Raghuveer Rao Pallepati
Principal Research Scientist
Department of Civil Engineering,
Indian
Phone:+91 80 22932816 (Office)
+91 80
22684475 (Residence)
Fax: +91 80 23600404
email: prvrao@iisc.ac.in
AMIE (1993) Institution of Engineers (
M Sc (Engg) (1999)
Ph D
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Mechanics of Unsaturated Soils, Contaminant Transport through Soil, Geotechnical Instrumentation, Slope Stability Analysis, Reinforced Earth,
Numerical Modelling, Pipeline Engineering
TEACHING (COURSES)
Subsurface exploration and soil testing (1:2) Aug 1995 to Aug 2006
Behaviour and testing of unsaturated soils (2:1) Jan 2006, Jan 2009, Jan 2011, Jan 2012, Jan 2015 & Aug 2016
Earth retaining structures (3:0) Aug 2007
Fundamentals of soil behaviour (2:1) Aug 2012, Aug 2013, Aug 2014, Jan 2016 & Jan 2017
Design of substructures (3:0) Aug 2016, Aug 2017, Aug 2018, Aug 2019, Aug 2020, Aug 2021 & Aug 2022
Integrated Investigation of Dams (2:1) Aug 2022
Fundamentals of soil behaviour (3:0) Jan 2018
Experimental methods in environmental chemistry (0:2) Jan 2013, Jan 2014 & (1:2) Jan 2015, Jan 2016, Jan 2017, Jan 2018, Jan 2019, Jan 2020 & Jan 2021(UG)
Experimental methods in solid waste management (0:2) Aug 2013, Aug 2014 & (1:2) Aug 2015, Aug 2016, Aug 2017, Aug 2018, Aug 2019, Aug 2020 & Aug 2021 (UG)
MEMBERSHIP
OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES
Member, Institution of Engineers (
Life Fellow, Indian Geotechnical Society
(IGS)
Life Member, Indian Water Works Association
(IWWA)
CONSULTANCY
PROJECTS
Consultant for many projects on
1. Soil Investigation
2. Dynamic Soil Testing
3. Slope Stability Analysis
4. Stability Analysis of Towers
5. Numerical Modelling and Stress Analysis of Surge Shafts
6. Surge Analysis of Water Supply Mains and Lift Irrigations Systems
7. Transient Analysis of Cooling Water Systems for Thermal and Nuclear Power Plants
8. Surge Analysis for Slurry Pipelines and Crude Oil Pipelines
Details of Consultancy Projects: click here
TRAINING PROGRAMS
Conducted following Training programmes on Surge Analysis and Design of Surge Protection Systems
1.
At IISc, November
2001 for users from various user agencies
2.
At HCM Rajasthan State Institute of Public
Administration, Jaipur for Engineers of Public Health
Engineering Department, Rajasthan. February, 2003
3.
At IISc, April 2003
for users from various user agencies
4.
At IISc, May 2004 for
Engineers from Degremont Limited, Gurgaon.
5.
At IISc, January 2005 for
Engineers from various user agencies
6.
At IISc, June 2005 for
Engineers from various user agencies
7.
At IISc, March 2006 for
Engineers from various user agencies
8.
At IISc, August 2007 for
Engineers from various user agencies
9.
At IISc, April 2010 for
Engineers from various user agencies
10.
At IISc, May 2013 for
Engineers from various user agencies
11.
At IISc, September 2013 for
Engineers from various user agencies
12.
At IISc, January 2014 for
Engineers from Irrigation Department and CDO, Government of Maharashtra.
13.
At IISc, July 2016 for
Engineers from various user agencies
14.
At Administrative Training Institute, Aizawl, January 2017 for
Engineers from Public Health Engineering Department, Government of Mizoram.
15.
At IISc, July 2017 for
Engineers from various user agencies
PUBLICATIONS
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1. Jyant Kumar, Sudipto Mukherjee and Raghuveer Rao Pallepati (2022) Bearing Capacity of Circular Foundations on Weak Cohesive
Soils Reinforced with Stone Columns, International Journal of Geomechanics, 22(11):04022186 https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0002527
2. Marco Bittelli, Fausto Tomei, Anbazhagan P, Raghuveer Rao P, Puskar Mahajan, Claudia Meisina, Massimiliano Bordoni and Roberto Valentino (2021) Measurement of Soil Bulk Density and Water Content with Time Domain Reflectometry: Algorithm Implementation and Method Analysis, Journal of Hydrology, 598:126389 DoI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.126389
3. Anbazhagan, P., Marco Bittelli, Rao Raghuveer Pallepati and Pushkar Mahajan (2020) Comparison of soil water content estimation equations using ground penetrating radar, Journal of Hydrology 588:125039
4. Sudhakar M Rao, Deepak, G.B., Raghuveer Rao, P. and Anbazhagan, P. (2017) Influence of physico-chemical components on the consolidation behaviour of soft kaolinites, Acta Geotechnica 12(2):441-451
5. Sudhakar M Rao and Raghuveer Rao P (2016) Evaluation of distribution coefficient of vadose zone soil from proposed near-surface disposal facility at Kalpakkam, India, Environmental Earth Sciences 75(9),754
6. Sudhakar M Rao and Raghuveer Rao P (2016) Role of vadose zone in mitigating strontium transport at NSDF Kalpakkam. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment 75(4):1485-1491. DOI 10.1007/s10064-015-0772-3.
7. Raghuveer Rao, P. (2014) On estimation of friction loss in pipes using Hazen-Williams and Modified Hazen-Williams formulae. Journal of Indian Water Works Association, Vol.XXXXVI, No.3, pp.107-108.
8. Raghuveer Rao, P. (2014) Design of pipelines and pumping systems. Workshop on Surge Analysis and Design of Water Conveyance Systems in Lift Irrigation Schemes, NIT, Warangal, 18-20 June 2014, pp.1-22 (Invited contribution).
9. Raghuveer Rao, P. (2014) Surge analysis and design of surge protection systems - Case studies of lift irrigation schemes. Workshop on Surge Analysis and Design of Water Conveyance Systems in Lift Irrigation Schemes, NIT, Warangal, 18-20 June 2014, pp.1-42 (Invited contribution).
10. Rao, S. M., Raghuveer Rao, P. and Malini, R. (2014) Environmental geotechnics:
need for regional approach. Environmental Geotechnics, Vol.1, EG1, pp.66-67.
11. Rao, S. M., Thyagaraj, T. and Raghuveer Rao, P. (2013) Crystalline and osmotic swelling of expansive clay inundated with sodium chloride solutions. Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, Vol.31, pp.1399-1404.
12. Rao, S. M., Sekhar, M. and Raghuveer Rao, P. (2013) Impact of pit-toilet leachate on groundwater chemistry and role of vadose zone in removal of nitrate and E. coli pollutants in Kolar District, Karnataka, India. Environmental Earth Sciences, Vol.68, pp.927-938.
13. Raghuveer Rao, P. (2012) Surge analysis and design of surge protection systems - Case studies. Seminar on Water Hammer Surge Analysis of Piping System (WHSAPS), Trichur, India, 18th December 2012, pp.1-42 (Invited contribution).
14. Rao, S. M. and Raghuveer Rao, P. (2010) Contaminant retainment by clay barriers in the context of safe nuclear waste disposal. The First US-India Workshop on Global Geoenvironmental Engineering Challenges, New Delhi, India, November 7, 2010, pp.1-5.
15. Sridharan, A. and Raghuveer Rao, P. (2006) Activity of marine clays, Proc. International Symposium on Lowland Technology - 2006, Saga, Japan, Vol.1, pp.1-5.
16. Srinivasa Murthy, B.R., Hayashi, Raghuveer Rao, P. and Jayaprakash Barik. (2005). Analysis of timber raft on soft clays, Proc. Indian Geotechnical Conference - 2005, Ahmedabad, Vol.2, pp.189-192.
17. Sridharan, A. and Raghuveer Rao, P. (2004). Discussion on "Residual strength of clays and correlation using Atterberg limits by L. D. Wesley" , Geotechnique, Vol.54, No. 7, 503-504.
18. Sridharan, A. and Raghuveer Rao, P. (2004). Characterization of Ariake and other marine clays, Proc. International Symposium on Lowland Technology - 2004, Bangkok, Vol.1, pp.53-58.
19. Raghavendra, H.B. and Raghuveer Rao, P. (2002). Failure progression beneath reinforced soil beds, Proc. Indian Geotechnical Conference - 2002, Allahabad, Geotechnical Engineering: Environmental Challenges, Vol.1, pp.242-245.
20. Raghuveer Rao, P., Srinivasa Murthy, B.R. and Vatsala, A. (2002). Analysis of subway constructed by box jacking, Bulletin of Association of Consulting Civil Engineers (India), Vol.15, No.2, pp.11-15.
21. Sanjeev Mukherjee, Raghuveer Rao, P. and Srinivasa Murthy, B.R. (2001). Behaviour of large size vertical strip anchors in sand, Proc. Indian Geotechnical Conference - 2001, Indore, Vol.1. pp.432-435.
22. Srinivasa Murthy, B.R., Venkat Reddy, G. and Raghuveer Rao, P. (2000) Soil Structure Interaction Analysis Of Cantilever Sheet Pile Walls, Proc. Indian Geotechnical Conference -2000, Bombay, Vol.1, pp.195-196.
23. Raghuveer Rao, P., Srinivasa Murthy, B.R. and Vatsala, A. (1999). Analysis of subway constructed by box jacking, Proc. Indian Geotechnical Conference - 1999, Calcutta, Vol.1,pp.269-271.
24. Raghuveer Rao, P., Srinivasa Murthy, B.R., Chicknagappa, L.S. and Raghavendra, H.B. (1998). Behaviour of reinforced soil beds beneath surface and embedded footings, Proc. Indian Geotechnical Conference - 1998, New Delhi, Vol.1, pp.287-290
At Department of Civil Engineering, IISc
Principal Research Scientist - Since August 2015
Senior Scientific Officer - August 2009 to August 2015
Scientific Officer Grade I - August 2006 to August 2009
Scientific Officer Grade II - August 2001 to August 2006
Scientific Assistant - August 1995 to August 2001
Laboratory Assistant - May 1989 to August 1995
At Andhra Pradesh Housing Board, Warangal
Works Inspector - August 1986 to May 1989
Planning, design and construction of Flats at Warangal, Housing colony at Jammikunta