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Jayantha Kodikara

Jayantha Kodikara

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
51
Citations
8721
World Ranking
3918
National Ranking
211

Earth Science

D-Index
48
Citations
7385
World Ranking
3872
National Ranking
204

Overview

Jayantha Kodikara is affiliated with Monash University in Australia and has a substantial body of research within the field of Engineering, with a focus on Civil and Structural Engineering. Their work extends into several related subfields, including Ocean Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, and Mechanical Engineering.

The scientist's research portfolio covers a range of main topics, including:

  • Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation
  • Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures
  • Soil and Unsaturated Flow
  • Geophysical Methods and Applications
  • Concrete Corrosion and Durability
  • Landslides and related hazards

Jayantha Kodikara has published extensively in several key venues related to transportation and geotechnical engineering. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Transportation Geotechnics
  • Acta Geotechnica
  • Construction and Building Materials
  • Remote Sensing
  • International Journal of Pavement Engineering

Collaboration is a notable aspect of their work, with frequent co-authors such as Arooran Sounthararajah, Ravin Deo, Guoyang Fu, Troyee Tanu Dutta, and Didier Bodin.

Jayantha Kodikara has contributed to academic literature with research papers addressing topics from sustainable infrastructure to molecular dynamics modeling in geotechnical contexts. Some recent publications include:

  • Sustainable pavement construction: A systematic literature review of environmental and economic analysis of recycled materials, 2021, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Application of coal fly ash in pavement subgrade stabilisation: A review, 2022, Journal of Environmental Management
  • Prediction of swelling pressure of expansive soil using an improved molecular dynamics approach combining diffuse double layer theory, 2021, Applied Clay Science
  • Multifunctional asphalt concrete pavement toward smart transport infrastructure: Design, performance and perspective, 2023, Composites Part B Engineering
  • Revealing Expansion Mechanism of Cement-Stabilized Expansive Soil with Different Interlayer Cations through Molecular Dynamics Simulations, 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

The scientist has also been involved in authoring books, including a publication titled Advances in Transportation Geotechnics IV released in 2021 by Springer Nature.

Best Publications

  • Laboratory experiments on desiccation cracking of thin soil layers

    Hani Nahlawi;Jayantha Kumarasiri Kodikara

  • Salient factors controlling desiccation cracking of clay in laboratory experiments

    Warnakulasuriya D S M Costa;Jayantha Kumarasiri Kodikara;Benjamin Michael Shannon

  • A study on desiccation cracking behavior of polyester fiber-reinforced expansive clay

    Uma Chaduvula;B.V.S. Viswanadham;Jayantha Kodikara

  • Effect of Water Saturation on the Fracture and Mechanical Properties of Sedimentary Rocks

    Debanjan Guha Roy;T. N. Singh;J. Kodikara;Ratan Das

  • Numerical modelling of desiccation cracking

    Aruna L. Amarasiri;Jayantha K. Kodikara;Susanga Costa

  • Laboratory measurement of hydraulic conductivity functions of two unsaturated sandy soils during drying and wetting processes

    Chaminda Gallage;Jayantha Kodikara;Taro Uchimura

  • Shear behaviour of irregular triangular rock-concrete joints

    J.K. Kodikara;I.W. Johnston

  • A cohesive damage-plasticity model for DEM and its application for numerical investigation of soft rock fracture properties

    Nhu H.T. Nguyen;Ha H. Bui;Giang D. Nguyen;Jayantha Kodikara

  • Reliability-based design for geotechnical engineering: an inverse FORM approach for practice

    Jian Ji;Chunshun Zhang;Yufeng Gao;Jayantha Kodikara

  • A DIRECT TENSILE STRENGTH TESTING METHOD FOR UNSATURATED GEOMATERIALS

    Hani Nahlawi;Srijib Chakrabarti;Jayantha Kumarasiri Kodikara

  • A Simplified Analytical Model for Desiccation Cracking of Clay Layers in Laboratory Tests

    J. K. Kodikara;X. Choi

  • Effect of 2D spatial variability on slope reliability: A simplified FORM analysis

    Jian Ji;Jian Ji;Chunshun Zhang;Yufeng Gao;Jayantha Kodikara

  • Desiccation cracking of soil layers.

    J. K. Kodikara;S. L. Barbour;D. G. Fredlund

  • A review of coal properties pertinent to carbon dioxide sequestration in coal seams: with special reference to Victorian brown coals

    M. S. A. Perera;P. G. Ranjith;S. K. Choi;A. Bouazza

  • Distributed optical fibre sensors and their applications in pipeline monitoring

    Pathmanathan Rajeev;Jayantha Kumarasiri Kodikara;Wing Kong Chiu;Thomas Kuen

  • Modelling the dynamic failure of brittle rocks using a hybrid continuum-discrete element method with a mixed-mode cohesive fracture model

    Yilin Gui;Ha Hong Bui;Jayantha Kumarasiri Kodikara;Qianbing Zhang

  • Sustainable pavement construction: A systematic literature review of environmental and economic analysis of recycled materials

    Safoura Salehi;Mehrdad Arashpour;Jayantha Kodikara;Ross Guppy

  • Changes in Clay Structure and Behaviour Due to Wetting and Drying

    J Kodikara;SL Barbour;DG Fredlund

  • Review of soil compaction: History and recent developments

    Jayantha Kodikara;Tanvirul Islam;Arooran Sounthararajah

  • Axial Response of Tapered Piles in Cohesive Frictional Ground

    Jayantha K. Kodikara;Ian D. Moore

  • Numerical modelling of laboratory soil desiccation cracking using UDEC with a mix-mode cohesive fracture model

    Yilin Gui;Yilin Gui;Yilin Gui;Zhiye Zhao;Jayantha Kumarasiri Kodikara;Ha Hong Bui

  • Modelling of curling in desiccating clay

    Jayantha Kumarasiri Kodikara;Hani Nahlawi;Abdelmalek Bouazza

Frequent Co-Authors

Ha H. Bui
Ha H. Bui Monash University
Abdelmalek Bouazza
Abdelmalek Bouazza Monash University
Pathegama Gamage Ranjith
Pathegama Gamage Ranjith Monash University
Asadul Haque
Asadul Haque Monash University
Giang D. Nguyen
Giang D. Nguyen University of Adelaide
Gavin Mark Mudd
Gavin Mark Mudd RMIT University
Delwyn G. Fredlund
Delwyn G. Fredlund University of Saskatchewan
Annan Zhou
Annan Zhou RMIT University
Xiao Ling Zhao
Xiao Ling Zhao Monash University
Jay G. Sanjayan
Jay G. Sanjayan Swinburne University of Technology

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