School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 

Sridhar IDAPALAPATI
                BTech., MTech., PhD 
Associate Professor


 Office: N3 – 02b – 37
Tel: +65 - 6790 4784 
Email: msridhar@ntu.edu.sg

 

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     Academic Profile & Professional Experience

1987-91 B. Tech. (Mechanical Engg - Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University), India
1991-93 M. Tech (Solid Mechanics & Design - IIT Kanpur) India
1993-94 Senior Project Associate, IIT Kanpur
1994-98 Ph.D. (Mechanics of Materials - University of Cambridge, UK)
1999-00 Research Associate, Cambridge University Engineering Department, UK
2000-01 Research Scientist, National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), USA
June 2001- March 2010 Assistant Professor, NTU
April 2010 – Associate Professor, NTU
Advisor – Leadership Development Programme (MAE) (Aug 2010 – July 2014)
Acting Head – Manufacturing Division (July 2013 – Dec 2015)
Advisor – TEDxNTU (from founding year of 2011 -)

      Research Interests

Powder consolidation
Sandwich panels design
Ultrasonic NDT
Adhesion and friction modelling (nanotribology)
Adhesive Bonded Joints
Biomechanics

    Prizes and Awards

Ø  Nanyang Award 2009 for Excellence in Teaching (Also Teach-of-the-Year 2009 Award by the School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering) MAE students are indeed very kind in their vote for me.

Ø  Teacher-of-the-Year 2010 by School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, NTU. Again, MAE students are indeed very kind in voting for me.

Ø  Nanyang Award for Team-Work in 2019 and 2013 for the workdone by TEDxNTU.

Ø  Titanium Award @ 2006 URECA Poster Exhibition in NTU.

Ø  Recipient of Cambridge Nehru Scholarship (1994) and UK Overseas Research Student (ORS) award for Ph.D. programme at University of Cambridge, U.K.

Ø  University Gold Medal (HMT Medal) for securing First Rank at the JNT University, Hyderabad, India.

Ø  Dr. Ch. Satyanarayana Gold Medal recipient for securing First Rank at the Junior College.

Ø  Secured 98.55 percentile in Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) - 1991 (an All India level examination for Master's Course in India) and IIT Kanpur Institute Scholarship during M.Tech.

Ø  Recipient of  Telugu Vignana Parithoshikam (1987) - given to the top 25 students in each district of Andhra Pradesh at 10+2 level.

Ø  Recipent of State Merit Scholarship (1987-91) for the undergraduate studies.


   Current Teaching

ü  MA4001 Engineering Design

ü  MA2700 Aerospace Materials and Manufacturing

ü  CC0006 Sustainability, Environment and Economy

ü  MA4819 Energy Technologies for Sustainability

ü  E2.8 Non-destructive Testing

       Graduate Students

  1. Mr. Lim Yee Wei (working on the design of sandwich panels for energy management and their robust design)
  2.  Dr. Rengarajan Karthic Narayanan (worked on Modeling of Microstructure Evolution During Cold Wire Drawing Process and Properties Determination) Currently working as an Assistant Professor, India.
  3. Dr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar (worked adhesively bonded composite joints) Currently consultant with DNV GL, Singapore and self-employed with several businesses
  4. Dr. Kotlanka Rama Krishna (worked on bone fracture fixation problem) Process Development Manager, Analog Devices, USA.
  5. Dr. Zheng Zuwei (worked on the adhesion mechanics of thin visco-elastic layers) Employed with Mammoet, Singapore
  6. Dr. Kapil Mohan (worked on the design of sandwich panels) Employed with DNV GL, Singapore.
  7. Dr. Ahmad Serjouei (worked on the optimal design of bi-layer armor materials) Employed as Lecturer in Nottingham Trent University
  8. Dr. Tang Jiann Haur (worked on the Fracture and Fatigue of Adhesive Bonded Joints) Working as a research engineer, Singapore
  9. Dr. A.M. Rashedi (worked on the optimal selection of materials for wind turbine blades and tower) Employed as a Research Associate Australia
  10. Dr. Rajaneesh Anantharaju (Worked on the Indentation and Impact of Sandwich Structures) currently research appointment in Belgium.
  11. Mr. Loo Zhi Yuan, Shane (worked on the CNT reinforced in sol-gel silica for low-k dielectric application) Employed with Singapore Public Sector.
  12. Dr Nguyuen Hai Dang, Working as a lecturer in Vietnam
  13. Dr Gautam Rinoj
  14. Dr. Adhithya Plato Siddharth Arunachalam working with IIT Madras, Chennai, India
  15. Dr. Dharesh Kumar working with Infineon Singapore
  16. Dr. Chin Kai Siang working with TUD-SUD consultancy.
  17. Dr. Hasan Caglar worked with TWI, Cambridge, UK. Now with University of Cranfield.
  18. Dr. Gackowski Bartosz Mikolaj working with University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

 Book Chapters

  1. Idapalapati Sridhar, Chapter 9 in Environmentally Conscious Mechanical Design, Edited by Myer Kutz, John-Wiley & Sons (2007) pp 319 – 350.
  2. D. N. Ghista, I. Sridhar, K. Ramakrishna ‘Analysis for internal fixation of a fractured bone by means of bone-fixator plate’ Chapter 11 in “Applied Biomedical Engineering Mechanics” editor D. N. Ghista, Taylor & Francis (CRC press), 2008, pp. 303 – 354.
  3. D. N. Ghista, I. Sridhar, K. Ramakrishna ‘The human lumbar vertebral body: Analysis of its functionally-optimal design’ Chapter 12 in “Applied Biomedical Engineering Mechanics” editor D. N. Ghista, Taylor & Francis (CRC press), 2008, pp. 355 - 378
  4. D. N. Ghista, I. Sridhar, K. Ramakrishna ‘The human spinal vertebral disc: Its optimal structural design characteristics’ Chapter 13 in “Applied Biomedical Engineering Mechanics” editor D. N. Ghista, Taylor & Francis (CRC press), 2008, pp. 379 – 394.

5.      J.H. Tang, I. Sridhar, G.B. Chai, C.H. Ong, ‘Modelling of Composite Sandwich T-Joints Under Tension and Bending’, Chapter 7 “Advances in Modeling and Design of Adhesively Bonded Systems”, S. Kumar and K.L. Mittal (eds.) Wiley- Scrivener Publishing LLC, 2013, pp 191-218.

6.      I. Sridhar et al, “Materials in Metal Forming”, Handbook of Manufacturing Engineering and Technology edited by Andrew Wee and Mehdad, Springer-Verlag London, 2014

7.      Thu-Thao Le,Dhanjoo N. Ghista, Ru San Tan, and Sridhar Idapalapati, “Intra-left ventricular diastolic and systolic flow velocity distributions, based on color Doppler echo vector flow mapping of normal subjects and heart failure patients”, Chapter 14 in Book Edited by D.N. Ghista “Cardiac Science and Technology”(CRC Press)  2016.

8.      M. Abeer, N. Maharjan, I. Sridhar, “Severe plastic deformation based post processing for fatigue enhancements of additively manufactured components”, Book Chapter 8, in “Post-Processing Techniques for Additive Manufacturing” Edited by Zafar Alam, Faiz Iqbal, Dilshad Ahmad Khan, CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Publication), (2023).

 

   Journal Publications (all these papers are available on-line on respective journal websites)

  1. "Adhesion mechanics of Surface Force Apparatus", With KL Johnson and NA Fleck, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 30 [12] (1997), p. 1710-1719. 
  2. "Finite element modelling of scattering of ultrasonic waves by isolated flaws" With NN Kishore and NGR Iyengar, NDT&E International, 33 [5] (2000), pp. 297-305 
  3. "Cold compaction of an array of cylindrical fibres" With NA Fleck and AR Akisanya International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 43 [3] (2001), p. 715-742. 
  4. "Yield behaviour of cold compacted composite powders" With NA Fleck Acta Materialia 48 [13] (2000), p. 3341-3352. 
  5. "Adhesion between a spherical indenter and an elastic solid with a compliant elastic coating" With KL Johnson Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 34 [5] (2001), p. 683-689. 
  6. "End compression of sandwich columns" With NA Fleck Composites A: Science and Technology 33 [3] (2002), p. 353-359.
  7. “On the adhesion mechanics of Multi-Layer Elastic Systems" With S. Sivashanker, Surface and Coatings Technology 167[2-3] (2003), 181-187.
  8. “Adhesion Between an AFM Probe and an Incompressible Elastic Film”, With Z. Zuwei, KL Johnson and WT Ang, International Journal of Nanoscience  3 [4-5] (2004), 599-608.
  9.  “Analysis of Internal Fixation of a Long Bone Fracture”, with K. Ramakrishna, S. Sivashanker, V. Ganesh, D.N. Ghista,  Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology, 5[1] (2004), pp 89-103.
  10.  “Prediction and Characterisation of Compressive Failure in Advanced Aerospace Composite” with A C Yong Journal of Institute of Engineers (Singapore), Vol. 45, # 1,57-71, 2005. This paper has won a Merit Award in undergraduate final year project (FYP) competition.
  11.  “A Detailed Analysis of Adhesion Mechanics between a Compliant Elastic Coating and a Spherical Probe”, with Z. W. Zheng, K.L. Johnson, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 37[20] (2004), 2886-2895.
  12. “The multiaxial Yield Behavior of an Aluminum Alloy Foam”, With NA Fleck,  Journal of Materials Science 40[15] (2005), 4005-4008.
  13.  “Optimal internal-fixation plate design for necessary and sufficient bone stress shielding”, with K. Ramakrishna, S. Sivashanker, K.S. Khong, D.N. Ghista, Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers Series C, 47[4] (2004) 1086-1094.
  14. “Failure of aerospace composite scarf –joints subjected to uniaxial compression”, with S.B. Kumar, S. Sivashanker and Asim Bag, Materials Science and Engineering A 412 (2005) 117-122. 
  15. “Failure of Sandwich Beams Consisting of Alumina Facesheet and Alporas Foam Core in Bending” with Kapil Mohan, Yip Tick Hon and Hong Pheow Seow, Materials Science and Engineering A 409 (2005) 292-301.
  16. “Effect of friction and adhesion on the load-displacement of a spherical probe in contact with an elastic incompressible film” with Z.W. Zheng, Tribology International 40:2(2007) 180-187.
  17. “Spherical indentation of an elastic thin film on an elastic-plastic substrate”, with Z.W. Zheng, Materials Science and Engineering A 423 (2006) 64-69.
  18. "Human Lumbar Vertebral Body As An Intrinsically Functionally Optimal Structure", with DN Ghista, SC Fan, K Ramakrishna, International Journal of Design and Nature 1 (2006) 34-47.
  19. “Tensile Failure of Adhesively Bonded CFRP Composite Scarf-Joints”, with SB Kumar, S. Sivashanker, S. Osiyemi and A. Bag, Materials Science and Engineering B, 132[1-2] (2006) 113-120.
  20. “Design of Hybrid Sandwich Panel with Aluminum Foam Core and Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic Face Sheets under Three-Point Bending”, with Kapil Mohan,  Tick Hon Yip and H.P. Seow,  Solid State Phenomena, Volume 111, (2006) 63-66.
  21.  “Effect of Face sheet Material on the Indentation Response of Metallic Foams", with K. Mohan, T.P. Yip and H. Seow  Journal of Materials Science, 42[11], (2007) 3714 - 3723.
  22. “The Optimal Structural Design of the Human Spinal Intervertebral Disc” with D.N. Ghista, S.C. Fan and K. Ramakrishna,  International Journal of Design and Nature 1(2) (2007) 146-160.
  23. “Mode – I fracture energy measurement of adhesively bonded composite joints using modified Single lap joints”, with SB Kumar, S Sivashanker and S Osiyemi, Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology 20(10): 1109 – 1124,  (2006).
  24. “Effect of surfactants on MWCNTs reinforced sol – gel silica dielectric composites”, with Shane Loo, Shanzhong Wang, Lu Shen and Subodh G. Mhaisalkar, Scripta Materialia 57(12), (2007) pp: 1157-1160.
  25. “Contact mechanics of layered elastic materials: experiment & theory”, with P.M. McGuiggan, J.S. Wallace, D.T. Smith,  Z. Zuwei and K.L. Johnson Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 40 (2007) 5984 - 5994. 
  26. “Analysis of the Helical Plate for Bone Fracture Fixation”, with K. Ramakrishna and Dhanjoo N. Ghista. Injury International Journal of the Care of the Injured 39 (2008) 1421-1436.
  27. “Influence of humid environment on the performance of high strength structural carbon fiber composites” with S.B. Kumar and S. Sivashanker. Materials Science and Engineering A 498 (2008) pp. 174-178.
  28. “A Comparative Study on the Measurement of Toughness of Stacks Containing Low k Dielectric Films”, with Z.W. Zheng and S. Balakumar. Microelectronics Engineering 85 (2008) 2322-2328.
  29. "Numerical Green's functions for some electroelastic crack problems" With L Athanasius, WT Ang, Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements 33 (2009) 778 - 788.
  30. “Fabrication and Characterisation of MWCNT reinforced Aluminum Matrix Composites” with Karthic R Narayanan, Journal of Materials Science 44(#7) (2009) 1750 - 1756.
  31. “Spark Plasma Sintered Multiwall Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Aluminum Matrix Composites” with Liao Jinzhi and Tan Ming Jen,  Materials & Design 31(S1) (2010) S96 – S100.
  32. “Electro-elastostatic analysis of multiple cracks in an infinitely long piezoelectric strip: a hyper-singular integral approach”, with L Athanasius, WT Ang, European Journal of Mechanics – A: Solids 29 (2010) 410 - 419.
  33. “Effect of Cold Work on the Mechanical Response of Drawn Ultra-Fine Gold Wire”, with Karthic R Narayanan and S. Subbiah, Computational Materials Science Volume 49(1S) 2010, Pages S119-S125.
  34. “Optimal Design of Customised Hip Prosthesis Using  Fibre Reinforced Polymer Composites Materials and Design” with Adie P.P and D.N. Ghista, Materials and Design  31 (2010) 2767-2775.
  35. “Creep Behavior of Spray-Deposited AlLi/SiCp composites”, with Liao Jinzhi and Tan Ming Jen, Materials Science and Engineering A 527 (2010) 4906 - 4913.
  36.  “Drilling holes in composite laminates using router tool”, with S. Subbiah, Transactions of the North American Manufacturing Research Institution of SME Volume 38, (2010) 275-282 .
  37. “On the plastic zone size and crack tip opening displacement of a sub-surface crack in an infinite bi-material plater”, with Y. Dake, X. Zhongmin and Z. Jiang, Philosophical Magazine 91(26) 2011 3456 – 3472.
  38. “Indentation of single crystal copper using rate independent crystal plasticity”, with Karthic R Narayanan and Sathyan Subbiah, Applied Physics A Materials Science and Processing, 105 (2011) 453-461.
  39. “Impact Response of Aluminum Foam Core Sandwich Structures”, with Kapil Mohan, Yip Tick Hon and Chen Zhong,  Materials Science and Engineering A  529 (2011) 94-101.
  40. “Fracture capacity of girth welded pipelines with 3D surface cracks subjected to biaxial loading conditions", with Yi Dake, Xiao Zhongmin and Shashi Bhushan Kumar, International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping 92 (2012) 115 - 126.
  41. “Impact modelling of foam cored sandwich plates with ductile or brittle faceplates”, with Rajaneesh Anantharaju, Sellakkutti Rajendran, Composite Structures 94 (2012) 1745 - 1754.
  42. “Multi-objective material selection for wind turbine blade and tower: Ashby's approach” with A. Rashedi, and K.J. Tseng, Materials and Design 37 (2012) 521-532.
  43. “Experimental and numerical investigations of the texture evolution in copper wire drawing”, with Karthic R Narayanan and Sathyan Subbiah,  Applied Physics A Materials Science and Processing, 107(2) (2012) 485-495.
  44. “On the design of Bi-Layer Armor Materials”, with A. Serjouei, W E Hua, Solid State Phenomena, 185 (2012) 48 -50.
  45.  “Design of Alporas Foam Cored Hybrid Sandwich Plates Using Kirging Optimisation” with Lim Yee Wei, Choi Hae-Jin, Composite Structures 96 (2013) 17-28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2012.06.007
  46. “Intra-Left Ventricular Flow Distributions in Diastolic and Systolic Phases, Based on Echo Velocity Flow Mapping of Normal subjects and Heart Failure Patients, to Characterize Left Ventricular Performance Outcomes of Heart Failure” with Le Thu Thao, Dhanjoo Ghista, to appear in Journal of Mechanics and Medicine in Biology (JMMB) (2012).
  47. “Fracture analysis of girth welded pipelines with 3D embedded cracks subjected to biaxial loading conditions", with Yi Dake, Xiao Zhongmin and Shashi Bhushan Kumar, Engineering Fracture Mechanics 96 (2012) 570-587.
  48. “Ballistic Impact on Bi-layer Alumina/Aluminium Armor: A Semi-Analytical Approach” with Chi Runqiang, Ahmad Serjouei and Tan Eng Beng Geoffrey, International Journal of Impact Engineering 52 (2013) 37-46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2012.10.001
  49. “Life cycle assessment of 50 MW wind firms and strategies for impact reduction” with  A. Rashedi, and K.J. Tseng, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews 21 (2013) 89-101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2012.12.045
  50. “Static and fatigue failure analysis of adhesively bonded thick composite single lap joints”, with J.H. Tang and N. Srikanth, Composites Science and Technology 86 (2013) 18-25.
  51. “Relative performance of metal and polymeric foam sandwich plates under low velocity impact”, with A. Rajaneesh and S. Rajendran, International Journal of Impact Engineering 65 (2014) 126-136.
  52. “Failure mapping of adhesively bonded single lap joints: nondimensional analysis” with Tang Jiann Haur, Srikanth Narasimalu, Engineering Fracture Mechanics 121-122  (2014) 116-128.
  53. “Failure mode maps for circular composites sandwich plates under bending”, with A. Rajaneesh and S. Rajendran, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 83 (2014) 184-195.
  54. “Magnetocaloric properties and critical behavior of high relative cooling power FeNiB nanoparticles”, V. Chaudhary, D.V. Maheswar Repaka, A. Chaturvedi and R.V. Ramanujan, Journal of Applied Physics 116, 163918 (2014); doi: 10.1063/1.4900736
  55. “Fe-Ni-Mn Nanoparticles for Magnetic Cooling Near Room Temperature”, Varun Chaudhary, Apoorva Chaturvedi and Raju V. Ramanujan, IEEE Magnetics Letters, 5 (2014) 6800104
  56. “An Empirical Model for the Ballistic Limit of Bi-layer Ceramic/metal Armour”, with Ahmad Serjouei, Runqiang Chi and Tan Eng Bee, Geoffrey, Procedia Engineering  75 (2014) 14-18.
  57. “Minimum mass design of thin tubular structures under eccentric compressive loading” with A.M. Rashedi, K.J. Tseng, N. Srikanth, Thin-Walled Structures 90 (2015)191–201.
  58. “Experimental validation of BLV model on bi-layer ceramic-metal armor”, with Ahmad Serjouei, Runqiang Chi and Zhiyuan Zhang, International Journal of Impact Engineering 77 (2015) 30 – 41.
  59. “Multi-criteria decision making techniques for compliant polishing tool selection”, with Adhithya Plato Sidharth Arunachalam and Sathyan Subbiah, The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology  79 (2015) 519–530. DOI 10.1007/s00170-015-6822-y.
  60. “Nondimensional analysis of single lap joint subjected to out-of-plane loading” with Tang Jiann-Haur and N. Srikanth, International Journal of Solids and Structures 62 (2015) 229-238.
  61. “Pre-stress effect on confined ceramic armor ballistic performance” with Chi Runqiang, Ahmad Serjouei and Tan Eng Beng Geoffrey, International Journal of Impact Engineering (2015) 84 (2015) 159–170.
  62. “The role of quasi-plasticity on the extreme contact damage tolerance of the stomatopod dactyl club" with Shahrouz Amini, Maryam Tadayon, and Ali Miserez,  Nature Materials
    14(9)  (2015):943-950.     DOI: 10.1038/NMAT4309  
  63. “Empirical ballistic limit velocity model for bi-layer ceramic metal armor”, with Ahmad Serjouei, Runqiang Chi and Tan Eng Bee, Geoffrey, International Journal of Protective Structures  6(3) (2015) 509-527.
  64. “Indentation Failure of Circular Composite Sandwich Panels”, with A. Rajaneesh and A.R. Akisanya, Materials & Design 89 (2016) 439-447.    DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2015.09.070
  65. “Long-term life prediction of woven CFRP laminates under three point flexural fatigue”, with A. Rajaneesh, W. Satrio and G.B. Chai, Composites B: Engineering 91 (2016) 539–547.
  66. “Fracture characterization of glass fiber composite laminate under experimental biaxial loading” with A. Rashedi, K.J. Tseng, Composite Structures 138 (2016) 17-29.
  67.  “On Improving Ballistic Limit of Bi-Layer Ceramic-Metal Armor”, with Ahmad Serjouei, Govind Gour, Xianfeng Zhang and GEB Tan, International Journal of Impact Engineering, 105  (2017) pp 54-67 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2016.09.015
  68. “Self-pumping magnetic cooling”, with V. Chaudhary, Z. Wang, A Ray, R. V. Ramanujan, Journal of Physics D; Applied Physics, 50 (2017) 03LT03.
  69. “Influence of geometry and hardness of the backing plate on ballistic performance of bi-layer ceramic armor”, with Gour Govind and Ahmad Serjouei, Procedia Engineering, 173 (2017) 93-100.
  70. “Failure Investigation of welded high nickel stainless steel flange-elbow joint”, with K.M. Kelvin Loh, Stedston Yeo, Engineering Failure Analysis, 78 (2017) 99-109.
  71.  “Development of Z-type hexaferrites for high frequency EMI shielding applications”, with SBS Magham, M. Sharma, SR Shannigrahi, Hui Ru Tan, V Sharma, Yu Song Meng, RV Ramanujan and DVM Repaka, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 441 (2017) 303 – 309.
  72. “Criterion for interface defeat to penetration transition of long rod projectile impact on ceramic armor”, with Xianfeng Zhang, Ahmad Serjouei, Thin-Walled Structures, 126 (2018) pp: 266 – 284. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tws.2017.04.016
  73.  “Printing and characterisation of Kagome lattice structures by fused deposition modelling”, with Rinoj Gautam and Stefanie Feih, Materials and Design, 137 (2018) 266-275.
  74.  “Three-dimensional topography modelling of regular prismatic grain coated abrasive discs", with Adhithya Plato Sidharth Arunachalam, The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology  96 (2018) pp 3521-3532 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-018-1731-5
  75. “A numerical and experimental study of distribution of the residual stress on the shot peened low alloy steel.” With Pham Quang Trung and David Lee Butler, ASME Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, 140(4) (2018), 041006
  76. “Flexural fatigue life prediction of CFRP-Nomex honeycomb sandwich beams”, with A. Rajaneesh, Z. Yian and G.B. Chai, Composite Structures 192  (2018) 225 – 231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2018.02.067
  77. “Failure Analysis of a Failed Anchor Chain Link”, with Alfred Akisanya, K.M. Kelvin Loh, Stedston Yeo, Engineering Failure Analysis,  89 (2018) 258 – 270. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfailanal.2018.03.007

78.  “Influence of stiffener configuration on post-buckled response of composite panels with impact damages”, S Nadeem Masood, Vishakh R, Kotresh Gaddikeri, Mr Vishak R, S R Viswamurthy, Sridhar Idapalapati, Composite Structures 194 (2018) 433-444. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2018.04.005

79.  “Material removal analysis for compliant polishing tool using adaptive meshing technique and Archard wear model”, with Adhithya Plato Sidharth Arunachalam, Wear 418-419 (2019) pp: 140-150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wear.2018.11.015

80.  “Effect of residual epoxy on single lap join performance” with V.S. Dharun, A. Atin and N Charles, Journal of Adhesion, 96 (10) 2020 : 883-901  https://doi.org/10.1080/00218464.2018.1538878

81.  “Microstructure-mechanical property correlation in shot peened and vibro-peened Ni-based superalloy”,  With Dharmesh Kumar et al., Journal of Materials Processing Technology 267 (2019) pp 215-229. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2018.12.007

82.  “Performance of strut-reinforced Kagome truss core structure under compression fabricated by selective laser melting”, with Gautam Rinoj, Materials & Design 164 (2019) 107541 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2018.107541

83.  “Compressive properties of additively manufactured functionally graded
Kagome lattice structure” with Gautam Rinoj, Metals 95(5) : 517 (2019) DOI: 10.3390/met9050517

84.  “Microstructural Characteristics and Strengthening Mechanisms in a Polycrystalline Ni-Based Superalloy under Deep Cold Rolling” with D. Kumar, W. Wei and A Bhowmik Materials Science and Engineering A 753 (2019) 285 – 299.

85.  “Uniaxial tensile failure of multi-core asymmetric sandwich composite structures with bonded repair”, with Gautam Prabhu, Vivek Katakam, Vijay Shankar Sridharan, Composite Structures, Volume 224, 15 September 2019, 111025, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2019.111025

86.  “Effect of Surface Mechanical Treatments on the Microstructural Property Performance of Engineering Alloys”, with Dharmesh Kumar, Wang Wei and Narasimalu Srikanth, Materials 12(16):2503 · August 2019  DOI: 10.3390/ma12162503

87.   “Fatigue of Surface Treated Nickel Based Superalloy at High Temperature”, with Chin Kai Siang and Dennise Tanoko Ardi, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance,  28(12) (2019) pp 7181-7187, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-019-04468-3

88.  “Temperature-dependent Peel Performance of Adhesively Rebonded Hybrid Joints” with D V Srinivasan and Atin Aggarwal,  International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives 97, March 2020, 102474. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijadhadh.2019.102474

89.  “Flatwise Compression and Local Indentation Response of 3D-Printed Strut-Reinforced Kagome with Polyurethane Filling” with Gautam R and Sridharan V. S., Journal of Metals (JoM) (2019) https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-019-03968-w

90.  “A novel retractable stiffener-based disk-shaped active compliant polishing tool” with Adhithya Plato Sidharth Arunachalam, Lim Yee Wei, Sathyan Subbiah, Journal of Manufacturing Processes 51 (2020) 83-94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmapro.2020.01.025

91.  “Thermo-mechanical debonding map for repairing composite-metal adhesive joints”, with Dharun Vadugappatty Srinivasan and Sridhar Idapalapati, Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology, 35 (2021) pp 3-14.   https://doi.org/10.1080/01694243.2020.1785991

92.  “Failure analysis of GFRP single lap joints tailored with a combination of tough epoxy and hyperelastic adhesives” with D.V. Srinivasan, V. Ravichandran, Composites Part B : Engineering Volume 200, 1 November 2020, 108255.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2020.108255

93.  “Thermal stress relaxation in shot peened and laser peened nickel-based superalloy” with K.S. Chin D. T. Ardi,  Journal of Materials Science & Technology, Volume 59, 15 December 2020, Pages 100-106,  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmst.2020.03.059

94.  “Fracture Toughness of the Stomatopod Dactyl Club is Enhanced by Plastic Dissipation: A Fracture Micromechanics Study”, with Jia Qing Isaiah Chua, Dharun Vadugappatty Srinivasan, Ali Miserez, Acta Biomaterialia (2021) 126(3) March 2021. 10.1016/j.actbio.2021.03.025

95.   “Influence of Residual Stress Distribution and Microstructural Characteristics on Fatigue Failure Mechanism in Ni-based Superalloy”, with Dharmesh Kumar, Wang Wei, Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures 44(6) (2021) 1583-1601. https://doi.org/10.1111/ffe.13454

96.  “Review of debonding techniques in adhesively bonded composite structures for sustainability”, with Dharun Vadugappatty Srinivasan, Sustainable Materials and Technologies, 30 (2021), e00345 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.susmat.2021.e00345   

97.   “Hybrid additive manufacturing of polymer composites reinforced with buckypapers and short carbon fibres”, with  Bartosz Mikolaj Gackowski, Helixman Phua, Mohit Sharma,  Composites Part A : Applied Science and Manufacturing Volume 154, March 2022, 106794. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2021.106794

98.  “Static and Fatigue Debond Resistance between the Composite Facesheet and Al Cores under Mode-1 in Sandwich Beams”, with Vignesh Selvam and Vijay shankar Sridharan, Journal of Composites Science, 2022, 6, 51. https:// doi.org/10.3390/jcs6020051

99.  “Equivalent Protection Factor of Bi-layer Ceramic Metal Structures” with Govind Gour, Goh Wei Liang, Shi Xiaong Defence Technology 18 (3) (2022) 384-400 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dt.2021.01.007

100.                   “Debonding of carbon fiber veil interleaved adhesively bonded GFRP joints via Joule heating”, with Caglar Hasan, Mohit Sharma, Chian Kerm Sin, Composites Part B : Engineering 230 (2022) 109544.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2021.109544

101.                   “Comparative Study of Composite Scarf and Strap Joints for Equivalent Repair Signature Under Uniaxial Tension”, with D V Srinivasan, S Ravisankar Padma Composites Part A : Applied Science and Manufacturing, Vol 158, July 2022, 106950.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2022.106950

102.                   “Processing and Characterisation of Tailorable 3D-Printed ABS Composites with Hybrid Buckypapers”, with Bartosz Mikolaj Gackowski, Mohit Sharma,  Composites Communications, Volume 32, June 2022, 101162 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coco.2022.101162

103.                   “Debonding of Bonded Composite Joints with TEP Modified Epoxy” with Caglar Hasan, Mohit Sharma and Chian Kerm Sin, “Journal of Adhesion” (2022). https://doi.org/10.1080/00218464.2022.2152333

104.                   "Enhanced cooling rates in laser directed energy deposition with interlayer peening" with Mithal Abeer, Niroj Maharjan, Rapid Prototyping 29 (6), 1289-1298 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1108/RPJ-11-2022-0395

105.                   “Multi-material additive manufacturing of self-heating structures for out-of-autoclave post-processing and de-icing” with Bartosz Mikolaj Gackowski and Mohit Sharma, Additive Manufacturing, Volume 68, 25 April 2023, 103519. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2023.103519

106.                   “Additive manufacturing of nylon composites with embedded multi-material piezoresistive strain sensors for structural health monitoring” with Bartosz Mikolaj Gackowski, Goh Guo Dong and Mohit Sharma, Composites B : Engineering  Volume 261, 15 July 2023, 110796. 10.1016/j.compositesb.2023.110796

107.                    “Effect of scarf repair geometry on the impact performance of aerospace composites”, with Vijay Shankar Sridharan, Polymers 15(10):2390 (2023). doi: 10.3390/polym15102390.

108.                    “Debonding-on-Demand Fe3O4-Epoxy Adhesively Bonded Dissimilar Joints via Electromagnetic Induction Heating” with Caglar Hasan, Y. Altay Aksoy, Baris Hasan, Mohit Sharma Chian Kerm Sin, Journal of Adhesion, 100(8) pp: 734-764, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1080/00218464.2023.2256670

109.                   “Microstructural evolution in laser-based directed energy deposition of 316 L stainless steel with interlayer deformation”, with Mithal Abeer, Niroj Maharjan, Materials Characterisation, 209, 113779 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchar.2024.113779

110.                   “The Role of Metallurgical Features in the Microbially Influenced Corrosion of Carbon Steel: A Critical Review”, with  Muhammad Awais Javed, Nicolò Ivanovich, Elena Messinese, Ruiliang Liu, Solange E. Astorga, Yee Phan Yeo,  Federico M. Lauro, Scott Wade, Microorganisms 2024, 12(5), 892; https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12050892

111.                   “Surface engineering of carbon nanotube-carbon fiber networks for enhanced strength in additive manufacturing of nylon composites”, with Bartosz Mikolaj Gackowski, Mohit Sharma, Xue Qi Koh, Debbie Hwee Leng Seng, Deepak Verma, Vijayakumar Raveenkumar,  Composites A ,  186, (2024), 108383  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2024.108383 (2024).

112.                   “Understanding residual stress evolution in directed energy deposition with interlayer deformation”, with Mithal Abeer, Niroj Maharjan, Chew Youxiang, Nicholas Tan Yew Jin, to appear in ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering (2024).

113.                   “Hybrid additive manufacturing for site specific tensile response in 316L stainless steel" with Mithal Abeer, Niroj Maharjan, Chew Youxiang,  to appear in  Advanced Engineering Materials (Wiley Publication) (2024). DOI:10.1002/adem.202400510.

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