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Overview

K. J. Rao is affiliated with the Indian Institute of Science in India and conducts research primarily in the field of Engineering. Their work focuses on several interconnected subfields including Civil and Structural Engineering, Building and Construction, Architecture, Polymers and Plastics, and Biomaterials.

The research topics addressed by Rao encompass a range of studies related to concrete and construction materials, with particular attention to innovative reinforcement materials and sustainable practices. The main topics of their work include:

  • Innovative concrete reinforcement materials
  • Concrete and Cement Materials Research
  • Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials
  • Recycled Aggregate Concrete Performance
  • Geotechnical and construction materials studies
  • Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete
  • BIM and Construction Integration

K. J. Rao frequently collaborates with researchers including M.V.S.S. Sastri, V. Bhikshma, K. Ranjetha, U. Johnson Alengaram, and Ahmed Mahmoud Alnahhal. These collaborations have contributed to a series of publications in various venues.

Key publication venues where Rao's work commonly appears are:

  • Materials Today Proceedings
  • AIP conference proceedings
  • IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science
  • Key Engineering Materials
  • Advances in Materials Research

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by K. J. Rao are:

  • Towards sustainable construction through the application of low carbon footprint products, 2021, Materials Today Proceedings
  • A study on mechanical properties of high strength concrete with alccofine as partial replacement of cement, 2021, Materials Today Proceedings
  • Evaluation of the shear strength design equations for slender and non-slender RC beams admixtured with recycled concrete aggregate without web reinforcement, 2022, AIP conference proceedings
  • Effect of Accelerated Curing on Strength of Quaternary Blended Cement Concrete with Recycled Aggregate, 2021, Key Engineering Materials
  • Correlation of strength development of RCA in quaternary blended cementitious system, 2021, Advances in Materials Research

Best Publications

  • Synthesis of inorganic solids using microwaves

    K.J. Rao;Bala Vaidhyanathan;M. Ganguli;P.A. Ramakrishnan

  • Structural Chemistry of Glasses

    K. J Rao

  • Phase Transformations in Solids

    C.N.R. Rao;K.J. Rao

  • Configurational Excitations in Condensed Matter, and the ``Bond Lattice'' Model for the Liquid‐Glass Transition

    C. A. Angell;K. J. Rao

  • Electrical conductivity studies of poly(ethyleneoxide)-poly(vinylalcohol) blends

    Rachna Mishra;K.J Rao

  • Use of microwaves for the synthesis and processing of materials

    K J Rao;P D Ramesh

  • Structural Role of PbO in Li2O–PbO–B2O3 Glasses

    Munia Ganguli;K.J. Rao

  • A magic-angle spinning 31P NMR investigation of crystalline and glassy inorganic phosphates

    S. Prabhakar;K.J. Rao;C.N.R. Rao

  • Synthesis of Ti, Ga, and V Nitrides: Microwave-Assisted Carbothermal Reduction and Nitridation†

    B. Vaidhyanathan;K. J. Rao

  • Crystal structure transformations of alkali sulphates, nitrates and related substances: Thermal hysteresis in reversible transformations

    K. J. Rao;C. N. R. Rao

  • Crystallization Studies of ZrO2-SiO2 Composite Gels

    V. S. Nagarajan;K. J. Rao

  • Stability of zeolites under electron irradiation and imaging of heavy cations in silicates

    L. A. Bursill;L. A. Bursill;J. M. Thomas;K. J. Rao;K. J. Rao

  • Structural investigations of sodium diborate glasses containing PbO, Bi2O3 and TeO2: Elastic property measurements and spectroscopic studies

    V. C. Veeranna Gowda;C. Narayana Reddy;K. C. Radha;R. V. Anavekar

  • Investigations of structure and transport in lithium and silver borophosphate glasses

    Sundeep Kumar;Philippe Vinatier;Alain Levasseur;Kalya J. Rao

  • Characterization studies of molybdophosphate glasses and a model of structural defects

    U. Selvaraj;K.J. Rao

  • Role of lead in lead phosphomolybdate glasses and a model of structural units

    U. Selvaraj;K.J. Rao

  • Lithium ion conduction in extreme polymer in salt regime

    Rachna Mishra;N Baskaran;PA Ramakrishnan;KJ Rao

  • A molecular dynamics study of the mixed alkali effect in silicate glasses

    S. Balasubramanian;K.J. Rao

  • ac conductivity and dielectric relaxation studies in AgI-based fast ion conducting glasses

    M.C.R. Shastry;K.J. Rao

  • Thermal shock characteristics of plasma sprayed mullite coatings

    P. Ramaswamy;S. Seetharamu;K. J. Rao;K. B. R. Varma

Frequent Co-Authors

C. N. R. Rao
C. N. R. Rao Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
John Meurig Thomas
John Meurig Thomas University of Cambridge
Sundaram Balasubramanian
Sundaram Balasubramanian Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
Claude Estournès
Claude Estournès Paul Sabatier University
Jacek Klinowski
Jacek Klinowski University of Cambridge
Charles Angell
Charles Angell Arizona State University
Stephen R. Elliott
Stephen R. Elliott University of Oxford
Giridhar U. Kulkarni
Giridhar U. Kulkarni Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
G. V. Subba Rao
G. V. Subba Rao Hubei University of Technology
D. D. Sarma
D. D. Sarma Indian Institute of Science

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