Dynamic Behavior of Soft and Hard Materials, Volume 3

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 andteaching. 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 electron microscopy, 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: Mechanical and Thermal Characterization of materials.- Chapter 1. Thermal Analysis of Laminated Plates Using Quasi-Three-Dimensional Theory with Transverse Normal Strain Effect.- Chapter 2. Behaviour of hard-to-form material in friction stir incremental forming process.- Chapter 3. Influence of prestressing force on performance of prestressed concrete.- Chapter 4. Development of c1 smooth basis in isogeometric analysis for multipatch domain.- Chapter 5. Modal characterization of additively manufactured chiral structure: suppression of its multiple responses.- Chapter 6. Pre-mature and extended contact behaviour of PA-6 and PA-6,6 gears.- Chapter 7. Effect of Friction coefficient and feed rates on Residual Stresses of Zr-4 Processed by Swaging.- Chapter 8. A Comparative Study on Cryorolling and Cryo Cross Rolling Treatment on Tensile and Fracture Properties of Al 5052 Alloy.- Chapter 9. A study on tensile strength attributes of jute fiber reinforced polyester composites.- Chapter 10. A study on tensile strength attributes of banana polyester composites.- Chapter 11. Predicting the failure envelope of calcified aneurysmatic tissue.- Chapter 12. Residual properties and failure characterization of glass/epoxy laminates: effect of slender filler reinforcement.- Chapter 13. Potential of development of anti-erosion graphene reinforced coatings for wind turbine blades.- Chapter 14. An entropy based damage model to assess the creep behaviour of nickel based superalloys.- Chapter 15. Influence of porosity and temperature load on buckling characteristics of functionally graded material plates. etc.