Composite Materials

R. Velmurugan is a Senior Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai. His areas of research include composite materials, nano materials, finite element analysis, structural crashworthiness and impact mechanics. He has completed many consultancies and sponsored projects from many DRDO labs, ISRO centers, government agencies and private industries. Dr. Velmurugan has published more than 300 papers in journals and conferences and guided many students for PhD, MS and MTech Degrees. Dr. Velmurugan has Google citation of more than 5,000 with an h-index of 40, an i-10 index of 116 and a Scopus h-index of 34. Dong Ruan is a Chair Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Product Design Engineering, Swinburne University, Melbourne, Australia. Her research interests include additive manufacturing of continuous fiber-reinforced composite materials and structures, characterization of the mechanical properties of various materials at high strain rates and evaluation of the mechanical response of structures (such as multi-layered panels and tubes) under dynamic loadings. She has published over 240 academic papers in top international journals and prestigious international conferences. Dr. Ruan has secured over $20 million research grants from Australian Research Council (ARC), Defence Materials and Technology Centre (DMTC), Cooperative Research Centre for Advanced Automotive Technology (AutoCRC), CAST CRC and Rail Manufacturing CRC, among others. She has supervised more than 20 PhD students. Dr. Ruan has Google citation of more than 6,400 with h-index of 42 and i-10 index of 111. S. Gurusideswar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology Madras, Kattankulathur, India. Prior to this, he worked as a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai. During his postdoc tenure, Dr. Gurusideswar worked on dynamic characterization of ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) material, which is developed for blast and impact-resistant structures. His areas of research include: composite structures, computer aided design, experimental mechanics, high strain rate characterization and digital image correlation (DIC) technique. Dr. Gurusideswar has published more than 20 academic papers in journals and conferences.

1. Strain Rate Studies on Metallic and Non-Metallic Materials for Tensile and Compressive Behaviour Under Impact Loading: A Review. 2. Mechanical Properties of 3D Printed Materials at High Strain Rates. 3. High Strain Studies of Polymer and Fibre-Reinforced Polymer Nanocomposites. 4. High Strain Rate Testing Setup Using Drop Mass Tower and Non-Contact Strain Measurement Technique. 5. Effect of High Strain Rate on the Tensile Behaviour of 3D Printed ABS Polymer. 6. Effects of Different Strain Rates on the Tensile Properties of Bi-Directional Glass/Epoxy, Carbon/Epoxy and Interply Hybrid Composites Using DIC. 7. Rate-Dependent Cohesive Zone Modelling for Polyurea-Steel Interface. 8. A Study on the Dynamic Behaviour of Multilayered Aluminium Alloy A5083 Due to Loading at High Strain Rates. 9. High Strain Rate Tensile Testing of High-Strength Steel Using Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar. 10. High Strain Rate Testing of Automotive Sheet Steel with Evaluation of a Double-Cell Crash Box. 11. Role of Notch Location and Loading Rate on Tensile Strength of Glass/Epoxy Composites. 12. Impact Analysis of Concrete Structure Using a Rate-Dependent Damage Model. 13. A Novel Pulse-Shaping Technique to Forecast the Behavior of Brittle Material Using Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar. 14. Experimental Investigation of Dynamic Behaviour of Ceramic Material and the Effectiveness of Pulse Shapers. 15. Optimizing Pulse Shaper Dimensions for Testing Rocks in Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar. 16. Dynamic Strength Enhancement of Concrete in Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar Test. 17. Static and Dynamic Strength and Failure in Fiber-Reinforced Ultra-High-Performance Concrete. 18. Dynamic Characterization of Goat Tibia. 19. FE Study on the Effect of Angle of Impact on the Performance of Aluminium Plate against an Ogive Projectile. 20. Ballistic Performance of Oblique Impact on Monolithic and Layered in-Contact Metallic Targets against Ogival-Shaped Projectiles. 21. Parametric Study on Ballistic Impact Response of Ceramic-Composite Armour. 22. A Numerical Investigation on UHMWPE Composite Panel Subjected to Ballistic Impact with Lead Core Projectiles. 23. High-Velocity Impact Response of Titanium/Composite Laminates: An Analytical Modeling. 24. Transient Dynamic Response of Clay Brick Masonry Walls of Varying Aspect Ratios against Low-Velocity Impact Load. 25. A 3D Shear Deformation Theory for the Dynamic Response of 3D Braided Composite Shells under Low-Velocity Impact. 26. Mechanical Characterization of Bio-Sandwich Structures with Composite Skins and Coconut Shell Powder-Filled Epoxy Core. 27. Numerical Investigation of the Influence of the Design Parameters on the Blast Mitigation Response of Steel Plate Subjected to Free-Air Blasts. 28. Numerical Simulation of Water Tank Used for Underwater Blast Testing. 29. Performance of RC Plates Subjected to Explosive Loading. 30. Blast Response Analysis of Composite Column. 31. Characterization of Near-Field Blast Response of Aluminum Honeycomb Using Finite Element Simulations. 32. Parametric Study on Blast Response Mitigation Using Tube-Reinforced Honeycomb Sandwich Structures