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Prof. Umesh Basappa

Assistant Professor Gr-I

Department of Civil Engineering

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Room No: +91-870-2462157 umeshb@nitw.ac.in https://wsdc.nitw.ac.in/facultynew/facultyprofile/id/16904 Bio Sketch

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    • Journal(s): 15
    • Conference(s): 8
    • PhD: Current - 3  Awarded - 1

    23

    PUBLICATIONS

    4

    DOCTORAL STUDENTS

    3

    PROJECTS

    Research Areas

    Classical and Non-Classical Continuum Mechanics
    Damage and Fracture Mechanics to study the crack propagation
    Non-local & Strain Gradient Theories
    Numerical Methods in Civil Engineering: FEM, FEA, IGA
    EDUCATION QUALIFICATION
    Degree Institute Year
    Doctor of Philosophy Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad 2016
    Master of Technology Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering (SJCE), Mysore 2011
    Bachelor of Engineering University B.D.T. College of Engineering (UBDTCE), Davangere 2007
    COURSES HANDLED
    Course L-T-P Credit Degree Level
    Theory of Structures-2(CE301) 3-0-0 3 UG
    Finite Element Methods(CE466) 3-0-0 3 UG
    Basic Engineering Mechanics(CE1164) 3-0-0 3 UG
    Basic Engineering Mechanics(CE181) 2-0-0 2 UG
    Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design(CE318) 3-0-0 3 UG
    Engineering Mechanics(CE101) 3-0-0 3 UG
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    PUBLICATIONS
    Journal(s)
    Understanding the differential influence of thermal and mechanical on the electro-mechanical admittance response of cementitious materials, By Tejas Shelgaonkar, Umesh Basappa, Arun Narayanan, Elsevier, Construction and Building Materials, vol.475, pp.1-15, 2025
    “Correlating the evolution of temperature and load induced damage in concrete subgrade using piezoelectric sensors, By Tejas Shelgaonkar, Arun Narayanan, Umesh Basappa, ASCE, ” Journal of Structural Design and Construction Practice, vol., pp., 2025
    Influence of hybrid fibres on bond characteristics of the GFRP bars with standard and high strength geopolymer concrete, By Niyazuddin, Umesh B, ASTM, Journal of Testing and Evaluation, vol., pp., 2025
    A Review on the Impact of Thermal Effects on Electro-Mechanical Impedance Technique-Based Structural Health Monitoring, By Tejas Shelgaonkar, Arun Narayanan, Umesh Basappa, Springer Nature Link, Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, vol., pp., 2025
    Effect of Polypropylene and Brass-coated Steel fibres on bond behaviour of GFRP bars in normal and high strength geopolymer concrete, By Niyazuddin, Umesh B, Wiley, Structural Concrete, vol., pp.1-20, 2024
    Experimental investigation on bond behaviour of the GFRP bars with normal and high strength geopolymer concrete, By Niyazuddin, Umesh B, Elsevier, Construction and Building Materials, vol.429, pp.136395, 2024
    Mechanical and durability properties of standard and high strength geopolymer concrete using particle packing theory, By Niyazuddin, Umesh B, Elsevier, Construction and Building Materials, vol.400, pp.132722, 2023
    Analytical load-moment (P-M) interaction diagram for GFRP-reinforced rectangular concrete column in uniaxial bending, By Niyazuddin, B. Umesh, Elsevier, Materials Today: Proceedings, vol., pp., 2023
    Experimental study on shear reinforced and shear deficient RC beams subjected to preloading and wrapping with CFRP sheets, By MH Prashanth, R Manjunath, Abhilash Koppad, B Umesh, Imran Kuttagola, Elsevier, Materials Today: Proceedings, vol., pp., 2023
    The use of contravariant tensor invariants to model damage in anisotropic soft tissues, By Arthesh Basak, Rajagopal Amirtham, Umesh Basappa, Taylor & Francis, Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, vol.29, pp.5714–5725, 2022
    The use of contravariant tensors to model anisotropic soft tissues, By Arthesh Basak, Amirtham Rajagopal, Umesh Basappa, Mokarram Hossain, World Scientific Publishing Company, International Journal of Applied Mechanics, vol.13, pp.2150039, 2021
    Impact of social lockdown due to COVID-19 on environmental and health risk indices in India, By Selvaraj Ambika, Umesh Basappa, Ananya Singh, Vijaya Gonugade, Rajveer Tholiya, Elsevier, Environmental Research, vol.196, pp.110932, 2021
    Contravariant tensor algebra for anisotropic hyperelasticity, By Arthesh Basak, Amirtham Rajagopal, Umesh Basappa, IOP Publishing Ltd., Journal of Physics: Conference Series (JPCS), vol.2070, pp., 2021
    One dimensional nonlocal integro-differential model & gradient elasticity model : Approximate solutions and size effects, By B. Umesh, A. Rajagopal, J. N. Reddy, Taylor & Francis, Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, vol.26, pp.260-273, 2019
    Higher order continuous approximation for the assessment of nonlocal-gradient based damage model, By B. Umesh, A. Rajagopal, Taylor & Francis, Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, vol.26, pp.1671-1682, 2019
    Conference(s)
    Exact Solution for Post-Buckling Analysis of Imperfect Porous Plate under Uniaxial Compression By Gayathri Velishala, Umesh B, 1st International Conference and Exhibition on Advanced Materials and Structures (ICEAMS 2025), 2025
    NUMERICAL APPLICATION OF LOCAL AND GLOBAL STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING FOR DYNAMICALLY ACTIVE STRUCTURAL FRAME WITH MULTIPLE PIEZOSENSOR CONFIGURATIONS By Tejas Shelgaonkar, Umesh B, Harshit Bhardwaj, SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE: INNOVATIONS, OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES-2024 (SIIOC-2024), 2024
    FINITE ELEMENT APPROACH FOR STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING OF TRUSS STRUCTURE WITH IMPEDANCE BASED METHOD By Tejas Shelgaonkar, Umesh B, A.S.Harshita Kalyani, SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE: INNOVATIONS, OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES-2024 (SIIOC-2024), 2024
    Analytical load-moment (P-M) interaction diagram for GFRP-reinforced rectangular concrete column in uniaxial bending By Niyazuddin, Umesh B, Advances in Construction Materials & Management (ACMM), 2022
    Experimental Study on Shear Reinforced and Shear Deficient RC Beams Subjected to Preloading and Wrapping with CFRP Sheets By Manjunath R, Imran Kuttagola, Abhilash Koppad, Umesh B, Prashanth M H, 4th Conference on Recent Advances in Materials and Manufacturing (ICRAMM 2022), 2022
    Analytical Solution for Nonlinear Static Bending Analysis of Functionally Graded Nanobeams By Veldhandi Saisanjay, Umesh Basappa, Virtual International Conference on Sustainable Building Materials and Construction (ICSBMC-2021), 2021
    Contravariant tensor algebra for anisotropic hyperelasticity By Arthesh Basak, Amirtham Rajagopal, Umesh Basappa, International Conference on Advances in Physical Sciences and Materials (ICAPSM 2021), 2021
    Experimental Study on Shear of RC Beams under Preloading and CFRP strengthening By Abhilash Koppad, Prashanth M H and Umesh B, 7th International Engineering Symposium (IES), 2018
    PROJECT / CONSULTANCY
    "Determination of Strength and Damage Parameters for Metals and Ceramics and High Strain Rate Characterization of Foams
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    Type: Research
    Sponsor: DRDO-CARS scheme
    Project Cost (INR): 23938000
    Date of Commencement: 03-06-2025  
    Duration: 42 Months
    Status: Ongoing
    Determining JH2 constants for UHPC using SHPB
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    Type: Research
    Sponsor: CARS Project DRDO-ER&D(E)
    Project Cost (INR): 1770000
    Date of Commencement: 30-06-2022   Date of Completion: 30-09-2023
    Duration: 15 Months
    Status: Completed
    Bending Analysis of functionally graded materials using iso-geometric analysis
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Type: Research
    Sponsor: Research Seed Grant, MHRD
    Project Cost (INR): 500000
    Date of Commencement: 01-07-2018   Date of Completion: 01-07-2020
    Duration: 24 Months
    Status: Completed
    RESEARCH FELLOWS / PhD STUDENTS
    Current PhD Students
    Kothakonda Ramesh
    Area of Research: Plasticity based damage modeling for UHPCC under dynamic loading
    Nagaraj T
    Area of Research: High strain rate response characterization of UHPC
    Tejas S. Shelgaonkar
    Area of Research: Structural Health Monitoring
    Previous PhD Students
    Niyazuddin (2024)
    Area of Research: Bond Characterization of Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer Rebar with Various Surface Configurations in Fibre-Reinforced Geopolymer Concrete
    CONFERENCE / WORKSHOP / SYMPOSIUM / SHORT TERM COURSE / FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
    AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
    2012
    MHRD scholarship
    2007
    Fist Class & Gold Medal
    ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
    •  ERP Coordinator, Department of Civil Engineering (Continuing from May, 2023)
    •  Hostel Warden (November, 2020 - December, 2022)
    •  Faculty Advisor (Continuing from April, 2018)
     Last updated on July 17, 2025