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Dr. Manoj Chopra
Contact Information
221H Engineering Building II
University of Central Florida
Orlando, Florida 32816-2450

Phone: (407) 823-5037
Fax: (407) 823-3315

chopra@mail.ucf.edu
Publications

Refereed Journal Publications Under Review

  • Chopra, M. and Arvelo, Jose, "Adapting the Modified Cam Clay Model to the behavior of Dense Sands", J. Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, submitted for review, Dec. 2005.
  • Chopra, M., Reinhart, D.R., Vajirkar, M. And Koodhithankal, B, "Slope Stability of MSW landfills with co-disposal of Biosolids", in preparation, Nov 2005.
  • Chopra, M. and Townsend, F. "Site exploration program at the Deep Foundation Test site at the University of Central Florida", submitted to the Geotechnical Testing Journal, September 2004. (Under Review)
  • Chopra, M., Butler, B., Kassab A., and Desai, V. "BEM Modeling of Stress-Field and Dissolution of Corroding Specimens", submitted to Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, Revised 2003. (Under Review).

Refereed Journal Publications

  • Chen, L., Kassab, A.J., Nicholson, D.W., and Chopra, M.B., "Generalized Boundary Element Method for Solids Exhibiting Nonhomogeneities," Engineering Analysis, Vol. 25, No. 6, pp. 407-422, 2001.
  • Dargush G.F. and Chopra, M.B., "Dynamic Analysis of Circular Foundations on a Poroelastic Soil Stratum using the Boundary Element Method", Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, Vol. 122, No. 7, pp. 623-632, July 1996.
  • Chopra, M.B. and Dargush G.F., " Boundary Element Analysis of Stresses in an Axisymmetric Soil Mass Undergoing Consolidation", International Journal of Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 195-218, 1995, 24 pages.
  • Chopra, M.B. and Dargush, G.F., "Development of BEM for Thermoplasticity", Int. J. Solids Structures, Vol. 31, No. 12/13, pp. 1635-1656, 1994.
  • Chopra, M.B. and Dargush, G.F., "Thermal Stress Analysis of Axisymmetric Bodies via the Boundary Element Method", Comp. Meth. in Appl. Mech. Engng., Vol. 108, pp 53-71, 1993.
  • Chopra, M.B. and Dargush, G.F., "Finite Element Analysis of Time-Dependent Large Deformation Problems", Int. J. Num. Anal. Methods in Geomechanics, Vol.16, No.2, pp. 101-130, 1992.


Books

  • Boundary Element XX – Advances in Boundary Elements Series, Editors: A. Kassab, C. Brebbia and M. Chopra, Computational Mechanics Publications, U.K., 1998.

Book Chapter

  • Chopra, M. B.. "Recent Developments in Poroelasticity using BEM", Book Chapter in Coupled Problems (Eds, Aliabadi and Kassab), July 2000.
  • Chopra, M.B., Dargush, G.F. and Banerjee, P.K., "Finite Deformation Analysis of Soil Penetration Problems", Chapter 5 in Developments in Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering - 4, (P.K. Banerjee and R. Butterfield, Eds.) Elsevier Applied Science, London, 1990.

Conference Proceedings Publications and Presentation

  • Chopra, M.B., Wanielista, M., Offenberg, M., Spence, J., and Ballock, C.,"Pervious Concrete Pavements - Geotechnical and Materials Issues", GMEC Conference, Florida Department of Transportation, Orlando, FL, April 2006.
  • Wanielista, M., Chopra, M.B., Offenberg, M., Spence, J., and Ballock, C., "Performance of Pervious Concrete Pavements ", Annual Meeting of the Florida Stormwater Association, June 29-July 1, 2005, Sanibel Island, FL, Refereed, Regional.
  • Chopra, M.B., Wanielista, M., Offenberg, M., Spence, J., and Ballock, C., "Stormwater Management Issues related to Performance of Pervious Concrete Pavements ", Stormwater Management for Highways, Transportation Research Board TRB AFB AFB60 Special Symposium, July 11-12, 2005, Bonita Springs, FL Refereed, National.
  • Chopra, M.B., "Sinkholes and bearing capacity failures on Mars", Invited paper, Conference on Granular Materials on Lunar and Martian Surface", NASA Kennedy Space Center, February 2 and 3, 2005. (to be published in the Report of the Group to MARS Mission Director).
  • Chopra, M.B. "Outcomes Assessment Tools Identified for the Civil and Environmental Engineering Programs at the University of Central Florida", ASCE National Convention, Nashville, TN, November 14, 2003.
  • Chopra, M.B. "Deep Foundation and Geotechnical Test Site at University of Central Flrorida", FDOT - GRIP Conference, July 22, 2003.
  • Khare, M., Chopra, M.B. and Reinhart, D.R., "Innovative Landfill Leachate Collection Systems", Environmental Engineering Conference, IIT Chennai, India, October, 2003.
  • Khare, M., Chopra, M.B. and Reinhart, D.R., "Design Issues with MSW Landfill Leachate Collection Systems", Waste Tech 2002.
  • Chopra, M.B., McCreanor, P.T. and Reinhart, D.R., "Hydrodynamic Modeling of Leachate Recirculating Landfills, SECTAM, Orlando, June 2002.
  • Chopra, M.B. and Andre, R. "Asphalt Pavement Deterioration", GMEC Conference, Florida Department of Transportation, Orlando, FL, May 2001.
  • Butler, B, Chopra, M.B. and Kassab, A.J. "Boundary Element Model for Stress Field – Electrochemical Dissolution Interactions", presented at the 14th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference (EM2000), Austin, May 21-24, 2000.
  • Sfeir, H, Randall, A., Reinhart, D. and Chopra, M. "Biotic Attenuation and Zero-Valent Iron Permeable Barrier Technology", presented at Battelle Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds, Second International Conference, Monterey, CA, May 22-25, 2000.
  • Reinhart, D., M. Chopra, C. Clausen, and J. Quinn, "NASA PRB Installation Using Deep Soil Mixing," RTDF Permeable Reactive Barriers Action Team Meeting, Melbourne, FL, Feb. 16-17, 2000.
  • Chun, L., Chopra, M.B. and Dargush, G.F. "Response of a Pile to Impinging Seismic Waves using a Poroelastic Boundary Element Method ", presented at the 13th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, Baltimore, June 13-16, 1999.
  • Eaglin, R., Miller, R., Batarseh, I. And Chopra, M., "Planning and Evaluation of a New Engineering Freshman Experience Course at the University of Central Florida", presented at the ASEE Southeast Regional Conference, Clemson University, April 12, 1999.
  • Chopra, M.B., S. Burwinkel, D. R. Reinhart, and J. Quinn, "Installation of a Field-Scale permeable Reactive Wall Using Deep Soil Mixing," Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Environmental Geotechnology and Global Sustainable Development, Boston, MA, August 9-13, 1998.
  • D. R. Reinhart , J W. Quinn, C. A. Clausen, M. B. Chopra, C. Geiger, N. Ruiz, S. Burwinkel, "Scale-Up Of Zero-Valent Iron Permeable Treatment Wall Design Parameters." Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation Conference, Orlando, FL, Oct. 5-8, 1998.
  • Chen, L., Kassab, A.J. and Chopra, M.B., "Strain Energy Density Based BEM for Rotor Dynamic Analysis, 12th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference Proceedings, La Jolla, CA., May 17-20, 1998.
  • Dargush, G.F. and Chopra, M.B., "Seismic Response of Poroelastic Media via BEM", 12th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference Proceedings, La Jolla, CA., May 17-20, 1998.
  • Reinhart D.R., M. B. Chopra, S. Burwinkel, and J. Quinn, "Installation of a Filed-Scale permeable Reactive Wall Using Deep Soil Mixing," 4th Annual Florida Remediation Conference, Orlando, FL, Nov. 10-11, 1998.
  • Chopra, M.B., Wang, J., Williams, M.E., Kunnath, S.K. and Shahawy, M., "Dynamic Response of Highway Girder Bridges Subjected to Traffic Loads", Proceedings of the Structural Engineers World Congress in San Francisco, July 1998.
  • Chopra, M.B. and Dargush, G.F., "Dynamic Response of Embedded Strip and Rectangular Foundations using a Poroelastic BEM", Proceedings of the19th World Conference on the Boundary Element Method (BEM19), Rome, Italy, September 1997.
  • Chopra, M.B. and Dargush, G.F., "Dynamic Response of Embedded Circular Foundations using a Poroelastic BEM", Proceedings of the 9th Conference of the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG), Wuhan, China, November, 1997.
  • Chopra, M.B., Reinhart, D.R., Touati, R. and Quinn, J.W., "Design of a Field Scale Permeable Reactive Wall for Zero Valent Metal Treatment of Contaminated Groundwater", Proceedings of the 1997 CSCE-ASCE Environmental Engineering Conference, Edmonton, Canada, July 1997.
  • Wang, Jie, Chopra, M.B. and Kunnath, S.K., "Sectional Analysis for Nonlinear System Identification of Concrete Structures" Proceedings of the 11th Engineering Mechanics Conference, ASCE, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, May 1996.
  • Butler, B., Kassab, A.J., Desai, V.H. and Chopra, M.B., "Boundary Element Model for Pitting Corrosion in Passivated Metals", Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Boundary Element Technology (BETECH96), Hawaii, April 1996.
  • Chopra, M.B. and Dargush, G.F., "Seismic Analysis of Pile-Soil Interaction with a Poroelastic Soil Model using the Boundary Element Method", Special Session on the Performance of Deep Foundations under Seismic Loading, Proceedings of ASCE National Convention, San Diego, October, 1995.
  • Chopra, M.B. and Dargush, G.F., "Dynamic Analysis of Axisymmetric Foundations on a Poroelastic Stratum using BEM", Proceedings of 10th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, Boulder, Colorado, May 1995.
  • Onyemelukwe, U.O., Mirmiran, A.M. and Chopra, M.B., "Application of Boundary Element Method for Structural Damage Assessment", Proceedings of ASCE Structures Congress `95, Boston, Massachusetts, April 1995.
  • Butler, B., Kassab, A., Chopra, M.B. and Desai, V., "Galvanic Corrosion Prediction of Roof Systems at Walt Disney World", Proceedings of BETECH 95, Madison, Wisconsin, August 1995.
  • Butler, B., Chopra, M.B., Desai, V.H. and Kassab, A.J., "A Coupled BEM-Experimental Method for the Detection of Corrosion Activity in Buried Pipelines", Proceedings of the 10th Engineering Mechanics Conference, ASCE, Boulder, Colorado, May 1995.
  • Butler, B., Kassab, A.J., Chopra, M.B. and Desai, V.H. "Galvanic Corrosion Predictions of Roof Systems at Walt Disney World", Proceedings of BEM17, 17th World Conference on the Boundary Element Method, Hawaii, July, 1995.
  • Chopra, M.B. and Dargush, G.F., "Application of BEM to problems of Elastoplasticity and Nonlinear Soil Consolidation", Proceedings of Ninth International Conference on Boundary Element Technology (BETECH94); Orlando, Florida, March, 1994.
  • Chopra, M.B., Dargush, G.F. and Banerjee, P. K., "Development of BEM for Thermoplastic Analyses", Proceedings of The Second U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Washington, D.C., August, 1993.
  • Dargush, G.F. and Chopra, M.B., "An Advanced BEM for Thermoplastic and Nonlinear Soil Consolidation Analysis", Proceedings of The First U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Chicago, July, 1991.
  • Chopra, M.B. and Dargush, G.F., "Numerical Solutions to Some Geotechnical Problems with Material and Geometric Nonlinearities", Proceedings of Seventh Annual Joint Meeting of Geotechnical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, July, 1990.

Other Published Abstracts or Presentations at Scholarly Meetings

  • Chopra, M.B., Negron, C.A. and Morgan, K. "Improved Shrinkage and Bulkage Factors for Borrow Soils used in Florida Earthwork", submitted for presentation at the 1998 Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), January 1998.
  • Dargush, G.F. and Chopra, M.B., "An Advanced BEM for Thermoplastic and Nonlinear Soil Consolidation Analysis", The First U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Chicago, July 1991.
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