Dr. B. Bhattacharjee

 

  SPONSORED RESEARCH :

1. MODELING OF DIFFUSION IN CONCRETE- PARAMETER DETERMINATION   (1994-1997)

2. MICROSTRUCTURE ANALYSIS AND MODELLING OF POZZOLANIC CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS. (1997-2000)

3. PROTECTION OF HISTORICAL MONUMENTS: INDO-EUROPEAN EXCHANGE AND KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER ON REQUIRED BASICS IN BUILDING CLIMATOLOGY (CLIMON) (2005-2007) 

 

EXTERNAL CONSULTANCY : Total over 200 in numbers.

Typical Consultancy project titles:

 1.   PROTOTYPE TESTING OF GIRDER AND BRIDGE DECK SYSTEMS FOR DELHI FLYOVERS

2.   CONDITION SURVEY AND INVESTIGATION ON STRUCTURAL STABILITY OF BUILDING.

3.   COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF TMT BARS VIS-?VIS CTD BARS EMBEDDED IN CONCRETE AGAINST REBAR  CORROSION.

4.    ACOUSTIC DESIGN OF BARRIER WALL FOR GAS TURBINE

5.    CONDITION ASSESSMENT & DIAGNOSIS OF CAUSES OF CRACKS IN BUILDING

6.    EVALUATION OF AMMONIA DOZED FLY ASH FOR USE IN CONCRETE

7.    INVESTIGATION OF FIRE AFFECTED BUILDING

8.    DESIGNING CONCRETE FOR THERMAL & MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

9.    DIAGNOSIS OF CAUSES OF CRACKS IN WALLS

10.   DIAGNOSIS OF CAUSES OF CRACKS AND SUGGESTION OF REPAIR MEASURES FOR PRE-CAST TUNNEL LINING SEGMENTS

11.   EVALUATION OF POLYPROPYLENE FIBERS AS REINFORCEMENT IN CONCRETE MATRIX

12.   DIAGNOSIS OF CAUSES OF CORROSION DISTRESS IN BUILDINGS AND SUGGESTION OF REHABILITATION MEASURES

13.   TECHNICAL COMMENT ON FLY ASH CONCRETE (RMC) ON ADHERENCE TO DURABILITY REQUIREMENTS.

14.   ESTIMATION OF CONDITION INDEX AND SERVICE LIFE OF CORROSION DISTRESS CONCRETE STRUCTURES

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Academic Visitor: EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland, May-June 1999.

• Visiting Fellow: University of Strathclyde, July 1999.

• DAAD Collaborative Program: University of Essen, Germany, July 2000.

• CLIMON PROJECT: Coordinator for EU sponsored project CLIMON under the EU-India Cross Cultural Programme(2005-07)

• Lecture at GTB Colombo Corporation Pvt. Ltd., Colombo in May 2008.

• Coordinator for UKIERI Collaborative Research Project on  "Sustainable Concrete", 2007-10.

• Key Note lecture on corrosion in King Fahd University of Petroleum&Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

• Initiating coordinator of P.G program in Construction Engineering & Management under MOU between IIT-DELHI & Govt. of ETHOPIA.

• Consultant for construction of KOSTI thermal power station poject in SUDAN for BHEL.

• Consultant for Renovation of VAT PHOU TEMPLE, CHAMPASAK, LAOS for ASI.