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Biosketch
Expertise
Dr. B. Sridharan is working in computational and experimental hydraulics with a focus on free surface flow modeling. His research covers urban flooding, dam breaks, levee breaches, storm surges, and coastal and estuarine dynamics. He developed the Integrated River and Ocean Modeling System (IROMS), which is capable of simulating fluvial, pluvial, and coastal floods. His IROMS-Fluvial-Pluvial model is ten times more efficient than existing models, enabling real-time flood forecasting for Chennai. His IROMS-surge model accurately simulates coastal flooding along the Indian coast. Dr. Sridharan has also contributed to the hydrological and hydraulic assessments at Chennai Airport, identifying the causes of the 2015 floods and recommending improvements to the stormwater drainage system and compound walls. In Kerala's Kuttanad region, his involvement in hydraulic studies identified optimal sites for flood regulators and proposed new channels to divert water through the Thottappally spillway. Dr. B. Sridharan specializes in stormwater modeling and drainage network performance analysis in Chennai. As a hydraulic model review expert for the city's real-time flood forecasting system, he provides critical insights. He remains active in teaching, research, and consultancy, with publications in top journals.
Experience
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Palakkad (19 Aug 2024 to Present)
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Indore (21 Dec 2023 to 17 Aug 2024)
Education
Ph. D. Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India 2023
Thesis: Development of Loosely and Tightly Coupled Numerical Models
for Simulating Combined Coastal-Pluvial and Fluvial Floods
M. Tech. Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India 2013
B. E. College of Engineering, Guindy 2011
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Research
Open channel and free surface flow
Computational and experimental hydraulics
Dam break modeling
Coastal and estuarine flow simulation
Stormwater & urban flood simulation and Pipe flow analysis
Large-scale hydrological and hydraulic modeling
Urban and coastal floods under the impact of climate change
Assessing the Impact of Urbanization on Urban Flooding Dynamics
Simulation-Optimization of single and multi-purpose reservoir
Application of AI/ML programs in flood modeling
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Additional Information
TitlePublicationsDescription
Journal Papers
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Sridharan, B., Chaitanya, R. K., Sudheer, K. P., & Kuiry, S. N. (2022). Improved accuracy of storm surge simulations by incorporating changing along‐track parameters. International Journal of Climatology.
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Sridharan, B., Bates, P. D., Sen, D., & Kuiry, S. N. (2021). Local-inertial shallow water model on unstructured triangular grids. Advances in Water Resources, 152, 103930.
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Sridharan, B., Gurivindapalli, D., Kuiry, S. N., Mali, V. K., Nithila Devi, N., Bates, P. D., & Sen, D. (2020). Explicit expression of weighting factor for improved estimation of numerical flux in Local Inertial models. Water Resources Research, 56(7), e2020WR027357.
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Devi, N. N., Sridharan, B., & Kuiry, S. N. (2019). Impact of urban sprawl on future flooding in Chennai city, India. Journal of Hydrology, 574, 486-496.
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Ahmed, M. A., Sridharan, B., Saha, N., Sannasiraj, S. A., & Kuiry, S. N. (2022). Assessment of coastal vulnerability for extreme events. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 103341.
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Nithila Devi, N., Sridharan, B., Bindhu, V. M., Narasimhan, B., Bhallamudi, S. M., Bhatt, C. M., ... & Kuiry, S. N. (2020). Investigation of Role of Retention Storage in Tanks (Small Water Bodies) on Future Urban Flooding: A Case Study of Chennai City, India. Water, 12(10), 2875.
Conference Papers
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Sridharan, B., and Kuiry, S. N. (2016). An Unstructured Grid based two-dimensional dam-break flow model for preparing Inundation maps. In: Second National Dam Safety Conference, IISC, Bengaluru, India, 253-264 (Oral presentation)
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Sridharan, B., and Kuiry, S. N. (2018). A River-bay Coupled Model for Simulating Flood Inundation Due to Cyclone Along the Head Bay of Bengal Region. In: Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) 15th Annual Meeting. 3 – 8 June. Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A (Oral presentation)
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Sridharan, B., and Kuiry, S. N. (2018). Improvement in estimation of radius of maximum wind of the cyclones in the Bay of Bengal basin: application in storm surge modelling for Vardah cyclone. In: Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) 15th Annual Meeting. 3 – 8 June. Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A (Oral presentation)
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Sridharan, B., and Kuiry, S. N. (2021). Tightly coupled river-bay model for simulating floods due to storm surge and river flow. In: 26th International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources and Coastal Engineering (HYDRO 2021 International). 23-25 December. SVNIT Surat, Gujarat, India
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Sridharan, B., Vikram Pratap Singh, Dhrubajyoti Sen, and Kuiry, S. N. (2022). Combined Storm Surge and River Flow Simulation for The Hooghly Estuary, East Coast of India. Proceedings of the 23rd IAHR-APD Congress 2022, IIT Madras, India
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