Publications

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

1. Saha, S., Hariharan, N., Sahin, H., Lytton, R.L., and Little, D.N. “Impact of remolded soil fabric on the volumetric deformation behavior of clayey soils”, 2022, Transportation Geotechnics, Vol. 44, pp. 101158. (Link)

2. Saha, S., Gu F., Luo, X., and Lytton, R.L. (2022). “Development of an ANN based k value prediction model to improve the sensitivity of base layer on rigid pavement performance", Transportation Research Record, Vol. 2677, No. 5, pp. 03611981221143114. (Link)

3. Saha, S., Hariharan, N., Lytton, R.L., and Little, D.N. (2022). “A simplified suction based approach to determine potential vertical movement of natural subgrade soil”, Ge´otechnique, pp. 1-12. (Link)

4. Tavares, C., Wang, X., Saha, S., and Grasley, Z. (2022). “Machine learning-based mix design tools to minimize carbon footprint and cost of UHPC. Part 1: Efficient data collection and modeling”, Cleaner Materials, 100082. (Link)

5. Saha, S., Gu F., Luo X. and Lytton, R.L., (2020). “Development of a modulus of subgrade reaction model to improve slab-base interface bond sensitivity”, International Journal of Pavement Engineering, Vol. 21, No. 14, pp. 1794-1805. (Link)

6. Chen, Y., Saha, S., and Lytton, R.L. (2020). “Prediction of pre-erosion stage of faulting in jointed concrete pavement with axle load distribution”, Transportation Geotechnics, Vol. 23, 100343. (Link)

7. Islam, M.T., Tang, S., Liverani, C., Saha, S., Tasciotti, E., and Righetti, R., (2020). “Non-invasive imaging of Young’s modulus and Poisson’s ratio in cancers in vivo”, Scientific Reports, Vol. 10, No. 7266, pp. 1-12. (Link)

8. Saha, S., Hariharan N., Gu F., Luo X., Little, D.N. and Lytton, R.L. (2019). “Development of a mechanistic empirical model to predict equilibrium suction for subgrade soil”, Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 575, pp. 221-233. (Link)

9. Rahman, M.M., Saha, S., and Hamdi, A.S.A., and Alam, M.J.B. (2019). “Development of 3-D finite element models for geo-jute reinforced flexible pavement”, Civil Engineering Journal, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 437-446. (Link)

10. Saha, S., Gu F., Luo X. and Lytton, R.L., (2018). “Use of an artificial neural network approach for the prediction of resilient modulus for unbound granular material”, Transportation Research Record, Vol. 2672, No. 52, pp. 23-33. (Link)

11. Saha, S., Gu F., Luo X. and Lytton, R.L., (2018). “Prediction of soil-water characteristic curve for unbound material using Fredlund-Xing equation based ANN approach”, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, Vol. 30, No. 5, pp. 06018002. (Link)

Peer Reviewed Conference Papers

1. Saha, S., Gu F., Luo X. and Lytton, R.L., (2017). Prediction of soil-water characteristics curve using artificial neural network approach, Second Pan-American Conference on Unsaturated Soils, November 12-15, 2017, pp. 124-134. Dallas, Texas. (Link)

2. Saha, S., Gu F., Luo X. and Lytton, R.L., (2018), January. "Evaluation of artificial neural network model for predicting soil-water characteristics curve". In Proceedings of 97th Annual Meeting Transportation Research Board, No.18-0217, January 7-11, 2018, Washington D.C. (Link)

3. Saha, S., Gu F., Luo X. and Lytton, R.L., (2019). "Parametric study of modified subgrade reaction model using artificial neural network approach". Geo-Congress 2019: 8th International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering, March 24-27, 2019, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Link)

Journal Articles in Preparation

1. Saha, S., Deng, Y., Devadas, A., Little, D.N., and Lytton, R.L. “Use of GPR signals for continuous monitoring of stabilizer content in base layer based on SADiCon method”.

2. Saha, S., Tavares, C., and Grasley, Z. “Prediction of  viscoelastic response of early age cement mortars using an artificial neural network approach”.

3. Saha, S., Tavares, C., and Grasley, Z. “Application of a shallow neural network and deep convolutional neural network algorithm for optimizing the rheological properties of UHPC mortar based on strength and pozzolanic reaction criteria”.

4. Saha, S., Tavares, C., Shi, X., and Grasley, Z. “Fracture properties characterization of microfine cement mortar reinforced by carbon nanofibers and microfibers”.

Project Report

5. Crockford, B., Deng, Y., Devadas, A., Gu, F., Im, S., Joshaghani, A., Liu, W., Luo, X., Lytton, B., Rew, Y., Saha, S., Sebesta, S., and Wilson, B., 2021. “Develop rapid quality control and assurance technologies for pavements”, Phase II Report, TxDOT Project, Report No. FHWA/TX-21/0-6874-R2, College Station, Texas 77843-3135. (Link)

6. Lytton, R., Devadas, A., Saha, S., Deng, Y., and Luo, X., 2021. “Test Procedure for Mechanics-Based Assessment of Flexible Base Quality”, TxDOT Project, Report No. 0-6874-P1, College Station, Texas 77843-3135. (Link)

7. Lytton, R.L., Luo, X., Saha, S., Chen, Y., Deng, Y., Gu, F., and Ling, M., 2019. “Proposed Enhancement to Pavement ME Design: Improved Consideration of the Influence of Subgrade and Unbound Layers on Pavement Performance”, NCHRP Project, Report No. 01-53. (Link)