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Education
- B.S., Mechanical Engineering (Gold Medalist, 1st rank in 3 states), Punjabi Univ., India, 1968.
- M.A.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Univ. of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada, 1969.
- Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA, 1972.
Research Interests
Multiscale Analysis of Multiphysics Problems involving material and Geometric Nonlinearities, Nanomechanics, Dynamic Failure under Shock Loads, Smart Structures, Functionally Graded Materials.
Work of Research Group featured on Cover of Computational Materials Science
Featured from: D. Verma, S. S. Gupta and R. C. Batra, Vibration Mode Localization in Single- and Multi-layered Graphene Nanoribbons, Computational Materials Science, 95, 41-52, 2014.
Group activities
Text Book: Elements of Continuum Mechanics
Computer Code (in Fortran) for the solution of linear elastodynamic problems by the meshless local Petrov-Galerkin (MLPG) method.
Penetration Simulations
Simulations of a Taylor Impact Test
- Depleted Uranium (DU)
- Tungsten heavy alloy (WHA)
Modeling and Simulation Capabilities (powerpoint)
Research Activities in the Computational Mechanics Lab (poster)