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Sekar Dhanasekar

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Name
Sekar Dhanasekar
Position
Professor
Department
School of Urban Development
Qualifications

B.E. (Civil) – First Class with Distinction – Uni Madras (1978)

M.Tech. (Structures) – First Class with Distinction – IIT Madras (1980)

PhD (Structural Masonry) – University of Newcastle, NSW (1986)

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Discipline
Civil engineering
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Areas of expertise
  • Structural Engineering
  • Material Constitutive Relations
  • Structural Masonry
  • Reinforced Concrete Masonry
  • Rail Stress Analysis
  • Rail Joints and Impacts
  • Finite Element Analysis in Structural Applications
  • Innovative Infrastructure
Selected publications
  • Dhanasekar, M. and Haider, W.  (2008) “ An Explicit Finite Element Modelling for Masonry”, Computers & Structures, v86, pp. 15-26.
  • Radampola, S.S., Gurung, N., McSweeney, T. and Dhanasekar, M. (2008) “Evaluation of Properties of Railway Capping Layer”, Computer & Geotechnique, (Accepted - in Press)
  • Zhang, Z. and Dhanasekar, M., (2008) “Dynamics of Wagons under Brake/ Traction Torque”, Int. J Vehicle Systems Dynamics, (Accepted)
  • Dhanasekar, M., Cole, C. and Handoko, Y., (2007) “Experimental Evaluation of the Effect of Braking Torque to Bogie Dynamics”, International Journal of Heavy Vehicle Systems, v. 14(3), pp. 308-330.