Research Team

D. P. Kanungo

Chief Scientist

Sujit Kr. Saran

Principal Scientist

Manojit Samanta

Principal Scientist

Anindya Pain

Principal Scientist

S. Ganesh Kumar

Sr. Scientist

Koushik Pandit

Sr. Scientist

Aswathy M S

Sr. Scientist

Vinoth M.

Sr. Scientist

Shashank

Scientist

Ajay Dwivedi

Sr. Technical Officer (2)

RESEARCH AREAS

  • Soil Characterization: Advanced laboratory testing methods to assess soil properties, near surface geophysics (MASW & ERT) and subsurface investigation.
  • Computational Geotechnics: Constitutive modeling, developing sophisticated numerical models to simulate complex soil behavior under various loading conditions.
  • Foundation Engineering: Design of suitable foundation systems for difficult terrains and ground conditions.
  • Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering: Ground response analysis, liquefaction and re-liquefaction susceptibility.
  • Environmental Geotechnics: Fly-ash embankment design, reclamation of abandoned fly ash ponds, solid industrial waste such as red mud utilization.
  • Ground Improvement Techniques: Geo-synthetics, geo-textile, geogrid reinforcements, stone columns, granular anchor piles and grout mixing for enhancing soil strength.
  • Geohazards: Geo-investigations (geological, geophysical & geotechnical), landslide hazard-vulnerability-risk assessment, landslide dynamics through instrumentation and monitoring, landslide modeling, landslide early warning system (LEWS), debris flow modeling (experimental & numerical), rockfall modelling, rock-ice avalanche modelling, UAV based landslide mapping & monitoring, remote sensing & GIS applications, post-disaster need assessment, design of mitigation measures such as retaining walls, gabion walls, reinforced soil and rock slopes.
  • Rock Engineering: Stability analysis of natural and cut-slopes, opencast mine design, underground space and tunnel Engineering, dynamic tunnel-soil interaction.
  • Risk Assessment and Reliability Analysis: Incorporating uncertainties into geotechnical design to assess potential hazards and optimize safety factors.
  • Deep learning and AI applications: Fast computing techniques, use of AI/ML in various aspects of geotechnical engineering.

 

MAJOR FACILITIES

  • Digital Image Processing and GIS
  • Test Flume for Debris Flow Modelling
  • 1g-Uniaxial Shake Table
  • Cyclic Triaxial and Consolidation Testing
  • Geosynthetic Tensile Testing Machine
  • Engineering Seismograph, Resistivity-meter and GPR
  • Foundation Pile Diagnostic System
  • Laser Particle Size Analyzer
  • 2D-Digital Image Correlation System
  • Large scale rainfall induced landslide modelling test flume
  • UAV for Landslide Mapping
  • Robotic Total Station for Surveying and Monitoring
  • MATLAB, RAMMS, FLAC3D, PLAXIS 3D, GEO SLOPE, GEO5, UDEC, ArcGIS, MIDAS GTS NX

 

ONGOING PROJECTS

International

Industry

Government

Research & Development

 

COMPLETED PROJECTS

Industry

    • Technical guidance on the safe demolition of Supertech Twin Tower, Noida
    • Vetting of the structural and ground improvement measures for the distressed passenger cum station building in Nischintapur Yard, Akhaura, Agartala
    • Design of retaining and drainage structure at Pakyong Airport, Sikkim
    • Design Assessment of BCIS Pile Foundation of Indore Metro Rail Project

Government

    • Evaluation and design of low-cost ground instrumentation with real-time monitoring for the development of landslide early warning system
    • Stability analysis and remedial measure design for landslide mitigation below Nagaland Ligislative Assembly, Kohima-Thizama road, Kohima, Nagaland
    • Installation of Landslide Monitoring System at NLA Landslide site, Kohima,Nagaland
    • Geo-investigation, stability assessment and remedial measures for Gadora Village landslide area, Uttarakhand
    • Rock mass characterization and numerical modelling of slopes subjected to blast loading
    • Engineering solution for soil erosion Prevention of Traverses
    • Multi-channel analysis of surface waves (MASW) and site response study for the Statue of Oneness project site at Omkareshwar, Madhya Pradesh
    • Behaviour of Shallow Foundation on Randomly Distributed Fibre Reinforced Fly-ash (RDFF)

Research & Development

    • Geotechnical Novel Solutions for Underground Infrastructures
    • Multi-temporal Optical Imaging Drone based Landslide Monitoring and Warning
    • Effectiveness of Contiguous Piles in Minimizing the Urban Tunnelling induced Settlement in Layered Soil

For further details, please contact:

Dr. D. P. Kanungo
Coordinator
Geotechnical Engineering & Geohazards Group
Phone : +91-1332-283417
Email : dpkanungo [at] cbri.res.in