Topic: A Comprehensive Numerical Study on the Behaviour of Railway Bridge - End Substructural Zone Under Different Loading Conditions
Objectives:
To establish a 2D numerical model of abutment-backfill-foundation based on the structural & geotechnical data collected from Rohtak - Gohana elevated railway bridge project.
To determine the response of bridge substructures subjected to synthetic lateral monotonic and sinusoidal load of different characteristics.
To model the moving train load both as a influence line load and dynamic impact load considering different speed of train.
To integrate the railway structural components with the existing 2D FEM model and perform static & dynamic analysis based on constructed external moving load.
To study the repetitive effect of moving load in the transition zone by varying the number of cycles.
To carry out the probabilistic analysis taking consideration into the uncertainty of the data and load properties.
Topic: A study on transport of heavy metals through soils under the influence of organic ligand.
Objectives:
To understand and analyze the diffusion characteristics heavy metals in single & multi-component systems through soils in the presence and absence of organic compound (EDTA) at set conditions with the aid of breakthrough curves obtained from column leaching test.
To quantify the transport of heavy metals in each and every case for different types of soil with the aid of mathematical parameters and their comparative analysis.