Alternative Bituminous Mixtures, Characterization of Polymer Modified Bitumen and Asphalt Mixtures with Warm Mix Additives, Design and Evaluation of Airfield Pavement, Evaluation of Rigid and Flexible Pavements for Pavement Maintenance, Investigations on Failure of Pavements, Mechanistic Empirical Pavement Design of Flexible Pavements, Super pave Mixture Design for long lasting flexible pavements, Utilization of Geo synthetics for Design of Flexible Pavements, Utilization of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement in Bituminous Mixtures
Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani Hyderabad Campus Jawahar Nagar, Kapra Mandal Dist.-Medchal-500 078 Telangana, India
Co-author of the Shell Bitumen Handbook - 6th Revision, Chapter 11-Specification, composition and design of asphalts, published by ICE, 2015.
Co-author of the Shell Bitumen Handbook - 6th Revision, Chapter 17-Properties of Asphalts, published by ICE, 2015.
SCI
Mazhar, S., G. Anasua, and R. Sridhar. Subgrade Strength Performance Behavior of Alkali-Activated Binder and Cement Stabilized Expansive Soil: A Semifield Study. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, Vol. 35, No. 10, 2023, p. 4023329. https://doi.org/10.1061/JMCEE7.MTENG-15580.
Vuthipalli, H., Sridhar. R, and Sahu, K., Ravinder P., (2022) “Field Data to Investigate the Impact of Initial Air-voids on the Performance of Bituminous Pavements - A Case Study”. Road Materials and Pavement Design, 1-17.
Katla, B., Ravindra, W, A., Kota, S. K., Sridhar. R, (2021)“RAP-added SMA Mixtures: How do they fare?” Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 33(8), 04021199
Kambham, B. S., Ram, V. V., Sridhar. R, (2019). “Investigation of laboratory and field aging of bituminous concrete with and without anti-aging additives using FESEM and FTIR”, Construction and Building Materials, 222, pp. 193-202.
Dawid D’Melo, Sridhar. R, Subhendu Bhattacharya and Sathish Subramani, (2016) “Self-assembly of Amorphous Sulphur in Bitumen–Sulphur Mixtures and its Impact on Properties”, Construction and Building Materials Vol 126, pp 976-982.
Punith, V. S., Suresha, S. N., Sridhar. R., Bose, S., & Veeraragavan, A. (2011). Laboratory investigation of open-graded friction-course mixtures containing polymers and cellulose fibers. Journal of Transportation Engineering, 138(1), 67-74.
Punith V S., pastingSridhar. R, Kantha Kumar, Sunil Bose and A. Veeraragavan, (2010) “Laboratory Evaluation of Stone Matrix Asphalt Mixtures with Polyethylene and Cellulose Stabilizers”, Journal of Testing and Evaluation Vol 39, No. 2.
SCOPUS Indexed
Lakshmana, M., VinayakaRam, V., & Sridhar, R. (2023). Effect of compaction on the Hydraulic Conductivity of Granular Subbase Layers in Road Pavements. Innovative Infrastructure Solutions.
Chundi, V., Raju, S., Boindala, S. P., & Swain, S. S. (2022). A Non-Destructive Pavement Evaluation for the Development of a Multi-Distress Regression Model Integrated with the BACKCSA Model. International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology, 1-15.
Chundi, V., Raju, S., Waim, A.R. and Swain, S.S., (2022). Priority ranking of road pavements for maintenance using analytical hierarchy process and VIKOR method. Innovative Infrastructure Solutions, 7(1), pp.1-17.
Chundi, V., Raju, S., Kota, S. K., & Singh, K. P. (2021). Prediction of back-calculated layer moduli using cuckoo search algorithm for pavement asset management at a network level. Innovative Infrastructure Solutions, 6(3), 1-15.
Katla, B., Raju, S., Waim, A. R., & Danam, V. A. (2021). Utilization of Higher Percentages of RAP for Improved Mixture Performance by Adopting the Process of Fractionation. International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology, 1-18.
Pandey, A., Singh, S.K., Islam, S., Ransingchung RN, G.D., Raju, S. and Ravindranath, S.S., (2021). Rheological Analysis of Performance Grade Rutting and Fatigue Cracking Criteria in Asphalt Binders. International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology, pp.1-16.
Kubair, S., Ravindra, W. A., Raju, S., & Ravindranath, S. (2020). Laboratory evaluation of gap-graded rubber-modified warm mix asphalt. International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology, 13, 558-569.
Kambham, B. S., Ram, V. V., Sridhar. R, (2019). Simulation of field aging of bituminous concrete with and without warm mix additive using modified oven. International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology, 12(5), 448-455. (2018).
Kumar, S. G., Satya, J., Mittal, K., Sridhar. R, (2018). “Design of a bituminous Mixture for Perpetual Pavement”. In IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering (Vol. 330, No. 1, p. 012132), IOP Publication.
Indian Roads Congress Journal
Ravinder P., Katla, B., Vuthipalli, H., Raju S., and Sahu, K., (2022) “Telangana case study shows that polymer modified bitumen outperforms untreated bitumen in surface layer” Journal of the Indian highways, Vol 50, Issue 5, Page 17-29.
Akanksha P, Sumit K. Singh, Sridhar. R, Sham Ravindranath, (2020) “Fundamental limitations of performance grade rutting and fatigue cracking criteria of bitumen” Indian Highways, Vol 48, No. 3, New Delhi.
Sathya Kumar, Sridhar. R, Sudhakar Reddy and Sunil Bose, (2008) “Analytical Investigation on the Influence of Loading and Temperature on Surface Cracking in Bituminous Layers”, Journal of Indian Roads Congress, Volume 69, No. 1.
Sridhar. R, C. Kamaraj, Sunil Bose, P. K. Nanda and Manvinder Singh, (2007) “Effect of gradation and compactive effort on the properties of dense bituminous macadam mixes”, Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research, Vol. No. 66, Jan 2007, pp. 56-59.
Sridhar. R, Sunil Bose, NilanjanSarker and P.K. Nanda, (2007) “Influence of Refusal Density on Design of Bituminous Mixes”, Indian Roads Congress, New Delhi.
Sridhar. R,Sunil Bose, B. M. Sharma and K Venkat Narayan, (2006) “Fatigue and Permanent Deformation Characteristics on Flakiness and Elongation Indices of Dense Mixes”, Indian Highways, Vol 34, No. 4.
Sridhar. R, Sunil Bose, Nilanjan Sarker and Girish Sharma, (2006) “Refusal Density Concept for Design of Dense Bituminous Mixes, Highway Research Bulletin, Indian Roads Congress, Vol 78, 2006.
Sridhar. R, Suresha S. N, S. Bose, A. Veeraragavan, (2005) “Study of Polymer and Fibre Modified Open Graded Friction Courses”, Journal of the Indian Roads Congress, Volume 66, No-2.
S Bose, Sridhar. R, C Kamaraj, G Sharma and G Kumar, (2005) “Investigation of Moisture Damage to Bituminous Pavement and Effect on Field Performance – Case Studies”, Journal of the Indian Roads Congress, Volume 66, No-3.
Sridhar. R, S Bose, G Sharma and G Kumar, (2004) “Performance of Bituminous Mixes Modified by Waste Plastic Bags”, Highway Research Bulletin, Indian Roads Congress,
Ravinder P., Vuthipalli, Katla, B., H., Raju S., and Sahu, K., (2022) “Studying the effect of in-situ field density on binder aging for a low volume road – A case in Telangana State” Journal of the Indian Roads Congress, Journal of the IRC volume 81-3 (January-March 2022)
Punith V.S., Sridhar. R, S. Bose, K. K. Kumar and A. Veeraragavan, (2004) “Comparative Studies of Stone Matrix Asphalt and Asphalt Concrete Mixtures Utilising Reclaimed Polyethylene”, Highway Research Bulletin, Indian Roads Congress, Vol 71.
S Bose, Sridhar. R, C Kamaraj and Meena R K, (2003) “Performance-Based Mix Design Using Super-Pave Gyratory Compactor “, Journal of the Indian Roads Congress, Volume 64, No-2.
Maj. Ramesh. C. R., Veeraragavan. A., Sridhar. R. and Chandrasekhar L. S Pichika, (2000) “Life Cycle Cost Analysis for Planning Maintenance Budget”, Journal of Indian Roads Congress, Volume 60, No. 2.
International Conferences
Katla. B, Sridhar. R., and Manda. S. V. P, (2023), “Does Waste Engine Oil Rejuvenate a High RAP Mixture?”. 102nd Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2023, Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington, D.C., 08-12 January 2023.
Sai Kubair, Bhanuprasad Katla, Waim Akshay Ravindra, Sridhar. R and Subhash T K. (2020), “Characterization of RAP Added SMA Mixtures”, 99th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2018, Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington, D.C., 12-16 January 2020.
Pandey, A., Ravindranath, S. S., & Sridhar. R, (2019, August). Rheological analysis of PG rutting criterion in polymer modified asphalt binders. In AAPA International Flexible Pavements Conference, 18th, 2019, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Bhanuprasad, K., Sridhar. R., SARKAR, A., Singh, S. K., & Ravindranath, S. (2019). Performance of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) Material in Asphalt Mixtures. In AAPA International Flexible Pavements Conference, 18-21 August, 2019, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Sai Kubair K., Shreyans R Surana, and Sridhar. R, (2018) “Characterization of Gap Graded Asphalt Mixture with High Rubber Content,” 97th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2018, Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington, D.C., 7-11 January, 2018.
Shreyans R. Surana; J. S. Kalyana Rama; and Sridhar. R, (2018) “Life Cycle Assessment of Buildings with Supplementary”, Materials Urbanization Challenges in Emerging Economies: Resilience and Sustainability of Infrastructure, 12-14 December, New Delhi.
Katla Bhanuprasad, Prateek Agarwal, Sridhar. R, and V. Vinayaka Ram, (2018). “Rutting Potential of Half Warm Asphalt Mixture Using Polymer Modified Bitumen Emulsion” Urbanization Challenges in Emerging Economies: Resilience and Sustainability of Infrastructure, 12-14 December, New Delhi.
K. SaiKubair, Shreyans R. Surana, M. Venkata Sai Krishna, Sridhar. R, and V. Vinayaka Ram. (2018) “Rutting Potential of Gap Graded Warm Mix Asphalt with Higher Percentage of Crumb Rubber”, Urbanization Challenges in Emerging Economies: Resilience and Sustainability of Infrastructure, 12-14 December, New Delhi.
Sai Kubair, Amit Kumar Maiti, Chandu Parimi and Sridhar. R (2018) “Analysis of Top-down Cracking due to Non-uniform Stresses in Flexible Pavements” International Conference on Pavements and Computational Approaches (ICOPAC-2018) organized by CSIR-Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi, 16-17 November, 2018.
Sridhar. R, S. Satya kumar, K. S. Reddy, Sunil Bose and B. B. Pandey, (2008) “Analysis of Analysis of Top-Down Cracking Behavior of Asphalt Pavements,” 87th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2008, Transportation Research Board (TRB), CD-ROM, Washington, D.C., 13-17 January, 2008.
Punith, V.S., Sridhar. R, Suresha, S.N., Veeraragavan, A., and Sunil Bose, (2004) “Characterization of Polymer and Fiber-Modified Porous Asphalt Mixtures”, 83rd Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2004, Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington, D.C., 11-15 January, 2004.
National conferences
Bhanuprasad K, Sridhar. R (2018) “Moisture Susceptibility of Dense Bituminous Mixtures with Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement Material” 5th Colloquium on Transportation Systems Engineering and Management (CTSEM2018) NIT Warangal, May 17–19, 2018.
VineeshaCH, Sridhar. R, K. SaiKubair., and K P Singh.,“The effect of vehicle speed on measurement of International Roughness Index (IRI) using IRI meter” 5th Colloquium on Transportation Systems Engineering and Management (CTSEM2018) NIT Warangal, May 17–19, 2018.
Ravi Teja Ch., S. Shankar, Sridhar. R, D S N V. Amar Kumar & C S R K Prasad, (2016). “Performance of Asphalt Mixture with High Percentage of RAP”. Conference on Sustainable Asphalt Pavement for Developing Countries (CONSAP), 11-12th March 2016, Central Road Research Institute (CRRI), New Delhi.