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Prof. M V N Siva Kumar

PhD (Indian Institute of Technology Madras)

Associate Professor

Department of Civil Engineering

Room No: B202, Civil Engineering Building   +91-870-2462124
mvns@nitw.ac.in
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Research Areas

 Computational Mechanics 

 Experimental Studies on Special Concretes 

 Finite Element and Reliability Applications to Nuclear Stru. 

 Fracture Mechanics Applications to Metal and Concrete 

 Studies on Alternative Construction Materials 

  • Courses Handled
  • Research IDs
  • Selected Publications
  • Project/Consultancy
  • Current PhD Students
  • Awards and Accolades
  • Additional Responsibilities
  • Dissertation Work Part - A(CE6249)
  • Comprehensive Viva voce(CE6247)
  • Structural Health Monitoring(CE27029)
  • Material Testing Laboratory(CE233)
  • Fracture Mechanics of Concrete Structures(CE27025)
  • Structures and Dynamics Laboratory(CE26006)
  • Seismic Analysis and Design of Structures(CE27022)
  • Dissertation Work Part - B(CE6299)
  • Structural Health Monitoring(CE5215)
  • Engineering Mechanics(CE101)
  • Seismic Analysis and Design of Structures(CE5253)
  • Seminar - II(CE5298)
  • Design of Industrial Structures(CE5265)
  • ORC ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3138-9544
  • SCOPUS ID: 56893269600
  • Google Scholar ID: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=drjEKWAAAAAJ&hl=en


  • Numerical Simulation of Wedge Splitting Test Method for Evaluating Fracture Behaviour of Self Compacting Concrete, By Raja Rajeshwari B, Sivakumar M V N, Techno Press (Q1), Computers and Concrete, vol.33, pp., 2024
  • Structural State Classification of 3D Frame – A Machine Learning Approach, By Sathish Polu, Sivakumar M V N, Rathish Kumar P, CSIR-SERC, Journal of Structural Engineering, vol.50 (3), pp.1-14, 2023
  • Value Added Utilization of Granite Industry By-Product in Development of Geopolymer Paver Blocks for Medium Traffic Drive Ways, By Mani Rathnam P, Ramesh Nayaka R, Sivakumar M V N, Springer (Q2), Innovative Infrastructure Solutions, vol.8 (9), pp.242, 2023
  • Study on Basalt Fiber Reinforced Concrete: Mechanical and Microstructural Properties and Analytical Modelling of Compressive Stress-Strain Curves, By Sagar B, Sivakumar M V N., Taylor & Francis (Q2), European Journal Of Environmental And Civil Engineering, vol., pp., 2022
  • Implementing construction waste management in India: An extended theory of planned behaviour approach, By Swarna Swetha Kolaventi , TP Tezeswi, M V N Siva Kumar, ELSEVIER (Q1), Environmental Technology & Innovation, vol.27, pp., 2022
  • Fracture properties of ternary blended fiber reinforced self-compacting concrete-A plastic viscosity approach, By J.S. Kalyana Rama, Sai Kubair, M V N. Sivakumar, A. Vasan and A. Ramachandra Murthy, Techno Press (Q1), Computers and Concrete , vol.28 (4), pp.379-393, 2021
  • Compressive Properties and AnalyticalStress-Strain Curves of Poly vinyl Alcohol fiber Reinforced Concrete, By Bhanavath Sagar, M.V.N. Sivakumar , ELSEVIER (Q1), Construction and Building Materials, vol.291, pp., 2021
  • Mechanical and Microstructure Characterization of Alccofine Based High Strength Concrete, By Sagar B, Sivakumar M V N, Springer (Q2), Silicon, vol., pp., 2021
  • Evaluation of influence of coarse aggregate properties on fracture behaviour of SFRSCC, By Raja Rajeshwari B, Sivakumar M.V.N, Techno Press (Q2), Advances in Concrete Construction, vol.9 (2), pp., 2020
  • Visualization and Quantification of Aggregate and Fiber in Self-Compacting Concrete using Computed Tomography for Wedge Splitting Test, By Raja Rajeshwari B, Sivakumar M.V.N, Harsha Praneeth, Springer (Q1), Archieves of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, vol.20, pp., 2020

Structural soundness of human habitation in respect of ESI buildings located in Telangana

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Consultancy
  • Sponsor ESI Corporation, Ministry of Labour and Employment, GOI
  • Duration 6 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 1460000
  • Status Completed

Major Bridge at from Ghaziapur to Bhalla in the state of Uttar Pradesh

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Consultancy
  • Sponsor NHA, India
  • Duration 6 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 350000
  • Status Completed

Construction of 2 Nos dams at GDK 10 Incline mine and Adriyala project mine, SCCL

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Consultancy
  • Sponsor SCCL
  • Duration 6 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 3850000
  • Status Completed

A Simple and Robust non-contact method for rapid structural health monitoring of critical infrastructure using digital image correlation

  • Role Co-Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor DST-IMPRINT
  • Duration 36 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 3850000
  • Status Completed

Sensitivity of Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Structures using Fragility Curves

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor MHRD
  • Duration 24 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 500000
  • Status Completed

Experimental And Numerical Investigations On Sandwiched Modular Multilayer Self Compacted Cement Concrete Pavements

  • Role Co-Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor ABGST
  • Duration 24 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 1000000
  • Status Completed


Mr. G. Vijay

  • Area of Research: Micro mechanical properties of CCMs

Mr. Moizuddin S

  • Area of Research: Vision based Structural Health Monitoring

Mr.P.Mani Ratnam

  • Area of Research: Granite Waste as a Filler Material

Mr. Sathish P

  • Area of Research: SHM Using ML Approach

Mrs. B Bhavani (PT)

  • Area of Research: Synergistic effects of CCMs

Mr. Shakeer A (Supervisor: Dr.T.P.Tezeswi)

  • Area of Research: UHPC

Mrs. K.Shanthi Sri (PT)

  • Area of Research: Development of Novel Self Healing Mortar
  • Research Fellowship
  • Faculty In-charge for Institute Fire Safety Management (August, 2023 - February, 2024)
  • Faculty In-charge for Civil Engineering Association (CEA) (July, 2020 - July, 2023)
  • Faculty Coordinator for B.Tech Project Evaluation (March, 2020 - April, 2022)
  • Faculty Coordinator for Learning Management System (Civil Engg.) (March, 2020 - April, 2022)
  • Hostel Warden (June, 2016 - July, 2018)