
Dr Lakshmikandhan K.N
Senior Scientist
CSIR-SERC
- kandhan(at)serc(dot)res(dot)in
- +91-44-22549175
- Academic Background
- Professional Background
- Areas of Scientific Interest
- Awards & Honours
- Publications
- Patents/Copyrights
Academic Background
- Ph.D., Civil/Structural Engineering, 2010, College of Engineering, Anna University, Chennai (India), (Thesis title “ADVANCED STUDIES ON STEEL AND STEEL CONCRETE COMPOSITE SPACE STRUCTURES”
- M.E, Structural Engineering, 2010, College of Engineering, Anna University, Chennai (India)
- B.E, Civil Engineering, 1999, A. M. A. College of Engineering, Vadamavandal, University of Madras
Professional Background
- Senior Scientist, CSIR-SERC, Chennai, 13 Sept. 2016 – Till Date
- Scientist, CSIR-SERC, Chennai,13 Sept. 2010 - 12 Sept. 2016
- Scientist Gr IV(1), CSIR-SERC, Chennai, 27 Nov. 2008 - 12 Sept. 2010
- Design Lead, Unity India Limited, Chennai, 23 July 2008 - 26 Nov 2008
- Design Engineer, The Structuralls, Chennai, 27 Dec. 2007 – 22 July 2008
- Lecturer, St. Peters Eng. College, Avadi, 14 Aug. 2006 – 01 Nov 2007
- Lecturer, Kumaraguru College of Engineering, Coimbatore, 03 Sept. 2003 – 05 Jan 2006
- Full Time Research Scholar and Part Time Lecturer, CEG, Anna University, Chennai, July 2001 to Sep 2003
Areas of Scientific Interest
- Steel, Concrete, Composite Structures
- Repair and Rehabilitation
- External pre-stressing – Bonded and un-bonded techniques
- NDT, PDT, Durability and Service life enhancement of RCC Structures
- Precast Lightweight Sandwich Wall, Roof Panels EPS infill
- Precast Lightweight Sandwich Wall and Roof Panels Alternate infills
- Quick Assembling and Anchoring of Building systems for immediate Occupancy
- Ribbed Ferrocement panels, Lightweight and ultralight weight blocks
- Development of multipurpose tension compensated percolation concrete slabs
- Solid waste management and Reuse technologies
Awards & Honours
- Platinum award for CSIR-800 project
Publications
- KN Lakshmikandhan, R Senthil, AS Jayachandran, P Sivakumar (2010),"Parametric Studies on the Behavior of Steel and Composite Space Structures", International Journal of Space Structures 25 (3), 169-183, 2010
- K. N. Lakshmikandhan, Sivakumar, R Ravichandran, (2013),"Damage Assessment and Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete Beams", International Journal of Material and Mechanical Engineering Vol.2, No.2, pp. 34-42, 2013
- K N Lakshmikandhan, P Sivakumar, R Ravichandran, SA Jayachandran (2013), "Investigations on efficiently interfaced steel concrete composite deck slabs", Journal of structures, Hindawi, vol.2013, pp 1-10, https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/628759
- S.Karthika, Lakshmikandhan K.N., P.Sivakumar, G.Dhinakaran, (2016)” Load deflection characteris-tics of sustainabl -e infilled concrete wall panels “,Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, Vol. 41, No.2, pp 451-460, https://DoI:10.1007/s13369-015-1674-1
- R Manisekar, P Sivakumar, KN Lakshmikandhan (2014), "Experimental investigations on strengthening of RC beams by external prestressing", ASIAN JOURNAL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING (BUILDING AND HOUSING), Vol.15 No.3, pp.350-362
- Lakshmikandhan KN, Harshavardhan BS, Prabakar J, Saibabu S (2017), "Investigation on wall panel sandwiched with lightweight concrete", Materials Science and Engineering, IoP series, 225 (1), 012275, https://doi:10.1088/1757-899X/225/1/012275
- Manisekar R, P Sivakumar, KN Lakshmikandhan (2018),"Behaviour of distressed RC beams retrofitted by external prestressing using trapezoidal tendons", Journal of Scientific & Industrial Research, Vol. 77, September 2018, pp.520-524
- KN Lakshmikandhan, K Sivasubramanian, J Prabakar (2017),"Development of lightweight concrete infilled sandwich wall panel", Asian journal of civil engineering (bhrc), vol.18, No.8, pp. 1229-1240.
- Lakshmikandhan K N, Senthil R, Arul Jayachandran S, Sivakumar S, and Ravichandran R Study on the effect of concrete slab thickness on the behavior of steel space structures INSDAG’s Steel in Construction, INSDAG, Vol.10, No.1, Jan 2009, pp 1-12.
- Lakshmikandhan K N, Senthil R, Arul Jayachandran S, Sivakumar S, and Ravichandran R, Comparative study on steel concrete composite space structures, Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol. 37, No. 3, August-September 2010 pp. 180–187
- Lakshmikandhan K N, P. Sivakumar, R. Rravichandran,S. Aarul Jayachandran and R Senthil (2013-14),”Investigation on the Effect of Shear Connector in Composite Space Structures”, Journal of Structural Engineering _ Vol. 40,No. 5, pp. 466-476
- Lakshmikandhan K N, Sivakumar P, Rravichandran R and Senthil R, (2014), Performance Evaluation of Passive Control Device for Efficient Steel Space Structures, Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol. 40, No. 6, pp. 521-529
- Sivakumar P, Lakshmikandhan K.N., and Rravichandran R. (2015-16), “ Development of novel ferrocement lightweight wall panels”, Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol. 42, No. 5, pp. 1-5
- Sivakumar P, Lakshmikandhan K.N., Sivasubramanian K. and Rravichandran R. (2017), “Novel precast ferrocement toilet core unit (ToCO)”, Master Builder, Sept.2017, pp. 1-6.
- S. Saibabu, N R Joshuva, K. Saravana Kumar, Lakshmikandhan K.N. and P. Sivakumar (2016),”Finite element modelling of segmental model beam”, Indian concrete Journal, Vol.90, No.4, pp96-104
- S Christi, K Sivasubramanian, V Venkatesan, KN Lakshmikandhan, P Sivakumar (2018), “Conditional assessment of a thin walled monolithic concrete structure”, The Indian Concrete Journal, Vol.92, No.9, pp. 25-35
- S Grija, P Sivakumar, KN Lakshmikandhan, R Ravichandran,"Novel ferrocement light weight wall panels", International Journal of Applied Engineering Research vol.9 No.18, pp. 4645-4657
- Joshuva NR, Saibabu S, Eapen Sakaria P, Lakshmikandhan KN (2014), "Finite element analysis of reinforced and pre-tensioned concrete beams", International journal of emerging technology and advanced engineering Vol.4, No.10, pp. 449-457
- Lakshmikandhan K.N., P.Sivakumar, Linu Theresa Jose (2014), “Parametric study on development, testing and evaluation of concrete funicular shells”, Int. J of Engg. and Innovative Technology, Volume 3, Issue 12, pp.183-191.
Patents / Copyrights
- Lakshmikandhan K.N, Sivakumar P, Anny peter J, Balasubramanian S R, Sivasubramanian K and Jayabal C “Sandwich Wall Panels With Skin Connectors”, Application no- 1444/DEL/2015, Patent Journal, vol.49/2016, pp. 74238
- Sivakumar P, Anny peter J, Lakshmikandhan K.N, and Jayabal C “A CONCRETE LIGHTWEIGHT BLOCK AND A PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION THEREOF”, Application no- 3121/DEL/2015, Patent Journal vol.13/2017, pp. 8599