Dr. VIJAY SHARMA

About

Prof. (Dr.) Vijay Sharma has done his B.E. in Civil Engineering from M.B.M. Engineering College, Jodhpur; M.Tech. in Structural Engineering and Ph. D. (in Earthquake Engineering) from M.N.I.T. Jaipur. At present, He has been working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Mechanics, Government Engineering College Rajkot since Feb 2022. He has also served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Mechanics, Government Engineering College Palanpur for 11 years. He has 15 years of sound academic experience. He is serving as a reviewer in various SCI and SCOPUS listed Journals.

The broad area of his research work is "Performance-Based Seismic Design of Rigid and Semi-Rigid Steel Frames under the Near- and Far-field earthquakes".
He has also worked on various research projects related to nonlinear dynamic analysis and the design of strategically important structures against multiple hazards such as earthquakes and wind. He has also worked on several software packages such as SAP2000, STAAD-Pro, MIDAS, and ETAB.
His research area includes
• Behavior-based study of civil engineering structures subjected to near-field earthquakes
• Fragility Assessment of Steel Structures for Seismic events
• Performance-Based Seismic Design using Nonlinear Static Approach
• Discrete Element Modelling
• Rehabilitation & Retrofitting
• Disaster Mitigation and Management with respect to Multihazard events

Employment

• Government Engineering College Rajkot Assistant Professor
  2022 - Present
• Malaviya National Institute of Technology Research Scholar
  2017 - 2021
• Government Engineering College, Palanpur Assistant Professor
  2011 - 2022

Education

Education history is unavailable.

Projects & Funding

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Publications (21)

• Smart Soil: Evaluating the Use of Geo-Textiles and AI-Predicted Settlements in Foundation Engineering
  ITEGAM- Journal of Engineering and Technology for Industrial Applications (ITEGAM-JETIA 2026 0 citations DOI: 10.5935/jetia.v12i59.3080
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• Nonlinear seismic performance of LRB-isolated buildings under near-field ground motions: influence and limits of maximum isolator displacement
  Asian Journal of Civil Engineering 2026 0 citations DOI: 10.1007/s42107-026-01709-4
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• Behavior of the Liquid Storage Tank Under Coupled Effect of Bidirectional Excitations and Angle of Incidence of Earthquake
  Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering 2024 0 citations DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-9390-9_7
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• Seismic Behavior Assessment of Semi-rigid Frame Under Near-Field Earthquakes
  Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering 2024 5 citations DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-9390-9_49
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• Seismic Performance Assessment of Semi-rigid Frames for Different Performance Criteria
  Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering 2024 6 citations DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-9390-9_50
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• Optimum Semirigid Connections in Hybrid Frames for Effective Seismic Performance
  Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction 2023 9 citations DOI: 10.1061/PPSCFX.SCENG-1317
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• Comparison between Seismic Performance of Semi-Integrated Bridge and Conventional Bridge
  Proceedings of the 12th Structural Engineering Convention, SEC 2022: Themes 1-2 2022 2 citations DOI: 10.38208/acp.v1.590
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• Numerical Study of Hybrid Steel Frames under Far-field Earthquakes
  Proceedings of the 12th Structural Engineering Convention, SEC 2022: Themes 1-2 2022 3 citations DOI: 10.38208/acp.v1.582
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• Performance Assessment of Hybrid Steel Frames under Near-field Seismic Excitations
  Proceedings of the 12th Structural Engineering Convention, SEC 2022: Themes 1-2 2022 6 citations DOI: 10.38208/acp.v1.525
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• Seismic fragility evaluation of semi-rigid frames subjected to near-field earthquakes
  Journal of Constructional Steel Research 2021 61 citations DOI: 10.1016/j.jcsr.2020.106384
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