MultiScale Mechanics LabIIT Madras
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Structure–property relationships, from atoms to components.

We work between solid mechanics and materials science: how the structure of a material decides the way it deforms and fails, and how that changes at every scale. Computational and experimental tools go into that together, to engineer better materials.

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Cut-away through a bent component showing, left to right, its grain structure, the simulated strain field, and the atomic lattice at an interface

MultiScale Mechanics

How a component deforms and fails is decided well below the scale you design at. We build that information into one model, so your part carries the physics of the levels beneath it. Read more Intergranular fracture surface with hydrogen atoms segregated along the grain boundaries and concentrated at the crack tip

Hydrogen Embrittlement

Hydrogen can secretly weaken even the strongest steels, making them fail under loads they were designed to handle safely. We predict exactly when and where this happens, so engineers can build hydrogen-based structures that last as long as promised. Read more A polycrystalline microstructure on the left passing through a function f(x) to the predicted strain field on the right

Data-Driven Mechanics

Real materials never respond quite the same way twice, so design work needs thousands of predictions to capture that variability. Accurate simulations are too slow at that scale, so we train models on physics we already trust to return the same answers at a fraction of the cost. Read more

Recent papers

Kumar P., Ludhwani M. M., Kanjarla A. K., Adlakha I., “Impact of hydrogen distributions near screw dislocations on yield stress in α-Fe.”
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 116, 178–189 (2025)
Mishra P., Neelakantan L., Adlakha I., “Development of a DFT-driven thermodynamic framework for ferrous alloy electrochemistry in acidic media.”
Computational Materials Science 244, 113216 (2024)
Jena G., Chellappandian R., Neelakantan L., Adlakha I., “Development of potentiostatically deposited cerium conversion coating for Mg alloys.”
Materials and Corrosion 75, 1313–1330 (2024)
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News

Muhaiyuddin presented “Microstructural Influence on Hydrogen Transport and Distribution in Dual-Phase Steels” at IMECE–ASME 2026.
September 2026
Pragyandipta Mishra is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at La Rochelle Université.
September 2026
Geetisubhra Jena is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at the French Corrosion Institute.
July 2026
The group

Openings in the group

We are looking for enthusiastic MS, PhD and postdoctoral candidates.

A grounding in solid mechanics and a willingness to learn are the prerequisites.

3 PhD2 MS

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