Mr Sivanathan Thirukumaran
Qualifications
BSc.Eng (Hons)
Education
- Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering at University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
Employment
- 2009 Temporary lecturer at University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 10 months
- 2008 Trainee Design Engineer at Design Consortium Limited, Sri Lanka, 6 months
Research Interests
- Shear behaviour of rock joints
- Asperity degradation
- 3D digitisation
Supervisors
- Professor Buddhima Indraratna
- Professor Song-Ping Zhu
- Dr Jan Nemcik
Research Topic
Shear strength of degradable rock joints
Research Abstract
This study demonstrates the effects of asperity degradation and gouge material distribution on shear behaviour of rock joints based on three dimensional characterizations of the rock joint samples and large scale constant normal stiffness direct shear tests under varies level of normal load and surfaces roughness.
Contact Details
ARC Centre for Geotechnical Science and Engineering
School of Civil Mining & Environmental Engineering
The University of Wollongong
Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
