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Dr. N. (Ravi) Ravichandran
Office: 320 Lowry Hall
Phone: (864) 656-2818
FAX: (864) 656-2670
email Dr. Ravi
Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering
Areas of Interest:
Computational Modeling
High Performance Computing
Multiphase Porous Media
Centrifuge Testing
Constitutive Modeling of Multiphase Porous Media
Education:
B.S.C.E, 1997, University of Peradeniya
M.Eng., Civil Engineering, 2000, University of Tokyo
Ph.D., Civil Engineering, 2005, University of Oklahoma
Classes typically taught:
Matrix and FE Analysis
Mechanics of Materials
Continuum Mechanics
Engineering Computing
Professional Society Membership:
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Geo-Institute (GI)
Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES)
Sample Publications:
Muraleetharan, K. K., Ravichandran, N., and Norton, S. L. (2007). "Fully Coupled Dynamic Soil-Structure Interaction Analysis of Pile Foundations in Weak Soils", Proceedings (CDROM), 4th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Ravichandran, N., and Muraleetharan, K.K. (2006). "The effects of relative velocity and accelerations of the pore fluids on the dynamic behavior of unsaturated soils." in Unsaturated Soils 2006, G.A. Miller, C.E. Zapata, S.L. Houston, D.G. Fredlund (Eds.), GSP No. 147, Proceedings, Fourth International Conference on Unsaturated Soils, Geo-Institute, ASCE, Carefree, Arizona, U.S.A., pp: 2348-2358.
Ravichandran, N., and Muraleetharan, K.K. (2005). "Dynamic behavior of unsaturated soils: The full formulation and its finite element solution." Proceedings, 3rd Biot Conference on Poromechanics, Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.A., pp: 489-495.
Ravichandran, N., Vinayagam, T., Muraleetharan, K.K., Taylor, L.M., and Mish, K.D. (2004). "Fully coupled dynamic soil-structure interaction analysis using a finite element framework." Proceedings (CDROM), 17th Engineering Mechanics Conference, ASCE, Newark, Delaware, U.S.A. (Paper #323)
Muraleetharan, K.K., Ravichandran, N., Miller, G.A., and Tan, N.K. (2003). "Fully coupled analyses of pressuremeter tests in unsaturated soils." Proceedings, 2nd Asian Conference on Unsaturated Soils, Osaka, Japan, pp: 313-318.
Ravichandran, N., and Meguro, K. (2001). "3-D Modeling of Liquefaction Phenomenon Using Distinct Element Method", Fourth International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, San Diego, California, U.S.A. (Paper # 4.58).
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