
Professor Snehasis Tripathy
Professor - Civil Engineering
Overview
Expertise in: - Soil Mechanics - Geotechnical engineering - Saturated & unsaturated soils - Advanced Experimental Geotechnical Engineering and Interpretation - Climate Change Adaptation Technologies - Nuclear waste disposal - Compacted expansive soil behaviour Architectural, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Energy and Environment
Biography
Publications
2021
- Sanlon, P.et al. 2021. Assessment of the Skempton’s pore water pressure parameters B and A using a high capacity tensiometer. Géotechnique 71(2), pp. 110-119. (10.1680/jgeot.18.p.191)
2020
- Lieske, W.et al. 2020. An alternative approach for determining suction of polyethyleneglycols for soil testing. Géotechnique Letters 10(1), pp. 45-49. (10.1680/jgele.19.00017)
2019
- Oniosun, S.et al. 2019. Plant growth, root distribution and non-aqueous phase liquid phytoremediation at the pore-scale. Journal of Environmental Management 249, article number: 109378. (10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109378)
- Tadza, M. Y. M.et al. 2019. Bentonite and marconite for electrical grounding applications from geotechnical engineering perspective. AIP Publishing, (10.1063/1.5118086)
- Rawat, A., Baille, W. and Tripathy, S. 2019. Swelling behavior of compacted bentonite-sand mixture during water infiltration. Engineering Geology 257, article number: 105141. (10.1016/j.enggeo.2019.05.018)
- Lynch, K.et al. 2019. Development of a laboratory technique for obtaining soil water retention curves under external loading in conjunction with high capacity tensiometers. Géotechnique 69(4), pp. 320-328. (10.1680/jgeot.17.P.176)
- Lang, L. Z.et al. 2019. Linkage between swelling pressure, total suction of saturated bentonites and suction of saturating aqueous solutions. Applied Clay Science 171, pp. 82-91. (10.1016/j.clay.2019.02.007)
- Tadza, M. Y. M., Noraini, A. A. and Tripathy, S. 2019. Ceramic with potential application of Kuantan nesosilicate (East Coast of Malaysia) in building construction: Mineralogy and physicochemical composition. Presented at: 5Th International Conference On Green Design And Manufacture (IconGDM 2019), Jawa Barat, Indonesia, 29–30 April 2019AIP Conference Proceedings (2019);, Vol. 2129. Vol. 1. AIP Publishing, (10.1063/1.5118081)
2018
- Lang, L. Z.et al. 2018. Experimental study on the influence of preliminary desiccation on the swelling pressure and hydraulic conductivity of compacted bentonite. Clay Minerals 53(4), pp. 733-744. (10.1180/clm.2018.53)
- Oniosun, S.et al. 2018. Phytoremediation of light non-aqueous phase liquids. Presented at: The International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics, Hangzhou, China, 38 Oct - 1 Nov 2018Proceedings of the 8th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics, Vol. 1. Singapore: Springer pp. 788-795., (10.1007/978-981-13-2221-1_89)
- Sivakumar, V.et al. 2018. Behaviour of normally consolidated clay containing isolated solid inclusions. Proceedings of the ICE - Geotechnical Engineering 171(4), pp. 345-356. (10.1680/jgeen.17.00131)
- Schanz, T., Tripathy, S. and Sridharan, A. 2018. Volume change behaviour of swelling and non-swelling clays upon inundation with water and a low dielectric constant fluid. Applied Clay Science 158, pp. 219-225. (10.1016/j.clay.2018.03.031)
2017
- Tripathy, S., Thomas, H. R. and Stratos, P. 2017. Response of compacted bentonites to thermal and thermo-hydraulic loadings at high temperatures. Geosciences 7(3), article number: 53. (10.3390/geosciences7030053)
- Tripathy, S., Thomas, H. R. and Bag, R. 2017. Geoenvironmental application of bentonites in underground disposal of nuclear waste: characterization and laboratory tests. Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste 21(1), article number: D4015002. (10.1061/(ASCE)HZ.2153-5515.0000272)
- Al-Badran, Y.et al. 2017. Swelling behavior of bentonite-based backfilling materials in nuclear waste repository conditions. Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste 21(1), article number: D4015006. (10.1061/(ASCE)HZ.2153-5515.0000308)
- MohdTadza, M. Y., Mahazam, N. and Tripathy, S. 2017. An evaluation of osmotic technique under ultraviolet germicidal irradiation exposure. International Journal of GEOMATE 12(32), pp. 30-36. (10.21660/2017.32.6578)
2016
- Delage, P.et al. 2016. Influence of effective stress on swelling pressure of expansive soils. E3S Web of Conferences 9, article number: 14016. (10.1051/e3sconf/20160914016)
- Tripathy, S.et al. 2016. Soil suction measurement of unsaturated soils with a sensor using fixed- matrix porous ceramic discs. Indian Geotechnical Journal 46(3), pp. 252-260. (10.1007/s40098-016-0200-z)
- Rorke, L.et al. 2016. Use of a chilled-mirror dew-point potentiometer to determine suction in a railway formation material. Presented at: First Southern African Geotechnical Conference, South Africa, 5-6 May 2016 Presented at Jacobsz, S. ed.Proceedings of the First Southern African Geotechnical Conference. London: Taylor & Francis pp. 229-235., (10.1201/b21335)
2015
- Tripathy, S. 2015. Editorial: engineering societal issues – geotechnical and geoenvironmental perspectives. ICE Environmental Geotechnics 2(5), pp. 253-254. (10.1680/jenge.2015.2.5.253)
- Tripathy, S., Bag, R. and Thomas, H. R. 2015. Enhanced isothermal effect on swelling pressure of compacted MX80 bentonite. In: Lollino, G. et al. eds. Engineering Geology for Society and Territory: Volume 6., Vol. 6. Springer, pp. 537-539., (10.1007/978-3-319-09060-3_96)
2014
- Tripathy, S., Bag, R. and Thomas, H. R. 2014. Effect of Stern-layer on the compressibility behaviour of bentonites. Acta Geotechnica 9(6), pp. 1097-1109. (10.1007/s11440-013-0222-y)
- Tripathy, S., Tadza, M. Y. M. and Thomas, H. R. 2014. Soil-water characteristic curves of clays. Canadian Geotechnical Journal 51(8), pp. 869-883. (10.1139/cgj-2013-0089)
- Tripathy, S., Bag, R. and Thomas, H. R. 2014. Effects of post-compaction residual lateral stress and electrolyte concentration on swelling pressures of a compacted bentonite. Geotechnical and Geological Engineering 32(4), pp. 749-763. (10.1007/s10706-014-9754-7)
- Baille, W., Tripathy, S. and Schanz, T. 2014. Effective stress in clays of various mineralogy. Vadose Zone Journal 13(5) (10.2136/vzj2013.06.0112)
- Tripathy, S., Elgabu, H. and Thomas, H. 2014. Soil-water characteristic curves from various laboratory techniques. Presented at: International Conference on Unsaturated Soils, Sydney, 2 - 4 July 2014 Presented at Khalili, N., Russell, A. R. and Khoshghalb, A. eds.Unsaturated Soils: Research and Applications. CRC Press pp. 1701-1707., (10.1201/b17034-248)
2013
- Tripathy, S. and Rees, S. W. 2013. Suction of some polyethylene glycols commonly used for unsaturated soil testing. Geotechnical Testing Journal ASTM 36(5), article number: GTJ20120041. (10.1520/GTJ20120041)
- Agus, S. S.et al. 2013. Swelling pressure-suction relationship of heavily compacted bentonite-sand mixtures. Acta Geotechnica 8(2), pp. 155-165. (10.1007/s11440-012-0189-0)
2012
- Tripathy, S., Elgabu, H. and Thomas, H. R. 2012. Matric suction measurement of unsaturated soils with null-type axis-translation technique. Geotechnical Testing Journal 35(1), article number: GTJ103591. (10.1520/GTJ103591)
- Hadi Mosleh, M.et al. 2012. Gas transport and reaction processes in problematic soils. Presented at: 4th International Conference on Problematic Soils (PS12), Wuhan, China, 21-23 September 2012 Presented at Kong, L. W. ed.Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Problematic Soils. Singapore: Chinese Academy of Sciences pp. 227-233.
- Bennett, C., Tripathy, S. and Thomas, H. R. 2012. Wetting characteristics of compacted bentonites at large applied suctions. In: Mancuso, C., Jommi, C. and D'Onza, F. eds. Unsaturated Soils: Research and Applications., Vol. 1. Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, pp. 229-234., (10.1007/978-3-642-31116-1_31)
2011
- Tripathy, S., Mohd Tadza, M. Y. and Thomas, H. R. 2011. On the intrusion of polyethylene glycol during osmotic tests. Géotechnique Letters 1(3), pp. 47-51. (10.1680/geolett.11.00016)
- Phillips, A. and Tripathy, S. 2011. Swelling pressures of some initially saturated and compacted saturated bentonites. International Journal of Advanced Technology in Civil Engineering 1(1), pp. 64-69.
2010
- Baille, W., Tripathy, S. and Schanz, T. 2010. Swelling pressures and one-dimensional compressibility behaviour of bentonite at large pressures. Applied Clay Science 48(3), pp. 324-333. (10.1016/j.clay.2010.01.002)
- Tripathy, S. and Mishra, A. K. 2010. On the use of Skempton's compression index equation. Geotechnical and Geological Engineering 29(1), pp. 129-135. (10.1007/s10706-010-9359-8)
- Bag, R., Tripathy, S. and Thomas, H. R. 2010. Behaviour of compacted MX80 bentonite under thermo-hydraulic gradients. Presented at: Proceedings of 6th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics (6ICEG), New Delhi, India Presented at Datta M, S. R. K. ed. pp. 1401-1404.
- Tripathy, S., Bag, R. and Thomas, H. R. 2010. Desorption and consolidation behaviour of initially saturated clays. Presented at: Proceedings of 5th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils, Barcelona, Spain Presented at E., A. E. and Gens, A. eds. Taylor & Francis pp. 381-386.
2009
- Schanz, T. and Tripathy, S. 2009. Swelling pressure of a divalent-rich bentonite: Diffuse double-layer theory revisited. Water Resources Research 45(5), article number: W00C12. (10.1029/2007WR006495)
- Tripathy, S. and Subba Rao, K. S. 2009. Cyclic swell-shrink behaviour of a compacted expansive soil. Geotechnical and Geological Engineering 27(1), pp. 89-103. (10.1007/s10706-008-9214-3)
2008
- Tripathy, S. and Schanz, T. 2008. Reply to the discussion on Compressibility behaviour of clays at large pressures [Letter]. Canadian Geotechnical Journal 45(5), pp. 741. (10.1139/T08-012)
- Mishra, M., Schanz, T. and Tripathy, S. 2008. A column device to study THM behaviour of expansive soils. Presented at: Proceedings of 12th International Conference of International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG), Goa, India. pp. 1149-1156.
2007
- Tripathy, S. and Schanz, T. 2007. Compressibilty behaviour of clays at large pressures. Canadian Geotechnical Journal 44(3), pp. 355-362. (10.1139/T06-123)
2006
- Tripathy, S., Kessler, W. and Schanz, T. 2006. Determination of interparticle repulsive pressure in clays. Presented at: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils, Carefree, USA. pp. 2198-2209.
2005
- Wagner, H.et al. 2005. Phase Coherent Photorefractivity in ZnSe Single Quantum Wells. Physical Review Letters 94(14), article number: 147402. (10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.147402)
- Tripathy, S., Leong, E. C. and Raharadjo, H. 2005. Suction of compacted residual soils. Presented at: Proceedings of the International Conference From Experimental evidence towards Numerical Modelling of Unsaturated Soil, Weimar, Germany Presented at Schanz, T. ed., Vol. 1. Springer Proceedings in Physics pp. 111-122.
- Schanz, T. and Tripathy, S. 2005. Soil-water characteristic curves of clays from physico-chemical concepts. Presented at: Proceedings of the International Conference on Problematic Soils (GEOPROB 2005), Famagusta, Greece Presented at Bilsel, H. and Nalbantoglu, A. eds., Vol. 1. pp. 219-228.
2004
- Tripathy, S., Schanz, T. and Sridharan, A. 2004. Swelling pressures of compacted bentonites from diffuse double layer theory. Canadian Geotechnical Journal 41(3), pp. 437-450. (10.1139/t03-096)
- Tripathy, S., Leong, E. C. and Rahardjo, H. 2004. A modified pressure plate apparatus. Geotechnical Testing Journal 27(3), pp. 322-331. (10.1520/GTJ11053)
2003
- Tripathy, S. and Schanz, T. 2003. Swelling pressure of sodium montmorillonites: discussion. Géotechnique 53(4), pp. 449. (10.1680/geot.2003.53.4.449)
- Tripathy, S., Leong, E. C. and Rahardjo, H. 2003. Total suction measurement of unsaturated soils with a device using the chilled-mirror dew-point technique. Geotechnique 53(2), pp. 173-182. (10.1680/geot.53.2.173.37271)
- Subba Rao, K. S. and Tripathy, S. 2003. Effect of aging on swelling and swell-shrink behaviour of a compacted expansive soil. ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal 26(1), pp. 36-46. (10.1520/GTJ11100J)
- Tripathy, S. and Schanz, T. 2003. Evaluation of two devices for measuring total suction of unsaturated soils. Presented at: Procs of symposium on advances in Geotechnical Engineering, IIT, Kanpur, India. pp. 172-182.
2002
- Tripathy, S., Subba Rao, K. S. and Fredlund, D. G. 2002. Water content - void ratio swell-shrink paths of compacted expansive soils. Canadian Geotechnical Journal 39(5), pp. 938-959.
- Lins, Y.et al. 2002. Determination of unsaturated hydraulic conductivity for sands. Presented at: 4th National Workshop on Unsaturated Soils, Weimar, Germany Presented at T, S. ed.4th National Workshop on Unsaturated Soils, Weimar, Germany. pp. 93-99.
- Schanz, T.et al. 2002. Model test for determination of permeability and collapse potential of partially saturated sand. Presented at: International symposium on identification and determination of soil and rock parameters for geotechnical design (PARAM-2002), Paris, France. pp. 111-121.
- Tripathy, S. 2002. Cyclic swell-shrink behaviour of compacted expansive soils. Presented at: 2nd Joint Workshop on Civil Engineering, Weimar, Germany. pp. 1-6.
- Tripathy, S. and Schanz, T. 2002. A re-examination of swelling pressures of compacted bentonites from Gouy-Chapman diffuse double layer theory. Presented at: International Workshop of Young Doctors in Geotechnics, ENPC, Paris, France Presented at De Gennaro, V. and Delage, P. eds. pp. 17-19.
2001
- Tripathy, S., Leong, E. C. and Rahardjo, H. 2001. Development of a field device for indirect measurement of soil suction. Presented at: Proceedings of 14th Southeast Asian Geotechnical Conference, Hong Kong Presented at Ho K K, L. K. S. ed. pp. 587-592.
Contracts
Title | People | Sponsor | Value | Duration |
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CACTUS - Climate Adaptation Control Technologies for Urban Spaces | Tripathy S | EPSRC via Durham | 356642 | 01/01/2018 - 30/12/2022 |
Low-Carb-Cymru: Assessing, characterising and enhancing geologic carbon storage and geothermal energy in Wales | Sedighi M, Thomas HR, Tripathy S | Ser Cymru NRN Bangor | 284000 | 01/01/2015 - 31/12/2018 |
SEREN | Thomas HR, Williams KP, Sapsford D, Tripathy S, Griffiths AJ | Welsh European Funding Office, British Geological Survey | 5576619 | 01/03/2010 - 30/06/2015 |
Engineered barrier systems: An integrated approach | Thomas HR, Tripathy S, Vardon P | Fec methodology by EPSRC via Strathclyde | 136233 | 01/04/2012 - 31/03/2016 |
Supervised Students
Title | Student | Status | Degree |
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Experimental Study On The Hydraulic Conductivity Of Compacted Bentonites In Geoenvironmental Applications | BENNETT Claire | Graduate | PhD |
Critical Evaluation of some suction measurement techniques | ELGABU Hesham | Graduate | PhD |
CARBON DIOXIDE ADSORPTION/DESORPTION AND PERMEABILITY CHARACTERISTICS IN COAL AND ROCKS AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY | Maram Almolliyeh | Current | PhD |
Effect Of Gypsum On The Hyrdo-Mechanical Characteristics Of Partially Saturated Sandy Soil | AHMED Khalid Ibrahim | Graduate | PhD |
Soil-Water Characteristic Curves And Shrinkage Behaviour Of Highly Plastic Clays: An Experimental Invesitigation | MOHD TADZA Mohd Yuhyi | Graduate | PhD |
AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF FLOW AND REACTION PORCESSES DURING GAS STORAGE AND DISPLACEMENT IN COAL | HADI MOSLEH Mojgan | Graduate | PhD |
Investigation of cyclic wetting-drying and freezing-thawing behaviour of soils | AL HUSSAINI Osama Mahdi Abdul-Hussain | Graduate | PhD |
Aspects of the Geological Disposal of High Level Nuclear Waste | STRATOS Panagiotis | Graduate | PhD |
CoupledThermo-Hydro-Mecahnical-Chemical Behaviour of MX80 Bentonite In Geotechnical Applications | BAG Ramakrishna | Graduate | PhD |
EFFECTIVE STRESS IN UNSATURATED SOILS SPECIALISATION - CIVIL ENGINEERING. | AL KHYAT Sahar Satar Abduljabar | Graduate | PhD |
EFFECTS OF WET-DRY AND FREEZE-THAW CYCLES ON ENGINEERING BEHAVIOUR OF COMPACTED SOILS-SPECIALISATION-CIVIL ENGINEERING/GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING | ALMAHBOBI Suhad Abdulsattar Hasan | Graduate | PhD |
Long Term phytoremediation of LNAPLS and residual oils in the vadose zone and capillary fringe. | ONIOSUN Sunday | Graduate | PhD |
STABILITY OF LANDFILL LINING SYSTEMS SPECIALISATION - CIVIL ENGINEERING/GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING | KARAGOLY Yahya Hamza Jebur | Current | PhD |
Response of soils to seasonal climatic processes | KATTA Priyanka | Current | PhD |