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Dr. Avik Samanta

Dr. Avik Samanta
Associate Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Ph.D (IIT Bombay)
  • M.Tech (IIT Kanpur)
  • B.E. (IIEST, Shibpur, erstwhile Bengal Engineering College, Shibpur)
Ph: +91 6115 233 191
asamanta[AT]iitp.ac.in
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Research Areas

  • Structural Engineering, Structural Fire Engineering, Steel Structures, Thin Walled Structures, Earthquake Engineering
Other Interests

  • Vibration Control
Courses taught at IIT P
    • Advanced Structural Analysis
    • Structural Analysis
    • Design of Steel Structures
    • Design of Concrete Structures
    • Finite Element Methods
    • Structural Dynamics
    • Earthquake resistant Design of Structures
    • Advanced Structural Design
    • Engineering Mechanics
    • Civil Engineering Design Design Studio
    • Civil Engineering Materials
    • Infrastructure Drawing and Estimation
    • Fluid Mechanics
    • Infrastructure Engineering Lab
    • Structural Engineering Lab
    • Engineering Drawing Lab
    • Fluid Mechanics Lab
Students
Sr. No. Photo Area of Reasearch Degree
1
Lakshmi Kant
2
Ravikant Singh
3
Saurabh Shukla
4
Prabhat Kumar Singh
Former Students
Sr. No. Photo Area of Reasearch Current Position
1
Saurabh Suman
Current Sponsored Projects
Sr. No. Title Principal Investigator Co-Principal Investigator Duration Sponsoring Agency Cost Status
1 Seismic response, damage and vulnerability of structures in Patna for future earthquakes. Dr. Avik Samanta DST, Govt. of India ₹ 21.39 lakhs Completed
Professional Experience
    • Research Fellow, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (June 2010 to July 2013)
    • Design Engineer, M/S Development Consultants Pvt. Ltd., Kolkata (2001-2003)
Awards & Honours
    • Best Paper Award for the paper titled "Elastic and inelastic analysis of steel plates with concentric hole in fire exposure condition”, by Saurabh Shukla, Avik Samanta, and Prabhat Kumar Singh, at the 1st International Conference 'Recent Advances in Infrastructure Development (RAID 2024),' at the Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Calicut on February 12-13, 2024.
    • Dr Jai Krishna Prize awarded by Institution of Engineers, India during the 36th Indian Engineering Congress held at Vigyan Bhawan, Maulana Azad Road, New Delhi 110003 on December 26, 2021.
Publications / Journals / Conferences

  • Journals

    1. Shukla, S., & Samanta, A. (2024). Reliability Assessment of a New Proposal for the Design of Solid Steel Plates at Elevated Temperature, 
      International Journal of Steel Structures, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13296-024-00890
    2.  Suman, S., & Samanta, A., Singh, P.K. (2024). Behaviour, design, and reliability of monosymmetric I-beams at elevated temperature, Structures (63), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2024.106342 
    3. Shukla, S., & Samanta, A. (2024). Design of steel plates with opening at elevated temperature. Innovative Infrastructure Solutions 9 (2), 36, https://doi.org/10.1007/s41062-023-01352-x
    4. Kant, L., & Samanta, A. (2024). Nonlinear Analysis of Building Structures Resting on Soft Soil Considering Soil–Structure Interaction and Structure–Soil–Structure Interaction. J. Inst. Eng. India Ser. A, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40030-024-00788-3
    5. Suman, S., & Samanta, A. (2023). Behavior of unrestrained hot-rolled steel I-beams exposed to localized fire: An experimental study. Engineering Structures, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2023.116953
    6. Mishra, S & Samanta, A. (2023). Seismic response of multi-storied building with shear wall considering soil-structure interaction in Patna, India, Structures, 56, 2023, 104877, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2023.104877.
    7. Singh, R., & Samanta, A. (2023). A Study on Cold-Formed Steel Lipped Channel Flexural Members at Elevated Temperature Under Various Loading Scenarios. International Journal of Steel Structures, 23, 363–388. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13296-022-00699-8
    8. Singh, R., & Samanta, A. (2022). Proposals for critical temperature of cold-formed steel compound sections under various load patterns. Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, 23(4), 609–633. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42107-022-00444-w
    9. Singh, R., Suman, S., Shukla, S., & Samanta, A. (2022). Experimental study on the structural performance of cold-rolled steel flexural members exposed to localized fire. Materials Today: Proceedings, 65(2), 792-797. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2022.03.303
    10. Suman, S., & Samanta, A. (2022). A new proposal for design of laterally unsupported monosymmetric steel I-section beams at elevated temperature. Structures, 38, 1277–1294. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2022.02.057
    11. Suman, S., & Samanta, A. (2022). Proposed design methodology for laterally unrestrained monosymmetric I-beams in fire. Innovative Infrastructure Solutions, 7(6), 367. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41062-022-00972-z
    12. Suman, S., Singh, R., Shukla, S., & Samanta, A. (2022). Experimental and numerical investigation of hot-rolled steel beam in localized fire. Materials Today: Proceedings, 65, 741–745. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2022.03.283
    13. Suman, S., & Samanta, A. (2021). Behavior of laterally unsupported monosymmetric steel I-section beams at elevated temperature under non-uniform moments. Structures 33, 3324–3356.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2021.06.070.
    14. Samanta, A., & Hussain, M.Z. (2021). Natural vibration period of buildings located at soft soil sites in Patna. The Indian Concrete Journal, 95(8).
    15. Pasi, J., & Samanta, A. (2020). Seismic Retrofitting Strategies for Soft-Ground-Storied Building. Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series A, 101. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40030-020-00473-1
    16. Kumar, P., & Samanta, A. (2020). Seismic Fragility Assessment of Existing Reinforced Concrete Buildings in Patna, India, Structures, 27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2020.05.036
    17. Kant, L., & Samanta, A. (2020).  A Review and Comparative Study of Boundary Conditions Used for Wave Transmission in Soil with Application in Free Field Response, Jordan Journal of Civil Engineering, 14(4), 548.
    18. Samanta, A., & Swain, A. (2019). Seismic Response and Vulnerability Assessment of Representative Low, Medium and High-rise Buildings in Patna, India. Structures, 19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2019.01.002
    19. Samanta, A., & Pandey, P. (2018). Effects of ground motion modification methods and ground motion duration on seismic performance of a 15-storied building”, Journal of Building Engineering, 15, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2017.11.003.
    20. Samanta, A., & Huang, Y-N. (2017). Ground-motion scaling for seismic performance assessment of high-rise moment-resisting frame building. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. 94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soildyn.2017.01.013
    21. Samanta, A., & Banerji, P. (2012). Earthquake vibration control using sloshing liquid dampers in building structures. Journal of Earthquake and Tsunami, 06(1). https://doi.org/10.1142/S1793431112500029.
    22. Banerji, P., & Samanta, A. (2011). Earthquake vibration control of structures using hybrid mass liquid damper. Engineering Structures, 33(4). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2011.01.006
    23. Samanta, A., & Banerji, P. (2010). Structural vibration control using modified tuned liquid dampers.” The IES Journal Part A: Civil and Structural Engineering, 3(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/19373260903425410
    24. Banerji, P., Samanta, A., & Chavan, S.A. (2010). Earthquake vibration control using tuned liquid dampers: Experimental studies. International Journal of Advanced Structural Engineering, 2(2). https://doi.org/10.1142/S1793431112500029
    25. Samanta, A. & Kumar, A. (2008). Distortional buckling in braced-cantilever I-beams. Thin-Walled Structures, 46(6), 637. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tws.2007.12.004
    26. Samanta, A. & Kumar, A. (2006). Distortional buckling in monosymmetric I-beams. Thin-Walled Structures, 44(1), 51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tws.2005.09.007
    27. Kumar, A., & Samanta, A. (2006). Distortional buckling in monosymmetric I-beams: Reverse-curvature bending. Thin-Walled Structures, 44(7), 721. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tws.2006.08.003


    Conferences/Symposium

    1. Shukla, S., Samanta, A., & Singh, P.K. (2024). Elastic and inelastic analysis of steel plates with concentric hole in fire exposure condition, Recent Advances in Infrastructure Development (RAID 2024), National Institute of Technology Calicut, February 12-13, 2024.
    2. Suman, S, & Samanta, A. (2024). Numerical validation of shell and solid elements with experimental tests at ambient and elevated temperatures, Recent Advances in Infrastructure Development (RAID 2024), National Institute of Technology Calicut, February 12-13, 2024.
    3. Singh, R., & Samanta, A. (2023). Performance of light gauge cold-formed steel flexural members subjected to non-uniform fire. Current Perspectives and New Directions in Mechanics, Modelling and Design of Structural Systems - Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation, (pp. 1013–1017). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003348443-165
    4. Suman, S, & Samanta, A. (2022). Behaviour and recommended design method for laterally unsupported monosymmetric steel I-section beams. Current Perspectives and New Directions in Mechanics, Modelling and Design of Structural Systems - Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation, (pp. 963–968). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003348443-157
    5. Singh, R., Samanta, A., & Suman, S. (2022). Critical Buckling Moment of Cold-Formed Lipped Channel Sections, Indian Structural Steel Conference (ISSC 2020), IIT Hyderabad, India.
    6. Suman, S., & Samanta., A. (2022). Behaviour of Unrestrained Steel I-Section Beams in Case of Fire, Indian Structural Steel Conference (ISSC 2020), IIT Hyderabad, India.
    7. Singh, R., & Samanta, A., (2022). Parametric Study of Cold-Formed Lipped Channel Flexural Members Under Fire Hazard, Resilient Infrastructure: Select Proceedings of VCDRR 2021.
    8. Singh, R., & Samanta, A., (2022). Effects of Loading Pattern on Critical Temperature of Cold-Formed Compound Flexural Members, Proceedings of SECON’21: Structural Engineering and Construction Management.
    9. Kumar, A., & Samanta, A. (2006). Distortional Buckling in Monosymmetric I-Beams. Proc. 2nd International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulation, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India, December.
    10. Suman, S, & Samanta, A. (2022). Fragility Assessment for Vertical Irregular RC building in India, symposium on “Socio-Technological Aspects of Seismic Disaster and its Mitigation (STASDM)” at Indian Institute of Technology, IIT Guwahati.
    11. Kumar, A. Samanta, A. & Singh, R. (2022). Effect of TLD and loading parameters on the vibration control of MDOF structures using Tuned Liquid Dampers, Poster presentation, Socio-Technological Aspects of Seismic Disaster and its Mitigation (STASDM), IIT Guwahati.
    12. Kumar, P. and Samanta, A. (2021). Seismic Fragility Assessment of Existing 9 Storey Reinforced Concrete (RC) Buildings in Patna, India, The 7th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, ICRAGEE2020, IISc Bangalore, India, 4.
    13. Kant, L., & Samanta, A. (2018).  Structural response for multistoried buildings including dynamic structure-soil-structure interaction. The 16th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering (16SEE), IIT Roorkee.
    14. Suman, S., & Samanta, A. (2018). Review of Fragility Curves for Seismic Risk Assessment of Buildings in India. The16th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering (16SEE), IIT Roorkee.
    15. Suman, S., Samanta, A., & Kant, L. (2018). Vulnerability Assessment of Structures under Earthquake and Post-earthquake Fire by Fragility Analysis-a review. The 7th Asia Conference on Earthquake Engineering, November 2018, Bangkok, Thailand.
    16. Kant, L., Samanta, A., & Suman, S. (2018). Dynamic Interaction of SMRF Building Structures on Raft Foundation. The 7th Asia Conference on Earthquake Engineering, November 2018, Bangkok, Thailand.
    17. Samanta, A., & Pandey, P. (2017). Effects of Ground Motion Duration and Scaling Methods on Seismic Performance of Tall Structures. The 8th International Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction Management, 2017, Kandy, Sri Lanka.
    18. Samanta, A., & Pan, T.-C. (2014). Seismic Response Studies of Structures in Singapore for Disaster Mitigation in Future Earthquakes. 15th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering (15SEE), IIT Roorkee, December 11-13.
    19. Samanta, A., Megawati, K., & Pan, T-C. (2012). Duration-dependent inelastic response spectra and effect of ground motion duration. Proc. of 15th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (15WCEE), Lisbon, Portugal, September.
    20. Huang, Y-N., Samanta, A., & Ha, D.V. (2012). Scaling ground motions for response-history analysis of tall buildings. 15th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (15WCEE), Lisbon, Portugal, September.
    21. Samanta, A., &. Huang, Y-N. (2010). Scaling Ground Motions for Seismic Performance Assessment of Buildings.” Proc. 3rd Asia Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Bangkok, Thailand, December.
    22. Samanta, A., & Banerji, P. (2008). Structural control using modified tuned liquid dampers.” Proc. 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (14WCEE), Beijing, China, October.
    23. Samanta, A., & Banerji, P. (2006). Efficient numerical schemes to analyse earthquake response of structures with tuned liquid dampers.” Proc. 13th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India, December.
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