Civil Engineering Department

Ranjan Rakesh

Ranjan, Rakesh
Assistant Professor
Specialization : Structural Engineering
Room No : 331-B
rakesh.ranjan[at]ce[dot]iitr[dot]ac[dot]in
(O) 91-1332-285517 (R) 91-1332-284217 (M) 9980170281

Areas of Interest

Fracture Mechanics, Fatigue Testing and Analysis
Rehabilitation of Sructures
Analysis, Design, and Assessment of Metallic Structures
Bridge Engineering
Friction Stir Welded Joints, High Frequency Mechanical Impact Treatment

Fracture Mechanics, Fatigue Testing and Analysis

Rehabilitation of Sructures

Analysis, Design, and Assessment of Metallic Structures

Bridge Engineering

Friction Stir Welded Joints, High Frequency Mechanical Impact Treatment

Honors and Awards

Award	Awarding Organisation	Year
Professional Engineer Status	Professional Engineers Ontario, Canada	2022
Nature et technologies (FRQNT) postdoctoral research scholarship	Fonds de recherche du Québec	2021
Henry O. Fuchs Student Award	Society of Automotive Engineers International	2020
Graduate Merit Scholarship	University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada	2018
David Johnston International Experience Awards - McCall MacBain	University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada	2016
Sponsored Researcher Funding through the UK India Education & Research Initiative (UKIERI)	University of Edinburgh, Scotland	2014
MHRD Scholarship Based on GATE Rank (AIR - 31) in 2011	Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka	2012 -2014
Received 1st prize in ‘Connections’, an aluminum bridge fabrication competition in the national level technical festival (Avishkar - 2008)	MNNIT Allahabad	2008
Merit Scholarship based on the All India Rank (6311) in All India Engineering Entrance Examination in 2007	MNNIT Allahabad	2007

Professional Background

From	To	Designation	Organisation
Apr, 2022	Continuing	Assistant Professor	Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
Sep 2021	Apr 2022	Junior Designer	Entuitive, Toronto, Canada
Mar 2021	Sep 2021	Junior Bridge Engineer	AECOM, Edmonton, Canada
Jan 2020	Feb 2021	Research Associate	Polytechnique Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Sep 2019	Dec 2019	Postdoctoral Fellow	University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Apr, 2018	Nov, 2018	Mitacs Globalink Mentor (Part Time)	Mitacs, University of Waterloo, Canada
Jun, 2011	Jul, 2012	Officer (Civil Engineer)	Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Deputed at Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited, Rajasthan

Educational Details

Degree	Subject	University	Year
Ph.D.	Civil Engineering	University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada	2019
M. Tech.	Civil (Structural) Engineering	Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, Karnataka, India	2014
B. Tech.	Civil Engineering	Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India	2011

Journal Publication

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Kasra Ghahremani, Rakesh Ranjan, Scott Walbridge, Ayhan Ince (2015). Fatigue strength improvement of aluminum and high strength steel welded structures using high frequency mechanical impact treatment. Procedia Engineering. DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2015.12.616

Ranjan, R., Ghahremani, K., Walbridge, S. and Ince, A. (2016). Testing and fracture mechanics analysis of strength effects on the fatigue behavior of HFMI-treated welds. Welding in the World. DOI: 10.1007/s40194-016-0354-4

Ranjan, R., de Oliveira Miranda, A. C., Guo, S. H., Walbridge, S. and Gerlich, A (2019). Fatigue analysis of friction stir welded butt joints under bending and tension load. Engineering Fracture Mechanics. DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2018.11.041

Guo, S., Shah, L., Ranjan, R., Walbridge, S. and Gerlich, A. (2019). Effect of quality control parameter variations on the fatigue performance of aluminum friction stir welded joints. International Journal of Fatigue. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2018.09.004

Ranjan, R., Walbridge, S., Shah, L. and Gerlich, A. (2020). Probabilistic Fracture Mechanics Analysis of Friction Stir Weld Fatigue Performance. Light metal welding. DOI: 10.11283/JLWA.58.72S

Ranjan, R. and Walbridge, S. (2021). 2D Fracture Mechanics Analysis of HFMI Treatment Effects on the Fatigue Behaviour of Structural Steel Welds. Welding in the World Journal. DOI: 10.1007/s40194-021-01120-4

A Fleury, R Ranjan, LH Shah, L St-Georges, A Rahem, S Walbridge, A Gerlich (2022). Fatigue performance of thick 6061-T6 aluminum friction stir welded joints with misalignment or channel defects. Welding in the World. DOI: 10.1007/s40194-022-01430-1

Research Projects

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1. Title:- Assessment of the Effect of Treatment Sequence in Impact-Treated Welded Joints
Sponsor: Faculty Initiation Grant, IIT Roorkee	Sanctioned Year: 2024-25	Amount: ₹ 20.00 Lakhs	Role: PI

2. Title:- Development of Post-Weld Treatment Guidelines for Service Life Improvement of Welded Structures/Equipment
Sponsor: TATA Steel Limited	Sanctioned Year: 2024-25	Amount: ₹ 30.69 Lakhs	Role: PI

3. Title:- Evaluation of Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Sun-dried Local Mud Brick of Ladakh
Sponsor: Defence Institute of High Altitude Research (DIHAR) - DRDO	Sanctioned Year: 2024-25	Amount: ₹ 10.00 Lakhs	Role: PI

Administrative Background

Designation	Organisation	From Period	To Period
LAC Member	Mahatma Gandhi Central Library, IIT Roorkee	March 2023	Present
Convener	Departmental Library Committee	Feb 2023	Present
Faculty Member Representative	Career Development Centre, IIT Roorkee	September 2022	August 2023
Member for Group Outreach Activities	Structural Engineering Group, Civil Engineering, IIT Roorkee	August 2022	July 2024
Deputy O.C.	Experimental Stress Analysis Laboratory, IIT Roorkee	August 2022	July 2024
Chief Warden	Himgiri Apartment (International Student Hostel), IIT Roorkee	July 2022	Present
Faculty Representative	Placement and Internship Committee, IIT Roorkee	August 2022	July 2023
Member	Student Affairs Committee, IIT Roorkee	August 2022	July 2023
Member	Departmental Library Committee, IIT Roorkee	August 2022	January2023
Councilor	Civil and Environmental Engineering Graduate Student Association, University of Waterloo	September 2018	August 2019
President	Civil and Environmental Engineering Graduate Student Association, University of Waterloo	September 2017	August 2018
Vice President - Internal	Civil and Environmental Engineering Graduate Student Association, University of Waterloo	September 2015	August 2017

Membership

S. No.	Membership
1.	Engineer in Training at Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA)
2.	Engineer in Training at Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO)
3.	Professional Engineer at Professional Engineers Ontario, Canada

B. Tech. Projects

S. No.	Project Title	Student Name	Co-Supervisor	Degree	Year
1.	CEN 300 Project: Analysis of solar panel structures	Abhishek Sharma, Akhil Agrawal, Aadarsh Raj, Abhishek Rinwa		UG	2023
2.	CEN 300 Project: Study on Rapidly Deployable Collapsible Bridges	Sakhare Vaishnavi Makaji, Rishi Sharma, Dhruv Sharma, Aman Pancholi		UG	2023

M. Tech. Dissertations

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S. No.	Project Title	Student Name	Degree	Year
1.	Analysis and design of lightweight aluminum bridges.	Yuvraj K Gajbhiye	PG	2023
2.	Assessment of the effect of higher speed of the trains on strength requirement of railway truss bridges.	Sumekar	PG	2023
3.	Numerical Modelling of Wind Effects on Cable-Stayed Bridges	Nityanand Kumar	PG	2024
4.	Numerical studies on Cable-stayed Bridges	Amar Barolia	PG	2025
5.	Wind Tunnel Testing on Bridges	Chandan Prajapati	PG	2025

Research Scholars

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S. No.	Topic	Scholar Name	Registration Year	Co-Supervisor
1.	Study on Prevention of Failure in Cable-Stayed Bridges	Nishi Gupta	2021	Prof. Vipul Prakash,
2.	Fatigue analysis of Impact-Treated Welded Joints.	Mohd Mahatab	2022
3.	Study on Behaviour of Structures under Fire	Ayush Garg	2023
4.	Study on Mechanical and Thermal properties of Sun-dried Mud Brick for Sustainable Construction	Shashank Kumar	2023

Teaching Engagements

S. No.	Course Name	Course Code	Class Name	Semester & Year
1.	Behaviour & Design of Steel Structures (Autumn)	CEN-641	B. Tech. & M. Tech	Autumn Semester 2023-24

Visits To Outside Institutions

S. No.	Visiting Institute	Purpose of Visit	Start Date	End Date
1.	University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom	Sponsored Researcher - Performance Based Structural Engineering For Fire	01/Mar/2014	30/Apr/2014
2.	University of Brasilia, Brazil	Visiting Researcher	01/Jan/2017	20/Mar/2017
3.	Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Exploratory visit to initiate collaborative research work	09/May/2023	03/Jun/2023

Special Lectures Delivered

S. No.	Title	Organisation	Date
1.	Strain-Based Fracture Mechanics Analysis of Welded Joints	Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science (HITS), Bay Range Campus, Padur, Chennai	24-Jun-2022
2.	Fatigue Analysis of Impact Treated Weldments	TATA Steel (Online)	19-Jul-2022
3.	Fatigue and Fracture of Steel Structural Members	Continuing Education Centre (CEC) IIT Roorkee for TATA Steel	26-Jun-2023
4.	Fabrication and Erection Tolerance for Steel Structures	Continuing Education Centre (CEC) IIT Roorkee for TATA Steel	28-Jun-2023
5.	Fatigue Design of Structural Components in Steel Bridges	Continuing Education Centre (CEC) IIT Roorkee for MoRTH Training Course	06-Nov-2022

Conference Publication

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Ranjan, R. and Walbridge, S (2017). Crack shape effects on the fatigue behaviour of HFMI treated welds under variable amplitude loading conditions. International Conference on Shot Peening (ICSP-13).

Fleury, A., Ranjan, R., Shah, L., St-Georges, L., Rahem, A. and Walbridge, S. (2019). Fatigue design of friction stir welded joints in aluminium bridge decks. In présenté à Canadian Society of Civil Engineering Annual Conference, Laval, Canada. Place: Laval, Québec Page No: 12-15

Nishi Gupta, Amit Kumar Kaushal, Rakesh Ranjan (2023). Parametric study on reinforced concrete T-beam girder bridges. Materials Today: Proceedings. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2023.04.098

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