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Department of Civil Engineering

Ashutosh Sutra Dhar, Ph.D., P.Eng.

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Professor
Geotechnical and Infrastructure Engineering

EN3013, Department of Civil Engineering
Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John's, NL A1B 3X5, Canada
Tel: (709) 864-6246, E-mail: asdhar@mun.ca

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Refereed Journal Publications

Duong, H.T., Phan , H.C., Tran, T.M. and Dhar, A.S. (2021) “Assessment of Critical Buckling Load of Functionally Graded Plates Using Artificial Neutral Network Modeling”, Neural Computing and Applications,link.

Akhi, A. H. and Dhar, A.S. (2021) “Fracture Parameters for Buried Cast Iron Pipes Subjected to Internal Surface Corrosions and Crackings”, Journal of Pipeline Science and Engineering, Vol. 1, Issue 2, 187-197.

Akhi, A. H. and Dhar, A.S. (2021) “Stress Intensity Factors for External Corrosions and Cracking of Buried Cast Iron Pipes”, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Volume 250, 1 June 2021, 107778.

Das, S. and Dhar, A.S. (2021) “Modeling time-dependent behavior of medium density polyethylene pipes”, ASCE Journal of Pipeline Systems - Engineering and Practice, Vol. 33, Issue 5 (May 2021).

Phan, H.C. and Dhar, A.S. (2021) “Investigation on Predicting Pipeline Burst Pressure with Machine Learning Models”, International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping, Volume 191, June 2021, 104384.

Phan, H.C., Dhar, A.S., and Bui, N.D. (2021) “Accounting source location on the vulnerability assessment of water distribution network”, ASCE Journal of Infrastructure System, Vol. 27, Issue 3 (September 2021).

Reza, A. and Dhar, A.S. (2021) “Axial Pullout Behaviour of Buried Medium Density Polyethylene Gas Distribution Pipes”, ASCE International Journal of Geomechanics, Vol. 21, Issue 7 (July 2021).

Das, S. and Dhar, A.S. (2021) “Nonlinear Time-Dependent Mechanical Behavior of a Medium Density Polyethylene Pipe Material”, ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 33(5): 04021068.

Muntakim A.H. and Dhar, A.S. (2021) “Assessment of Axial Pullout Force for Buried Medium Density Polyethylene Pipelines”, ASCE Journal of Pipeline Systems - Engineering and Practice, 12(2): 04020074

Murugathasan, P., Dhar, A.S. and Hawlader, B.C. (2021) "An Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Pullout Behavior of Buried Ductile Iron Water Pipes", Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 48(2): 134-143. link

Debnath, S. Ali, I. M., Dhar, A.S. and Thodi, P. (2021) "Material Properties for Fracture Mechanics based Strength Assessment of Cast Iron Water Mains", Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 48(1): 62-74. link

Phan, H.C., Dhar, A.S., Hu, G. and Sadiq, R. (2019) "Managing Water Main Breaks in Distribution Networks - A Risk-Based Decision Making", Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 191 (Nov. 2019), 106581.

Mondal, B.C. and Dhar, A.S. (2019) "Burst pressure of corroded pipelines considering axial forces and bending moments", Engineering Structures, 186 (May 2019), 43-51.

Mondal, B.C. and Dhar, A.S. (2019) "Burst pressure assessment of corroded pipelines using fracture mechanics criterion", Engineering Failure Analysis, 104 (Oct. 2019), 139-153.

Mondal, B.C. and Dhar, A.S. (2018) "Improved Folias Factor and Burst Pressure Models for Corroded Pipelines", Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, ASME, 40(1), 011702-011702-9.

Phan, H.C., Dhar, A.S., Thodi, P. and Sadiq, R. (2018) “Reliability assessment of water distribution network using algebraic connectivity”, Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology-AQUA, 67(3), 252-269.

Phan, H.C. and Dhar, A.S., Sadiq, R. (2018) “Prioritizing water mains for inspection and maintenance”, ASCE Journal of Pipeline Systems - Engineering and Practice, 9(3), 1949-1204.0000324.

Liyanage, K.T.H and Dhar, A.S. (2018) "Stresses in Cast Iron Water Main Subjected to Non-Uniform Bedding and Localized Concentrated Forces", International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 12(4): 368-376.

Mondal, B.C. and Dhar, A.S. (2017) "Upheaval buckling of surface-laid offshore pipeline", Applied Ocean Research, 66(2017), 146-155

Mondal, B.C. and Dhar, A.S. (2017) "Interaction of Multiple Corrosion Defects on Burst Pressure of Pipeline", Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 44(8): 589-597

Liyanage, K.T.H and Dhar, A.S. (2017) "Effects of corrosion pits on the wall stresses in cast iron water mains", ASCE Journal of Pipeline Systems - Engineering and Practice, 8(4): 04017023.

Phan, H.C., Dhar, A.S. and Mondal, B.C. (2017) "Revisiting Burst Pressure Models for Corroded Pipelines", Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 44(7): 485-494

Muntakim A.H., Dhar, A.S., and Dey, R. (2017) "Interpretation of acoustic field data for leak detection in ductile iron and copper water distribution pipes", ASCE Journal of Pipeline Systems - Engineering and Practice, 8(3): 05017001.

Phan, H.C. and Dhar, A.S. (2016) "Pipeline Maintenance Prioritization Considering Reliability and Risk: A Concept Methodology", Journal of Advances in Civil and Environmental Engineering, 3(1): 13-30.

Mondal, B.C. and Dhar, A.S. (2016) "FE Evaluation of Burst Pressure Models for Corroded Pipelines", Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, ASME, Vol. 139, 021702-1.

Siddique, M.S.A. and Dhar, A.S. (2015) “A Novel Elasto-Viscoplasticmodel of High Density Polyethylene Material”, Geosynthetics International, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp: 173-182.

Dhar, A.S. and Ansary, M.A. (2012) “Community Based Evaluation for the Development of a Sustainable Disaster Early Warning System”, Journal of Emergency Management, Vol. 10, No. 4, pp: 293-302.

Dhar, A.S., and Tarefder, R.A. (2011) “An Approximate Spreadsheet Integration Method for Foundation Settlements in Two-Layered Medium”, International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering Vol. 5, Issue 4, pp.: 437-446.

Dhar, A.S., Siddique, A. and Ameen, M. F. (2011) “Ground Improvement using Pre-loading with Prefabricated Vertical Drains: A Case Study of Coastal Alluvial Soil in Bangladesh”, International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories, ISSMGE, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp: 86-104.

Dhar, A.S. and Moore, I.D. (2006) “Evaluation of Local Bending in Profile-Wall Polyethylene Pipes”, Journal of Transportation Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 132, No. 11, pp: 898-906.

Wong, L.S., Allouche, E.N., Dhar, A.S., Baumert, M. and Moore, I.D. (2006) “Long Term Monitoring of SIDD Type IV Installations”, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 43, No. 4: 392-408.

Dhar, A.S., Moore, I.D. and McGrath, T.J. (2004) “Two-Dimensional Analysis of Thermoplastic Culvert Deformations and Strains”, Journal of Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 130, No.2, pp: 199-208.

Dhar, A.S., Siddique, M.S.A. and Sinha, A.N. (2004) “Deflections of PVC Pipes in a Clayey Backfill”, Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 1892, pp: 221-226.

Dhar, A.S. and Moore, I.D. (2004) “Laboratory Investigation of Local Bending in Profiled Thermoplastic Pipes”, Advances in Structural Engineering-An International Journal, Vol. 7, No. 3, pp: 201-215.

Dhar, A.S. and Moore, I.D. (2002) “Corrugated High-Density Polyethylene Pipe: Laboratory Testing and Two-dimensional Analyses to Develop Limit States Design”, Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 1814, pp: 157-163.

Dhar, A.S. and Moore, I.D. (2001) “Liner Buckling in Profiled Polyethylene Pipes”, Geosynthetics International, Vol. 8, No. 4, pp: 303-326

Ansary, M.A., Dhar, A.S., Siddiquee, M.S.A. and Shafiullah, A.M.M. (1999) “Laboratory Investigation of the Behaviour of Open-Ended Steel Pipe Piles”. The Indian Engineer, Sept. 1999 issue.

Siddiquee, M.S.A., Ansary, M.A., Dhar, A.S. and Shafiullah, A.M.M. (1999) “Numerical Modelling of the Behaviour of Open-Ended Steel Pipe Piles”. The Indian Engineer, Aug.”99 issue.

Proceedings

Dhar, A.S., Yasin, S.J.M, Ansary, M.A. and Siddique, A. (2009) “Proceedings of Bangladesh Geotechnical Conference 2009”, Bangladesh Society for Geotechnical Engineering (BSGE)

Selected Conference Publications

Reza, A., Hossain, K. and Dhar, A.S. (2020) “Compressibility Assessment of Roadway Embankments using Tire Derived Aggregates (TDA)”, TRB 100th Annual Meeting, Washington DC (Submitted)

Chakraborty, S., Dhar, A.S., Talesnick, M. and *Muntakim, A.H. (2020). "Behavior of a branched buried MDPE gas distribution pipe under axial ground movement", 73rd Canadian Geotechnical Conference (GeoVirtual 2020: Resilience and Innovation), Sep. 14-16, 2020

Saha, R.C. and Dhar, A.S. (2020). "Assessment of shear strength parameters of moist sands using conventional triaxial tests", 73rd Canadian Geotechnical Conference (GeoVirtual 2020: Resilience and Innovation), Sep. 14-16, 2020

Murugathasan, P., Dhar, A.S., Debnath, S., Muntakim, A.H. and Roy, K. (2019) "Numerical Assessment of Dented Pipe Using Inline Inspection Data", The 2020 13th International Pipeline Conference (IPC2020), Calgary, Alberta, Sep. 28 – Oct. 1, 2020 (accepted)

Murugathasan, P., Muntakim, A.H. and Dhar, A.S. (2019) "Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis of Dented Pipes Under Internal Pressure and Axial Loads", The 13th International Conference on Mechanical Engineering (ICME2019), Dhaka, Bangladesh, Dec. 18-20, 2019

Saha, R., Dhar, A. and Hawlader, B. (2019) "Shear strength assessment of a well-graded clean sand", 72nd Canadian Geotechnical Conference, St. John's, NL, Sep. 30-Oct. 2, 2019

Reza, A., Dhar, A.S., Rahman, M. and Weerasekara, L. (2019) "Pulling rate effects on pullout resistance of buried small diameter MDPE pipe in loose sand", 72nd Canadian Geotechnical Conference, St. John's, NL, Sep. 30-Oct. 2, 2019

Debnath, S., and Dhar, A.S. (2019) "Assessment of Stress Intensity Factor for Buried Cast Iron Water Pipes Using Abaqus", 72nd Canadian Geotechnical Conference, St. John's, NL, Sep. 30-Oct. 2, 2019

Reza, R., and Dhar, A.S. (2019) "Full-Scale Laboratory Pullout Testing of 60 mm Diameter Buried MDPE Pipes", CSCE 2019 Annual Conference, Laval, QC, June 12 - 15, 2019

Saha, R., Dhar, A.S. and Hawlader, B. (2019) "Strength and deformation behaviour of a local sand", CSCE 2019 Annual Conference, Laval, QC, June 12 - 15, 2019

Das, S., and Dhar, A.S. (2019) "Nonlinear Behavior of a Medium Density Polyethylene Pipe Material", CSCE 2019 Annual Conference, Laval, QC, June 12 - 15, 2019.

Saha, D., Hawlader, B, Datta, S. and Dhar, A. S. (2019) "Effects of Seabed Shear Strength and Gap between Pipeline and Seabed on Drag Force on Suspended Pipelines Caused by Submarine Debris Flow", 29th International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, June 16-21, 2019

Morshed, M.A., Roy, K.S., Hawlader, B, and Dhar, A. S. (2018) "Numerical Modelling of Oblique Pipe-Soil Interaction in Dense Sand", 71st Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Edmonton, AB, Sep. 23-26, 2018

Saha, D., Hawlader, B, Datta, S. and Dhar, A. S. (2018) "A comparison using two numerical approaches for modelling the impact of submarine landslides on suspended pipelines", 71st Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Edmonton, AB, Sep. 23-26, 2018

Murugathasan, P., Dhar, A.S. and Hawlader, B. (2018) "A laboratory facility for studying pullout behavior of buried pipelines", 71st Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Edmonton, AB, Sep. 23-26, 2018

Muntakim, A.H., Dhar, A.S. and Reza, A. (2018) "Modelling time dependent behaviour of buried polyethylene pipes using Abaqus", 71st Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Edmonton, AB, Sep. 23-26, 2018

Debnath, S. and Dhar, A.S. (2018) "Failure analysis of buried cast iron water main using fracture mechanics", 71st Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Edmonton, AB, Sep. 23-26, 2018

Muntakim, A.H., Dhar, A. S., and Hussein, A. (2017) "Acoustic wave attenuation through buried water mains", 70th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, GEOOTTAWA 2017, Ottawa, ON, Oct.2-5

Muntakim, A.H., Dhar, A. S., and Rahman, M. (2017) "Pipeline behaviour subjected to large ground movement", 70th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, GEOOTTAWA 2017, Ottawa, ON

Al Tarhouni, M., Fouzder, A., Hawlader, B. and Dhar, A.S. (2017) "Direct Simple Shear and Triaxial Compression Tests on Dense Silica Sand at Low Effective Stress", 70th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, GEOOTTAWA 2017, Ottawa, ON, Oct. 2-5, 2017

Arman, R., Roy, K, Hawlader, B. and Dhar, A.S. (2017) "Finite Element Analysis of Upheaval Buckling of Submarine Pipelines with Initial Imperfection", 70th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, GEOOTTAWA 2017, Ottawa, ON, Oct. 2-5, 2017

Phan, H.C., Dhar, A.S., Sadiq, R. (2017) “Complex network analysis of municipal water main system incorporating the reliability of individual pipe”, Annual Conference of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering (CSCE), May 31 - June 3, 2017

Mondal, B.C. and Dhar, A.S. (2016) "Upheaval Buckling Behavior of Offshore Oil Pipeline ", 69th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Vancouver, BC, October 2-5, 2016

Dhar, A.S. and Mondal, B.C. (2016) “Burst Pressure Assessment for Pipelines with Multiple Corrosion Defects”, Annual Conference of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering (CSCE), London, June 1-4, 2016

Muntakim A. H. and Dhar, A.S. (2015) “Laboratory investigation of acoustic noise from leaks in ductile iron water pipe”, Annual Conference of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering (CSCE), London, June 1-4, 2016

Liyanage, K.H. and Dhar, A.S. (2015) “Three dimensional Finite Element Analyses of Partially Supported Water Mains”, GeoQuebec 2015, 68th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Quebec City, QC, September 21-23, 2015

Mondal, B.C. and Dhar, A.S. (2015) “Corrosion effects on the strength of steel pipes using FEA”, 34th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, St. John’s, NL, May 31- June 5, 2015

Dhar, A.S. and Muntakim A. H. (2015) “Nonlinear Analysis of Axisymmetrically Wrinkled Pipes Under Axial Loads And Internal Pressures”, 34th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, St. John’s, NL, May 31- June 5, 2015

Dhar, A.S. and Mondal, B.C. (2015) “FE Modelling of Corroded Pipelines under Internal Pressure”, Artic Oil and Gas North America 2015, IBC Energy’s 6th Annual Conference, St. John’s, NL, April 14-15, 2015

Mondal, B.C. and Dhar, A. S. (2014) “Corrosion of Iron and Steel Pipes in Sodium Chloride Salt Solution: A review”, presentation at Corrosion Management – The Key to Asset Integrity Management, Northern Area Eastern Conference, St. John’s, NL, October 19-21, 2014

Dhar, A.S. and Ansary, M. (2011) “Seismic Hazard Assessment for Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh”, 5th Canadian Conf. on Geotechnique and Natural Hazards, Kelowna, BC, May 2011

Alam, M. S., Dhar, A.S. and Turan, Alper (2010) “Horizontal Impedance Functions for Circular Foundations on Layered Soil Media” 3rd International Earthquake Symposium, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 5-6 March, 2010

Dhar, A.S. and Tarefder, R.A. (2009) “Wall Thrusts and Moments for Buried Rigid Pipe”, Bangladesh Geotechnical Conference, Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 17, 2009, pp: 49-57

Dhar, A.S. and Datta, S. (2009) “A Parametric Study of Buried Flexible Pipe under Surface Load”, Bangladesh Geotechnical Conference, December 17, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp: 100-108

Saha, N., Tarefder, R.A. and Dhar, A.S. (2009) “A Finite Element Model for Parametric Study of Cracking in Asphalt Concrete”, Bangladesh Geotechnical Conference, December 17, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp: 86-99

Paul, S., Islam, K., Dhar, A.S. (2009) “Wall Forces from Standard Installation Direct Design of Buried Rigid Pipe”, Bangladesh Geotechnical Conference, December 17, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp: 72-79

Siddique, A., Dhar, A. S. and Ameen S. F. (2009) “Ground Improvement Works Employed for the Construction of a Container Yard at Chittagong Sea Port”, Bangladesh Geotechnical Conference, December 17, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp: 218-226

Imtiaz, A. B. A., Ansary, M.A. and Dhar, A.S. (2008) “Seismic Microzonation Based on Site Amplification Study of Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh”, 7th International Symposium on New Technologies for Urban Safety of Mega Cities in Asia, 9-10 December 2008, China

Hussain, M.A, Dhar, A.S., Welhena, T. and Ansary, M.A (2008) “Tsunami Vulnerability Assessment of Cox’s Bazar District, Bangladesh”, WFEO- JFES- JSCE Joint International Symposium on Disaster Risk Management, Tohoku Univ., Japan, 11 September 2008, pp: 96-110

Dhar, A.S., Ansary, M.A., Jubair, M. and Imtiaz, A. B. A (2008) “Community Awareness Program in Cox’s Bazar for Disaster Risk Reduction”, International Disaster and Risk Conference, IDRC 2008, August 25 – 28, 2008, Davos, Switzerland

Dhar, A.S., and Noor, M.A. (2007) “Calculation of Wall Stresses for Buried Flexible Pipe”, 13th Asian Regional Conference, 10-14th December, 2007, Kolkata, India

Dhar, A.S., and Muqtadir, M.A. (2007) “Evaluation of the Capacity of Bored Pile using Pile Load Tests”, 13th Asian Regional Conference, 10-14th December, 2007, Kolkata, India

Islam, M.K., and Dhar, A.S. (2007) “Interpretation of Plate Load Tests on Controlled Fills” 13th Asian Regional Conference, 10-14th December, 2007, Kolkata, India

Saha, R., Dhar, A.S., and Ansary, M.A. (2007) “Assessment of Cyclone Shelters in Cox’s Bazar against Earthquake Hazard”, 6th International Symposium on New Technologies for Urban Safety of Mega Cities in Asia, 9-10 December 2007, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Imtiaz, A. B. A., Shamim, M., Dhar, A.S., Ansary, M.A. and Ahmed, M.Z (2007) “Visual Screening Methods for Earthquake Vulnerability Assessment”, 6th International Symposium on New Technologies for Urban Safety of Mega Cities in Asia, 9-10 December 2007, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Imtiaz, A. B. A., Ansary, and Dhar, A.S. (2007) “Seismic Microzonation of Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh”, 6th International Symposium on New Technologies for Urban Safety of Mega Cities in Asia, 9-10 December 2007, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Dhar, A.S., Ansary, and Imtiaz, A. B. A. (2007) “Evaluation of Sheltering Systems for Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster at Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh”, International Disaster and Risk Conference, IDRC 2007, August 21 – 25, 2007, Harbin, China

Siddiquee, M.S.A, and Dhar, A.S. (2007) “Determination of Pipe Pullback load for Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) Crossings by Finite Element Method”, ASCE International Pipeline Conference 2007, Boston, MA, USA, July 08-11, 2007

Ahmed, M. Z., Dhar, A.S., Ansary, M. A. and Al-Hussaini, T.M. (2007) "Seismic Risk Reduction in Bangladesh: Recent Activities", 6th National Conf. on Earthquake Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey

Dhar, A.S. (2006) “Design and Performance Evaluation of Bored Piles in Sand”, 31st Annual Conference on Deep Foundations, Deep Foundations Institute, Washington D.C., Oct. 04, 2006

Dhar, A.S., Islam, M.K. and Kalam, A.K. (2006) “Water supply and sewage pipeline system in Bangladesh: prospects of trenchless installation methods", 24th International NO-DIG conference (NO-DIG DOWN UNDER 2006), Brisbane, Australia, October 29 - November 02, 2006

Dhar, A.S. and Kabir, M.A. (2006) “A Simplified Soil-Structure Interaction based Method for Calculating Deflection of Buried Pipe”, Geotechnical Symposium in Roma, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy, March 2006, in Soil Stress-Strain Behavior: Measurement, Modeling an Analysis by Ling et al

Dhar, A.S., Siddiquee, M.S.A., Tatsuoka, F. and Noor, M A. (2006) “An Isotach Model for Time Dependent Behavior of High Density Polyethylene”, 85th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., USA, Jan 22 26, 2006, CD-ROM

Dhar, A.S., Kabir, M.A., Noor, M A. (2005) " Development of Rational Design Method for Rigid Pipes", 3rd Annual Paper Meet and International Conference on Civil Engineering, Institute of Engineers, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Mar 9-11, 2005, pp: 95-110

Allouche, E.N., Dhar, A.S. and Wong, L.S. (2004) "Response of SIDD Type IV Bedding to Live Loads", 83rd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., USA, Jan 11-15, 2004

Dhar, A.S., Siddiquee, M.S.A, and Sinha A.N. (2004) "Performance of PVC Pipes in a Backfill of Native Dhaka Clay", 83rdAnnual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., USA, Jan 11-15, 2004, CD-ROM

Dhar, A.S. (2003) “The Development of a Simplified Equation for Deflection of Buried Pipe”, Proc. ASCE International Pipeline 2003 Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, July 13-16, 2003, pp: 1096-1105

Noor, M. A. and Dhar, A.S. (2003) “Three Dimensional Response of Buried Pipe Under Vehicle Loads”, Proc. ASCE International Pipeline 2003 Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, July 13-16, 2003, pp: 658-665

Dhar, A.S., Noor, M.A., Hossain, T.R., Seraj, S.M., Haque, M.S and Khan, A.J. (2003) “Safety Assessment of Gas Pipelines Under the Jamuna Bridge Access Road Rehabilitation”, ASCE International Pipeline 2003 Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, July 13-16, 2003, pp: 1106-1115

Dhar, A.S., Moore, I.D. and McGrath, T.J. (2002) “Evaluation of Simplified Design Methods for Buried Thermoplastic Pipe” Proc. Pipelines 2002 Conference, ASCE, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, August 4-7, 2002

Dhar, A.S. and Moore, I.D. (2002) “Corrugated HDPE Pipe: Laboratory Testing and Two-Dimensional Analyses to Develop Limit States Design”, 81st Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., USA, January 13 -17, 2002, CD ROM

Dhar, A.S. and Moore, I.D. (2001) "Sensitivity of Thermoplastic Pipe Behavior to Profile Geometry", International Specialty Conference on Pipelines 2001 – Advances in Pipeline Engineering and Construction, ASCE, San Diego, CA, USA, July 14-18, 2001, CD-ROM

Dhar, A.S. and Moore, I.D. (2001) "Limit States of Buried Thermoplastic Pipes: Laboratory Investigations", International Conference of the Underground Infrastructure Research (UIR2001), Waterloo, ON, Canada, June 10-13, 2001, pp: 23-30

Dhar, A.S. and Moore, I.D. (2000) "Non-linear Analysis of Buried HDPE Pipe by the Finite Element Method: Comparison with Laboratory Test", Proceedings of the International conference of Geotechnical and Geological Engineering (GEOENG2000), Melbourne, Australia, November 19 – 24, 2000, CD-ROM

Dhar, A.S. and Moore, I.D. (2000) “Local Buckling in Profiled Thermoplastic Pipes" The 28th Annual Conference of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers, London, Ontario, Canada, June 7-10, 2002, pp: 368-375, CD-ROM

Dhar, A.S., Sawada, S. and Nakase, H. (1999) "Response of Granular Material to Steady State and Dynamic Stresses", Proceeding of the 13th Engineering Mechanics Conference, ASCE, Baltimore MD, USA, June 13-16, 1999, CD-ROM

Pradhan, T.B.S., Dhar, A.S. and Sawada, S. (1998) "Role of Stiffness in the Simulation of 1-D Compression by DEM", 33rd Japan National Conf. on Soil Mech. and Found. Eng., Komamoto, Kyushu, Japan, August, 1998, pp: 553-555

Siddiquee, M.S.A., Ansary, M.A., Dhar, A.S. and Safiullah, A.M.M (1997) “Behavior of Open-Ended Steel Pipe Piles in Granular Soil”, Proceedings of 30th year Anniversary Symposium of the Southeast Asian Geotechnical Society, Bangkok, Thailand, Nov. 03-07, 1997, pp: 3.14-3.28

Siddiquee, M.S.A, Dhar, A.S. and Safiullah, A.M.M. (1997) “Study of Formation of Stress Arches in Open-Ended Pipe Pile” Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, proceedings of the 9th Int. Conference on Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, Wuhan, China, Vol. 2, pp: 2111-2116

Selected Technical Reports

Dhar, A.S., Phan, H.C., and Muntakim, A.H. (2019) “Municipal Water Main Infrastructure Integrity Management Techniques”, Submitted to City of Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador (NSERC-CRD Project: CRDPJ 491323-2015)

Dhar, A.S. (2017) “Finite element analysis of pipelines subjected ground movements”, Submitted to FortisBC Canada Inc. (NSERC Engage Project: EGP 505318-16)

Dhar, A.S., Hossain, A. and Ansary, M.A. (2008) “Tsunami Vulnerability Assessment of Cox’s Bazar District”, Project Report to United Nation Office for Project Services (UNOPS) through the Comprehensive Disaster Manage Program, Ministry of Food and Disaster Management, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh

Dhar, A.S. and Ansary, M.A. (2008) “Earthquake Vulnerability Assessment of Cox’s Bazar District”, Project Report to United Nation Office for Project Services (UNOPS) through the Comprehensive Disaster Manage Program, Ministry of Food and Disaster Management, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh

Dhar, A.S. and Ansary, M.A. (2008) “Disaster Early Warning Systems for Cox’s Bazar”, Project Report to United Nation Office for Project Services (UNOPS) through the Comprehensive Disaster Manage Program, Ministry of Food and Disaster Management, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh

Dhar, A.S., and Ansary, M.A. (2008) “Community Awareness about Earthquake and Tsunami Hazards in Cox’s Bazar”, Project Report to United Nation Office for Project Services (UNOPS) through the Comprehensive Disaster Manage Program, Ministry of Food and Disaster Management, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh

Allouche, E.N., Wong, L.S. and Dhar, A.S. (2003) “Response of SIDD type IV bedding to live loads” OCPA Final Report, Ontario Concrete Pipe Association

Dhar, A.S. and Moore, I.D. (2001) “Liner buckling in profiled polyethylene pipes” GEOT-2-01, Geotechnical Research Center, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario

Moore, I.D. and Dhar, A.S. (2000) “Analysis and Testing of Buried Plastic Pipe”, Attach. A.3, Phase 1 Interim Report, NCHRP Project 4-26, Transportation Research Board, USA

Moore, I.D. and Dhar, A.S. (2000) “UWO-Tests to Investigate Pipe Behavior”, Attach. B, Phase1 Interim Report, NCHRP Project 4-26, Transportation Research Board, USA