Dr.S.Ganesh Kumar

Senior Scientist

Geotechnical Engineering,

Department of Civil Engineering

Assistant Professor, Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR),

CSIR, New Delhi.

ganeshkumar@cbri.res.in
85sganesh@gmail.com
+91 94430 22549
Room 126, Main Building, CSIR-CBRI 

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Ph.D. in Geotechnical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Tamil nadu, India
  • M.E. in Geotechnical Engineering,Goverment College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil nadu, India
  • B.Eng. in Civil Engineering, Anna University, India

FINGERPRINT

Experimental Geotechniques
Shaking table testing
Digital Image Correlation
Rainfall Induced Landslide
Pervious concrete pile development & testing
Underground Tunnel-soil-structure interaction
Stone column and Encased stone column techniques
Seismic slope stability analysis & testing
Geosynthetic testing
Liquefaction & reliquefaction hazard
Sustainable Geotechnics
Rockfall impact studies & testing

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

  • Project Scientist – II (February 2015- May 2016)

Offshore Structures Group, National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), Ministry of Earth sciences (Government of India), Chennai

  • Assistant Professor (July 2014 – January 2015

Department of Civil Engineering, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Chennai

SUPERVISION

PHD

  • Mr.Amith K.S
    Assessment of Tunnels-soil interaction subjected to under dynamic loading
    2019 to Present
  • Mr.Yogesh R.V
    Development of recycled pervious concrete pile for ground improvement applications
    2019 to Present

MASTER THESIS

  • Mr.Bikash Kumar Thakur (2023)
    Investigations on rainfall-induced landslide mechanisms: Field, Experimental and Numerical approach
  • Mr.Danish (2023)
    Application of stone columns and encased stone columns for reliquefaction mitigation
  • Mr.Godson M D (2022)
    Experimental studies on tunnel-soil-surface structure interaction under repeated dynamic loading conditions
    Mr.Vijay Kumar (2019)
    Design of combined ground reinforcement for earthquake induced ground motion mitigation
  • Mr.Gowtham Padmanabhan (2018)
    Experimental Investigation on prefabricated vertical drains for liquefaction mitigation using 1-G shaking table tests
  • Mr.Dinesh Malviya (2017)
    Performance evaluation of piles for slope reinforcement

Project Associates

  • Mr.Jeeva S.K
    2021 to 2023
  • Mr.Godson M.D 
    2022 to 2023
  • Mr.Madhiyarasu P
    2021 to 2023
  • Mr.Ramkumar R 
    2021 to 2022

PUBLICATIONS

International/National Journals:

  1. Yogesh, R. V., Kumar, S. G., & Kumar, G. S. (2024). Experimental investigations on granular column improvement in saturated ground subjected to repeated shaking events and its performance assessment in liquefaction and reliquefaction mitigation. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 1-30.
  2. Singh, N. P., Santha Kumar, G., & Ganesh Kumar, S. (2024). Influence of soil-contaminated water on clogging phenomenon of pervious concretes with different void contents. Magazine of Concrete Research, 1-17.
  3. Shanmugam, G.K., Jeeva, S.K., Godson, M.D., Madhiyarasu, P. and Abishek, R.R.,(2024). “Experimental evaluation of geotextile in-filled sand cushioning system against rock fall impact using 2D digital image correlation technique”. Measurement, p.115181.
  4. Ganesh Kumar and Sarkar.S (2023). “Large scale experimental simulation studies on rainfall-induced landslides using artificial rainfall simulator and its evaluation using conventional and optical based monitoring method”. Indian geotechnical journal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40098-023-00857-7
  5. Padmanabhan, G., and Shanmugam, G. K. (2023). “Performance Assessment of Prefabricated Vertical Drains in Mitigating Soil Reliquefaction Subjected to Repeated Seismic Events Using Shaking Table Experiments”. Frontiers of Structural and Civil Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11709-024-1057-3.
  6. Shanmugam, G. K., Godson, M. D., Yogesh, R. V., Jeeva, S. K., & Madhiyarasu, P. (2023). “Experimental Observations on In-Situ Ground Response During Sequential Installation of Stone Column Improvement in the Saturated Ground”. International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering, 9(6), 69.
  7. Amith, K., & Kumar, G. (2023).”Experimental investigations on the influence of embedment depth and frequency on the dynamic behaviour of tunnels under repeated shaking events”. International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 17(5), 553-569.
  8. KS, A., & Kumar S, G. (2023). “A state-of-the-art review on 1-g experimental investigations on tunnels subjected to dynamic loading conditions”. European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering, 1-32.
  9. Yogesh R. V, Santha Kumar G, Ganesh Kumar S. (2023).”Synergistic effect of aggregate gradation band and cement to aggregate ratio on the performance of pervious concrete”. Journal of Building Engineering. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2023.106718.
  10. Padmanabhan, G. and Shanmugam, G.K. (2023). “Experimental studies on liquefaction and reliquefaction potential of saturated ground subjected to repeated incremental acceleration loading with varying shaking duration”. Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration22(4), pp.909-920.
  11. Vijay Kumar, S.P., Ganesh Kumar., S and Surabh. D.S. (2021). “Performance assessment of composite skirted ground reinforcement system in liquefiable ground under repeated dynamic loading conditions”. Bulletin of Earthquake engineering (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-021-01298-4).
  12. Padmanabhan, G., and Shanmugam, G. K. (2021). “Liquefaction and reliquefaction resistance of saturated sand deposits treated with sand compaction piles. Bulletin of Earthquake engineering (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-021-01143-8)
  13. Padmanabhan, G., and Shanmugam, G. K. (2020). “Reliquefaction Assessment Studies on Saturated Sand Deposits under Repeated Acceleration Loading Using 1-g Shaking Table Experiments”. Journal of Earthquake Engineering, (17) 1-23
  14. Kumar, G. and Samanta, M., (2020). “Experimental evaluation of stress concentration ratio of soft soil reinforced with stone column”. Innovative Infrastructure Solutions, 5(1), p.18
  15. Sivapriya, S., and Ganesh-Kumar, S. (2019). “Functional and cost- benefits of geosynthetics as subgrade reinforcement in the design of flexible pavement”. Revista Facultad De Ingeniería, 28(51), 39-49. https://doi.org/10.19053/01211129.v28.n51.2019.9082
  16. Ganesh Kumar, S., Sridhar, G., Radhakrishnan, Robinson, R.G and Rajagopal, K. (2015) “A Case Study of Vacuum Consolidation of Soft Clay soil” Indian Geotechnical JournalSpringer, 45(1), 51-61.
  17. Ganesh Kumar, S., Robinson, R.G. and Rajagopal, K. (2014) “Improvement of Soft Clays by Combined Vacuum Consolidation and Geosynthetic Encased Stone Columns”, Indian Geotechnical Journal, Springer, 44(1), 59-67

Book Chapters

  1. Ram Kumar, R., Jeeva, S.K., Madhiyarasu, P., Ganesh Kumar, S. (2023). Seismic Stability Analysis of Partially Saturated Slope Reinforced with Pervious Anti-slide Piles Subjected to Repeated Shaking Using Shaking Table Tests. In: Shrikhande, M., Agarwal, P., Kumar, P.C.A. (eds) Proceedings of 17th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering (Vol. 3). SEE 2022. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 331. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-1579-8_20.
  2. Jeeva, S.K., Godson, M.D., Kumar, S.G. (2023). Performance Evaluation of Partially Saturated Slope Subjected to Repeated Shaking Events Using 1-g Shaking Table Experiments. In: Shrikhande, M., Agarwal, P., Kumar, P.C.A. (eds) Proceedings of 17th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering (Vol. 3). SEE 2022. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 331. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-1579-8_22.
  3. Godson, M.D., Ganesh Kumar, S., Visuvasam, J. (2023). Influence of Existing Tunnel—Surface Structure Interaction Under Repeated Dynamic Loading Conditions. In: Shrikhande, M., Agarwal, P., Kumar, P.C.A. (eds) Proceedings of 17th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering (Vol. 3). SEE 2022. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 331. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-1579-8_26.
  4. Amith, K.S., Kumar, S.G., Godson, M.D. (2023). Experimental Studies on Tunnel-Soil Interaction in Partially Saturated Ground Subjected to Repeated Shaking Events Using 1-g Shaking Table Experiments. In: Shrikhande, M., Agarwal, P., Kumar, P.C.A. (eds) Proceedings of 17th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering (Vol. 3). SEE 2022. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 331. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-1579-8_29.
  5. Yogesh, R.V., Kumar, S.G., Kumar, G.S. (2023). Experimental Investigations on the Pervious Concrete Piles in Saturated Ground Under Repeated Shaking Conditions. In: Shrikhande, M., Agarwal, P., Kumar, P.C.A. (eds) Proceedings of 17th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering (Vol. 3). SEE 2022. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 331. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-1579-8_35.
  6. Amith, K.S., Ganesh Kumar, S. (2023). Assessment of Underground Structure–Soil Interaction Under Dynamic Conditions . In: Muthukkumaran, K., Ayothiraman, R.,Kolathayar, S. (eds) Soil Dynamics, Earthquake and Computational Geotechnical Engineering. IGC 2021. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 300. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6998-0_35.
  7. Padmanabhan G., Shanmugam G.K. (2021) Addressing Influence of Prefabricated Vertical Drains in Liquefaction Resistance Under Multiple Shaking Events. In: Sitharam T.G., Dinesh S.V., Jakka R. (eds) Soil Dynamics. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 119. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4001-5_19.
  8. Padmanabhan G., Shanmugam G.K., Subramaniam S. (2021) Shaking Table Tests on Liquefiable Sand Deposits Treated with Sand Compaction Piles. In: Patel S., Solanki C.H., Reddy K.R., Shukla S.K. (eds) Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference 2019. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 138. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6564-3_44.
  9. Vijay Kumar S.P., Ganesh Kumar S., Anju Mary E. (2021) Earthquake Induced Ground Motion Mitigation Using Geotextile Encased Infill Material System. In: Sitharam T.G., Kolathayar S., Sharma M.L. (eds.) Seismic Hazards and Risk. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol. 116. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9976-7_23
  10. Padmanabhan G., Shanmugam G.K., Subramaniam S. (2021) Sustainability Approaches in Ground Improvement Measures. In: Ramanagopal S., Gali M., Venkataraman K. (eds) Sustainable Practices and Innovations in Civil Engineering. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 79. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5101-7_25.
  11. Ganesh Kumar, S (2018) “Experimental Evaluation of Encased stone column technique for liquefaction mitigation”. T. Qiu et al. (Eds.): GSIC 2018, Proceedings of Geoshanghai 2018 International Conference: Advances in Soil Dynamics and Foundation Engineering, pp. 176–184, 2018 (Springer)
  12. Ganesh Kumar (2018) “Combined Encased stone column and vacuum consolidation technique for soft clay improvement”. L. Li et al. (Eds.): GSIC 2018, Proceedings of Geoshanghai 2018 International Conference: Ground Improvement and Geosynthetics, pp. 169–177, 2018 (Springer)
  13. Robinson, R.G. Ganesh Kumar, S and K. Rajagopal (2015) “Enhancing the load carrying capacity of stone columns by vacuum consolidation”. Advances in Soft ground engineering ISBN: 978-981-09-7520-3:: doi: 10.3850/978-981-09-7520-3 231

Conference Proceedings

  1. Malviya D.K., Kumar G., Maurya M.C. (2021) Performance Evaluation of Piles for Slope Reinforcement. In: Patel S., Solanki C.H., Reddy K.R., Shukla S.K. (eds) Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference 2019. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 133. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6346-5_51.
  2. Kumar G., Sarkar S., Gupta M., Devi P. (2021) Experimental Investigations on Rainfall-Induced Landslides. In: Patel S., Solanki C.H., Reddy K.R., Shukla S.K. (eds) Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference 2019. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 133. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6346-5_57
  3. Gowtham., Ganesh Kumar (2019), “1- g Shaking Table Tests on Prefabricated Vertical Drains for Liquefaction Mitigation” at National conference on Geotechnical Applications, GeoApps -2019 held at IIT-Hyderabad
  4. Gowtham., Ganesh Kumar (2019), “Study on liquefaction potential of solani sand using shaking table tests”. International conference on industry 4.0 and advancements in civil engineering.21-23 March at PSG Institute of Technology and applied research, Coimbatore (Springer)
  5. Ganesh Kumar, S. Manojit Samanta and Pankaj (2017) “Numerical Study of Pile Group with Different Spacing in Layered Soil under Dynamic Conditions”. IGC-2017: Geotechnics for Natural and Engineered Sustainable Technologies, during 14-16, December, Guwahati.
  6. Ganesh Kumar (2017) “Treatment of Soft Clays by Combined Encased Stone Columns and Vacuum Consolidation”. DFI-India 2017: 7th Conference on Deep Foundation Technologies for Infra-structure Development in India, during 05-07, October 2017, IIT-Madras Chennai.
  7. Ganesh Kumar, S. Robinson, R.G. and K. Rajagopal (2011) “Geosynthetic Encased Stone Columns for Vacuum Treatment of Soft Clay Soils”. National Conference on Geosynthetics India 2011, during 23-24 September 2011, Chennai
  8. Ganesh Kumar, S (2013) “Stabilisation of soft clays using geosynthetic encased stone columns and vacuum loading”. Fourth Indian Young Geotechnical Engineer’s Conference-2013, during 17-18 May, Chennai, India.
  9. Ganesh Kumar, S. Robinson R.G, and Rajagopal, K. (2012). “Stabilization of Soft Clays Using Geosynthetic Encased Stone Columns with Vacuum Application”. 5th Asian Regional Conference on Geosynthetics, Geosynthetics Asia-2012Bangkok, Thailand

AWARDS

S.No Name of Award Awarding Agency Year
1. IGS-M.D. Desai Memorial YGE Award Indian Geotechnical Society 2014
2. IGS-AIMIL Biannual Award Indian Geotechnical Society 2016
3. Best paper award (Student : Mr.Gowtham) IIT-Hyderabad 2019
4. Best Presentation award (Student : Mr.Gowtham) Indian Geotechnical Conference,Surat 2019
5. DFI of India Student Award-Master’s category (Student: Mr. Godson M D) Deep Foundation Institute of India 2022
6. DFI of India – Best PhD Research award (Student: Mr. Yogesh R V) Deep Foundation Institute of India 2024

COURSE HANDLED

  • Foundation Engineering
  • Engineering geology
  • Environmental Science and Engineering
  • Soil Mechanics Laboratory in charge