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Damodar Maity, IIT Kharagpur

Damodar Maity

Professor

Civil Engineering

+91-3222-283406

dmaity@civil.iitkgp.ac.in

Awards and Accolades

Personal Webpage Bio Sketch

Research Areas

  • Vibration Control of Highrise Structures
  • Cost Effective Housing
  • Seismic Safety of Dams
  • Structural Health Monitoring
The dams should not be susceptible to failure due to earthquakes as the safety of the habitants living on its downstream side is extremely important. Most of the dams were built prior to the development of modern computer analysis procedures. Earthquake forces were accounted for in designs by using methods that are now considered oversimplified. A finite element code has been developed to predict the performance of aging concrete dams during earthquakes considering soil-structure-fluid interaction which is one of the most challenging and complex problems found in the field of structural dynamics. The developed algorithm can assess the behaviour of dam at any age during its lifetime, so that remedial measures can be undertaken to strengthen or perhaps decommission the dam at the right time. The robustness of the developed algorithm has been demonstrated to engineers in various short term courses.With the advent of modern computing techniques, structural health monitoring has received considerable attention in recent studies. One of the most interesting applications involves the monitoring of structural integrity through identification and assessment of damages. Perhaps the most challenging aspect of damage assessment is the need of developing a rational methodology to synthesize diverse numeral and cardinal information related to the structural condition and behavior. An even more challenging task is to develop computer based automated evaluation procedures. The potential of application of swarm based optimization techniques have been developed for locating and assessing damages in large and complicated structures. The outcome of the developed method is quite interesting and encouraging.
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Completed Projects

Principal Investigator

  • Design, Engineering and Construction for Rehabilitation of 7 NSD Old Berth Including Development of Backyard at N.S. Dock, Kolkata SYAMA PRASAD MOOKERJEE PORT,KOLKATA
  • Health assessment of the existing four residential buildings located Turf view, Army officers colony, Kolkata and analysis of possible effect of metro tunneling on buildings GARRISON ENGINEER ALIPORE
  • Preparation of DPR (Structural design and drawings) for 10 MLD WTP under PHED, AWPD, Port Blair PUBLIC HEALTH ENGINEERING DIVISION
  • Qualitative health assessment of precast segments for Second Iswar Gupta Setu LARSEN AND TOUBRO LIMITED
  • Structural vetting of multiple projects under eastern railway, Sealdah Division Metropolitan Architecture and Consultancy Studio
  • Technical vetting of structural design and drawings of 900 KL OHR at Durgapur VA TECH WABAG LIMITED
  • Technical vetting of structural design and drawings of new divisional railway hospital building at Howrah HAVEN ARCHITECTS
  • Technical vetting of structural design and drawings of station buildings at various stations M/S SPACE CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING
  • Technical vetting of structural design and drawings of transfer towers and conveyors for supercritical thermal power project Mahan, Singrauli, MP CDC TECHNICAL SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED
  • Vetting for husk storage silo SAINT GOBAIN/B and G BEN AND GAWS PRIVATE LIMITED
  • Vetting of mounded bullet structural drawings for BPCL Thanjavur LPG plant Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited
  • Vetting on Condition assessment for repair and rehabilitation of Bascule bridge, Kolkata Cortex Construction Solutions Private Limited

Co-Principal Investigator

  • Health Study of Main and Annex Building of Honourable High Court, Kolkata Office of the Executive Engineer, Kolkata West Division
  • Preparation of Master Plan and conservation plan for the Jubilee Library at Baripada, Odisha Sriram Chandra Library
  • Quality Investigation of Materials SSC PROJECTS PRIVATE LIMITED,Various Sponsors
Alumni members

Ph. D. Students

Abhishek Kumar

Area of Research: Structural Engineering

Aman Kashyap

Area of Research: Pavement Engineering

Biswanath Hembram

Area of Research: Structural Engineering

Nimisha K M

Area of Research: Bamboo Reinforced Concrete Structures

Nirbhay Kumar

Area of Research: Structural Engineering

Rajshekhar Das

Area of Research: Structural Health Monitoring

Saurabh Kumar Singh

Area of Research: Structural Health Monitoring

Surendra Baniya

Area of Research: Seismic Analysis of Structures