Group Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLES

1. Natesh, P., Agarwal, A. (2025), "A component-based model for double angle shear connections in fire conditions." Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Elsevier Science, vol. 235: 109779. (IF: 4.3) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcsr.2025.109799 

2. Sangani, P., Kumar, D., Paliwal, I., Ramji, M., Khaderi, S.N., Agarwal, A. (2024), "Material properties of YSt 310 steel tubular columns under extreme loading conditions."  Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Elsevier Science, vol. 223: 109076. (IF: 4.0) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcsr.2024.109076 [Full Text]

3. Sangani, P., Agarwal, A., (2024) “A comprehensive methodology for residual capacity evaluation of damaged steel tubular columns.” Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Elsevier Science, vol. 216: 108625. (IF: 4.1) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcsr.2024.108625 [Full Text]

4. Banoth, I., Agarwal, A., (2024) “Bond between deformed steel rebars and concrete at elevated temperatures.” Fire Safety Journal, Elsevier Science, 104113. (IF: 3.1) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.firesaf.2024.104133 [Full Text]

5. Natesh, P.S., Agarwal, A., Choe, L., (2022), “Behaviour and design of double angle beam-column connection in fire conditions.” Fire Safety Journal, Elsevier Science, 2022; 134: 103707. (IF: 3.1). http://doi.org/10.1016/j.firesaf.2022.103707 [Full Text]

6. Chinthapalli, H.K, Sharma, S., Agarwal, A., (2021), “Fire Behavior and Modeling of Short RC columns in Pure Axial Compression: The Role of Volume, Configuration, and Spacing of Lateral Reinforcement.” Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE; DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)ST.1943-541X.0003224 [Full Text]

7. Chinthapalli, H.K, Agarwal, A., (2021) “Fire Performance of Earthquake Damaged Reinforced Concrete Columns: An Experimental Study”. Journal of Structural Fire Engineering, Emerald Publishing Limited; doi.org/10.1108/JSFE-03-2021-0015. [Full Text]

8. Chinthapalli, H.K., Chellapandian M., Agarwal, A., Prakash, S.S., (2020), “Effectiveness of Hybrid Fibre-Reinforced Polymer Retrofitting on Behaviour of Fire Damaged RC Columns under Axial Compression,” Engineering Structures, Elsevier Science;doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2020.110458. [Full Text]

9. Chinthapalli, H.K., Agarwal, A. (2019), “Effect of Confining Reinforcement on Fire Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Columns – An Experimental and Numerical Study,” Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE; doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)ST.1943-541X.0002617. [Full Text].

10. Fischer, E.C., Varma, A.H., Agarwal, A. (2019), “Performance-Based Structural Fire Engineering of Steel Building Structures: Design-Basis Compartment Fires,” Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE; doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE) ST.1943-541X.0002370. [Link] [Full Text]

11. Sharma, S., Vaddamani, V.T., Agarwal, A. (2019), “Insulation Effect of the Concrete Slab-Steel Deck Interface in Fire Conditions and its Influence on the Structural Fire Behavior of Composite Floor Systems,” Fire Safety Journal, Elsevier Science; doi.org/10.1016/j.firesaf.2019.02.006. [Link] [Full Text]

12. Choe, L., Agarwal, A., Varma, A.H. (2016), “Steel Columns Subjected to Thermal Gradient from Fire Loading: Experimental Evaluation,” Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE; doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)ST.1943-541X.0001500. [Link]

13. Agarwal, A., Selden K., Varma, A. (2014), “Stability Behavior of Steel Building Structures in Fire Conditions: Role of Composite Floor System with Shear-tab Connections,” Journal of Structural Fire Engineering, Vol. 5, No. 2. pp 77-96. Multi-Science. [Link] [Link 2] [Full text]

14. Agarwal, A., Choe, L., Varma, A.H. (2014), “Fire Design of Steel Columns: Effects of Thermal Gradients,” Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Vol 93, pp 107 -118, Elsevier Science. [Link] [Full text]

15. Agarwal, A., Varma, A.H. (2014), “Fire Induced Progressive Collapse of Steel Building Structures: The Role of Interior Gravity Columns,” Engineering Structures, Vol. 58, pp 129-140, Elsevier Science. [Link] [Full text]

16. Agarwal A., Varma, A.H. (2011), “Design of Steel Columns at Elevated Temperature due to Fire: Effects of Rotational Restraints,” Engineering Journal, AISC, Vol. 48, No. 4, pp 297-314. [Link]

17. Choe, L., Varma, A.H., Agarwal, A., Surovek, A.(2011), “Fundamental Behavior of Steel Beam-Columns and Columns under Fire Loading: Experimental Evaluation,” Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol 37, No. 9, pp 954-966.[Link]

18. Jain, S.K., Agarwal, A., Hirani A.R., “An Introduction to Tsunami in Indian Context,” Indian Concrete Journal, January 2005.[Link]

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

1. Natesh, P.S., Agarwal, A. “Numerical Modelling of Continuous Composite Beam Under Fire Loading.” Advances in Structural Engineering: Select Proceedings of FACE 2019, 73-88. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4079-0_7 

2. Banoth, I., Agarwal, A. “Effect of Heating Rate on Bond Behavior Between Steel and Concrete at Elevated Temperatures.” Advances in Structural Engineering: Select Proceedings of FACE 2019, 89-98. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4079-0_8 

3. Singh, S., Agarwal, A. “Numerical Analysis of Post-earthquake Fire Resistance of Concrete-Filled Tubular Steel Columns.” Advances in Structural Engineering: Select Proceedings of FACE 2019, 133-143. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4079-0_12 

4. Chinthapalli, H.K., Subash, B., Agarwal, A. “Response of RC Short Column Under Combined Fire and Axial Loading.” Advances in Structural Engineering: Select Proceedings of FACE 2019, 121-131. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4079-0_11

5. Chinthapalli, H.K., Chellapandian, M., Agarwal, A., Prakash, S.S., “Emergency Repair of Severely Damaged Reinforced Concrete Column Under Fire: An Experimental Study,” Proceedings of the 3rd ACF Symposium, Spe 10-11, 2019, Sapporro, Japan.

6. Chinthapalli, H.K., Agarwal, A., “Effect of Confinement on Fire Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Columns: Experimental Study,” 6th Conference on Applications of Structural Fire Engineering, June 13-14, 2019, NTU, Singapore.

7. Banoth, I., Agarwal, A., “Bond behaviour between steel and concrete at elevated temperatures,”  6th Conference on Applications of Structural Fire Engineering, June 13-14, 2019, NTU, Singapore.

8. Chinthapalli, H.K., Agarwal, A., “Fire Resistance of RC Columns with Diagonal Ties: Experimental Study,” 6th Conference on Applications of Structural Fire Engineering, June 13-14, 2019, NTU, Singapore.

9. Chinthapalli, H.K., Agarwal, A., “Effect of Confinement on Fire Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Columns: Experimental Study,” 6th Conference on Applications of Structural Fire Engineering, June 13-14, 2019, NTU, Singapore.

10. Chinthapalli, H.K., Agarwal, A., “Role of Confinement on Fire Resistance Capacity of RC Columns,” 3rd RNR Memorial International Conference for Concrete Professionals, Dec 12-15, 2018, Mumbai, India.

11. Chinthapalli, H.K., Agarwal, A., "Study of Fire Resistance of RC Columns with Varying Shear Reinforcement," Structures in Fire Conference 2018 - Belfast, UK. [Link]

12. Vaddamani, V.T., Agarwal, A., "Thermal Insulation Effect of the Interface between Steel Deck and Concrete Slab in Composite Slab Systems under Fire Conditions," 9th International Symposium on Steel Structures, Nov 1-4, 2017, Jeju, Korea. [Link] 

13. Agarwal, A., Taddhanpally, S., "Stability Behavior of Concrete-Filled Steel Tube Columns in Real Fire Conditions," Structures in Fire Conference 2016 – Princeton, NJ. [Link]

14. Lai, Z., Varma, A.H., Yang, H., Agarwal, A., "Analysis and Design of Non-compact and Slender Rectangular CFT Columns Subjected to Ambient and Elevated Temperature," SSRC 2016 Annual Stability Conference – Orlando, FL. [Link] 

15. Agarwal, A., Varma, A.H., Selden, K.L., "Parameters Influencing Collapse Resistance of Building Structures Subjected to Fire Loading." SEI 2013 Structures Congress – Pittsburgh, PA. [Link]

16. Agarwal, A., Varma, A.H., "Fire Induced Progressive Collapse of Steel Building Structures," SEI 2012 Structures Congress – Chicago, IL. [Link]

17. Walz, J., Surovek, A., Agarwal, A., Choe, L., Varma, A.H., "Closed-form Characterization of Fundamental Section Response of Steel Columns Subjected to Realistic Fire Loading", SSRC 2011 Annual Stability Conference – Pittsburgh, PA. [Link]

18. Agarwal, A., Varma, A.H., Cedeno, G., “Steel Columns under Fire Loading: Stability Behavior and Design”, SSRC 2011 Annual Stability Conference – Phoenix, AZ. [Link]

19. Choe, L., Varma, A.H., Agarwal, A., Surovek, A., "Experimental Investigation of Steel Beam-Columns under Fire Loading", SEI 2010 Structures Congress – Orlando, FL. [Link]

20. Agarwal, A., Varma, A.H., Choe, L., Cedeno, G. “Stability Behavior and Design of Steel Columns under Fire Loading”, SEI 2009 Structures Congress – Austin, TX.[Link]

21. Agarwal A., Varma, A.H., Cedeno, G.A. “Stability Behavior of Steel Building Structures with Perimeter MRFs under Fire Loading Effects”, SEI 2009 Structures Congress – Austin, TX. [Link]

22. Varma, A.H., Agarwal, A., Hong, S., Prasad, K., “Behavior of Steel Building Structures with Perimeter MRFs under Fire Loading Effects”, Structures in Fire 2008 – NTU, Singapore. [Link]

23. Agarwal, A., Varma, A.H., “Modeling the Behavior of Structural Columns under Fire Loading Effects”, SEI 2008 Structures Congress - Vancouver. [Link]

24. Hong, S., Varma, A.H., Agarwal, A., Prasad, K., “Behavior of Steel Building Structures under Realistic Fire Loading”, SEI 2008 Structures Congress - Vancouver. [Link]

25. Hong, S., Varma, A.H.,* and Agarwal, A., "Predicting the Standard Fire Behavior of Composite CFT Columns Using Fundamental Section Behavior", Symposium on Advances in State of the Art in Fire Testing, ASTM E05 Committee on Standard Fire Testing. [Link]

TECHNICAL REPORTS / THESES    

1. Proposed Draft Provisions and Commentary on Indian Seismic Code IS 1893 (Part 1). [Link]

2. Proposed Draft Provisions and Commentary on Ductile Detailing of RC Structures Subjected to Seismic Forces. [Link]

3. Seismic Behavior of Special Steel Plate Shear Walls. [Link]

4. Agarwal, A. (2006), "Some Observations on Seismic Response of Bridges on Well Foundations," M.Tech. Thesis, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Kanpur, India. [Link]

5. Agarwal A. (2011), "Stability Behavior of Steel Building Structures in Fire Conditions," Ph.D. Dissertation, Purdue University, USA. [Link]