Prof Jayantha Kodikara - Researcher Profile

Biography

Jayantha works in the Faculty of Engineering at Monash University as an Associate Professor.

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Keywords

Geotechnical Engineering, Unsaturated soil mechanics, Onshore and offshore pipe line systems, geo-infrastructure, shrinkage cracking, desiccation rate, crack evolution, digital photography, fracture energy

Qualifications

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 1989

Publications

Books

Bouazza, A., Kodikara, J., Parker, R. (eds), 1997, Environmental Geotechnics, A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam Netherland.

Book Chapters

Kodikara, J.K., Costa, W.D.S., 2012, Desiccation cracking in clayey soils: mechanisms and modelling, in Multiphysical Testing of Soils and Shales, eds Prof Dr Lyesse Laloui and Dr Alessio Ferrari, Springer Science+Business Media, Heidelberg Gernmany, pp. 21-32.

Kodikara, J.K., Yeo, R., 2005, Performance evaluation of road pavements stabilised in situ, in Ground Improvement - Case Histories, eds Buddhima Indraratna and Jian Chu, Elsevier, Oxford Uk, pp. 409-443.

Journal Articles

Gould, S., Kodikara, J.K., Rajeev, P., Burn, S., Zhao, X.L., Marlow, D., 2012, A new method for developing equations applied to the water retention curve, Soil Science Society of America Journal [P], vol 76, issue 3, Soil Science Society of America, Madison WI USA, pp. 806-814.

Haque, A., Kodikara, J., 2012, A simplified analytical model for predicting the shear behaviour of regular triangular rock/concrete joints under constant normal stiffness, Geotechnique [P], vol 62, issue 2, ICE Publishing, London UK, pp. 171-176.

El Maarry, R., Kodikara, J.K., Wijesooriya, S.D., Thomas, N., 2012, Desiccation mechanism for formation of giant polygons on Earth and intermediate-sized polygons on Mars: results from a pre-fracture model, Earth And Planetary Science Letters [P], vol 323, Elsevier Science BV, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 19-26.

Sun, M.Z., Duan, W., Wang, Q., Dowman, M., Kodikara, J.K., 2012, Driving forces and transportation efficiency in water transportation through single-walled carbon nanotubes, Journal of Nanotechnology in Engineering and Medicine [P], vol 3, ASME International, Fairfield NJ USA, pp. 1-5.

Costa, W.D.S., Kodikara, J.K., 2012, Evaluation of J integral for clay soils using a new ring test, Geotechnical Testing Journal (E), vol 35, issue 6, A S T M International, USA, pp. 1-9.

Rajeev, P., Chan, D.C.C., Kodikara, J.K., 2012, Ground-atmosphere interaction modelling for long-term prediction of soil moisture and temperature, Canadian Geotechnical Journal [P], vol 49, issue 9, Canadian Science Publishing, Ottawa ON Canada, pp. 1059-1073.

Kodikara, J.K., 2012, New framework for volumetric constitutive behaviour of compacted unsaturated soils, Canadian Geotechnical Journal [P], vol 49, issue 11, Canadian Science Publishing, Ottawa ON Canada, pp. 1227-1243.

Gallage, C.P.K., Kodikara, J.K., Chan, D.C.C., 2012, Response of a plastic pipe buried in expansive clay, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Geotechnical Engineering [P], vol 165, issue 1, ICE Publishing, London Uk, pp. 45-57.

Perera, M., Pathegama Gamage, R., Choi, S., Bouazza, A., Kodikara, J., Airey, D., 2011, A review of coal properties pertinent to carbon dioxide sequestration in coal seams: with special reference to Victorian brown coals, Environmental Earth Sciences [P], vol 64, issue 1, Springer, New York USA, pp. 223-235.

Gould, S., Kodikara, J., Rajeev, P., Zhao, X., Burn, S., 2011, A void ratio - water content - net stress model for environmentally stabilized expansive soils, Canadian Geotechnical Journal [P], vol 48, issue 6, Canadian Science Publishing, Ottawa Canada, pp. 867-877.

Amarasiri, A., Kodikara, J., 2011, Determination of cohesive properties for mode I fracture from beams of soft rock, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences [P], vol 48, issue 2, Pergamon-Elsevier Science, Oxford UK, pp. 336-340.

Amarasiri, A., Costa, W., Kodikara, J., 2011, Determination of cohesive properties for mode I fracture from compacted clay beams, Canadian Geotechnical Journal [P], vol 48, issue 8, NRC Research Press, Canada, pp. 1163-1173.

Kodikara, J., Rajeev, P., Rhoden, N., 2011, Determination of thermal diffusivity of soil using infrared thermal imaging, Canadian Geotechnical Journal [P], vol 48, issue 8, Canadian Science Publishing, Ottawa Canada, pp. 1295-1302.

Rajeev, P., Kodikara, J., 2011, Numerical modelling of an experimental pipe buried in swelling soil, Computers and Geotechnics [P], vol 38, issue 7, Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford UK, pp. 897-904.

Amarasiri, A., Kodikara, J., Costa, S., 2011, Numerical modelling of desiccation cracking, International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics [P], vol 35, issue 1, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Sussex UK, pp. 82-96.

Gould, S., Boulaire, F., Burn, S., Zhao, X., Kodikara, J., 2011, Seasonal factors influencing the failure of buried water reticulation pipes, Water Science And Technology [P], vol 63, issue 11, IWA Publishing, London UK, pp. 2692-2699.

Amarasiri, A., Kodikara, J., 2011, Use of material interfaces in DEM to simulate soil fracture propagation in mode I Cracking, International Journal of Geomechanics [P], vol 314, American Society of Civil Engineers, USA, pp. 1-9.

Wilkinson, A., Haque, A., Kodikara, J., Adamson, J., Christie, D., 2010, Improvement of problematic soils by lime slurry pressure injection: case study, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering - ASCE [P], vol 136, issue 10, ASCE, Virginia USA, pp. 1459-1468.

Wilkinson, A., Haque, A., Kodikara, J., 2010, Stabilisation of clayey soils with industrial by-products: part a, Ground Improvement [P], vol 163, issue 3, Institution of Civil Engineers, London UK, pp. 149-163.

Wilkinson, A., Haque, A., Kodikara, J., 2010, Stabilisation of clayey soils with industrial by-products: part b, Ground Improvement [P], vol 163, issue 3, Institution of Civil Engineers, London UK, pp. 165-172.

Kodikara, J., Haque, A., Lee, K., 2010, Theoretical p-y curves for laterally loaded single piles in undrained clay using bezier curves, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering - ASCE [P], vol 136, issue 1, American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston Virginia USA, pp. 265-268.

Jasinge, D., Ranjith, P.G., Choi, S.X., Kodikara, J.K., Arthur, M., Li, H.H., 2009, Mechanical properties of reconstituted Australian black coal, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engi..., vol 135, issue 7, American Society of Civil Engineers, USA, pp. 980-985.

Byrne, M., Albrecht, D.W., Sanjayan, J.G., Kodikara, J.K., 2009, Recognizing patterns in seasonal variation of pavement roughness using minimum message length inference, Computer-Aided Civil And Infrastructure Engineering [P], vol 24, issue 2, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Inc., USA, pp. 120-129.

Bouazza, A., Vangpaisal, T., Abuel Naga, H., Kodikara, J.K., 2008, Analytical modelling of gas leakage rate through a geosynthetic clay liner-geomembrane composite liner due to a circular defect in the geomembrane, Geotextiles and Geomembranes, vol 26, issue 2, Elsevier Ltd, Oxford UK, pp. 122-129.

Byrne, M., Albrecht, D.W., Sanjayan, J.G., Kodikara, J.K., 2008, Identifying the effects of soil and climate types on seasonal variation of pavement roughness using MML Inference, Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, vol 22, issue 2, American Society of Civil Engineers, USA, pp. 90-99.

Nahlawi, H., Bouazza, A., Kodikara, J.K., 2007, Characterisation of geotextiles water retention using a modified capillary pressure cell, Geotextiles and Geomembranes, vol 25, issue 3, Elsevier Ltd, London UK, pp. 186-193.

Chakrabarti, S., Kodikara, J.K., 2007, Direct tensile failure of cementitiously stabilized crushed rock materials, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, vol 44, issue 2, NRC Research Press, Canada, pp. 231-240.

Mudd, G.M., Chakrabarti, S., Kodikara, J.K., 2007, Evaluation of engineering properties for the use of leached brown coal ash in soil covers, Journal of Hazardous Materials, vol 139, issue 3, Elsevier BV, The Netherlands, pp. 409-412.

Chakrabarti, S., Kodikara, J.K., 2007, Microstructure and its relationship to some material properties of cementitiously stabilised crushed basaltic rock, Road Transport Research: the Journal of Australian and New Zealand Research and Practice, vol 16, issue 2, ARRB Goup Ltd, Australia, pp. 3-18.

Kodikara, J.K., Wightwick, M.J., Ranjith, P.G., 2006, Assessment of capillary ingress of water in stabilised pavement materials, Australian Geomechanics: Journal and News of the Australian Geomechanics Society, vol 41, issue 3, The Australian Geomechanics Society, St Ives NSW Australia, pp. 115-132.

Kodikara, J.K., 2006, Discussion of "Rate of capillary rise in soil" by N. Lu and W.J. Likos, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, vol 132, issue 2, American Society of Civil Engineers, USA, pp. 278-279.

Kodikara, J.K., Seneviratne, H.N., Wijayakulasooryia, C.V., 2006, Discussion of "Using a small ring and a fall-cone to determine the plastic limit" by Tao-Wei Feng, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, vol 130, issue 6, American Society of Civil Engineers, USA, pp. 276-277.

Nahlawi, H., Kodikara, J.K., 2006, Laboratory experiments on desiccation cracking of thin soil layers, Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, vol 24, Springer, The Netherlands, pp. 1641-1664.

Chakrabarti, S., Kodikara, J.K., 2006, Modelling drying shrinkage of cement-stabilised crushed rock, Construction Materials: Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, vol 159, issue CM2, Thomas Telford, UK, pp. 67-75.

Kodikara, J.K., Kong, K.H., Haque, A., 2006, Numerical evaluation of side resistance of tapered piles in mudstone, Geotechnique, vol 56, issue 7, Thomas Telford Ltd, UK, pp. 505-510.

Kong, K.H., Kodikara, J.K., Haque, A., 2006, Numerical modelling of the side resistance development of piles in mudstone with direct use of sidewall roughness, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, vol 43, issue 6, Pergamon, UK, pp. 987-995.

Kodikara, J.K., Lee, K.Y., Haque, A., 2006, Theoretical prediction of P-Y curves for laterally loaded piles in clay, Australian Geomechanics: Journal and News of the Australian Geomechanics Society, vol 41, issue 4, The Australian Geomechanics Society, St Ives NSW Australia, pp. 69-77.

Byrne, M., Sanjayan, G., Albrecht, D.W., Kodikara, J.K., Martin, T., 2005, Application of data mining in pavement performance modelling - a case study, Road & Transport Research, vol 14, issue 4, ARRB Group, Vermont South Vic Australia, pp. 27-43.

Kodikara, J.K., Chakrabarti, S., 2005, Modeling of moisture diffusion in crushed basaltic rock stabilized with cementitious binders, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, vol 17, issue 6, American Society of Civil Engineers, USA, pp. 703-710.

Kodikara, J.K., Chakrabarti, S., 2005, Modeling of moisture loss in cementitiously stabilized pavement materials, International Journal of Geomechanics, vol 5, issue 4, C R C Press, LLC, USA, pp. 295-303.

Chakrabarti, S., Kodikara, J.K., 2005, Shrinkage behaviour of crushed basaltic rock and residual clay mixture stabilized with cementitious binders, International Journal of Pavement Engineering, vol 6, issue 1, Taylor & Francis Ltd, UK, pp. 27-37.

Chakrabarti, S., Kodikara, J.K., 2005, Stabilization of crushed basaltic rocks and clay mixtures using cementitious additives, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, vol 17, issue 4, American Society of Civil Engineers, USA, pp. 432-439.

Nahlawi, H., Chakrabarti, S., Kodikara, J.K., 2004, A direct tensile strength testing method for unsaturated geomaterials, Geotechnical Testing Journal, vol 27, issue 4, ASTM International, West Conshohocken USA, pp. 356-361.

Mudd, G.M., Weaver, T.R., Kodikara, J.K., 2004, Environmental geochemistry of leachate from leached brown coal ash, Journal of Environmental Engineering, vol 130, issue 12, American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston USA, pp. 1514-1526.

Lee, K.Y., Kodikara, J.K., Bouazza, A., 2004, Modeling and laboratory assessment of capillary rise in stabilized pavement materials, Transportation Research Record, vol 1868, US National Council, Transportation Research Board, Washington USA, pp. 3-13.

Kodikara, J.K., Nahlawi, H., Bouazza, A., 2004, Modelling of curling in desiccating clay, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, vol 41, issue 3, NRC Research Press, Ottawa Canada, pp. 560-566.

Wilkinson, A.D., Haque, A., Kodikara, J.K., Christie, D., Adamson, J., 2004, Stabilisation of reactive subgrades by cementitious slurry injection - a review, Australian Geomechanics, vol 39, issue 4, Australian Geomechanics Society, Barton ACT Australia, pp. 81-93.

Kodikara, J.K., Rahman, F., 2002, Effects of specimen consolidation on the laboratory hydraulic conductivity measurement, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, vol 39, issue 4, NRC Canada, Canada, pp. 908-923.

Chakrabarti, S., Kodikara, J., Pardo, L., 2002, Survey results on stabilisation methods and performance of local government roads in Australia, Road & Transport Research, vol 11, issue 3, ARRB Transport Research Ltd, Vermont South Vic Australia, pp. 3-16.

Kodikara, J., Rahman, F., Barbour, L.S., 2002, Towards a more rational approach to chemical compatibility testing of clay, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, vol 39, issue 3, NRC Research Press, Canada, pp. 597-607.

Kodikara, J.K., Rahman, F., Barbour, S.L., 2002, Towards a more rational approach to chemical compatibility testing of clay, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, vol 39, issue 3, NRC Canada, Canada, pp. 597-607.

Rahman, F., Kodikara, J.K., Bouazza, A., 2001, Compatibility of some compacted Victorian soils with organic chemicals and waste leachates, Australian Geomechanics, vol 36, issue 4, Australian Geomechanics Society, Barton ACT Australia, pp. 43-57.

Kodikara, J.K., 2000, Analysis of tension development in geomembranes placed on landfill slopes, Geotextiles and Geomembranes, vol 18, Elsevier Science Ltd, UK, pp. 47-61.

Mudd, G.M., Kodikara, J.K., 2000, Field studies of the leachability of aged brown coal ash, Journal of Hazardous Materials, vol 2459, Elsevier Science B.V., Netherland, pp. 1-34.

Conference Proceedings

Kodikara, J.K., Islam, M.T., Rajeev, P., 2013, New practical framework for predicting compacted soil behaviour, Proceedings of the International Conference on Ground Improvement & Ground Control: Transport Infrastructure and Natural Hazards Mitigation, 30 October 2012 to 2 November 2012, Research Publishing Services, Singapore, pp. 1005-1013.

Senthilkumar, M., Rajeev, P., Kodikara, J.K., 2012, Axial load displacement behaviour of a partially embedded pipe using numerical analysis, ANZ2012 Conference Proceedings, 15 July 2012 to 18 July 2012, Australian Geomechanics Society, NSW Australia, pp. 770-775.

Wijesooriya, S.D., Kodikara, J.K., 2012, Experimental study of shrinkage and swelling behaviour of a compacted expansive clay soil, 11th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics ANZ 2012 Conference Proceedings, 15 July 2012 to 18 July 2012, Australian Geomechanical Society and New Zealand Geotechnical Society, Australia, pp. 25-30.

Rajeev, P., Kodikara, J.K., 2012, Field behaviour of buried water and gas pipes in expansive soil, ANZ2012 Conference Proceedings, 15 July 2012 to 18 July 2012, Australian Geomechanics Society, NSW Australia, pp. 19-24.

Shannon, B.M., Kodikara, J.K., 2012, Tensile strength of consolidated clay using indirect tests under desiccation and mechanical loading, 11th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics ANZ 2012 Conference Proceedings, 15 July 2012 to 18 July 2012, Australian Geomechanical Society and New Zealand Geotechnical Society, Australia, pp. 296-301.

De Silva, P.N.K., Pathegama Gamage, R., Bouazza, A., Kodikara, J.K., Choi, S.K., 2011, A study of CO2 storage capacity estimation under supercritical conditions, GeoHunan 2011 - Advances in Unsaturated Soil, Geo-Hazard, and Geo-Environmental Engineering, 9 June 2011 to 11 June 2011, American Society of Civil Engineers, USA, pp. 242-249.

Perera, S., Pathegama Gamage, R., Choi, S.K., Bouazza, A., Kodikara, J.K., 2011, Effects of seam conditions, injection pressure, and gas composition on CO2 sequestration in coal, GeoHunan 2011 - Advances in Unsaturated Soil, Geo-Hazard, and Geo-Environmental Engineering, 9 June 2011 to 11 June 2011, American Society of Civil Engineers, USA, pp. 250-257.

Shannon, B., Kodikara, J., 2011, Fracture toughness tests on consolidated clay beams using digital image correlation, Computer Methods for Geomechanics: Frontiers and New Applications, 9 May 2011 to 11 May 2011, Centre for Infrastructure Engineering and Safety, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 449-454.

Pallewela Liyanage, P., Pathegama Gamage, R., Kodikara, J., Bouazza, A., 2011, Implications of joint properties on the strength of a jointed rock mass, Proceedings of the GeoHunan International Conference, 9 June 2011 to 11 June 2011, American Society of Civil Engineers, USA, pp. 258-266.

Senthilkumar, M., Rajeev, P., Kodikara, J., Thusynathan, N., 2011, Laboratory modelling of pipe-clay seabed interaction in axial direction, Proceedings of Twenty-first (2011) International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, 19 June 2011 to 24 June 2011, International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers (ISOPE), USA, pp. 95-102.

Wijesooriya, S., Kodikara, J., Amarasiri, A., 2011, Modeling of desiccation crack depths using UDEC in drying clay soils, Computer Methods for Geomechanics: Frontiers and New Applications, 9 May 2011 to 11 May 2011, Centre for Infrastructure Engineering and Safety, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 246-250.

Amarasiri, A., Kodikara, J., 2011, Numerical modeling of desiccation cracking using the cohesive crack method and random material property variations, Computer Methods for Geomechanics: Frontiers and New Applications, 9 May 2011 to 11 May 2011, Centre for Infrastructure Engineering and Safety, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 360-364.

Shannon, B., Rajeev, P., Kodikara, J., 2011, Numerical modeling of restrained clay desiccation shrinkage using FLAC3D, Proceedings of the 2nd International FLAC/DEM Symposium - Continuum and Distinct Element Numerical Modeling in Geomechanics - 2011, 14 February 2011 to 16 February 2011, Itasca International Inc., Minneapolis USA, pp. 407-414.

Senthilkumar, M., Kodikara, J., Rajeev, P., 2011, Numerical modelling of undrained vertical load displacement behaviour of offshore pipeline using coupled analysis, Proceedings of 2011 Pan-Am CGS Geotechnical Conference, 2 October 2011 to 6 October 2011, Pan-Am CGS 2011 Organizing Committee, Canada, pp. 1-8.

Senthilkumar, M., Kodikara, J., Rajeev, P., 2011, Numerical modelling of undrained vertical load-deformation behaviour of seabed pipelines, Computer Methods for Geomechanics: Frontiers and New Applications, 9 May 2011 to 11 May 2011, Centre for Infrastructure Engineering and Safety, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 945-950.

Kodikara, J., Amarasiri, A., 2011, Use of UDEC interfaces to model cohesive cracks in geomaterials, Proceedings of the 2nd International FLAC/DEM Symposium - Continuum and Distinct Element Numerical Modeling in Geomechanics - 2011, 14 February 2011 to 16 February 2011, Itasca International Inc., Minneapolis USA, pp. 415-421.

Shannon, B., Gallage, C., Kodikara, J., 2010, Experimental modelling of coupled water flow and associated movements in swelling soils, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Problematic Soils, 7 April 2010 to 9 April 2010, CI-Premier, Adelaide South Australia, pp. 295-302.

Chan, D., Rajeev, P., Kodikara, J., Gallage, C., 2010, Regional field measurement of soil moisture content with neutron probe, Proceedings of the Seventeenth Southeast Asian Geotechnical Conference, 10 May 2010 to 13 May 2010, Taiwan Geotechnical Society and Southeast Asian Geotechnical Society, Taipei Taiwan, pp. 92-95.

Costa, W., Kodikara, J., 2010, Shrinkage development during soil desiccation, Unsaturated Soils, 23 November 2009 to 25 November 2009, Taylor & Francis Group, London, pp. 433-436.

Chan, D.C.C., Gallage, C.P.K., Gould, S., Kodikara, J.K., Bouazza, A., Cull, J.P., 2009, Field instrumentation of water reticulation pipe buried in reactive soil, Ozwater'09 "From Challenges to Solutions" - Proceedings of Australia's National Water Conference and Exhibition, 16 March 2009 to 18 March 2009, Australian Water Association, St Leonards NSW Australia, pp. 1-8.

Amarasiri, A.L., Kodikara, J.K., Costa, W.D., 2009, Numerical modelling of laboratory tests on desiccation cracking, Proceedings of the 1st Int. Symp. on Computational Geomechanics (COMGEO I ), 29 April 2009 to 1 May 2009, Int. Centre for Computational Engineering (IC2E), Rhodes Greece, pp. 302-310.

Gould, S., Boulaire, F., Marlow, D., Kodikara, J.K., 2009, Understanding how the Australian climate can affect pipe failure, Ozwater'09 "From Challenges to Solutions", Proceedings of Australia's National Water Conference and Exhibition, 16 March 2009 to 18 March 2009, Australian Water Association, St Leonards NSW Australia, pp. 1-8.

Gallage, C.P.K., Kodikara, J.K., Chan, D.C.C., Davis, P., 2008, A comparison of the results of the numerical analysis and the physical behaviour of a pipe buried in reactive clay, Proceedings of the 12th Int. Conf. of the Int. Assoc. for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (12th IACMAG), 1/10/2008 to 6/10/2008, IACMAG, India, pp. 1276-1284.

Nahlawi, H., Bouazza, A., Kodikara, J.K., 2008, Capillary rise in unsaturated nonwoven geotextiles, Proceedings of the First Pan American Geosynthetics Conference and Exhibition (GeoAmericas 2008), 2/03/2008 to 5/03/2008, Industrial Fabrics Association International, Minneapolis USA, pp. 281-289.

Jasinge, D., Ranjith, P.G., Choi, S.X., Kodikara, J.K., 2008, Effect of carbon dioxide injection on the mechanical properties of synthetic brown coal, Proceedings of the 1st Southern Hemisphere Int. Rock Mechanics Symposium (SHIRMS2008), 16/09/2008 to 19/09/2008, Australian Centre for Geomechanics, University of Western Australia, Nedlands WA Australia, pp. 301-307.

Costa, W.D., Kodikara, J.K., Thusyanthan, N., 2008, Modelling of desiccation crack development in clay soils, Proceedings of the 12th Int. Conf. of the Int. Assoc. for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (12th IACMAG), 1/10/2008 to 6/10/2008, IACMAG, India, pp. 1099-1107.

Shukla, R., Ranjith, P.G., Choi, S.X., Kodikara, J.K., 2008, Some aspects of cap rock failure in geo-sequestration of CO2: A review, Proceedings of the 12th Int. Conf. of the Int. Assoc. for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG), 1/10/2008 to 6/10/2008, IACMAG, Goa India, pp. 2197-2203.

Costa, W.D., Kodikara, J.K., Thusyanthan, N., 2008, Study of desiccation cracks evolution using image analysis, Unsaturated Soils: Advances in Geo-Engineering - Proceedings of the First European Conference on Unsaturated Soils (E-UNSAT 2008), 2/07/2008 to 4/07/2008, CRC Press/Balkema, The Netherlands, pp. 159-164.

Darlington, W.J., Ranjith, P.G., Choi, S.X., Kodikara, J.K., 2008, The acoustic emission response of intact and jointed quartzite under uniaxial compression, Proceedings of the 1st Southern Hemisphere Int. Rock Mechanics Symp. (SHIRMS2008), 16/09/2008 to 19/09/2008, Aust. Centre for Geomechanics, University of Western Aust, Nedlands WA Australia, pp. 533-542.

Kurucuk, N., Kodikara, J.K., Fredlund, D.G., 2008, Theoretical modelling of the compaction curve, Unsaturated Soils: Advances in Geo-Engineering - Proceedings of the First European Conference on Unsaturated Soils (E-UNSAT 2008), 2/07/2008 to 4/07/2008, CRC Press/Balkema, The Netherlands, pp. 375-379.

Matacin, T., Kodikara, J.K., 2007, An extension of the Thornthwaite Moisture Index for geotechnical engineering purposes, Common Ground - Proceedings of the 10th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics, 21/10/2007 to 24/10/2007, Carillon Conf. Management Pty Ltd for the AGS, Australia, pp. 510-515.

Kodikara, J.K., 2007, Cementitous stabilisation of unbound road pavements, Proceedings of the SLGS' 1st International Conference on Soil and Rock Engineering, 5/08/2007 to 11/08/2007, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ USA, pp. 1-7.

Lee, K.Y., Kodikara, J.K., Wardle, L.J., 2007, Continuous mechanistic deterioration modelling of road pavements, Common Ground - Proceedings of the 10th Australia New Zealand Conf. on Geomechanics, 21/10/2007 to 24/10/2007, Carillon Conf. Management Pty Ltd for the AGS, Australia, pp. 502-507.

Chan, D.C.C., Kodikara, J.K., Gould, S.J.F., Ranjith, P.G., Choi, S.X., Davis, P., 2007, Data analysis and laboratory investigation of the behaviour of pipes buried in reactive clay, Common Ground - Proceedings of the 10th Australia New Zealand Conf. on Geomechanics, 21/10/2007 to 24/10/2007, Carillon Conf. Management Pty Ltd for the AGS, Australia, pp. 206-211.

Costa, W.D., Kodikara, J.K., 2007, Investigation of desiccation cracking using automated digital photography, Common Ground - Proceedings of the 10th Australia New Zealand Conf. on Geomechanics, 21/10/2007 TO 24/10/2007, Carillon Conf. Management Pty Ltd for Australian Geomechanics Society, Australia, pp. 338-343.

Wilkinson, A.D., Haque, A., Kodikara, J.K., Adamson, J., Christie, D., 2007, Lime slurry pressure injection of railway subgrades, Proceedings of the 10th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics, 21/10/2007 to 24/10/2007, Carillon Conference Management for the Australian Geomechanics Society, Brisbane QLD Australia, pp. 192-197.

Kurucuk, N., Kodikara, J.K., Fredlund, D., 2007, Prediction of compaction curves, Common Ground - Proceedings of the 10th Australia New Zealand Conf. on Geomechanics, 21 October 2007 to 24 October 2007, Carillon Conf. Management Pty Ltd for the AGS, Australia, pp. 114-119.

Nahlawi, H., Bouazza, A., Kodikara, J.K., 2007, Surface water infiltration in a 1-dimensional soil-geotextile column, Proceedings of the 10th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics, 21/10/2007 to 24/10/2007, Australian Geomechanics Society, Brisbane QLD Australia, pp. 368-373.

Wightwick, M.J., Kodikara, J.K., Ranjith, P.G., 2007, The water retention characteristics of road pavement material stabilised with hydrophobic additives, Common Ground - Proceedings of the 10th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics, 21/10/2007 to 24/10/2007, Carillon Conf. Management Pty Ltd for AGS, Australia, pp. 580-585.

Byrne, M., Sanjayan, G., Kodikara, J.K., Albrecht, D.W., 2006, A minimum message length approach to inferring deterioration of pavements with family modelling, Research into Practice: Proceedings of the 22nd ARRB Conference, 29 October 2006 to 02 November 2006, ARRB Group Ltd, Vermont South Vic Australia, pp. 1-15.

Kodikara, J.K., Choi, S.X., 2006, A simplified analytical model for desiccation cracking of clay layers in laboratory tests, Unsaturated Soils 2006: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Unsaturated Soils, 02 April2006 TO 06 April 2006, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Reston VA USA, pp. 2558-2569.

Wightwick, M.J., Kodikara, J.K., Ranjith, P.G., 2006, Capillary rise in road pavement material stabilised using hydrophobic additives, Research into Practice: Proceedings of the 22nd ARRB Conference 2006, 29 October 2006 to 2 November 2006, ARRB Group Ltd, Australia, pp. 1-12.

Kodikara, J.K., 2006, Conceptual approaches for considering shrinkage cracking in the cement stabilised pavement mix design, Research Into Practice: Proceedings of the 22nd ARRB Conference, 29 October 2006 to 2 November 2006, ARRB Group Ltd, Australia, pp. 1-14.

Wilkinson, A.D., Haque, A., Kodikara, J.K., 2006, Factors affecting cementitious stabilization in a range of geo-environments, Advances in Unsaturated Soil, Seepage and Environmental Geotechnics: Proceedings of Sessions of GeoShanghai, 06 June 2006 to 08 June 2006, American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston USA, pp. 323-328.

Kong, K.H., Haque, A., Kodikara, J.K., Ranjith, P.G., 2006, Numerical modelling of shear behaviour of inclined saw-tooth mudstone-concrete joint using FLAC, Rock Mechanics in Underground Construction: Proceedings of the 4th Asian Rock Mechanics Symposium, 08 November 2006 to 10 November 2006, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd, Singapore, pp. 1-8.

Bouazza, A., Nahlawi, H., Kodikara, J.K., Delage, P., 2006, Water retention curves of a non woven polyester geotextile, Unsaturated Soils 2006 Volume Two. Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Unsaturated Soils, 2 April 2006 to 6 April 2006, American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston USA, pp. 1651-1658.

Yuen, S.T.S., Naidu, S., Kodikara, J.K., 2005, Collaborative development of multimedia courseware in geotechnical engineering education, Proceedings of the 4th ASEE/AaeE Global Colloquium on Engineering Education: Globisation of Engineering Education Kindergarten to Year 12 Pipeline Transformation Disicipline, 26 September 2005 to 30 September 2005, School of Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane Qld Australia, pp. 1-9.

Chakrabarti, S., Mudd, G.M., Kodikara, J.K., 2005, Coupled atmospheric-unsaturated flow modelling of leached ash disposal in the Latrobe Valley, Australia, Beneficial Use of Waste and By-Products: Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Engineering for Waste Treatment -, 17 May 2005 to 19 May 2005, Ecole des Mines d'Albi-Carmaux, Albi France, pp. 1-8.

Mudd, G.M., Chakrabarti, S., Kodikara, J.K., 2005, Engineering review of the use of leached brown coal ash in soil covers, Beneficial Use of Waste and by-Products: Proceedings of the 1st International Conferemce on Engineering for Waste Treatment, 17 May 2005 to 19 May 2005, Ecole des Mines d'Albi-Carmaux, Albi France, pp. 1-6.

Kodikara, J.K., Pathegama Gamage, R., 2005, Modelling of salt migration in stabilised pavement materials, Geotechnology in Harmony with the Global Environment: Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 12 September 2005 to 16 September 2005, Millpress Science Publishers, Rotterdam The Netherlands, pp. 1731-1734.

Wilkinson, A.D., Haque, A., Kodikara, J.K., Adamson, J., Christie, D., 2005, Physico-chemical aspects of cementitious slurry design for the stabilisation of reactive soils, Geotechnology in Harmony with the Global Environment: Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 12 September 2005 to 16 September 2005, Millpress Science Publishers, Rotterdam Netherland, pp. 1813-1816.

Kodikara, J.K., Szymakowski, J.B., Pathegama, R.G., 2004, A synthesis of mechanisms and factors affecting salt damage to road infrastructure, Engineering Salinity Solutions. Proceedings of the 1st National Salinity Engineering Conference, 9 November 2004 to 12 November 2004, Institution of Engineers, Barton ACT Australia, pp. 107-112.

Haque, A., Bouazza, A., Kodikara, J.K., 2004, Filtration behaviour of cohesionless soils under dynamic loading condition, To the eNZ of the Earth. Proceedings of the 9th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics, 8 February 2004 to 11 February 2004, The University of Aukland, Auckland New Zealand, pp. 867-873.

Chakrabarti, S., Kodikara, J.K., 2004, Laboratory method for assessing shrinkage cracking potential in stabilised pavements, Cracking in Pavements: Mitigation, Risk Assessment and Prevention, 5 May 2004 to 7 May 2004, RILEM Publications, Bagneux France, pp. 605-612.

Kodikara, J.K., Roberts, N., Pathegama, R.G., 2004, Laboratory modelling of salt migration in road base material, Engineering Salinity Solutions. Proceedings of the 1st National Salinity Engineering Conference, 9 November 2004 to 12 November 2004, Institution of Engineers, Austraila, Barton ACT Australia, pp. 101-106.

Kodikara, J.K., Chakrabarti, S., 2004, Modelling of moisture transfer and shrinkage in crushed basaltic rock stabilised with cementitious binders, To the eNZ of the Earth. Proceedings of the 9th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics, 8/02/2004 to 11/02/2004, The University of Aukland, Auckland New Zealand, pp. 675-681.

Chakrabarti, S., Kodikara, J.K., 2004, Shrinkage characteristics of cementitiously stabilised basaltic crushed rock mixed with fine grained soil, To the eNZ of the Earth. Proceedings of 9th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics, 8/2/2004 to 11/2/2004, The University of Aukland, Auckland NZ, pp. 853-859.

Chakrabarti, S., Kodikara, J.K., 2003, Basaltic crushed rock stabilized with cementitious additives: compressive strength and stiffness, drying shrinkage, and capillary flow characteristics, Transportation Research Record: Eighth International Conference on Low-Volume Roads 2003, 22 June 2003 to 25 June 2003, U.S. National Research Council, Transportation Research Board, USA, pp. 18-26.

Wang, M.D., Bouazza, A., Kodikara, J.K., 2003, Diffusion of heavy metals in sand mining tailings, Soil and Rock America 2003: Proceedings of the 12th Panamerican Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 22 June 2003 to 26 June 2003, Verlag Gluckauf GmbH, Essen Germany, pp. 1583-1588.

Chakrabarti, S., Kodikara, J.K., 2003, Influence of reactive fine-grained soil on stabilisation of basaltic crushed rocks, Transport, Our Highway to a Sustainable Future: Proceedings of the 21st ARRB and 11th REAAA Conference, 18 May 2003 to 23 May 2003, ARRB Transport Research Ltd, Vermont Vic Australia, pp. 1-30.

Kodikara, J.K., Lee, K.Y., Chakrabarti, S., 2003, Laboratory assessment of capillary rise in stabilised pavement materials, Transport, Our Highway to a Sustainable Future: Proceedings of the 21st ARRB and 11th REAAA Conference, 18 May 2003 to 23 May 2003, ARRB Transport Research Ltd, Vermont Vic Australia, pp. 1-24.

Lee, K.Y., Kodikara, J.K., Haque, A., 2003, Numerical analysis of model pile failure due to soil movement using FLAC3D, Proceedings of the Twelfth Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (12ARC), 04 August 2003 to 08 August 2003, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd, Toh Tuck Link, Singapore, pp. 627-631.

Nahlawi, H., Kodikara, J., 2002, Experimental observations on curling of dessicating clay, Unsaturated Soils: Proceedings of the Thrird International Conference on Unsaturated Soils, 10 March 2002 to 13 March 2002, A.A. Balkema Publishers, Lisse Netherland, pp. 553-556.

Vangpaisal, T., Bouazza, A., Kodikara, J., 2002, Gas Permeability of a needle punched geosynthetic clay liner subjected to wetting and drying, Geosynthetics State of the Art: Recent Developments: Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Geosynthetics, 22 September 2002 to 27 September 2002, A.A. Balkema, Lisse Netherland, pp. 841-844.

Kodikara, J.K., 2001, Design of compacted clayey liners for waste containment, Environmental Geotechnics: Proceedings of the 2nd Australia and New Zealand Conference on Environmental Geotechnics - GeoEnvironment 2001, 28 November 2001 to 30 November 2001, Australian Geomechanics Society Inc. (Newcastle Chapter), Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 321-333.

Bouazza, A., Kodikara, J., Parker, R., 2000, On the use of sand washing slimes for waste containment, Geotechnics of High Water Content, Memphis, USA, 28-29 January 1999, American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), West Conshohocken USA, pp. 293-306.

Other

Gallage, C., Rajeev, P., Kodikara, J., 2011, Effect of soil parameters uncertainty on seismic response of buried segmented pipeline, Proceedings of the First International Conference on Geotechnique, Construction Materials and Environment - Non-HERDC, The Geomate International Society, Mie Japan.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

An improved volume change framework for compacted unsaturated soils.

Supervisors:

Kodikara, J (Main), Rajeev, P (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Critical pipe integrity assessment.

Supervisors:

Chiu, W (Main), Kodikara, J (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Fracture propagation of cohesive soils under tensile loading and desiccation.

Supervisors:

Kodikara, J (Main), Gamage, R (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Influence of joint properties and flow of fluids on jointed rock mass behviour: An application to mine slope stability..

Supervisors:

Gamage, R (Main), Bouazza, A (Associate), Haque, A (Associate), Kodikara, J (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Measurement and Calculation of Internal/External Loads and Pipe Response.

Supervisors:

Chiu, W (Main), Kodikara, J (Associate).

Program of Study:

(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Modeling, Design and Fabrication of Wireless Smart Sensor Networks for Structural Health Monitoring.

Supervisors:

Duan, W (Main), Kodikara, J (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Modelling of pipe-soil interaction in seabed.

Supervisors:

Kodikara, J (Main), Rajeev, P (Associate).

Program of Study:

(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Modelling of pipe-soil interaction in seabed pipelines.

Supervisors:

Kodikara, J (Main), Robert, D (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Multi-Scale Studies of the Compression of Unsaturated Geomaterials.

Supervisors:

Kodikara, J (Main), Costa, W (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Offshore pipe-clay seabed interaction in axial direction.

Supervisors:

Kodikara, J (Main), Duan, W (Associate).

Completed Supervision

Student:

Avsar, M.

Program of Study:

Geostatistical analysis of municipal solid waste settlement, stiffness and unit weight. (PHD) 2006.

Supervisors:

Bouazza, A (Main), Kodikara, J (Associate).

Student:

Chakrabarti, S.

Program of Study:

SHRINKAGE BEHAVIOUR OF CEMENTITIOUSLY STABILISED CRUSHED BASALTIC ROCKS AS APPLICABLE TO PAVEMENT REHABILITATION. (PHD) 2004.

Supervisors:

Kodikara, J (Main).

Student:

Chan, D.

Program of Study:

Performance of Water and Gas Pipes Buried in Reactive Soil. (Masters) 2007.

Supervisors:

Kodikara, J (Main), Gamage, R (Associate).

Student:

Cherukuvada, M.

Program of Study:

Simulated performance of earthen cover layers under various climatic conditions. (Masters) 2008.

Supervisors:

Kodikara, J (Main).

Student:

Costa, W.

Program of Study:

Study of desiccation cracking and fracture properties of clay soils. (PHD) 2009.

Supervisors:

Kodikara, J (Main), Haque, A (Associate).

Student:

Gniel, J.

Program of Study:

An investigation into ground improvement using geogrid encased stone columns. (PHD) 2009.

Supervisors:

Bouazza, A (Main), Haberfield, C (Associate), Kodikara, J (Associate).

Student:

Gould, S.

Program of Study:

A study of the failure of buried reticulation pipes in reactive soils. (PHD) 2011.

Supervisors:

Kodikara, J (Main), Zhao, X (Associate).

Student:

Kong, K.

Program of Study:

Numerical Analysis of Tapered Piles in Melbourne Mudstone. (Masters) 2004.

Supervisors:

Kodikara, J (Main), Haque, A (Associate).

Student:

Kurucuk, N.

Program of Study:

Compaction behaviour of soils. (PHD) 2011.

Supervisors:

Kodikara, J (Main).

Student:

Lee, K.

Program of Study:

Cementitious Stabilisation of Scoria for Pavement Construction. (Masters) 2004.

Supervisors:

Kodikara, J (Main).

Student:

Lee, K.

Program of Study:

Continuous deterioration modelling of road pavement performance. (PHD) 2012.

Supervisors:

Kodikara, J (Main), Bouazza, A (Associate).

Student:

Lee, K.

Program of Study:

Numerical Analysis of Piles Loaded Laterally by Structural Forces of Moving Soil. (Masters) 2005.

Supervisors:

Kodikara, J (Main), Haque, A (Associate).

Student:

Matacin, T.

Program of Study:

A Study on Unbound Granular Pavement Moisture Response Due to Climatic Influences. (Masters) 2010.

Supervisors:

Kodikara, J (Main).

Student:

Nahlawi, H.

Program of Study:

Experimental and numerical investigation of the unsaturated hydraulic behaviour of geotextiles. (PHD) 2009.

Supervisors:

Bouazza, A (Main), Kodikara, J (Associate).

Student:

Perera, M.

Program of Study:

Investigation of the effect of carbon dioxide sequestration on the hydro-mechanical properties of coal. (PHD) 2011.

Supervisors:

Gamage, R (Main), Bouazza, A (Associate), Kodikara, J (Associate).

Student:

Tan, S.

Program of Study:

Improving the Reliability of Low Strain Integrity Testing Interpretation. (Masters) 2002.

Supervisors:

Kodikara, J (Main), Seidel, J (Associate).

Student:

Wightwick, M.

Program of Study:

Improvement of the performance of water-sensitive geomaterials using hydrophobic additives. (PHD) 2009.

Supervisors:

Kodikara, J (Main), Gamage, R (Associate).

Student:

Wijesooriya, S.

Program of Study:

Modelling of desiccation crack depths in clay soils. (PHD) 2012.

Supervisors:

Kodikara, J (Main), Rajeev, P (Associate).

Student:

Wilkinson, A.

Program of Study:

Stabilisation of railway subgrades by lime slurry pressure injection. (PHD) 2007.

Supervisors:

Haque, A (Main), Kodikara, J (Associate).