• Natural and anthropogenic drivers of the lost groundwater from the Ganga river basin 

  Dangar, Swarup; Mishra, Vimal (IOP Publishing, 2021-10)

  Ganga river basin is the most populated and among the worst water-stressed river basins in the world. The basin contributes to 40% of India's gross domestic product (GDP). Despite the Ganga basin's cultural, heritage, and ...
• Extreme precipitation induced concurrent events trigger prolonged disruptions in regional road networks 

  Dave, Raviraj; Subramanian, Srikrishnan Siva; Bhatia, Udit (IOP Publishing, 2021-10)

  Concurrency in extreme precipitation-induced events including flooding, landslides and associated debris flow result in massive loss of life, damage to infrastructures, and widespread disruption to socioeconomic activities. ...
• Nonlinear seismic evaluation of confined masonry structures using equivalent truss model 

  Rankawat, Nikita; Brzev, Svetlana; Jain, Sudhir K.; Gavilan, Juan Jose Perez (Elsevier, 2021-12)

  Modern Performance-Based Design (PBD) approach for seismic analysis of building structures is based on the evaluation of nonlinear response to earthquake-induced demand and assessment of performance based on the lateral ...
• Stress path tests with local deformation profile in flexible boundary plane strain device 

  Bhattacharya, Debayan; Prashant, Amit (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2021-12)

  Stress path tests in plane strain (PS) conditions with varying stress ratios have been carried out using a newly developed flexible boundary (FB) multiaxial testing device. It employs electro-pneumatic control and allows ...
• Phase-structure in conditional simulation of spatially varying ground motion and possible influence on structural demand 

  Rodda, Gopala Krishna; Gurjar, Narsiram; Basu, Dhiman (World Scientific Publishing, 2021-09)

  Recorded ground motion is nonstationary in both intensity and frequency contents. Two methodologies were reported by the authors elsewhere for generating spatially varying ground motion (SVGM), namely, (i) auto-spectral ...
• Indoor black carbon and brown carbon concentrations from cooking and outdoor penetration: insights from the HOMEChem study 

  Sankhyan, Sumit; Patel, Sameer; Katz, Erin F.; DeCarlo, Peter F.; Farmer, Delphine K.; Nazaroff, William W.; Vance, Marina E. (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2021-09)

  Particle emissions from cooking are a major contributor to residential indoor air pollution and could also contribute to ambient concentrations. An important constituent of these emissions is light-absorbing carbon, including ...
• Utilization of sewage sludge derived magnetized geopolymeric adsorbent for geogenic arsenic removal: A sustainable groundwater in-situ treatment perspective 

  Taki, Kaling; Raval, Nirav P.; Kumar, Manish (Elsevier, 2021-05)

  Highly compressible sewage sludge (SS) derived geopolymer was magnetized with impregnation of magnetite (Fe3O4) nanoparticles (NPs), and these newly developed and characterized adsorbents were tested in a batch mode for ...
• Depth?duration?frequency of extreme precipitation events under internal climate variability: Indian summer monsoon 

  Upadhyay, Divya; Mohapatra, Pranab K.; Bhatia, Udit (Wiley, 2021-04)

  Uncertainty quantification and characterization in changing climate scenarios have a direct impact on the efforts toward mitigation and adaptation. The chaotic and nonlinear nature of atmospheric processes results in high ...
• Investigation of instabilities in granular media and their numerical simulation 

  Bhattacharya, Debayan; Mukherjee, Mousumi; Prashant, Amit (Springer Verlag, 2021-03)

  The inception of instabilities in sand across different "length-scales," viz., continuum, discrete, and laboratory element tests, has been highlighted in this study. With instability onset, the material behavior no longer ...
• Imprints of seawater intrusion on groundwater quality and evolution in the coastal districts of south Gujarat, India 

  Bhagat, Chandrashekhar; Puri, Mukul; Mohapatra, Pranab K.; Kumar, Manish (Elsevier, 2021-06)

  Quantification and extent mapping of seawater intrusive zones are extremely critical for coastal aquifers, especially for those impacted with anthropogenic stress. In this regard, the present study has attempted to evaluate, ...
• Unprecedented drought in South India and recent water scarcity 

  Mishra, Vimal; Thirumalai, Kaustubh; Jain, Sahil; Aadhar, Saran (IOP Publishing, 2021-05)

  Peninsular Indian agriculture and drinking water availability are critically reliant on seasonal winter rainfall occurring from October to December, associated with the Northeastern Monsoon (NEM). Over 2016-2018, ...
• On the need of ensemble flood forecast in India 

  J. S., Nanditha; Mishra, Vimal (Elsevier, 2021-04)

  Floods affect a large fraction of the Indian population during the monsoon (June-September) every year. Floods disrupt all aspects of the socio-economic conditions and cause enormous damage to infrastructure and agriculture. ...
• Storm types in India: linking rainfall duration, spatial extent and intensity 

  Moron, Vincent; Barbero, Renaud; Fowler, Hayley J.; Mishra, Vimal (The Royal Society, 2021-04)

  We examine wet events (WEs) defined from an hourly rainfall dataset based on 64 gauged observations across India (1969-2016). More than 90% of the WEs (accounting for nearly 60% of total rainfall) are found to last less ...
• Causes and implications of groundwater depletion in India: A review 

  Dangar, Swarup; Asoka, Akarsh; Mishra, Vimal (Elsevier, 2021-05)

  Groundwater plays a vital role in food security, water availability, and economic growth of more than 1.3 billion people in India. Notwithstanding the development of irrigation schemes based on surface water, groundwater ...
• Simple Graphical Method for Detection of a Partial Blockage Or Leak in a Single Pipeline 

  Kumar, Prabhat; Mohapatra, Pranab K. (American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2021-02)

  Transient-based methods in the frequency domain are used for fault detection in pipes. However, the required measurements are performed with a large number of valve frequencies. Sometimes the number of frequencies in ...
• A satellite based assessment of the relative contribution of hydroclimatic variables on vegetation growth in global agricultural and nonagricultural regions 

  Asoka, Akarsh; Wardlow, Brian; Tsegaye, Tadesse; Huber, Matthew; Mishra, Vimal (American Geophysical Union, 2021-03)

  Vegetation growth plays a crucial role in the carbon cycle and climate change mitigation. However, the relative contribution of hydroclimatic variables (relative humidity, terrestrial water storage, day and night?time land ...
• On the use of duration in random vibration theory (RVT) based ground motion prediction: a comparative study 

  Kolli, Mohan Krishna; Bora, Sanjay Singh (Springer, 2021-02)

  The major challenge that remains with random vibration theory (RVT) based predictions of ground motion intensity measures (GMIMs) is the definition of the input ground motion duration. In literature it is reported that ...
• Contrasting influence of human activities on agricultural and hydrological droughts in India 

  Shah, Deep; Shah, Harsh Lovekumar; Dave, Hari Manish; Mishra, Vimal (Elsevier, 2021-06)

  Human activities associated with intensive irrigation, reservoir storage, and groundwater pumping have substantially altered the hydrological cycle, environment, and regional climate in India. However, the role of human ...
• Natural period and vertical distribution of base shear in confined masonry buildings using ambient vibration test 

  Chakra-Varthy, Pranav; Basu, Dhiman (Springer, 2021-01)

  In semi-urban setting where availability of land can afford construction of low-rise buildings, confined masonry may compete with other alternatives of seismic resilient system provided well-articulated design standards ...
• Quantifying the local cooling effects of urban green spaces: evidence from Bengaluru, India 

  Shah, Arpit; Garg, Amit; Mishra, Vimal (Elsevier, 2021-05)

  Rapid unplanned urbanization has led to a deterioration in green cover in Indian cities and an increase in urban temperatures due to the urban heat island (UHI) effect. With India�s urban population set to double from 400 ...

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