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Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
Chairman: Centre for Sustainable Technologies
E-mail: venkat@iisc.ac.in; byrasandravenkat@gmail.com
Phone: +91 80 22933126

About

Prof. Reddy is a Civil Engineer, with a Ph D in structural engineering from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. He is a senior Professor in the Civil Engineering Department and currently the Chairman of Centre for Sustainable Technologies. Prof. Reddy’s research interests include structural masonry, mechanics of materials, energy in buildings, green buildings, low carbon construction materials, low carbon binders, geopolymer products and recycling solid wastes into construction materials. The translational R&D, innovations/technology development and out-reach activities touch upon: machines for compacted earth blocks (CEB), optimum soil grading curves for CEB, test methods for durability of CEB, cement-soil mortars, fly ash bricks, alkali activated bricks, rammed earth structures, alternative roofing systems. The translational R&D is of direct relevance to the industry and practiced by many building professionals resulting in >3 million tons of carbon savings. His nurturing efforts in dissemination of sustainable technologies touch the bottom of the pyramid cadres and many entrepreneurs. Prof. Reddy is responsible for establishing a centre for capacity building in sustainable technologies at the IISc new campus.

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES

1. Member - Indian Concrete Institute
2. Associate Member: International Scientific Committee on Earthen Architectural Heritage (ISCEAH)
3. Member: International Committee on Non-Conventional Materials and Technologies (IC-NOCMAT)
4. Member: British Masonry Society, UK
5. Senior Member: RILEM, France

Patents

  1. Process for treatment of fluoride contaminated water and a domestic defluoridation unit, Inventors: Rao, S. M., Mamatha, P. and Venkatarama Reddy, B. V.
  2. Patent filled on the “A new low-embodied energy building integrated photovoltaic roof mounting mechanism”. Inventors (or Authors): IISc- Monto Mani and B. V. Venkatarama Reddy; BHEL- C.V. S. N. Murty, M. Sreenath, S. Lokabhiraman and N. Anandarao, (Granted Patent No. 262623, 29 Aug’ 2014)
  3. Patent filled on the “An integrated sanitation system and a process for effective treatment of wastewater”. Inventors (or Authors): Monto Mani, B. V. Venkatarama Reddy (Granted Patent No. 272306, 29 Mar’ 2016)
  4. Patent filled on the “Double Guarded Hot Box”. Inventors (or Authors): Monto Mani, B. V. Venkatarama Reddy, G. S. V. L. Narasimham, N. C. Balaji, K. I. Praseeda and Gayathri Aadithya, (Patent filed: May 2011, Application number: 1826/CHE/2011)
  5. Patent filled on the “Stove-mould assembly”. Inventors (or Authors): Pramod Khadilkar, S. S. Lokras, H. I. Somashekar, B. V. Venkatarama Reddy and Monto Mani. (Filed 27 Dec’ 2011 Application number: 4595/CHE/2011)

Portfolio
    AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

  • Prof. Satish Dhawan Young Engineers Award for Engineering Sciences (Government of Karnataka), 2004
  • Holcim awards acknowledgement prize (Asia Pacific region) for “Low-cost low-maintenance school extension Building,” for the design on low embodied energy building, 2008.
    • Association of Consulting Civil Engineers and NAGADI – Award for the best publication in Civil Engineering for the book “Alternative Building Materials and Technologies”, 2008.
  • Suez Environment Water for All Foundation of the Institute de France award for “Appropriate/innovative sanitation design for the rehabilitation of tsunami affected island village of Kodiyampalayam, Tamil Nadu”, 2009
  • Amulya and Vimala Reddy award for Sustainable Development, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. 2011
  • Member, Governing Body of Karnataka State Building Centre, Bangalore since 2004.
  • Member, CED 30 and CED 45/T-9 committees; Bureau of Indian Standards, India
  • Director, Executive Board, Karnataka State Police Housing & Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited, Bangalore, India (2011 – 2015).
  • DAAD Guest Professorship at the Department of Architecture and Building Physics, Bauhaus University Weimar, Germany for 6 months during 2008-09.
  • Visiting Professor, Dept. of Architecture & Civil Engg, University of Bath, UK (2015 – 16)
  • Member: Editorial committee, Construction Materials, Proceedings of Institution of Civil Engineers Journal, London UK, Thomas-Telford publication, 2014-17.
  • Member, Editorial panel for Building Research & Information journal.





RESEARCH INTERESTS

  1. Structural Masonry and Mechanics of Materials
  2. Low carbon building materials and technologies
  3. Energy in buildings and green buildings
  4. Construction materials from non-organic solid wastes
  5. Geopolymer and alternative binders

Moisture transport in bricks-mortars-masonry; Stabilized earth block and fly ash brick masonry; Bond strength & bond enhancement techniques; Bond strength-masonry strength relationships; Cement-soil mortars; Strength and stability of masonry walls; Flexural behaviour of fly ash brick masonry; FE modelling and prediction of masonry behaviour.

Static compaction of soils; energy, density and moisture relationships; Modelling static soil compaction process; Optimum stabiliser-clay ratios and soil grading limits; Strength and stability of rammed earth walls; Reinforced rammed earth; Design guidance for rammed earth walls; Shrinkage phenomenon in compacted stabilised earth materials; Steam cured fly ash bricks; Bond development phenomenon in fly ash brick masonry; Flexure behaviour of fly ash brick masonry; Fly ash blended lean concrete mixes; Geopolymer bricks; Composite beam panel roofs; Unreinforced masonry vaults and domes; Cool roofs.

Embodied energy (EE) assessment; Methods of EE analysis; EE and operational energy in buildings; Thermal characteristics of materials and thermal behaviour of conventional and traditional buildings; Energy efficiency and green buildings

Iron ore tailings as fine aggregate; Re-use of fluoride contaminated sludge and mine tailings in building materials; Fine aggregates from C&D wastes; Alkali activated C&D products; Characteristics of manufactured sand; Fine aggregates from processed granulated steel slag; Fly ash-lime-gypsum bricks.

Major scientific contributions

  • Fundamental contribution to the knowledge on static compaction of soils and modelling static soil compaction process
  • Deducing optimum stabiliser-clay ratios and soil grading limits for a range of soils for the production of stabilised earth blocks
  • Development of test methods for assessing the deterioration and durability of stabilised earth materials
  • Establishing Mohr-Coulomb failure envelopes and theories of failure for high density stabilised rammed earth
  • Developing and standardising methods for determining characteristic compressive strength of rammed earth and establishing stress reduction factors for developing design guidance
  • Mapping the shrinkage phenomenon in compacted stabilised earth materials
  • Establishing optimum mix designs for lime-fly ash mixes, activated through gypsum/ steam curing.
  • Bond development phenomenon in fly ash brick masonry and establishing the presence of chemical bond.
  • Established bond strength -masonry strength relationships.
  • The scientific findings on retrieving clay minerals from the compacted cement stabilised earth products
  • Refining embodied energy (EE) assessment methods and data bank creation on EE of materials and operational energy in buildings across different climate zones of India-useful database for green building assessment methods.



TRANSLATIONAL R&D, INNOVATIONS, TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT, & OUT-REACH ACTIVITIES

R&D work pertains to finding solutions to the real-time problems aimed at devising innovative technologies for the construction sector. Brief highlights of some of the innovations, technologies developed and dissemination efforts are as follows.

  1. Machines for Compacted Soil Blocks: Design and development machines for the production of compacted earth blocks (CEB). Technology transfer for commercial production.
  2. Optimum Soil Grading for Stabilised Earth Blocks and Rammed Earth: Optimum soil grading curves for the extreme cases of silty and sandy soils for the stabilised earth compacts. These specifications are being widely used for the construction of stabilised soil block buildings.
  3. Design & Development of Test methods for Dimensional Stability of Stabilised Soil Blocks: Developed length comparator to measure linear expansion on saturation for CEB. This test has been adopted in the Indian code on CEB (IS 1725-2013, 2nd rev.).
  4. Cement-Soil Mortars for Masonry: A new mortar (called cement-soil mortar) was discovered, which improves the workability and bond development in masonry drastically. Compatibility of the mortars established for CEB masonry.
  5. Bond Strength – Masonry Compressive Strength Relationships: It was discovered that bond strength influences masonry compressive strength for stiffer mortar-softer masonry unit combination. It was shown that the masonry compressive strength increases with increase in bond strength. A number of bond enhancing techniques were developed and put into practice.
  6. Steam Cured Fly Ash Blocks: The technology of steam cured fly ash block manufacture was standardised and implemented for commercial exploitation.
  7. Developed Indian standard code (IS 1725 – 2013) on stabilised earth brick technology.
  8. The R&D work and findings on non-organic solid wastes (mine tailings, granulated slag, M-sand) as fine aggregates in concrete and mortar resulted in saving millions of tonnes of mined natural materials (river sand and granite).
  9. Standardised the CEB filler block sizes for reinforced filler slab construction
  10. Developing mix design and production methods for Geopolymer and alkali activated bricks using soil and demolition waste

Impact of scientific/translational research and technological contributions

The R&D work pertained to finding solutions to the real-time problems aimed at devising innovative low carbon technologies for the construction sector. The development efforts on low carbon materials and building technologies is of direct relevance to the industry & have been practiced by many building professionals. Large numbers of structures (>100,000) built across India using alternative building technologies which has resulted in saving >2 million tons of carbon.
Established a Centre for Bio-energy and Low Carbon Technologies (C-BELT). This effort is mainly catered to imparting skills on BELT technologies to the bottom of the pyramid beneficiaries and nurturing entrepreneurs in promotion of BELT technologies in rural and peri-urban areas.



ORGANISATION OF CONFERENCES/SYMPOSIA

  1. Organising Secretary: 6th International Seminar on Structural Masonry for Developing Countries-2000, Bangalore, India
  2. Member, Organising Committee, National Workshop on Alternative Building Methods, Bangalore, Jan. 2002.
  3. Organising Chairman, International Symposium on Earthen Structures, August 2007 at IISc Bangalore
  4. Member: Scientific Committee, International conference on “The design for sustainable well-being and empowerment”, IISc and TU Delft Netherlands, 2014
  5. Organising Chairman: International Symposium on Earthen Structures (ISES 2018), 22-24 August 2018 Bangalore, India
  6. Technical and advisory committee member for several National & International conferences

Sponsored research

Sponsored research projects mainly pertain to development and dissemination of wide range of low carbon building technologies having immediate benefit to the industry and societal outreach. Totally about 150 million rupees generated under sponsored research since the last one decade. Titles of some these projects are listed below.

  • Developing alkali-activated low carbon bricks using construction and demolition wastes for energy efficient walling envelopes
  • Developing earth based building products utilising solid wastes (UKIERI)
  • Dissemination of Sustainable Technologies in rural and peri-urban habitats
  • Bio-Energy and Low-Carbon Technologies (C-BELT)
  • Developing design guidance for rammed earth construction, (CEFIPRA)
  • Construction waste – Potential resource for building products: A case study of Bangalore City
  • Utilisation of Kudremukh Iron ore tailings for fine aggregate in concrete and mortars
  • Technology Interface Unit for Khadi & Village Industry Corporation
  • Capacity building in Bio-Energy & Low Carbon Technologies
  • Renewable Energy Technologies in Built Environment (RENET)
  • Development & dissemination of roofing tiles from industrial and mine wastes
  • Development and field testing of alternative building technologies
  • Development and dissemination of lime based building blocks

Scientific and Industrial consultancy

Demand from the construction industry, for low carbon materials and the alternative building technologies developed over three decades of R&D. Technical services offered through consultancy projects. Totally 70 consultancy projects worth more than 20 million rupees and the select few are listed below.

  • Technical advice on alternative construction techniques for the Balrampur district headquarters buildings
  • Suitability of blast furnace slag as fine aggregate in structural concrete
  • Structural analysis and investigation on eastern Mahadwra of Krishna Temple, Hampi
  • Structural design of cement stabilized soil block masonry residential buildings for the GoodEarth Malhar project – Phase 1
  • Structural design of stabilized soil block masonry buildings for the Resonance GoodEarth Malhar project – Phase 2
  • Structural design of parabolic trough reflector
  • Optimum binder content for the production of stabilised soil blocks for masonry
  • Suitability of manufactured sand for structural concrete and mortar applications
  • Technical advice on design and construction of housing and sanitation in Tsunami affected villages in Nagapattinam district T.N.
  • Design of three storey load bearing rammed earth school building, Bangalore
  • Evaluation of technical proposals for the development of modern agricultural market
  • Technical advice on the construction of Keerthinarayana temple at Talkad, Karnataka
  • Vetting of structural design of proposed Suvarna Soudha Building at Belgaum
  • Structural design of load bearing masonry building for Icon classic villas

PUBLICATIONS

 

(a) Journals


  1. N. C. Balaji, Monto Mani and B. V. Venkatarama Reddy, (2018), Dynamic thermal performance of conventional and alternative building wall envelopes, Journal of Building Engineering, 21, 373-395.
  2. Lepakshi Raju and B. V. Venkatarama Reddy (2018), Influence of layer thickness and plasticisers on the characteristics of cement stabilised rammed earth, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering (ASCE), 30(12). 04018314,1-10
  3. K. Gourav and B. V. Venkatarama Reddy, Out-of-plane behaviour of fly ash-lime-gypsum brick masonry walls, Engineering Structures, 173, 2018, 241-250.
  4. K. Gourav and B. V. Venkatarama Reddy, Bond development in burnt clay and FaL-G brick masonry, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering (ASCE), 30(9), 2018, 04018202,1-10
  5. Venkatarama Reddy, B. V. and Latha, M. S., Mortar shrinkage and flexure bond strength of stabilised soil brick masonry, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering (ASCE), 2018, 30(5): 05018002,
  6. K. I. Praseeda, B.V. Venkatarama Reddy, M. Mani, Embodied and operational energy of rural dwellings in India, International Journal of Sustainable Energy, 2017, DOI: 10.1080/14786451.2017.1418742.
  7. Venkatarama Reddy B. V., Suresh V. and K. S. Nanjunda Rao, Characteristic compressive strength of cement stabilised rammed earth, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering (ASCE), 29(2), 2017, 04016203-1 to 7.
  8. Latha, M. S. and Venkatarama Reddy, B. V., Swell-shrink properties of stabilised earth products, Construction Materials, Proc. of ICE (London), 170(CM1), 2017, 3 – 15.
  9. N. C. Balaji, Monto Mani and B. V. Venkatarama Reddy, (2016) “Thermal conductivity studies on cement-stabilised soil blocks”, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Construction Materials, 170(CM1), 2017, 40 – 54,.
  10. Adam G. Tennant, Craig D. Foster, B. V. Venkatarama Reddy, Detailed Experimental Review of Flexural Behavior of Cement Stabilized Soil Block Masonry Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering (ASCE), 28(6), 2016, 060160004-1 to 5.
  11. V. Venkatarama Reddy, H. Hemanth Kumar, S. N. Ullas and K. Gourav, Non-organic solid wastes - potential resource for construction materials, Current Science, 111(12), 2016, 1968 – 1976.
  12. K. I. Praseeda, B.V. Venkatarama Reddy, M. Mani, Embodied and operational energy of urban residential buildings in India, Energy and Buildings, 110, 2016, pp. 211 – 219.
  13. B. V. Venkatarama Reddy, Design of a manual press for the production of compacted stabilised soil blocks, Current Science, 109(9), 2015, pp. 1651-1659
  14. K. I. Praseeda, B.V. Venkatarama Reddy, M. Mani, Embodied energy assessment of building materials in India using process and input–output analysis, Energy and Buildings, 86, 2015, pp. 677 – 686.
  15. Venkatarama Reddy, B. V., and Latha, M. S., Retrieving Clay Minerals from Stabilised Soil Compacts, Applied Clay Science, 101, 2014, pp. 362 – 368.
  16. Venkatarama Reddy, B. V., Georg Leuzinger and Sreeram, V. S., Low embodied energy cement stabilised rammed earth building – A case study, Energy and Buildings, 68, 2014, 541 – 546.
  17. Venkatarama Reddy, B. V., and Latha, M. S., Influence of soil grading on the characteristics of cement stabilised soil compacts, Materials and Structures (RILEM), (2014) 47 (10), pp. 1633 -1645.
  18. K. Gourav and B. V. Venkatarama Reddy, Characteristics of Compacted Fly Ash Bricks and Fly Ash Brick Masonry, Journal of Structural Engineering SERC Chennai, 41(2), 2014, pp. 147-160
  19. Adam G Tennant P.E., Craig D. Foster and B. V. Venkatarama Reddy, application of building code to flexural behavior of cement stabilized soil block masonry, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering (ASCE), 25(3), 2013, pp. 303 – 307.
  20. Monto Mani and B.V. Venkatarama Reddy, Sustainability in Human Settlements: Imminent Material and Energy Challenges for Buildings in India, Journal of the Indian Institute of Science, 92(1), 2012, pp. 145 – 162.
  21. Gumaste, K. S., Nanjunda Rao, K. S., Venkatarama Reddy, B. V. and Jagadish, K. S., Compressive strength of storey height burnt clay brick masonry walls, Journal of Structural Engineering 38(6), 2012, pp. 541 – 547.
  22. B. V. Venkatarama Reddy and K. Gourav, Strength of lime-fly ash compacts using different curing techniques and additives, Materials and Structures (RILEM), 44(10) 2011, pp. 1793-1808.
  23. B. V. Venkatarama Reddy and P. Prasanna Kumar, Structural Behaviour of Story High Cement Stabilised Rammed Earth Walls under Compression, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering (ASCE), 23(3), 2011, pp. 240 – 247.
  24. B. V. Venkatarama Reddy and P. Prasanna Kumar, Cement Stabilised Rammed Earth – Part A: Compaction characteristics and physical properties of compacted cement stabilised soils, Materials and Structures (RILEM), 44(3), 2011, pp. 681 – 694
  25. B. V. Venkatarama Reddy and P. Prasanna Kumar, Cement Stabilised Rammed Earth – Part B: Compressive strength and elastic properties, Materials and Structures (RILEM), 44(3), 2011, pp. 695 – 707
  26. Eskandari, H, Muralidhara, S., Raghu Prasad, B. K. and Venkatarama Reddy, B. V., Size effect in self consolidating concrete beams with and without notches, Sadhana - Academy Proceedings in Engineering Sciences, 35(3), 2010, 303 – 317.
  27. Ch U Vyas and B. V. Venkatarama Reddy, Prediction of solid block masonry prism strength using FE model, Materials and Structures (RILEM), 43(5), 2010, pp. 719-735
  28. B. V. Venkatarama Reddy and P. Prasanna Kumar, Embodied energy in cement stabilised rammed earth walls, Energy and Buildings, 42(3), 2010, pp. 380 – 385.
  29. B. V. Venkatarama Reddy and P. Prasanna Kumar, Compressive Strength and Elastic Properties of Stabilised Rammed Earth and Masonry, Masonry International, Jl. of the International Masonry Society, 22(2), 2009, pp. 39 – 46.
  30. B. V. Venkatarama Reddy, Richardson Lal and K. S. Nanjunda Rao, Influence of joint thickness and mortar-block elastic properties on the strength and stresses developed in soil-cement block masonry, Jl of Materials in Civil Engineering, 21(10), 2009, 535 – 542.
  31. B. V. Venkatarama Reddy, Sustainable Materials for Low Carbon Buildings, International Journal of Low Carbon Technologies, 4(3), 2009, pp. 175-181.
  32. Sudhakar M. Rao, G. C. Raju and B. V. Venkatarama Reddy, Compressive strength behaviour of calcined gypsum sludge-sand specimens, International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 3(1), 2009, pp. 65 – 73.
  33. Sudhakar M. Rao, B. V. Venkatarama Reddy, G. C. Raju, S. Lakshmikanth, and N. S. Ambika, Chemical stabilisation of lead contaminated gypsum sludge, International Jl. of Geotechnical Engineering, 3(1), 2009, pp. 109 – 116.
  34. B V Venkatarama Reddy and Amit Chander, Fly ash blended lean concrete mixes for concrete blocks, Construction Materials, Journal of ICE London, 162(CM2), 2009, pp. 59 – 66.
  35. Quoc-Bao Bui, Jean-Claude Morel and B. V. Venkatarama Reddy, Durability of rammed earth walls exposed for 20 years to natural weathering, Building and Environment, 44 (2009), pp. 912 - 919
  36. B. K. Raghu Prasad, H. Eskandari, and B. V. Venkatarama Reddy, Prediction of compressive strength of SCC and HPC with high volume fly ash using ANN, Construction and Building Materials, 23(1), 2009, pp. 117 – 128.
  37. Sudhakar M. Rao, B. V. Venkatarama Reddy, S. Lakshmikanth, and N. S. Ambika, Re-use of fluoride contaminated bone char sludge in concrete, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 66, (2009), pp. 751 - 756
  38. H. N. Chanakya, B. V. V. Reddy, Jayant Modak, Biomethanation of herbaceous biomass residues using 3-zone plug flow like digesters – A case study from India, Renewable Energy 34, 2009, pp. 416–420.
  39. B. V. Venkatarama Reddy and Ch. V. Uday Vyas, Influence of shear bond strength on compressive strength and stress strain characteristics of masonry, Materials and Structures (RILEM), 41(10), 2008, pp. 1697 – 1712
  40. Venkatarama Reddy, B. V. and Ajay Gupta, Influence of sand grading on the characteristics of mortars and soil-cement block masonry, Construction and Building Materials, 22(8), 2008, pp. 1614 – 1623
  41. Learning from Failure- Long-term Behaviour of Heavy Masonry Structures, L. Binda (ed.), WIT Press UK, 2008, Reviewer: B. V. Venkatarama Reddy for Current Science 94(11), 2008, pp. 1519 – 1520.
  42. Venkatarama Reddy, B. V., The stabilised mud block, Times Journal of Construction and Design, 7(6), 2008, 26 – 28.
  43. Raju, G. C., Rao, S. M. and Reddy, B. V. V., Remediation of lead contaminated gypsum sludge, GeoCongress 2008-Geotechnics of Waste Management and Remediation, ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication (GSP 177), pp. 563 – 570.
  44. Gumaste, K. S., Nanjunda Rao, K. S., Venkatarama Reddy, B. V. and Jagadish, K. S., Strength and elasticity of brick masonry prisms and wallettes under compression, Materials and Structures (RILEM), 40(296), 2007, pp. 241 - 253.
  45. Venkatarama Reddy, B. V., Richardson Lal and Nanjunda Rao, K. S., Enhancing bond strength and characteristics of soil-cement block masonry, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering (ASCE), 19(2), 2007 pp. 164 – 172.
  46. Venkatarama Reddy, B. V., Richardson Lal and Nanjunda Rao, K. S., Optimum soil grading for the soil-cement blocks, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering (ASCE), 19(2), 2007 pp. 139 – 148.
  47. Rao, S. M., Mamatha, P., Shantha, R. P. and Venkatarama Reddy, B. V., Encapsulation of fluoride sludge in stabilised mud blocks, Waste and Resource Management 160 (Proc. of Institution of Civil Engineers London), WR4, 2007, pp. 167 – 174.
  48. Sudhakar M Rao and Venkatarama Reddy, B. V., Characterisation of Kolar Gold Fields mine tailings for cyanide and acid drainage, Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 24(6), 2006, pp. 1545-1559
  49. Venkatarama Reddy, B. V. and Ajay Gupta, Strength and elastic properties of stabilised mud block masonry using cement soil mortars, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, (ASCE), 18(3), 2006, pp. 472 – 476.
  50. Venkatarama Reddy, B. V. and Ajay Gupta, Tensile bond strength of soil-cement block masonry couplets using cement-soil mortars, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering (ASCE), 18(1), 2006, pp. 36 - 45.
  51. Venkatarama Reddy, B. V. and Ajay Gupta, Characteristics of cement-soil mortars, Materials and Structures (RILEM), 38(280), 2005, pp. 639-650.
  52. Venkatarama Reddy, B. V. and Ajay Gupta, Characteristics of soil-cement blocks using highly sandy soils, Materials and Structures (RILEM), 38(280), 2005, 651 - 658.
  53. Sarangapani, G., Venkatarama Reddy, B. V. and Jagadish, K. S., Brick-mortar bond and masonry compressive strength, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering (ASCE), 17(2), 2005, pp. 229 - 237.
  54. Gumaste, K. S., Venkatarama Reddy, B. V., Nanjunda Rao, K. S. and Jagadish, K. S., Properties of burnt bricks and mortars in India, Masonry International, 17(2), 2004, 45 – 52.
  55. Venkatarama Reddy, B. V., Sustainable building technologies, Current Science, 87(7), 2004, pp. 899 – 907
  56. Venkatarama Reddy, B. V., Sudhakar M. Rao and Arun Kumar, M. K., Characteristics of stabilised mud blocks using Ash-Modified Soils, The Indian Concrete Journal, 77(2), 2003, pp. 903 – 911.
  57. Venkatarama Reddy, B. V. and Jagadish, K. S., Embodied energy of common and alternative building technologies, Energy and Buildings, 35, 2003, 129 – 137.
  58. Sarangapani, G., Venkatarama Reddy, B. V. and Jagadish, K. S., Structural characteristics of bricks, mortars and masonry, Journal of Structural Engineering 29(2), 2002, 101 – 107.
  59. Venkatarama Reddy, B. V. and Hubli, R., Properties of lime stabilised steam-cured blocks for masonry, Materials and Structures (RILEM), 35, 2002, 293 – 300.
  60. Sarangapani, G., Venkatarama Reddy, B. V. and Caspar J. W. P. Groot, Water loss from fresh mortars and bond strength development in low strength masonry, Masonry International, 15(2), 2002, pp. 42 – 47.
  61. Rao, S. M., Reddy, B. V. V. and Muttharam, M., ‘Effect of cyclic wetting and drying on the index properties of a lime-stabilised expansive soil, Ground Improvement (Thomas Telford), 5(3), 2001, pp. 107 – 110.
  62. Rao, S. M., Reddy, B. V. V. and Muttharam, M., ‘The impact of cyclic wetting and drying on the swelling behaviour of stabilised expansive soils’, Engineering Geology, 60 (2001), pp. 223 - 233.
  63. Rao, S. M., Venkatarama Reddy, B. V. and Muttharam, M., Engineering behaviour of wood-ash-modified soils, Ground Improvement, 4, 2000, pp. 137 - 140.
  64. Venkatarama Reddy, B. V. and Lokras, S. S., Steam-cured stabilised soil blocks for masonry construction, Energy and Buildings, 29, 1998, pp. 29 - 33
    65. 65. Venumadhava Rao, K., Venkatarama Reddy, B. V. and Jagadish, K. S., Strength characteristics of stone masonry, Materials and Structures, 30, 1997, pp. 233 - 237.
  65. Venumadhava Rao K., Venkatarama Reddy, B. V. and Jagadish, K. S., Flexural bond strength of masonry using various blocks and mortars, Materials and Structures, (RILEM), 29(186), 1996, pp. 119-124
  66. Venkatarama Reddy, B. V. and Jagadish, K. S., Influence of soil composition on the strength and durability of soil-cement blocks, The Indian concrete Journal, 69(9), 1995, pp. 517 – 524.
  67. Shrinivasa Rao, S., Venkatarama Reddy, B. V. and Jagadish, K. S., Strength characteristics of soil-cement block masonry, The Indian concrete Journal, 69(2), 1995, pp. 127 – 131.
  68. Venkatarama Reddy, B. V. and Jagadish, K. S., The static compaction of soils, Geotechnique, 43 (2), 1993, pp. 337 - 341.
  69. Venkatarama Reddy, B. V. and Jagadish, K. S., Properties of soil-cement block masonry, Masonry International, 3(2), 1989, pp. 80 - 84.
  70. Venkatarama Reddy, B. V., Virupakshappa, B. and Jagadish, K. S., Optimisation of reinforced concrete beam and panel roofs, The Indian concrete Journal, 61(2), 1987, pp. 46 –61.
  71. Venkatarama Reddy, B. V., & Jagadish, K. S., Spray erosion studies on pressed soil blocks, Building and Environment, 22(2), 1987, pp. 135 –140.
  72. Venkatarama Reddy, B. V. and Jagadish, K. S., Pressed soil-lime blocks for building construction, Masonry International, 3, 1984, pp. 80 - 84.

 

(b)Books and chapters in Books


  1. B. V. Venkatarama ReddyMonto Mani and Pete Walker (Eds), Earthen Dwellings and Structures Current Status in their Adoption, Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Springer, Singapore, ISBN 978-981-13-5882-1, (2019)
  2. Venkatarama Reddy B.V., Nikhil V., Nikhilash M. (2019) Moisture Transport in Cement Stabilised Soil Brick-Mortar Interface and Implications on Masonry Bond Strength. In: Reddy B., Mani M., Walker P. (eds) Earthen Dwellings and Structures. Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Springer, Singapore, pp. 27 – 37.
  3. Preethi R.K., Venkatarama Reddy B.V. (2019) Studies on Geopolymer-Based Earthen Compacts. In: Reddy B., Mani M., Walker P. (eds) Earthen Dwellings and Structures. Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Springer, Singapore, pp. 3 – 14.
  4. Lepakshi R., Venkatarama Reddy B.V. (2019) Bond Strength of Rebars in Cement-Stabilised Rammed Earth. In: Reddy B., Mani M., Walker P. (eds) Earthen Dwellings and Structures. Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Springer, Singapore, pp. 39 – 50
  5. Lepakshi R., Venkatarama Reddy B.V. (2019) Shear Strength Parameters and Mohr–Coulomb Failure Envelopes for Cement-Stabilised Rammed Earth. In: Reddy B., Mani M., Walker P. (eds) Earthen Dwellings and Structures. Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Springer, Singapore, pp. 51 – 59
  6. Venkatarama Reddy B.V., Suresh V., Nanjunda Rao K.S. (2019) Behaviour of Cement Stabilised Rammed Earth Walls Under Concentric and Eccentric Gravity Loading. In: Reddy B., Mani M., Walker P. (eds) Earthen Dwellings and Structures. Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Springer, Singapore, p. 293 – 303.
  7. Praseeda, K.I., Venkatarama Reddy, B.V., Mani, M. (2017). Life-Cycle Energy Assessment in Buildings: Framework, Approaches, and Case Studies. In Abraham, M.A. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Sustainable Technologies. Elsevier, pp. 113-136. doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.10188-5.
  8. B. V. Venkatarama Reddy, Stabilised soil blocks for structural masonry in earth construction (chapter-13), Modern Earth Buildings: Materials, Engineering, Construction and Applications, Eds. Matthew R Hal, Rick Lindsay and Meyror Krayenhoff, Woodhead Publishing Ltd. UK, 2012, pp. 324 – 363.
  9. Planning and Building with Earth – Course handbook for architects, engineers, conservators and archaeologists, Authors: Gunther Aselmeyer, Manfred Lemke, Venkatarama Reddy, Ulrich Roehlen, Hannah Schreckenbach, Horst Schroeder, Stefan Simon and Christof Ziegert, Published by Dachverband Lehm, Weimar, Germany, 2009.
  10. Building with Earth – Course handbook for the building trades: builders, masons, carpenters, plasterers, Authors: Gunther Aselmeyer, Stephan Joerchel, Venkatarama Reddy, Ulrich Roehlen, Wolfgang Scheeres, Hannah Schreckenbach, Horst Schroeder, and Christof Ziegert, Published by Dachverband Lehm e. V. Weimar, Germany, 2009.
  11. K. S. Jagadish, B. V. Venkatarama Reddy and K. S. Nanjunda Rao, “Alternative Building Materials and Technologies”, New-Age International, 2007, ISBN: 81-224-2037-0
  12. Proceedings International Symposium on Earthen Structures, Editors: B. V. Venkatarama Reddy and Monto Mani, Interline Publishing, 2007. ISBN: 81-7296-051-4 (Edited)
  13. Proceedings 6th International Seminar on Structural Masonry for Developing Countries, Editors: B. V. Venkatarama Reddy and Braj P. Sinha, Allied Publishers Limited, India, 2000. ISBN 81-7764-094-1 (Edited volume)

 



(c) Seminar/conference proceedings


  1. Gourav K., Balaji N. C., Venkatarama Reddy B.V., Monto Mani, (2017), "Studies into structural and thermal properties of building envelope materials", International conf. on “Future buildings and districts – Energy efficiency from Nano to Urban scale (CISBAT 2017), 6 – 8 September 2017, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland.
  2. K. I. Praseeda, B. V. Venkatarama Reddy and Monto Mani, Operational energy simulation studies in residential buildings, International Conference on Polygeneration, Chennai, 2015, paper No. CP 126.
  3. Balaji N. C., Monto Mani and Venkatarama Reddy B. V., (2016), “Dynamic thermal performance of the conventional and alterative building envelope materials”, 4th International conference on Central Europe towards Sustainable Building 2016 (CESB 2016), Innovations for Sustainable Future, 22t – 24 June 2016, Prague, Czech Republic
  4. B. V. Venkatarama Reddy, Natasha Iype, Stanley George, Large-scale dissemination of stabilised soil blocks – A case study of GoodEarth eco-homes, Proceedings of the LEHM 7th International Conferences on Building with Earth, Weimar, pp. 1-6, Publisher: Dachverband Lehm e.V, Germany
  5. D. Maskell, B. V. V. Reddy, P. Walker & A. Heath, Modern earth construction techniques – an overview, Proceedings of Brick and Block Masonry – Trends, Innovations and Challenges, Modena, da Porto & Valluzzi (Eds), Taylor & Francis, London, ISBN 978-1-1138-02999-6.
  6. N. C. Balaji, Monto Mani, and B. V. Venkatarama Reddy, (2013),“Thermal Performance of the Building Walls”, in proceedings of 1st IBPSA Italy conference, Building Simulation Application - 2013 (BSA 2013), Free University of Bozen - Bolzano, Autonomous province of South troyl, Bolzano, Italy, on 30 Jan – 1 Feb 2013, pp. 151 – 159.
  7. N. C. Balaji, Monto Mani, and B. V. Venkatarama Reddy, (2013), “Discerning Heat Transfer in Building Materials”, in Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Advances in Energy Research – 2013 (ICEAR 2013), Department of Energy Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IITB), Mumbai, India, 10 – 12 Dec 2013, pp. 1449 – 1460.
  8. N. C. Balaji, K. I. Praseeda, Monto Mani, and B. V. Venkatarama Reddy, (2015), “Influence of varying mix proportions on thermal performance of the soil-cement”, in proceedings of 2nd IBPSA Italy conference, Building Simulation Application - 2015 (BSA 2015), Free University of Bozen - Bolzano, Autonomous province of South troyl, Bolzano, Italy, on 4 – 6 Feb 2015, pp. 64 – 74.
  9. N. C. Balaji, Monto Mani and B. V. Venkatarama Reddy, (2015), “Effect of opaque building envelope material thermal properties on indoor thermal comfort”, in proceedings of 14th International conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA) of 1st Building Simulation Conference (BS 2015), Hyderabad, India, on 7 -9 Dec 2015, pp. 2440 – 2447.
  10. N. C. Balaji, Monto Mani, and B. V. Venkatarama Reddy, (2014), “Discerning Heat Transfer in Building Materials”, Energy Procedia, 2014, vol. 54, pp. 654 – 668.
  11. B. V. Venkatarama Reddy, V. Suresh & K. S. Nanjunda Rao, Specimen slenderness effect on compressive strength of cement stabilised rammed earth, Rammed earth construction, Proceedings First International conference on rammed earth construction, Perth Australia, 10 – 13 February 2015, CRC Press, The Netherlands, pp. 163 – 166.
  12. Lepakshi Raju & B. V. Venkatarama Reddy, Analytical model for predicting the stress-strain behaviour of cement stabilised rammed earth, Proceedings First International conference on rammed earth construction, Perth Australia, 10 – 13 February 2015, CRC Press, The Netherlands, pp. 133 – 137.
  13. K. S. Nanjunda Rao, M. Anitha and B. V. Venkatarama Reddy, Proceedings First International conference on rammed earth construction, Perth Australia, 10 – 13 February 2015, CRC Press, The Netherlands, pp. 123 – 128.
  14. K. I. Praseedaa, Monto Mani, B. V. Venkatarama Reddy, Assessing impact of material transition and thermal comfort models, on embodied and operational energy in vernacular dwellings (India), Energy Procedia 54, 2014, 342 – 351
  15. N. C. Balajia, Monto Mani, B. V. Venkatarama Reddy, Discerning heat transfer in building materials, Energy Procedia 54, 2014, 654 – 668
  16. B. V. Venkatarama Reddy, Design of soil compaction press for the decentralised production of stabilised soil blocks, Proceedings Indo-Dutch International conference, 12-14 June 2014, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India.
  17. Balaji, N. C., Monto Mani and Venkatarama Reddy, B. V., Thermal performance of the building walls, Building Simulation Applications (BSA 2013), 1st IBSPA Italy Conference, Bozen-Bolzano, 30 Jan – 1 Feb. 2013, Eds.: Marco Baratieri, Vincenzo Corrado, Andrea Gasparella, Francesco Patuzzi, BU press, pp. 151 – 159.
  18. Venkatarama Reddy, B. V. and Latha, M. S., Status of clay minerals in stabilised soil blocks, Proc. 6th International conference on building with earth - LEHM 2012, Weimar Germany, 5 – 7 October 2012, pp. 155 – 161.
  19. B. V. Venkatarama Reddy, Design and construction of low embodied carbon three storey load bearing cement stabilised rammed earth school building complex, Proc. XI International conference on the study and conservation of earthen architectural heritage - Terra 2012, Lima, Peru, 22 – 27 April 2012
  20. B. V. Venkatarama Reddy and M. S. Latha, Retrieving clay minerals from compressed earth blocks, Proc. XI International conference on the study and conservation of earthen architectural heritage - Terra 2012, Lima, Peru, 22 – 27 April 2012
  21. K S Nanjunda Rao, B V Venkatarama Reddy and Maheshreddy Gade, Strength and elastic properties of cement stabilized rammed earth, National Conference on Recent Developments in Civil Engineering, 8-9 April, 2011, VVIET, Mysore, India
  22. Venkatarama Reddy B. V., Ullas, S. N. and Nanjunda Rao K. S., Masonry mortars using iron ore tailings as fine aggregate, Proc. International Conference on Non-Conventional Materials and Technologies: Ecological Materials and Technologies for Sustainable Building (IC-NOCMAT 2010), 21-23 Sept., 2010 Cairo, Egypt
  23. Ullas, S. N., Venkatarama Reddy B. V. and Prasanna Kumar, P., Properties of fly ash blended mortars, Proceedings International Seminar on Waste to Wealth, Nov. 12 – 13, 2009, New Delhi India, pp. 25 – 29.
  24. Gourav, K. and Venkatarama Reddy B. V., Strength development in lime-fly ash compacts using different curing techniques and additives, Proc. International Seminar on Waste to Wealth, Nov. 12 – 13, 2009, New Delhi India, pp. 145 – 150.
  25. Ullas, S. N. and Venkatarama Reddy B. V., Iron ore tailings as sand substitute in masonry mortar, Proceedings International Seminar on Waste to Wealth, Nov. 12 – 13, 2009, New Delhi India, pp. 151 – 155.
  26. B. V. Venkatarama Reddy and P. Prasanna Kumar, Role of clay content and moisture on characteristics of cement stabilised rammed earth, Proc. 11th International Conference on Non-conventional Materials and Technologies (NOCMAT 2009), Bath U. K., Sept. 2009
  27. B. V. Venkatarama Reddy, Retrofitting of damaged stabilised earth block buildings, Proc. 5th International conference on building with earth (LEHM 2008), 10-12 October 2008, Koblanz Germany, Publisher: Dachverband Lehm e.V, Germany, ISBN 978-3-00-025956-2, pp. 104 – 111.
  28. B. V. Venkatarama Reddy, The stabilised mud block: a low carbon emission alternative for masonry buildings, Proc. The First International Conference on Building Energy and Environment 2008, Dalian China, July 13-16 2008, 1397 - 1404
  29. Monto Mani, B. V. Venkatarama Reddy and Santosh M. Avvannavar, Design of a modified compact septic-tank to suit coastal (island) habitations with high-water table, Proceedings of World Toilet Summit 2007, New Delhi, India, pp. 73 – 77.
  30. Monto Mani, B. V. V. Reddy, M. Sreenath, S. Lokabhiraman and N. Anandrao, Design of a climate-responsive BIPV research facility in Bangalore, Proceedings of ISES Solar World Congress 2007: Solar Energy and Human Settlement, 18-21 Sept. 2007, Beijing, China, pp. 356 – 360.
  31. P. Prasanna Kumar and B. V. Venkatarama Reddy, Moisture content and compressive strength relationships for cement stabilised rammed earth walls, Proceedings of International Symposium on Earthen Structures, Interline Publishers, 22-24 Aug. 2007, Bangalore, India, pp. 224 - 230
  32. B. V. Venkatarama Reddy, Indian Standard code of practice for manufacture and use of stabilised mud blocks for masonry, Proc. of International Symposium on Earthen Structures, Interline Publishers, 22-24 Aug. 2007, Bangalore, India, 194 - 202
  33. S. N. Ullas and B. V. Venkatarama Reddy, Characteristics of soil-cement blocks from different construction sites, Proceedings of International Symposium on Earthen Structures, Interline Publishers, 22-24 Aug. 2007, Bangalore, India, 141-146
  34. Sudhakar M. Rao and B.V. Venkatarama Reddy, Characterization of ash-modified soils from Karnataka, Proceedings of International Symposium on Earthen Structures, Interline Publishers, 22-24 Aug. 2007, Bangalore, India
  35. Raju, G. C, Sudhakar M. Rao and B. V. Venkatarama Reddy, Characterisation of lead contaminated gypsum sludge, Proc. 2nd International Conference on Waste Management and Technology, 18 – 19 July 2007, Beijing, China, pp. 203 – 209.
  36. Ch U Vyas and B. V. Venkatarama Reddy, Experimental investigations on block-mortar shear bond strength and masonry compressive strength, Proc. 7 International Masonry Conf, Published by International Masonry Society, No. 10, Nov. 2006, Ed.: G Thompson
  37. Venkatarama Reddy B. V. and Peter Walker, ‘Stabilised mud blocks: problems, prospects’, Proc. International Earth Building Conference- EarthBuild2005, 19-21 Jan. 2005, Sydney, Australia, pp. 63-75.
  38. Venkatarama Reddy B. V., Timothy Williams and Peter Walker, Durability of stabilised mud block buildings in Southern India, Proceedings of 9th International Conference on the Study and Conservation of Earthen Architecture Terra 2003, 29 Nov. – 2nd Dec. 2003, Yazd - Iran, pp. 492 - 503
  39. Venkatarama Reddy B. V., Long-term strength and durability of stabilised mud blocks, Proc. 3rd International Conf. on Non-Conventional Materials and Technologies, Construction Publishing House, March 2002, Vietnam, pp. 422 – 431.
  40. Venkatarama Reddy B. V., The progress of stabilised mud block construction in India, Proceedings National Workshop on Alternative Building Methods 16 – 18 January 2002, Indian Institute Science, Bangalore, India, pp. 84 - 94.
  41. Venkatarama Reddy B. V., Precast products for building construction, Proceedings National Workshop on Alternative Building Methods 16 – 18 January 2002, Indian Institute Science, Bangalore, India, pp. 129 - 138.
  42. Ganesh K. R. and Venkatarama Reddy B. V., Appropriate roofing alternatives and their relevance, Proc. National Workshop on Alternative Building Methods 16 – 18 January 2002, Indian Institute Science, Bangalore, India, pp. 66 - 99.
  43. Peter Walker, Venkatarama Reddy, B. V., Ali Mesbah, and Jean-Claude Morel, The Case for Compressed Earth Block Construction, Proc. 6th International Seminar on Structural Masonry for Developing Countries, Bangalore, Oct. 2000, pp. 27 – 35.
  44. Sudhakar M. Rao, Venkatarama Reddy, B. V. and Muttharam, M., Swelling behaviour of stabilised soils, Proceedings 2nd British Geotechnical Society Geoenvironmental Engineering Conference, September 1999, pp. 559 - 564.
  45. Venkatarama Reddy B. V., and Sharada R Hubli, Steam-cured lime fly ash blocks for building construction, Proc. The National Seminar on Fly Ash Characterisation and its Geotechnical Applications, Aug. 1999, pp. 115 -120.
  46. Venumadhava Rao K., Venkatarama Reddy B, V., and Jagadish K, S., Influence of flexural bond strength on compressive strength of masonry, Proceedings National Seminar on Civil Engineering Materials and Structures, Osmania University, Hyderabad, January 1995, pp. 103 – 108.
  47. Venkatarama Reddy B. V., and Jagadish K, S., Field evaluation of pressed soil-cement blocks, Proc. 4th International Seminar on Structural Masonry for Developing Countries, Madras, India, Dec. 1992, pp. 168 – 175.
  48. Jagadish, K. S., Venkatarama Reddy B. V., Yogananda, M. R., Subhas Basu and Gumaste, K. S., Experiments in roofing technologies at ASTRA, Proceedings of Workshop ‘Habitat - Softer Options’, Jhagadia, Gujrat, December 1991, pp. 1 –10.
  49. Venkatarama Reddy B. V. and Jagadish K, S., The strength of soil-cement block masonry walls, Proceedings 3rd International Seminar on Structural Masonry for Developing Countries, Mauritius, July 1990, pp. 117 – 122.
  50. Venkatarama Reddy B. V. and Jagadish K, S., A case study of soil-cement block technology in Bangalore, Proc. XVI International Association of Housing Science, World Congress on Housing Shelter for the Homeless and long-term solutions for the year 2000, Bangalore, India, Vol. 2, Dec. 1988, pp. 390 – 404.
  51. Venkatarama Reddy B. V., Jagadish K. S. and Yogananda, M. R., Specifications for the use of stabilised mud blocks for building construction (draft code of practice), Proceedings of National seminar on Application of Stabilised Mud Blocks in Housing and Building, Bangalore, November 1988, Vol. 2, pp. 19 – 22.
  52. Jagadish K. S., Venkatarama Reddy B. V., Krishna Swamy, K. N. and Reddy, A. K. N., The dissemination of Stabilised Mud Block Technology, Proceedings of National seminar on Application of Stabilised Mud Blocks in Housing and Building, Bangalore, November 1988, Vol. 2, pp. 32 - 34.
  53. Venkatarama Reddy B. V., The technology of soil-cement blocks for buildings, Proceedings of National seminar on Application of Stabilised Mud Blocks in Housing and Building, Bangalore, November 1988, Vol. 1, pp. 45 - 64.
  54. Venkatarama Reddy, B. V., Kundu, D., Babu, S. and Jagadish, K. S., Strength of soil-cement block masonry, Proceedings 2nd International Seminar on Structural Masonry for Developing Countries, Kuala Lumpur, March 1987.
  55. Venkatarama Reddy, B. V., Pressed soil-cement blocks for wall construction, Proceedings of one day workshop on Appropriate Technology for Housing, Institution of Engineers, Bangalore, March 1986.
  56. Venkatarama Reddy, B. V., Partial stabilisation of soils using organic binders, Proc. ASTRA seminar, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, March 1985, 55 – 57.
  57. Jagadish, K S., Venkatarama Reddy, B. V., The technology of pressed soil blocks for housing: Prospects, Problems and Tasks, Proceedings International Colloquium on Earth Construction of Developing Countries, Brussels, Belgium, Dec. 1984, pp. 226 – 243.

 

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