Sponsored Projects – Civil Engineering

Project Name: Development of inelastic design curves for seismic design of concrete piles in sand. “DST fast-track scheme for young scientists by SERB division”.

Project No./Date: No.SR/FTP/ETA-130/2010

Sanctioning Agency: DST, SERB Division

Name of PI/Co-Investigator: Dr. P. K. Emani (PI)

Cost (Rs in Lakh)/Duration: 9.01 lakh

Date of Completion: On-going

Objectives: To develop design curves for seismic design of concrete piles in liquefying soils.

Major Activities:

  • Simulation of pile behavior under liquefying soil conditions
  • Performing a parametric study on the design parameters
  • Summarizing the results in designer-friendly charts and graphs


Project Name: Seismic behavior of large pile groups in liquefying soils using parallel processing methods. “BRNS scheme of BARC, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)”, Govt. of India.

Project No./Date: 2012/36/49/BRNS- 2977

Sanctioning Agency: BRNS, DAE

Name of PI/Co-Investigator: Dr. P. K. Emani & Dr. Ankush Mittal (Co-PI)

Cost (Rs in Lakh)/Duration: 24.35 lakh

Date of Completion: On-going

Objectives: To study the behavior of ‘large’ pile groups with

Major Activities:

  • Simulation of pile behavior under liquefying soil conditions
  • Numerical Modeling of large pile group