Publications
S Gharehdash, S Shelyag, S Costa
(2024), Vol. 433, pp. 119187-119187, Powder Technology, C1
Climate Change and Geo-Infrastructures: Assessment and Challenges
S Costa, D Robert, J Kodikara
(2023), pp. 217-233, Sustainable Civil Engineering: Principles and Applications, Boca Raton, Fl., B1
Recycled Glass-Based Capping Layer for Foundations in Expansive Soils
H Karami, D Robert, Susanga Costa, S Setunge, S Venkatesan
(2023), Vol. 356, pp. 431-444, Nanotechnology in Construction for Circular Economy: Proceedings of NICOM7, 31 October–02 November, 2022, Melbourne, Australia, Singapore, B1
Deviatoric behaviour of compacted unsaturated soils within (q, v
A Abeyrathne, C Jayasundara, S Costa, J Kodikara
(2023), Vol. 18, pp. 1651-1669, Acta Geotechnica, Berlin, Germany, C1
Experimental study on cyclic simple shear behaviour of predominantly dilative silica sand
A Baghbani, S Costa, B O’Kelly, A Soltani, M Barzegar
(2023), Vol. 17, pp. 91-105, International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, C1
Impact of climate change on shallow ground hydro-thermal properties
S Costa, M Cherukuvada, T Islam, J Kodikara
(2023), Vol. 82, Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, C1
A Baghbani, T Choudhury, P Samui, S Costa
(2023), Vol. 165, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, C1
A Baghbani, S Costa, R Faradonbeh, A Soltani, H Baghbani
(2023), Vol. 13, Applied Sciences (Switzerland), C1
A Baghbani, H Abuel-Naga, R Shirani Faradonbeh, S Costa, R Almasoudi
(2023), Vol. 41, pp. 2987-3012, Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, C1
Effects of particle shape on shear modulus of sand using dynamic simple shear testing
Abolfazl Baghbani, Susanga Costa, Yi Lu, Amin Soltani, Hossam Abuel-Naga, Pijush Samui
(2023), Vol. 16, pp. 1-19, Arabian Journal of Geosciences, Berlin, Germany, C1
Application of artificial intelligence in geotechnical engineering: A state-of-the-art review
A Baghbani, T Choudhury, S Costa, J Reiner
(2022), Vol. 228, Earth-Science Reviews, C1
Remote monitoring techniques for rehabilitated slope
Leslie Wong, Susanga Costa, Tanvirul Islam, Jon Missen, Nicole Anderson, Wing Chiu, Jayantha Kodikara
(2022), Vol. 347, pp. 1-11, E3S Web of Conferences, Virtual Event, E1
Abolfazl Baghbani, Susanga Costa, Tanveer Choundhury, Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh
(2022), pp. 515-520, ISGSR 2022 : Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium for Geotechnical Safety and Risk 2022, Newcastle, N.S.W., E1
Abolfazl Baghbani, Firas Daghistani, Hossam Abuel Naga, Susanga Costa
(2022), pp. 521-527, ISGSR 2022 : Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium for Geotechnical Safety and Risk 2022, Newcastle, N.S.W., E1
R Renjith, D Robert, S Setunge, S Costa, A Mohajerani
(2021), Vol. 294, Journal of Cleaner Production, C1
Use of secondary additives in fly ash based soil stabilization for soft subgrades
H Karami, J Pooni, D Robert, S Costa, J Li, S Setunge
(2021), Vol. 29, Transportation Geotechnics, C1
H Karami, D Robert, S Costa, F Tostovrsnik, B O’donnell, S Setunge
(2021), Vol. 94, pp. 19-30, ICSECM 2019 : Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction Management, Kandy, Sri Lanka, E1
Experimental study of cyclic swell-shrink behaviour of an expansive soil
Sasika Wijesooriya, Susanga Costa, Jayantha Kodikara
(2021), pp. 565-570, ICGE-Colombo-2020: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference in Geotechnical Engineering, Colombo, Sri Lanka, E1
Mitigation of desiccation cracks in clay using fibre and enzyme
Y Xie, S Costa, L Zhou, H Kandra
(2020), Vol. 79, pp. 4429-4440, Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, C1
Measuring soil strain using fibre optic sensors
S Costa, G Kahandawa, J Chen, J Xue
(2019), pp. 43-50, 8ICEG : Towards a sustainable geoenvironment : Proceedings of the 8th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics 2018, Hangzhou, China, E1-1
Prediction of parallel clay cracks using neural networks - a feasibility study
Tanveer Choudhury, Warnakulasuriya Costa
(2019), pp. 214-244, GeoMEast : Proceedings of the 2nd GeoMEast International Congress and Exhibition on Sustainable Civil Infrastructures, Egypt 2018 –The Official International Congress of the Soil-Structure Interaction Group in Egypt (SSIGE), Egypt, E1-1
Theoretical analysis of desiccation crack spacing of a thin, long soil layer
S Costa, J Kodikara, S Barbour, D Fredlund
(2018), Vol. 13, pp. 39-49, Acta geotechnica, Cham, Switzerland, C1-1
Determination of J-integral for clay during desiccation
S Costa, W Htike, J Kodikara, J Xue
(2016), Vol. 3, pp. 372-378, Environmental Geotechnics, C1-1
J-integral as a useful fracture parameter for analysis of desiccation cracking in clayey soils
S Costa, J Kodikara, J Xue
(2013), pp. 377-381, Coupled Phenomena in Environmental Geotechnics: From theoretical and experimental research to practical applications, Abingdon, Eng., B1
Salient factors controlling desiccation cracking of clay in laboratory experiments
S Costa, J Kodikara, B Shannon
(2013), Vol. 63, pp. 18-29, Geotechnique, C1-1
Desiccation cracking in clayey soils: mechanisms and modelling
J Kodikara, J Kodikara, S Costa, S Costa
(2013), pp. 21-32, Proceedings of the Advances in Multiphysical Testing of Soils and Shales International Workshop 2012, Lausanne, Switzerland, E1-1
J-integral as a useful fracture parameter for analysis of desiccation cracking in clayey soils
S Costa, J Kodikara, J Xue
(2013), pp. 377-381, ISSMGE TC 215: Proceedings of the International Symposium, Torino, Italy, 1-3 July 2013, Torino, Italy, E1-1
Evaluation of J integral for clay soils using a new ring test
S Costa, J Kodikara
(2012), Vol. 35, pp. 981-989, Geotechnical Testing Journal, C1-1
Numerical modelling of desiccation cracking
A Amarasiri, J Kodikara, S Costa
(2011), Vol. 35, pp. 82-96, International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, C1
Determination of cohesive properties for mode I fracture from compacted clay beams
A Amarasiri, S Costa, J Kodikara
(2011), Vol. 48, pp. 1163-1173, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, C1
Shrinkage development during soil desiccation
S Costa, J Kodikara
(2010), pp. 433-436, Unsaturated Soils: Theoretical and Numerical Advances in Unsaturated Soil Mechanics - Proceedings of the 4th Asia Pacific Conference on Unsaturated Soils, Newcastle, AUSTRALIA, E1-1
Numerical modelling of laboratory tests on desiccation cracking
A Amarasiri, J Kodikara, S Costa
(2009), pp. 302-310, Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Computational Geomechanics (ComGeo I), Juan-les-Pins, Cote d’Azur, France, E1-1
Modelling of desiccation crack development in clay soils
S Costa, J Kodikara, N Thusyanthan
(2008), Vol. 2, pp. 1099-1107, 12th International Conference on Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics 2008, Goa, India, E1-1
Study of desiccation crack evolution using image analysis
S Costa, J Kodikara, N Thusyanthan
(2008), pp. 159-164, Unsaturated Soils: Advances in Geo-Engineering - Proceedings of the 1st European Conference on Unsaturated Soils, E-UNSAT 2008, Durham, ENGLAND, E1-1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Australian Competitive Grants
Transformation of Reclaimed Waste into Engineered Materials and Solutions (TREMS)
Prof Michael Polonsky, Dr Mayuri Wijayasundara, Dr Susanga Costa, Prof Bre-Anne Sainsbury, Prof Pubudu Pathirana
ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hubs
- 2024: $15,000
- 2023: $60,000
- 2022: $60,000
- 2021: $30,000
Industry and Other Funding
Transformation of Reclaimed Waste into Engineered Materials and Solutions (TREMS)
Prof Michael Polonsky, Dr Mayuri Wijayasundara, Dr Susanga Costa, Prof Bre-Anne Sainsbury, Prof Pubudu Pathirana
Tyre Stewardship Australia
- 2023: $50,000
- 2022: $50,000
Supervisions
Srikanth Prakash
Thesis entitled: Modelling Industry and Market Dynamics of Resource Recovery Value Chains
Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering), School of Engineering