Konjengbam Darunkumar Singh
Professor (HAG), FICE, FIE (India), Chartered Engineer
Associate Editor, Journal of The IEI: Series A
Associate Dean, Infrastructure Planning and Management
Member,Departmental Faculty Advisory Committee
(Former) Nodal Officer / Regional Coordinator, Unnat Bharat Abhiyan Cell
(Former) Departmental Coordinator, International Student Affairs
(Former) Chairperson, Technology Incubation Centre
Structural Engineering Group,
Civil Engineering Department,
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati,
Guwahati - 781 039, INDIA.
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Research:- Professor (HAG)(Jan 24 - ), IIT Guwahati
- IUSSTF Fellow/Visiting Scholar (Dec 13 - Jun 14), Northwestern University
- Post Doctoral Research Fellow (Feb - Jul 06), Wessex Institute of Technology
- Graduate Engineer Trainee (Aug 94 - Jan 95), L&T (ECC) Ltd
'Interest':
- Thin-walled Structures
- Concrete Filled Tubular Structures
- Composite Steel and Concrete Structures
- Fracture and Fatigue Mechanics
- Sustainable Infrastructure
- Earthquake Engineering
Initial:
- PhD (05) Southampton University
- MEng (Research) (99) Indian Institute of Science
- BEng (94) Regional Engineering College, Surathkal
Publications:
a) Steel / Steel-Concrete Composite / FRP structures
- Thin-walled Structures , , . P. Kar, A. C. Borsaikia, K. D. Singh ,
(2024).
Structural behavior of partially confined circular CFST columns under lateral cyclic loading.(Accepted).
- Structures, J. Haloi, A. C. Borsaikia and K. D. Singh (2024).
New design equations for predicting web crippling capacity of pultruded GFRP profile
(Accepted).
- Thin-walled Structures, S. Dhamane, S. K. Mushahary, K. D. Singh (2023).
Experimental study on S700 T-stub in heating and cooling fire
(Accepted).
- Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering , , . T. M. Maring, S. Dhamane, S. K. Mushahary, A. C. Borsaikia, K. D. Singh ,
(2023).
Mechanical properties of S700 butt weld during and after fire (Accepted).
- Journal of Constructional Steel Research , , . P. Kar, A. C. Borsaikia, K. D. Singh ,
(2023).
Experimental investigation of partially confined concrete-filled steel tubular square columns under lateral cyclic loading (Accepted).
- Journal of Constructional Steel Research , , . S. K. Mushahary, K. D. Singh , S. A. Jayachandran,
(2022). Tensile and shear strength of 10.9 bolts in heating and cooling fire (Accepted).
- Thin-walled Structures, J. Haloi, A. C. Borsaikia and K. D. Singh (2022).
Effect of web perforation on the performance of pultruded GFRP wide-flange section profile in web crippling under end-two-flange loading configuration
(Accepted).
- Thin-walled Structures, T. G. Singh K. D. Singh (2021).
Design of perforated cold-formed steel hollow stub columns using direct strength method .
(Accepted).
- Thin-walled Structures, J. Haloi, A. C. Borsaikia and K. D. Singh (2021).
Web crippling behaviour of web perforated GFRP wide-flange sections subjected to interior-two-flange loading condition
(Accepted).
- Structures, K. Sachidananda and K. D. Singh (2021).
Numerical study of fixed ended Lean Duplex Stainless Steel (LDSS) flat oval hollow stub column with square perforation under pure axial compression
(Accepted).
- Engineering Structures , , S.V. Devi, and K. D. Singh (2021).
The Continuous Strength Method for circular hollow sections in torsion (Accepted).
- Innovative Infrastructure Solutions, , . J. Haloi, A. C. Borsaikia, K. D. Singh ,
(2021).
Mechanical characterization of pultruded GFRP channel, wide flange and rectangular hollow profiles (Accepted).
- Composite Structures , , . J. Haloi, S. K. Mushahary, A. C. Borsaikia, K. D. Singh ,
(2020).
Experimental investigation on the web crippling behaviour of pultruded GFRP wide-flange sections subjected to two-flange loading conditions (Accepted).
- Thin-Walled Structures , , . S. K. Mushahary, K. D. Singh , S. A. Jayachandran,
(2020).
Mechanical properties of E350 steel during heating and cooling (Accepted).
- The Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings, , . S. S. Ningthoukhongjam and K. D. Singh (2020).
Mass Irregularity Effect on Seismic Response of Moment Resisting Steel Frame by Nonlinear Time History Analysis using Force Analogy Method (Accepted).
- Journal of Constructional Steel Research, , . Sonu J.K and K. D. Singh (2020).
Shear Behaviour of Stiffened Single Perforated LDSS Rectangular Hollow Beams (Accepted).
- Thin-Walled Structures, , . P. V. R. Narendra and K. D. Singh (2020).
Cross-sectional bending strength of steel Elliptical-Hollow-Sections (EHSs) based on Equivalent-Resistance-Capacity-Method (ERCM) (Accepted)..
- Structures, , R. Lalthazuala and K. D. Singh (2020).
Structural behaviour of hybrid stainless steel stub columns under axial compression. (Accepted).
- International Journal of Steel Structures , , S.V. Devi, and K. D. Singh (2020).
Numerical investigation on torsional behaviour of lean duplex stainless steel semi elliptical hollow section members. (Accepted).
- Structures, 26, 66-78, S.V. Devi, and K. D. Singh (2020).
Finite element study of the stiffening effects on torsional capacity of perforated stainless
steel slender semi-elliptical hollow section member
- Thin-Walled Structures, 146, - , S.V. Devi, and K. D. Singh (2019).
Finite Element study of lean duplex stainless steel semi-elliptical hollow section members with
circular perforation subjected to Torsion
- Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 162, - , S.V. Devi, T. G. Singh and K. D. Singh (2019).
Cold-formed steel square hollow members with circular perforations subjected to torsion.
- Structures, 22, 28-42,
P. V. R. Narendra and K. D. Singh (2019).
Equivalent-Resistance-Capacity-Method (ERCM) for the design of steel Elliptical-Hollow-Sections (EHSs) under axial compression.
- Structures, 20, 594-606.
P. V. R. Narendra, K. Prasad, E. H. Krishna,
V. Kumar and K. D. Singh (2019).
Low-Cycle-Fatigue (LCF) behavior and cyclic plasticity modeling of E250A mild steel.
- Thin-Walled Structures, 143, - , R. Lalthazuala and K. D. Singh (2019).
Structural performance of hybrid stainless steel plate girders under shear.
- Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 158, 53-70. T. G. Singh and K. D. Singh (2019).
Mechanical properties of YSt-310 cold-formed steel hollow sections at elevated temperatures.
- Thin-Walled Structures, 137, 197-212. R. Lalthazuala and K. D. Singh (2019).
Investigations on structural performance of hybrid stainless steel I-beams based on slenderness.
- Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 153, 654-666. T. G. Singh and K. D. Singh (2019).
Post-fire mechanical properties of YSt-310 cold-formed steel tubular sections.
- Thin-Walled Structures, 131, 107-121. T. G. Singh and K. D. Singh (2018).
Experimental investigation on performance of perforated cold-formed steel tubular stub columns.
- Thin-Walled Structures, 121, 25-40. T. G. Singh and K. D. Singh (2017).
Structural performance of YSt-310 cold-formed tubular steel stub columns.
- Thin-Walled Structures, 119, 851-867. Sonu J.K. and K. D. Singh (2017).
Shear Behaviour of Single Perforated Lean Duplex Stainless Steel (LDSS) Rectangular Hollow Beams.
- Thin-Walled Structures, 119, 126-150. P. V. R. Narendra and K. D. Singh (2017).
Elliptical hollow section steel cantilever beams under extremely low cycle fatigue flexural load - a finite element study.
- International Journal of Steel Structures, 17, 1-13. M. L. Patton and K. D. Singh (2017).
Buckling of fixed-ended concrete-filled steel columns under axial compression.
- Thin-Walled Structures, 113, 47-60. K. Sachidananda and K. D. Singh (2017).
Structural behaviour of fixed ended stocky Lean Duplex Stainless Steel (LDSS) flat oval hollow column under axial compression.
- Structures, 10, 13-19. Sonu J.K. and K. D. Singh (2017).
Shear characteristics of Lean Duplex Stainless Steel (LDSS) rectangular hollow beams.
- Thin-Walled Structures, 109, 202-216. P. V. R. Narendra and K. D. Singh (2016).
Structural behavior of elliptical hollow section (EHS) steel tubular braces under extremely low cycle fatigue loading - a finite element study.
- Thin-Walled Structures, 96, 105-119. K. Sachidananda and K. D. Singh (2015).
Numerical study of fixed ended Lean Duplex Stainless Steel
(LDSS) flat oval hollow stub column under pure axial compression.
- International Journal of Steel Structures, 14, 619-632. M. L. Patton and K. D. Singh (2014).
Finite element modelling of concrete-filled lean duplex stainless steel tubular stub columns .
- Thin-Walled Structures, 68, 18-25. K. R. Umbarkar, M. L. Patton and K. D. Singh (2013).
Effect of single circular perforation in Lean Duplex Stainless Steel (LDSS) hollow circular stub columns under pure axial compression.
- Thin-Walled Structures, 63, 106-116. M. L. Patton and K. D. Singh (2013).
Buckling of fixed-ended lean duplex stainless steel hollow
columns of Square, L-, T-, and +-shaped sections under pure axial
compression - a finite element study.
- Thin-Walled Structures, 53, 1-8. M. L. Patton and K. D. Singh (2012).
Numerical modelling of lean duplex stainless steel hollow
columns of Square, L-, T-, and +-shaped cross sections under pure
axial compression.
b) Plain / Reinforced Concrete
- ACI Structural Journal, 113, 1253-1262. K. Kirane, K. D. Singh and Z. P. Bazant (2016).
Size effect in the torsional strength of plain and reinforced concrete.
c) Rammed Earth
- Materiales de Construccion, 68, D. Tripura and K. D. Singh (2018).
Mechanical behaviour of rammed earth column: A comparison between unreinforced, steel and bamboo reinforced columns.
- Structural Engineering International, 29, 133-143, D. Tripura and K. D. Singh (2018).
Axial load-capacity of bamboo-steel reinforced cement stabilised rammed earth column
- Structures and Buildings, 169, 298-311, D. Tripura and K. D. Singh (2016).
Cement-stabilized rammed earth square column in compression
- Materials and Structures, 49, 371-382, D. Tripura and K. D. Singh (2016).
Behavior of Cement-Stabilized Rammed Earth Circular Column under Axial Loading.
- Engineering Structures, 99, 402-412. D. Tripura and K. D. Singh (2015).
Axial load-capacity of rectangular cement-stabilized rammed
earth column.
- Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 27, 7, 040121421-8. D. Tripura and K. D. Singh (2015).
Characteristic Properties of Cement-Stabilized Rammed Earth Blocks.
d) Concrete Block Pavement
- International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology , 5, 234-244.
Y. A. Singh, T. L. Ryntathiang and K. D. Singh (2012).
Distress evaluation of Plastic Cell filled Concrete Block Pavement (PCCBP).
- Road Materials and Pavements Design, 13, 345-359.
Y. A. Singh, T. L. Ryntathiang and K. D. Singh (2012).
An investigation on Plastic Cell filled
Concrete Block Pavement (PCCBP) overlay.
- International Journal of Pavement Engineering, 13, 267-279.
Y. A. Singh, T. L. Ryntathiang and K. D. Singh (2012).
Structural assessment of plastic cell-filled concrete block pavement (PCCBP): an experimental
study.
e) Earthquake Engineering
- Acta Geophysica, 63, 1339-1367, K. Pallav, S. T. G. Raghu Kanth and K. D. Singh (2015).
Estimation of seismic site coefficient and seismic microzonation of
Imphal City, India, using the probabilistic approach.
- Journal of Geophysics and Engineering,
9, 516-533. K. Pallav, S. T. G. Raghu Kanth, K. D. Singh (2012).
Probabilistic seismic hazard estimation of
Manipur, India.
- International Journal of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, 3, 34-56,
K. Pallav, S. T. G. Raghu Kanth and K. D. Singh (2012).
Liquefaction hazard scenario of Imphal City for 1869 Cachar and a hypothetical earthquake.
- Journal of Geophysics and Engineering,
7, 321-331. K. Pallav, S. T. G. Raghu Kanth, K. D. Singh (2010).
Surface level ground motion estimation for 1869 Cachar earthquake (Mw 7.5) at Imphal city.
- Pure and Applied Geophysics,
166, 641-672. S. T. G. Raghu Kanth, K. D. Singh , K. Pallav (2009).
Deterministic seismic scenarios for Imphal City.
f) Fatigue Mechanics
- International Journal of Fatigue, 77, 28-40. K. D. Singh and I. A. Khan (2015).
Numerical modelling of plane strain plasticity induced crack closure effects for bimaterial interfacial cracks .
- Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology,
25, 3025-3036. K. D. Singh, Y. Xu and I. Sinclair (2011).
Strip yield modelling of fatigue crack under variable
amplitude loading.
- Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology,
25, 3015-3024. K. D. Singh, M. R. Parry and I. Sinclair (2011).
A short summary on finite element modelling of fatigue crack closure.
- Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology,
25, 663-673. K. D. Singh, M. R. Parry and I. Sinclair (2011).
Variable amplitude fatigue crack growth behaviour - a short overview.
- International Journal of Fatigue, 30, 1898-1920. K. D. Singh , M. R. Parry and I. Sinclair (2008). Some issues on finite element modelling of plasticity induced crack closure due to constant amplitude loading.
- Acta Materiala, 56, 835-851. K. D. Singh, K. H. Khor and I. Sinclair (2008). Finite element and analytical modelling of crack closure due to repeated overloads.
- Acta Materiala, 54, 4405-4414. K. D. Singh, K. H. Khor and I. Sinclair (2006). Roughness and plasticity induced crack closure under single overloads: Analytical modelling.
- Acta Materiala, 54, 4393-4403. K. D. Singh, K. H. Khor and I. Sinclair (2006). Roughness and plasticity induced crack closure under single overloads: Finite element modelling.
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B 246, 217-225. A. Steuwer, L. Edwards, S. Pratihar, S. Ganguly, M. Peel, M. .E. Fitzpatrick, J. Marrow, P. J. Withers, I. Sinclair, K. D. Singh , N.Gao and T. Buslaps (2006). In-situ analysis of cracks in structural materials using synchrotron X-ray tomography and diffraction.
- Materials Forum, 28, 850-855. K. H. Khor, N. Kamp, M. R. Parry, K. D. Singh M. R. Parry and I. Sinclair (2004).
Micro-Mechanistic Crack Closure Modelling of Constant Amplitude and Variable Amplitude Fatigue in Damage Tolerant Airframe Aluminium Alloys.
- Acta Materiala, 52, 343-353. N. Kamp, M. R. Parry, K. D. Singh and I. Sinclair (2004).
Analytical and finite element modeling of roughness induced crack closure.
g) Fracture Mechanics
- Journal of Structural Engineering, (India) 28, 3, 129-135. K. D. Singh and J.M. Chandra Kishen (2001). Fracture criteria for propagation and branching of crack between two dissimilar isotropic media.
- Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 68, 2, 201-219. J.M. Chandra Kishen and K. D. Singh (2001). Stress intensity factors based fracture criteria for kinking and branching of interface crack: application to dams.
h) Biomechanics
- Journal of Applied Biomaterials and Biomechanics,
7, 111-115. Y. S. Arun Kumar, B. Pant, K. D. Singh (2009).
Thickness effects on maximum von-Mises stress of a cement mantle in total hip replacement - A finite element study.
Recent Teaching:
- Design Project (CE-402, 4 hpw)
2017 [73]
- Structural Analysis - I (CE-205, 3 hpw)
2015 [72]
** Year [CS] = Year [Class Strength]
** hpw = Hours per week
Recent Research Funding:
- Nil.
Recent Consultancy Association:
- Nil.
Recent Postgraduate Project Supervision:
Other Activities:
- 2017 - Faculty In-charge/Chairperson, Technology Incubation Centre, IITG (http://tic.iitg.ac.in)