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Biosketch
Education
PhD (Aug 2020 – Present)
- Indian Institute of Technology, Palakkad
- Area – Slope stabilization; Soil-structure interaction; Helical soil nails; Finite element modelling
M.S. by Research (Jan 2018 – July 2020)
- Indian Institute of Technology, Palakkad
- Thesis Title - Evaluation of the Performance of Hybrid Back-to-Back Mechanically Stabilized Earth Walls with Select and Marginal Backfills
- Area – Reinforced earth walls; Rainwater Infiltration Analysis; Finite element modelling
B.Tech. (July 2013 – July 2017)
- Civil Engineering (First class with Honours)
- NSS College of Engineering, Palakkad
- University of Calicut
- Major Project – Quantity and Quality Analysis of Waterbodies in Eruthenpathy Panchayat for Rehabilitation and Capacity Augmentation
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Teaching
1. Optimization Techniques in Engineering - Govt. Engineering College Palakkad (weekly webinar session)
2. Geotechnical Engineering - Govt. Polytechnic College Palakkad (Final year, 2019-2022 batch)
3. Transportation Engineering - Govt Polytechnic College Palakkad (Final year, 2020-2023 batch)
- Phd Supervisor
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Additional Information
TitlePublicationsDescription
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Rajagopal, G., & Thiyyakkandi, S. (2022). Influence of Retained Zone Width on the Behaviour of Back-to-Back Mechanically Stabilized Earth Walls Upon Rainwater Infiltration. International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40891-022-00416-9
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Rajagopal, G., & Sudheesh, T. K. (2022). Numerical Analysis of Hybrid Back-To-Back MSE Wall with Select and Marginal Backfill. Proceedings of the 7th Indian Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 195. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6456-4_47 (Received IGS – YGE Best Paper Biennial Award – 2020)
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Rajagopal, G., & Thiyyakkandi, S. (2022). Effect of Reinforcement Stiffness on the Response of Back-to-Back MSE Wall upon Infiltration. Geosynthetics International. https://doi.org/10.1680/jgein.21.00043
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Rajagopal, G., & Thiyyakkandi, S. (2021). Numerical evaluation of the performance of back-to-back MSE walls with hybrid select-marginal fill zones. Transportation Geotechnics, 26, 100445. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trgeo.2020.100445
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