Dr Mashudha Sulthana U

Qualification

  • PhD in Structural Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, 2013-2018
  • M.Tech in Structural Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, 2009-2011
  • B.E. in Civil Engineering, College of Engineering Guindy, Chennai, 2005-2009

 

Research Interests

  • Steel-concrete composite structures
  • Steel structural systems
  • Computational modelling
  • Structural health monitoring

 

Professional Experience

  • Post-Doctoral Researcher, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, 2018-2020
  • Research Associate, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, 2013-2018
  • Structural Design Engineer, Francis Santiago and Associates, Chennai, 2011-2012

 

Publications

Journal Papers

  • U.M. Sulthana, S.A. Jayachandran, (2017) “Axial compression behaviour of long concrete filled double-skinned steel tubular columns”, Structures (Institute of Structural Engineers UK), 9 (2017) 157-164. doi: 10.1016/j.istruc.2016.12.002
  • Mashudha Sulthana, Arul Jayachandran S., (2019) “Numerical simulation and parametric studies on the behaviour of concrete sandwiched double steel tubular stub columns”, Journal of Structural Engineering (SERC), Vol. 47, No. 1, April - May 2020, pp: 65-79
  • U.M. Sulthana, S.A. Jayachandran, (2020) “Experimental studies on the global stability of concrete sandwiched double steel tubular columns”, International journal on Advanced Steel Construction, Vol. 16, No. 2, June 2020
  • Mashudha Sulthana, Arul Jayachandran S., (2020) “Concrete confinement effect in circular concrete sandwiched double steel tubular stub-columns”, International journal on Steel Structures, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13296-020-00365- Vol 20, Issue 4, pp 1364-1377.

 

Conference Papers

  • Mashudha Sulthana, Arul Jayachandran S., (2015) “Experimental studies on CFDST sections under axial loading”, 11th International Conference on Advances in steel-concrete composite structures (ASCCS2015), December 3-5, Beijing, China
  • Mashudha Sulthana, Arul Jayachandran S., (2018) “Investigations on Global Buckling Behaviour of Concrete Filled Double-skinned Steel Tubular Columns”, 12th International Conference on Advances in steel-concrete composite structures (ASCCS2018), 27-29 June, Valencia, Spain. doi: 10.4995/ASCCS2018.2018.7144
  • Mashudha Sulthana, Arul Jayachandran S., (2019) “Investigations on the global stability of high strength concrete sandwiched square double steel tubular columns”, 17th International Symposium on Tubular Structures, Singapore, 9-12 December 2019, doi: 10.3850/978-981-11-0745-0_122-cd
  • Mashudha Sulthana, Arul Jayachandran S., (2020) “Effect of initial Imperfections on the ultimate axial compressive strength of concrete filled steel tubular long columns”, Indian structural steel conference (ISSC2020)

 

Subjects Taught

  • Mechanics of Solids
  • Advanced Design of Metal Structures

 

Reviewer for Journals/Conference

  • Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India) : Series A
  • Earthquakes and Structures, Techno Press

 

Email

smash@nitt.edu