Siva Sivathayalan

Professor in Geotechnical Engineering

• B.Sc. Engineering (Peradeniya), M.A.Sc., Ph.D. (British Columbia), P.Eng.
• 3450 Mackenzie, Carleton University
• 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6
• Email Siva Sivathayalan
• 613-520-2600 ext 5802

Prof. Sivathayalan’s mailbox is located in room 3432 C.J. Mackenzie Building, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6 Canada

Teaching Assignment 2023-2024

• CIVE 4301 Foundation Engineering
• CIVE 4918 Design Project
• CIVE 3210/4208 Geotechnical Engineering
• CIVE 5505 Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering

Previous Teaching Assignments

• ECOR 1101 Mechanics I
• ECOR 1045 Statics
• ECOR 1046 Mechanics
• CIVE 2101 Mechanics II
• CIVE 3208 Geotechnical Mechanics
• CIVE 4208 Geotechnical Engineering
• CIVE 4301 Foundation Engineering
• CIVE 4907 Engineering Project
• ENVE 4907 Engineering Project
• CIVE 4918 Design Project
• CIVE 5300 Advanced Soil Mechanics
• CIVE 5505 Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
• CIVE 5801 Special Topic in Geotechnical Engineering

Research Interests

Static and dynamic behaviour of soils, liquefaction, laboratory testing, constitutive relations, and geosynthetics

Honours and Awards

• 2010 Stermac Award, Canadian Geotechnical Society
• 2001 ASTM Award for Outstanding Article on the Practice of Geotechnical Testing.

Selected Publications

• Prasanna, R., Sinthujan, N.& Sivathayalan, S., (2020), Effects of the initial direction and subsequent rotation of principal stresses on the liquefaction potential of loose sand, ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 146(3):(04019130)1-13.
• Daliri, F., Simms, P. and Sivathayalan, S., (2016), Shear and dewatering behaviour of high density gold tailings in a laboratory simulation of multi-layer deposition, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 53(8):1246-1257.
• Sivathayalan, S., Logeswaran, P. and Manmatharajan, V., (2015), Cyclic Resistance of a Loose Sand Subjected to Rotation of Principal Stresses, ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 141(3):(04014113)1-13.
• Sivathayalan, S. and Mehrabi Yazdi, A., (2014), Influence of Strain History on Post Liquefaction Deformation Characteristics of Sands, ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 140(3):(04013019)1-14.
• Khaheshi Banab, K., Kolaj, M., Motazedian, D., Sivathayalan, S., Hunter, J., Crow, H. and Pugin, A., (2012), Seismic site response analysis for Ottawa, Canada: A comprehensive study using measurements and numerical simulations, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 102(5):1976-1993.
• Sivathayalan, S. and Ha, D., (2011), Effect of Static Shear Stress on the Cyclic Resistance of Sands in Simple Shear Loading, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 48(10):1471-1484.
• Sivathayalan, S. and Logeswaran, P., (2008), Experimental assessment of the response of sands under shear-volume coupled deformation, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 45(9):1310-1323.
• Vaid, Y.P. and Sivathayalan, S, (2000), Fundamental factors affecting liquefaction susceptibility of sands, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 37(3):592-606.
• Vaid, Y.P., Sivathayalan, S., and Stedman, D., (1999), Influence of specimen-reconstituting method on the undrained response of sand, ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal, 22(3):187-195