1. Smitha S, and Rangaswamy K (2020). Effect of biopolymer treatment on pore pressure response and dynamic properties of silty sands. Journal of materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0003285.
2. Geethu Thomas, Rangaswamy K. (2020). Strengthening of cement blended soft clay with nano-silica particles. Geomechanics & Engineering, an international journal, SCI, Vol. 20, No. 6 (2020) 505-516 DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/gae.2020.20.6.505
3. Geethu Thomas, Rangaswamy K. (2020). Dynamic soil properties of Nano particles and bio enzyme treated soft clay, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, International journal, 137(2020), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soildyn.2020.106324
4. Rangaswamy K, Akhila M, and Sankar N. (2021). Effects of fines content and plasticity on liquefaction resistance of sands. Proceedings of the Institute of Civil Engineers-Geotechnical Engineering, ICE publishers, 174:6, 697-706, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1680/jgeen.19.00270.
5. Smitha S, and Rangaswamy K (2021). Dynamic properties of biopolymer treated loose silty sand evaluated by cyclic triaxial test. Journal of Testing and evaluation ASTM, https://doi.org/10.1520/JTE20210141
6. Smitha S, and Rangaswamy K (2021). Effect of different parameters on cyclic triaxial response of biopolymer treated soil. European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1080/19648189.2021.2004451
7. Anagha, K.P., Abhijith, L. & Rangaswamy, K (2024). Mechanical and Microstructural Characteristics of Fly Ash-Nano-Silica Composites. Iran J Sci Technol Trans Civ Eng (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40996-024-01616-1
8. Abhijith L, K Rangaswamy, and Renjitha Mary Varghese (2024). Dynamic characteristics of Fly ash treated with Xanthan Gum Biopolymer. Journal of materials in Civil Engineering, 37(1),  https://doi.org/10.1061/JMCEE7.MTENG-18209
9. Abhijith L, K Rangaswamy, and Renjitha Mary Varghese (2024). Efficacy of Biopolymer Treatment in Improving the Dynamic Response of Fly Ash Deposits. Int. Journal of Geomechanics, 24(12), https://doi.org/10.1061/IJGNAI.GMENG-9911
10. Kodi Rangaswamy, Regi P. Mohan (2025). Strengthening the subgrade clay soil using nano chemical stabilisation. Soils and Foundations, Volume 65, Issue 4,2025,101638, ISSN 0038-0806, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sandf.2025.101638
11. Abhijith, L., Rangaswamy, K., & Varghese, R. M. (2025). Dynamic characterisation of microbial biopolymer-amended fly ash under strain-controlled loading. European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engg, 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1080/19648189.2025.2598669
12. Vijayan, D.S., Swamy, K.R., Jayaseelan, R. et al. Performance evaluation and environmental sustainability assessment of ferrock-infused concrete. Sci Rep 16, 2948 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-32869-z
13. Aleena Tom, and Rangaswamy K (2025). Micronized Biomass Silica as a Reactive Precursor in Geopolymer-Stabilized Marine Soil: Strength and Durability Assessment. Journal of materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE, Under second review.
14. Abhijith L, Rangaswamy K, and Renjitha Mary Varghese (2025). Durability characteristics of biopolymer treated fly ash. Journal of testing and evaluation, ASTM, Under communication.
15. Anagha, K.P., Abhijith, L. & Rangaswamy, K (2025). Dynamic behaviour of nanosilica modified flyash deposit. J. of Materials in Civil Engineering, Under communication
16. K. Rangaswamy, A. Boominathan & K. Rajagopal (2010). Influence of initial conditions on liquefaction resistance of silty sands. Geomechanics and Geoengineering, 5:3, 199-211,  https://doi.org/10.1080/17486021003706572
17.   A. Boominathan, K. Rangaswamy & K. Rajagopal (2010). Effect of non-plastic fines on liquefaction resistance of Gujarat sand. International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 4:2, 241-253,  https://doi.org/10.3328/IJGE.2010.04.02.241-253.
18. Rangaswamy, K (2016). Influence of burnt ash additives on stabilisation of soft clay soils. Innovative Infrastructure Solutions, 1, 25. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41062-016-0025-8.
19. Akhila, M., Rangaswamy, K. & Sankar, N (2019). Undrained Response and Liquefaction Resistance of Sand–Silt Mixtures. Geotechnical and Geological Engineering 37, 2729–2745 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10706-018-00790-0.
20. M Akhila, K Ranga Swamy and N Sankar (2019): Effect of non-plastic fines on undrained response of fine sand’, International Journal of Geomate, Vol.16(54), 2019, pp.170 – 175, DOI: https://doi.org/10.21660/2019.54.8325
21.  Akhila M., Rangaswamy K., & Sankar N. (2019). Liquefaction Susceptibility of Silty Sands and Low Plastic Clay Soils. International Journal of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, 10(2), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.4018/IJGEE.2019070101.
22.   Akhila, M., Rangaswamy, K. & Sankar, N (2019). Liquefaction susceptibility of central Kerala. SN Appl. Sci. 1, 583. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-019-0576-3
23. Rinku Varghese, S. Chandrakaran & K. Rangaswamy (2021). Influence of type of organic substances on the strength and consolidation behaviour of inorganic clay soil, International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 15:9, 1165-1176,  https://doi.org/10.1080/19386362.2019.1591739.
24. Geethu Thomas & Kodi Rangaswamy (2021). Strength behavior of enzymatic cement treated clay, International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 15:3, 259-272, DOI: 10.1080/19386362.2019.1622854.
25. M Akhila, K RangaSwamy & N Sankar (2021) Liquefaction susceptibility of non-plastic silty sands using hypoplastic model simulations, International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 15:2, 140-150, DOI: 10.1080/19386362.2019.1655996.
26. S. Smitha, K. Rangaswamy & D. S. Keerthi (2021) Triaxial test behaviour of silty sands treated with agar biopolymer, International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 15:4, 484-495, DOI: 10.1080/19386362.2019.1679441.
27.  Rinku Varghese, Chandrakaran S & Rangaswmay K (2021) Geotechnical behaviour of different organic matter on clayey soils, Geomechanics and Geoengineering, 16:4, 288-297, DOI: 10.1080/17486025.2019.1670874.
28. Meeravali K, Ruben N and Rangaswamy K. (2020). Stabilisation of Soft clay using nanomaterial: Terrasil. Materials Today: Proceedings, 27 (2020):1030-1037, ScienceDirect Elsevier publications, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2020.01.384
29. Smitha S, and Rangaswamy K (2021). Experimental study on unconfined compressive and cyclic triaxial test behaviour of agar biopolymer treated silty sand. Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 14:590, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-021-06955-1
30. Geethu Thomas, Rangaswamy K. (2022). Small strain stiffness and site-specific seismic response of nano-silica stabilised soft clay in Kochi, India: A case study. Arabian J. of Geosciences, 15:106, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-021-09315-1
31. V.P. Devipriya, S. Chandrakara, and K. Rangaswamy (2022). Seepage behavior of soil mixed with randomly distributed recycled plastic materials. Water science and Engineering, 15(3), pp. 257-264, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wse.2022.06.002
32. V.P. Devipriya, S. Chandrakara, and K. Rangaswamy (2023). Engineering behavior of soil stabilized with byproducts of plastic recycling plant” Geotechnical Engineering Journal of the SEAGS & AGSSEA, 54(3), pp. 19-26, ISSN 0046-5828;  https://doi.org/10.14456/seagj.2023.10
33. Abhijith, L., Rangaswamy, K. & Varghese, R.M. Experimental Study on Dynamic Characterization of Guar Gum-Treated Fly Ash. Iran J Sci Technol Trans Civ Eng (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40996-025-01725-5
34. Rangaswamy K, and Shabna Alungal (2016). Numerical simulations on triaxial strength of silty sand in drained conditions. Int. Journal of Computational Engineering Research (IJCER), Issue 08, Volume 06, pp. 21-26.
35. Meeravali K., and Rangaswamy K (2018). Compressibility and permeability characteristics of nano-chemical treated kuttanad soft clay. J. of emerging technologies and innovative research, Issue 3, Volume 5, pp. 615-620.
36. M Akhila, K Ranga Swamy and N Sankar (2018): Pertinent approach to cycic traixail testing. Electronic Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 23 [2018]/Bund. 04, 2018, pp 757-766. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330873034
37. M Akhila, K Ranga Swamy and N Sankar (2019): Liquefaction susceptibility of silty sands based on steady state line concept’, Journal of Geotechnical Studies, Vol 4(1), 2019, pp. 32-50, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2613366                
38. Shiji P, Rangaswamy K, and Arun C (2021). Resource utilization analysis of highway projects using ARENA. Malaysian journal of Civil Engineering, 33(2):47-55, https://doi.org/10.11113/mjce.v33.16846  
39. P, S., Swamy, K. R., & C, A. (2022). Equipment Utilization Analysis for Construction Activity in Highway Construction Using Pull-WIP Approach. Journal of Real Estate, Construction & Management, 37(4), 31 https://doi.org/10.1177/2977657020220403
40. Abhijith L, Rangaswamy K, and Renjitha Mary Varghese (2025). Energy absorption characteristics of biopolymer treated fly ash under severe environmental conditions. Indian Geotechnical Engineering, Under first review.

International conferences

1. Rangaswamy K. and Narasimha Rao AV. (2004). “Influence of Water content on flexural behavior of Reinforced soil beams”, Proceedings of International Conference on Geosynthetics and Geoenvironmental Engineering, December 8-10,2004, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India, pp.165-170.
2. Rangaswamy K., Boominathan A. and Rajagopal K. (2007). “Grain and specimen size Effects on Liquefaction of Fine Sands to undrained Cyclic Triaxial Testing” International Workshop on Earthquake Hazard and Mitigations (EHAM 2007), IIT Guwahati, Dec.5-8, 2007, pp. 423-430.
3. Rangaswamy K., Boominathan A. and Rajagopal K. (2010). “Undrained Response and Liquefaction Behaviour of Non-Plastic Silty Sands under Cyclic Loading” 5^th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, San Diego, CA – May 24-29, 2010, paper No. 4.21a, pp. 1-10.
4. Rangaswamy K., Boominathan A. and Rajagopal K. (2012). “Liquefaction Strength of Silty Sands” 2^nd Int. Conference on Performance-based Design in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Taormina (Italy), May 28-30,2012 (Paper No. 2.09).
5. Rangaswamy K., Boominathan A. and Rajagopal K. (2014). “Liquefaction resistance of Gujarat Silty Sands” International German-Indian Workshop on “All aspects related to Liquefaction” 15^th to 16^th of May, 20-14, TU Darmstadt, Germany. Published in series of Darmstadt Geotechnics 2014.
6. Rangaswamy K., Shashank M., and VinayKumar K. (2015). “Geotechnical Properties of Recycled Mangalore tiles as a Road sub-base” The 6^th International Geotechnical Symposium on Disaster Mitigation in Special Geoenvironmental conditions, Chennai, India, January 21-23, 2015, pp. 245- 248.
7. Rangaswamy K. and Seetha P. (2015). “Liquefaction Susceptibility of Ernakulam silty sand deposits” The 6^th International Geotechnical Symposium on Disaster Mitigation in Special Geoenvironmental conditions, Chennai, India, January 21-23, 2015, pp. 200- 204.
8. Dipty Sarin Issac, Rangaswamy K and Chandrakaran S. (2015). “Effect of confining stress and density on undrained response of soft clays” 2^nd int. conference on emerging trends in Technology and applied sciences, Kottayam, April 30 to May 2, 2015
9. Shiji P, K. Ranga Swamy, and Arun C (2015). “Defining Probability Distribution functions for Material Utilization in Highway Projects” 3^rd Int. Conference on Modelling and Simulation in Civil Engineering (ICMSC 2015), Kollam, July 5-7^th 2015, pp. 321-327
10. Akhila M, Ranga Swamy K and Sankar N. (2015). “Earthquake analysis on liquefiable soil with building load” International workshop on Deep Foundation technologies for infrastructure development in India, IISC Bangalore, India, 28-30 September 2015
11. Shiji P, K. Ranga Swamy, and Arun C (2016). “Optimization of equipment using ARENA: A case study of highway construction project” Int. Conference on recent trends in Engineering and Material Sciences (ICEMS 2016), JNU Rajasthan, March 17-19, Paper Id: 1-Ic-3601, pp. 105
12. Ranga Swamy K (2016). “Geotechnical characterization of soft clay treated with a bottom and fly ash mixture” The 4^th Int. Conference on Sustainable Civil Infrastructure (Geo-China 2016), ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication 258, Shandong, China, July 25-27, 2016, pp. 118-125.
13. Varghese, R., Chandrakaran. S, and Rangaswamy, K, (2016) “Effect of organic content and curing period on Atterberg limits of expansive clay”, International geotechnical conference on Sustainability in Geotechnical Engineering and Related Urban Issues, ISSMGE and IGS Mumbai Chapter, September 23-24.
14. Akhila M, Ranga Swamy K and Sankar N. (2018). “Liquefaction susceptibility of dam foundation soil” International dam safety conference, Thiruvanthapuram, sponsored by Ministry of water resources, Govt. of India, 23-24 January 2018, Doc. No. CDSO_IDSC2018_COMP, pp. 185-196.  
15. M Akhila, K Rangaswamy and N Sankar (2018): Development of critical state line from hypoplastic model simulations on triaxial strength of silty sand. Proceedings of Emerging Trends in Engineering, Science and Technology for Society, Energy and Environment, Publisher – Taylor and Francis, 2018, ISBN 978-0-8153-5760-5 (Hardback).
16. M Akhila, K Rangaswamy and N Sankar (2018): Undrained response of silty sands under static and cyclic loading. Proceedings of The Eighth International Conference – Geomate 2018 Geotechnique, Malasia, Construction Materials and Environment, Kuala Lumpur, Publisher – The Geomate International Society, ISBN 978-4-909106001 C3051.
17. Varghese, R., Chandrakaran, S., Rangaswamy, K. (2019). Effect of Organic Matter on Geotechnical Behavior of Soils. In: et al. Recent Advances in Geo-Environmental Engineering, Geomechanics and Geotechnics, and Geohazards. CAJG 2018. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01665-4_42.
18. Akhila, M., Rangaswamy, K., Sankar, N. (2020). Numerical Study on the Undrained Response of Silty Sands Under Static Triaxial Loading. In: Prashant, A., Sachan, A., Desai, C. (eds) Advances in Computer Methods and Geomechanics. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 56. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0890-5_17.
19. M Akhila, K, Rangaswamy, and N Sankar (2020). “Liquefaction resistance improvement of silty sands using cyclic preloading”. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, Volume 1114, 6^th Biennial International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering Science and Technology (ICETEST 2020) 17-19^th December 2020, Kerala, India. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/1114/1/012016 .
20. Smitha, S., Rangaswamy, K. (2021). The Potential Use of Biopolymers as a Sustainable Alternative for Liquefaction Mitigation—A Review. In: Singh, R.M., Sudheer, K.P., Kurian, B. (eds) Advances in Civil Engineering. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 83. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5644-9_3.
21. Devipriya, V.P., Chandrakaran, S., Rangaswamy, K. (2021). Seepage Behavior of Fiber Reinforced Embankment Fill: A Review. In: Singh, R.M., Sudheer, K.P., Kurian, B. (eds) Advances in Civil Engineering. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 83. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5644-9_13.
22. Aswathi, P., Rangaswamy, K. (2021). Stability Analysis of Kattipara and Meppady Regions of Hill Soil Slope. In: Sitharam, T.G., Jakka, R., Govindaraju, L. (eds) Local Site Effects and Ground Failures. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 117. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9984-2_18.
23. Smitha, S., Rangaswamy, K., Balaswamy Naik, P. (2021). Liquefaction Mitigation of Silty Sands Using Xanthan Biopolymer. In: Sitharam, T.G., Parthasarathy, C.R., Kolathayar, S. (eds) Ground Improvement Techniques. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 118. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9988-0_23.
24. Thomas, G., Rangaswamy, K. (2021). Dynamic Soil Properties of Enzymatic Cement-Stabilised Clay. In: Sitharam, T.G., Dinesh, S.V., Jakka, R. (eds) Soil Dynamics. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 119. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4001-5_1.
25. Rangaswamy, K., Mohan, R.P. (2024). Nano-Chemical Stabilization of Soft Soil as a Paved Subgrade Material. In: Hazarika, H., Haigh, S.K., Chaudhary, B., Murai, M., Manandhar, S. (eds) Geo-Sustainnovation for Resilient Society. CREST 2023 2023. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 446. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-9219-5_12
26. National Conferences
27. Boominathan A., Rangaswamy K. and Rajagopal K. (2006). “Effect of Fines on Pore Water Pressure Build up and Liquefaction of Sands under Low Confining Pressure” Proceedings of 13th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering (13 SEE), Roorkee, Dec 18-20, pp.501 to 510.
28. Boominathan A., Rangaswamy K. and Rajagopal K. (2006). “Effect of Method of Sample Preparation on Liquefaction Resistance of Sands in Cyclic Triaxial Testing” Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC-2006), IIT Madras, Chennai, Dec 14-16, pp.833 to 836.
29. Rangaswamy K., Boominathan A. and Rajagopal K. (2009). “Comparative study on liquefaction resistance of sand and silty soils” Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference IGC-2009, Guntur, Dec. 17-19, pp. 536-540.
30. Rangaswamy K., and Sekhar J. (2011). “Undrained response and Liquefaction of Beach Soil Under Triaxial Loading” Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference IGC-2011, Kochi, Dec. 15-17, Paper No. 139, Vol-II, pp: 863-866.
31. K. Vineetha and Rangaswamy K. (2011). “Dynamic Analyses of Soil-Pile-Supetrstructure Interaction” Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference IGC-2011, Kochi, Dec. 15-17, Paper No. 135, Vol-II, pp: 855 – 858.
32. Deepak P.S. and Rangaswamy K. (2012). “Strength and deformation characteristics of soil bags” Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference IGC-2012, IIT Delhi, Dec. 13-15, Paper No. E553.
33. Deepak P.S. and Rangaswamy K. (2012). “Load deformation characteristics of soilbag reinforced earth” Proceedings of Innovations and challenges in Geotechnical Engineering ICGE-2012, IES college of Engineering Trichur , Dec. 3-4, Paper No. B008.
34. Reethi V.P. and Rangaswamy K. (2012). “Geotechnical properties of soft clay stabilized with fly ash and lime stone dust” Proceedings of Innovations and challenges in Geotechnical Engineering ICGE-2012, IES college of Engg., Dec. 3-4, Paper No. B009.
35. Akhila M. and Rangaswamy K. (2013). “Study on the behaviour of piled raft foundation under seismic load” Proceedings of Fourth Indian Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference- 4IYGEC-2013, IIT Madras, May 17-18, PID: T7P3.
36. Femi J. and Rangaswamy K. (2013). “Influence of soil parameters on ground motion characteristics” Proceedings of Fourth Indian Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference- 4IYGEC-2013, IIT Madras, May 17-18, PID: T7P8.
37. Wajeeh Mohamed T.P. and Rangaswamy K. (2013). “Effect of natural fibre on the strength characteristics of silts soil” Proceedings of Fourth Indian Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference- 4IYGEC-2013, IIT Madras, May 17-18, PID: T3P1.
38. Rangaswamy K, and Shabna alungal (2014). “Hypoplastic modeling on drained response of silty sand” Proceedings of National Conference on Recent advancements in geotechnical engineering, Coimbatore, April 22, 2014, pg. 78-82.
39. Neema Mohan, and Rangaswamy K. (2015). “Undrained load response of soft clays reinforced with sand columns” Proceedings of National Conference on Technological Innovations for sustainable Infrastructure, NIT Calicut, 13-14 March, 2015. Paper No. T0082. pg. 177-184. 
40. Akhila M, and Rangaswamy K. (2015). “Piled Raft Foundation under Seismic Load” Proceedings of National Conference on Technological Innovations for sustainable Infrastructure, NIT Calicut, 13-14 March, 2015. Paper No. T0096. pg. 185-188.
41. Manicka Priya and Rangaswamy K. (2015). “Compressibility and strength characteristics of soft clay treated with bottom ash” Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference IGC-2015, Pune, Dec. 17-19, Paper No. 357, pp: 441 – 448.
42. Rintoo Johnson and Rangaswamy K. (2015). “Improvement of soil properties as a road base material using Nano-chemical solution” Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference IGC-2015, Pune, Dec. 17-19, Paper Id. 379, pp: 363– 371.
43. Dipty Sarin Issac, Rangaswamy K and Chandrakaran S. (2016). “Influence of initial conditions on undrained response of softclays” Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference IGC-2016, Chennai, Dec. 15-17, Paper Id. 1.
44. Rinku Varghese, Chandrakaran S & Rangaswamy K. (2016). “Effect of organic content on Geotechnical properties of Bentonite clay” Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference IGC-2016, Chennai, Dec. 15-17, Paper Id. 25.
45. M Akhila, K Ranga Swamy and N Sankar (2016): Liquefaction susceptibility of silty sands based on critical state line concept. International Geotechnical Engineering Conference on Sustainability in Geotechnical Engineering Practices and Related Urban Issues, September 23-24, Mumbai, India, 2016.
46. Akhila M, Ranga Swamy K and Sankar N. (2017). “Effect of non-plastic fines on liquefaction susceptibility of fine sands” DFI-India 2017 Conference on Deep Foundation technologies for infrastructure development in India, IIT Madras, India, 05-07 October 2017.
47. Aswathi T.S. and Rangaswamy K. (2017). “Compressibility and triaxial strength behavior of fine soils: Numerical study” Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference IGC-2017, IIT Guwahati, Dec. 14-16, Paper Id: Th16_335
48. M Akhila, K Ranga Swamy, PC Jitesh and N Sankar (2018):  Numerical study on cyclic loading effects on the undrained response of silty sand. Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference, IISc Banglore, Publisher – Springer, 2018.
49. M Akhila, K Ranga Swamy and N Sankar (2018): Liquefaction Mitigation by Preloading – An Experimental Study. Proceedings of 16^th Symposium on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Roorkee, 2018.
50. M Akhila, K Ranga Swamy and N Sankar (2019): Liquefaction criteria for silts and low-plastic clays: A review. Proceedings of Conference of the Kerala state Technological Congress, Government Engineering College Thrissur, 2019.
51. Rinku Varghese, Chandrakaran, and Rangaswamy K (2020). “Effect of Nano-silica stabilization with cement on shear strength and consolidation properties of organic soils” 2^nd ASCE India Conference on “Challenges of Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure Development in Emerging Economies (CRSIDE2020)” March 2-4 at Novetel, Kolkatta.
52. Akhila, M., Jithesh, P.C., Rangaswamy, K., Sankar, N. (2020). Numerical Study on Cyclic Loading Effects on the Undrained Response of Silty Sand. In: Latha Gali, M., P., R.R. (eds) Geotechnical Characterization and Modelling. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 85. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6086-6_86.
53. Naga Sivaji B, and Ranga Swamy K (2021). “Marine clay stabilization using an Encased Stone Column Filled with Tyre Chips as aggregates” Proceedings on DFI- India 2021 virtual conference on Deep Foundation Technologies for Infrastructure Development in India, 12 – 20 November 2021. Pp. 193 to 203.  
54. Maria Joseph and K Ranga Swamy (2021). “Landslide simulations of hill region soil profiles of Idukki, Kerala”. TH-7, Paper No. 9. 8^th Indian Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference 2021, 21^st to 23^rd October 2021, IIT Madras.
55. Gayathri R and K Ranga Swamy (2021). “Influence of dynamic excitation levels on piled raft foundation with superstructure”. TH-8, Paper No. 8. 8^th Indian Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference 2021, 21^st to 23^rd October 2021, IIT Madras.  
56. Prabhakar, N., Rangaswamy, K. (2025). Seismic Stability of Earth Dam with Water Fluctuations in the Reservoir. In: Thyagaraj, T., Ravichandran, P.T., Janardhanan, G., Bhuvaneshwari, S., Muttharam, M., Maji, V.B. (eds) Soil Dynamics and Computational Geomechanics. IYGEC 2021. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 428. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-1368-7_1
57. Abhishek, P.G., Rangaswamy, K. (2025). Equivalent Linear Ground Response Analysis of Kunnamangalam Region Soil Deposits in Calicut of Kerala. In: Thyagaraj, T., Ravichandran, P.T., Janardhanan, G., Bhuvaneshwari, S., Muttharam, M., Maji, V.B. (eds) Soil Dynamics and Computational Geomechanics. IYGEC 2021. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 428. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-1368-7_3
58. Akhila, M., Rangaswamy, K., Sankar, N., Sruthy, M.R. (2022). Effect of Plasticity of Fines on Properties of Uniformly Graded Fine Sand. In: Satyanarayana Reddy, C.N.V., Muthukkumaran, K., Satyam, N., Vaidya, R. (eds) Ground Characterization and Foundations. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 167. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3383-6_1.
59. Anjana, C.P., Ranga Swamy, K. (2024). Stability Analysis of Micropile Reinforced Idukki Soil Slopes. In: Krishna, A.M., Banerjee, S., Pitchumani, N.K. (eds) Deep Foundations for Infrastructure Development in India. DFI India 2022. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 373. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-37256-8_16  
60.  Abhijith, L., Rangaswamy, K., Varghese, R.M. (2023). Liquefaction Susceptibility of Bottom Ash Under Cyclic Loading. In: Shrikhande, M., Agarwal, P., Kumar, P.C.A. (eds) Proceedings of 17^th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering (Vol. 3). SEE 2022.Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 331. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-1579-8_52.
61. Pradeep, R., Swamy, K.R. (2024). Landslide Simulations and Stability Assessment of Puthumala Hill Soil Slope in the Meppady Region of Wayanad in Kerala. In: Jose, B.T., Sahoo, D.K., Oommen, T., Muthukkumaran, K., Chandrakaran, S., Santhosh Kumar, T.G. (eds) Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference 2022 Volume 6. IGC 2022. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 484. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-3393-4_4
62. Ansly, N., Swamy, K.R. (2024). Liquefaction Analysis of Soil Profile Underneath the Multi-storey Building. In: Jose, B.T., Sahoo, D.K., Oommen, T., Muthukkumaran, K., Chandrakaran, S., Santhosh Kumar, T.G. (eds) Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference 2022 Volume 6. IGC 2022. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 484. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-3393-4_12
63. Smitha, S., Rangaswamy, K. (2025). Influence of Biopolymer Treatment on the Dynamic Properties of Silty Sand. In: Jose, B.T., Sahoo, D.K., Vanapalli, S.K., Solanki, C.H., Balan, K., Pillai, A.G. (eds) Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference 2022 Volume 9. IGC 2022. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 537. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-6168-5_10
64. Mohan, R.P., Rangaswamy, K. (2024). Improvement of Soft Ground Using Nano-Chemical Stabilization. In: Jose, B.T., Sahoo, D.K., Puppala, A.J., Reddy, C.N.V.S., Abraham, B.M., Vaidya, R. (eds) Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference 2022 Volume 4. IGC 2022. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 479. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-1753-8_24
65. M, Akhila and K, Rangaswamy and N, Sankar, Effect of Fines on Static Liquefaction of Sand (July 16, 2023). Proceedings of the 7^th Biennial International Conference On Emerging Trends in Engineering, Science &Technology (ICETEST 2023), Available SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4512314 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4512314
66. Nikitha, T.R., Swamy, K.R. (2025). Influence of Waste Foundry Sand and Bio-enzyme Additives on Strength Behavior of Clayey Soils. In: Tyagi, A., Mishra, A. (eds) Ground Improvement I. IGC 2023. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 662. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-7598-2_16  
67. Brindha R. & K Rangaswamy (2023).  Numerical Study on the Efficacy of Anti-slide Piles to Strengthen the Soil Slopes of Western Ghats of Kerala.  Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference IGC-2023 IIT Roorkee, Dec. 14-16, Paper Id: Th6_218 
68. Thomas, G., Rangaswamy, K. (2025). Bioenzyme Intervention: Addressing Site Amplification and Enhancing Strength in Soft Clays. In: Premalatha, K., Maji, V.B., Muttharam, M., Robinson, R.G. (eds) Recent Advances in Geotechnical Engineering, Volume 1. WIGC 2024. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 577. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-2034-0_24
69. Nazrin Mariyam, N.B., Abhijith, L., Rangaswamy, K. (2025). Experimental Investigation on Strength and Durability Characteristics of Kuttanad Clay Treated with Nano-Magnesium Oxide. In: Dixit, M.S., Jaiswal, S.S., Satyam, N., Singh, A.P., Maji, V.B. (eds) Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC 2024), Volume 1. IGC 2024. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 626. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-2444-7_25
70. Abhijith, L., Rangaswamy, K. (2025). Influence of Initial Conditions on the Dynamic Properties of Bottom Ash. In: Kumar, A., Maheshwari, B., Sarkar, R. (eds) Dynamic Soil Properties and Liquefaction. ICRAGEE 2024. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 569. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-1606-0_3
71. L. Abhijith, K. Rangaswamy, and R. M. Varghese, “Cyclic Stress-Strain Response of Biopolymer Treated Fly Ash,” in Proceedings of the 10^th Indian Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference at Indian Institute of Technology Indore, 11^th to 12^th March, 2025
72. Srilaksmi, and Rangaswamy, “Calibration of hypoplastic constitutive model parameters and undrained response of Cherthala fine sand in Kerala state,” in Proceedings of the 10^th Indian Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference at Indian Institute of Technology Indore, 11^th and 12^th March, 2025
73. KT Lakshmi, and K. Rangaswamy, “Numerical study on performance of pre-engineered nail foundation systems as an alternative to conventional shallow foundations,” in Proceedings of the 10^th Indian Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference at Indian Institute of Technology Indore, 11^th and 12^th March, 2025
74. Rangaswamy K (2025). “Landslide Simulations of Idukki Hill Region Soil Profiles in Kerala” in Proceedings of IGC 2025 at NIT Jalandhar, Punjab, Dec 18^th-20^th, 2025
75. Aleena Tom and Rangaswamy K (2025). “Effect of Geopolymerization on Geotechnical Properties of Marine Soil” in Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical conference at NIT Jalandhar, Punjab, Dec 18^th-20^th, 2025
76. Abhijith L., Rangaswamy K, and R M Varghese (2025). “Enhancing the Mechanical Properties of Bottom Ash Using Xanthan Gum Biopolymer” in Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical conference at NIT Jalandhar, Punjab, Dec 18^th-20^th, 2025

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Soil Dynamics forum

1. Rangaswamy, K., Thomas, G., Smitha, S. (2021). Influence of Bio- and Nano-materials on Dynamic Characterization of Soils. In: Sitharam, T., Jakka, R., Kolathayar, S. (eds) Latest Developments in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics. Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1468-2_25.
2. Smitha, S., Rangaswamy, K. (2022). An Experimental Study of Using Biopolymer for Liquefaction Mitigation of Silty Sand—A Sustainable Alternative. In: Reddy, K.R., Pancharathi, R.K., Reddy, N.G., Arukala, S.R. (eds) Advances in Sustainable Materials and Resilient Infrastructure. Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-9744-9_20.
3. Rangaswamy, K. (2023). Dynamic Characterization and Ground Response Analysis of Clay Soil Profiles. In: Shrikhande, M., Agarwal, P., Kumar, P.C.A. (eds) Proceedings of 17^th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering (Vol. 3). SEE 2022. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 331. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-1579-8_50
4. Prabhakar, N., Rangaswamy, K. (2023). Liquefaction Analysis of Earth Embankment Dam Structure. In: Muthukkumaran, K., Ayothiraman, R., Kolathayar, S. (eds) Soil Dynamics, Earthquake and Computational Geotechnical Engineering. IGC 2021. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 300. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6998-0_49.
5. Abhishek, P.G., Rangaswamy, K. (2023). Development of Shear Wave Velocity Profiles Using Active MASW on Kattangal Region Soil Deposits in Calicut of Kerala. In: Muthukkumaran, K., Ayothiraman, R., Kolathayar, S. (eds) Soil Dynamics, Earthquake and Computational Geotechnical Engineering. IGC 2021. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 300. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6998-0_47.
6. Joseph, G.M., Ranga Swamy, K. (2023). Dynamic Stability and Landslide Simulations in Hilly Regions of Kerala. In: Muthukkumaran, K., Umashankar, B., Pitchumani, N.K. (eds) Earth Retaining Structures and Stability Analysis. IGC 2021. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 303. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7245-4_23.
7. Rangaswamy, K., Abhishek, P.G., Abhijith, L., Campilongo, G. (2023). Dynamic Characterisation of Soil Profiles in Southern Calicut Region in Kerala State. In: Jakka, R.S., Singh, Y., Sitharam, T.G., Maheshwari, B.K. (eds) Earthquake Engineering and Disaster Mitigation. Springer Tracts in Civil Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-0081-7_5 (Chapter 5).
8. S. Smitha and K. Rangaswamy (2020). “Soil treatment using biopolymers”. Acta Scientific Agriculture 5.1 (2020): 15 http://doi.org/10.31080/ASAG.2020.05.0934

• Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering,
• Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering
• FEM&Constitutive Modelling in Geotechnical Engineering
• Reinforced Soil Structures

Worked as Project Officer under IC&SR at IIT Madras for one year and Involved in several consultancy projects  

Carryout the soil testing and consultancy works with geotechnical group

Conducted the FDP and workshops

Co-invesigated the Research project with Coir board, Kerala

Coordinated with NCESS, Thiruvanthapuram in investigating geotechnical aspects of landsides of Kerala western ghats

Co-investigator of DRIP reserch project and procured Geostudio, Rapid flow, softwares, and fileld dynamic testing facilities of CH/DH, and MASW

Coordinator of geotechnical consultancy and acively involved in handling consultancy jobs

Completed: 59

Ongoing 2

Faculty advisor

Geotechnical Laboratory Incharge

PG programme / project coordinator 

Teaching and research

Soil testing and consultancy 

Project officer at IIT Madras (October 2007 to December 2008)

Faculty advisor

Geotechnical Laboratory Incharge

PG programme / project coordinator 

Hostel warden

Teaching and research

Soil testing and consultancy 

• Soil Liquefaction during Earthquakes
• Numerical and Physical Modelling of Dynamic Soil Properties
• Dynamic Loaded Piles
• Ground Improvement Methods
• Landslide Hazards

Completed: 8

Ongoing: 5