Assistant Professor
Shashank Pathak
Structural Engineering
- Blast Engineering
- Structural Dynamics
- Random Vibrations
- Uncertainty Analysis
Journal Article
| 1 | Shraddha, K., Sen, S., Pathak, S., & Mukherjee, M. (2026). Bayesian inversion for parameter estimation of advanced soil constitutive model and associated uncertainty quantification: Transitional Markov Chain Monte Carlo versus Particle Filtering. Georisk: Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems and Geohazards, 1–25. https://doi.org/10.1080/17499518.2026.2623471 |
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| 2 | Pathak, S., Ruzhansky, M., & Van Bockstal, K. (2026). An explicit approximation for the impulse response of fractionally damped oscillators. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 643, 120019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsv.2026.120019 |
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| 3 | Pudi, S., & Pathak, S. (2026). Design stresses in internally pressurized tunnels: A discussion on IS-4880 (part-IV). Sādhanā, 51(2), 109. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12046-026-03101-z |
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| 4 | Pathak, S., Bourgeois, F., & Deraemaeker, A. (2025). Optimum Tuned Mass Damper Parameters for Complex Structures Subjected to Base-Excitation Using Single-Mode Approximation. Journal of Structural Dynamics. https://doi.org/10.25518/2684-6500.252 |
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| 5 | Goel, T., & Pathak, S. (2025). Analytical expressions for forces on structures due to spherical blast waves. International Journal of Protective Structures, 16(3), 618–645. https://doi.org/10.1177/20414196241268202 |
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| 6 | Shrivastava, H., & Pathak, S. (2024). On seismic demand of near-field ground motions. Sādhanā, 49(2), 111. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12046-024-02440-z |
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| 7 | Paknejad, A., Jamshidi, R., Pathak, S., & Collette, C. (2023). Active Vibration Mitigation of Bladed Structures With Piezoelectric Patches by Decentralized Positive Position Feedback Controller. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 145(2), 021003. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4056013 |
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| 8 | Piron, D., Pathak, S., Deraemaeker, A., & Collette, C. (2022). On the link between pole-zero distance and maximum reachable damping in MIMO systems. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 181, 109519. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymssp.2022.109519 |
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| 9 | Pathak, S., Piron, D., Paknejad, A., Collette, C., & Deraemaeker, A. (2021). On transmission Zeros of piezoelectric structures. Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 33(12), 1538–1561. https://doi.org/10.1177/1045389x211057209 |
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| 10 | Pathak, S., & Ramana, G. V. (2021). On Stress–Strain Function of Geomaterials Subjected to Blast-Loads. Indian Geotechnical Journal, 51(3), 520–538. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40098-021-00527-6 |
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| 11 | Piron, D., Pathak, S., Deraemaeker, A., & Collette, C. (2021). A pole-zero based criterion for optimal placement of collocated sensor-actuator pair. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 155, 107533. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymssp.2020.107533 |
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| 12 | Pathak, S., & Ramana, G. V. (2020). Probabilistic Characterization of Nuclear-Blast Loads. Journal of Structural Engineering, 146(5), 04020055. https://doi.org/10.1061/(asce)st.1943-541x.0002597 |
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| 13 | Pathak, S., & Ramana, G. V. (2019). A First Order Quantification of Effects of Uncertainties in Hydro-fracturing Parameters on Tunnel Ovalization Estimates. Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 37(4), 3049–3064. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10706-019-00824-1 |
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| 14 | Ramana, G. V., Pathak, S., & Dev, H. (2018). Role of Probabilistic Interpretation in Recommendations of Rock Mass Parameters. ISRM India Journal-Half Yearly Technical Journal of Indian National Group of ISRM, 7(1), 11–20. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322365603 |
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| 15 | Pathak, S., & Ramana, G. V. (2018). A Designer’s Approach for Estimation of Nuclear‐Air‐Blast‐Induced Ground Motion. Advances in Civil Engineering, 2018(1), 3029837. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/3029837 |
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| 16 | Pathak, S., & Ramana, G. V. (2017). Air-blast Induced Ground Displacement. Procedia Engineering, 173, 555–562. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2016.12.093 |
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| 17 | Pathak, S., & Gupta, V. K. (2017). On nonstationarity-related errors in modal combination rules of the response spectrum method. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 407, 106–127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsv.2017.07.001 |
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| 18 | Ramana, G. V., Pathak, S., Dev, H., Mishra, K. K., & Gupta, S. L. (2016). Anisotropic variability in modulus of deformation of biotitic rock mass. Indorock-2016–6 th Indian Rock Conference, Mumbai, India, 604–613. https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=l8OJrVsAAAAJ&cstart=20&pagesize=80&sortby=pubdate&citation_for_view=l8OJrVsAAAAJ:ZfRJV9d4-WMC |
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| 19 | Ramana, G. V., Pathak, S., Dev, H., & Singh, R. (2015). Deformability Characteristics of Phyllite Rock Mass: Empirical and Experimental Approach. Special Publication of Journal of Engineering Geology- A Journal of Indian Society of Engineering Geology(ISSN: 0970-5317), 420–429. https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=l8OJrVsAAAAJ&cstart=20&pagesize=80&sortby=pubdate&citation_for_view=l8OJrVsAAAAJ:_FxGoFyzp5QC |
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| 20 | Pathak, S., Ramana, G., Dev, H., & Singh, R. (2015). Probabilistic interpretation of in-situ shear test data. Proceedings of 50th indian geotechnical conference (college of engineering, pune, india. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287473700 |
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| 21 | Pathak, S., Ramana, G. V., Dev, H., & Singh, R. (2014). In-situ deformability and strength characteristics of Himalayan granites. ISRM India Journal-Half Yearly Technical Journal of Indian National Group of ISRM, 3(1), 3–10. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287474030_ |
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| 22 | Ramana, G. V., Pathak, S., Hari Dev, R. S., & Gupta, V. K. (2014). Shear strength of Deccan granite rock mass in open trench. INDOROCK-2014, 5th Indian rock conference on underground construction for hydropower, mining & infrastructure, 12–14. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287473869 |
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| 23 | Ramana, G., Pathak, S., & Kumar, N. (2013). Selection and interpretation of shear strength parameters for weak phyllites. RapidMiner: Data Mining Use Cases and Business Analytics Applications. https://doi.org/10.1201/b15683-55 |
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| 24 | Singh, R., & Pathak, S. (2013). In-situ normal stiffness of rock mass. Proceedings of Fourth Indian Rock Conference, Indorock (29-31 May, 2013), Waknaghat, Solan, HP, India. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287473793 |
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| 25 | Pathak, S. (2012). [PDF] from researchgate.net Intensity based casualty models: Case study of bhuj and latur earthquake in india. Proceedings of the 15th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 1–10. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287473889 |
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Conference Paper
| 1 | Kumar, R., Sarkar, K., & Pathak, S. (2025). Fractional models for viscoelasticity of polyurethane: A survey. In 3rd International Conference on Construction materials and Structures (ICCMS. |
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| 2 | Goel, T., Manikanta, G. S., & Pathak, S. (2025). A Closed-form Shock Spectrum for Exponential Blast Load. In 14th International Symposium on Plasticity and Impact Mechanics (IMPLAST. |
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| 3 | Tiwari, A., & Pathak, S. (2025). A Tutorial on Fractional Burger Model for Tunnel Design. In Republican scientific conference on "Modern Methods of Mathematical Physics. |
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| 4 | Pudi, S., Kaplex, A., & Pathak, S. (2024). Blast-Resistant Design of Concrete Tunnel Lining. In 14th Structural Engineering Convention, NIT Trichy. |
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| 5 | Shraddha, K., Pathak, S., & Mukherjee, M. (2023). Identification of Soil Constitutive Parameters Employing Markov Chain Monte Carlo Simulations. In 9th International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulations (9ICCMS). https://www.researchgate.net/publication/379863725 |
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| 6 | Ramana, G. V., Moghal, A. A. B., & Pathak, S. (2021). Reappraisal on the Field Tests for Determination of Rock Mass Characteristics for Open Terrain (s). In Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference 2019: IGC-2019 Volume V (pp. 711–721). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6466-0_66 |
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| 7 | Soltani, P. (2020). Robust design of tuned mass dampers attached to host structures containing uncertainties in the form of fuzzy parameters. In ISMA 2020 Conference on Noise and Vibration Engineering: ISMA 2020 Conference on Noise and Vibration Engineering. https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=l8OJrVsAAAAJ&sortby=pubdate&citation_for_view=l8OJrVsAAAAJ:W5xh706n7nkC |
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| 8 | Ramana, G. V., Shashank, P., & Dev, H. (2019). Shear Strength Parameters of Granite Rock Mass: A Case Study. In Geotechnical Characterisation and Geoenvironmental Engineering: IGC 2016 Volume 1 (pp. 273–280). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0899-4_34 |
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| 9 | Senthil, P., Shashank, P., Sarwade, D. V., & Dev, H. (2019). Behaviour of gneiss rock mass under repetitive cyclic loading. In Indian Conference of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 01-02. |
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| 10 | Pathak, S., & Ramana, G. V. (2018). A Stress-Strain Model for Geomaterials Subjected to Air-Blast. In Proceedings of GeoShanghai 2018 International Conference: Fundamentals of Soil Behaviours (pp. 388–396). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0125-4_43 |
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| 11 | Pathak, S., & Ramana, G. V. (2018). Uncertainties of a Nuclear-Air-Blast Induced Ground Displacement Model. In Sustainable Design and Construction for Geomaterials and Geostructures: (pp. 183–196). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95753-1_15 |
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| 12 | Pathak, S., Ramana, G. V., Dev, H., & Mishra, K. K. (2017). Deformation Behaviour of Jointed Rock-Mass. In Sixth Indian Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference 6IYGEC2017 10-11 March 2017, NIT Trichy, India (pp. 89–91). https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=l8OJrVsAAAAJ&cstart=20&pagesize=80&sortby=pubdate&citation_for_view=l8OJrVsAAAAJ:L8Ckcad2t8MC |
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| 13 | Raman, G. V., Pathak, S., Dev, H., & Gupta, S. L. (2017). Foundation Moduli of Rock Mass for Spillway Design. In Proceedings of 7th Indian Rock Conference, New Delhi, 177-185. |
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| 14 | Pathak, S., Ramana, G. V., & Hari, D. (2016). Quantification of Variation in Rock Mass Deformability. In 6th annual rock conference, IIT Bombay, June 2016, Indorock-2016. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/319416547 |
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| 15 | Ramana, G. V., Shashank, P., Mishra, K. K., & Hari, D. (2016). Hydro-fracturing test in sandstone rock mass: A case study from Himalayas. In Proceedings of the conference on Recent Advances in Rock Engineering (RARE 2016). https://doi.org/10.2991/rare-16.2016.15 |
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| 16 | Pathak, S., Yadav, R., Ramana, G. V., & Dev, H. (2015). Normal Stress Dependent Deformability of Rock Mass. In th Young Indian Geotechnical Engineers Conference, 14-15 March 2015, Baroda. https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=l8OJrVsAAAAJ&cstart=20&pagesize=80&sortby=pubdate&citation_for_view=l8OJrVsAAAAJ:TQgYirikUcIC |
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| 17 | Pathak, S., Ramana, G. V., Dev, H., & Singh, R. (2014). Permanent Deformation Modulus of Rock-Mass. In Indian Geotechnical Conference, IGC-2014 on Geotechnics for Inclusive Development of India (GEOIND), Kakinada, India. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287473874 |
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| 18 | Pathak, S., Ramana, G. V., Gupta, V. K., Dev, H., & Singh, R. (2013). Statistical Approach for Rock Mass Deformability Characterization. In Indian Geotechnical Conference on Geotechnical Advances and Novel Geomechanical Applications, Roorkee. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287473947 |
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| 19 | Jain, S. K., & Pathak, S. (2012). Intensity based casualty models: case study of Bhuj and Latur earthquake in India. In Proceedings of the 15th World conference on earthquake engineering, 1-10. |
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Book Chapter
| 1 | Thakur, A., & Pathak, S. (2026). Unification of Newmark-Type Schemes for Fractional Oscillators. In Trends in Mathematics (pp. 181–189). Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-19532-6_22 |
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| 2 | Shraddha, K., Sen, S., Pathak, S., & Mukherjee, M. (2026). A Comparative Study on Estimation of Soil Constitutive Model Parameter Employing Sequential Monte Carlo and Markov Chain Monte Carlo Techniques. In Proceedings of The 17th International Conference of the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (pp. 493–498). Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-95-5969-5_69 |
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| 3 | Pathak, S. (2026). Fractional Calculus for Design of Rock. In Modern Methods in Mathematical Physics and their Applications: Dedicated to. |
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| 4 | Goel, T., & Pathak, S. (2025). Peak Displacement of Large Structures Subjected to Air Explosions. In Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering (pp. 363–374). Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-92719-5_29 |
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| 5 | Pathak, S. (2024). Fractional Differential Equations: A Primer for Structural Dynamics Applications. In Extended Abstracts 2021/2022 (pp. 271–281). Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42539-4_31 |
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| 6 | Pathak, S. (2023). A Combination of Innovative Pedagogical Theories to Enhance the Learning Output—A Case Study with Engineering Students. In Engineering Pedagogy (pp. 49–61). Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8016-9_4 |
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| 7 | Pathak, S., & Ramana, G. V. (2021). A Note on Partial Safety Factors for In-situ Shear Strength Parameters of Rock-Mass. In Proceedings of the 1st Indo-China Research Series in Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering (pp. 129–138). Springer Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4324-5_9 |
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