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Dr. RAMADASS. S

Associate Professor

School of Engineering

Cochin University of Science and Technology
Kochi - 682022, Kerala, India

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ramdas@cusat.ac.in



BRIEF BIO
Ramadass S, took his B.E in Civil Engineering (First Class with Distinction), M.E in Structural Engineering, both from Government College of Technology, Coimbatore and earned his PhD in Structural Engineering from CUSAT. Presently working as Associate Professor in Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, CUSAT

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Finite Element Analysis, Advanced Structural Mechanics, Advanced matrix methods of structural Analysis, Reinforced concrete structures and FRP reinforced concrete members

RESEARCH PROFILES
Publons : https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/GVS-2588-2022
Scopus : https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=56073358200
Google Scholar : https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=dtSte2UAAAAJ&hl=en

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS (RECENT) [TOTAL PUBLICATIONS : 10]
  • Recycled Concrete Fine Aggregate: A Sustainable Substitute for River Sand in Fresh Concrete (Accepted), Innovative Infrastructure Solutions -Springer Nature , 2025

  • Introducing strut efficiency factor in the softened strut and tie model for the ultimate shear strength prediction of steel RC deep beams based on experimental study, European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Taylor and Francis, 2021

  • Improved empirical model for the strut efficiency factor and the stiffness degradation coefficient for the strength and the deflection prediction of FRP RC deep beams, Structures, Elsevier, Vol. 29, 2021

  • Prediction of the load and deflection response of concrete deep beams reinforced with FRP bars, Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, Taylor and Francis, Vol. 28, 2019

  • NLFE investigation on the FRP bar reinforced concrete deep beams with and without openings, International Journal of Structural Engineering, Inderscience Publishers , Vol. 9, 2018

  • Parametric Study of Shear Strength of Concrete Beams Reinforced with FRP Bars, Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series A, Springer, Vol. 97, 2016

  • Proposed modification to IS:456 to predict the shear strength of FRP reinforced concrete beams, Journal of Structural Engineering, Structural Engineering Research Centre SERC, CSIR Vol. 41, 2015

  • Design for shear strength of concrete beams longitudinally reinforced with GFRP bars, Structural Engineering and Mechanics: An international Journal, TechnoPress, Korea, Vol. 53, 2015

  • Experimental investigation on the shear strength of concrete beams longitudinally reinforced with GFRP bars, International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications , 2014

  • Shear strength prediction of concrete beams reinforced with FRP bars using IS: 456-2000, American Journal of Engineering Research , Vol. 1, 2013

  • CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS (RECENT) [TOTAL PUBLICATIONS : 15]
  • Structural enhancement of precast hybrid Concrete deep beams using curved and Arched profiles with and without openings, National level Technical symposium, SKYLANDO 25, Govt. College of Engineering, Bodinayakanur, under Anna university, Chennai, Tamilnadu, April 29, 2025., 2025

  • Investigations on the structural performance of lightweight composite cold formed steel (CFS) built-up beams, National level Technical symposium, SKYLANDO 25, Govt. College of Engineering, Bodinayakanur, under Anna university, Chennai, Tamilnadu, April 29, 2025., 2025

  • Investigation on the structural performance of innovative truss models for the lateral Load resisting system in framed structures, National level Technical symposium, SKYLANDO 25, Govt. College of Engineering, Bodinayakanur, under Anna university, Chennai, Tamilnadu, April 29, 2025., 2025

  • Seismic performance of damage tolerant beam Column connection for rapidly Assembled construction, National level Technical symposium, SKYLANDO 25, Govt. College of Engineering, Bodinayakanur, under Anna university, Chennai, Tamilnadu, April 29, 2025., 2025

  • Structural behaviour and development of High performance steel corrugated-plate Coupling beam in coupled shear wall systems, National level Technical symposium, SKYLANDO 25, Govt. College of Engineering, Bodinayakanur, under Anna university, Chennai, Tamilnadu, April 29, 2025., 2025

  • Shear Behavior of Concrete Deep Beams Reinforced with steel and GFRP bars, International Conference on Recent Advances in Civil Engineering (ICRACE 2024), 2024

  • Investigation on the surface electrical resistivity of concrete made by replacing river sand with recycled concrete fine aggregate, International Conference on Recent Advances in Civil Engineering (ICRACE 2024), 2024

  • Evaluation of shear strength of shallow beams reinforced with FRP bars, Proceedings of the International Conference on ENENRGY, ENVIRONMENT, MATERIALS, AND SAFETY (ICEEMS’19), CUSAT, KOCHI, 2019

  • FRP bar reinforced concrete beams in shear, Proceedings of the 2nd International conference on modelling and simulation in Civil Engineering, ICMSC, TKM college of Engineering, Kollam, Kerala, 2013

  • Role of FRP as sustainable construction material-An overview, Environment Observer, Society for Environment Education Research and Management (SEERAM), 2013