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Simulation of Offshore Piling Using Advanced Dynamic Material Point Method (MPM)
Published in Proceedings of DFI-India 2017: 7th Conference on Deep Foundation Technologies for Infrastructure Development in India, IIT Madras, Chennai, India. Article #2751, Publication #1035, 2017
A Penalty Function Method for Modelling Frictional Contact in MPM
Published in Procedia Engineering, 175, 116–123. 1st International Conference on the Material Point Method, MPM 2017, 2017
Group Effects for Pile Rows Under Passive Lateral Loading
Published in DFI-EFFC International Conference on Deep Foundations and Ground Improvement: Urbanization and Infrastructure Development – Future Challenges, Rome, Italy, pp. 189–198, 2018
Numerical Simulation of Pile Installation in Saturated Soil Using CPDI
Published in Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering IX, Proceedings of the 9th European Conference on Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering (NUMGE), Porto, Portugal. London: Taylor & Francis Group, pp. 665–672, 2018
Simulation of Liquefaction Effects in Saturated Sand Using UBC SAND 3D Model
Published in 35. Baugrundtagung, Forum für junge Geotechnik-Ingenieure, Stuttgart, Germany. ISBN 978-3-946039-05-1, pp. 77–84, 2018
Modelling Liquefaction Using the Material Point Method – An Evaluation Using Two Constitutive Models
Published in 2nd International Conference on the Material Point Method for Modelling Soil-Water-Structure Interaction, Churchill College, Cambridge, United Kingdom, pp. 82–89, 2019
Modelling Liquefaction Problems in Saturated Sand with Application to Sea-Dike Failure Under Seismic Loading
Published in Proceedings of the XVII European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ECSMGE-2019), Reykjavik, Iceland. ISBN 978-9935-9436-1-3, 2019
Comparison of UBCSAND and Hypoplastic Soil Model Predictions Using the Material Point Method
Published in Soils and Foundations, 60(4), 989–1000. ISSN 0038-0806, 2020
Numerical Approach for Predicting the Stability of Saturated Soil Structures Under Dynamic Loads
Published in 20th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ICSMGE), Sydney, Australia, 2022
Convected Particle Domain Interpolation Method for Large Deformation Geotechnical Problems
Published in PhD Thesis, Mitteilung Heft 77, Institute for Geotechnical Engineering, University of Stuttgart. ISBN 978-3-921837-77-1, 2022
Recommended citation: Giridharan, S. (2022). Convected Particle Domain Interpolation Method for Large Deformation Geotechnical Problems. PhD Thesis, Mitteilung Heft 77, Institute for Geotechnical Engineering, University of Stuttgart. ISBN 978-3-921837-77-1.
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Numerical Prediction of the Installation of Vibratory Monopile Foundations for Offshore Wind Energy Projects
Published in Proceedings of the 10th European Conference on Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering (NUMGE), London, United Kingdom, 2023
On the Application of Convected Particle Domain Interpolation Method to the Numerical Modelling of Offshore Monopile Installations
Published in Fachsektionstage 2023, DGGT, Würzburg, Germany, 2023
Application of Convected Particle Domain Interpolation Method (CPDI) for Predicting Dynamic Installation Processes of Offshore Monopiles by Vibration and Impact Driving
Published in Book chapter, 2025
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teaching
Engineering Materials
Master's Course, COMMAS Program, University of Stuttgart · Winter Semester, 2017 – 2026, 2017
Geostatik (Geotechnical Structural Analysis)
Bachelor's Course (Contributing Lecturer), Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering (Fakultät 2), University of Stuttgart · Winter Semester, 2018 – 2026, 2018
Taught the following parts of the course:
- Stoffgesetze in der Geotechnik (Constitutive Models in Geotechnics)
- Große Verformungen (Large Deformations)
- Hydraulische Kopplung in numerischen Methoden (Hydro-Mechanical Coupling in Numerical Methods)
Geoengineering and Geohydrology
Master's Course, WAREM Program, University of Stuttgart · Winter Semester, 2019 – 2026, 2019
Taught the Geoengineering part of the course; managed the organisation of the module.
Numerical Methods of Soils and Concrete Structures
Master's Course, COMMAS Program, University of Stuttgart · Summer Semester, 2020 – 2023, 2020
Taught the Soils component of the course.
Tunnelbau (Tunnel Engineering)
Master's Course (Course Management), Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering (Fakultät 2), University of Stuttgart · Summer Semester, 2023 – 2025, 2023
Managed the organisation of this Master’s course for civil engineering students.
Tag der Wissenschaft (Day of Science) – Institute Stand Organiser
Science Outreach, Tag der Wissenschaft, Institute for Geotechnical Engineering, University of Stuttgart, 2023
Organised and ran the institute’s exhibition stand at the university’s public Day of Science event.
Numerical Methods of Soils
Master's Course (Course Developer & Lecturer), COMMAS Program, University of Stuttgart · Summer Semester, 2024 – 2025, 2024
Conceptualised and taught this new course for the COMMAS programme.
Rosensteintunnel Road Construction Project Excursion
Field Excursion (Day Trip, Organiser), Straßenbauprojekt Rosensteintunnel (Rosensteintunnel Road Construction Project), Stuttgart, 2024
Organised a day-trip excursion for students to the Rosensteintunnel road construction project site.
Große Geotechnik-Exkursion (Major Geotechnical Engineering Excursion)
Field Excursion (Lead Organiser), Field excursion to Munich and Tegernsee, Germany, and Salzburg and Innsbruck, Austria, 2024
Led a large group of students on a multi-day geotechnical field excursion covering sites in Munich, Tegernsee, Salzburg, and Innsbruck.