Vikas Thakur
Background and activities
My current research activites innvolve;
Flow slides in sensitive clays
Landslides and slope stability
Debris flow
Soil characterisation including sample disturbances/storage effect
Strain localization
Unsaturated soil mechanics
Geoenvironmental engineering
Ground stabilisation methods
E-learning in geotechnical engineering
Finite element modelling
Analytical modelling
Physical modelling
Official Appointments
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Institution |
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2012- 2016 |
Member of committee for Eurocode 7 - SN/ k066 – geotechnical evaluations |
Standard Norway |
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2010 –Onwards |
Expert Advisory Member of the INDNOR (Indo-Norwegian) Program committee |
Research Council of Norway |
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2012-2014 |
Leader, Sub-project: Slope Stability and landslide challenges in sensitive soft clays A National R&D program on Natural Hazards-Infrastructure, Flood and Slide”
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By Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE), Norwegian National Railways Administration (NNRA) and NPRA
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2012-2014 |
Leader of the governing board of Geotechnical Association in Trondheim |
Geotechnical Association in Trondheim |
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2011-2012 |
Participant – Global Future Leader development program by NHO. Courses at the Norwegian Business Management School (BI) in Trondheim |
The confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO) |
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2008- 2011 |
Project Coordinator BILAT-INDIA Project |
SINTEF Building and Infrastructure |
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2009- onwards |
Officially appointed examiner
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University College Sogn and Fjordane |
Editor, review works and International advisory works
1. Associate Editor of the International Journal- Environmental Geotechnics by the ICE publishing house. (http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/content/serial/envgeo) 2013 - 2016.
2. Editor - Conference proceeding on “ Landslide in sensitive clays – A national level initiative» (Kvikkleire- en nasjonal satsing på sikkerhet i kvikkleireomåder”) in 2012 Trondheim, Norway ISBN- 978-82-410-0821-4 (120 pages)
3. Chairman of the 2nd International workshop in landslide in sensitive clays to be arranged in Norway in 2017.
4. Member of International Scientific Committees/International Advisory Committee- 2nd International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics (2nd ICTG), 2013, Hokkaido, Japan
5. Member of International Scientific Committees/International Advisory Committee- 14th 3rd International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics (3rd ICTG), 04-07 September 2016, Guimarães - Portugal
6. Co-Chair: Indo-Norwegian conference (2008) “Waste Management in India”, New Delhi, India
7. Co-Chair: Indo-Norwegian Conference- 2010 “Environmental Friendly Strategy Related to Waste Management in India utilising Cement and Concrete Production Technology”, NEERI, Nagpur, India
8. Co-Chair: Indo-Norwegian Conference- 2011 “Sustainable Application of mineral wastes”, New Delhi, India
9. Review work related to several Journals including ASTM-Geotechnical Testing Journal, Springer journal KSCE (Korean Society for Civil Engineers), Environmental Geotechnics by ICE.
10. Member of International Scientific Committees/International Advisory Committee- 14th IACMAG (2014), International workshop on landslides in Sensitive clays (IWLSC, 2013), 13th IACMAG (2012), 7th NUMGE (2010)
11. Member of International Scientific Committees/International Advisory Committee- 12th IACMAG (2008), Goa, India
12. Member of International Scientific Committees/International Advisory Committee- 13th IACMAG (2011), Melbourne, Australia
13. Member of International Scientific Committees/International Advisory Committee- 14th IACMAG (2014), Kyoto, Japan
14. Member of International Scientific Committees/International Advisory Committee- 1st International workshop on landslides in Sensitive clays (IWLSC, 2013), Quebec, Canada
15. Member of International Scientific Committees/International Advisory Committee- 7th I
European Conference on Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering,NUMGE (2010), Trondheim, Norway
16. Reviewer - 12th IACMAG (2008), Goa, India
17. Reviewer - 13th IACMAG (2011), Melbourne, Australia
18. Reviewer -- 14th IACMAG (2014), Kyoto, Japan
19. Reviewer - 1st International workshop on landslides in Sensitive clays (IWLSC, 2013), Quebec, Canada
20. Reviewer - 2nd International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics (2nd ICTG), 2013, Hokkaido, Japan
21. Reviewer – Transport Research Arena, 2014, Paris, France
Scientific, academic and artistic work
Displaying a selection of activities. See all publications in the database
2021
- (2021) A new method for storage of block samples: A pilot study. Géotechnique Letters. vol. 11 (3).
- (2021) Retrogressive Failure of Reservoir Rim Sandy Slopes Induced by Steady-State Seepage Condition. Indian Geotechnical Journal (IGJ). vol. 51 (4).
- (2021) A Virtual Reality Tool for Hazard and Risk Mitigation of Landslides through Serious Gamification. INTERPRAEVENT 2021 . Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE); Bergen. 2021-05-31 - 2021-06-02.
- (2021) Effects of soil heterogeneity on susceptibility of shallow landslides. Landslides. Journal of the International Consortium on Landslides. vol. 19.
- (2021) Experimental and Numerical Investigation of One-Dimensional Infiltration into Unsaturated Soil. Challenges and Innovations in Geomechanics: Proceedings of the 16th International Conference of IACMAG - Volume 1.
- (2021) Two-phase SPH-FD depth-integrated model for debris flows: Application to basal grid brakes. Géotechnique.
- (2021) Early Warning of Water-Triggered Landslides. Indian Geotechnical Conference 2019.
- (2021) The Effects of Upstream Flexible Barrier on the Debris Flow Entrainment and Impact Dynamics on a Terminal Barrier. Canadian geotechnical journal (Print).
- (2021) The Significance of Entrainment on Debris Flow Modelling: The Case of Hunnedalen, Norway. Challenges and Innovations in Geomechanics.
2020
- (2020) Field and laboratory study of stress relief due to unloading in block samples of sensitive clay. Géotechnique. vol. 70 (6).
- (2020) Novel Bayesian framework for calibration of spatially distributed physical-based landslide prediction models. Computers and geotechnics. vol. 125.
- (2020) Application of machine learning to the identification of quick and highly sensitive clays from cone penetration tests. Journal of Zhejiang University: Science A. vol. 21 (6).
- (2020) Special Issue on “Materials and Processes for Ground Engineering Infrastructure”. International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering. vol. 6 (32).
- (2020) Forensic Geotechnical Investigation of the Skjeggestad Quick Clay Landslide, Norway. Understanding and Reducing Landslide Disaster Risk Volume 5 Catastrophic Landslides and Frontiers of Landslide Science.
2019
- (2019) Learning about Uncertain Predictions of Rainfall-Induced Landslides from Observed Slope Performance. Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Geotechnical Safety and Risk (ISGSR 2019).
- (2019) IoT-Based Strategies for Risk Management of Rainfall-Induced Landslides: A Review. Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Geotechnical Safety and Risk (ISGSR 2019).
- (2019) Early Warning of Water-Triggered Landslides. Indian Geotechnical Conference . SVNIT Surat; Surat. 2019-12-19 - 2019-12-21.
- (2019) Laboratory scale modelling of debris flows. EGU General Assembly 2019 . European Geosciences Union EGU; Vienna. 2019-04-07 - 2019-04-12.
- (2019) Laboratory investigation of the impact force of debris flow on a passable structure. ECSMGE 2019 - XVII European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering . Icelandic Geotechnical Society IGS; Reykjavik. 2019-09-01 - 2019-09-06.
2018
- (2018) Storage Duration Effects on Soft Clay Samples. Geotechnical Testing Journal. vol. 42 (2).
- (2018) Runout of Flow Landslides. Geotechnics for Natural and Engineered Sustainable Technologies (GeoNEst).
- (2018) Modelling of landslide runout in sensitive clays. 7th Canadian Geohazards Conference. Geohazards 7 . Canadian Geotechnical Society; Canmore. 2018-06-03 - 2018-06-06.
- (2018) IIT Mandi, NDMA organize training program on Landslide Mitigation and DPR Preparation. https://www.thenewshimachal.com/2018/09/iit-mandi-ndma-organ [Avis]. 2018-09-01.
- (2018) Landslide Risk Management with a focus on Early Warning Systems. International Workshop on Landslide Analysis and Mitigation . Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee; Roorkee. 2018-12-07 - 2018-12-07.
- (2018) Landslide Risk Management: Norwegian Perspective. Academic visit . Indian Institute of Hyderabad; Hyderabad. 2018-07-11 - 2018-07-11.
- (2018) Landslide Risk Management: Norwegian Practice. visit . Jamia Univeristy Delhi; Delhi. 2018-10-26 - 2018-10-26.
- (2018) Landslide types, triggering mechanism and instability. Course on Landslide Mitigation and Detailed Project Report (DPR) Preparation. . India Institute of Technology Mandi; Mandi. 2018-08-27 - 2018-08-27.
- (2018) Lecture on Landslide Mitigation (structural and non-structural). Course on Landslide Mitigation and Detailed Project Report (DPR) Preparation. . India Institute of Technology Mandi; Mandi. 2018-08-30 - 2018-08-30.
- (2018) Lecture on Landslide Risk Management. Course on Landslide Mitigation and Detailed Project Report (DPR) Preparation. . India Institute of Technology Mandi; Mandi. 2018-08-31 - 2018-08-31.
- (2018) Lecture on Landslide mobility. Course on Landslide Mitigation and Detailed Project Report (DPR) Preparation. . India Institute of Technology Mandi; Mandi. 2018-08-28 - 2018-08-28.
- (2018) NDMA concludes training on Landslide Mitigation & DPR Preparation. NDMA concludes training on Landslide Mitigation & DPR Prepar [Avis]. 2018-09-01.
- (2018) Recommended practice for soft clay characterisation with a focus on settlement and stability analysis. Indian Geotechnical Conference . Indian Institute of Science; Bangalore. 2018-12-12 - 2018-12-15.
- (2018) Sample disturbances in soft clay samples. Academic visit . Indian Institute of Science; Bangalore. 2018-04-26 - 2018-04-26.
- (2018) Training Programme on Landslide Mitigation. Training Programme on Landslide Mitigation . India Institute of Technology Mandi; Mandi. 2018-11-12 - 2018-11-15.
- (2018) Recommended Practice for Soft Clay Characterization with a focus on settlement and stability analysis. Indian Geotechnical Conference . Indian Institute of Science; Bangalore. 2018-12-12 - 2018-12-15.
- (2018) Shear bands in undrained plane strain compression of Norwegian quick clays. Canadian geotechnical journal (Print). vol. 55 (1).
- (2018) Laboratory investigation of performance of a screen type debris-flow countermeasure. HKIE Transactions. vol. 25 (2).
- (2018) Preliminary study of debris flow impact force on a circular pillar. Physical Modelling in Geotechnics.
2017
- (2017) A New Laboratory Procedure to Study Stress Relief in Soil Samples. Landslides in Sensitive Clays - From Research to Implementation.
- (2017) An attempt to monitor pore pressure changes in a block sample during and after sampling. Géotechnique Letters. vol. 7 (2).
- (2017) Discussion: An attempt to monitor pore pressure changes in a block sample during and after sampling. Géotechnique Letters. vol. 7 (4).
- (2017) Effects of storage on 54 mm piston samples of soft sensitive clay. Unearth the Future, Connect beyond. Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering.
- (2017) Bayesian Updating of Uncertainties in the Stability Analysis of Natural Slopes in Sensitive Clays. Landslides in Sensitive Clays - From Research to Implementation.
- (2017) IMPLEMENTATION OF NON-NEWTONIAN RHEOLOGY FOR DEBRIS FLOW SIMULATION WITH REEF3D. Proceedings of the IAHR World Congress.
- (2017) Viscometric Tests of Sensitive Clay from Byneset, Norway, and Fit to the Herschel–Bulkley Model. Landslides in Sensitive Clays - From Research to Implementation.
- (2017) Runout of Landslides in Sensitive Clays. Landslides in Sensitive Clays - From Research to Implementation.
- (2017) Role of remolding energy in the post failure movements of landslides. Unearth the Future, Connect beyond. Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering.
- (2017) Recommended Practice for the Use of Strength Anisotropy Factors in Stability Calculations. Landslides in Sensitive Clays - From Research to Implementation.
- (2017) Landslide in Sensitive Clays – From Research to Implementation. Landslides in Sensitive Clays - From Research to Implementation.
- (2017) Landslides in Sensitive Clays - From Research to Implementation. Springer. 2017. ISBN 978-3-319-56486-9. Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research (1).
- (2017) Modelling of the Quickness Test of Sensitive Clays Using the Generalized Interpolation Material Point Method. Springer. 2017. ISBN 978-3-319-56486-9.
- (2017) Back-calculation of the Byneset Flow Slide Using the Voellmy Rheology. Landslides in Sensitive Clays - From Research to Implementation.
2016
- (2016) Sample disturbances in block samples on low plastic soft clays. Proceedings of the 17th Nordic Geotechnical Meeting.
- (2016) Engineering characterization of a leached marine clay using Sherbrooke block samples. In pursuit of best practice - Conference proceedings.
- (2016) Interdepartmental Research Programme on Natural Hazards: Infrastructure, Floods and Slides (NIFS). Natural disasters and societal safety.
- (2016) A procedure for the assessment of the undrained shear strength profile of soft clays. Proceedings of the 17th Nordic Geotechnical Meeting.
2015
- (2015) Kvalitetskontroll, analyse og forslag til oppdatering av historiske kvikkleireskred og andre leirskred registrert i Nasjonal skredhendelsesdatabase (NSDB). 2015. ISBN 9788241011122.
- (2015) On engineering characterisation of a low plastic sensitive soft clay. GeoQuebec2015 - Challenges from North to South.
- (2015) Comparison of Two Sample Quality Assessment Methods Applied to Oedometer Test Results. Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Deformation Characteristics of Geomaterials.
- (2015) Valg av karakteristisk cuA – profil basert på felt – og laboratorieundersøkelser. 2015. ISBN 978-82-410-1028-6.
- (2015) Can we assess the effect of storage time on fine-grained soil samples?. Environmental Geotechnics. vol. 2 (4).
- (2015) INTERPRETATION OF UNDRAINED SHEAR STRENGTH OF SOFT MARINE CLAY DEPOSITS BASED ON LABORATORY AND IN-SITU TESTING METHODS. Conference Proceedings for 50th Indian Geotechnical Conference.
- (2015) INTERPRETATION OF UNDRAINED SHEAR STRENGTH OF SOFT MARINE CLAY DEPOSITS BASED ON LABORATORY AND IN-SITU TESTING METHODS. 50th Indian Geotechnical Conference . Indian Geotechnical Society; Pune. 2015-12-17 - 2015-12-19.
- (2015) In-situ determination of disintegration energy of sensitiv clays. 68 th Canadian Geotechnical Conference and 7 th Canadian Permafrost Conference . Canadian Geotechnical Society; Quebec. 2015-11-20 - 2015-11-23.
- (2015) Introduction to Geo-environmental engineering. GIAN course on Modern Geotechnical Engineering . National Institute of Technology Raipur; Raipur. 2015-12-25 - 2015-12-25.
- (2015) Kvikkleire. Grunnboringsskolen . Statens vegvesen; Drammen. 2015-11-02 - 2015-11-06.
- (2015) Landslide Challenges in Norway. Guest lecture . Disaster Prevention Research Institute; Kyoto. 2015-12-02 - 2015-12-05.
- (2015) Long term slope stability analysis. GIAN course on Modern Geotechnical Engineering . National Institute of Technology Raipur; Raipur. 2015-12-23 - 2015-12-23.
- (2015) Nasjon på leirføtter trenger kunnskap. Universitetsavisa [Avis]. 2015-03-19.
- (2015) Short-term slope stability analysis. GIAN course on Modern Geotechnical Engineering . National Institute of Technology Raipur; Raipur. 2015-12-22 - 2015-12-22.
- (2015) Skjærfasthet i jord. NGF stabilitetskurs . Norsk geoteknisk forening; Trondheim. 2015-02-04 - 2015-02-05.
- (2015) Slope stability analysis. GIAN course on Modern Geotechnical Engineering . National Institute of Technology Raipur; Raipur. 2015-12-24 - 2015-12-24.
- (2015) Slope stability basics. GIAN course on Modern Geotechnical Engineering . National Institute of Technology, Raipur India; Raipur. 2015-12-21 - 2015-12-21.
- (2015) Vane shear testing in sensitive clays. Guest lecture . Tampere University of Technology; Tampere. 2015-11-06 - 2015-11-07.
- (2015) Understanding the Disintegration of Sensitive Clays using Remolding Energy Concept. Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Deformation Characteristics of Geomaterials.
- (2015) Understanding the Disintegration of Sensitive clays using the Remolding Energy Concept. Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Deformation Characteristics of Geomaterials ; 2015-11-17 - 2015-11-20.
- (2015) In-situ determination of remolding energy of soft sensitive clays. GeoQuebec2015 - Challenges from North to South.
- (2015) Geohazards and Risk Analysis. 2015.
- (2015) Skredet ved Mofjellbekken bruer (Skjeggestadskredet). 2015. ISBN 9788241011009.
2014
- (2014) Effect of Strain-Softening in Design of Fills on Gently Inclined Areas with Soft Sensitive Clays. Landslides in Sensitive Clays - From Geosciences to Risk Management.
- (2014) Quickness test approach for assessment of flow slide potentials. Geotechnical Engineering. vol. 45 (1).
- (2014) Characterization of Post-failure Movements of Landslides. Landslides in Sensitive Clays - From Geosciences to Risk Management.
- (2014) How Well Do We Understand the Undrained Strain Softening Response in Soft Sensitive Clays?. Landslides in Sensitive Clays - From Geosciences to Risk Management.
- (2014) Run-out of sensitive clay debris: significance of the flow behavior of sensitive clays. Geotechnical Engineering. vol. 45 (3).
- (2014) A preliminary study of rheological models for run-out distance modelling of sensitive clay debris. Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering: Proceedings of the 8th European Conference on Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering, Delft, The Netherlands, 18-20 June 2014.
2013
- (2013) Orientation of locally drained shear bands in contractant clays. International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering. vol. 7 (3).
- (2013) Disintegration energy of sensitive clays. Géotechnique Letters. vol. 3 (1).
2012
- (2012) Quickness of sensitive clays. Géotechnique Letters. vol. 2 (3).
2008
- (2008) The Verdal and Rissa landslides - Application of case histories in education. 6th Int Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering ; Arlington. 2008-08-11 - 2008-08-16.
- (2008) Pile movements induced instability of engineered slopes. 12th Int Conference of International Assoc for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics . IACMAG; Goa. 2008-10-01 - 2008-10-06.
- (2008) Modelling of Orientation of Partly Drained Shear Band. 12th IACMAG . Indian Institute of Technology; Goa. 2008-10-01 - 2008-10-06.
- (2008) Extended Element Modelling (X-FEM) of progressive sliding in geomaterials. Nordisk Geoteknikermøte nr.15, Proceedings.
2007
- (2007) On the onset and propagation of shear bank in undrained geomaterials (5 p). 8th Int Conference on the Analysis of Discontinuous Deformation ICADD/ . ICADD7; Beijing. 2007-05-10 - 2007-05-12.
- (2007) Modeling undrained instability in geomaterial using an extended finite element method (PUM/XFEM). The rode of geomechanics in the stability of development of mining industry and civil engineering.
- (2007) Strain Localization in Sensitive Soft Clays. 2007. ISBN 9788247139097. Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU (2007-178).
- (2007) Kinematics of shear zone deformation in soft sensitive clays. Bifurcation, Instabilities and Degradation in Geomechanics.
- (2007) Evaluation of various pedo-transfer functions for developing soil-water characteristic curve of a silty soil. Geotechnical Testing Journal. vol. 30 (1).
2006
- (2006) Rate dependent elastoplastic deformation of shear band in sensitive clays. Electronic Journal of Geotechnical Engineering. vol. 10.
- (2006) Calculation of shear band thickness in sensitive clays. Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering.
- (2006) Instability in soft sensitive clays. 2006 ECI Conference on Geohazards . ECI (http://services.bepress.com/eci/geohazards/43); Lillehammer. 2006-06-18 - 2006-06-21.
- (2006) Phenomenological issues related to strain localization in sensitive clays. Geotechnical and Geological Engineering. vol. 24.
2005
- (2005) Experimental observation on formation and propagation of shear zone in Norwegian quick clay. Landslides and Avalanches, ICFL 2005 Norway.
- (2005) Study on pore water pressure dissipation during shear banding in sensitive clays. IACMAG, Prediction, analysis and design in geomechanical applications.
- (2005) Rapid determination of swelling pressure of clay minerals. Journal of Testing and Evaluation. vol. 33 (4).
- (2005) Parameters affecting soil-water characteristic curves of fine-grained soils. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. vol. 131 (4).
2004
- (2004) Failure of geogrid reinforced structure: A critical review using Plaxis. International Conference on Geosynthetics and Geoenvironmental Engineering . Indian Institute of Technology Bombay; Bombay. 2004-12-08 - 2004-12-10.