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Abhisekh Saha, PhD

Published Research Works

2024

Saha, A., Drishti, Jain, P. and Nancy, K. (2024). Investigating the effect of superabsorbent hydrogel on hydraulic characteristics of desert soil. Arid Land Research and Management, Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.1080/15324982.2024.2441726]

Saha, A., Sekharan, S., Manna, U. (2024). Effect of Water Absorbing Polymer Amendment on Performance of Capacitance Soil Moisture Sensor. Advances in Civil Engineering Materials, 13(1), 116-133. ASTM. [https://doi.org/10.1520/ACEM20230041]

Saha, A., Sekharan, S. (2024). Potential Application of Superabsorbent Hydrogel Composite in Geotechnical Engineering Focusing Sustainability: State-of-the-Art Review. Indian Geotechnical Journal, 1-22. Springer. [https://doi.org/10.1007/s40098-024-00867-z]

Saha, A., Sreedeep, S. and Manna, U. (2024). Role of Biopolymers and Their Composites in Sustainable Agriculture: Recent Developments and Future Perspectives. In: Applications of Biopolymers in Science, Biotechnology, and Engineering, 57-87. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119783473.ch3 [ISBN: 9781119783473]

2023

Rattan, B., Saha, A., Bordoloi, S. , Garg, A., Sahoo, L., Sekharan, S. (2023). Efficacy of novel water‐absorbing polymer amended soil for improving drought resilience of Solanum lycopersicum. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 87(1), 13-29, Wiley. [https://doi.org/10.1002/saj2.20480]

2022

Rattan, B., Dhobale K.V., Saha, A., Garg, A. , Sahoo, L., Sreedeep, S. (2022). Influence of inorganic and organic fertilizers on the performance of water-absorbing polymer amended soils from the perspective of sustainable water use efficiency. Soil and Tillage Research, 223, 105449. Elsevier. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2022.105449]

Saha, A., Sekharan, S. and Manna, U. (2022). Characterization of Moisture Movement in Water Absorbing Polymer-Soil System: A Horizontal Absorption Method. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 34(10), ASCE. [https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0004422]

Saha, A., Sekharan, S. and Manna, U. (2022). Hysteresis model for water retention characteristics of water absorbing polymer amended soils. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 148(4), ASCE. [https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002764]

2021

Saha, A., Rattan, B., Sekharan, S., and Manna, U. (2021). Quantifying the combined effect of pH and salinity on the performance of water absorbing polymers used for drought management. Journal of Polymer Research, 28(11), 428, Springer. [https://doi.org/10.1007/s10965-021-02795-5]

Saha, A., Sekharan, S. and Manna, U. (2021). Predictive Model for Water Retention Curve of Water Absorbing Polymer Amended Soil. Géotechnique Letters, 11(3), 164-170, ICE. [https://doi.org/ 10.1680/jgele.21.00015]

Saha, A., Gupt, C.B., and Sekharan, S. (2021). Recycling Natural Fibre to Superabsorbent Hydrogel Composite for Conservation of Irrigation Water in Semi-arid Regions. Waste and Biomass Valorization, 12, 6433–6448, Springer. [https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-021-01489-9]

Saha, A. and Sekharan, S. (2021). Importance of Volumetric Shrinkage Curve (VSC) for determination of Soil-Water Retention Curve (SWRC) for Low Plastic Natural Soils. Journal of Hydrology, 596, 126113. Elsevier. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.126113]

Saha, A. and Sekharan, S. (2021). Estimation of unsaturated hydraulic conductivity function: implication of low to high suction measurements. Acta Geophysica, 69(2), 547-559, Springer. [https://doi.org/10.1007/s11600-021-00548-y]

Saha, A., Sekharan S. and Manna, U. (2021). Performance of an Electromagnetic Sensor for Field Monitoring of Volumetric Water Content in Water-Absorbing Polymer Amended Soil. In: Transportation, Water and Environmental Geotechnics. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Vol 159. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2260-1_2 [ISBN: 978-981-16-2260-1]

2020

Saha, A., Sekharan, S., Manna, U. and Sahoo, L. (2020). Transformation of non-water sorbing fly ash to a water sorbing material for drought management. Scientific Reports, 10(1), 1-16, Nature. [https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-75674-6]

Saha, A., Sekharan, S. and Manna, U. (2020). Superabsorbent hydrogel (SAH) as a Soil Amendment for Drought Management: A Review. Soil and Tillage Research, 204, 104736. Elsevier. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2020.104736]

Saha, A., Sekharan, S. and Manna, U. (2020). Evaluation of Capacitance Sensor for Suction Measurement in Silty Clay Loam. Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 38(4), 4319-4331, Springer. [https://doi.org/10.1007/s10706-020-01297-3]

Saha, A., Rattan, B., Sekharan, S. and Manna, U. (2020). Quantifying the interactive effect of water absorbing polymer (WAP)-soil texture on plant available water content and irrigation frequency. Geoderma, 368, 114310, Elsevier. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2020.114310]

Mushahary, L., Deka, D., Saha, A. and Sreedeep, S. (2020). Numerical Modeling of Tunnel Support Designing in Weak Rock. In: Geotechnical Characterization and Modelling (pp. 539-547). Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6086-6_44 [ISBN: 978-981-15-6086-6]

Saha, A., Rattan, B., Sreedeep, S. and Manna, U. (2020). Effect of Water Absorbing Polymer Amendment on Water Retention Properties of Cohesionless Soil. In: Advances in Computer Methods and Geomechanics (pp. 185-195). Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0886-8_15 [ISBN: 978-981-15-0886-8]

2019

Sekharan, S., Gadi, V. K., Bordoloi, S., Saha, A., Kumar, H., Hazra, B. and Garg, A. (2019). Sustainable geotechnics: a bio-geotechnical perspective. In: Frontiers in Geotechnical Engineering (pp. 313-331). Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-5871-5_15 [ISBN: 978-981-13-5871-5]

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