STRUCTURESSTRUCTURES TEACHING COURSES Aerospace Structures Aircraft Structural Analysis, Solid mechanics, Composite Materials & Structures, Stochastic Dynamics, Helicopter Aero-elasticity, Damage Mechanics of Laminated Composites, Fracture Mechanics, Experimental Stress Analysis, Finite Element Analysis ELECTIVES • HELICOPTER DYNAMICS AND AEROELASTICITY • THEORY OF SMART STRUCTURES . – 300kip compression testing machine – An environment chamber and dewar – PXI Based Data Acquisition System – Composite making and testing facility . – Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer (DMA) – 10 KN Universal Testing Machine – Laser Displacement Sensor – Torsion test set up.Structures Laboratory • Major Equipments – 20 ton Universal Testing Machine. . . . Structures Laboratory • Research Activities – – – – – Smart Materials & Structures Noise & Vibration Suppression Multi-scale material modeling Stochastic modeling. damage Helicopter Dynamics and Aeroelasticity – Composites . Structural Dynamics & Aero elasticity • • • • • • • • • • • • Studies on helicopter rotor/fuselage dynamics Fixed wing and rotary wing aero elasticity Modeling and Analysis of Smart Structures Damage Modeling and structural Health Monitoring Experimental Investigation of Smart and Composite Structures Material Characterization Stochastic Modeling Linear and Non-Linear Vibrations Structural Optimization Multi Scale Material Modeling Structural Dynamics Intelligent / Autonomous Micro Air Vehicles design .Structures. . . . SERB ARMREB. STC. DRDL. DST. BOEING. • Approximately 38. AICTE. MHRD.Sponsored projects (last 5 years) • The department has completed a large number of sponsored research for agencies like AR&DB. VSSC. Indian Railways. ADA. CEMILAC. 34 of them have been completed. NAL. HAL. DST. ASTE. ADRDE. CSIR. BARC. ADA. AOARD. HEMRL. ADE. GTRE. ISRO.5 crores . DRDO. DAE. • 66 projects undertaken. BRNS. . SIMPLE. ARPOL. DRDO. MISC. P&W. ADRDE. 18 are on going. BHEL. PWC. L&T. GTRE. FHPL. etc… .7 crores). CETHAR. IBPIL. BGRES. BHARAT. NCC. PAHAR.Consultancy projects • Department is involved in 46 projects (~9. HEWPL. GANNON. HAL. NSTL. MIS. SIMON. DTL. DRDL. • Some of the agencies are: ADA. . C. Kushari. Gupta.PATENTS • Estimation of inertia tensor and center of gravity of a vehicle on a three axis platform. S. Patent Application No.1886/Del/2007 Dated:06-09-2007(Sanjeev K. C. Venkatesan) • Piston based resister. 2365/DEL/2007 Dated: 13-11-2007 (Sanjeev K. Kushari. Upadhyay and C. Kushari. Gupta. A. C. Upadhyay and C. Venkatesan) . Patent Application No. S. A. Venkatesan) • Profile measurement machine. 1656/DEL/2007 Dated: 03-08-2007 (Sanjeev K. A.Patent Application No. Upadhyay and C. S. Gupta. S. C. A. Upadhyay and C. A. A. C. Venkatesan) • Estimation of inertia tensor and centre of gravity of a vehicle on the three axis platform: Patent Application No. Upadhyay and C. S. S. 1656/DEL/2007 Dated: 03-08-2007 (Sanjeev K. Kushari. Venkatesan) .1886/Del/2007 Dated:06-09-2007(Sanjeev K. Kushari. 2365/DEL/2007 Dated: 13-11-2007 (Sanjeev K. Gupta. Upadhyay and C. Gupta. Gupta. C. Kushari.PATENTS • Profile measuring Machine: Patent Application No. Venkatesan) • Piston based resister: Patent Application No. .RESEARCH AREAS – Computational Aeroelasticity. design and analysis of fastener systems (for Indian Railways) – Smart structure modeling and analysis – Composite structure analysis and design. homogenization. generalized damage mechanics. mini-helicopter design and fabrication – Stochastic analysis. dynamics and vibration. New Research Initiatives • ACECOST program for composite materials and structures • Damage and fracture mechanics • Shell and missile dynamics • Aero-acoustics. aeroelasticity and aero-servo-elasticity . 519. Journal of Mechanics and Physics of Solids. P.JOURNALS • Dynamic mechanical behavior of epoxy variant sandwich structures. N. Sottos. Sottos and P. Geubelle. India. Dec 2012. 57. 51-66. R. • Mixed-mode interfacial adhesive strength of a thin film on an anisotropic substrate. R. • A hybrid experimental/numerical approach to characterize interfacial adhesion in multilayer low-k thin film specimens. Rajesh and R. . R. 2009. N. 337-344. IIT Delhi. Kitey. Kitey. P. H. 2010. P. V. I. H. Geubelle and N. 9. R. V. 3rd Asian Conference on Mechanics of Functional Materials and Structures (ACMFMS). Kitey. Thin Solid Films. 2005. V. 85. 112-113.and micromeasurements. December 2007. R. Vol. December 2012. 23-24. Kitey and H. Region-by-region modeling of laminated composite plates. 217-234. Tippur. • Mohite PM and Upadhyay CS. • Role of particle size and filler-matrix adhesion on dynamic fracture of glass-filled epoxy: II. I. Linkage between macro. ActaMaterialia. 37-53. A generalized adaptive analysis of laminated plates. V. 53. Kitey and H. Vol. • Mohite PM and Upadhyay CS. V. 48.JOURNALS • Mixed-mode Dynamic Crack growth past a stiff inclusion: Optical investigation of inclusion eccentricity and inclusionmatrix adhesion strength. R.V. 1808-1827. 1. 2008. P. P. Experimental Mechanics. Tippur. 1167-1178. Computers and Structures. . 65. Vol. 2013. 671680. • Mohite PM and Upadhyay CS.JOURNALS • Prasanna Kumar I. 217-234 . 419-432. A generalized adaptive analysis of laminated plates. Axial compressive strength testing of single carbon fibres. • V Murari. Vol. 2013. Micromechanics based ply level material degradation model for unidirectional composites. Vol. CS Upadhyay. Archives of Mechanics. 27-43. CS Upadhyay. Vol. Composite Structures. • V Murari. 96. December 2012. 112-113. 94. Mohite PM and Kamle S. Micromechanics Based Diffuse Damage Model for Unidirectional Composites. Composite Structures. 2012. D. 8. 2005-2014. Onkar. Jayakumar. 14. Yadav* and B. Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulations. 153-162. C. D. 798-809. “Nonlinear free vibration analysis of generic coupled induced strain actuated Piezolaminated beams”. C. 74. 2009. S.JOURNALS • Amit Kr. D. • K. Upadhyay. 72. Journal of Applied Mechanics. 45. • Amit Kr. “Stochastic finite element buckling analysis of laminated composite plates with circular cutout under uniaxial compression” ASME. NageswaraRao. Upadhyay. “Stochastic buckling analysis of laminated plates with random material properties under shear and compression” AIAA Journal. Yadav* and B. ForschungimIngenieurwesen. . • K. Yadav. “Nonlinear Free Vibration Analysis of Piezo-Laminated Plates with Random Actuation Electric Potential Difference and Material Properties". Jayakumar. D. 2007. Yadav*. S. NageswaraRao. 2007. 2008. 1446-1663. Onkar.