased and projected to become more frequent under warming climate in India. Concurrent day and nighttime heatwaves can exacerbate human discomfort causing high morbidity and mortality; ...
• Double wedge model for computing seismic sliding displacements of cantilever retaining walls 

  Jadhav, Prajakta R.; Prashant, Amit (Elsevier, 2019-01)

  A double wedge model has been proposed to compute seismic sliding displacements of cantilever retaining walls. Experimental observations indicate formation of rupture planes in the form of an inverted triangular wedge in ...
• Global observational evidence of strong linkage between dew point temperature and precipitation extremes 

  Ali, Haider; Fowler, Hayley J.; Mishra, Vimal (Wiley, 2018-11)

  Using global station?based observations of precipitation, near?surface air temperature (SAT), and dew point temperature (DPT), we show that the negative scaling relationship found between extreme daily precipitation and ...
• Removal of p-cresol and tylosin from water using a novel composite of alginate, recycled MnO2 and activated carbon 

  Shim, Jaehong; Kumar, Manish; Goswami, Ritusmita; Mazumder, Payal; Oh, Byung-Taek; Shea, Patrick J. (Elsevier, 2019-02)

  For sustainable production, there is an urgent need to minimize the adverse environmental impacts of swine farming, which is a major contributor of the pollutants p-cresol and tylosin. Novel reactive composite alginate ...
• Effect of mica content on pore pressure and stress-strain response of micaceous sand using energy dissipation and different failure mechanisms 

  Seethalakshmi, P.; Sachan, Ajanta (Taylor and Fancis, 2018-10)

  Mica particles are platy, flexible and resilient in nature having numerous intact mica flakes foliated over each other with low stiffness. Presence of mica among sand particles creates complex geometric arrangements due ...
• Collaborative efforts to investigate emissions from residential and municipal trash burning in India 

  Vreeland, H.; Norris, C.; Shum, L.; Pokuri, J.; Shannon, E.; Raina, Anmol; Tripathi, Ayushman; Borse, Dinesh; Patel, A.; Dixit, P.; Bergin, Mike H.; Stoner, B. R. (RTI Press, 2018-09)

  Emissions from trash burning represent an important component of regional air quality, especially in countries such as India where the practice of roadside, residential, and municipal trash burning is highly prevalent. ...
• Corn cob silica as an antibacterial support for silver nanoparticles: efficacy on Escherichia coli and Listeria monocytogenes 

  Shim, Jaehong; Mazumder, Payal; Kumar,Manish (Springer, 2018-09)

  There is great potential to combine bioresource and recycled materials with nanotechnology for industrial and environmental applications. In a novel approach, silver (Ag) nanoparticles (Ag NPs) were imbedded on ...
• Projected increase in Hydropower production in India under climate change 

  Ali, Syed Azhar; Aadhar, Saran; Shah, Harsh L; Mishra, Vimal (Nature, 2018-08)

  Hydropower is a valuable renewable energy resource in India, which can help in climate change mitigation and meet the increasing energy demands. However, the crucial role of climate change on hydropower production in India ...
• Back-of-the-envelope analysis of plan-asymmetric confined masonry buildings for force-based seismic design 

  Basu, Dhiman (Elsevier, 2018-08)

  Location of centers of rigidity (CR) in a confined masonry building is sensitive to the aspect ratio of constituting walls and wall-piers (in case of wall with openings). These centers, generally, do not lie on one vertical ...
• Matric suction, swelling and collapsible characteristics of unsaturated expansive soils 

  Pandya, Saloni; Sachan, Ajanta (2018-07)

  Unsaturated expansive soils are recognized as one of the most problematic soils owing to its swelling-shrinkage characteristics. The presence of such soils in highway/railway embankments, slopes and earthen dam sites ...
• Enhanced fire severity in modern Indian dwellings 

  Khan, Nasar Ahmad; Srivastava, Gaurav (Current Science Association in collaboration with the Indian Academy of Sciences (India), 2018-07)

  The present study focuses on assessment and proba- bilistic characterization of fire load, a key input to performance-based fire design, in office and dormito- ry buildings in India. A survey using ...
• Contemporary distribution and impending mobility of arsenic, copper and zinc in a tropical (Brahmaputra) river bed sediments, Assam, India 

  Borah, Rinkumoni; Taki, Kaling; Gogoi, Anindita; Das, Pallavi; Kumar, Manish (Elsevier, 2018-10)

  The present study develops a correlationship among different phases of metal for developing an understanding of metal distribution and speciation, which is seldom reported in many studies. Also, the study examines the ...
• Increase in sub-daily precipitation extremes in India under 1.5 and 2.0�C warming worlds 

  Ali, Haider; Mishra, Vimal (American Geophysical Union, 2018-07)

  An increase in short duration precipitation extremes pose challenges for stormwater design in rapidly urbanizing India. The recent Paris Agreement aims to limit the global mean temperature (GMT) below 1.5 �C (and possibly ...
• The INTENSE project: using observations and models to understand the past, present and future of sub-daily rainfall extremes 

  Mishra, Vimal (Copernicus Publications, 2018-06)

  Historical in situ sub-daily rainfall observations are essential for the understanding of short-duration rainfall extremes but records are typically not readily accessible and data are often subject to errors and ...
• Strong linkage between precipitation intensity and monsoon season groundwater recharge in India 

  Asoka, Akarsh; Wada, Yoshihide; Fishman, Ram; Mishra, Vimal (American Geophysical Union, 2018-05)

  Groundwater is a lifeline for millions of people in India, which is affected by the year?to?year variability of precipitation amount and characteristics (low and high intensity). Precipitation intensity has been observed ...
• Natural properties of confined masonry buildings � experimental case studies and possible inferences 

  Nema, Harshit; Basu, Dhiman (Inderscience, 2018)

  Construction of faculty housing and student�s hostels in a fully-residential 400-acre academic campus of Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) in the State of Gujarat, India is the first large scale confined ...

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