Sitaram Nayak

Designation:

Professor

Date of Joining at NITK:

Tuesday, December 29, 1992

Professional Experience:

Total: 32 Years

At NITK: 29 Years

Contact Details

E-mail:

snayak [at] nitk.edu.in

Telephone:

+91-824-2474000 Extn. 3041

Academic Background

Academic Background:

Ph.D (IISc., Bangalore), 2000
M.Tech (IISc., Bangalore) , 1990
B.E. (KREC, Surathkal), 1986

Areas of Interest

Soil behaviour
Ground improvement techniques
Environmental geotechnology
Earth pressure
Slope stability

Supervision of Ph.D

Completed (6)
On-going (2)

Significant Publications

i) Sitaram Nayakand Purushotham G Sarvade" Effect of cement and quarry dust on hydraulic and shear strength characteristics of Lithomargic Clay” Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, Springer, Netherland,ISSN: 09603182, Vol.30, No.2, (2012) pp 419-430.(DOI 10.1007/s10706-011-9477-y) (Scopus)

ii) Sitaram Nayak, M R Dheerendra Babu, R Shivashankar and Naveen James “ Performance of stone columns in weak ground with dispersive soils” ICE, Geotechnical Engineering,ISSN: 13532618, Vol. 167(1) ,(2014), pp72-82 (DOI:10.1680/geng.11.00004) (Scopus).

iii) Sekhar, D.C. and Nayak, S.“SEM and XRD investigations on lithomargic clay stabilized using granulated blast furnace slag and cement.” International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, Taylor and Francis, Vol. 13, issue 6, Nov.2019 pp 615-629(ISSN :19386362) (doi:10.1080/11386362.2017.1380355) (Scopus)

iv) Preetam H K and Sitaram Nayak “Geotechnical investigations on marine clay stabilized using granulated blast furnace slag and cement”, International journal of geosynthetics and ground engineering, Springer publication, Vo. 5, issue 4, article 28, Oct, 2019, pp 1-12(https://doi.org/10.1007/S40891-019-0179-5) (PISSN 21999260) (Scopus).

v) Sitaram Nayak, Vibhoosha M P and Anjana Bhasi“ Effect of column configuration on the performance of encased stone columnswith basal geogrid installed in lithomargic clay.” International journal of geosynthetics and ground engineering, Springer publication. Vol. 5, issue 4, article 29, Oct, 2019, pp 1-199 (https://doi.org/10.1007/S40891-019-0181-y) (PISSN 21999260) (Scopus).

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