RESUME

Name: S. RAGHUNATH
Date of birth: 19th April 1964
Designation: Professor
Teaching experience: 25 years

Name of college: BMS College of Engineering

Address: Department of Civil Engineering
Bull Temple Road
Bangalore 560 019

Phone: 080-26622130 to 135 (6 lines) Ext. 2010 (O); 080-26770771 (R), 98457-94060 (M);
FAX: 080-26614357
E-mail:
raghunath.smrc@gmail.com
raghu.civ@bmsce.ac.in

Qualification:
Year Degree Specialization College/University
1985 B. E Civil Engineering UVCE,
Bangalore University
1989 M. E Construction Technology UVCE,
Bangalore University
2003 STATIC AND DYNAMIC BEHAVIOUR OF BRICK MASONRY WITH
PhD CONTAINMENT REINFORCEMENT
Department of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore 560012

Research Interests
1. Structural Masonry
2. Experimental Dynamics
3. Earthquake Resistant Buildings
4. Alternative Building Materials and Technologies
5. Energy and buildings
6. Restoration and Structural Strengthening of Heritage Buildings

Courses taught in the past five years: UG

(i) Engineering Mechanics (Applied Mechanics)
(ii) Strength of Materials (Solid Mechanics)
(iii) Matrix Analysis of Structures
(iv) Design of Masonry Structures
(v) Finite Element Methods
(vi) Theory of Elasticity
(vii) Construction Management
(viii) Structural Dynamics
(ix) Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures
(x) Structures lab and Materials testing lab
(xi) Building Drawing
(xii) Building Materials and Building Construction
(xiii) Concrete Technology
(xiv) Bridge Engineering
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(i) Advanced Structural Analysis (Theory of Elasticity)
(ii) Systems Analysis in Civil Engineering
(iii) Structural Masonry and Alternative Building Technologies
(iv) Component Assessment Lab
(v) Construction Methods in Disaster Prone Areas
(vi) Energy and Buildings
(vii) Advanced RC Design
(viii) Construction Management
(ix) Structural Dynamics
(x) Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures
(xi) Construction Planning and Control

Sponsored projects successfully completed:

DEVELOPMENT OF LOAD BEARING EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT

REINFORCED MASONRY
(co-principal investigator: Smt. Mangala Keshava)

Sponsored by: VTU, Belgaum

Amount sanctioned: Rs. 21.50 lakhs
Duration of the project: three years (November 2008- July 2012)

DEVELOPMENT OF INTEGRATED MASONRY FENESTRATION SYSTEMS

(PI: Prof. R V Ranganath, Co-Investigator: S Raghunath)
Sponsored by: In-house R&D scheme, BMSCE
Amount sanctioned: Rs.4.5 lakhs
Duration of the project: May 2009 to June 2010

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT BUILDINGS WITH REINFORCED MASONRY –

STUDIES ON IMPROVEMENT OF DUCTILITY

Name of the Principal Investigator: S. RAGHUNATH

Sponsored by: AICTE, New Delhi
Subject/Discipline: Civil/ Building Engineering, Science and Technology
Amount sanctioned: Rs.6.25 lakhs
Duration of the Project: Two years (April 2000 to May 2002)
Awards for supervision of Project works:

1. The project work titled, “Seismic Evaluation of Corner and Containment

Reinforcement for Masonry Buildings”, was adjudged the PROJECT OF THE
YEAR AWARD by the Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology,
September 2002, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 12.
2. The dissertation work titled, “Experimental and Analytical Investigation of High
Strength Concrete Shear Walls Subjected to Shock Loading”, was awarded the
ACCE-Sundaram Merit award- 2007 for “Best Dissertation” by ME/M.Tech
(Structures).
3. The dissertation work titled “Embodied Energy and Operating Energy Auditing of
an Institutional Building”, was awarded the best M. Tech project in Construction
Technology program, BMSCE, for the year 2013.

PG project work supervised: more than 40 PG dissertations

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1. Ductility of Brick Masonry with G.I Containment Reinforcement – An

Experimental Investigation
2. Experimental Investigation on Brick Masonry with Aluminum Containment
Reinforcement
3. Shock Table Studies for Evaluation of Earthquake Resistant Features in Masonry
Buildings
4. Some Studies on Reinforced Stabilised Mud-block (RSMB) Lintel Beams for Low
Cost Housing
5. Some Studies on Reinforced Brick Masonry Lintels
6. Seismic Evaluation of Corner and Containment Reinforcement for Masonry
Buildings
7. Demonstration of Sway Modes and Torsion Modes of Framed Structures Using
Shaking Table
8. Demonstration of Soft Storey Effects of Framed Structures Using Shaking Table
9. Non-Linear Behaviour of Masonry Walls Under Eccentric Loads
10. Analysis, Design and Construction Aspects Of Masonry Buildings Under
Earthquake Ground Motions
11. Evaluation of Corner Strengthening Methods for Masonry Buildings by Shock
Table Tests
12. Experimental and Analytical Investigation of High Strength Concrete Shear Walls
Subjected to Shock Loading
13. Shock Table Studies of Brick Masonry Building with RC roof
14. Behaviour of Brick Masonry with Containment Reinforcement Subjected to Cyclic
Flexural Loading
15. Behaviour of Masonry Shear Wall under Cyclic In-plane Load
16. Seismic Evaluation of Confined Masonry through Shock-table Tests
17. Embodied Energy and Operating Energy Auditing of an Institutional Building
18. Analysis and Design of Multi-storeyed Masonry Building
19. Seismic Evaluation of Reinforced Hollow Concrete Block Masonry Building
through Shock Table studies
20. Development of Low-Energy Geopolymer Masonry Units
PhD supervised:

Sl. No. Title Name of University Status

Candidate
1. Behaviour of Masonry Under Mrs. Mangala VTU PhD awarded, 2013
Axial, Eccentric and Lateral Keshava
Loading
2. Analytical and Experimental Mr. Biswarup VTU PhD awarded, 2013
Investigations on Earthquake Saikia
Resistant Low-Rise Brick
Masonry Buildings
3. Studies on the Effect of Brick Mr. Arun VTU PhD awarded, 2013
Masonry In-fill on the Kumar A S
Performance of RC Frames
under In-plane Lateral Loads
4. Seismic Evaluation of Bamboo- Mr. Jagadish VTU On-going
based Housing Systems Vengala

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5. Development of Load Bearing Mr. Subash VTU On-going
Reinforced Masonry Using Babu
Moderate Strength Blocks
6. Development of Low-Energy Mrs. Jyothi TK VTU On-going
Geopolymer Masonry Units
using Argillaceous and
Siliceous Materials

Major consultancy works related to the area of research:

1. Restoration of school at Kandavara, Chickkaballapur in which Sir. MV was a student
2. Stability analysis of Five Storeyed Un-reinforced Masonry Building (Tata –Rally
House) in Mumbai
3. Consultant for Seismic Retrofitting of Ujjayanta Palace at Agartala, Tripura
4. Restoration and Structural Strengthening of the university bungalow resided by Late
President, Dr. S Radhakrishnan, Mysore
5. Vibration isolation design and evaluation for Physics lab at IISER, Pune
6. Ambient Ground Vibration measurements for NIMHANS, Bangalore
7. Vibration measurements near KRS dam for KRDCL quarry
8. Stability analysis of Majestic Amdaar Nivas, Mumbai
9. Consultant for M/s RGRHCL and Nirmithi Kendras – Bangalore Urban, Rural,
Ramanagaram and Mysore
10. Structural Consultant for Platinum Rated Villas of BCIL, Rajankunte
11. Restoration and Structural Strengthening of residential building Raghava Sadana,
Mysore
12. Consultant to INTACH for Restoration and Structural Strengthening of Krumbeigal
Hall, Lalbagh, Bangalore
13. Consultant to INTACH for Restoration and Structural Strengthening of Aquarium,
Lalbagh, Bangalore
14. Structural consultant for the DRIK-VIVEKA residential school campus at
Chickkaballapur (and also at Chitoor, Kalahasti).
15. Consultant for characterization of masonry products for M/s Weinerberger, Bangalore
and M/s Ultratech, Bangalore

Guest lectures delivered: more than 40

1. “Concepts for Earthquake Resistant Masonry”, for practicing engineers of BMTPC,
New Delhi, March 2008
2. “Concepts for Earthquake Resistant RC and Masonry Buildings”, University College
of Engineering, Osmania University, March 2007
3. “Behaviour of RC and Masonry Buildings during Earthquakes”, One-day seminar on
cost-effective construction techniques, RV College of Engineering, Bangalore,
December 2007
4. “Structural Masonry”, for practicing engineers, AN Prakash Consultants, April 2007
5. “Concepts for Earthquake Resistant Masonry”, for PWD engineers at KERS Mysore,
13th December 2006
6. “Repair And Rehabilitation of Masonry and RC Structures”, for practicing Engineers,
at INSTRUCT lecture hall, (VT Paradise), August 2006.
7. “Earthquakes and Masonry Buildings”, at BIT, Bangalore, April, 2005
8. “Mathematical Issues in Dynamic Testing of Scaled Models”, at BMSCE, 2004
9. “Experimental Dynamics”, at SIT, Tumkur, 2003
10. “Introduction to Earthquake Engineering and Earthquake Resistant Structures”, at
Basaveshwara College of Engineering, Bagalkot, 2004.
11. “Containment Reinforcement for Earthquake Resistant Masonry”, at IIT-Madras,
Chennai, July 2003
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 12. “Earthquake Resistant Masonry Buildings”, for PWD engineers at KERS Mysore,
2002 and 2003
13. “Finite Element Applications in Structural Masonry”, at SIT, Tumkur, 2004
14. “Development of Experimental Dynamics Facilities at BMS College”, at IIT-Kanpur,
2004
15. “Containment Reinforcement for Earthquake Resistant Masonry”, at IIT-Madras,
2004
16. “Introduction to FEA”, at BMSCE, Bangalore, 2000
17. “Case Studies on PERT and CPM in Construction Industry”, at BMSCE, Bangalore,
1999
18. “Limit State Design Philosophy in Structural Steel Design”, at BMSCE, Bangalore,
2004
19. “Buckling Phenomenon in Structural Steel”, at BMSCE, Bangalore, 2004
20. “Appropriate use of equipments and how to read a drawing”, at BMSCE during
Masons Training Programme.
21. “Application of FE technique to Structural Masonry”, short term course at CUSAT,
Cochin, Jan 30 2009

Continuing Education Programs/Courses conducted:

1. Dynamics of Structures, January – May 2004, Proficience, CEP, Indian Institute of

Science, Bangalore 12, (co-faculty: Prof. K S Jagadish, IISc)
2. Finite Element Analysis – Theory and Applications to Civil Engineering Problems,
January – August 2004, BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore 19
3. GATE 2005 coaching at BMSCE
4. Computer fundamentals – Level I, to Technical Teaching Staff member of BMSCE,
July – August 2004
5. Computer fundamentals – Level II, to Technical Teaching Staff member of BMSCE,
July – August 2005
6. Application of FEA to Civil Engineering Problems, February 2005 at BMSCE
7. Introduction to Structural Dynamics, to Teaching faculty, March-June 2006
8. Value added course on “Energy and Buildings”, September 2013, January 2014

List of Publications

16 International journals
25 National Conferences
5 International Conferences

Others:

TEQIP-I Civil Works Nodal Officer, BMSCE

Contributed as International Students’ Advisor (ICD, BMSET)
NBA coordinator for Civil Engineering Program, BMSCE
Initiated BMS-SMRC (Structural Masonry Resource Center)
Member of Founder Organisation of Koushalya Shaale – Finishing School run by RGRHCL
Carried out Academic Audit of Civil Engineering program, NIE, Mysore
Doctoral Committee member, College of Engineering, Anna University, Chennai
BOS member Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology, Yelahanka
Doctoral Committee member, VJTI, Mumbai

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Publication Details

1. Jagadish K S, Nanjunda Rao K S, Raghunath S and Biswarup Saikia, “Improving seismic

resistance of masonry buildings using containment reinforcement”, Journal of Structural
Engineering, SERC, Chennai, vol. 34, no. 6, February-March 2008, pp 406-411

2. Jagadish K S, Nanjunda Rao K S, Raghunath S and Biswarup Saikia “Seismic evaluation

of masonry building models through Shock-table tests”, proc. of the Structural Engineers
World Congress 2007 (SEWC 2007) held during November 2-7, 2007, Bangalore

3. Arun Kumar A S and Raghunath S, “Fundamental period of RC framed structures with

and without Masonry In-fills: A Parametric study”, Proc. of the National Seminar on
Structural Engineering, Thyagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, December 18-19,
2007

4. Mangala Keshava, Vijayendra K V and Raghunath S, “Strength efficiency of commonly

used blockwork masonry”, communicated to Indian Concrete Journal, July 2007

5. Mangala Keshava, Hemanth Shenoy, Raghunath S and Biswarup Saikia, “Behaviour of

Masonry Walls under Eccentric Loading – A Non-linear FEA”, accepted for publication
in the National Conference on Recent Advances in Structural Engineering (RASE-2008),
Ananthpur, April 2008

6. Biswarup Saikia, Shantha Rashmi Parthan and Raghunath S, “Shock Table Studies - A
Simple Method to Evaluate the Dynamic Behaviour of Masonry Building Models”, Proc.
of National conference on Disaster Management and mitigation held at BMS College of
Engineering, Feb 2nd - 4th 2006.

7. Biswarup Saikia, Vinod K S, S Raghunath and Jagadish K S, “Effect of reinforced

concrete bands on dynamic behaviour of masonry buildings”, October 2006, Indian
Concrete Journal

8. Nanjunda Rao, K S, Raghunath, S and Jagadish, K S, “Containment Reinforcement for

Earthquake Resistant Masonry Buildings”, Proc. of the 13th World Conference on
Earthquake Engineering, August 2004, Vancouver, Canada

9. Jagadish, K S, Raghunath, S and Nanjunda Rao, K S, “Behaviour of Masonry Structures

During the Bhuj Earthquake of January 2001”. Pro. Of International Conference on
Seismic Hazard with Particular Reference to Bhuj Earthquake of Jan 26, 200, 3-5
October, 2001, New Delhi.

10. Jagadish, K S, Raghunath, S and Nanjunda Rao, K S, “Behaviour of Masonry Structures

During the Bhuj Earthquake of January 2001”, Journal of Indian National Academy of
Science.

11. S Raghunath, “Static and Dynamic Behaviour of Brick Masonry with Containment
Reinforcement”, PhD thesis, January 2003, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

12. Jagadish, K S, Raghunath, S and Nanjunda Rao, K S, “Shock Table Studies on Masonry
Building Model With Containment Reinforcement”, Journal of Structural Engineering,
SERC, Chennai, Special Issue on Advances in Engineering of Structures to Mitigate
Damage due to Earthquakes, April – June 2002, vol. – 29, no.-1, pp 9-17.

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13. Jagadish, K S, Raghunath, S and Nanjunda Rao, K S, “Earthquake Resistant Masonry
Structures Using Containment Reinforcement”, Proc. Of the National Workshop on
Alternative Building Methods, January 16-18, 2002, Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore 560 012.

14. Raghunath, S, Nanjunda Rao, K S and Jagadish, K S, “Studies on the Ductility of Brick
Masonry Walls with Containment Reinforcement”, Proc. Of the 6th International Seminar
Structural Masonry for Developing Countries, held at Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore 12, Oct 11-13, 2002 .

15. K, Ravisankar, Raghunath, S and Jagadish, K S, “Shock Table Studies on Brick Masonry
Building Model”, Proc. Of the 6th International Seminar Structural Masonry for
Developing Countries, held at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 12, Oct 11-13, 2002
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16. Raghunath, S, Jagadeesha Kumar, B T, Jagadish, K S, “Dynamic Response of Masonry

Wall Subjected to Soft Impact Load”, Proc. Of the 11th symposium on Earthquake
Engineering, Dec. 17-19, 1998, Roorkee, pp 453-460.

17. Raghunath, S and Jagadish, K S, “Strength and Elasticity of Bricks in India”, Proc. Of the
Workshop on Recent Advances in Masonry Construction, Roorkee, 1998, pp 141-150.

18. Raghunath, S, “Mathematical Issues in Dynamic Testing of Scaled Models”, Proc. of the
Short Term Course on Recent Advances in Computational Techniques, June 2004,
BMSCE, Bangalore

19. Muralidhara, S, Damodaran, P M and Raghunath S, “Use of Horizontal Shear

Reinforcement in RC Lintels”, Proc. Of the Seminar on Cost Effective Materials and
Techniques for Mass Housing, Ananthpur, 1997.