EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING: Recent submissions

  • UNCERTAINTY IN SITE CHARACTERIZATION USING SURFACE WAVE TECHNIQUE 
    Roy, Narayan (Dept. of Earthquake Engineering iit Roorkee, 2015-02)
    Application of surface wave method is being increasingly used in geotechnical site characterization of near surface materials. The dispersion property, which makes the Rayleigh wave velocity frequency dependent is utilized ...
  • SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHIC ARCHITECTURE OF PERMIAN UPPER BARAKAR SUCCESSION, WEST BOKARO COALFIELD, INDIA : IMPLICATIONS ON PALEOGEOGRAPHY 
    Das, Subarna (Department of Earth Sciences,IITR., 2016)
    High resolution sequence stratigraphic study is conducted for the ~150 m thick tide and wave influenced Upper Barakar succession, West Bokaro Coalfield in order to delineate and reinterpret the possible controls of ...
  • SEDIMENTOLOGICAL STUDY OF PROTEROZOIC SAKNIDHAR FORMATION, LESSER GARHWAL HIMALAYA, UTTARAKHAND, INDIA 
    Sarkar, Moloy (Department of Earth Sciences,IITR., 2016)
    Proterozoic Saknidhar Formation is commonly considered as a transitional facies between the argillaceous Chandpur Formation and arenaceous Nagthat Formation. Stratigraphic position of Saknidhar Formation in the stratigraphic ...
  • WAVELET ANALYSIS OF WELL LOG DATA 
    Raj, Rohit (Department of Earth Sciences,IITR., 2016)
    Well log analysis is conventionally carried out by visual inspection to identify different lithology and formation interfaces. However, in this study a combination of continuous wavelet transform and wavelet entropy is ...
  • SEISMIC PETROPHYSICS AND ROCK PROPERTIES FOR RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION 
    Srivastava, Preetika (Department of Earth Sciences,IITR., 2016)
    This work focuses on the integration of Seismic and petrophysical data and insights drawn out of them for reservoir characterization. The field of study is Bonanza, onshore field, lying in the northern Barmer basin. The ...
  • TOMOGRAPHIC STUDY OF NORTH WEST HIMALAYA USING BODY WAVES 
    Usmani, Areeb (Department of Earth Sciences,IITR., 2016)
    The aim of this project was to estimate the 1D velocity structure of the North West Himalaya and to determine accurate locations of earthquake hypocenters. Four 1D P wave velocity models from previous work of several ...
  • SURFACE WAVE TOMOGRAPHY USING DISPERSION AND INVERSION FOR NORTH-EAST HIMALAYAS 
    Khirwal, Mayank (Department of Earth Sciences,IITR., 2016)
    In this dissertation work, I have made an effort to observe the variation in dispersion curves characteristic of the surface waves using the local earthquake data for five stations i.e. Jorhat, Agartala, Itanagar, Dibrugarh ...
  • SITE EFFECTS USING AMBIENT NOISE FREQUENCY SURVEY IN TEHRI GARHWAL REGION 
    Reja, Abhishek (Department of Earth Sciences,IITR., 2016)
    The Tehri – Garhwal region of Uttarakhand state is of sheer importance primarily in the studies of Seismotectonics. High seismicity, elaborate and dynamic thrust system and Himalayan context have rewarded it with utmost ...
  • WEATHERING STUDY AND CONTROLS OF HYDROLOGY IN AGLAR WATERSHED 
    Chauhan, Ramesh (Department of Earth Sciences,IITR., 2016)
    A geo-electrical imaging survey was conducted at two different slopes in Aglar watershed, for shallow site investigation in order to determine the applicability of 2-D resistivity imaging in studying the weathered profile, ...
  • RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION USING SEISMIC AND WELL LOGS DATA 
    Kumari, Poonam (Department of Earth Sciences,IITR., 2016)
    This study represents the delineation of gas sand reservoirs using seismic data interpretation and well log evaluation in LILY Field (Pseudo Name), Western Offshore Basin, India. The integrated study has incorporated three ...
  • THIN BED DETECTION IN ATTENUATING AND FLUID FILLED BEDS 
    Bairwa, Lokesh Kumar (Department of Earth Sciences,IITR., 2016)
    In seismic prospecting the detection of thin beds is intimately related to the question of vertical resolution. The extent to which a thin bed could be detected on seismic sections is related to the wavelength of seismic ...
  • AMBIENT NOISE SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY 
    Anand, Animesh (Department of Earth Sciences,IITR., 2016)
    Ambient noise can be used to generate tomographic images that give us an idea of various geological features prevalent in the subsurface. Ambient noise is used to generate shallow depth images. Such images can be used to ...
  • ESTIMATION OF SOURCE CHARACTERISTICS OF HIMALAYAN EARTHQUAKE 
    Vikas (Department of Earth Sciences,IITR., 2016)
    The scope of this work involved the estimation and analysis of source characteristics for the Himalayan earthquakes. The data is collected from the seismic network , Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology. The data includes ...
  • ALGORITHM FOR EARTHQUAKE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM 
    Bhardwaj, Rakhi (Dept. of Earthquake Engineering iit Roorkee, 2013-10)
    Earthquake Early Warning (EEW) system is considered as one of the real-time earthquake damage mitigation measures, which detects, analyses and transmits information of the impending ground shaking prior to the arrival ...
  • SEISMIC BEHAVIOR AND VULNERABILITY OF INDIAN RC FRAME BUILDINGS WITH URM INFILLS 
    Haldar, Putul (Dept. of Eartquake Engineering iit Roorkee, 2013-07)
    Reinforced Concrete (RC) framed buildings with Un-Reinforced Masonry (URM) infills are the most popular structural systems for multistory buildings in India and many other parts of the world. These buildings have shown ...
  • DIFFERENCE IN SITE RESPONSE OF NEAR-FIELD AND FAR-FIELD EXCITATIONS 
    Ranjan, Piyush (Department of Earthquake Engineering IITR, 2016-05)
    The recent advancement in technology has brought about a huge amount of change in the method of design of structures. Now, apart from the gravity load carrying capacity the engineers are also concerned about the vulnerability ...
  • SEISMIC ANALYSIS OF TAILINGS DAM 
    Rungta, Vipul (Department of Earthquake Engineering IITR, 2016-05)
    Tailings dams are used to impound waste tailings generated by mining activities. Failure of a tailings dam is hazardous for that region because corrosive and radioactive material in the tailing would then contaminate the ...
  • BEHAVIOUR OF SHORT PILE UNDER MACHINE INDUCED HORIZONTAL VIBRATIONS 
    Khandelwal, Mahima (Department of Earthquake Engineering IITR, 2016-05)
    Short rigid piles are widely used to support structures such as wind turbines, traffic signals, jetties, transmission towers, highway overhead signs and water front structures. In order to assess the effect of L/D ratio ...
  • EVALUATION OF DYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF SANDS USING RESONANT COLUMN APPARATUS 
    Sanjeev, Shinde Ninad (Department of Earthquake Engineering IITR, 2016-06)
    Evaluation of dynamic behaviour of sand has been of prime importance for many engineering problems such as those caused by earthquake, wind loading etc. Dynamic loads for short duration on soil cause small strain levels. ...
  • DESIGN OF PILE FOUNDATIONS FOR EARTHQUAKE LOADS 
    Shrimal, Devendra (Department of Earthquake Engineering IITR, 2016-06)
    The response of pile foundation is complex under real earthquake motion. In analysis of design forces for pile foundation, applied motion parameter play significant role. Effect of PGA and predominant frequency plays ...