Swetha Veeraraghavan

Assistant Professor

Department of Civil Engineering

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Ph: +91-80-2293-2325

Email: swethav@iisc.ac.in

Research Interests

Computational mechanics, earthquake engineering, wave propagation, nonlinear soil-structure interaction

Education

• Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (2015), California Institute of Technology
• M.S. in Civil Engineering (2010), California Institute of Technology
• B.Tech in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering (2009), Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

Experience

• Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Banglore, 2020-
• Computational Research Scientist, Idaho National Laboratory, 2017-2019
• Postdoctoral Researcher, Idaho National Laboratory, 2015-2017
• Research Assistant, California Institute of Technology, 2010-2015
• Teaching Assistant, California Institute of Technology

Publications

Journals

• Veeraraghavan, S. (2024). Semi-analytical solution for the 3D response of tunnels subjected to seismic wave. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology.[link]
• Lindsay, D. A., Gaston, D. R., Permann, C. J., Miller, J. M., Andrˇs, D., Slaughter, A. E., Kong, F., Hansel, J., Carlsen, R., Icenhour, C., Harbour, L., Giudicelli, G., Stogner, R., German, P., Badger, J., Biswas, S., Chapuis, L., Green, C., Hales, J., Hu, T., Jiang, W., Jung, Y. S., Matthews, C., Miao, Y., Novak, A., Peterson, J., Prince, Z., Rovinelli, A., Schunert, S., Schwen,D., Spencer, B., Veeraraghavan, S., Recuero, A., Yushu, D., Wang, Y., Wilkins, A., Wong, C. (2022). 2.0 - MOOSE: Enabling massively parallel multiphysics simulation. SofwareX.[link]
• Veeraraghavan, S. , Bolisetti, C., Slaughter, A. E., Coleman, J., Dhulipala, S., Hoffman, W. M., Kim, K., Kurt, E., Spears, R., and Munday, L. (2020). MASTODON: An open-source software for seismic analysis and risk assessment of critical infrastructure. Nuclear Technology. [link]
• Veeraraghavan, S. , Hall, J. F., & Krishnan, S. (2020). Modeling the rocking and sliding of free-standing objects using rigid body dynamics. ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 146(6). [link]
• Veeraraghavan, S. , Coleman, J. & Bielak, J. (2019). Simulation of site and topographic effects on ground motion in Los Alamos, NM mesas. Geophysical Journal International, 220 (3), 1504-1520. [link]
• Veeraraghavan, S., Heaton, T., & Krishnan, S. (2019). Lower bounds on ground motion at Point Reyes during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake from train toppling analysis. Seismological Research Letters, 90(2A), 683-691. [link]
• Veeraraghavan, S., Spears, R., & Coleman, J. (2019). High frequency content in nonlinear soil response: A numerical artifact or a reality? Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering , 116C, 185-191. [link]
• Spears, R., Veeraraghavan, S., & Coleman, J. (2019). Nonlinear modeling of ground motions at Lotung LSST site with nested surface soil constitutive model.Nuclear Technology, 205(9), 1205-1218. [link]
• Veeraraghavan, S., Hudnut, K., & Krishnan S. (2016). Toppling analysis of the Echo Cliff precariously balanced rock. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 107(1). [link]

Conference proceedings

• Banjare, B., and Veeraraghavan, S. (2022). Seismic assessment of underground tunnels in near fault ground motion. Proceedings of the 17 th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering, IIT Roorkee.
• George, A. and Veeraraghavan, S. (2022). Effect of saturated porous medium on seismic wave propa- gation. Proceedings of the 17 th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering, IIT Roorkee.
• Veeraraghavan, S., Casagranda, A., & Spencer, B. W. (2019). Modeling fuel assembly distortion in light water reactors using BISON. Proceedings of the TopFuel Light Water Reactor Fuel Performance Conference, Seattle, Washington, USA.
• Veeraraghavan, S., & Coleman, J. L. (2019). Effect of non-vertically propagating earthquake waves and nonlinear soil-structure interaction on nuclear facility response. Proceedings of the 25th International Conference in Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
• Veeraraghavan, S., Bielak, J. & Coleman, J. L. (2017). Effect of inclined waves on deeply embedded nuclear facilities. Proceedings of the 24th International Conference in Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology, Busan, South Korea.
• Baltaji, O., Numanoglu, O. A., Veeraraghavan, S., Hashash, Y. M. A., Coleman, J. L. & Bolisetti, C. (2017). Non-linear time domain site response and soil structure analyses for nuclear facilities using MASTODON. Proceedings of the 24th International Conference in Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology, Busan, South Korea.
• Veeraraghavan, S. & Krishnan, S. (2012). 3-D dynamic analysis of precariously balanced rocks under earthquake excitation. Proceedings of the 15th World Conference in Earthquake Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal.

Conference Talks

• Veeraraghavan, S. (2024). Semi-analytical and numerical analyses of tunnels subjected to arbitrarily inclined seismic waves. ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference , Chicago, USA.
• George, A., Veeraraghavan, S.. A Study on the Dynamic Behaviour of a Fully Saturated Idealized 2D Embankment. ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference, Chicago, USA.
• Manoj,Veeraraghavan, S. (2024). Seismic isolation of structure using geofoam inserts in soil. ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference , Chicago, USA.
• Manoj,Veeraraghavan, S. (2023). Dispersion analysis in homogeneous continuous media. 9th International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulations , IIT Gandinagar.
• George, A., Veeraraghavan, S. (2023). Implementation of a non-reflecting boundary for a saturated porous medium. 9th International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulations , IIT Gandinagar.
• Veeraraghavan, S. (2023). Seismic safety of tunnels under near fault earthquakes. 9th International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering , Athens, Greece.
• Banjare, B., and Veeraraghavan, S. (2022). Seismic assessment of underground tunnels in near fault ground motion. 17th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering , IIT Roorkee.
• George, A. and Veeraraghavan, S. (2022). Effect of saturated porous medium on seismic wave propagation. 17th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering, IIT Roorkee.
• Veeraraghavan, S. (2021). Simulation of site and topographic effects on ground motion in Los Alamos, NM mesas. Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference .
• Veeraraghavan, S. (2019). Seismic site-reponse and soil-structure interaction analysis in MASTODON. 25th International Conference in Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology, Charlotte, NorthCarolina, USA.
• Veeraraghavan, S., & Coleman, J. L. (2019). Effect of non-vertically propagating earthquake waves and nonlinear soil-structure interaction on nuclear facility response. 25th International Conference in Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
• Veeraraghavan, S., Bielak, J. & Coleman, J. L. (2018). Impact of topographic effects on site response at nuclear facility sites. 2018 DOE-NRC Natural Phenomena Hazards meeting, Maryland.
• Veeraraghavan, S., Bielak, J. & Coleman, J. L. (2018). Effect of inclined waves on deeply embedded nuclear facilities. Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference, Boston.
• Veeraraghavan, S., Bielak, J. & Coleman, J. L. (2017). Effect of inclined waves on deeply embedded nuclear facilities. 24th International Conference in Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology, Busan, South Korea.
• Baltaji, O., Numanoglu, O. A., Veeraraghavan, S., Hashash, Y. M. A., Coleman, J. L. & Bolisetti, C. (2017). Non-linear time domain site response and soil structure analyses for nuclear facilities using MASTODON. 24th International Conference in Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology, Busan, South Korea.
• Veeraraghavan, S. , Coleman, J. & Bielak, J. (2016). Effect of inclined waves on deeply embedded nuclear facilities. Natural Phenomena Hazards meeting , Germantown.
• Veeraraghavan, S. , Coleman, J. & Spencer, B. (2016). Effect of Soil Heterogeneity on Nuclear Facility Soil-Foundation Interaction. Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference, Nashville.
• Veeraraghavan, S. & Krishnan, S. (2013). 3-D Dynamic Analysis of Precariously Balanced Rocks Under Earthquake Excitation. Seismological Society of America Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City.