Dr. Sivapalan Gajan
Associate Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
Office: CIE 201Q
Telephone: (701) 231-5648
Fax: (701) 231-6185
Email: S.Gajan@ndsu.edu
Web: www.ndsu.edu/gajan
Education
- Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Univeristy of California, Davis, 2006
Courses
- CE 316 Soil Mechanics
- CE 461/661 Foundation Engineering
- CE 417 Slope Stability and Retaining Walls
Research Interests
- Geotechnical Engineering
- Foundation Engineering
- Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
- Dynamic Soil-Foundation-Structure Interaction
- Computational Modeling of Geotechnical Systems
- Current Research Projects
Selected Publications
Gajan, S., Raychowdhury, P., Hutchinson, T. C., Kutter, B. L., and Stewart, J. P. (2010), "Application and validation of practical tools for nonlinear soil-foundation interaction analysis", Earthquake Spectra, Vol. 26 (1), pp 111-129
Gajan, S. and Kutter, B. L. (2009), "Contact interface model for shallow foundations subjected to combined cyclic loading", Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 135 (3), pp 407-419
Gajan, S. and Kutter, B. L. (2008), "Capacity, settlement, and energy dissipation of shallow footings subjected to rocking", Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 134 (8), pp 1129-1141
Gajan, S., Phalen, J. D., Kutter, B. L., Hutchinson, T. C. and Martin, G. (2005), "Centrifuge modeling of load-deformation behavior of rocking shallow foundations", Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 25 (7-10), pp 773-783
Kutter, B. L., Gajan, S., Balakrishnan, A., and Manda, K. K. (2004), "Effects of layer thickness and density on settlement and lateral spreading", Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 130 (6), pp 603-614