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Kaustav Sarkar

Professor

Kaustav Sarkar

Structural Engineering

  • Durable Infrastructure
  • Climate-sensitive design
  • Construction Materials
srkr@iitmandi.ac.in 01905267901

Journal Article

1 Kumar, M., & Sarkar, K. (2026). A diagnostic criterion for gravity-induced anomaly in water absorption View More
2 Sarkar, K. (2026). Drying kinetics and moisture diffusivity in fired clay bricks under varying hygrothermal conditions View More
3 Sarkar, K., & Yadav, A. (2025). CIRCULAR ECONOMY PATHWAYS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION WASTE: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF UK AND INDIAN PRACTICES View More
4 Sarkar, K. (2025). EVALUATION OF AN APPROXIMATE ANALYTICAL SOLUTION FOR FRACTAL RICHARDS EQUATION WITH POWER AND EXPONENTIAL DIFFUSIVITY FUNCTIONS View More
5 Sarkar, K. (2023). Severity of Rain-Induced Wetting–Drying Conditions and the Associated Risk of Concrete Carbonation in the Tropics View More
6 Sarkar, K. (2023). A simplified non-linear hydraulic diffusivity model based on normalised sorptivity View More
7 Sarkar, K. (2022). Study of the isothermal drying characteristics of normal concrete subjected to low air velocity convection View More
8 Sarkar, K. (2022). Improved sorptivity models for mortar and concrete based on significant process parameters View More
9 Sarkar, K. (2022). Drying Resistances of Brick, Mortar, and Concrete View More
10 Sarkar, K. (2021). Temperature and RH of normal concrete and mortar subjected to drying in an indoor residential environment View More
11 Sarkar, K. (2021). Statistical quantification of the effect of temperature on capillary water absorption in some porous building materials View More
12 Sarkar, K. (2020). Atmospheric Corrosivity Map for Management of Steel Infrastructure in India Using ISO Dose–Response Function and Gridded Data View More
13 Sarkar, K. (2020). Design of intermittent rainfall-pattern for structures with gridded data: Validation and implementation View More
14 Sarkar, K. (2019). Application of sorptivity–diffusivity relationship for the refinement of hydraulic diffusivity function parameters obtained through inverse analysis View More
15 Sarkar, K. (2018). Indexing of driving rain exposure in India based on daily gridded data View More
16 Sarkar, K. (2017). A functional evaluation of the spatiotemporal patterns of temperature change in India View More
17 Sarkar, K. (2017). Modeling of Tropical Rainfall Exposure for the Study of Moisture Penetration in Porous Building Materials View More
18 Sarkar, K. (2017). Driving rain indices for India at 1°×1° gridded scale View More
19 Sarkar, K. (2017). Residential masonry constructions and their earthquake safety in the rural area of Mandi district View More
20 Sarkar, K. (2017). Driving rain indices for India at 1× 1 gridded scale View More
21 Sarkar, K. (2016). Application of SAP and PEG as curing agents for ordinary cement-based systems: impact on the early age properties of paste and mortar with water-to-cement ratio of 0.4 and above View More
22 Sarkar, K. (2015). Use of Treated Domestic Effluent as Mixing Water for Concrete: Effect on strength and water penetration at 28 days View More
23 Sarkar, K. (2015). Numerical Estimation of Moisture Penetration Depth in Concrete Exposed to Rain—Towards the Rationalization of Guidelines for Durable Design of Reinforced Concrete in Tropics View More
24 Sarkar, K. (2015). Simulation of Moisture Ingress in Concrete Subjected to Intermittent Rainfall in a Composite Tropical Climate View More
25 Sarkar, K. (2014). Moisture distribution in concrete subjected to intermittent rain View More
26 Sarkar, K. (2014). Wetting and Drying of Concrete: Modelling and Finite Element Formulation for Stable Convergence View More
27 Sarkar, K. (2014). Curing of concrete with wastewater and curing compounds: Effect on strength and water absorption View More
28 Sarkar, K. (2014). Moisture ingress in concrete under extreme rainfall exposure in a tropical composite climate View More
29 Sarkar, K. (2009). Modeling of section forces in a continuous beam using artificial neural network View More
30 Sarkar, K. (2009). Comparative study of optimum design approaches and artificial neural network based optimum design of a singly reinforced concrete beam View More
31 Sarkar, K. (2008). Modelling of section forces in a continuous beam using artificial neural network View More

Conference Paper

1 Sarkar, K. (2024, January). Monte Carlo simulation of hydraulic diffusivity function for water absorption in fieldcrete View More
2 Sarkar, K. (2024, January). Modelling of water absorption with an approximate analytical solution for fractal Richards equation with power law diffusivity function View More
3 Sarkar, K. (2020, January). A Spatially Continuous Driving Rain Map of India at 0.5× 0.5 Gridded Scale View More
4 Sarkar, K. (2018, January). Numerical simulation of one-dimensional capillary water absorption in porous building materials View More
5 Sarkar, K. (2016, January). The role of moisture in degrading concrete View More
6 Sarkar, K. (2008, January). NEURAL NETWORK MODEL FOR THE COST OPTIMUM DESIGN OF A SINGLY REINFORCED RCC BEAM View More
7 Sarkar, K. (2008, January). Neural Network Model for the Cost Optimum Design of a Short Axially Loaded RCC Column View More

Book Chapter

1 Sarkar, K. (2024). On the potential of pine needles for use as fiber reinforcement in cementitious systems View More
2 Sarkar, K. (2024). Evaluating the carbonation resistance of mortars made with industrial byproducts View More
3 Sarkar, K., & Kumar, M. (2024). Monte Carlo Simulation of Hydraulic Diffusivity for Water Absorption in Fieldcrete View More
4 Sarkar, K. (2020). Wetting and Drying Patterns in a Wet Moisture Reference Year Identified Using the Weinert’s Index: Station Versus Gridded Data View More