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Sivakumar M. Srinivasan

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Active Material Structures & Systems Lab (MSB 207B)

Office:MSB 230; LAB: MSB207B

Department of Applied Mechanics, IIT Madras Chennai - 600 036.

+91 44 2257 4061 / 94452 84085 mssiva@iitm.ac.in

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=CGfKWusAAAAJ

 

Also:, Head, Department of Applied Mechanics, IITM

 

Research Interests

Smart Materials & Structures; Inelasticity / Plasticity; Fatigue of Materials; Bio-inspired Design, Composites, AI/ML applications to modeling

 

Books:

Inelasticity of Materials, WorldScientific, Inc., I edition, 2009.

Engineering Mechanics, Prentice Hall of India,. I edition, 2003.

Mechanics of Solids (SI Units), McGraw Hill Inc, 3rd edition, 2017.

Videos: Engineering Mechanics - comprehensive revision (39 videos)

 

Representative Journal Publications:

Smart Materials and Structures

Role of super-elastic shape memory alloy (SE-SMA) embedment designs on energy absorption in GFRP composites Materials Today Communications (2022): 103779.

Modeling of magnetorheolological gels: a study on the particle size effect. Acta Mechanica, 233(2), (2022):837-849.

Investigations on axially compressed composite cylindrical shells with surface bonded PZT." Thin-Walled Structures 161 (2021): 107434.

Simulation of shape memory cycle of a polymeric beam undergoing large deflection using a simple incremental approach." Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures 31.4 (2020): 515-524.

A new simple formulation for instantaneous coil diameter of a SMA helical spring." International Journal of Materials and Structural Integrity 14.1 (2020): 22-32.

Shape recovery studies for coupled deformations in an epoxy based amorphous shape memory polymers, Polymer Testing,48, 1-6, 2015

Magnetoelasticity of gels, J Intelligent Materials Systems and Structures, 29(9), 1913-1927, 2018.

Electromechanical Behavior of Form I Uniaxially and Biaxially Stretched PVDF. Ferroelectrics 325, pp.155-164,2005.

Bio-inspired Mechanics

Bio-inspired shape morphing soft magnetic locomotion actuators - a nove method of preparation and testing, Proceedings of the International conference on Materials Science and Engineering (2022): in Press.

Natural optima in human skull: A low velocity impact study. I J Crashworthiness, 12, pp.17-20, 2007.

Influence of relative strength of constituents on the overall strength and toughness of bone. Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology, 8(4), 527-539, 2008.

Composites

Influence of non-uniformity in inter-fibre distance on strength distribution of UDFRP composites. Journal of Micromechanics and Molecular Physics (2022): 1-8

Compression after high-velocity impact behavior of pseudo-elastic shape memory alloy embedded glass/epoxy composite laminates. Composite Structures 259 (2021): 113519.

Influence of Core Comprehensibility, Flexibility and Transverse Shear Effects on the Response of Sandwich Structures" American Journal of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 2(2), 81-91, 2017

Steel Fibre Reinforced Cementitious Composites Subjected To Extreme Loading Conditions, ASME JEMT. 139(2):021019- 021019-7, 2017.

 

Inelasticity / Plasticity / Damage / Fatigue

Dislocation density based crystal plasticity model incorporating the effect of precipitates in IN718 under monotonic and cyclic deformation. International Journal of Plasticity (2021): 102990

Numerical Analysis of Large Elasto-Plastic Deflection of Constant Curvature Beam Under Follower Load, Nonlinear Mechanics, 84, pp.46-55, 2016.

Post-buckling involving large deflection of micro-cantilever using the consistent couple stress theory. Ann. Solid Struct. Mech. (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12356-020-00058-4

Microstructure Evolution in the Equal Channel Angular Processes. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanis and Engineering, 193, pp. 5177-5194, 2004.

A finite strain and rate-dependent cyclic plasticity model for metals. Large Plastic Deformations (2021), 353-360

Influence of manufacturing processes and their sequence of execution on fatigue life of axle house tubes in automobiles. Engineering Failure Analysis, 34, 79-92, 2013

Multiaxial Fatigue Life Prediction of a High Temperature Steam Turbine Rotor using Critical Plane Approach.    Journal of Engg Failure Analysis, 7, pp.347-358, 2000

 

Computational Mechanics

Numerical Study On Multi Layered Target Material Subjected To Impact Loading, Latin American Journal of Solids and Structures, 15(4), e32, 2018.

Shot Peening Simulation using Discrete and Finite Element Methods, Advances in Engineering Software, Vol. 41(12), pp.1266-1276, 2010.

Optimization of the fatigue strength of materials due to shot peening: A Survey, International Journal of Structural Changes In Solids, Vol.2(2), pp. 33-63, 2010.

Numerical Investigation of Sweet Spot of Cricket Bat. In Recent Advances in Applied Mechanics, 2022, pp. 719-724. Springer, Singapore

A Performance Study on Configurational Force and Sprin-Analogy based Mesh Optimization schemes. International Journal of Comp. Meth. in Engg Science and Mechanics, 7, pp.241-262, 2006.

Optimality of grids based on Combined r-h adaptive strategy. Computer Assisted Mechanics and Engineering Sciences, 13, pp.247-268, 2006.

Spectral Element based model for wave propagation analysis in multi-wall carbon nanotubes" International Journal of Solids and Structures, 43, pp.279-294, 2006.

 

AI/ML Applications in Modeling and Mechanics

Siddharth Gupta, Identification of damage in beams using Deep Learning algorithms, MTech Thesis, IIT Madras, 2021

V Kumara Swamy, Identification of added mass location in beams using Deep Learning, MTech Thesis, IIT Madras 2020