Civil Engineering Department

Constitutive Modeling for soils and rocks
Numerical and analytical modeling of Tunnel and wellbore
Theoretical and Experimental Rock and Soil Mechanics
Slope Stability in rocks and soils

Constitutive Modeling for soils and rocks

Numerical and analytical modeling of Tunnel and wellbore

Theoretical and Experimental Rock and Soil Mechanics

Slope Stability in rocks and soils

Award	Awarding Organisation	Year
Research Scholars Travel Award	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Institutional Scholarship for Pursuing Ph.D.	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi	2017

From	To	Designation	Organisation
Jan 2020	Continuing	Assistant Professor	Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
Mar 2019	Dec 2019	Researcher Grade-4	Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Jan 2018	Apr 2018	Project Scientist	Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

Degree	Subject	University	Year
Ph.D.	Geo Technical Engineering	Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi	2018
B. Tech.	Civil Engineering	National Institute of Technology, Raipur	2012

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1.

Singh, A., Kumar, C., Kannan, L. G., Rao, K. S. and Ayothiraman, R. (2017). Rheological behaviour of rock salt under uniaxial compression. Procedia Engineering. DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2016.12.122

2.

Singh, A., Rao, K. S. and Ayothiraman, R. (2017). Effect of intermediate principal stress on cylindrical tunnel in an elasto-plastic rock mass. Procedia Engineering. . DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2016.12.185

3.

Singh, A., Kumar, C., Kannan, L. G., Rao, K. S. and Ayothiraman, R. (2018). Estimation of creep parameters of rock salt from uniaxial compression tests. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences.. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2018.04.037

4.

Singh, A., Kumar, C., Kannan, L. G., Rao, K. S. and Ayothiraman, R. (2018). Engineering properties of rock salt and simplified closed-form deformation solution for circular opening in rock salt under the true triaxial stress state. Engineering Geology. DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2018.07.008

5.

Singh, A., Rao, K. S. and Ayothiraman, R. (2019). Study on Mohr-Coulomb based three-dimensional strength criteria and its application in the stability analysis of vertical borehole. Arabian Journal of Geoscience.. DOI: 10.1007/s12517-019-4752-y

6.

Singh, A., Rao, K. S. and Ayothiraman, R. (2019). An analytical solution for a circular wellbore using Mogi-Coulomb failure criterion. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering.. DOI: 10.1016/j.jrmge.2019.03.004

7.

Singh, A., Rao, K. S. and Ayothiraman, R. (2019). A closed-form analytical solution for a circular opening using Drucker-Prager criterion under plane strain condition. Indian Geotechnical Journal. DOI: 10.1007/s40098-019-00358-6

8.

Singh, A., Ayothiraman, R. and Rao, K. S. (2020). Failure Criteria for Isotropic Rocks Using a Smooth Approximation of Modified Mohr–Coulomb Failure Function. Geotechnical and Geological Engineering. DOI: 10.1007/s10706-020-01287-5

9.

Fokker, P. A., Singh, A. and Wassing, BBT. (2020). A semianalytic time‐resolved poro‐elasto‐plastic model for wellbore stability and stimulation. International journal for Numerical and Analytical methods in Geomechanics. DOI: 10.1002/nag.3048

10.

Singh, A. and Fokker, P. A. (2021). Time‐Resolved Model for Geothermal Engineering in High Porosity Slochteren Sandstone. International Journal Numerical Analysis Methods Geomechanics. DOI: 10.1002/nag.3181

S. No.	Membership
1.	Member, Editorial Review Board International Journal of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering (IJGEE)
2.	Member, Early Career Editorial Board Journal Deep Underground Science and Engineering, Wiley

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S. No.	Topic	Scholar Name	Registration Year	Co-Supervisor
1.	To be decided	Honey Kaushal	2020	Prof. Aditya Singh
2.	To be decided	Shubham Chajed	2020
3.	Rock Mechanics/ Landslides	Argha Biswas	2021
4.	Study on global stability of tunnel portal under seismic loads	Dinesh Reddy	2021
5.	True Triaxial strength of anisotropic rocks.	Ravindra Kumar Burnwal	2021
6.	To be decided.	Harshitha Ijari	2023

S. No.	Course Name	Course Code	Class Name	Semester & Year
1.	Soil Mechanics	CEN-303	B. Tech.	Autumn Semester 2023-24
2.	Training Seminar	CEN-499	B. Tech.	Autumns Semester 2020-21
3.	Advanced Numerical Analysis	CEN-521	B. Tech.	Autumn Semester 2020-21
4.	Advanced Numerical Analysis	CEN-521	B. Tech. & M. Tech	Autumn Semester 2023-24

S. No.	Title	Organisation	Date
1.	Analysis, Design and Construction of Tunnels and Underground Structures	WAPCOS Gurgaon, India
2.	Basic of Rock Mechanics and Empirical Tunnel Design Methods	Online	09-Jun-2021
3.	Stability of Vertical Boreholes	Online	26-Apr-2021
4.	Assessment of Rock Mass Strength using Classification Systems	Online	06-Sep-2021

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1.

Singh, A., Rao, K. S. and Ayothiraman, R. (2016). Empirical relation for parameters of Mogi’s true triaxial criterion based on triaxial strength parameters. 69th Canadian Geotechnical Conference. Place: Geo-Vancouver, Canada

2.

Kumar, A., Singh, A., Mishra, S. and Rao, K. S. (2017). Importance of strength anisotropy in numerical analysis. Tunnelling in Himalayan Geology. Place: Jammu, India

3.

Mishra S, Singh A, Kumar A, Rao KS, Gupta NK, Challa A (2017). Parametric study of lined and unlined tunnels at shallow depths under coupled static and cyclic loading condition. Tunnelling in Himalayan Geology. Place: Jammu

4.

Gupta, S., Singh, A., Kumar, A., Mishra, S. and Rao, K. S. (2017). Comparison of simplified closed-form solution of Drucker-Prager criterion with finite element solution. Tunnelling in Himalayan Geology. Place: Jammu

5.

Singh, A., Kumar, C., Kannan, L. G., Rao, K. S. and Ayothiraman, R. (2017). Rheological behaviour of rock salt under uniaxial compression. Procedia Engineering. DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2016.12.122

6.

Singh, A., Rao, K. S. and Ayothiraman, R. (2017). Effect of intermediate principal stress on cylindrical tunnel in an elasto-plastic rock mass. Procedia Engineering.

7.

Singh, A., Kumar, A. and Rao, K.S. (2018). Strength behaviour of anisotropic rock under true triaxial Stress state. 10th Asian Rock Mechanics Symposium. Place: Singapore

8.

Nair, R., Malik, A., Singh, A. and Rout, B. (2018). Estimation of deformational characteristics of rock-shotcrete interface. 10th Asian Rock Mechanics Symposium. Place: Singapore

9.

Malik, A. and Singh, A. (2019). Triaxial and direct shear tests to estimate the parameters of rock-joints and rock-shotcrete interface. Vietrock2019. Place: Vietnam

10.

Singh, A., Wassing, B.B.T. and Fokker, P. (2020). A Semi-Analytic Transient Approach to Modelling Plasticity and Stimulation of Geothermal Wells. World Geothermal Congress 2020. Place: Reykjavik, Iceland

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