What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Geotechnical engineering
- Composite material
- Mechanical engineering
Buddhima Indraratna spends much of his time researching Geotechnical engineering, Ballast, Track, Consolidation and Permeability.
The study incorporates disciplines such as Shear and Plane stress, Finite element method in addition to Geotechnical engineering.
His Ballast research incorporates themes from Structural engineering, Deformation, Geosynthetics, Deformation and Breakage.
His studies in Track integrate themes in fields like Marine engineering, Railway engineering, Overburden pressure and Geocomposite.
His Consolidation study incorporates themes from Vacuum assisted and Drainage.
His Permeability research focuses on Mathematical model and how it relates to Slip and Slope stability.
His most cited work include:
- Shear Behavior of Railway Ballast Based on Large-Scale Triaxial Tests (293 citations)
- Effect of confining pressure on ballast degradation and deformation under cyclic triaxial loading (240 citations)
- Effect of confining pressure on the degradation of ballast under cyclic loading (204 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
His scientific interests lie mostly in Geotechnical engineering, Ballast, Consolidation, Track and Soil water.
His Geotechnical engineering study frequently links to related topics such as Shear.
His research integrates issues of Geogrid, Structural engineering, Geosynthetics, Deformation and Breakage in his study of Ballast.
His Consolidation research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Plane stress, Compressibility, Drainage, Vacuum pressure and Soft clay.
His work carried out in the field of Track brings together such families of science as Bearing capacity, Train, Settlement, Civil engineering and Overburden pressure.
Buddhima Indraratna combines subjects such as Environmental engineering and Groundwater with his study of Soil water.
He most often published in these fields:
- Geotechnical engineering (71.20%)
- Ballast (25.59%)
- Consolidation (16.69%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2017-2021)?
- Geotechnical engineering (71.20%)
- Ballast (25.59%)
- Subgrade (10.26%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
Buddhima Indraratna focuses on Geotechnical engineering, Ballast, Subgrade, Natural rubber and Track.
The Geotechnical engineering study combines topics in areas such as Cyclic loading and Stiffness.
In his study, which falls under the umbrella issue of Ballast, Degradation and Bearing capacity is strongly linked to Deformation.
His Natural rubber study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Deformation, Hammer, Breakage and Coal.
His Track research includes elements of Settlement, Finite element method and Axle.
In his research, Shear stress is intimately related to Soil water, which falls under the overarching field of Pore water pressure.
Between 2017 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Mechanisms of Stabilization of Expansive Soil with Lignosulfonate Admixture (30 citations)
- Influence of Under Sleeper Pads on Ballast Behavior Under Cyclic Loading: Experimental and Numerical Studies (27 citations)
- Effect of Rubber Crumbs on the Cyclic Behavior of Steel Furnace Slag and Coal Wash Mixtures (25 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Composite material
- Geotechnical engineering
- Mechanical engineering
Buddhima Indraratna mostly deals with Geotechnical engineering, Ballast, Natural rubber, Subgrade and Track.
His work deals with themes such as Cyclic loading and Clogging, which intersect with Geotechnical engineering.
His Ballast research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Marine engineering, Stiffness, Geosynthetics and Deformation.
His Natural rubber study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Deformation, Slag, Breakage and Coal.
Buddhima Indraratna has included themes like Granular material, Hammer, Geogrid and Engineering design process in his Subgrade study.
His study in Track is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Structural engineering and Axle.
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