Civil and Environmental Engineering

Dr. Sourav Gur
sourav gur  
Dr. Sourav Gur
Assistant Professor
Doctor of Philosophy (2013 - 2017), University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ, USA)
Ph: +91-612-302 8819
sgur[*AT]iitp.ac.in
Personal webpage: https://souravgur1987.wixsite.com/sgur
Specialization : Engineering Mechanics
Research Areas :

Structural Engineering
Passive vibration control under extreme loads, Structural optimization, Failure and risk assessment of structures, Application of smart material

Computational Mechanics of Material
Computational mechanics: Nano to continuum length and time scales, Multiscale/ Multiphysics (MSMP) modeling of material (Phase Transformation, Heterogeneous Catalysis, and Fracture mechanics), Multiscale Modeling of Energy storage system (Li-ion battery)
Courses taught at IITP :
  • CE-218: Infrastructure Drawing and Estimation
  • CE-318: Construction Planning and Management
  • CE-512: Finite Element Methods
Other Interests :  Sports, Hiking, Travelling
No. of PhD Students :  
Professional Experience : In India
  • Assistant Professor (December, 2019 – Present): Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Patna, Bihta, Patna, India
  • Trainee Engineer (Civil) (January, 2013 – May 2013): Paul Builders PVT. LTD., Kolkata, WB, India
  • Senior Project Assistant (June, 2011 – June 2012): Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, Kanpur, UP, India
In Abroad
  • Civil (Structural) Engineer (February, 2018 – November, 2019): Array Technologies Inc., Albuquerque, NM, USA
  • Designated Campus Colleague (October, 2017 – May, 2018): Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate (September, 2017 – February, 2018): Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
  • ASTRO Program Researcher (May – August, 2015 & 2016): Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN, USA
  • Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant (August, 2013 – July, 2017): Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
Books : Monographs
  • Gur S and Ray–Chaudhuri S (2012). Performance Assessment of Container Crane under Stochastic Wind Field. LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing GmbH & Co. KG (ISBN 978–3–8484–2056-8).
Publications : Papers in Referred Journals
  1. Gur S, Xie Y, and DesRoches R (2019). Seismic fragility analyses of steel building frames installed with superelastic shape memory alloy dampers: Comparison with yielding dampers. Journal of Intelligent Material System and Structures, 30(18-19), 2670–2687.
  2. Gur S, Sadat M, Frantziskonis G, Bringuier S, Zhang L and Muralidharan K (2019). The effect of grain-size on fracture of polycrystalline silicon carbide: A multiscale analysis using a molecular dynamics-peridynamics framework. Computational Materials Science, 159, 341–348.
  3. Gur S, Frantziskonis G and Muralidharan K (2018). Atomistic simulation of shape memory effect (SME) and superelasticity (SE) in nano-porous NiTi shape memory alloy (SMA). Computational Materials Science, 152, 28–37.
  4. Gur S, Frantziskonis G and Aifantis KE (2017). A computation study on the interplay between surface morphology and electrochemical performance of patterned thin film electrodes for Li-ion batteries. Journal Power Sources, 360, 504–515.
  5. Gur S, Frantziskonis G and Mishra SK (2017). Thermally modulated shape memory alloy friction pendulum (tmSMA-FP) for substantial near-fault earthquake structure protection. Structural control and health monitoring, 24, e2021.
  6. Frantziskonis G and Gur S (2017). Length scale effects and multiscale modeling of thermally induced phase transformation kinetics in NiTi SMA. Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 24, 045002 (29 pp).
  7. Frantziskonis G and Gur S (2017). Computational simulations for the development of novel solid-state smart NiTi-Al thermal diodes. Journal of Intelligent Material System and Structures, 28, 2082–2094.
  8. Gur S, Manga VR, Bringuier S, Muralidharan K and Frantziskonis G (2017). Evolution of internal strain in austenite phase during thermally induced martensitic phase transformation in the NiTi shape memory alloys. Computational Materials Science, 133, 52–59.
  9. Gur S, Frantziskonis G, Pannala S and Daw CS (2017). Application of wavelet-based methods for accelerating multi-time-scale simulation of bistable heterogeneous catalysis. Industrial and engineering chemistry research, (ACS), 56, 2393–2406.
  10. Gur S and Frantziskonis G (2016). Linking simulations and experiments for the multiscale tracking of thermally induced martensitic phase transformation in NiTi SMA. Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 24, 075006 (26 pp).
  11. Gur S and Frantziskonis G (2016). Atomistic study on size effect in thermally induced martensitic phase transformation of NiTi. Smart Material Research, Volume 2016, Article ID 7512642 (12 pp).
  12. Gur S, Danielson T, Xiong Q, Hin C, Pannala S, Frantziskonis G, Savara A and Daw CS (2016). Wavelet-based surrogate time series for multiscale simulation of heterogeneous catalysis. Chemical Engineering and Science, 144, 165–175.
  13. Gur S, Mishra SK and Roy K (2016). Stochastic seismic response of building with super-elastic damper. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 72–73, 642–659.
  14. Gur S, Mishra SK and Frantziskonis GN (2015). Thermo-mechanical strain rate–dependent behavior of shape memory alloys as vibration dampers and comparison to conventional dampers. Journal of Intelligent Material System and Structures, 27, 1250–1264.
  15. Mishra SK, Gur S, Roy K and Chakraborty S (2015). Response of bridges isolated by shape memory alloy rubber Bearing. Journal of Bridge Engineering (ASCE), 21, 04015071 (15 pp).
  16. Gur S, Roy K and Mishra SK (2015). Tuned liquid column ball damper for seismic vibration control. Structural control and health monitoring, 22, 1325–1342.
  17. Das S, Gur S, Mishra SK and Chakraborty S (2015). Optimal performance of base isolated building considering limitation on excessive isolator displacement. Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, 11 (7), 904–917.
  18. Gur S, Mishra SK and Chakraborty S (2014). Performance assessment of buildings isolated by shape-memory-alloy rubber bearing: Comparison with elastomeric bearing under near-fault earthquakes. Structural Control and Health Monitoring, 21, 449–465.
  19. Gur S and Ray-Chaudhuri S (2104). Vulnerability assessment of container cranes under stochastic wind loading. Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, 10, 1511–1530.
  20. Gur S, Mishra S K, Bhowmick S and Chakraborty S (2014). Compliant liquid column damper modified by shape memory alloy device for seismic vibration control. Smart Materials and Structures, 23, 105009 (14 pp).
  21. Gur S, Mishra SK and Chakraborty S (2014). Stochastic optimization of shape-memory-alloy rubber bearing (SMARB) for isolating buildings against random earthquake. Structural Control and Health Monitoring, 21, 1222–1239.
  22. Mishra SK, Gur S and Chakraborty S (2013). An improved tuned mass damper (SMA-TMD) assisted by a shape memory alloy spring. Smart Materials and Structures, 22, 095016 (16 pp).
  23. Gur S and Mishra SK (2013). Multi-objective stochastic-structural-optimization of shape-memory-alloy assisted pure-friction bearing for isolating building against random earthquakes. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 54, 1–16.
Papers/ Presentation in Conference Proceedings
  1. Gur S, Sadat M, Frantziskonis G, Muralidharan K, Bringuier S and Zhang L (2019). Brittle fracture of polycrystalline 3C-SiC: A case study for molecular dynamics - Peridynamics Multiscale Models. 19th International Conference on New Trends in Fatigue and Fracture, Tucson, AZ, USA.
  2. Frantziskonis G, Gur S and Muralidharan K (2018). Effect of porosity on the stress-strain response and hysteretic energy dissipation capacity of NiTi shape memory alloys. 147th TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Computational Design and Simulation of Materials (CDSM 2018): Meso/Macroscale Simulations, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
  3. Sadat M, Gur S, Muralidharan K, Frantziskonis G and Zhang L (2018). Scale-parity preserving multiscale models for investigating the mechanical properties of geopolymers. 147th TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Computational Design and Simulation of Materials (CDSM 2018): Meso/ Macroscale Simulations, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
  4. Roy K, Gur S and Mishra SK (2017). Behavior of elevated liquid storage tank under near fault earthquakes. ICEGSE 2017: 19th International Conference on Earthquake, Geological and Structural Engineering.
  5. Gur S and Frantziskonis G (2017). Thermally modulated superelastic SMA dampers for vibration control. 6th Annual International Conference on Civil Engineering, ATINER's Conference Paper Series, CIV2016-2124.
  6. Gur S, Frantziskonis G and Mishra SK (2016). Shape memory alloy (SMA) base vibration absorber via strain rate dependent thermo-mechanical behavior and comparison with conventional absorbers. 6th annual international conference on civil engineering, Athens, Greece.
  7. Gur S, Manga VR, Bringuier S, Muralidharan K and Frantziskonis G (2016). The role of internal strain in the austenite phase stabilization during the martensitic phase transformation in NiTi shape memory alloys. MRS Spring meeting and exhibit, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
  8. Gur S, Manga VR, Bringuier S, Muralidharan K and Frantziskonis G (2015). Anisotropy in the transformation dynamics of Austenite (B2) to Martensite (B19¢) associated with superelasticity in NiTi. 144th TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Constitutive Response and Modeling of Structural Materials, Orlando, FL, USA.
  9. Mishra SK and Gur S (2013). Multi-objective stochastic structural optimization (SSO) of shape-memory-alloy assisted pure-friction (SMA-PF) bearing for isolating building against random earthquakes. 20th International Congress on Sound and Vibration (ICSV 20) in Bangkok, Thailand.   
  10. Gur S and Ray–Chaudhuri S (2012). Probabilistic Assessment of Container Crane under Wind Loading. International Symposium on Engineering under Uncertainty: Safety Assessment and Management, BESU, Shibpur.
  11. Gur S and Ray–Chaudhuri S (2012). A Parametric Study on Wind-Induced Vulnerability Assessment of Dockside Container Cranes. Asian Pacific Symposium on Structural Reliability and its Application, NUS, Singapore.
  12. Gur S and Ray–Chaudhuri S (2012). Effect of Spatial Variation of Wind Field on Failure of Container Cranes. Asian Pacific Symposium on Structural Reliability and its Application, NUS, Singapore.
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