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Expertise
Dr Gnanendran has expertise in both theoretical and experimental research in goetechnical and pavement engineering areas. His research is aimed at finding innovative solutions to soft soil engineering problems such as the prediction of long term performance of embankments constructed on soft soils using fully coupled visco-plastic finite element modeling. Characterisation of unbound and stbilized pavement materials including recycled aggregates from waste products for pavement construction using different types of cyclic loading tests is another area of his active research. Also, he has expertise in the use of geosynthetics for stabilizing soft soils and pavement materials.
Professional and Teaching Experience
Engineer then Senior Engineer with
multinational consulting and construction
companies for over 8 years gaining
extensive industrial experience in the design
and construction of both structural
and geotechnical engineering projects.
Assistant Professor for 3 years with
University of New Brunswick, Canada
teaching at both undergraduate and
postgraduate level, including the
supervision of B.Eng. and M.Eng.
projects.
Lecturer for 3 years and
currently as Senior Lecturer with
UNSW teaching at both undergraduate
and postgraduate level, including
the supervision of M.Eng. and Ph.D.
projects.
Research Interests
Reinforced soil systems (geosynthetics, fibre, etc.)
Embankments on soft soils
Pavement material characterization (resilient modulus, fatigue, permanent deformation, etc.)
Numerical modeling using the finite element method (FEM) and finite difference method (FDM)
Soft soil engineering (visco-plastic modeling, stabilization with PVDs, vacuum preloading, etc.)
Consulting Interests
Numerical modeling using the FEM and FDM
Reinforced soil systems (geosynthetics, interface properties testing, strain measurements, etc.)
Pavement Engineering (in-situ testing, pavement evaluation, stabilization, dynamic testing for resilient modulus, permanent deformation, etc.)
Foundation Engineering (finite element analysis, instrumentation, stabilization, etc.)
Publications
| Books: | 1 chapter |
| Journals: | 11 |
| Conference: | 19 |
| Reports: | 6(Major Research) |
| Other: | 2 |