Dynamic Behavior of Soft and Hard Materials, Volume 2

Dr. R. Velmurugan is Senior Professor of Aerospace Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras. His areas of research include composite materials, nanomaterials, finite element analysis, structural crashworthiness, and impact mechanics. He has completed many consultancy and sponsored projects from DRDO Labs, ISRO centres, government agencies, and private industries. He has written more than 400 research articles and guided many students for Ph.D., M.S., and M. Tech. degrees. He has delivered many invited lectures in many international and national conferences. He is Fellow of AeSI, FIE and served as Member of the Editorial Board for several journals of national and international repute. Dr. G. Balaganesan pursued his bachelor’s and master’s in mechanical engineering and Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras. He has more than 30 years of experience in the field of manufacturing and teaching. His active research is in the field of impact loading and repair of oil and gas pipelines using advanced composite materials. He has published 40 international peer-reviewed journal papers. He has presented his research work in more than 30 international conferences. He has filed 6 patents, and some of them are products of start-up companies incubated at IIT Madras. He is instrumental in setting up laboratory facilities of new IITs such as IIT Hyderabad in 2008, IIT Palakkad and Tirupati in 2015, and IIT Jammu in 2018. He has served as Faculty Member on deputation at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Jammu, from 2018 to 2020.  Dr. Naresh Kakur is currently Postdoctoral Scholar at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, USA. He completed his dual degree (M.S. + Ph.D.) course at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras. His area of interest is on impact properties of bio-inspired glass/epoxy composites for wind turbine blade applications in collaboration with Helicoid Industries Inc. He has more than 40 research and review articles published in journals and conferences of national and international repute.  Prof. Krishnan Kanny holds a Ph.D. in Engineering and Science from TU, Alabama, USA, and an M.Sc. from UKZN, South Africa. He is professionally registered with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) and is Member of SAIMechE, ASME, and AIAA. His areas of research are lightweight materials and nanotechnology. His interests include designing, processing, and testing of composite materials systems, reinforced thermosets, thermoplastics, and nano-infused structures for aerospace, naval, and automotive applications. Additionally, he is involved in computational and analytical modelling and characterization and morphological analysis including scanning electron microscopy, transmission electronmicroscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. He is the recipient of many awards, among them is the Chair Professorship from MG University in India.

• Part 1: Blast mitigation studies.- Chapter 1. Sandwich panel with different web cores under blast loading.- Chapter 2. Effect of explosive location on the response and damage behavior of reinforced concrete wall.- Chapter 3. Numerical Modelling & Simulation of Stiffened Mild Steel panel Subjected to Near-field Blast Loading.- Chapter 4. Dynamic Responses of Monolithic and corrugated sandwich Al 7075T-6 Panels under Blast Loading: A Comparative Study.- Chapter 5. Dynamic response of steel with aluminium foam-based sandwich panels under blast loading.- Chapter 6. Numerical Simulation of Failure of a Rock Slope with Tension Crack under Blast Loading.- Chapter 7. Damage Evaluation of Tunnel Due to Internal Blast in Adjacent Tunnel.- Chapter 8. Analytical and Numerical studies of Hemispherical Closure Shell Subjected to Blast Loading.- Chapter 9. Study of Blast pressure, Velocity and Mass Distribution of controlled Fragments caused by cylindrical warhead.- Chapter 10. Influence of different ground parameters on energy transfer under blast loading.- Chapter 11. Behavior of rc slab subjected to blast loading.- Chapter 12. Response of sdof system coupled with inerter based isolators under blast load.- Chapter 13. Reflected wave eliminator for blast wave simulator.- Chapter 14. Numerical Analysis of Underground Tunnel System with GFRP Shield against Internal Explosion.- Chapter 15. Numerical analysis of underground pipelines with CFRP against surface and subsurface blasts. etc.