Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
Dr. Kumari Sweta
Visiting Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering
Mtech, Ph.D 		Contact Address
Permanent Address Flat No. 803, Vasundhara La Greeno Apartment, Near Shivam Convent School, Bye Pass Road, Patna-800020
Local Address Flat No. 803, Vasundhara La Greeno Apartment, Near Shivam Convent School, Bye Pass Road, Patna-800020
Phone (Office) +91-9709581445
Phone Residence +91-9709581445
Email Id kumarisweta@bitmesra.ac.in
Joined Institute on : 15-Aug-2023
  Work Experience
 
Teaching : 3 Years

Research : 9 Years

Individual: 3 Years
  Research Areas
 

Rail Track Geotechnology

Transportation Geotechnics
  Award and Honours
 
  • GATE Fellowship for pursuing post graduate degrees (M.Tech, in 2011 & PhD in 2014).
  • Received Certificate of Excellence for the branch topper of the department during M.Tech dissertation in the year 2013.
  • Best Poster Award, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Patna (2017)
  Publications
 

Publication of Research Articles in International Journal : 07

  1. Kumari Sweta and Syed K. K. Hussaini (2018). “Effect of shearing rate on the behavior of geogrid-reinforced railroad ballast under direct shear conditions”, Geotextiles and Geomembranes, 46(3), 251-256.
  2. Kumari Sweta and Syed K. K. Hussaini (2019). “Behavior evaluation of geogrid-reinforced ballast-subballast interface under shear condition”, Geotextiles and Geomembranes, 47(1), 23-31.
  3. Kumari Sweta and Syed K. K. Hussaini (2019). “Performance of Geogrid-Reinforced Railroad Ballast in Direct Shear Mode”, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Ground Improvement, 172(4), 244-256.
  4. Syed K. K. Hussaini and Kumari Sweta (2020). “Application of geogrids in stabilizing rail track substructure” Frontiers in Built Environment, 6, 20.
  5. Kumari Sweta and Syed K. K. Hussaini (2020). “Effect of geogrid on deformation response and resilient modulus of railroad ballast under cyclic loading” Construction and Building Materials, 264, 120690.
  6. Syed K. K. Hussaini and Kumari Sweta (2021). “Investigation of deformation and degradation response of geogrid-reinforced ballast based on model track tests”, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 235(4), 505-517.
  7. Kumari Sweta and Syed K. K. Hussaini (2022). “Role of particle breakage on damping, resiliency and service life of geogrid-reinforced ballasted tracks”, Transportation Geotechnics, 37, 100828.
  • Publication of Research Articles as a book chapter of an edited Book: 04
  1. ???????L. Radhakrishnan, J. S. Mary, Kumari Sweta, A. Anuj Jee, N.S. Maurya, A Nema, D Sharma “Occupational health hazards associated with E-waste handling, treatment, management, and case studies”, Global E-waste Management Strategies and Future Implications, PP- 153-181, 2023. ISBN: 978-0-323-99919-9
  2. D. Sharma, A. Nema, R. Prasad, Kumari Sweta, DKR Sonaviya, S Karmakar, “Global E-waste management: consolidated information showcasing best available practices”, Global E-waste Management Strategies and Future Implications, PP- 289-314, 2023. ISBN: 978-0-323-99919-9.
  3. Kumari Sweta and Syed K. K. Hussaini. “Behavior of Soil Fouled Ballast–Geogrid Interfaces at Different Rates of Shearing” Geotechnical Characterization and Modelling: Proceedings of IGC 2018, pp. 655-666, Springer Singapore; 2018.
  4. Kumari Sweta and Syed K. K. Hussaini. “Performance Evaluation of Ballast-Sub ballast Interface Stabilized with Geogrids”, Proceedings of China-Europe Conference on Geotechnical Engineering: Volume 2, 1738-1741; 2018.
  • Publication of Research Articles in Proceedings of International Conference:04
  1. ???????Kumari Sweta and Syed K. K. Hussaini (2017). “Behavior of Geogrid-Reinforced Railroad Ballast in Direct Shear Conditions”, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference, GeoNest 2017, pp. 1-4, IIT Guwahati, India.
  2. Kumari Sweta and Syed K. K. Hussaini (2018). “Shear behaviour of geosynthetic-reinforced ballast based on large-scale direct shear testing” Fourth International Conference on Railway Technology: Research, Development and Maintenance A2.06.
  3. Kumari Sweta and Syed K. K. Hussaini (2019). “Stabilization of Rail Track Substructure using Geogrids”, International Conference on Geotechnics for High Speed Corridors (GHC 2019), pp. 253-257.
  4. Kumari Sweta, Sanjeev Kumar Suman and Sandip Karmakar (2021) “Correlation of California Bearing Ratio (CBR) with Shear Strength Parameters of Road Subgrade Soil”, 8th Online International Conference on Transportation Systems Engineering and Management”, 26-27 August, NIT Calicut.