Siddhartha Ghosh

sghosh (at) civil . iitb . ac . in

Address

Department of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Powai, Mumbai 400076, India
Phone: 91-22-2576-7309
Fax: 91-22-2576-7302

Research Interest | Education | Teaching | Publications

Research Interest

Following are some keywords linked to my field of research:

Structural Engineering
Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
Performance-Based Seismic Design
Reliability-Based Analysis and Design
Inelastic Design of Steel and Concrete Structures

Here are some related links on these subjects. You can also find about my research students and their work.

Education

PhD in Civil Engineering from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. My specialization was in the field of Structural/Earthquake Engineering. My advisors have been Kevin R. Collins and Subhash C. Goel. (1999-2003)
Master of Technology (Structural Engineering) from the Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India. (1997-99)
Bachelor of Civil Engineering from the Department of Civil Engineering, Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India. (1993-97)

Teaching

At IIT Bombay

CE 611: Advanced Structural Mechanics (Autumn 2012, 2011)
CE 327: Analysis and Design Software Lab (Autumn 2012, 2011, 2010)
IC 102: Data Analysis and Interpretation (Spring 2012, 2010)
CE 463: Probabilistic and Statistical Methods in Civil Engg. (Spring 2011, Spring 2010)
CE 621: Plastic Analysis (Autumn 2010)
CE 317: Structural Mechanics II (Autumn 2009, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2007)
CE 327: Analysis and Design Software Lab (Autumn 2009)
CE 621: Plastic Analysis (Spring 2009, Spring 2008, Spring 2007)
CE 478: Plastic Analysis and Design (Spring 2007)
CE 622: Reliability-Based Civil Engineering Design (Spring 2006, Spring 2005, Spring 2004)
CE 201: Solid Mechanics (Autumn 2006, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2004) & Tutorial
CE 317: Structural Mechanics II - Self Study (Summer 2010, Summer 2009)
CE 624: Nonlinear Analysis - Self Study (Summer 2007)
CE 201: Solid Mechanics - Self Study (Summer 2007, Summer 2006)
CE 102 T: Engineering Mechanics Tutorial (Spring 2005, Spring 2004)

At University of Michigan

CEE 413: Design of Metal Structures (Discussion & problems session) (Fall 2003)
CEE 211: Statics and Dynamics (Discussion & problems session) (Fall 2002)

Publications

Journal papers

Ghosh S, Roy P (2012), Quantification of the uncertainty in stress index B₂ for pipe bends subjected to out-of-plane bending, (accepted for publication in) International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpvp.2012.05.003.
Roy P, Ghosh S (2012), Statistical characterisation of B₂ for nuclear pipe bends: in-plane closing moment, (accepted for publication in) Nuclear Engineering and Design, DOI:10.1016/j.nucengdes.2012.04.018.
Kharmale SB, Ghosh S (2012), Seismic lateral force distribution for ductility-based design of steel plate shear walls, Journal of Earthquake and Tsunami, 6(1):1-24. pdf
Ghosh S, Datta D, Katakdhond AA (2011), Estimation of Park-Ang damage index in planar multi-storey frames using equivalent single-degree systems, Engineering Structures, 33(9):2509-2524. pdf
Rathore M, Roy Chowdhury A, Ghosh S (2011), Approximate methods for estimating hysteretic energy demand on plan-asymmetric buildings, Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 15(1):99-123. pdf
Roy Chowdhury A, Ghosh S (2010), Inclusion of P-Δ effect in the estimation of hysteretic energy demand based on modal pushover analysis, ISET Journal of Earthquake Technology, 47(2-4):75-86. pdf
Bhatia V, Ghosh S (2010), Upgrading of non-ductile steel frames using steel plate shear walls, International Journal of Advanced Structural Engineering, 2(2):115-131. pdf
Varma MN, Jangid RS, Ghosh S (2010), Thrust line using linear elastic finite element analysis in masonry structures, Advanced Materials Research, 133-134:503-508. pdf
Gupta MK, Kharmale SB, Ghosh S (2009), Ductility-based seismic design of steel plate shear walls: practical application using standard sections, International Journal of Advanced Structural Engineering, 1(2):93-110. pdf
Ghosh S, Adam F, Das A (2009), Design of steel plate shear walls considering inelastic drift demand, Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 65(7):1431-1437. pdf
Datta D, Ghosh S (2009), Uniform hazard spectra based on Park-Ang damage index, Journal of Earthquake and Tsunami, 2(3):241-258. pdf
Prasanth T, Ghosh S, Collins KR (2008), Estimation of hysteretic energy demand using concepts of modal pushover analysis, Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 37(6):975-990. pdf
Maniyar M, Khare RK, Ghosh S, Chakrapani T (2008), Seismic collapse capacity on non-seismic RC frames, Journal of Structural Engineering, SERC, 35(1):1-8.
Ghosh S, Collins KR (2006), Merging energy-based design criteria and reliability-based methods: exploring a new concept, Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 35(13):1677-1698. pdf
Murali Mohan K, Chakrabarti SK, Basu PC, Ghosh S (2000), Study of the linear behavior of a PSC containment dome with large openings, Nuclear Engineering and Design, 196(2):123-137. pdf

Conference papers

Mandal TK, Ghosh S, Pisharady AS (2012), Seismic fragility analysis of a primary containment structure using IDA, International Symposium on Engineering under Uncertainty: Safety, Assessment and Management (ISEUSAM-12), Shibpur, India, January 04-06, 2012.
Pisharady AS, Ghosh S, Basu PC (2011), Modal pushover analysis of inner containment structure, 21st International Conference on Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology (SMiRT-21), New Delhi, India, November 06-11, 2011.
Roy P, Ghosh S (2011), Statistical characterisation of B₂ for nuclear pipe bends subjected to out-of-plane moment, 21st International Conference on Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology (SMiRT-21), New Delhi, India, November 06-11, 2011.
Saraswat A, Ghosh S, Somyajulu PS, Reddy GR, Kumar A, Ghosh AK (2011), Seismic analysis of free standing glove box structure, 21st International Conference on Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology (SMiRT-21), New Delhi, India, November 06-11, 2011.
Ghosh S, Kharmale SB, Gupta KA (2011), Natural period of vibration for expanded mesh shear walls, 8th International Conference on Structural Dynamics (EURODYN 2011), Leuven, Belgium, July 04-06, 2011.
Vinay KP, Kharmale SB, Ghosh S (2010), Expanded mesh shear wall: a new system for low seismic applications, 14th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering, Roorkee, India, December 17-19, 2010.
Mondal A, Ghosh S (2010), Response reduction factor of a RC framed structure based on local damage, 14th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering, Roorkee, India, December 17-19, 2010.
Bhamre S, Kharmale SB, Ghosh S (2010), Seismic lateral force distribution for performance-based plastic design, 14th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering, Roorkee, India, December 17-19, 2010.
Roy P, Ghosh S (2010), Probabilistic characterization of primary stress index B₂ for nuclear pipe bends subjected to in-plane opening moment, 2nd International Conference on Reliability Engineering, Safety and Hazard (ICRESH-10), Mumbai, India, December 14-16, 2010.
Varma MN, Jangid RS, Ghosh S (2010), Thrust line using linear elastic finite element analysis in masonry structures, 7th International Conference on Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions, Shanghai, China, October 06-08, 2010.
Ghosh S, Kharmale SB (2010), Steel plate shear wall, International Conference on the Innovative World of Structural Engineering, Aurangabad, India, September 17-19, 2010.
Roy P, Ghosh S (2010), Probabilistic characterization of primary stress index B₂ for nuclear pipe bends, International Conference on the Innovative World of Structural Engineering, Aurangabad, India, September 17-19, 2010.
Rathore M, Roy Chowdhury A, Ghosh S (2010), Approximate methods for estimating hysteretic energy demand on uniaxial plan-asymmetric buildings, 9th US National and 10th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering (9USN/10CCEE), Toronto, Canada, July 25-29, 2010.
Kharmale SB, Ghosh S (2010), Displacement-based seismic design of steel plate shear wall systems with rigid-connected beams, 9th US National and 10th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering (9USN/10CCEE), Toronto, Canada, July 25-29, 2010.
Kharmale SB, Ghosh S (2009), Finding natural periods of vibration of steel plate shear wall systems, Proceedings of the Student Symposium on Research in Civil Engineering, Chennai, India, March 05-06.
Rathore M, Ghosh S (2009), An approximate method for estimating hysteretic energy demand on plan-asymmetric buildings, Proceedings of the Student Symposium on Research in Civil Engineering, Chennai, India, March 05-06.
Gupta MK, Ghosh S (2009), Seismic design of 6-story steel plate shear wall system, Proceedings of the Student Symposium on Research in Civil Engineering, Chennai, India, March 05-06.
Adam F, Gupta MK, Ghosh S (2008), Design of steel plate shear walls considering inelastic drfit demand, Structural Engineering Convention 2008, SERC, Chennai, India, December 18-20.
Roy Chowdhury A, Ghosh S, Rathore M (2008), Approximate methods for estimating hysteretic energy demand on plan-asymmetric buildings, Structural Engineering Convention 2008, SERC, Chennai, India, December 18-20.
Bhatia V, Ghosh S (2008), Seismic upgradation of non-seismic steel buildings using steel plate shear walls, 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (14WCEE), Beijing, China, October 12-17.
Das A, Adam F, Ghosh S (2008), Design of steel plate shear walls considering inelastic drift demand, 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (14WCEE), Beijing, China, October 12-17.
Datta D, Ghosh S (2008), Estimating Park-Ang damage index using equivalent systems, 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (14WCEE), Beijing, China, October 12-17.
Doghuparti LA, Shirwalkar S, Ghosh S (2008), Comparison of different modeling schemes for steel plate shear walls, Challenges and Applications of Mathematical Modelling Techniques in Building Science and Technology (CAM2TBST), CBRI, Roorkee, India, February 7-8.
Bhatia VB, Ghosh S (2008), Seismic upgradation of a 3-story steel building using steel plate shear walls, International Conference on Innovative and Smart Structural Systems for Sustainable Habitat (INSHAB-2008), Coimbatore, India, January 03-05.
Roy Chowdhury A, Ghosh S (2007), Estimation of hysteretic energy demand including P-Delta effect using equivalent systems, International Workshop on Earthquake Hazards and Mitigation (EHAM 07), Guwahati, India, December 06-08, 2007.
Ghosh S, Prasanth T (2007), Estimation of hysteretic energy demand using concepts of modal pushover analysis, Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (COMPDYN 2007), Rethymno, Crete, Greece, June 13-16, 2007.
Das A, Ghosh S (2007), Displacement-based design of steel plate shear walls, 3rd Indo-German Workshop & Theme Metting on Seismic Safety of Structures, Risk Assessment & Disaster Mitigation, Mumbai, India, March 12-14, 2007.
Das A, Ghosh S (2007), Steel plate shear walls — a recent trend in horizontal load resisting systems, National Conference on Recent Trend in Infrastructure Development (ReTID-07), Coimbatore, India, January 24-25, 2007.
Datta D, Ghosh S (2007), Uniform hazard spectra for Park-Ang damage index, Civil Engineering in the New Millenium (CENeM), Howrah, India, January 11-14, 2007.
Ghosh S, Ghosh S (2007), Life cycle cost optimization of shear wall buildings, Civil Engineering in the New Millenium (CENeM), Howrah, India, January 11-14, 2007.
Datta D, Ghosh S (2006), Inelastic uniform hazard spectra based on Park-Ang damage index, 13th National Symposium on Earthquake Engineering (13SEE), Roorkee, India, December 18-20, 2006.
Prasanth T, Ghosh S (2006), Estimation of hysteretic energy demand using adaptive pushover techniques, 13th National Symposium on Earthquake Engineering (13SEE), Roorkee, India, December 18-20, 2006.
Ghosh S, Ghosh S (2006), Seismic design of steel plate shear walls considering inelastic drift demand, Tenth East Asia Pacific Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction (EASEC-10), Bangkok, Thailand, August 3-5, 2006.
Datta D, Ghosh S (2006), Probabilistic response spectra in earthquake engineering: an overall review, National Conference on Earthquake Disaster: Technology and Management (Earth'06), Allahabad, India, February 11-12, 2006.
Bhaskar BVSSR, Ghosh S (2006), Life cycle cost analysis of RC moment frame structures, National Conference on Earthquake Analysis and Design of Structures (EQADS-06), Coimbatore, India, February 2-3, 2006.
Ghosh S, Collins KR (2005), Life cycle cost optimization of a 20-story steel moment frame building, 9th International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability (ICOSSAR'05), Rome, Italy, June 19-23, 2005.
Ghosh S, Collins KR (2002), Application of uniform hazard energy spectra in reliability-based seismic design, 7th US National Conference on Earthquake Engineering (7NCEE), Boston, USA, July 21-25, 2002.
Ghosh S, Kohno M, Collins KR (2001), Life cycle cost analysis using simulation and HAZUS® methodology, 8th International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability (ICOSSAR'01), Newport Beach, USA, June 17-21, 2001.

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