Professor Indraratna is Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of of Wollongong, Head of Postgraduate Research in the Faculty of Engineering and leader of the current Co-operative Research Centre - Rail Theme 2, Innovative Track Upgrading. Professor Indraratna has a PhD in Civil (Geotechnical) Engineering from the University of of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 1987, an MSc in Soil Mechanics and Engineering Seismology, from Imperial College, University of London, 1983 and a BSc (Honours) in Civil Engineering from the same institution. Additional information regarding research and publications is available here.
Articles
A neural network approach to predict the performance of recycled concrete used in permeable reactive barriers for the treatment of acidic groundwater (with B Guruprasad, Long D. Nghiem, and G Regmi), Faculty of Engineering - Papers (2011)
This study developed a neural network model for examining the performance of recycled concrete for...
A new parameter for classification and evaluation of railway ballast fouling (with Li-jun Su and Cholachat Rujikiatkamjorn), Faculty of Engineering - Papers (2011)
The physical condition of railway ballast should be regularly inspected and accordingly, ballast cleaning should...
Assessing the potential of internal erosion and suffusion of granular soils (with Vo Trong Nguyen and Cholachat Rujikiatkamjorn), Faculty of Engineering - Papers (2011)
This study presents a new empirical criterion for assessing the potential of internal erosion and...
Automatic Classification of Ground-Penetrating-Radar Signals for Railway-Ballast Assessment (with Wenbin Shao, Abdesselam Bouzerdoum, Son Lam Phung, Lijun Su, and Cholachat Rujikiatkamjorn), IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (2011)
The ground-penetrating radar (GPR) has been widely used in many applications. However, the processing and...
Behavior of geogrid-reinforced ballast under various levels of fouling (with Ngoc Trung Ngo and Cholachat Rujikiatkamjorn), Faculty of Engineering - Papers (2011)
This paper presents a study of how the interface between ballast and geogrid copes with...
Books
Advanced Rail Geotechnology - Ballasted Track (with Wadud Salim and Cholachat Rujikiatkamjorn), Faculty of Engineering - Papers (2011)
Mechanics of Ballasted Rail Tracks: A Geotechnical Perspective (with W Salim), Faculty of Engineering - Papers (2005)
Discussing experimental procedures as well as theoretical aspects, Mechanics of Ballasted Tracks: A Geotechnical Perspective...
Hydromechanics of Jointed Rock (with P Ranjith), Faculty of Engineering - Papers (2001)
Shear Behaviour of Rock Joints (with A Haque), Faculty of Engineering - Papers (2000)
Contributions to Books
Predictions and observations of soft clay foundations stabilized with geosynthetic drains and vacuum surcharge (with C. Rujikiatkamjorn, A. S. Balasubramaniam, and V. Wijeyakulasuriya), Faculty of Engineering - Papers (2005)
This chapter starts with an introduction of a revised analytical model of radial drainage with...
Theoretical and numerical perspectives and field observations for the design and performance evaluation of embankments constructed on soft marine clay (with I. Sathananthan, C. Bamunawita, and A. S. Balasubramaniam), Faculty of Engineering - Papers (2005)
In this chapter, a two-demensional plane strain solution is adopted for the embankment analysis, which...
Soft Ground Improvement by Vertical Drains (with C Bamunawita and I W Redana), Faculty of Engineering - Papers (2003)
Presentations
A conceptual model for lignosulfonate treated soils (with Jayan S. Vinod), Faculty of Engineering - Papers (2011)
This paper describes an anisotropic elastoplastic based constitutive model for describing the behaviour of lignosulfonate...
Consolidation by vertical drain beneath a circular embankment using analytical and numerical modelling (with C Rujikiatkamjorn and A Aljorany), Faculty of Engineering - Papers (2011)
When prefabricated vertical drains (PVDs) are installed beneath circular embankment (i.e. circular oil tanks or...
Consolidation of ground with partially penetrated PVDs combined with vacuum preloading (with Xueyu Geng and Cholachat Rujikiatkamjorn), Faculty of Engineering - Papers (2011)
Partially penetrating prefabricated vertical drain (PVDs) with a combined surcharge and vacuum preloading are considered...
Development of sediment-infilled rock joint models and implications on rockmass stability (with W N. Premadasa, D A. Oliveira, and H S. Welideniya), Faculty of Engineering - Papers (2011)
Soil-infi lled discontinuities adversely infl uence the stability of rockmass, because, the infi ll materials...
Evaluating waste concrete for the treatment of acid sulphate soil groundwater from coastal floodplains (with Gyanendra Regmi, Long D. Nghiem, and Laura Banasiak), Faculty of Engineering - Papers (2011)
The treatment of acidic groundwater generated from acid sulphate soil (ASS) terrain is a challenging...