Publications

Topics

Reinforced Concrete Design

  • Shinto Paul, Aishwarya Shaji, A Meher Prasad, Devdas Menon, "Experimental Study on two-way prototype GFRG-RC infilled RC floor slab systems", Structures, Vol. 71, 108061, 2025
  • R Murugan, A Meher Prasad, Devdas Menon, and K Velusamy "Cracking behaviour of two-way RC slabs supported on beams", Journal of Structural Engineering, SERC, Vol. 50, No. 6, pp 380-401, 2024
  • Aishwarya Shaji, A Meher Prasad, Devdas Menon, "Macro-modelling of GFRG infilled RC frames incorporating pivot hysteretic model", Structures, Vol. 86 107059, August 2024 Link
  • Aishwarya Shaji, A Meher Prasad, Devdas Menon, "Theoretical estimation of ultimate lateral load and stiffness of GFRG infilled RC frames", Structures, Vol. 67, 106929, July 2024. Link
  • Babu Kurian, Devdas Menon, Kannan C Bhanu, "Effects of antisymmetric load component on collapse of concrete box-girder bridges", Journal of Bridge Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 29 (6): 04023031, March 2024.
  • Williams M, Menon D, Prasad AM. Creep and shrinkage in prestressed concrete beams: An experimental study. Structural Concrete. 2024. DOI: 10.1002/suco.202300625
  • Kolapkar BN, Balakrishnan B, Menon D, "Biaxial bending of RC rectangular column sections: Improved 'load contour' formulation". Structural Concrete 2023 Link
  • Shariff MN, Menon D, Saravanan U, "Experimental and analytical studies on shrinkage and creep behavior of RC walls and prisms". Structural Concrete. 2023 Link
  • P Mary Williams, Devdas Menon and A Meher Prasad, "Experimental study on long-term behaviour of PSC beams", Structures, Vol. 51, pp 560-572, May 2023.
  • Shinto Paul, Aishwarya Shaji, Devdas Menon and A Meher Prasad, "Experimental study on glass fibre reinforced concrete floor slab systems", Structures, Vol. 49, pp 415-425, February 2023.
  • N. Harsha, M.N. Shariff and Devdas Menon, "Numerical simulation of nonlinear behavior of reinforced concrete beam-slab systems", ACI Structural Journal, American Concrete Institute, 119-S142, pp 303-312, November 2022.
  • Gouri Krishna S. R., Devdas Menon and Meher Prasad, A., "Lateral load behaviour of Glass Fibre Reinforced Gypsum walls supported on reinforced concrete frames", Structures, Vol. 44, pp 548-565, August 2022
  • Anurag Singh, Bijily Balakrishnan and Devdas Menon, "Combined beam-slab collapse mechanism in isolated reinforced concrete beam-slabs - strength design and load testing", ACI Structural Journal, American Concrete Institute, 118-S66, pp 223-240, May 2021.
  • Gouri Krishna S. R., Devdas Menon and Meher Prasad, A., Simplified modelling approach for predicting lateral load behaviour of GFRG walls, Indian Concrete Journal, 95 (10), pp 7-15, October 2021
  • Adrija D., Indu Geevar, Devdas Menon and Meher Prasad, "Strength assessment of RC deep beams and corbels", Structural Engineering and Mechanics, 77 (2), pp 273-791, 2021
  • M Najeeb Shariff, U Saravanan and Devdas Menon, "Time-dependent strains in axially loaded reinforced concrete columns", Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, 146 (8), May 2020.
  • M.N. Shariff and Devdas Menon, "Experimental studies on creep and shrinkage behavior of reinforced concrete walls", ACI Structural Journal, American Concrete Institute, 117-S66, pp 249-260, May 2020.
  • Bijily Balakrishnan and Devdas Menon, "Yield line analysis and testing of rectangular slabs with primary and secondary beams", ACI Structural Journal, American Concrete Institute, Vol.116, pp 187-200, Sep. 2019.
  • M Najeeb Shariff, U Saravanan, Devdas Menon and K R Rajagopal, "Analysis of the ASTM C512 spring-loaded creep frame", Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE , Vol. 31 (10), July 2019.
  • Indu Geevar and Devdas Menon, "Strength of reinforced concrete pier caps - experimental validation of strut-and-tie method", ACI Structural Journal, American Concrete Institute, 116-S24, pp 261-273, Jan. 2019.
  • Bijily Balakrishnan and Devdas Menon, "Collapse load estimation of rectangular reinforced concrete beam-slab systems", ACI Structural Journal, American Concrete Institute, 113-S103, pp 1279-1294, Sep. 2018.
  • Bijily, B, Shehbaz Hussain and Devdas Menon, “Assessment of shear strength of circular reinforced concrete beams”, ACI Structural Journal, American Concrete Institute, 113-S103, pp 1209-1221, Nov./Dec. 2016.
  • Shinto Paul, Philip Cherian, Devdas Menon and A Meher Prasad, “Use of glass fibre reinforced gypsum panels with reinforced concrete infills for construction of walls and slabs”, Indian Concrete Journal, Vol. 90, No. 12, pp 19-32, Dec. 2016.
  • Girija, K and Devdas Menon, “Load-deflection behaviour of slender rectangular reinforced concrete beams”, Indian Concrete Journal, Vol. 88, No. 11, pp 51-61, November 2014.
  • Shravya Dondaka and Devdas Menon, “Optimal design of reinforced concrete retaining walls”, Indian Concrete Journal, Vol. 86, No. 4, pp 9-18, April 2012
  • Girija, K and Devdas Menon, “Influence of reinforcements on slenderness effects in slender rectangular RC beams”, Journal of Structural Engineering, SERC, Vol. 38, No. 4, pp 354-363, Oct. - Nov. 2011
  • Girija, K and Menon, D, “Reduction in Flexural Strength in Reinforced Concrete Beams”, Engineering Structures, 33(8), pp 2398-2406. August 2011.
  • Girija, K. and Devdas Menon, "Improved design guidelines for slender rectangular RC beams", Proceedings of the fib Symposium PRAGUE 2011 on ‘Concrete engineering for excellence and efficiency’, Prague, 8th-10th June, 2011, Vol.1, pp 175-178.
  • Phanisri P. Pratapa and Devdas Menon, “Optimal design of cylindrical reinforced concrete water tanks”, Indian Concrete Journal, Vol. 85, No. 2, pp 19-25, February 2011.
  • Devdas Menon, K V Sivaraman and Maganti Janardhana, “Improved codal recommendations for design of RC dog-legged stairs supported on transverse landing edges”, Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol. 37, No. 5, pp 342-346, Dec. 2010 – Jan. 2011.
  • P Revathi and Devdas Menon, “Assessment of flexural strength of slender RC rectangular beams”, Indian Concrete Journal, Vol. 83, No. 5, pp 15-24, May 2009.
  • Pradip Sarkar, Maidhily Govind and Devdas Menon, “Estimation of short-term deflection in two-way RC slab”, Structural Engineering and Mechanics, Vol. 31, No. 2, February 2009
  • Maidhily Govind, Pradip Sarkar and Devdas Menon, “Short-term deflections in two-way RC slabs using deflection coefficients”, Journal of Structural Engineering, SERC, Vol. 35, No. 4, pp 247-254, October-November 2008.
  • Arnab K Bhattacharya, Devdas Menon and K Rajeevan, "Optimal design of precast pipe racks", Indian Concrete Journal, Vol. 82, No. 3, pp 21-28, March 2008.
  • P Revathi and D Menon, "Slenderness effects in reinforced concrete beams", ACI Structural Journal, American Concrete Institute, Vol. 104, No. 4, pp 412-419, July/August 2007.
  • P Revathi and D Menon, "Estimation of critical buckling moments in slender reinforced concrete beams", ACI Structural Journal, American Concrete Institute, Vol. 103, No. 2, pp 296-303, March / April 2006.
  • Ravi Chugh and Devdas Menon, “Design aids for estimation of shear in seismic design of RC beams”, Indian Concrete Journal, Vol. 79, No. 3, pp 22-28, March 2005.
  • Sanjay Kumar Nayak and Devdas Menon, “Improved procedure for estimating short-term deflections in RC slabs”, Indian Concrete Journal, Vol. 78, No. 7, pp 19-25, July 2004.
  • Sakey Shamu, Naga Pranay, C Lakshmana Rao and Devdas Menon, “Crack-width predictions in reinforced concrete beams using bilinear strain softening relations”, International Conference on Fracture Mechanics of Concrete Structures (FRAMCOS 5), Vail, Colorado, USA, 16-21, April 2004.
  • T. D. Choudhary and Devdas Menon, “Strain measurement around holes in concrete panels under direct tension”, Journal of Institution of Engineers (India), Civil Engg Div, Vol. 84, pp 91-95, August 2003.
  • S. Srinivasan and Devdas Menon, “RC rectangular column sections under biaxial eccentric compression – an improved design recommendation”, Journal of Structural Engineering, SERC, Vol. 29, No. 4, January-March 2003, pp 205-211.
  • S. Shamu, K.N. Singh, C. L. Rao and Devdas Menon, “Moment Capacity of Reinforced Concrete Beams using Fracture Mechanics”, Proc. of Intl Symposium. on ‘Experimental Mechanics’, Taipei, Taiwan, December 28-30, 2002.
  • Gouthaman and Devdas Menon, "Increased Cover Specifications in IS 456: 2000 – Crack-width Implications in RC Slabs", Indian Concrete Journal, Vol. 75, No. 9, pp. 581-586, September 2001.
  • N. Srinivas and Devdas Menon, "Design Criteria for Crack Control in RC Liquid Retaining Structures – Need for a Revision of IS 3370 (Part II) 1965", Indian Concrete Journal, Vol. 74, No. 8, pp. 451-458, August 2000.
  • N. Srinivas and Devdas Menon, "A Fuzzy Logic Criterion to Resolve an Anomaly in IS 3370 (Part II) 1965", Indian Concrete Journal, Vol. 74, No. 4, pp. 137-141, March 2000.
  • Devdas Menon, "Moment-Curvature Relationships to Estimate Deflections and Second-Order Moments in Wind-loaded RC Chimneys and Towers", Wind and Structures, Vol. 1, No.3, pp. 255–269, September 1998.
  • P.S. Rao and D. Menon, "Safety Considerations in Wind-Resistant Design of Reinforced Concrete Chimneys", Journal of Institution of Engineers (India), Civil Engg Div., Vol. 76, pp 242–248, February 1996.
  • P.Srinivasa Rao and Devdas Menon, "Ultimate Strength of Tubular RC Tower Sections Under Wind Loading", Indian Concrete Journal, Vol. 69, pp 117–123, February 1995.

Prestressed Concrete Design

  • Surya R, Devdas Menon and A. Meher Prasad, “Optimal design of prestressed concrete railtrack sleepers”, Indian Concrete Journal, Vol. 85, No. 6, pp 11-18, June 2011.
  • Shinto Paul and Devdas Menon, "Improvement of IS 1343 procedure for estimation of ultimate moment capacity of PSC sections with bonded tendons", Indian Concrete Journal, Vol. 82, No. 5, pp 16-24, May 2008.
  • Bharath Reddy and Devdas Menon, “Computer-aided optimal design of prestressed concrete masts”, Indian Concrete Journal, Vol. 77, No. 6, June 2003, pp 1117-1122.
  • G. Kumaran and Devdas Menon, “Dynamic analysis and reliability based analysis of PSC rail-track sleepers”, Journal of Structural Engineering, SERC, Vol. 30, No. 1, April-June 2003, pp 25-31.
  • G Kumaran, Devdas Menon and N. Rajagopalan, “Optimal design of PSC railtrack sleepers as per RDSO specifications”, in Proceedings of National Conf. on ‘Trends in Prestressed Concrete’, IIT Madras, June 2001, pp 101-108, Allied Publishers Ltd.

Structural Reliability

  • Tushar K Padhy, Devdas Menon and A Meher Prasad, "Simplified fuzzy-random seismic fragility of open ground storey buildings", SRESA's International Journal of Life Cycle Reliability and Safety Engineering, Society for Reliability and Safety, 2(1), 13-20, 2013
  • M.S. Sujith, Devdas Menon and G.R. Dodagoudar, “Reliability analysis and design of cantilever RC retaining walls against sliding failure”, International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, Vol. 5, April 2011, pp 131-141.
  • Devdas Menon and D Navaneeth Kumar, “Reliability of water tank reinforced concrete elements under direct tension and flexure”, Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability (ICOSSAR 2009), Osaka, Japan, September 13 to 17, 2009, published by Taylor & Francis, pp. 3191 – 3198.
  • Srinivas Sriramula, Devdas Menon and A Meher Prasad, "Axle load variations and vehicle growth projection models for safety assessment of transportation structures", Transport, Vol. 22, No. 1, pp 31-37, January 2007.
  • Sourav Acharya and Devdas Menon, “Prediction of radial stresses due to prestressing in PSC shells”, Journal of Nuclear Engineering and Design, Vol. 225/1, pp: 109-125, October 2003.
  • Praveen Nagarajan and Devdas Menon, “Reliability of RC slab culverts”, Indian Concrete Journal, Vol. 80, No. 5, pp 51-54, May 2006.
  • Srinivas Sriramula, Devdas Menon and A Meher Prasad, “Modeling of highway traffic in India”, Proc. of the International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability (ICOSSAR’05), Rome, Paper No. 225, 19-23 June, 2005.
  • G Kumaran, Devdas Menon and K. Krishnan Nair, “Reliability analysis and design of PSC railtrack sleepers”, Proc. of Ninth Intl Conf. on ‘Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering’ (ICASP), San Fransisco, California, USA, July 6-9, 2003, pp: 1167-1174.
  • Meher Prasad, Devdas Menon and K. Krishnan Nair, “Reliability of RC slabs using stochastic load combination models – a comparative study”, Proc. of Second Intl Conf. on ‘Advances in Structural Engineering and Mechanics’, Busan, Korea, August 21-23, 2002, pp T1B: 1-8.
  • Meher Prasad, Devdas Menon and J. Phani Ramakrishna, “Computation of failure probability of building systems due to cyclonic winds”, Proc. of Second Intl Conf. on ‘Wind and Structures’, Busan, Korea, August 21-23, 2002, pp 127-134.
  • K. Krishnan Nair, A. Meher Prasad and Devdas Menon, “Stochastic load combination studies for RC buildings – a review”, in Proceedings of Intl Conf. on ‘Civil Engineering’, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, July 2001.
  • Devdas Menon, “Reliability analysis of RC chimneys subject to along-wind loading”, in Proceedings of Eighth Intl Conf. on ‘Structural Safety and Reliability’, Newport Beach, California, June 2001, Balkema.
  • K. Krishnan Nair, Devdas Menon and S.R. Gandhi, “Slope stability of embankments – a reliability study”, in Proceedings of Eighth Intl Conf. on ‘Structural Safety and Reliability’, Newport Beach, California, June 2001, Balkema.
  • Devdas Menon, K. Krishnan Nair and S.R. Gandhi, “Reliability analysis of excavation slopes in clayey soils”, in Proceedings of ASCE/ASME/SES Joint Conf. on ‘Mechanics of Materials’, Symposium on ‘Developments in Geomechanics’, San Diego, California, June 2001.
  • K. Krishnan Nair, A. Meher Prasad and Devdas Menon, “Reliability analysis of moment resisting RC portal frames – a load combination study”, in Proceedings of First M.I.T. Conf. on ‘Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics’, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, June 2001, Elsevier Science Publishers.
  • G Kumaran, Devdas Menon and K. Krishnan Nair, “Probabilistic assessment of safety of prestressed concrete railtrack sleepers”, in Proceedings of National Conf. on ‘Trends in Prestressed Concrete’, IIT Madras, June 2001, pp 109-120, Allied Publishers Ltd.
  • Devdas Menon and P.S. Rao, "Generation of Random Variable Models in Structural Reliability Using a Hermite Integration Based Formulation", Journal of Institution of Engineers (India), Civil Engg Div, Vol. 79, pp 84–90, August 1998.
  • Devdas Menon and P.Srinivasa Rao, "Reliability of Wind-Resistant Design of Tubular Reinforced Concrete Towers", Journal of Structural Engineering, SERC, Vol. 25, pp 21–29, April 1998.
  • Devdas Menon and P. Srinivasa Rao, "Uncertainties in Codal Recommendations for Across-Wind Load Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Chimneys", Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, Vol. 72, pp. 455–468, December 1997.
  • D. Menon and P.S. Rao, "Stochastic Modelling of Structural Resistance Using Hermite Integration Technique", Proceedings of the National Seminar on ‘Recent Trends in Concrete and Steel Structures’, April 1997, IIT Madras, pp. 25–41.
  • P.S. Rao and D. Menon, "Safety Considerations in Wind-Resistant Design of Reinforced Concrete Chimneys", Journal of Institution of Engineers (India), Civil Engg Div., Vol. 76, pp 242–248, February 1996.

Structural Analysis, Dynamics & Stability

  • M Najeeb Shariff and Devdas Menon, "Displacement-controlled nonlinear analysis of RC frames and grids", Journal of Structural Engineering, SERC, Vol. 42, No. 5, pp 393-404, Dec. 2015 - Jan. 2016.
  • Pradip Sarkar, A Meher Prasad and Devdas Menon, “Vertical geometric irregularity in stepped building frames”, Engineering Structures, Vol. 32, April 2010, pp 2175-2182.
  • Revathi P and Devdas Menon, “Nonlinear finite element analysis of reinforced concrete beams”, Journal of Structural Engineering, SERC, July 2005.
  • Sreeja Chandran, Meher Prasad and Devdas Menon, “Structural distress in the corbelled vault in the Ta Prohm temple of Angkor Vat”, Journal of Structural Engineering, SERC, July 2005.
  • G Kumaran, Devdas Menon and K.K. Nair, “Dynamic Studies of Railtrack Sleepers in a Track Structure System”, Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 268/3, pp: 485-501, November 2003.
  • G Kumaran, Devdas Menon and K.K. Nair, “Evaluation of dynamic load on railtrack sleepers based on vehicle-track modeling and analysis”, International Journal of Structural Stability & Dynamics, Vol. 2, No.3, pp. 355-374, September 2002.
  • G Kumaran, D. Menon and K. K Nair, “Dynamic response of railtrack sleepers to moving train loads”, Proc. of Fifth European Conf. on ‘Structural Dynamics’, EURODYN 2002, Munich, September 2-5, 2002.
  • G Kumaran, Devdas Menon and K. Krishnan Nair, “Estimation of dynamic loading on railtrack sleepers”, Proc. of Second Intl Conf. on ‘Advances in Structural Engineering and Mechanics’, Busan, Korea, August 21-23, 2002, pp W6B: 1-8.
  • Devdas Menon, "Fuzzy Logic Based Estimation of Effective Lengths of Columns in Partially Braced Multi-Storey Frames ", Structural Engineering & Mechanics, Vol. 11, No.3, pp. 287-299, March 2001.
  • G Kumaran and Devdas Menon, “Modelling of prestressed concrete railtrack sleepers subject to dynamic loads”, Intl Conf. on Mathematical Modelling, January 2001, Roorkee, Tata McGraw Hill, pp. 528-535.
  • S Chatterjee, Devdas Menon and K Krishnan Nair, “Modelling of slope stability of embankments – an improved analysis”, Intl Conf. on Mathematical Modelling, January 2001, Roorkee, Tata McGraw Hill, pp. 591-600.
  • G Kumaran and Devdas Menon, “Dynamic response of prestressed concrete railtrack sleepers subject to harmonic excitation”, Proceedings of the National Symposium on ‘Advances in Structural Dynamics and Design ASDD’, SERC Chennai, January 2001, pp 83-90.
  • Devdas Menon, “Dynamic analysis of wind loaded RC chimneys – need for improved codal provisions in IS 4998”, Proceedings of the National Symposium on ‘Advances in Structural Dynamics and Design ASDD’, SERC Chennai, January 2001, pp 641-648.
  • Devdas Menon and Y.N. Reddy, "Finite Element Modelling of Tall Slender Tubular Towers", Journal of Structural Engineering, SERC, Vol. 24, pp 243–246, January 1998.
  • Devdas Menon and P.Srinivasa. Rao, "Estimation of Along-Wind Moments in Reinforced Concrete Chimneys", Engineering Structures, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 71–78, January 1997.
  • Devdas Menon, S. Kathiroli and E.V. Chitra, "Launching Analysis of a Jacket Platform", Journal of Structural Engineering, SERC, Vol. 23, pp 81–87, July 1996.

Bridge Engineering

  • Vurugonda Raju and and Devdas Menon, Longitudinal Analysis of Concrete U-Girder Bridge Decks, Bridge Engineering (Proceedings of the ICE), Vol. 167, No. 2, pp: 99-110, June 2014.
  • S. Arun, Devdas Menon and Meher Prasad, "Dynamic amplification factors for highway bridge design - a review of international codal provisions", Highway Research Journal, Indian Roads Congress, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp.49-56, January-June 2012
  • Uma Ramasamy, Devdas Menon and A Meher Prasad, "Analysis of prestressed voided slab bridge deck - a case study", The Bridge & Structural Engineer, Journal of Indian National Group of IABSE, Vol. 40, No. 4, pp 19-29, December 2010.
  • Babu Kurian and Devdas Menon, "Transverse bending analysis of concrete box-girder bridges with flange overhangs", Journal of Structural Engineering, SERC, Vol. 35, No. 3, pp 173-179, August-September 2008.
  • Babu Kurian and Devdas Menon, "Estimation of collapse load of single-cell concrete box-girder bridges", Journal of Bridge Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 12, No. 4, pp 518-526, July/August 2007.
  • S Srinivas, Devdas Menon and A Meher Prasad, “Multivariate simulation and multimodal dependence modeling of vehicle axle weights with copulas”, Journal of Transportation Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 132, No. 12, pp 945-955, December 2006.
  • Babu Kurian and Devdas Menon, "Correction of errors in simplified transverse bending analysis of concrete box girder bridges", Journal of Bridge Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 10, No. 6, November / December 2005.
  • Babu Kurian and Devdas Menon, “Simplified method for transverse bending analysis of concrete box-girder bridges”, Journal of Structural Engineering, SERC, Vol. 33, No. 2, pp 121-127, June-July 2006.
  • Babu Kurian and Devdas Menon, “Literature review of post-cracking and ultimate load behaviour of concrete box-girder bridges”, The Bridge & Structural Engineer, Journal of Indian National Group of IABSE, Vol. 34, No. 2, pp 7-18, June 2004.
  • Babu Kurian and Devdas Menon, “A comparative study of transverse bending analysis of concrete box-girder bridges, Proc. of the International Conference on Current Trends in Aqueducts, Road, Rail and Marine Bridges, Indian Institution of Bridge Engineers, Hyderabad, December 2004.
  • Srinivas Sriramula, Devdas Menon and A Meher Prasad, “Simulation of vehicular loads for highway bridges, Proc. of the International Conference on Current Trends in Aqueducts, Road, Rail and Marine Bridges, Indian Institution of Bridge Engineers, Hyderabad, December 2004.
  • Babu Kurian, Smitha K.K and Devdas Menon, “Forces in Bearings and Superstructure of a Curved PSC Box-girder Bridge – a Case Study”, Proc. of IIBE National Seminar on Bridge Appurtenances Including Bearings and Expansion Joints, Allied Publishers, pp: 6.1-6.11, May 2004.
  • Srinivas S., Devdas Menon and A. Meher Prasad, “Analysis of Tests on Elastomeric Bearings”, Proc. of IIBE National Seminar at IIT Madras on Bridge Appurtenances Including Bearings and Expansion Joints, Allied Publishers, pp: 7.1-7.10, May 2004.
  • Praveen Nagarajan and Devdas Menon, “Simplified Analysis of Deck Slabs Subject to Wheel Loads – An Assessment of Code Provisions”, Proc. of Eighth Intl Conference on ‘Innovations in Planning, Design and Construction Techniques in Bridge Engineering’, Hyderabad, April 25-27, 2003, Vol. III, pp: 669-679.
  • Srinivas, S., Devdas Menon and A. Meher Prasad, “Review of Live Load Modelling for Highway Bridges”, Proc. of Eighth Intl Conference on ‘Innovations in Planning, Design and Construction Techniques in Bridge Engineering’, Hyderabad, April 25-27, 2003, Vol. II, pp: 471-480.
  • N. Rajagopalan and Devdas Menon, “Behaviour of segmentally erected composite decks”, in Proceedings of National Conf. on ‘Trends in Prestressed Concrete’, IIT Madras, June 2001, pp 243-252, Allied Publishers Ltd.

Wind & Earthquake Engineering

  • Pradip Sarkar, A. Meher Prasad and Devdas Menon, "Seismic evaluation of RC stepped building frames using improved pushover analysis" Earthquakes and Structures, Techno Press, 10 (4), pp. 913-938, 2016.
  • Jiji Anna Varughese, Devdas Menon and A Meher Prasad, “Displacement-based seismic design of open ground storey buildings”, Structural Engineering and Mechanics, Vol. 54, No. 1, pp 19-33, January 2015.
  • Jiji Anna Varughese, Devdas Menon and A Meher Prasad, “Load distribution patterns for displacement-based seismic design of RC framed structures”, Journal of Institution of Engineers (India): Series A, Vol. 95, No. 4, pp 211-219, Oct-Dec. 2014.
  • M Janardhana, R Davis, S S Ravichandran, A M Prasad and D Menon, Calibration of hysteretic model for glass fiber reinforced gypsum wall panels, Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, Vol. 13, No. 2, June 2014, pp: 347-355.
  • Jiji Anna Varughese, Devdas Menon and A Meher Prasad, “Comparison of force-based and displacement-based methods for seismic design of buildings”, Journal of Structural Engineering, SERC, Vol. 39, No. 1, pp 107-112, April – May 2012
  • Jiji Anna Varughese, Devdas Menon and A Meher Prasad, “Review of displacement-based seismic design methods of reinforced concrete regular frames”, Journal of Structural Engineering, SERC, Vol. 39, No. 2, pp 210-220, June – July 2012
  • B.R.Jayalekshmi, Devdas Menon and A. Meher Prasad, “Effect of soil-structure interaction on along-wind response of tall RC chimneys”, Proceedings of the 13th International conference of the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics – IACMAG 2011, Melbourne, Australia, 9th to 11th May 2011, Vol 2, p 845-851.
  • Robin Davis P, Tushar K. Padhy, Devdas Menon, A. Meher Prasad “Seismic Fragility Analysis of Open Ground Storey Buildings in India”, 9th US National and 10th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Toronto, July 25-29, 2010, Paper No. 926.
  • P Harikrishna, N Lakshmanan and Devdas Menon, “Evaluation of force coefficients of 2-D square cyliner using unsteady nonlinear k-e model”, Journal of Wind & Engineering, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp 41-44, January 2009.
  • Robin Davis, Devdas Menon and Meher Prasad, “Earthquake-resistant design of open ground storey RC framed buildings”, Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol. 37, No. 2, pp 117-124, June-July 2010.
  • Amlan Sengupta and Devdas Menon, “Seismic retrofit strategies of buildings”, Journal of Structural Engineering, SERC, Vol. 35, No. 4, pp 271-278, October-November 2008.
  • Robin Davis, Devdas Menon and A Meher Prasad, “Evaluation of magnification factors for open ground storey buildings using nonlinear analyses”, Proceedings of the 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Beijing, China. Paper ID: 08-01-0068.
  • Amlan K Sengupta and Devdas Menon, "A handbook on seismic retrofit of buildings", The Masterbuilder, Vol. 10, No. 6, pp 92-103, June 2008.
  • A Meher Prasad and Devdas Menon, "Earthquake resistant design, practice and research in India", The Structural Engineer, Vol. 86, No. 6, pp 22-25, March 2008.
  • Pradip Sarkar, Rajesh Agrawal and Devdas Menon, "Design of beam-column joints under seismic loading – a review", Journal of Structural Engineering, SERC, Vol. 33, No. 6, pp 449-458, Feb-March 2007.
  • Robin Davis, Praseetha Krishnan, Devdas Menon and A Meher Prasad, “Effect of infill stiffness on seismic performance of multi-storey RC framed buildings in India”, Proc. of the 13th World Conf. on Earthquake Engineering, Vancouver, Canada, Paper No. 1198, August 2004.
  • Pradip Sarkar, Biju K Patir and Devdas Menon, “Survey and assessment of seismic safety of multi-storeyed buildings in Guwahati, India”, Proc. of the 13th World Conf. on Earthquake Engineering, Vancouver, Canada, Paper No. 1212, August 2004.
  • Devdas Menon, Amlan Sengupta and Pradip Sarkar, “Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit of Existing Multistory Buildings”, Proc. of World Congress on Natural Disaster Mitigation, at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi, pp: 370-378, February 2004.
  • Meher Prasad, Devdas Menon and J. Phani Ramakrishna, “Computation of failure probability of building systems due to cyclonic winds”, Proc. of Second Intl Conf. on ‘Wind and Structures’, Busan, Korea, August 21-23, 2002, pp 127-134.
  • Meher Prasad, Satyanarayana K., Devdas Menon, Koshy Varghese, V. Paul Christopher and Battu Sri Ramakrishna, “Real-time estimate of damage due to cyclonic winds”, Proc. of Second Intl Conf. on ‘Wind and Structures’, Busan, Korea, August 21-23, 2002, pp 135-142.
  • Devdas Menon, "Improved Prediction of Along-wind Response of RC Chimneys", Proceedings of the National Seminar on 'Wind Engineering' NSWE-99, December 1999, IIT Kharagpur, pp. 15–23.
  • Devdas Menon, "Review of Codal Safety Provisions for RC Chimneys Subject to Wind Loading", Tenth Intl Conf. on ‘Wind Engineering’, June 1999, Copenhagen — in Wind Engineering into the 21st Century, Vol. I, Balkema, June 1999, pp 133–140.
  • Devdas Menon and P.Srinivasa. Rao, "Estimation of Along-Wind Moments in Reinforced Concrete Chimneys", Engineering Structures, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 71–78, January 1997.
  • P.S.Rao and D.Menon, "Uncertainties in Codal Recommendations for Across-Wind Load Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Chimneys", Ninth International Conference on ‘Wind Engineering’, January 1995, New Delhi — in Wind Engineering – Retrospect and Prospect, Vol. IV, Wiley Eastern Limited, 1995, pp 1859–1870.
  • D. Menon and P.S. Rao, "Review of Mean Wind Speed Profiles in IS :875 – 87", Journal of Institution of Engineers (India), Civil Engg Div., Vol. 76, pp 152–157, November 1995.
  • P.S. Rao and D. Menon, "Safety Implications Underlying Working Stress Design Provisions in IS :4998", Proceedings of the National Seminar on Wind Loads — Codal Provisions, April 1994, S.E.R.C. Ghaziabad.

Cost-effective Structural Systems

  • Philip Cherian, Shinto Paul, S R Gouri, Devdas Menon and A Meher Prasad, "Mass housing using GFRG panels: a sustainable, rapid and affordable solution", Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series 'A', Vol. 98, No. 1-2, pp 95-100, June 2017.
    *** awarded the Sir Arthur Cotton Medal of the Institution of Engineers (India) in 1993.
  • D. Menon, B.T.S. Prabhu and S.U. Pillai, "Development of Low-Cost Building Components Using Coconut Shell Composites", Journal of Institution of Engineers (India), Civil Engg Div., Vol. 73, pp 99–103, November 1992.
    *** awarded the Sir Arthur Cotton Medal of the Institution of Engineers (India) in 1993.
  • D. Menon and B.T.S. Prabhu, "Structural Economy of Some Timber Species in Kerala", Proceedings of the Fourth Science Congress, February 1992, Thrissur.
  • D. Menon, B.T.S. Prabhu and S.U. Pillai, "Construction of Low-Cost Vault-Shaped Dwelling Units Using Coconut Shell Composites", Journal of Institution of Engineers (India), Architectural Engg Div., Vol. 69, pp 37–43, January 1989.
    *** awarded the Architectural Engineering Gold Medal of the Institution of Engineers (India) in 1989.
  • D. Menon and T.S.Balagopal, "Structural Use of Coconut Shells in Buildings", Proceedings of the National Seminar on ‘Processing and Marketing of Coconuts’, April 1987, Bangalore.
  • D. Menon, S.U. Pillai and T.S. Balagopal, "Utilistaion of Coconut Industry By-Products in Energy–Efficient Building Systems", Proceedings of the National Seminar on ‘Environment’, Institution of Engineers (India), April 1987, Nainital.
  • D. Menon, T.S. Balagopal and S.U. Pillai, "Computer Program for Optimising the Form of Vault–Shaped Low–Cost Dwellings", Proceedings of the National Conference on ‘Computers and Society’, September 1986, Annamalai Univ.

Biomechanics

  • T S Gopakumar, M Ameen, K Muraleedharan, T M Madhavan Pillai, Devdas Menon, M P Chandrasekharan and K B M Nambudiripad, “Clinical Experience with CREC Dynamic Wrist Fixator in Comminuted Wrist Fractures”, 2nd Intl Conf. on ‘Mechanics of Structures, Materials and Systems’, University of Wollongang, Australia, 14-16 February 2001, pp 265-270.
  • H.S. Nagesh, Devdas Menon, M.P. Chandrasekharan, and T.M.M. Pillai, "Finite Element Analyses of Ilizarov Fixators", First Intl Conf. on ‘Advances in Structural Engineering & Mechanics’, August 1999, Seoul — in Proceedings of ASEM ’99, Vol. 2, pp. 1537-1542, Techno-Press.
  • K.B.M. Nambudiripad and D.Menon, "A Simple Viscoelastic Model of Human Skin and its Application to Dermotaxis", First Intl Conf. on ‘Advances in Structural Engineering & Mechanics’, August 1999, Seoul — in Proceedings of ASEM ’99, Vol. 2, pp 1525-1530, Techno-Press.
  • K.B.M. Nambudiripad, D. Menon and S. Sreechand, "Structural Evaluation of External Tibial Fixators in Orthopaedic Biomechanics", First Intl Conf. on ‘Engineering Computational Technology’, August 1998, Edinburgh, Scotland.
  • Devdas Menon, M.P. Chandrasekharan, K.B.M. Nambudiripad, T.S. Gopakumar and Anish Bhanu, "Design of an Improved Dynamic Wrist Fixator", Proceedings of the Sixth National Conf. on ‘Advances in Biomechanics’, January 1998, Bhopal, pp. 153–158.
  • K.B.M. Nambudiripad, Devdas Menon, T.S. Gopakumar and Anish Bhanu, "The Role of Viscoelasticity in Dermotaxis", Proceedings of the Sixth National Conf. on ‘Advances in Biomechanics’, January 1998, Bhopal, pp. 121–126.
  • Devdas Menon, M.P. Chandrasekharan, K.B.M. Nambudiripad, T.S. Gopakumar and Anish Bhanu, "Design of an Improved Dynamic Wrist Fixator", Proceedings of the Sixth National Conference on ‘Advances in Biomechanics’, January 1998, Bhopal, pp. 153–158.
  • K.B.M. Nambudiripad, Devdas Menon, T.S. Gopakumar and Anish Bhanu, "The Role of Viscoelasticity in Dermotaxis", Proceedings of the Sixth National Conference on ‘Advances in Biomechanics’, January 1998, Bhopal, pp. 121–126.
  • Sunil Kaimal and Devdas Menon, "Design and Development of a New Dynamic Wrist Fixator", Annual National Conference on ‘Orthopaedics’, January 1997, Calicut.
  • T.S. Gopakumar, D. Menon, and K.B.M. Nambudiripad, "Dermotaxis — A Simple and Novel Method of Skin Closure", Proceedings of the Annual National Conference on ‘Orthopaedics’, December 1996, Calcutta.
  • T.S. Gopakumar, D. Menon, K.B.M. Nambudiripad and S. Sreechand, "Structural Evaluation of Tibial External Fixators", Proceedings of the Annual National Conference on ‘Orthopaedics’, December 1996, Calcutta.

Technical Education & General

  • Devdas Menon, "Exploring Self-awareness at IIT Madras", Journal of the Krishnamurti Schools, Vol. 19, pp 27-32, January 2015.
  • Devdas Menon, “Trans-personal growth”, Journal of the Krishnamurti Schools, Vol. 10, pp 76-81, July 2006.
  • Devdas Menon, "Engineering Education: Training to Produce Technicians or Scientists?", Journal of Technical Education, I.S.T.E., Vol.23, No. 1, pp. 38–43, January 2000.
  • K.B.M. Nambudiripad and Devdas Menon, "Application of Fuzzy Logic in Student Evaluation", Journal of Technical Education, I.S.T.E., Vol.21, No. 4, pp. 1–7, October 1998.
  • K.B.M. Nambudiripad, D. Menon and N.V.P. Kumar, "A Fuzzy Failure Criterion in Student Evaluation", Intl Conf. on Civil Engineering, CSCE, June 1998, Halifax, Canada, Proceedings Vol. I, pp 1-10.
  • Devdas Menon and Roshni V., "Globalization: The Notion of Progress versus the Reality of Entropy", Intl Conference on ‘Europe and South Asia: 500 Years’, Institute of Social Sciences (New Delhi), May 1998, Calicut and Cochin.
  • D. Menon, "Architects and Engineers — Scientists or Technicians ?", Proceedings of the First National Convention of Architectural Engg, February 1988, R.E.C. Calicut.