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, (2023) “ Numerical studies on the torsional behavior of octagonal concrete-filled double steel tubes”, Proceedings in the 10th Eurosteel Conference (EUROSTEEL2023), 12-15 September 2023, Amsterdam, Nertherlands, doi.org/10.1002/cepa.2504
  • Surya Prasanth M., Mashudha Sulthana, (2023) “Numerical Studies on the Shear Behaviour of Concrete Filled Steel Tubes”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Climate Resilient Construction and Building Materials (CRCBM), 2023, 3-5 March 2023,NIT Karnataka, Suratkal, India
  • Mashudha Sulthana, Supritha T., (2022) “Parametric Studies on the Moment Resistant Beam-column Connection Behavior of Concrete Filled Double Steel Tubular Columns and I Steel Beams”, Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Advances in Steel Structures (ICASS’2020), 3-5 August 2022, Chendu, China, pp: 387 – 397
  • Surya Prasanth M., Mashudha Sulthana, (2022) “Flexural Behavior of Rectangular Tubular Steel Beams Partially Filled with Concrete”, Proceedings of the International Virtual Conference on Emerging Trends in Structural Engineering (ERTSE 2022), 24-25 March 2022 – VIT Vellore, India
  • Mashudha Sulthana, (2022) “Experimental study on the axial compressive behavior of sand-filled single-skin and double-skin steel tubular stub columns”, Proceedings of the International Virtual Conference on Emerging Trends in Structural Engineering (ERTSE 2022), 24-25 March 2022 – VIT Vellore, India
  • 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)
  • 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., (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., (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

 

Subjects Taught


  • Mechanics of Solids
  • Analysis of Indeterminate structures
  • Basics of Civil Engineering
  • Introduction to Civil Engineering
  • Advanced Design of Metal Structures
  • Stability of Structures

 

Reviewer for Journals/Conference


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

 

Email


smash@nitt.edu