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Professional and Teaching Experience
Four Years Aircraft Design experience as Stress Analyst in Design Bureau, HAL, Bangalore
Six years of post doctoral research experience at University of Toronto and National Research Council of Canada in Composite structural analysis and testing
Fifteen years of Academic Teaching in ADFA on subjects such as Structural Mechanics, Engineering Materials, Non-Destructive Inspection, Composites and Adhesives, and Composites Mechanics.
Research Interests
Fracture Mechanics, Fatigue and corrosion of aerospace structures and mechanically fastened joints, Corrosion Fatigue, Composites Testing and Analysis, Impact Damage of Polymeric Foams and Sandwich Structures, Residual Stress Measurement, Adhesively Bonded Joints, Finite Element Modelling, Non-Destructive Inspection, Bio-degradable materials, Polymers, Smart Materials, Structural Vibration and Structural Health Monitoring.
Consulting Interests
Mechanical Testing, Material Characterisation, Fracture and Fatigue Analysis, Stress Analysis, Non Destructive Inspection, Composite Testing, Corrosion Control and Prevention, Finite Element Modelling, Impact Testing and Simulation.
Current Projects in Structure and Materials
- Aircraft Structural Health Monitoring using vibration analysis
- Application of advanced composites for marine and offshore engineering structures
- Applications of Corrugated Wire Mesh Laminates for biomechanical applications
- Simulation and Experimental testing of Impact Behaviour of Laminated Plastics
- Design, Simulation and experimental analysis of advanced composite ballistic vests
- Corrosion fatigue interactions in aircraft aluminium alloy joints
- Application of nano-reinforced metal matrix composites for high temperature applications
- Fatigue behaviour of advanced composite blades at elevated temperatures
- Non destructive inspection using Laser Speckle methods
- Dynamic and impact behaviour of syntactic foam
Publications
| Books: | - |
| Journals: | 28 |
| Conference: | 71 |
| Other: | 21 |