• Effect of loading boundary conditions in plane strain mechanical response and local deformations in sand specimens 

  Bhattacharya, Debayan; Prashant, Amit (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2020-09)

  This study investigates the effect of loading boundary conditions on the mechanical behavior of cuboidal sand specimens during plane strain (PS) testing. Deformation-controlled PS compression tests were performed with ...
• Physics-guided probabilistic modeling of extreme precipitation under climate change 

  Bhatia, Udit et al. (Nature Research, 2020-12)

  Earth System Models (ESMs) are the state of the art for projecting the effects of climate change. However, longstanding uncertainties in their ability to simulate regional and local precipitation extremes and related ...
• Influence of stress history, strain rate and end effects on undrained shear behaviour and strain localization of laterite soil 

  Nazir, Rasikh; Hussain, Majid; Sachan, Ajanta (Taylor & Francis, 2020-06)

  Recognizing the abundant use of lateritic soils in the construction of embankments and their susceptibility towards extreme erosion, it is necessary to explore the influence of stress history and strain rate on their ...
• Natural recharge transcends anthropogenic forcing that influences arsenic vulnerability of the quaternary alluviums of the mid-Gangetic plain 

  Singh, Ashwin; Patel, Arbind Kumar; Deka, Jyoti Prakash; Kumar, Manish (Nature Research, 2020-06)

  We evaluated the anthropogenic forcing and exceedance probability of arsenic vulnerability in the Quaternary Alluviums of the Mid-Gangetic Plain through the coupled application of hydrogeochemical analyses, inverse modelling, ...
• Mechanical behaviour of granular media in flexible boundary plane strain conditions: experiment and level-set discrete element modelling 

  Bhattacharya, Debayan; Kawamoto, Reid; Karapiperis, Konstantinos; Andrade, Jose E.; Prashant, Amit (Springer, 2020-06)

  This article presents the results of level-set (LS) discrete element method (DEM) simulations with experimental comparisons of flexible boundary plane strain tests in granular media. The grain-scale micromechanics at the ...
• A rate-dependent model for sand to predict constitutive response and instability onset 

  Mukherjee, Mousumi; Gupta, Anurag; Prashant, Amit (Springer, 2020-06)

  A constitutive model has been proposed for predicting rate-dependent stress�strain response of sand and further implemented in finite element code to explore the influence of strain rate on the localization behavior of ...
• Erratum: future exacerbation of hot and dry summer monsoon extremes in India 

  Mishra, Vimal; Thirumalai, Kaustubh; Singh, Deepti; Aadhar, Saran (Nature Research, 2020-04)
• Hybrid method of recovery: combining topology and optimization for transportation systems 

  Bhatia, Udit; Sela, Lina; Ganguly, Auroop Ratan (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2020-09)

  Designing effective recovery strategies for damaged networks is important across built, human, and natural systems. Postperturbation network recovery has been motivated by two distinct philosophies, specifically, the use ...
• Temporal network analysis of inter-organizational communications on social media during disasters: a study of Hurricane Harvey in Houston 

  Rajput, Akhil Anil; Li, Qingchun; Zhang, Cheng; Mostafavi, Ali (Elsevier, 2020-06)

  The objective of this study is to model and analyze inter-organizational communication networks on social media to characterize the roles of organizations and situational information communication before, during and after ...
• Perturbation intensity and mesh convergence in coupled undrained instability analysis in sands under biaxial loading 

  Bhattacharya, Debayan; Mukherjee, Mousumi; Prashant, Amit (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2020-07)

  The influence of perturbation magnitude and extent of area on the emergence of localized instability in sand specimens subjected to biaxial loading has been explored within a numerical framework using a generalized 3D ...
• Anthropogenic and climate contributions on the changes in terrestrial water storage in India 

  Asoka, Akarsh; Mishra, Vimal (American Geophysical Union, 2020-04)

  Despite the rapid depletion of groundwater and significant changes in surface water storage, the role of anthropogenic and climatic factors on terrestrial water storage (TWS) in India remains largely unexplored. Here, we ...
• Study on comparative performance of different pavement models incorporated with newly developed jute geotextiles under static loading 

  Ghosh, Mahuya; Rao, Guda Venkatappa (Springer Link, 2020-04)

  This research paper describes a laboratory-based unpaved pavement model study incorporating new types of jute geotextiles (JGTs) intended for low-volume roads under static loading. Tests on the pavement models were carried ...
• Applicability of Bouc-Wen model to capture asymmetric behavior of sand at high cyclic shear strain 

  Pain, Anindya; Nimbalkar, Sanjay; Hussain, Majid (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2020-06)

  Seismic response evaluation of the site of interest subjected to a bedrock motion is one of the most important problems in earthquake geotechnical engineering. For one-dimensional (1D) nonlinear site response analysis in ...
• Microbes involved in arsenic mobilization and respiration: a review on isolation, identification, isolates and implications 

  Mazumder, Payal; Sharma, Subhash Kumar; Taki, Kaling; Kalamdhad, Ajay S.; Kumar, Manish (Springer, 2020-03)

  Microorganisms play an important role in arsenic (As) cycling in the environment. Microbes mobilize As directly or indirectly, and natural/geochemical processes such as sulphate and iron reduction, oxidative sulphide mineral ...
• Future exacerbation of hot and dry summer monsoon extremes in India 

  Mishra, Vimal; Thirumalai, Kaustubh; Singh, Deepti; Aadhar, Saran (Nature Research, 2020-03)

  Summer monsoon (June-September) precipitation is crucial for agricultural activities in India. Extremes during the monsoon season can have deleterious effects on water availability and agriculture in the region. Here, we ...
• Increased drought risk in South Asia under warming climate: implications of uncertainty in potential evapotranspiration estimates 

  Aadhar, Saran; Mishra, Vimal (American Meteorological Society, 2020-03)

  Observed and projected changes in potential evapotranspiration (PET) and drought are not well constrained in South Asia. Using five PET estimates (Thornthwaite: PET-TH, Hargreaves-Samani: PET-HS, Penman-Monteith: PET-PM, ...
• A seven-fold rise in the probability of exceeding the observed hottest summer in India in a 2�C warmer world 

  J. S., Nanditha; Bhatia, Udit; Stone, Daithi; Selten, Frank M.; Mishra, Vimal (IOP Publishing, 2020-02)

  Heatwaves and extreme temperatures during summer (April-May) in India have profound implications on public health, mortality, water availability, and productivity of labourers. However, how the frequency of the hottest ...
• Seasonal dynamics of metal phase distributions in the perennial tropical (Brahmaputra) river: environmental fate and transport perspective 

  Gogoi, Anindita; Taki, Kaling; Kumar Manish (Elsevier, 2020-04)

  An evaluation of the seasonal dynamics of metal (Cd, Cr, Cu, Pb and Zn) phase distribution and speciation, along with different hydrogeochemical facies, was conducted along the entire stretch of a perennial tropical ...
• Spatially correlated vertical ground motion for seismic design 

  Rodda, Gopala Krishna; Basu, Dhiman (Elsevier, 2020-03)

  Spatial variation of vertical ground motion may have influence on the response of long span lifeline structures like bridges, pipelines, etc. However, studies specific to the spatial variability of vertical component of ...
• Correlation appraisal of antibiotic resistance with fecal, metal and microplastic contamination in a tropical Indian river, lakes and sewage 

  Ram, Bhagwana; Kumar, Manish (Nature Research, 2020-02)

  The present study compares the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB) in the urban water of Ahmedabad (India), to understand the correlation of ARB with the fecal, metal, and microplastic contamination. Eleven ...

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