IITKGP

M Amarnatha Reddy

Professor

Civil Engineering

+91-3222-283450

manreddy@civil.iitkgp.ac.in

Applications are invited from eligible candidates ( B.Tech - Civil Engineering &M.Tech - Transportation Engineering) for Senior Project Officer position in Two sponsored research projects . Selected candidates are eligible for apply for PhD and selection will be based on institute rules and guidelines For details, please visit: www.iitkg.ac.in-> temporary positions |

Research Areas

  • Sustainable Pavement Technologies
Research Interest: Transportation Engineering in particular (i) Evaluation of Pavement Materials (ii)  Analysis and Design of Pavements (iii) Structural Evaluation of Highway and Airport Pavements by Nondestructive Testing (v) Sustainability in Transportation Engineering 
  • Curling of Castin-situ Short Slabs on Lean Concrete Base: Measured versus Theoretical Analysis Kasu S. R., Patel S. , Chandrappa A. K., Reddy M. A. By Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2677 1327-1336 (2022)
  • Evaluation of horizontal permeability characteristics of granular subbase material Kandlavath H.N., Chowdhury P.S., Reddy M.A. By Transportation Research Procedia 48 3725-3733 (2020)
  • An Investigation on the Effect of Aging on Chemical and Mechanical Properties of Asphalt Binders. Chowdhury P. S., Mullapudi R. S., Reddy M. A. By Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering 32 04022252--04022252-11 (2022)
  • Evaluation of fatigue characteristics of asphalt mixtures using Cracking Tolerance index (CTIndex) Saha Chowdhury P., Noojilla S.L.A., Reddy M.A. By Construction and Building Materials 342 - (2022)
  • Evaluation of effect of moisture on fatigue performance of pavement designed with recycled asphalt mixtures Bharath G., Kakade V., Reddy K.S., Tandon V., Reddy M.A. By Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering 50 1-10 (2022)
  • Field experiments and numerical analysis of curling behavior of cast-in-situ short paneled concrete pavement on lean concrete base S. K., S. P., Reddy M. A. By International Journal of Pavement Engineering 22 1-14 (2021)
  • Design of asphalt mixes with steel slag aggregates using the Bailey method of gradation selection Malluru S., A T. , Guduru G. , Kuna K. K., Reddy M. A. By Construction and Building Materials 279 - (2021)
  • Influence of stiffness of dry lean concrete base on load stresses in the plain cement concrete slab of concrete pavement S. K., J. T., Chandrappa A. K., Reddy M. A. By Road Materials and Pavement Design 22 - (2021)
  • Influence of polyester microfiber reinforcement on flexural fatigue characteristics of concrete S. K., Mitra N. , Reddy M. A. By Road Materials and Pavement Design 21 1-17 (2020)
  • Investigations on Design and Durability Characteristics of Cement Treated Reclaimed Asphalt for Base and Subbase Layers Reddy M. A., Reddy K. S., M. K. By Construction and Building Materials 252 - (2020)

Principal Investigator

  • Consultancy Services for road projects of Sekura India Management Limited, Mumbai
  • Development of Accelerated Pavement Test Facility to Evaluate Pavements of Village Roads
  • Evaluation of Unbound materials, aggregates, bitumen, bitumen emulsion, bituminous , mastic asphalt and cold mixes of different government and private agencies
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis Framework for Flexible and Rigid Pavements in Different Geographical and Climatic Conditions based on Field Performance Data
  • Performance evaluation of dense graded bituminous mixes for overlay at the Six Lane pavement section of Chandikhol -Jagatpur fromKm 413 to Km 418 and Km 0 to Km 62 in the state of Odisha
  • Proof checking of pavement design report on upgradation to 2 lane with paved shoulder work of NH-122B from Hajipur to Bachhwara in the state of Bihar
  • Proof checking of pavement design report, plan and profile of Four Laning of Mehgama - Hansdiha section of NH - 133 from existing Km 41+900 to existing Km 93+000 in the State of JHARKHAND
  • Resilient Modulus Values of Bituminous Concrete and Dense Bituminous Macadam and Other Types of Mixes of High Volume Roads
  • Vetting of pavement design reports and Performance evaluation of different bituminous and concrete mixtures of Sekura Indian Management Limited

Co-Principal Investigator

  • Improved Design Procedures for New and Rehabilitated Bituminous Pavements in India Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
  • Indigenous Development of Cement Asphalt Mortar (CAM) for High Speed Railway Track HSR INNOVATION CENTRE
  • Preparation of Report for On-Street Parking Management in New Town Kolkata RITES LIMITED
  • Scrutiny of Project Proposals for the State of West Bengal and Mizoram under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana [PMGSY] National Rural Roads Development Agency
  • Skid resistance investigation of runway of Darima Airport (Ambikapur, Chattisgarh) AIMIL LIMITED

Ph. D. Students

Danam Venkata Akhilesh

Area of Research: Pavement Analayis and Design

Mrityunjay Midya

Area of Research: Pavement Engineering

Pramod Kumar Behera

Area of Research: Pavement Materials and Characterization

Rahul Reddy B

Area of Research: Characterization of Pavement Material

Sidhyanath Panda

Area of Research: Pavement Materials and evaluation

Venkata Joga Rao Bulusu

Area of Research: Pavement Engineering

MS Students

Vinayak Sahu

Area of Research: Pavement Materials and evaluation