Civil Engineering

Dr. Debasish Sen

Research Interests

• Seismic evaluation
• Seismic strengthening of RC building
• Masonry infill

Educational Background

• Ph.D, (Structural Engineering), Tohoku University (東北大学), Japan
• Master of Science (MSc), (Civil Engineering), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)
• Bachelor of Science (BSc), (Civil Engineering), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)

Honors and Achievements

• JCI Tohoku Branch Encouragement Award, Japan Concrete Institute (JCI), 2019
• JICA scholarship, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Government of Japan, 2017

Publications

1. CNCRP Manual Based Seismic Evaluation and Retrofitting of Existing RC Buildings: A Case Study, Journal of Rehabilitation in Civil Engineering, 2025, Semnan University Press. URL
2. Preliminary and detailed seismic evaluation of an existing RC building in Bangladesh: a case study, Innovative Infrastructure Solutions, 2024, Springer Nature Switzerland AG. URL
3. Flexural and Shear Strengthening of Reinforced-Concrete Beams with Ultra-High-Performance Concrete (UHPC), Construction Materials, 2024, MDPI. URL
4. A comparative investigation on experimental lateral behaviour of bare RC frame, non-strengthened and ferrocement strengthened masonry infilled RC frame, Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 2024, New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering (NZSEE). URL
5. A numerical study on predicting bond-slip relationship of reinforced concrete using surface based cohesive behavior, Fracture and Structural Integrity, 2024, the Italian Group of Fracture. URL
6. Experimental investigation on the behavior of steel angle and strip jacketed RC column under eccentric loading, Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series A, 2024, Springer Nature. URL
7. Lateral strength evaluation of ferrocement strengthened masonry infilled RC frame based on experimentally observed failure mechanisms, Structures, 2023, Elsevier. URL
8. Invesitigation on properties of ready mixed concrete over transit time, Malaysian Journal of Civil Engineering, 2023, Penerbit UTM Press. URL
9. Numerical investigation on the effect of infill masonry on lateral behaviour of surrounding RC frame, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, 2023, Springer Nature. URL
10. Comparison of lateral behavior of an existing RC building under nonlinear static and incremental dynamic loads, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, 2023, Springer Nature. URL
11. Numerical modelling and validation of lateral behavior of masonry-infilled RC frame focusing sliding failure of infill panel, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, 2023, Springer Nature. URL
12. Modeling and verification of multi-strut modeling approach of masonry panel surrounded by RC frame, Journal of Engineering Science, 2022, Khulna University of Engineering & Technology (KUET)). URL
13. Effects of Steel Fiber Percentage and Aspect Ratios on Fresh and Harden Properties of Ultra-High Performance Fiber Reinforced Concrete, Appiled Mechanics, 2021, MDPI. URL
14. Seismic capacity of RC frame buildings with masonry infill damaged by past earthquakes, Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 2020, New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering (NZSEE).
15. Investigation of the Lateral Capacity of Ferro-cement Retrofitted Infilled Masonry in RC Frame and Simplified Prediction Approach, AIJ Journal of Technology and Design, 2020, J-STAGE. URL
16. A proposal of Visual Rating method to set the priority of detailed evaluation for masonry infilled RC building, Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 2020, Springer Netherlands.
17. Experimental investigation of influences of several parameters on seismic capacity of masonry infilled reinforced concrete frame, Engineering Structures, 2019, Elsevier. URL
18. A Comparative Study of Steel Angles and Strips Strengthened RC Columns, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, 2017, BHRC.

1. Simulation of Lateral Behaviour of Un-strengthened and Ferrocement Strengthened Masonry Infilled RC Frame, 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 2024. URL
2. FE Macro modeling for in-plane responses of masonry infilled RC frame and comparison with experiment, 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 2020.
3. Experimental study on ferro-cement retrofit for RC frame with infilled brick masonry wall, 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 2020.
4. Experimental Investigation and capacity evaluation of ferro-cement laminated masonry infilled RC frame, 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 2020.
5. Experimental study of retrofitting masonry infilled RC frames by Ferro-cement: An overlooked failure mechanism, コンクリート 工学年次論文集 (Proceedings of the Japan Concrete Institute), 2020, Japan Concrete Institute. URL
6. Experimental investigation on ferro-cement laminated masonry infilled RC frame and capacity evaluation, コンクリート 工学年次論文集 (Proceedings of the Japan Concrete Institute), 2020, Japan Concrete Institute. URL
7. Investigation of the Ferro-cement laminated infilled masonry wall under cyclic lateral load, 11th Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering (PCEE), 2019, New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering (NZSEE).
8. An experimental investigation on the cyclic behaviour of Ferro-cement laminated masonry infilled RC frame, コンクリート 工学年次論文集 (Proceedings of the Japan Concrete Institute), 2019, Japan Concrete Institute. URL
9. Contribution of surrounding RC frame and masonry wall in lateral resistance of masonry infilled RC frame, コンクリート 工学年次論文集 (Proceedings of the Japan Concrete Institute), 2018, Japan Concrete Institute. URL