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Archival Refereed Journals

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Dusa Sashi Kumar, Sunitha K Nayar, Arun Sagar K M, & Veena Venudharan. Framework for Life Cycle Analysis of Flexible Pavement Alternatives Conforming to IRC 37:2018. Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure.

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Bhavinlal K, & Veena Venudharan. Influence of Blending Parameters on Rice Husk Ash Modified Asphalt: Multi-level Optimization and Validation. ASTM Journal of Testing and Evaluation.

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Bhavinlal K, & Veena Venudharan. Influence of Blending Parameters on Temperature Susceptibility of Rice Husk Ash Modified Asphalt. Transportation in Developing Economies.

Arun Sagar K M, Veena Venudharan, & Gourab Saha. (2025). Prospects of Warm Mix Asphalt in Maximizing Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement Utilization: Review on Mix Design and Performance. Cleaner Waste Systems.

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Bhavinlal K, & Veena Venudharan. (2024). Exploring Production and Performance of Popular Bio-oil Modified Asphalts: A State-of-The-Art Research Review. Innovative Infrastructure Solutions.

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Ajeesh Koorikkattil, Sunitha K. Nayar, & Veena Venudharan. (2024). Yield Line-based Design of Fibre Reinforced Concrete: Assessment of Suitability of Material Models. Magazine of Concrete Research, 1-30.

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Ajeesh Koorikkattil, Sunitha K. Nayar, & Veena Venudharan. (2022). Flexural Fatigue Design of Steel Fibre Reinforced Concrete Pavements: A Comparative Study. Road Materials and Pavement Design.

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Veena Venudharan, & Krishna P. Biligiri. (2020). Conceptualization of Three-Stage Fatigue Failure in Asphalt-Rubber Gap-Graded Mixtures using Dynamic Semi-Circular Bending Test. Transportation Research Record, 2674 (7), 44-55.

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Veena Venudharan and Krishna P. Biligiri. (2019). A novel design toolkit to assess asphalt- rubber gap-graded mixture performance: target properties and parametric relationships. Construction and Building Materials, 219, 69-80.

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Veena Venudharan and Krishna P. Biligiri. (2019). Investigation of Cracking Performance of Asphalt-Rubber Gap-Graded Mixtures: Statistical Overview on Materials’ Interface. Journal of Testing and Evaluation, 47(5), 3336-3354.

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Veena Venudharan and Krishna P. Biligiri. (2019). Rutting Performance of Asphalt-Rubber Gap-Graded Mixtures: Statistical and Reliability Approach. Road Materials and Pavement Design, Taylor and Francis, 1-17.

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Veena Venudharan and Krishna P. Biligiri. (2018). Development and Performance Analysis of Asphalt-Rubber Gap-Graded Mixtures: Study on Aggregate Gradations. Journal of Testing and Evaluation, ASTM, 48(4).

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Veena Venudharan, Krishna P. Biligiri and Narayan Chandra Das. (2018). Investigation on Behavioral Characteristics of Asphalt Binder with Crumb Rubber Modification: Rheological and Thermo-Chemical Approach. Construction and Building Materials, Elsevier, 181, 455-464.

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Veena Venudharan, and Krishna P. Biligiri. (2017). Effect of Crumb Rubber Gradation on Asphalt Binder Modification: Rheological Evaluation, Optimization and Selection. Materials and Structures, 50(2).

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Veena Venudharan, and Krishna P. Biligiri. (2017). Heuristic Principles to Predict the Effect of Crumb Rubber Gradation on Asphalt Binder Rutting Performance. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE, 29(8).

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Veena Venudharan, Krishna P. Biligiri, Jorge B. Sousa, and George B. Way. (2017). Asphalt-rubber Gap-graded Mixture Design Practices: A State-of-the-art Research Review and Future Perspective. Road Materials and Pavement Design, Taylor and Francis, 18(3), 730-752.

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Veena Venudharan, and Krishna P. Biligiri. (2016). Conceptualization of Permanent Deformation Characteristics of Rubber Modified Asphalt Binders: Energy-based Algorithm and Rheological Modeling. Construction and Building Materials, Elsevier, 126, 388-397.

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Veena Venudharan, Anush K. Chandrappa, Krishna P. Biligiri, and Kamil Kaloush. (2016). Predictive Models for Storage Modulus (E’) and Loss Modulus (E”) of Asphalt Mixtures. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE, 28(7).

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Veena Venudharan and Krishna P. Biligiri. (2015). Estimation of Phase Angles of Asphalt Mixtures using Resilient Modulus Test. Construction and Building Materials, Elsevier, 82, 274-286.

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Book Chapters

Arun Sagar K M., Venudharan, V. (2025). Impact of Aging on Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement Characteristics. In: Highway of the Future: Transforming Mobility and Road Infrastructure. Springer, Cham.

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Bhavinlal, K., Venudharan, V. (2025). Rice Husk Ash Modified Asphalt: A Macro- and Micro-level Investigation on the Impact of Rice Husk Ash on Aging Characteristics. In: Highway of the Future: Transforming Mobility and Road Infrastructure. Springer, Cham.

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Sudeshna Purkayastha, Veena Venudharan, and Ajithkumar Vadakkoot. (2025). Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Flexible Pavement Construction Using Cement-Only and Mineral Stabilizer Approaches: A Case Study. In: RSCC 2024, RILEM Bookseries 56.

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Bhavinlal K and Veena Venudharan. (2025). Rice Husk Ash Modified Asphalt: A Sustainable Alternative Binder to Petroleum Asphalt. In: RSCC 2024, RILEM Bookseries 56.

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Bhavinlal K and Veena Venudharan. (2025). Rice Husk Ash Modified Asphalt: A high-performing bio-binder for asphalt pavements. In: Cognizant Transportation Systems: Challenges and Opportunities. Springer, Singapore.

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Sudeshna Purkayastha, Ritu Raj Patel, Veena Venudharan, and Ajithkumar Vadakkoot. (2023). Effect of Subgrade Stabilization on Pavement Design: Material Optimization & Economic Impact. In: Transportation Research. TPMDC 2022. Springer, Singapore.

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Koyyuru Karunakar, Arun Sagar K.M, and Veena Venudharan. (2023). Sustainability of Asphalt Rubber-Gap Pavements: A Comparative Environmental Impact Analysis. In: Recent Trends in Transportation Infrastructure, Volume 1. Springer, Singapore.

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Ajeesh K, Sunitha K. Nayar, and Veena Venudharan. (2022). Statistical modelling of flexural fatigue response of steel fibre reinforced concrete. In: Fibre Reinforced Concrete: Improvements and Innovations II. Springer International Publishing.

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Veena Venudharan and Krishna P. Biligiri. (2019). Investigation on Rutting Performance of Gap-Graded Asphalt Mixtures: Study on Aggregate Gradation. In: Transportation Research: Proceedings of CTRG 2017. Springer Singapore.

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Veena Venudharan and Krishna P. Biligiri. (2016). Rutting performance evaluation of crumb rubber-modified binders using advanced rheological test parameters. In: 8th international conference on maintenance and rehabilitation of pavements (MAIREPAV8).

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Peer-Reviewed Conferences

Sudeshna Purkayastha, Veena Venudharan, and Ajithkumar Vadakkoot. Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Flexible Pavement Construction Using Cement-Only and Mineral Stabilizer Approaches: A Case Study. Spring Convention & conference on advanced construction materials and processes for a carbon neutral society, Milan, Italy, April 2024.

Bhavinlal K and Veena Venudharan. Rice Husk Ash Modified Asphalt: A Sustainable Alternative Binder to Petroleum Asphalt. Spring Convention & conference on advanced construction materials and processes for a carbon neutral society, Milan, Italy, April 2024.

Sashi Kumar Dusa, Sunitha K Nayar, Arun Sagar K M, and Veena Venudharan. Life Cycle Analysis of Flexible Pavements Designed as per IRC 37:2018. 7th Conference of Transportation Research Group of India (CTRG-2023), Surat, India, Dec 2023.

Bhavinlal K and Veena Venudharan. Influence of Blending Parameters on Rice Husk Ash Modified Asphalt: Statistical Analysis on Temperature Susceptibility. 7th Conference of Transportation Research Group of India (CTRG-2023), Surat, India, Dec 2023.

Arun Sagar K M and Veena Venudharan. Impact of aging on RAP characteristics. IRF Global R2T Conference, Phoenix, AZ, Nov 2023.

Ajeesh K, Sunitha K Nayar, and Veena Venudharan. Development of fatigue-based material models for polypropylene fibre reinforced concrete pavements. IRF Global R2T Conference, Phoenix, AZ, Nov 2023.

Bhavinlal K and Veena Venudharan. Rice Husk Ash Modified Asphalt: A Macro-level Investigation on the Impact of Rice Husk Ash on Aging Characteristics. IRF Global R2T Conference, Phoenix, AZ, Nov 2023.

Ajeesh K, Sunitha K Nayar, and Veena Venudharan. Fatigue testing protocol for validation of design models for SFRC pavement slabs. 77th RILEM Annual Week and 1st Interdisciplinary Symposium on Smart & Sustainable Infrastructures, Vancouver, Canada, Sept 2023.

Ajeesh K, Sunitha K Nayar, and Veena Venudharan. Comparative assessment of the sustainability value of jointed plain concrete pavements and fibre reinforced concrete pavements. International Conference on Resource Sustainability, United Kingdom, Aug 2023.

Bhavinlal K and Veena Venudharan. Rice Husk Ash Modified Asphalt: A high-performing bio-binder for asphalt pavements. International Conference on Innovative Methods and Practical Applications for Cognizant Transportation Systems, Trivandrum, India, Mar 2023.

Sudeshna Purkayastha, Ritu Raj Patel, Veena Venudharan, and Ajithkumar Vadakkoot. Effect of Subgrade Stabilization on Pavement Design: Material Optimization & Economic Impact. 14th International Conference on Transportation Planning and Implementation Methodologies for Developing Countries (TPMDC), IIT Bombay, Dec 2022.

Sudeshna Purkayastha, Veena Venudharan, and Ajithkumar Vadakkoot. Subgrade Stabilization Using NovoCrete: A Step Towards Resilient Pavement. National Conference on Resilient Infrastructure 2022, Trivandrum, Sept 2022.

Koyyuru Karunakar, Arun Sagar K M, and Veena Venudharan. Sustainability of AR-Gap pavements: A comparative environmental impact analysis. 2nd International Conference on Transportation Infrastructure Projects, IIT Roorkee, Sept 2022.

Ajeesh K, Sunitha K Nayar, and Veena Venudharan. Statistical modelling of flexural fatigue response of steel fibre reinforced concrete. RILEM -fib X International Symposium on Fibre Reinforced Concrete BEFIB2021, Spain, Sept 2021.