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Research citations

Citations: His work has been cited by over 2025 publications (scholar.google.com) with h-index of  22 and i10-index of 50. 

Selected reviewed publications (abridged list):

Dr. Siddharthan has authored more than 195 journal and conference publications.  

Finn, W.D.L., Siddharthan, R.V., and Martin, G.R., “Response of Seafloor to Ocean Waves,” Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 109(4), April 1983, pp. 556-572.

Siddharthan, R.V., Ara, S., and Norris, G.M., “A Simple Rigid Plastic Model for Seismic Tilting of Rigid Walls,” Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 118(2), Feb. 1992, pp. 469-487.

Yu, G., Anderson, J., and Siddharthan, R.V., “On the Characteristics of Non-Linear Soil Response,” Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Vol. 83(1), Feb. 1993, pp. 218-244.

Siddharthan, R.V., El-Gamal, M., and Maragakis, E.A., "Stiffnesses of Abutments on Spread Footing with Cohesionless Backfill,"  Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 34(5), October  1997, pp. 686-697,

El-Gamal, M., and Siddharthan, R.V., "Stiffnesses of Abutments on Piles in Seismic Bridge Analyses," Soils and Foundations, Vol. 38(1), March 1998, pp. 77-87.

Siddharthan, R.V., Yao, J., and Sebaaly, P.E., “Pavement Strain from Moving Dynamic 3-D Load Distribution,” Journal of Transportation Engrg., ASCE, Vol. 124(6), Nov./Dec. 1998, pp. 557-566.

Siddharthan, R.V., and Sebaaly, P.E., “Investigation of AC layer Strains from Wide-Base Tires,” Transportation Research Record No. 1655, 1999, pp. 168 - 174.

Siddharthan, R.V., Krishnamenon, N., and Sebaaly, P.E., “Pavement Response Evaluation using Finite-Layer Approach,” Transportation Research Record No. 1709, 2000, pp. 43-49.

Ni, S.D., Anderson, J.G., Zeng, Y., and Siddharthan, R.V., “Expected Signature of Nonlinearity on Regression for Strong Ground Motion Parameters,” Bulletin of Seismological Society of America, Vol. 90, 6B, 2000, pp. S53-S64.

Siddharthan, R.V., Krishnamenon, N., El-Mously, M., and Sebaaly, P.E., “Investigation of Tire Contact Stress Distributions on Pavement Response,” Journal of Transportation Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 128(2), March/April, 2002, pp. 136-144.

Siddharthan, R.V., El-Mously, M., Krishnamenon, N., and Sebaaly, P.E., “Validation of a Pavement Response Model using Full-Scale Field Tests,” International Journal in Pavement Engineering, Vol. 3(2), 2002, pp. 85-93.

Sebaaly, P.E., Siddharthan, R., El‑Desouky, M., Strand, D., and Huft, D., "Effect of Off‑Road Equipment on Flexible Pavements,"  Transportation Research Record No. 1821,  TRB, 2003, pp. 29-38

Siddharthan, R.V., Ganeshwara, V.,  Kutter, B.L., El-Desouky, M., and Whitman, R.V., “Seismic Deformation of Bar Mat MSE Walls I:  Centrifuge Tests,” Journal of Geotechnical and Geo-Environmental Engrg., ASCE, Vol. 130(1), ASCE, January 2004, pp. 14-25.

Siddharthan, R.V., Ganeshwara, V.,  Kutter, B.L., El-Desouky, M., and Whitman, R.V., “Seismic Deformation of Bar Mat MSE Walls II: A Multi-Block Model,” Journal of Geotechnical and Geo-Environmental Engrg., ASCE, Vol. 130(1), ASCE, January 2004, pp. 26-35.

Siddharthan, R., Sebaaly, P.E., El-Desouky, M., Strand, D., and Huft, D. “Heavy Off-road Vehicle Tire-Pavement Interactions and Response,” Journal of Transportation Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 131(3), March/April 2005, pp. 239-247.

Hajj, E.Y., Siddharthan, R.V., and Sebaaly, P.E., “Development of Laboratory-Based Unified Permanent Deformation Model for HMA Mixture,” Journal of Testing and Evaluations, Vol. 35(3), May 2007, pp. 272-280.

Siddharthan, R.V., and Porbaha, A., “Seismic Response Evaluation of Deep Mixed Improved Ground Part I: Proposed Approach,” Ground Improvement, Vol. 131, Issue G13, Institute of Civil Engineers, UK, August 2008, pp. 153-162.

Hajj, E.Y., Ulloa, A., Siddharthan, R.V., and Sebaaly, P.E., “Characteristics of the Loading Pulse for the Flow Number Performance Test,” Journal Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists, Vol. 79, 2010, pp. 253 - 294.

Thornley, J.D., Siddharthan, R.V., and Luke, B., “Investigation and Implication of MSE Wall Corrosion in Â鶹ӳ»­,”  Journal of Transportation Research Record, No. 2186, Transportation Research Board, 2011, pp. 67-78.

Hajj, E.Y., Ulloa, A., Siddharthan, R.V., and Sebaaly, P.E., “Estimation of Stress Conditions for Flow Number Simple Performance Test,” Journal of Transportation Research Record, No. 2181, Transportation Research Board, 2011, pp. 67-78.

Siddharthan, R.V., and Bukhary, S. “Characteristics of Laboratory-Measured Saturated Soil Behavior under Multidirectional Shaking,” Journal of Â鶹ӳ»­ Water Resources Association, Vol. 6(1), June 2011, pp. 362 – 376.

Hajj, E.Y., Thusyanthan, P., Sebaaly, P.E., and Siddharthan, R.V.,  “Influence of Tire-Pavement Stress Distribution, Shape and Braking on Asphalt Pavement Performance Predictions,”  Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2306 Transportation Research Board, 2012, pp. 73 – 85,

Hajj, E.Y., Ulloa, A., Siddharthan, R.V., and Sebaaly, P.E., “Equivalent Loading Frequencies for Dynamic Analysis of Asphalt Pavements,” Journal of the Materials in Civil Engineering, Accepted for Publication in April 2012.

Kasozi, A. M., Siddharthan, R. V. and Mahamud, R. "Temperature Distribution in Mechanically Stabilized Earth Wall Soil Backfills for Design under Elevated Temperature Conditions,” ASME Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications, Vol. 7(2), Paper No. 021004, June 2015, pg. 1-9.

Kasozi, A., Siddharthan, R.V., and Mahamud,  R. “,” Environmental Geotechnics, Vol. 3, Issue EG1, Institute of Civil Engineers, Feb. 2016., pp. 4-16.

Nasimifar, M., Siddharthan, R., Rada, G., Nazarian, S., “” International Journal of Pavement Engineering, Vol. 18(5), 2015, pp. 381-390

Siddharthan, R., Nasimifar, M., Tan, X., Hajj, E., “,” Journal of Road Materials and Pavement Design, RMPD, Vol. 18(2), April 2016, pp. 390-407. 

Nasimifar, M., Thyagarajan, S., Siddharthan, R., and Sivaneswaran, S, “Robust Deflection Indices from Traffic Speed Deflectometer Measurements to Predict Critical Pavement Responses for Network Level Pavement Management System Application,” Journal of Transportation Eng., ASCE, Vol. 142(3), March 2016. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)TE.1943-5436.0000832) 

Nasimifar, M., Siddharthan, Rada, G., Nazarian, S., “Validation of Dynamic Simulation of Slow Moving Surface Deflection Measurements,” Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Vol.  2589, National Academies of Sciences, Washington D.C., April 2016.  DOI: 10.3141/2589-14.

Nasimifar, M., Siddharthan, R., Thyagarajan, S., and Motamed, R., “Field and Numerical Evaluation of Traffic Speed Deflection Measurements to Estimate Load-Induced Fatigue Response,” Journal of Testing and Evaluation, ASTM, Vol. 45(5), Sept. 2017, pp. 1702 – 1712, doi:10.1520/JTE2015044.

Nabizadeh, H., Siddharthan, R. V., Nimeri, M., Hajj, E. Y., and Elfass, S., “Validation of the Subgrade Shear Strength Parameters Estimation Methodology Using Light Weight Deflectometer: Numerical Simulation and Measured Testing Data,” Accepted for Publication in Journal of Transportation Geotechnics in July 2019.

Research grants

The research contributions have been in many diversified disciplines, including, geotechnical-earthquake engineering, offshore engineering, and transportation engineering. He was directly responsible for research projects totaling more than $ 2.5 million and as a co-investigator capacity in projects totaling more than $ 6.2 million.  Sponsoring agencies include, Engineering Foundation, National Science Foundation (NSF), Electrical Power Research Institute (EPRI), NOVOPHALT Inc., Â鶹ӳ»­ Department of Transportation, California Strong Motion Instrumentation Program, Department of Energy (DOE), Â鶹ӳ»­ Nuclear Waste Project Office (NWPO), US Army Research Office, Southern California Earthquake Center, Department of Defense (DoD), FHWA and NCHRP.  He has been involved in two independent seismic soil response verification studies: NSF-VELACS study and EPRI study.  In the VELACS study, his code was used in a "verification" exercise using extensive laboratory-centrifuge test results.