Dr. S S Chandrasekaran

Designation : Professor Higher Academic Grade
School / Centre : School of Civil Engineering
Department : Structural & Geotechnical Engineering

Educational Details

Bharathiar University

B.E.
Civil Engineering
Graduated in 1989

Annamalai University

M.E.
Geotechnical Engineering
Graduated in 1992

IIT Madras

Ph. D.
Geotechnical Engineering
Graduated in 2009

Research Details

Areas of Specialization
  • Geotechnical Engineering
  • Rainfall-induced landslides
  • Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
  • Pile Foundation

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Completed Consultancy Project Details

Title Funding Agency
GeoTechnical Investigation for Guidance Home near Ranipet,CMC campus MAR THOMA FELLOWSHIP AND GUIDANCE HOME, Vellore
Subsurface 1D Soil Investigation using Multi Channel Analysis of Surface Wave (MASW) in Mumbai Coastal Road Project. Sarathy Geotech Engineering Services Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru
Estimation of safe bearing capacity of shallow foundation DISCOY Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru

Ongoing Funded Project Details

Title Funding Agency
Assessing Building Vulnerability to Multiple Hazards in Hilly Urban Environments: An InSAR and Geotechnical Data Approach (PI) Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
Landslide Monitoring and Mapping Using a Multimodal Approach with Geospatial, Geophysical, and Machine Learning Techniques (Co-PI) Department of Science and Technology (DST) ((Indo-SriLanka)

Completed Funded Project Details

Title Funding Agency
Development of forewarning system for landslides in the Nilgiris (PI) Department of Science and Technology (DST)
Urban Seismic risk assessment (PI) Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
Geotechnical Investigation on Landslide in Nilgiris district of Tamilnadu (PI) Department of Science and Technology (DST)
Natural hazards and monitoring for mountain territories in Russia and India (Co-PI) Department of Science and Technology DST – RSF (INDO-RUSSIAN)
Development of early warning system for shallow landslides using rainfall thresholds (Co-PI) Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

Books / Book Chapters Published Details

Title Publisher Published Year
Prediction of Behaviour of Adjacent Building Due to Blast Induced Demolition of a High-Rise Structure in Delhi, India Springer 2024
Impact of Vibrations on a High Rise RCC Structure Due to Blast Induced Demolition of Adjacent Building Springer 2022
Optimization of Piled Raft on Sand for Plaza-Type Structures Springer 2022
Numerical Analysis of Jointed Piles Springer 2021
Effect of Piles on the Design of Raft Foundation Springer 2020

International Collaborations

  • The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
  • The American University in Cairo, New Cairo, Egypt