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Professor and Head-Department of Civil Engineering
SR University, Telangana, India
Dr.R.Gobinath is presently serving as Professor and Head of the Department, Civil Engineering of SR University, Telangana, India and also a member of Center for Construction Materials and Methods division. He completed his PhD in the field of Environmental Geotechnology and Disaster Management from Center for Disaster Management and Mitigation, VIT, Vellore, M.E in Environmental Management from College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University and BE in Civil engineering from Bharathiar University. He had handled several under graduate course in Civil and Environmental engineering including Project management, smart materials and structures, Geosynthetics, Engineering Mechanics etc and also presently handling elective courses related to Disaster Management and Intellectual Property rights in various Universities.
His research interests includes Sustainable materials, Construction Materials, Landslide mitigation and Management, Soil Bioengineering, Engineering Education, Geotechnology, Environmental Geotechnology, Sustainable Development, Sustainable construction technologies, he had handled several projects related to this domains in various levels. He also had executed good number of consultancy projects related to Geotechnical and environmental engineering for various organisations.
B.E- Civil Engineering (2001), Bharathiar University
M.E- Environmental Management (2007), College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University
PhD ( Environmental Geotechnology), VIT University, Vellore, India
Sustainable materials, Construction Materials, Landslide mitigation and Management, Soil Bioengineering, Engineering Education, Geotechnology, Environmental Geotechnology, Sustainable Development, Sustainable construction technologies, Image processing, Machine Learning applications in Civil Enginee
This project work involves obtaining sustainable construction materials without depleting the natural resources and by using non convetional material development techniques. It involves lot of analysis, simulation based works and the work is initiated under the aegies of Center for Construction Methdos and Materials of SR University
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Jayaprakash Sridhar, Ravindran Gobinath, and Mehmet Serkan Kırgız
Journal of Natural Fibers, ISSN: 15440478, eISSN: 1544046X, Published: 2023
Informa UK Limited
T. Vamsi Nagaraju, Sunil B. Malegole, Babloo Chaudhary, and Gobinath Ravindran
Sustainability (Switzerland), eISSN: 20711050, Published: October 2022
MDPI AG
Aquaculture is persistent and well-established in the delta region of Andhra Pradesh. In recent years, the expansion of aquaculture has conferred positive economic growth in the newly formed state. However, the enormous development of aqua ponds increases the effluents from aquaculture which contain various chemical compounds that can cause negative impacts when released into the environment. This paper presents the effect of unengineered aquaculture on the environment in the delta region of Andhra Pradesh. The expansion rate of aquaculture practice in the delta region has been carried out using remote sensing and a geospatial information system. An experimental investigation was carried out on soil and water samples collected from the aquaculture ponds to evaluate the water quality parameters and soil characterization. Analysis of the geotechnical properties and microstructure was carried out to determine the interaction between the soil and the aquaculture contaminants. Based on the geospatial data and field survey, the aquaculture practice in the delta region of Andhra Pradesh was intensive and extended towards the northeast from the southwest. Between 2016 and 2020, aquaculture practice significantly increased by 6.08%. Moreover, the water quality parameters and pond bottom soil showed a higher concentration of ammonia and nitrates. Further, aquaculture leachate may interact with the subsoil and have a negative impact on soil mineralogy and hydraulic conductivity. The extensive experimental data and field surveys reveal that adequate guidelines are needed to control the pollution load on the ecosystem.
Pooja Srivastav, Mahesh Vutukuru, Gobinath Ravindran, and Mohamed M. Awad
Sustainability (Switzerland), eISSN: 20711050, Published: September 2022
MDPI AG
Biofortification refers to the process by which food crops are improved by the application of biotechnology, conventional plant breeding, and agronomic practices to increase the bioavailability of their nutritious components to human consumers. The biofortification of staple crops is a long-term, sustainable solution to address nutritional inadequacies. Thus, it is a practical and cost-effective way to provide micronutrients to communities that have limited access to various meals and other micronutrient therapies. Existing therapies, such as supplementation and industrial food fortification, which are insufficient to eliminate micronutrient deficiencies on their own, are complemented by biofortification. However, biofortification offers two substantial competitive advantages: the capacity to reach underserved rural communities and long-term cost-effectiveness. Biofortified crops can also be used to target rural populations with limited access to various dietary options or other micronutrient therapies. Hence, an attempt is made herein to provide an overview of the biofortification literature by employing scientometric and network analysis tools to examine records extracted from the Scopus database that were published between 2010 and 2021. This study investigates the most influential authors and journals, top-contributing institutions and countries, variations across publication years, co-occurrence analysis of keywords, and bibliographic coupling of sources. The results obtained through this study describe the real impact of the research published to date and its usage.
R. Gobinath, N. Naveen Kumar, and G. Balachandran
Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, ISSN: 09722815, eISSN: 09751645, Pages: 2211-2219, Published: September 2022
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Muthumani Soundararajan, Shanmugam Balaji, Jayaprakash Sridhar, and Gobinath Ravindran
Sustainability (Switzerland), eISSN: 20711050, Published: August 2022
MDPI AG
Ferrocement composites have uniform distribution and high surface area to volume ratio of reinforcement, which identifies them as a good strengthening material for use in structural applications. Because of these properties, they are considered as a substitution for some conventional structural strengthening methods. In this study, ten reinforced concrete (RC) beams of size 1220 mm × 100 mm × 150 mm were strengthened with ferrocement composites using a galvanized square weld, having volume fractions of 1.76% and 2.35%. For this study, ferrocement composites with mortar 1:2, w/c 0.4, and steel slag, with a 30% weight fraction of fine aggregate, are considered. The experimental results showed that the first crack load and the ultimate load are higher for RC beams strengthened with ferrocement having a volume fraction of 2.35% (Vr) and a steel slag replacement of 30%. Theoretical predictions were made based on the elastic moment approach; the ratio between the prediction to experimental moment capacity ranges between 0.99 and 1.04. The outcomes show that ferrocement is an effective strengthening technique for deficient reinforced concrete members
Omrane Benjeddou, Malek Jedidi, Mohamed Amine Khadimallah, Gobinath Ravindran, and Jayaprakash Sridhar
Buildings, eISSN: 20755309, Published: July 2022
MDPI AG
The present work focused on the experimental study of the mechanical, thermal and acoustic properties of cement composite reinforced using Posidonia oceanica (PO) fibers. For this purpose, parallelepipedic specimens of dimensions 270 mm × 270 mm × 40 mm and cubic specimens of dimensions 150 mm × 150 mm × 150 mm were prepared with a water-to-cement ratio of 0.50 by varying the volume of fibers (Vf) from 0% to 20%. Properties such as compressive strength, thermal conductivity, thermal diffusivity, standardized level difference and sound transmission class were examined. The compressive strength of the specimens was determined using the rebound hammer test, while the thermal measurements were performed with the steady-state box method. The results showed that the addition of PO fibers improved the compressive strength of the mixtures and produced a maximum value of 33.60 MPa for a 10% volume of fiber content. Thermal conductivity and thermal diffusivity decreased significantly with the addition of fibers for all the mixtures. The experimental investigation also showed that the sound transmission class of PO-fiber-reinforced cementitious composites decreased as the fiber volume increased due to an increase in air voids in the mixtures.
Pushpalatha Sarla, Sandela Hari Priya, Gobinath Ravindran, M. ShyamSunder, Shwetha Sirikonda, Faria Sultana, and Ch Vinaykumar Reddy
AIP Conference Proceedings, ISSN: 0094243X, eISSN: 15517616, Volume: 2418, Published: 24 May 2022
AIP Publishing
Sanju John Thomas, Sheffy Thomas, Sudhansu S. Sahoo, Ravindran Gobinath, and Mohamed M. Awad
Sustainability (Switzerland), eISSN: 20711050, Published: February-1 2022
MDPI AG
Solar parks are well-defined areas developed in the high solar potential area, with the required infrastructure to minimize the potential threat for the developers. Land occupancy is a major concern for the solar park. The government policy mostly emphasizes the use of waste-degraded land for solar parks. In a competitive energy market, any attempt to use waste-degraded land parcels, without policy regulatory support, can bring large-scale disruptions in the quality and cost of power. The present study investigates the potential of using waste degraded land, with a focus on the impact on the cost of generation and decision making. The study investigates the possibility of including the cost of the externalities in the overall cost economics, through policy and regulatory interventions. Data related to India has been considered in the present analysis. Results show that there are less socio-economic and ecological impacts in using wastelands, compared to land, in urban-semi urban areas with an opportunity cost. Thus, the policy and regulatory interventions could promote wasteland utilization and lure favorable decision-making on investments.
Sridhar Jayaprakash, Vivek Deivasigamani, and Gobinath Ravindran
Materials Today: Proceedings, eISSN: 22147853, Published: 2022
Elsevier BV
Pushpalatha Sarla, Sandela Hari Priya, Gobinath Ravindran, Manisha Shewale, and Archana Reddy
Springer Proceedings in Materials, ISSN: 26623161, eISSN: 2662317X, Pages: 1-23, Published: 2022
Springer Nature Singapore
V. Mahesh, Pankaj Kumar, R. Gobinath, and Cherala Sairam
Materials Today: Proceedings, eISSN: 22147853, Pages: 1780-1786, Published: January 2022
Elsevier BV
Jayaprakash Sridhar, Dhanapal Jegatheeswaran, and Ravindran Gobinath
Advances in Civil Engineering, ISSN: 16878086, eISSN: 16878094, Volume: 2022, Published: 2022
Hindawi Limited
Design of Experiment approach is adopted for deriving progression variables comprising jute fibres, bamboo fibres, and silica fumes. To obtain the optimal combination of progression variables, the effect of progression variable on the strength properties of concrete, Box–Behnken design of Response Surface Methodology was adopted. Totally four responses like compressive strength and split tensile strength at 14 days and 28 days were considered. Regression models for responses were tested using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Pareto chart. The statistical importance of each progression variable was evaluated, and the attained models were articulated in second-order polynomial equation. The outcomes showed that addition of jute fibres, bamboo fibres, and silica fumes has enhanced the strength properties, but higher level of fibres incorporation exhibited reduction in strength. Surface plot, Pareto chart, and regression analysis outcomes show that the most substantial and influence factor at 14 days and 28 days for compressive strength is Jute fibres and for split tensile strength is both jute and bamboo fibres. The percentage of error of the validation tests is less than 4% for compressive strength and less than 3% for split tensile strength.
Khairunisa Muthusamy, Saffuan Wan Ahmad, Mohd Hanafi Hashim, Nabilla Mohamad, Mehmet Serkan Kirgiz, Muhammad Aimran Amzar Kamarudin, and Gobinath Ravindran
Materials Today: Proceedings, eISSN: 22147853, Pages: 2536-2540, Published: January 2022
Elsevier BV
Ashwini Salunkhe, V. Sre Adethya, R. Gobinath, J. Hari Prasanth, and S. Karthikeyan
Materials Today: Proceedings, eISSN: 22147853, Pages: 1266-1272, Published: January 2022
Elsevier BV
Vutukuru Mahesh, Ravindran Gobinath, Mehmet Serkan Kırgız, Raja P.V. Shekar, and Manisha Shewale
Journal of Natural Fibers, ISSN: 15440478, eISSN: 1544046X, Pages: 13088-13105, Published: 2022
Informa UK Limited
Ashwini A. Salunkhe, R. Gobinath, S. Vinay, and Leo Joseph
Advances in Civil Engineering, ISSN: 16878086, eISSN: 16878094, Volume: 2022, Published: 2022
Hindawi Limited
Technological advancements in electronic storage have been trending for cloud computing. The revolution of this computer technology with machine learning and artificial intelligence has created prodigious platforms to the various disciplines of science and technology. Civil engineering is the oldest discipline, and due to the never-ending demand of this domain, it is rapidly adapting to newer computer techniques like image processing, deep learning, big data analysis, neural networks, building information modeling (BIM), unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system, digital image correlation (DIC), and many more. In the current paper, we portrayed the primary research and achievements of AI and image processing applications in the civil domain. The paper is divided in two parts. The first part provides analysis of existing methods along with examples relevant to the civil domain where it is incorporated. The second part elaborates scientometric study constituting 605 documents (Science Direct database) published in the last two decades. The bibliometrics are further used for producing analytical frameworks based on publications, citations, top journals, top institutions, and funding sources. This study serves as a guide for readers to identify research gaps and use the review for potential future study.
Jayaprakash Sridhar, Ravindran Gobinath, and Mehmet Serkan Kırgız
Journal of Natural Fibers, ISSN: 15440478, eISSN: 1544046X, Pages: 12224-12234, Published: 2022
Informa UK Limited
Ekambaram Gayathiri, Palanisamy Prakash, Kuppusamy Selvam, Mukesh Kumar Awasthi, Ravindran Gobinath, Rama Rao Karri, Manikkavalli Gurunathan Ragunathan, Jayaprakash Jayanthi, Vimalraj Mani, Mohammad Ali Poudineh, Soon Woong Chang, and Balasubramani Ravindran
Bioengineered, ISSN: 21655979, eISSN: 21655987, Pages: 7798-7828, Published: 2022
Informa UK Limited
Increased industrialization demand using synthetic dyes in the newspaper, cosmetics, textiles, food, and leather industries. As a consequence, harmful chemicals from dye industries are released into water reservoirs with numerous structural components of synthetic dyes, which are hazardous to the ecosystem, plants and humans. The discharge of synthetic dye into various aquatic environments has a detrimental effect on the balance and integrity of ecological systems. Moreover, numerous inorganic dyes exhibit tolerance to degradation and repair by natural and conventional processes. So, the present condition requires the development of efficient and effective waste management systems that do not exacerbate environmental stress or endanger other living forms. Numerous biological systems, including microbes and plants, have been studied for their ability to metabolize dyestuffs. To minimize environmental impact, bioremediation uses endophytic bacteria, which are plant beneficial bacteria that dwell within plants and may improve plant development in both normal and stressful environments. Moreover, Phytoremediation is suitable for treating dye contaminants produced from a wide range of sources. This review article proves a comprehensive evaluation of the most frequently utilized plant and microbes as dye removal technologies from dye-containing industrial effluents. Furthermore, this study examines current existing technologies and proposes a more efficient, cost-effective method for dye removal and decolorization on a big scale. This study also aims to focus on advanced degradation techniques combined with biological approaches, well regarded as extremely effective treatments for recalcitrant wastewater, with the greatest industrial potential.
Madhu Vasaki, Murugan Sithan, Gobinath Ravindran, Balasubramanian Paramasivan, Gayathiri Ekambaram, and Rama Rao Karri
Energy Conversion and Management: X, eISSN: 25901745, Published: January 2022
Elsevier BV
Selvaraj Kumar, Palanisamy Murthi, Paul Awoyera, Ravindran Gobinath, and Sathis kumar
Silicon, ISSN: 1876990X, eISSN: 18769918, Pages: 481-492, Published: January 2022
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
The development of self-compacting concrete using alternative materials is expanding in recent years due to the technical and economic benefits of the mixture. This study focuses on the structural and compositional behavior of sodium hydroxide (NaOH)-activated fly ash based self-compacting concrete (SCC). Fly ash was partially replaced with Ordinary Portland Cement from 0–30%. The tests performed on concrete samples include workability, strength, microstructural, and impact resistance. The results showed that activated fly ash reduces the heat of the hydration process of the concrete mixture but enhances pozzolanic reactions, which led to increased strength properties. The addition of activated fly ash modifies the mineralogy of the concrete, as evident in strength characteristics. The best performance of the activated fly ash based SCC, in terms of strength, was found at 10–15% substitutions, which can somewhat reduce the cost of production of SCC and strength improvement advantage.
Muhammad Syarif, Mehmet Serkan Kırgız, André Gustavo de Sousa Galdino, M. Hesham El Naggar, Jahangir Mirza, Jamal Khatib, Said Kenai, Moncef Nehdi, John Kinuthia, Anwar Khitab, Carlos Thomas, Ravindran Gobinath, Muhammad Irfan Ul Hassan, Yan Kai Wu, Ahmed Ashteyat, Ahmed Soliman, Khairunisa Muthusamy, Thaarrini Janardhanan, Trinity Ama Tagbor, Tuan Anh Nguyen, Naraindas Bheel, Manoj A. Kumbhalkar, and Chandra Sekhar Tiwary
Journal of Materials Research and Technology, ISSN: 22387854, Pages: 3708-3721, Published: 1 November 2021
Elsevier BV
Mehmet Serkan Kırgız, André Gustavo de Sousa Galdino, John Kinuthia, Anwar Khitab, Muhammad Irfan Ul Hassan, Jamal Khatib, Hesham El Naggar, Carlos Thomas, Jahangir Mirza, Said Kenai, Tuan Anh Nguyen, Moncef Nehdi, Muhammad Syarif, Ahmed Ashteyat, Ravindran Gobinath, Ahmed Soliman, Trinity A. Tagbor, Manoj A. Kumbhalkar, Naraindas Bheel, and Chandra Sekhar Tiwary
Journal of Materials Research and Technology, ISSN: 22387854, Pages: 4993-5009, Published: 1 November 2021
Elsevier BV
K. Poongodi, P. Murthi, P. O. Awoyera, R Gobinath, and O. B. Olalusi
Silicon, ISSN: 1876990X, eISSN: 18769918, Pages: 2727-2735, Published: August 2021
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
This study evaluated the durability properties of self-compacting concrete made with recycled aggregate for pavement application. The developed mixture was subjected to permeability, water absorption, and chloride penetration tests, and obtained results were compared with those of normal pavement concrete. Three recycled concrete aggregates (RCA) replacement percentages at the rate of 20%, 40%, and 60% were considered in addition to the control concrete (0%). A grade M40 grade ternary blended concrete with Ordinary Portland cement (OPC), fly ash, and silica fume was designed. The fresh properties of the concrete - slump flow and V-funnel flow tests were determined. The results showed that a mixture containing up to 40% RCA had higher resistance to water absorption and chloride ingress than a similar mixture for normal-weight concrete.
Nature Environment and Pollution Technology, ISSN: 09726268, eISSN: 23953454, Pages: 793-799, Published: June 2021
Madhu Vasaki E, Rama Rao Karri, Gobinath Ravindran, and Balasubramanian Paramasivan
Renewable Energy, ISSN: 09601481, eISSN: 18790682, Volume: 168, Pages: 204-215, Published: May 2021
Elsevier BV
A NOVEL METHOD OF ENHANCE FREEZE-THAW RESISTANCE OF SOIL - Patent application no: 202041005809
A NOVEL METHOD TO PREPARE SELF-COMPACTING CONCRETE USING SINGLE ALKALI ACTIVATED ASH BASED CONCRETE - Patent application no: 202041004257
A NOVEL STRENGTH ENHANCEMENT PROCEDURE FOR NATURAL CURED BINDERLESS CONCRETE- Patent application no:201941042302
A NOVEL METHOD OF WATER CONTENT IDENTIFICATION USING IMAGE PROCESSING FOR LAND SLIDE PRE CURSOR - Patent application no:201941042299
SILICA BASED BINDER COMPOSITION FOR SOIL STABILIZATION AND ENHANCING PAVEMENT LOAD BEARING CAPACITY OF ROADS - Patent application no:201941012760
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