RESEARCH AT NMCAD


RESEARCH INTERESTS


  • Nonlinear Mechanics of Smart Composite Beams, Plates, Shells, Sandwich & Inflatable Structures
  • Concurrent Multi-scale Probabilistic Constitutive Modeling of Multifunctional Materials
  • Analysis, Design & Structural Health Monitoring of Composites for Aerospace Vehicles
  • Multi-Flexible-Body Dynamics using Symbolic Manipulators
  • Flight vehicle Design including fixed and flapping wing Micro Air Vehicles

SPONSORED RESEARCH PROJECTS/ CONSULTANCY/ COLLABORATION


  • Spiral Aluminium Joint Analysis for Long Composite Oil Pipelines, Ameron International Inc., USA (1998-1999)
  • Design & Analysis of Composite Pressure Vessel, Composite Product Development Center, Defence R&D Organization, Hyderabad (1999-2001)
  • Design & Analysis of Large Composite Pressure Vessels including Metal-to-Composite Interfaces, Advanced Systems Laboratory, Defence R&D Organization, Hyderabad (2001-2004)
  • Static Indentation on Composite Laminates with & without Flexure, Structures Panel, AR&DB (2001-2004)
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Dhruv (Advanced Light Helicopter)'s Tail Rotor Flexbeam using Smart Materials, Rotary Wing Research & Development Center, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (2002-2006)
  • Vibration Reduction in Suspensions for Computer Hard Disks, KR Precision, Ayutthaya, Thailand (Proposed)
  • Concurrent Multiscale Electro-Mechanical Modeling of PFRC for Development of Multifunctional Smart Aerospace Structures in a Non-Deterministic Framework, Boeing, USA (2006-2011)
  • Characterization of Structure-Battery Multifunctional Materials for Micro Aerial Vehicles Applications, Aeronautical Development Establishment (2007-2009)
  • Elastic Stability of Composite Sandwich Structures for Aerospace Applications, Student & Faculty Exchange Program, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy (Apr 2010-July 2010)
  • Student Exchange Program, ENS de Cachan, France (2008-2009)
  • Inflatable Structure Modeling using VAM & LATIN, CEFIPRA, ENS de Cachan, France (2008-2009)
  • Student & Faculty Exchange Program, ENS de Cachan, France, 2008—2009 (D. Harursampath & Burela Ramesh Gupta)
  • Student & Faculty Exchange Program, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy, 2012 & 2013—14 (D. Harursampath & Keshava Kumar Subhakar Rao)
  • Faculty Exchange Program, TU Delft, Delft, The Netherlands, 2012 (D. Harursampath)
  • Piezo-Composite MAV Wing as Integral Structure and Actuator, National Program on MICro Aerial Vehicles (NPMICAV), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, 2011-2015.
  • Composite Rotor Flex Beam Flapping Optimization, Concordia University, Canada and Bell Helicopter Textron, USA, 2013-2016.
  • Australia-India Strategic Research Fund (AISRF) Proposal on “Development & Validation of Smart Bio-nano-composites as Selective Gas Barrier Materials,” with RMIT, Melbourne & Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia (Proposed)
  • Indo-French IFCPAR/CEFIPRA Proposal on “Inflatable Structure Modeling using VAM & LATIN,” with ENS de Cachan, France, (Proposed)
  • Vibration Reduction in Suspensions for Computer Hard Disks, KR Precision, Ayutthaya, Thailand, (Proposed)
  • Reverse Process Modeling for Next-Gen Rubber-Cord Composite Tires with Nanoparticle Reinforcements, Goodyear Tires, Akron, OH, USA, (Proposed)
  • “Assessment, selection and adaptation of online local pressure measurement technologies inside autoclave in composite fabrication,” Airbus Global, Bangalore, India, (Proposed)