Conferences

  1. Das, S. and Sarkar, K. (2020). A spatially continuous driving rain map of India at 0.5° X 0.5°. Presented at the XV International Conference on Durability of Building Materials and Components - DBMC 2020 (20-23 October), UPC-BarcelonaTECH, Spain.

  2. Hanumanthu, K. and Sarkar, K. (2019). Senstivity of simulated water absorption characteristics in porous building materials to empirical hydraulic diffusity models. Presented at the UKIERI Concrete Congress (5-8 March), NIT Jalandhar.

  3. Das, S. and Sarkar, K. (2019). A non-dimensional FE model for the simulation of heat conduction in concrete. Presented at the UKIERI Concrete Congress (5-8 March), NIT Jalandhar.

  4. Narula, P. and Sarkar, K. (2019). Characterization of driving rain exposure in India using daily gridded data. Presented at the UKIERI Concrete Congress (5-8 March), NIT Jalandhar.

  5. Hanumanthu, K. and Sarkar, K. (2018). Numerical simulation of one-dimensional water absorption in porous building materials. Presented at the international conference on Advances in Construction Materials and Structures (7-8 March), IIT Roorkee.

  6. Sarkar, K. and Bhattacharjee, B. (2015). Study of moisture ingress in concrete exposed to rain. Presented at the UKIERI Concrete Congress (2-5 November), NIT Jalandhar, pp.1586-1597.

  7. Sarkar, K. and Bhattacharjee, B.(2016). The role of moisture in degrading concrete. In the proceedings of national conference on Emerging Trends in Civil Engineering organized by the Dept. of Civil Engg., Bhilai Institute of Technology Durg (C.G.) during 29-30 January, pp. 134-142.

  8. Sarkar, K. and Bhattacharjee, B. (2014). Numerical estimation of moisture penetration depth in concrete exposed to rain – towards the rationalization of guidelines for durable design of reinforced concrete in tropics. Presented at Structural Engineering Convention 2014 organized by the Dept. of Civil Engg., IIT Delhi during 22-24 December, pp 1837-1848. 

  9. Sarkar, K and Bhattacharjee, B. (2014). Numerical modelling of moisture penetration in concrete subjected to intermittent rain-spells. Presented at the 6th Asia and Pacific Young Researchers and Graduates Symposium organized by Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology (RangsitCampus), Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand  during 31July – 1 August, pp.139-143.

  10. Sarkar, K and Bhattacharjee, B. (2014). Moisture penetration in concrete subjected to rainfall: Effect of intensity and duration of exposure.Presented at the international conference on Corrosion Control in Infrastructure, Pipeline, RCC Structure & Automobile organized by Bengal Engineering & Science University, Shibpur, Kolkata (W.B.) during 28 February – 1 March.

  11. Sarkar, K and Bhattacharjee, B. (2013). Analysis of moisture ingress in concrete subjected to rainfall exposure. Presented at the international conference on Trends and Challenges in Concrete Structures organized by the Indian Concrete Institute at Ghaziabad (U.P.) during 19-21 December, pp. 610-619.

  12. Sarkar, K and Bhattacharjee, B. (2013). Analysis of moisture ingress in concrete subjected to rainfall exposure in a composite tropical climate. Presented at the 5th Asia and Pacific Young Researchers and Graduates Symposium on Current Challenges in Structural Engineering organized by MNIT Jaipur (R.J.) during 15-16 October, pp.88-96.

  13. Sarkar, K and Bhattacharjee, B. (2013). Finite element modelling of moisture distribution in concrete subjected to wetting-drying exposure. Presented atinternational conference on Innovations in Concrete Construction organized under the aegis of UKIERI Concrete Congress at NIT Jalandhar (P.B.), 5-8 March, pp. 1713-1723.

  14. Sarkar, K and Bhattacharjee, B. (2013). Wetting-Drying caused due to intermittent rainfall in tropics. Presented at international conference on  Rehabilitation and Restoration of Structure sorganized by the Dept. of Civil Engg., IIT Madras (T.N.) during 13-16 February, pp.575-582.

  15. Gupta, M.K. and Sarkar, K. (2008). Artificial neural network model for preliminary design of a doubly reinforced concrete beam. In the proceedings of national conference on Technological Advances in Civil Engineering organized by the Dept. of Civil Engg., Bhilai Institute of Technology Durg(C.G.) during7-8 November,pp.189-195.

  16. Gupta, M.K. and Sarkar, K.(2008). Neural network model for the cost optimum design of a singly reinforced RCC beam. In the proceedings of national conference on Recent Advances in Structural Engineering organized by the Dept. of Civil Engg., JNTU Hyderabad (A.P.)  on 4-April, pp.139-147.

  17. Pandey, S.K., Ghosh, P.K. and Sarkar, K.(2008). Impact of GGBS on the compressive strength and chloride permeability of concrete. In the proceedings of national conference on Emerging Trends in Civil Engineering for Infrastructure Development organized by the Dept. of Civil Engg., NIT Raipur(C.G.) during 15-16 February, pp. 126-131.

  18. Gupta, M.K. and Sarkar, K. (2008). Neural network model for the cost optimum design of a short axially loaded RCC column. In the proceedings of national conference on Emerging Trends in Civil Engineering for Infrastructure Development organized by the Dept. of Civil Engg., NIT Raipur (C.G.) during 15-16 February, pp. 54-61.

  19. Sarkar, K. (2007). Waste management and reduction in construction - current scenario and strategies. In the proceedings of national conference on Sustainable Technologies for Better Tomorrow organized by Environmental Engineering Division, School of Mechanical and Building Sciences, VIT University, Vellore(T.N.) during 19-20 December.

  20. Sarkar, K.(2007). Waste management and reduction strategies for construction and demolition applications. In the proceedings of national conference BITCON-2007 organized by the Dept. of Civil Engg., Bhilai Institute of Technology, Durg(C.G.) during 16-17 March, pp. 53-55.