Faculty

Dr. Dulal Goldar has been Awarded Distinguished Faculty by DCE Alumni Association on Feb.06, 2010. Also the Former Principal, DCE & Professor of Structural Engineering. He has worked as Head Of Department, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Delhi College of Engineering & Faculty of Technology, Delhi University. Dr Goldar has a solid 40 years of Teaching, Research and Consultancy experience. He has established Asian Committee on Experimental Mechanics (ACEM) in 1997,Japan being the HQ of ACEM. Steering Committee member of ACEM from INDIA .He has guided 03 PhD thesis and 25 ME thesis.

He has been holding presentations of research papers and Chairing of technical sessions for International Conferences in USA on ten occasions..He has even presented research papers for SEM International Conferences in Montreal, CANADA, 1984. Alongwith this he has been involved in the presentation of research papers and Chairing of technical sessions for International Conferences in JAPAN on four occasions and also for Presentation of research papers and Chairing of technical sessions for International Conferences ICEM in SINGAPORE, 2005.

Delivered invited lectures at the Department of Opto-mechatronics, Faculty of System Engineering, Wakayama University, Japan during the year 1997 and 1999. Also Organized ICEM05 (www.icem05.org) International Congress on Experimental Mechanics September 12-14, 2005 as Chairman with the help of SEMDCE student’s Chapter and ACEM (Asian Committee on Experimental Mechanics) at India Habitat Center, Lodi Road, New Delhi. There were about one hundred participants all over the world. The credit of Organizing ICI- NCR Delhi Chapter: International Congress on Innovative World of Concrete December 11-13, 2009 as Member of the Technical Committee and Chairman also goes to him where he presented three research papers in the conference.

• Two- and three- dimensional Photoelasticity
• Dynamic Photoelasticity
• Static & Dynamic Electrical resistance Strain Gauge Studies
• Transducer Development
• Computer Applications and Computational Mechanics Work

• Wave Induced Liquefaction Analysis, November 2003. Ph.D.Degree awarded by DU, 2006.
• Application of Advanced Composite Materials in Concrete Structures, 2004, Ph.D.Degree Awarded by DU, 2007
• High Performance Concrete Blending Cement with Rice Husk Ash , Blast furnace Slag and fly ash (On-going).

M.E. Civil Engg. (Structures) thesis guidance:

• Experimental study of free-standing pre-stressed stair 1985 .
• Three- dimensional Photoelastic studies of a gun- barrel under Varying Internal pressure,
• 1986.
• Computer analysis of multi- storied building, 1988 .
• Computer aided analysis of 3-D space truss due to static and dynamic loads, 1990.
• 2-D stress analysis of a dam having opening due to pump house and Inspection gallery and
• Optimizing the shape of the opening, 1991.
• Analysis of Elastic transverse impact on a fixed beam, 1994 .
• Application of advanced composite materials in concrete structures, 1996.
• Study of use of araldite as binding material in comparison with cement, 1997.
• Development of software for concrete chimney analysis, 1997.
• Torsional analysis of low rise framed building with missing floor mass, 1998.
• Behavior of concrete walls under blast loading, 1998.
• Structural Behavior of Composite Slabs, June 2003.
• Some Experimental Investigation of High Volume Fly- ash Concrete for Practical Purpose,
• February 2004.
• A Study of Bridge Decks Reinforced with Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) Bars,
• April 2004.
• Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete Beams by Bolting of Steel & FRP Plates, July 2004.
• Alternate for Silica Fume for Normal Grade Concrete, December 2004.
• Recycling of Building Material Concrete, January 2005.
• Self Compacting Concrete with Stone Dust as Fine Aggregate, January 2005.
• Load Distribution Factors for Multi- Cell Box- Girder Bridges, July 2005.
• Above List is not conclusive.

Won Competition and Trophy awarded to my Students

Under my Guidance the following UG students, namely, (a) Sumeet Popli, (b) Tanmay Kumar and (c) Ajay Varshney received First Prize for 12th Cube Test Competition-2003 : Student Category and awarded Trophy for the DCE by the India Chapter of American Concrete Institute and ACC. There were 69 entries for the above competition from all over INDIA.

Recent B.E Final Yr. Projects

• B.E Final yr. Project “Digital Photoelastic Analysis of Stresses in a Simply Supported Beam having a flexural crack” 2004.
• 2.B.E Final yr. Project “Digital Photoelastic Analysis of TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT (Joint between upper and lower Jaw)”, 2005.
• B.E Final yr. Project “Digital Photoelastic Analysis of HIP JOINT”, 2007.

• Dynamic Photoelastic studies of transversely impacted beams- by D.Goldar, S.P. Gupta, M. Paldas, Proc. Natl. Symposium on 'Large Deformation', IIT, Delhi, December 1979, pp.463- 471.
• On Dynamic stress analysis Instrumentation- by D. Goldar, M. Paldas, Proc. 27th. Natl. Congress of Indian Society for Theoretical & Applied (ISTAM), Jadavpur Unv., December, 1982
• Three- dimensional Photoelastic studies of 'Baggi- bye- Pass' tunnel at transition reach, by- D.Goldar, Proc. 40th. Anniversary meeting, Spring Conference, Society for Experimental Stress Analysis (now SEM), Cleveland, Ohio, USA, May 1983, pp. 177- 182 presented the paper.
• Photoelastic studies of transversely impacted beams with over-hang- by D. Goldar, S.P. Verma, M. Paldas, Proc. Symposium on 'War - Head Technology' Organized by Terminal Ballistic research Laboratory (TBRL), Chandigarh, March 1983, presented the paper.
• Hybrid stress analysis of beam having circular openings- by D. Goldar and Dev Chand, Proc. Spring Conference of SEM, Cambridge (Boston), USA, May- June 1989, pp. 823- 827 Presented the paper.
• Two- dimensional stress analysis of a dam with large openings- by D.Goldar and Avtar Singh, Proc.Spring Conference of SEM, Milwaukee, WI, USA, June, 1991, pp. 31- 36, Presented the paper.
• Experimental study of a prestressed free standing stair case- by D.Goldar, Proc. VII- Intel. Congress on Experimental Mechanics, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
• Dynamic response of transversely impacted simply supported beams with equal overhang- by D. Goldar, Proc. VII- Intel. Congress on Experimental Mechanics, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
• Three- dimensional photoelastic studies of a transition tunnel-external pressure- by D. Goldar, 50th. Anniversary meeting of SEM, Dearborn, June 7-10, 1993, pp. 669-673.
• Soil-structure interaction study by three- dimensional photoelasticity-by D. Goldar, 50th. Anniversary meeting of SEM, Dearborn, June 7- 10, 1993, pp. 804
• Computer aided analysis of space trusses- by D. Goldar, 50th. Anniversary meting of SEM, Dearborn, June 7- 10, 1993, pp. 1178- 1186.
• Computer aided analysis of multi- storied building- by D. Goldar, 50th.Anniversary meting Of SEM, Dearborn, June 7- 10, 1993, pp. 1187-1195.
• Micro- concrete model studies on solid bridge deck slab with GFRP Reinforcement by- D. Goldar, S. K. Sharma, et.al. Proc. Intel. Conference On fibre- reinforced structural plastics in Civil Engineering, IIT, Madras, December, 18- 20, 1995 pp. 86- 96.
• Study on bridge deck solid slab reinforced with GFRP Reinforcement by- S. K. Sharma, D. Goldar, et. al., Intel. Seminar on Civil Engineering Practice in Twenty- first century, Roorkee, India, 1996, pp.676-685.
• Elastic transverse impact on fixed end beam- by D.Goldar, Proc. VIII-Intel. Congress on Experimental Mechanics, June 10- 13, 1996 of Abstract Pp. 252- 253, presented the paper.
• Keynote address on "Principles of Non- destructive Testing-Ultrasound Pulse velocity (UPV) technique" by- D. Goldar in Indo-US workshop on Non-destructive testing of Concrete Structure, December 17-18, 1996 at the University of Roorkee organised by Indian Concrete Institute, Roorkee Centre and Deptt. Of Civil Engg., Roorkee University.
• Transverse Impact on Beams- by D. Goldar, Proc. ATEM' 97 (International Conference on Advanced Technology in Experimental Mechanics), JSME- MMD, Wakayma, Japan as Invited Paper and presented the paper.
• Curriculum for B.E. Civil Engineering on Renewable Energy- by Dulal Goldar, Proc. ISREE-6, Sixth International Symposium on Renewable Energy, 26- 28, 1998, Habitat Place, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, organized by TERI & Solar Energy Society of India.
• Blast Response of Concrete Walls- by Dulal Goldar & Vikas Wadhera, Proc. SEM spring Conference 1999, June 7- 9, 1999, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
• Neural Network to Predict Response of Transverse Impact on Beams-by D. Goldar, Proc. ATEM'99, July 21- 24, 1999 UBE, Yamaguchi, Japan.
• Two- Dimensional Stress Analysis of Femur Bone of Hip- Joint- by D. Goldar, Proc. ATEM'99, July 21- 24, 1999 Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan.
• Elasto- plastic response of concrete walls due to blast- by Dulal Goldar & Vikas Wadhera, Proc. 2000 SEM- IX International Congress on Experimental Mechanics, Orlando, FL, USA, June 5- 8, 2000 pp. 253- 256.
• Simplified Submarine Slope Stability- by D.Goldar,DCE, A.Nanda & M.Paul ,EIL, IGC2003, Geotechnical Engineering for Infrastructural Development, Roorkee, December 18- 20, 2003.
• Dynamic Load Amplification Factor Evaluation of Transversely Impacted Beams- by D.Goldar, Session#14, Paper#156, Proc.. 60th Anniversay, 2003 SEM Annual Conf. & Exposition on Experimental Mechanics June 2-4, 2003, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
• Full- Field Dynamic Photoelastic Studies of Transversely Impacted Beams, by- Dulal Goldar, Paper#OS1W0028, ATEM2003, JSME- MMD, Sept. 10- 12, 2003, Nagoya, Japan.
• Chairperson in Session # OS1(3), Photoelasticity ,ATEM2003, JSME- MMD, Sept. 10- 12, 2003, Nagoya, Japan.
• “Structural Behavior of Composite Slabs” Paper#154.
• “Wave Induced Liquefaction and Analyses of Offshore Piles” paper#101 were accepted for Presentation & published in the Proceedings of 2004 SEM X International Congress and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, June 7-10, 2004 Costa Mesa, California, USA in which I was invited for chairing technical session # 13, Novel Optical Methods.
• “Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete Beams by Bolting of Steel & FRP Plates, Proc.of SEM Spring Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Portland, USA June, 2005.
• Organized ICEM05 (www.icem05.org) International Congress on Experimental Mechanics September 12-14, 2005 as Chairman with the help of SEMDCE student’s Chapter and ACEM (Asian Committee on Experimental Mechanics) at India Habitat Center, Lodi Road, New Delhi. There were about one hundred participants all over the world.
• “Elastic Transverse Impact on Beams” by Dulal Goldar, J. Key Engineering Materials Vols. 326- 328 (2006) pp. 1559- 1562. Online http://www.scientific.net, © 2006 Trans Tech Publication, Switzerland.
• “Plate –concrete interfacial bond strength of FRP and metallic plated concrete specimens” by Goldar D, Sharma SK, Mohamed Ali MS, Sikdar PK. Composites: Part B 2006; 37: 54-63.
• “Investigation of critical diagonal crack debonding in plated RC beams, Prof. D. Goldar, S.K. Sharma, M.S. Mohamed Ali, P.K. Sikdar, Article in press Science Direct Composite Part-B (2007), www.elsevier.com/locate/composites.
• Chairing session, Dynamic Behaviour of Materials and Structures, OS13-2, 1300-1500hrs, September 12, International Conference on Advanced Technology in Experimental Mechanics 2007 (ATEM07), the Sixth Asian Conference on Experimental Mechanics (ACEM6), September 12 to 14, 2007 at ACROS Fukuoka, JAPAN.

• Chairing session, Dynamic Behaviour of Materials and Structures, OS13-2, 1300-1500hrs, September 12, International Conference on Advanced Technology in Experimental Mechanics 2007 (ATEM07), the Sixth Asian Conference on Experimental Mechanics (ACEM6), September 12 to 14, 2007 at ACROS Fukuoka, JAPAN.
  • Chairperson in Session # OS1(3), Photoelasticity ,ATEM2003, JSME- MMD, Sept. 10- 12, 2003, Nagoya, Japan.
  • Transverse Impact on Beams- by D. Goldar, Proc. ATEM' 97 (International Conference on Advanced Technology in Experimental Mechanics), JSME- MMD, Wakayma, Japan as Invited Paper and presented the paper.
  • Blast Response of Concrete Walls- by Dulal Goldar & Vikas Wadhera, Proc. SEM spring Conference 1999, June 7- 9, 1999, Cincinnati, USA.
  • Dynamic Load Amplification Factor Evaluation of Transversely Impacted Beams- by D.Goldar, Session#14, Paper#156, Proc.. 60th Anniversay, 2003SEM Annual Conf. & Exposition on Experimental Mechanics June 2-4, 2003, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
  • Research accepted for presentation in the Annual conference of SEM2009 at New Mexico Paper#551, “Demonstration of Diagonal Tension” in the Technical Session entitled “My Favorite Experiment” to be held on June 01-04, 2009.
  “Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete Beams by Bolting of Steel & FRP Plates, Proc.of SEM Spring Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Portland, USA June, 2005.

• Organized ICEM05 (www.icem05.org) International Congress on Experimental Mechanics September 12-14, 2005 as Chairman with the help of SEMDCE student’s Chapter and ACEM (Asian Committee on Experimental Mechanics) at India Habitat Center, Lodi Road, New Delhi. There were about one hundred participants all over the world.
• Curriculum for B.E. Civil Engineering on Renewable Energy- by Dulal Goldar, Proc. ISREE-6, Sixth International Symposium on Renewable Energy, 26- 28, 1998, Habitat Place, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, organized by TERI & Solar Energy Society of India.
• Organized ICI- NCR Delhi Chapter: International Congress on Innovative World of Concrete December 11-13, 2009 as Member of the Technical Committee and Chairman. Also presented Three research papers in the conference.

• Post-Tensioning of Flat slab for Practicing Engineers during October- November 2008 organized by Indian Association of Structural Engineers.
• Composite Structures and Fatigue at IHC, Lodi Road February 6-7, 2009 for the workshop on “Steel Structures in Building” by Indian Association of Structural Engineers.

(i) “An Overview of Structural Analysis” 
(ii) “ Design of Steel Structures Assisted by Testing” 
(iii) “Composite Structures” and
(iv) “Fatigue” at Delhi College of Engineering, March 2-6, 2009 in the AICTE sponsored STTP on  “To Disseminate New Approach and provisions of IS:800- 2007 (General Construction in Steel).

• Principal & Professor, Delhi College of Engineering, Delhi October 2006 to December31, 2007.
• Professor Civil & Environmental Engg., DCE March. 2004 - September 2006.
• Professor & HOD Civil & Environmental Engg., DCE Sept.2003 - March. 2004.
• Principal & Professor, Delhi College of Engineering, Delhi, February, 2003 - August, 2003. Professor & HOD Civil & Environmental Engg, DCE 2001 - Jan.2003.
• Professor of Structural Engineering, Deptt. Of Civil Engineering, Delhi College of Engineering, Delhi, INDIA 1993- 2001(Job: Teaching Undergraduate Civil Engineering, Graduate Structural Engineering and Research in the field of Computational and Experimental Mechanics).
• Reader, Deptt. Of Civil Engineering, Delhi College of Engineering, Delhi, INDIA 1983- 1993 (Job: Teaching Undergraduate Civil Engineering, Graduate Structural Engineering and Research in the field of Computational and Experimental Mechanics).
• Associate Professor, Deptt. Of Civil Engineering, Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh,INDIA 1980- 1983 (Job: Teaching Undergraduate Civil Engineering, Graduate Structural Engineering and Research in the field of Experimental Mechanics).
•  Assistant Professor, Deptt. Of Civil Engineering, Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh, INDIA 1968- 1980 (Job: Teaching Undergraduate Civil Engineering, Graduate Structural Engineering and Research in the field of Experimental Mechanics).
• Student Engineer, M/S N.K. Roychoudhury & Sons, 2, Behari Dr.Road, Calcutta- 25, West Bengal, INDIA (Job: Execution of R.C.C. Bridges as fieldwork) 1967- 1968.
• Consultancy Experience as I. Design Structural Engineer
  1. Multistoried Building a) with Raft Foundation, b) with Pile Foundation.
  2. Industrial Building a) RCC Folded Plate b) Steel Structures c) Tall structures Chimneys.
  3. Over Head and Under Ground Reservoir Tanks.
• Recent work
  I. Design Auditing of 
  a) General Pool Officers Building near Metcalf House. 
  b) Delhi College of Engineering Auditorium.
  II. Structural Engineer of Fabrication Steel Structures: Manufacturing of Engineering Spring Supports to Pipe Lines, Pipe Shoes, Variable and Constant Spring Supports, Welded Structures and Thin Metallic Bellow for Expansion Joints of PTP (USA) standards and supplied to BHEL, Petro- Chemicals Refineries, Bechtel etc.

• Presently Fellow Indian Association of Structural Engineers.
• Member of the Governing Council, Indian Association of Structural Engineers.
• Chairman, Professional Accreditation Committee, Indian Association of Structural Engineers.
• Member of Society for Experimental Mechanics Inc. (SEM), USA (Since 1976).
• Life Member of Indian Society for Construction Materials and Structures (ISCMS).
• Life Member of Indian Society for Wind Engineering.
• Adviser, Student Chapter of SEM at Delhi College of Engineering.
• Member of Steering Committee of Asian Committee on Experimental Mechanics (ACEM) From India (Since 1997).
• Member of the core committee of Indian Concrete Institute, ICI-NCR Delhi.