Publications
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
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, pp. 107708-107708, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, C1
A Baghbani, S Costa, R Faradonbeh, A Soltani, H Baghbani
(2023), Vol. 13, pp. 1-22, Applied Sciences (Switzerland), Basel, 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, pp. 1-26, Earth-Science Reviews, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Deviatoric behaviour of compacted unsaturated soils within (q, v
A Abeyrathne, C Jayasundara, S Costa, J Kodikara
(2022), Acta Geotechnica, C1
Experimental study on cyclic simple shear behaviour of predominantly dilative silica sand
A Baghbani, S Costa, B O’Kelly, A Soltani, M Barzegar
(2022), Vol. 17, International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 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 Susanga Costa, Dr Mayuri Wijayasundara, Prof Bre-Anne Sainsbury, Prof Pubudu Pathirana
ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hubs
- 2023: $45,000
- 2022: $60,000
- 2021: $30,000
Industry and Other Funding
Transformation of Reclaimed Waste into Engineered Materials and Solutions (TREMS)
Prof Michael Polonsky, Dr Susanga Costa, Dr Mayuri Wijayasundara, Prof Bre-Anne Sainsbury, Prof Pubudu Pathirana
Tyre Stewardship Australia
- 2023: $50,000
- 2022: $50,000
Supervisions
No completed student supervisions to report