Dr. M.Vishal

Teaching

Educational Background

Work Experience

Lecture Courses

• Design of Steel Structures
• Engineering Design
• Engineering Graphics
• Mechanics of Structures

Research

Area of Research Interest

• Behaviour of Reinforced Concrete Structures
• High temperature effect in structures
• Structural Fire Behaviour
• Structural Systems
• Seismic Performance of Structures
• Structural Forensics
• Biomimicry in Structures
• Nanomaterials in Concrete

Project / Thesis Guidance

B.Tech. – 1

Publications

Google Scholar link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=pWIkSJMAAAAJ&hl=en
Scopus Link: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57223280711
ORCHID: 0000-0002-2983-3503

• M. Vishnupriyan, Denise-Penelope N. Kontoni, Kennedy C. Onyelowe, G. Nakkeeran, M. Vishal, G. Premkumar and A. Selvakumar, “Experimental and ANN Analysis of Cold-Formed Steel Build-Up Columns with and without Intermediate Web Stiffeners under Axial Compression”, Journal of Structural Design and Construction Practice, Volume 30, Issue 3, 04025048, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1061/JSDCCC.SCENG-1751
• M. Vishal, K. S. Satyanarayanan, M. Prakash, Rakshit Srivastava and V. Thirumurugan, “Development and testing of a thermal self-straining preloading test setup for reinforced concrete beams and slabs to perform thermomechanical action”, International Journal of Structural Integrity, Vol. 15 No. 6, pp. 1079-1099, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSI-06-2024-0084
• M. Prakash, A. Bahrami, M. Vishal and K. Ajish, “Experimental Study on Hollow Steel Sections Under Elevated Temperature,” Civil Engineering Journal, vol. 10, no. 03, pp. 859–884, 2024. Doi: 10.28991/CEJ-2024-010-03-014
• M. Vishal, A. Bahrami, R. Srivastava, K. S. Satyanarayanan, M. Prakash, and J. S. Arvind, “Mechanical and Postfire Structural Performances of Concrete under Elevated Temperatures,” Civil Engineering Journal, vol. 9, no. 08, pp. 1863–1879, 2023. Doi: 10.28991/CEJ-2023-09-08-04
• M. Vishal and K.S. Satyanarayanan “Effect of thermal expansion on three-dimensional reinforced concrete frames under high temperature” Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science. 2024; 238 (8): 3240-3248. doi: 10.1177/09544062231160895
• M. Vishal and K.S. Satyanarayanan “Study on optimum concrete cover thickness in RC beam and columns under high temperature”, Journal of Structural Fire Engineering, Vol. 14 No. 4, pp. 461-480. (2023), https://doi.org/10.1108/JSFE-11-2022-0035
• M. Prakash, K. S. Satyanarayanan, N. Parthasarathi, S. Srinivasa Senthil, M. Vishal and V. Deepak Raj (2023) An experimental study on reinforced concrete beam with continuous spiral stirrups under pure torsion, European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering, 27:2, 781-793, DOI: 10.1080/19648189.2022.2064339
• M. Vishal and K. S. Satyanarayanan, “Experimental Investigation on the Heat Dissipation and Postfire Structural Performance of a Reinforced Concrete Column with Biomimicked Geometry”, FIRE, 2022; 5(6):205. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire5060205
• M. Vishal and K. S. Satyanarayanan, “Influence of cover thickness in structural frames exposed to fire and service loads” Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 29, 85955–85968 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-15925-9
• M. Vishal and K.S. Satyanarayanan, “Analytical Investigation on Progressive Collapse of 3- D Reinforced Concrete Frames Under High Temperature. (2022) In: Kolathayar, S., Ghosh, C., Adhikari, B.R., Pal, I., Mondal, A. (eds) Resilient Infrastructure. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 202. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6978-1_21
• M. Vishal, K.S. Satyanarayanan, and V. Thirumurugan,” Analytical investigation on behavior of three-dimensional reinforced concrete frames under thermal effect, Materials Today: Proceedings, Volume 50, Part 3, 2022, Pages 248-252, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2021.06.024
•  M. Vishal and K. S. Satyanarayanan, “A Review on Research of Fire-Induced   Progressive Collapse on Structures” Journal of Structural Fire Engineering, 2021, 12 (3): 410–25.  https://doi.org/10.1108/JSFE-07-2020-0023

Books Published

• Muthu Selvakumar, K. Yogeswari, A. Manivannan and M. Vishal, 2025, “Building Materials and Construction”, 1st edition, Deccan International Academic Publishers.

Reviewer

• Journal of Building Engineering
• Construction and Building Materials
• Heliyon
• Scientific Reports
• Scientific Reports

Patents

• DIGITAL LEVELLING EQUIPMENT IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY (Design Registered) Design No. 432927-001.
• ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BASED CEMENT QUALITY ANALYSIS MACHINE IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY (Design Registered) Design No. 434411-001.
• DEVICE FOR MEASURING OR DETERMINING APPLIED FORCE AND TYPE IN INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS (Granted) Patent 515181 / Application No. 202241009335.
• REINFORCED CONCRETE COLUMN FOR CONTROLLING TEMPERATURE UNDER FIRE BREAKOUT USING GEOMETRY BIOMIMICKING (Granted) Patent 507949 / Application No. 202241053085.
• DEVICE FOR PERFORMING THERMO-MECHANICAL ACTION FOR REINFORCED CONCRETE BEAMS (Published) 202241067401 A.
• AN APPARATUS FOR MECHANICAL LOAD TESTING OF A SPECIMEN (Published) 202341060721 A.
• DIGITAL LEVELLING EQUIPMENT IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY (Design Granted) No. 432927-001.
• DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE STRENGTH OF CONCRETE PILLAR (Design Granted) No. 445219-001.
• ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BASED CEMENT QUALITY ANALYSIS MACHINE IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY (Design Granted) No. 434411-001.

International Conferences

• Vishal, A. Manivannan, K. Yogeswari and T. Srividya, “Enhancing Mechanical and Fire Resistance of Cementitious materials through Graphene oxide”, INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SMART MATERIALS FOR GREEN ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY (SMaGEES 2024) B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, 11-12 December, 2024.
• Vishal and K.S. Satyanarayanan, “Experimental Investigation on the Heat Dissipation and Postfire Structural Performance of a Reinforced Concrete Column with Biomimicked Geometry”, INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE: INNOVATIONS, OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES (SIIOC-2023), NITK Surathkal, 20-21 April, 2023. (Best Technical Paper)
• Vishal, K.S. Satyanarayanan and M. Prakash presented on “Influence of Alternate Heating and Quenching Shock on the Properties of Plain and RC Concrete” in INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CIVIL ENGINEERING INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENT IN ENGINEERING ADVANCES (ICC IDEA-2023), 09-11 March, 2023.
• Vishal, K.S. Satyanarayanan and M. Prakash presented on “Numerical Study on Flexural Behaviour of Cold-Formed Channel and Sigma Sections Under Elevated Temperature” in INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CIVIL ENGINEERING INNOVATIVE (ICC IDEA-2023), 09-11 March, 2023.
• Vishal, Rakshit Srivastava, K.S. Satyanarayanan, M. Prakash, N. Parthasarathi, and J.S. Arvind, “Mechanical and microstructural studies on M30 grade concrete under elevated temperature”, UKIERI CONCRETE CONGRESS – SUSTAINABLE CONCRETE INFRASTRUCTURE, Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, 14 – 17 March, 2023.
• Vishal and K.S. Satyanarayanan presented on “Analytical investigation on behaviour of three-dimensional reinforced concrete frames under thermal effect” in 5th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RECENT ADVANCES IN MATERIAL CHEMISTRY (ICRAMC-2021) 18-20 February, 2021.
• Vishal and K.S. Satyanarayanan, “Effect of thermal expansion on three- dimensional reinforced concrete frames under high temperature”, INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCED MATERIALS AND MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION (ICAMMC-2021) 2-4 December, 2021.

National Conferences

• Vishal, A. Manivannan, K. Yogeswari and T. Srividya, “Analysis of 3D Reinforced Concrete Frames with and without Slabs under Several Potential Fire Scenarios”, 3^rd National Conference on Recent Trends and Innovation in Civil and Agricultural Engineering (RECTICA’25), SRM Valliammai Engineering College, 02 April, 2025.
• Vishal, K.S. Satyanarayanan, M. Prakash and Rakshit Srivastava presented on “Development and Testing of Self-Straining Pre-Loading Test Setup for Reinforced Concrete Beams to Perform Thermomechanical Action” in MATERIALS AND SUSTAINABILITY IN CIVIL ENGINEERING (MSCE-2022) 01-02 July, 2022. (Best paper)
• Vishal and K.S. Satyanarayanan, “Analytical investigation on progressive collapse of 3-D reinforced concrete frames under high-temperature”, VIRTUAL CONFERENCE ON DISASTER RISK REDUCTION (VCDRR-2021), 15-20 March, 2021.
• Vishal and K.S. Satyanarayanan, “Effect of thermal expansion on three- dimensional reinforced concrete frames under progressive collapse assessment”, ADVANCES IN CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND MANAGEMENT (ACMM-2021) 25-26 March, 2021.

FDPs Attended

• Innovations and Intellectual Property in Civil Engineering Research, March 24-29, 2025, Sir M. Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology, Bangalore.
• NEP 2020 Orientation & Sensitization Programme, Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Programme (MM-TTP), April 1-11, 2025, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Kancheepuram, Chennai.
• Vertical Urbanization with Tall Structures and Construction Challenges, August 21 – September 4, 2024, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Ramapuram, Chennai, India
• Disruptive Sustainable Innovations in Wastewater Treatment: A Way Forward, December 16 – 20, 2024, Department of Civil Engineering, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India.
• Advanced Technologies and Innovation in Civil Engineering, December 17 – 31, 2024, Department of Civil Engineering, Easwari Engineering College, Chennai, India.
• Advances in Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer (AFFHT – 2021), February 15-20, 2021, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Chennai, India.
• Global Trends in Civil & Infrastructural Engineering (GTCIE-2020), May 26-30, 2020, Institute of Aeronautical Engineering, Dundigal, Hyderabad, India.
• Paarivendhar Research Colloquium (DPRC 2021), March 3-5, 2021, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Chennai, India.
• Earthquake Response and Vibration Control of Lifeline Structures, July 5-9, 2021, College of Engineering, Pune, AICTE Training and Learning. Advances in Earthquake Engineering, July 26-30, 2021, LBS College of Engineering, Kasaragod, AICTE Training and Learning.

Professional Membership Details

• The Institution of Engineers India (IEI) – Associate Member AM3092693
• The Indian Society for Technical Education – Life Member LM 140381
• International Association of Engineers (IAENG) – Life Member 279933

Extension

Consultancy

• University Campus Building Survey for Approval

Events Organized

• Organized a guest lecture on “Analysis and Design of Structures using Finite Element Software (STAAD PRO and ETABS)” on April 07, 2025.
• Organized a “National Level Workshop on AutoCAD for Civil Engineers” on April 16, 2025.

Online courses

• Introduction to Carbon Balance and Energy Efficient Design of Building – Alison
• Building Materials as a Cornerstone to Sustainability – NPTEL
• Maintenance and Repair of Concrete Structures – NPTEL
• Modern Construction Materials – NPTEL

Additional Responsibilities

Department Responsibilities

• Tech Structural Engineering NBA File In-charge
• Department Website In-Charge

Universities Responsibilities

• University Proctor Team – 2025.