IITKGP
Debarghya Chakraborty, IIT Kharagpur

Debarghya Chakraborty

Ph.D., INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE BANGALORE

Associate Professor

Civil Engineering

+91-3222-282474

debarghya@civil.iitkgp.ac.in

Responsibilities

  • Program Officer, NSO(H&F)

Research Areas

Dr. Debarghya Chakraborty works in the area of Geotechnical Engineering.

Research Interests:
(1)  Computational Geomechanics
(2)  Reinforced Soil Structures
(3)  Probabilistic Analysis in Geotechnical Engineering
(4)  Rock Mechanics and Tunneling
(5)  Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
(6)  Slope Stability
  • Probabilistic analysis of dynamic shakedown of pavement due to vehicular loads and earthquakes by Krishnan K., Chakraborty D. Journal of Engineering Mechanics, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 149 1-15 (2023)
  • Stability of non-vertical waterfront retaining wall supporting inclined backfill under earthquake and tsunami by Chakraborty D., Choudhury D. Ocean Engineering, Elsevier 78 1-10 (2014)
  • Solving axisymmetric stability problems by using upper bound finite elements limit analysis and linear optimization by Chakraborty D., Kumar J. Journal of Engineering Mechanics, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 140 06014004-1-9 (2014)
  • Probabilistic bearing capacity of eccentrically loaded strip footing on spatially random rock mass using correlation-controlled LHS sampling by Das S., Chakraborty D. Computers and Geotechnics, Elsevier 177 1-16 (2025)
  • Use of a non-associated flow rule for determining the stability of a vertical circular excavation by Chakraborty D. Acta Geotechnica, Springer 14 247-252 (2019)
  • Probability-based analyses of bearing capacity of square and rectangular footings resting on sandy soil considering rotational anisotropy by Choudhuri K., Chakraborty D. Acta Geotechnica, Springer 19 6195-6216 (2024)
  • Seismic bearing capacity of strip footing over spatially random soil using modified pseudo-dynamic approach by Krishnan K., Chakraborty D. Computers and Geotechnics, Elsevier 136 1042191-13 (2021)
  • Influence of soil spatial variability on the response of strip footing on geocell-reinforced slope by Halder K., Chakraborty D. Computers and Geotechnics, Elsevier 122 1035331-13 (2020)
  • Stability analysis of a circular tunnel underneath a fully liquefied soil layer by Banerjee S. K., Chakraborty D. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, Elsevier 78 84-94 (2018)
  • Seismic stability of a long unlined circular tunnel in sloping ground by Banerjee S. K., Chakraborty D. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, NRC Research Press 53 1346-1352 (2016)
  • Co-Principal Investigator

Ph. D. Students

Avneet Lahariya

Area of Research: Computational Geomechanics

Kouseya Choudhuri

Area of Research: Computational Geomechanics

Nagendra Kola

Area of Research: Geotachnical characterization of MSW landfill

Pratishtha Mishra

Area of Research: Computational Geomechanics

Rupashree Ragini Sahoo

Area of Research: Ground Improvement

Sayantan Banerjee

Area of Research: Pile foundation