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  1. S. S. Vel and R. C. Batra, The Generalized Plane Strain Deformations of Thick Anisotropic Composite Laminated Plates, Int. J. Solids Structures, 37, 715-733, 2000
  2. J.-H. Yu and R. C. Batra, Constrained Layer Damping in Finite Shearing Deformations, J. Sound & Vibration, 229, 445--452, 2000.
  3. Z. Q. Cheng and R. C. Batra, Exact Correspondence Between Eigenvalues of Membranes and Functionally Graded Simply Supported Polygonal Plates, J. Sound & Vibration, 229, 879-895, 2000.
  4. R. C. Batra and R. R. Gummalla, Effect of Material and Geometric Parameters on Deformations Near the Notch-tip of a Dynamically Loaded Prenotched Plate, Int. J. Fracture, 101, 99-140, 2000.
  5. Z.-Q. Cheng and R. C. Batra, Three-Dimensional Asymptotic Scheme for Piezothermoelastic Laminates, J. Thermal Stresses, 23, 95-110, 2000.
  6. Z. Q. Cheng and R. C. Batra, Generalized Plane Solution for Monoclinic Piezoelectric Laminates, AIAA J., 38, 335-341, 2000.
  7. Z. Q. Cheng and R. C. Batra, Three-Dimensional Asymptotic Analysis of Multiple-Electroded Piezoelectric Laminates, AIAA J., 38, 317-324, 2000.
  8. S. S. Vel and R. C. Batra, Cylindrical Bending of Laminated Plates with Distributed and Segmented Piezoelectric Actuator/Sensors,AIAA J., 38, 857-867, 2000.
  9. Z.-Q. Cheng and R. C. Batra, Three-Dimensional Thermoelastic Deformations of a Functionally Graded Elliptic Plate, Composites B,31, 97-106, 2000.
  10. Z.-Q. Cheng and R. C. Batra, Deflection Relationships Between the Homogeneous Plate Theory and Different Functionally Graded Plate Theories, Archives of Mechanics, 52, 143-158, 2000.
  11. R. C. Batra and J. H. Yu, Torsion of a Viscoelastic Cylinder, J. Appl. Mechs., 67, 424-427, 2000.
  12. S. S. Vel and R. C. Batra, Closure to The Generalized Plane Strain Deformations of thick Anisotropic Composite Laminated Plates,Int. J. Solids Structures, 38, 483-489, 2000.
  13. S. S. Vel and R. C. Batra, Three-dimensional Analytical Solutions for Hybrid Multilayered Piezoelectric Plates,  J. Appl. Mechs., 67, 558-567, 2000.
  14. R. C. Batra and M. V. S. Ravisankar, Three-dimensional Numerical Simulation of the Kalthoff Experiment, Int. J. Fracture, 105, 161-186, 2000.
  15. L. Chen and R. C. Batra, Microstructural Effects on Shear Instability and Shear Band Spacing, Theoretical & Appl. Fracture Mechs.,34, 155-166, 2000.
  16. S. Vidoli and R. C. Batra, Derivation of Plate and Rod Equations for a Piezoelectric Body from a Mixed Three-Dimensional Variational Principle, J. Elasticity, 59, 23-50, 2000.
  17. R. C. Batra, Comparison of Results from Four Linear Constitutive Relations in Isotropic Finite Elasticity, Int. J. Nonlinear Mechanics, 36, 421-432, 2001.
  18. S. S. Vel and R. C. Batra, Generalized Plane Strain Thermoelastic Deformation of Laminated Anisotropic Thick Plates, Int. J. Solids Structures, 38, 1395-1414, 2001.
  19. S. S. Vel and R. C. Batra, Analysis of Piezoelectric Bimorphs and Plates with Segmented Actuators, Thin-Walled Structures, 39(1), 23-44, 2001.
  20. Z.-Q. Cheng and R. C. Batra, Thermal Effects on Laminated Composite Shells Containing Interfacial Imperfections, J. Comp. Structures, 52(1), 3-11, 2001.
  21. R. C. Batra and J.-H. Yu, Effect of Inertia Forces on the Damping of a Constrained Layer Finitely Deformed in Shearing, J. Sound & Vibration, 241, 913-919, 2001.
  22. S. Vidoli and R. C. Batra, Coupled Extensional and Torsional Deformations of a Piezoelectric Cylinder, Smart Materials & Structures, 10, 300-304, 2001.
  23. S. S. Vel and R. C. Batra, Exact Solution for the Cylindrical Bending of Laminated Plates with Embedded Shear Actuators, Smart Materials & Structures, 10, 240-251, 2001.
  24. R. C. Batra and N. A. Jaber, Failure Mode Transition Speeds in an Impact Loaded Prenotched Plate with Four Thermoviscoplastic Relations, Int. J. Fracture, 110, 47-71, 2001.
  25. H.-K. Ching and R. C. Batra, Determination of Crack Tip Fields in Linear Elastostatics by the Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin (MLPG) Method, Computer Modeling in Eng'g & Sciences, 2, 273-289, 2001.
  26. R. C. Batra and L. Chen, Instability Analysis and Shear Band Spacing in Gradient-Dependent Thermoviscoplastic Materials with Finite Speeds of Thermal Waves, Archives of Mechanics 53, 167-192, 2001.
  27. R. C. Batra and L. Chen, Effect of Viscoplastic Relations on the Instability Strain, Shear Band Initiation Strain, the Strain Corresponding to the Minimum Shear Band Spacing, and the Band Width in a Thermoviscoplastic Materials, Int. J. Plasticity,17, 1465-1489, 2001.
  28. S. S. Vel and R. C. Batra, Exact Solution for Rectangular Sandwich Plates with Embedded Piezoelectric Shear Actuators, AIAA J.,39, 1363-1373, 2001.
  29. R. C. Batra and T. S. Geng, Enhancement of the Dynamic Buckling Load for a Plate by Using Piezoceramic Actuators, Smart Materials & Structures, 10, 925-933, 2001.
  30. B. Jiang and R. C. Batra, Micromechanical Modeling of a Composite Containing Piezoelectric and Shape Memory Alloy Inclusions,J. of Intelligent Materials and Systems, 12, 165-182, 2001.
  31. B. Jiang and R.C. Batra, Effective Electroelastic Properties of a Piezocomposite with Viscoelastic and Dielectric Relaxing Matrix, J. Intelligent Materials and Systems, 12, 847-866, 2001.
  32. R. C. Batra and S. Vidoli, Higher Order Piezoelectric Plate Theory Derived from a Three-Dimensional Variational Principle, AIAA J.,40(1), 91-104, 2002.
  33. R. D. Kriz, D. Farkas, R. C. Batra, R. T. Levensalor and S. D. Parikh, Combined Research and Curriculum Development of Web-Based Educational Modules on Mechanical Behavior of Materials, J. of Materials Education, 24, 41-52, 2002.
  34. A. Warlock, H.-K. Ching, A. K. Kapila and R. C. Batra, Plane Strain Deformations of an Elastic Material Compressed in a Rough Rectangular Cavity, Int. J. Engng. Sci. 40, 991-1010, 2002.
  35. A. C. Loos, D. Rattazzi and R. C. Batra, A Three-Dimensional Model of the Resin Film Infusion Process, J. Composite Materials,36, 1255-1273, 2002.
  36. S. S. Vel and R. C. Batra, Exact Solutions for Thermoelastic Deformations of Functionally Graded Thick Rectangular Plates, AIAA J., 40(7), 1421-1433, 2002.
  37. B. Jiang and R.C. Batra, Effective Properties of a Piezocomposite Containing Shape Memory Alloy and Inert Inclusions, Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics, 14, 87-111, 2002.
  38. R. C. Batra, S. Vidoli and F. Vestroni, Plane Waves and Modal Analysis in Higher-Order Shear and Normal Deformable Plate Theories, J. Sound & Vibration, 257(1), 63-88, 2002.
  39. R. C. Batra, Universal Relations for Transversely Isotropic Elastic Materials, Mathematics & Mechanics of Solids, 7, 421-437, 2002.
  40. R. C. Batra and H.-K. Ching, Energy Release Rates in a Constrained Epoxy Disc with Hookean and Mooney-Rivlin Materials,Theoretical & Appl. Fracture Mechs., 38, 165-175, 2002.
  41. R. C. Batra and T. S. Geng, Comparison of Active Constrained Layer Damping by using Extension and Shear Mode Actuators, J. Intelligent Materials and Structures, 13(6), 349-367, 2002.
  42. R. C. Batra and H.-K. Ching, Analysis of Elastodynamic Deformations near a Crack/Notch Tip by the Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin (MLPG) Method, Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, 3, 717-730, 2002.
  43. Z. Wei and R. C. Batra, Dependence of Instability Strain Upon Damage in Thermoviscoplastic Materials, Archives of Mechanics, 54, pp. 691-707, 2002.
  44. S. S. Vel and R. C. Batra, Generalized Plane Strain Thermopiezoelectric Analysis of Multilayered Plates, J. Thermal Stresses, 26, 353-377, 2003.
  45. R. C. Batra, N. A. Jaber and M. E. Malsbury, Analysis of Failure Modes in an Impact Loaded Thermoviscoplastic Prenotched Plate,Int. J. Plasticity, 19(2), 139-196, 2003.
  46. Z. G. Wei and R. C. Batra, Deformations of an Axially Loaded Thermoviscoplastic Bar due to Laser Heating, J. of Thermal Stresses26, 701-712, 2003.
  47.  L. F. Qian, R. C. Batra and L. M. Chen, Elastostatic Deformations of a Thick Plate by using a Higher-Order Shear and Normal Deformable Plate Theory and Two Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin (MLPG) Methods, Computer Modeling in Eng'g and Sciences, 4, 161-176, 2003.
  48. R. C. Batra and S. Aimmanee, Missing Frequencies in Previous Exact Solutions of Free Vibrations of Simply Supported Rectangular Plates, J. of Sound & Vibrations, 265, 887-896, 2003.
  49. S. S. Vel and R. C. Batra, Three-dimensional Analysis of Transient Thermal Stresses in Functionally Graded Plates, Int. J. of Solids & Structures, 40, pp. 7181-7196, 2003.
  50. L. F. Qian, R. C. Batra and L. M. Chen, Free and Forced Vibrations of Thick Rectangular Plates by using Higher-Order Shear and Normal Deformable Plate Theory and Meshless Petrov-Galerkin (MLPG) Method, Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences, 4, 519-534, 2003.
  51. F. dell’Isola, G. Sciarra and R. C. Batra, Static Deformations of a Linear Elastic Porous Body filled with an Inviscid Fluid, J. Elasticity, 33, 99-120, 2003.
  52. G. Saccomandi and R. C. Batra, Additional Universal Relations for Transversely Isotropic Elastic Materials, Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, 9, 167-174, 2004.
  53. S. S. Vel and R. C. Batra, Three-dimensional Exact Solution for the Vibration of Functionally Graded Rectangular Plates, J. of Sound and Vibration 272, 703-730, 2004.
  54. R. C. Batra, L. F. Qian and L. M. Chen, Natural Frequencies of Thick Square Plates Made of Orthotropic, Trigonal, Monoclinic, Hexagonal and Triclinic Materials, J. Sound and Vibration, 270, 1074-1086, 2004.
  55. S. S. Vel, R. Mewer and R. C. Batra, Analytical Solution for the Cylindrical Bending Vibration of Piezoelectric Composite Plates,Int. J. Solids & Structures, 41, 1625-1643, 2004.
  56. L. F. Qian, R. C. Batra and L. M. Chen, Static and Dynamic Deformations of Thick Functionally Graded Elastic Plate by using Higher-Order Shear and Normal Deformable Plate Theory and Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin Method, Composites: Part B, 35, 685-697, 2004.
  57. P. R. Marur, R. C. Batra, G. Garcia and A. C. Loos, Static and Dynamic Fracture Toughness of Epoxy/alumina Composite with Submicron Inclusions, J. of Material Science, 39, 1437-1440, 2004.
  58. A. Sears and R. C. Batra, Macroscopic Properties of Carbon Nanotubes from Molecular-Mechanics Simulations, Physical Reviews B,69, 235406, 2004.
  59. L. F. Qian, R. C. Batra and L. M. Chen, Analysis of Cylindrical Bending Thermoelastic Deformations of Functionally Graded Plates by a Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin Method, Computational Mechanics, 33, 263-273, 2004.
  60. G. M. Zhang and R. C. Batra, Modified Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics Method and Its Application to Transient Problems,Computational Mechanics, 34, 137-146, 2004.
  61. L. F. Qian and R. C. Batra, Transient Thermoelastic Deformations of a Thick Functionally Graded Plate, J. of Thermal Stresses, 27, 705-740, 2004.
  62. R. C. Batra and M. H. Lear, Simulation of Brittle and Ductile Fracture in an Impact Loaded Prenotched Plate, Int. J. of Fracutre, 126, 179-203, 2004.
  63. R. C. Batra and B. M. Love, Adiabatic Shear Bands in Functionally Graded Materials, J. Thermal Stresses, 27, 1101-1123, 2004.
  64. R. C. Batra, M. Porfiri and D. Spinello, Treatment of Material Discontinuity in Two Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin (MLPG) Formulations of Axisymmetric Transient Heat Conduction, Int. J. for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 61, 2461-2479, 2004.
  65. R. C. Batra, G. M. Zhang, Analysis of Adiabatic Shear Bands in Elasto-Thermo-Viscoplastic Materials by Modified Smoothed-Particle Hydrodynamics (MSPH) Method, Journal of Computational Physics, 201, 172-190, 2004.
  66. R. C. Batra, Instabilities in Biaxially Loaded Rectangular Membrane and Spherical Balloons made of Compressible Hyperelastic Materials, Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, 10, 471-485, 2005.
  67. L. F. Qian and R. C. Batra, Design of Bidirectional Functionally Graded Plate for Optimal Natural Frequencies, J. of Sound and Vibration, 280, 415-424, 2005.
  68. R. C. Batra, I. Muller, and P. Strehlow, Treloar's Biaxial Tests and Kearsley's Bifurcation in Rubber Sheets, Mathematics and Mechanics of Solid, 10, 705-713, 2005.
  69. R. C. Batra and J. Jin, Natural Frequencies of a Functionally Graded Anisotropic Rectangular Plate, J. Sound and Vibration, 282, 509-516, 2005.
  70. R. C. Batra, F. Dell’Isola and G. C. Ruta, Second-order Solution of Saint-Venant’s Problem for an Elastic Bar Predeformed in Flexure, Int. J. of Nonlinear Mechanics, 40, 411-422, 2005.
  71. R. C. Batra and M. H. Lear, Adiabatic Shear Banding in Plane Strain Tensile Deformations of Eleven Thermoelastoviscoplastic Materials with Finite Thermal Wave Speed, Int. J. Plasticity, 21, 1521-1545, 2005.
  72. A. J. M. Ferreira, R. C. Batra, C. M. C. Roque, L. F. Qian and P. A. L. S. Martins, Static Analysis of Functionally Graded Plates Using Third-order Shear Deformation Theory and a Meshless Method, Composite Structures, 69, 449-457, 2005.
  73. L. F. Qian and R. C. Batra, Three-Dimensional Transient Heat Conduction in a Functionally Graded Thick Plate with a Higher-Order Plate Theory and a Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin Method, Computational Mechanics , 35, 214-226, 2005.
  74. R. C. Batra, Z. G. Wei, Dynamic Buckling of a Thin Thermoviscoplastic Rectangular Plate, Thin-Walled Structures, 43, 273-290, 2005.
  75. R. C. Batra, F. dell’Isola, S. Vidoli, D. Vigilante, Multimode Vibration Suppression with Passive Two-Terminal Distributed Network Incorporating Piezoceramic Transducers, Int. J. of Solids and Structures, 42, 2115-3132, 2005.
  76. N. Hassan, J. E. Thompson, R. C. Batra, A. B. Hibler, Xiaolan Song, A. C. Loos, A Heat Transfer Analysis of the Fiber Placement Composite Manufacturing Process, J. of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, 24, 869-888, 2005.
  77. A. Ferreira and R. C. Batra, Natural Frequencies of Orthotropic, Monoclinic and Hexagonal Plates by a Meshless Method, J. of Sound and Vibration, 285, 734-742, 2005.
  78. J. Jin and R. C. Batra, Effect of Electromechanical Coupling on Static Deformations and Natural Frequencies, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, Vol. 52, No. 7, 1079-1093, 2005.
  79. R. C. Batra and S. Aimmanee, Vibrations of Thick Isotropic Plates with Higher Order Shear and Normal Deformable Plate Theories,Computers & Structures, 83, 934-955, 2005.
  80. R. C. Batra and B. M. Love, Crack Propagation due to Brittle and Ductile Failures in Microporous Thermoelastoviscoplastic Functionally Graded Materials, Engineering Fracture Mechanics , 72, 1954-1979, 2005.
  81. R. C. Batra and Zhicun Wang, Failure Mode Transition Speed in Three-Dimensional Transient Deformations of a Microporous Heat-Conducting Thermoelastoviscoplastic Prenotched Plate, J. Thermal Stresses, 28, 533-562, 2005.
  82. R. C. Batra and B. M. Love, Mesoscale Analysis of Shear Bands in High Strain Rate Deformations of Tungsten/Nickel-Iron Composites, J. of Thermal Stresses, 28, 747-782, 2005.
  83. Z. G. Wei, J. L. Yu and R. C. Batra, Dynamic Buckling of Thin Cylindrical Shells under Axial Impact, Int. J. Impact Engng., 32, 575-592, 2005.
  84. U. Andreaus, R. C. Batra and M. Porfiri, Vibrations of Cracked Euler-Bernoulli Beams using Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin (MLPG) Method, Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences, 9:2, 111-131, 2005.
  85. R. C. Batra and Z. G. Wei, Shear Band Spacing in Thermoviscoplastic Materials, Int. J. Impact Engineering, 32, 947-967, 2006.
  86. R. C. Batra and Z. G. Wei, Shear Bands Due to Heat Flux Prescribed at Boundaries, Int. J. Plasticity, Vol. 22, 1-15, 2006.
  87. R. C. Batra and B. M. Love, Multiscale Analysis of Adiabatic Shear Bands in Tungsten Heavy Alloy Particulate Composites, Int'l. J. Multiscale Computational Eng'g, 4:1, 95-114, 2006.
  88. B. M. Love and R. C. Batra, Determination of Effective Thermomechanical Parameters of a Mixture of Two Thermoviscoplastic Constituents, Int. J. Plasticity, 22, 1026-1061, 2006.
  89. R. C. Batra and B. M. Love, Consideration of Microstructural Effects in the Analysis of Adiabatic Shear Bands in a Tungsten Heavy Alloy, Int. J. Plasticity, 22, 1858-1878, 2006.
  90. A. Sears and R. C. Batra, Buckling of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes Under Axial Compression, Physical Reviews B, 73, 085410, 2006.
  91. R. C. Batra, Torsion of a Functionally Graded Cylinder, AIAA J. 44:6, 1363-1365, 2006.
  92. R. C. Batra, M. Porfiri and D. Spinello, Electromechanical Model of Electrically Actuated Narrow Microbeams, J. MicroElectroMechanical Systems, 15:5, 1175-1189, 2006.
  93. R. C. Batra, M. Porfiri and D. Spinello, Analysis of Electrostatic MEMS using Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin Method, Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 30, 949-962, 2006.
  94. Qian, R.M.N. Jorge, Natural Frequencies of Functionally Graded Plates by a Meshless Method, Composite Structures, 75, 593-600, 2006.
  95. Z. H. Jin and R. C. Batra, Crack Tip Fields in Functionally Graded Materials with Temperature-Dependent Properties, AIAA J. 44:9, 2129-2130, 2006.
  96. Z. G. Wei and R. C. Batra, Dynamic Buckling of Thin Thermoviscoplastic Cylindrical Shell under Radial Impulsive Loadnig, Thin-Walled Structures, 44, 1109-1117, 2006.
  97. S.-R. Li and R. C. Batra, Buckling of Axially Compressed Cylindrical Shells with Functionally Graded Middle Layer, Thin-Walled Structures, 44, 1039-1047, 2006.
  98. R. C. Batra and Z. G. Wei, Instability Strain and Shear Band Spacing in Simple Tensile/Compressive Deformations of Thermoviscoplastic Materials, Int. J. Impact Engng., 34, 448-461, 2007.
  99. A. Caba, A. L. Loos and R. C. Batra, Fiber-Fiber Interactions in Carbon Mat Thermoplastics, Composites A, 38, 469-483, 2007.
  100. S. R. Li, R. C. Batra and L.-S. Ma, Vibration of Thermally Post-Buckled Orthotropic Circular Plates, J. Thermal Stresses, 30, 43-57, 2007.
  101. D. F. Gilhooley, R. C. Batra, J. R. Xiao, M. A. McCarthy, J. W. Gillespie Jr., Analysis of Thick Functionally Graded Plates by using Higher-Order Shear and Normal Deformable Plate Theory and MLPG Method with Radial Basis Functions, Composite Structures, 80, 539-552, 2007.
  102. G. M. Zhang and R. C. Batra, Wave Propagation in Functionally Graded Materials by Modified Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (MSPH) Method, J. Computational Physics, 222, 374-390, 2007.
  103. R. C. Batra and N. M. Hassan, Response of Fiber Reinforced Composites to Underwater Explosive Loads, Composites B, 38, 448-458, 2007.
  104. J. R. Xiao, R. C. Batra, D. F. Gilhooley, J. W. Gillespie, Jr. and M. A. McCarthy, Analysis of Thick Plates by using a Higher-Order Shear and Normal Deformable Plate Theory and MLPG Method with Radial Basis Functions, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 196, 979-987, 2007.
  105. Z. G. Wei and R. C. Batra, Damage Model for Anisotropic Materials and its Application to Analysis of Stability and Spallation, Int. J. Impact Eng'g, 34, 1780-1796, 2007.
  106. R. C. Batra, M. Porfiri and D. Spinello, Capacitance Estimate for Electrostatically Actuated Narrow Microbeams, Micro & Nano Letters, 1:2, 71-73, 2007.
  107. R. C. Batra and G. M. Zhang, Search Algorithm, and Simulation of Elastodynamic Crack Propagation by Modified Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (MSPH) Method, Computational Mechanics, 40, 531-546, 2007.
  108. S.-R. Li and R. C. Batra, Thermal Buckling and Post-Buckling of Euler-Bernoulli Beams Supported on Nonlinear Elastic Foundations, AIAA J. 45:3, 712-720, 2007.
  109. R. C. Batra, M. Porfiri and D. Spinello, Effects of Casimir Force on Pull-in Instability in Micromembranes, Europhysics Letters, 7720010, 2007.
  110. S. Aimmanee and R. C. Batra, Analytical Solution for Vibration of an Incompressible Isotropic Linear Elastic Rectangular Plate, and Frequencies Missed in Previous Solutions, J. Sound and Vibration, 302, 613-620, 2007.
  111. A. Ferreira, C. Roque, G. Fasshauer, R. Jorge and R. Batra, Analysis of Functionally Graded Plates by a Robust Meshless Method,Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, 14, 577-587, 2007.
  112. R. C. Batra and S. Aimmanee, Vibration of an Incompressible Isotropic Linear Elastic Rectangular Plates with a Higher Order Shear and Normal Deformable Theory, J. of Sound and Vibration, 307, 961-971, 2007.
  113. R. C. Batra and S. Romano, Failure of Dynamically Loaded Thermoelastoviscoplastic Rectangular Plate, AIAA J. 45:8, 2015-2023, 2007.
  114. M. C. Ray and R. C. Batra, Vertically Reinforced 1-3 Piezoelectric Composites for Active Damping of Functionally Graded Plates,AIAA J. 45:7, 1779-1783, 2007.
  115. B. Klenow, A. Nisewonger, R.C. Batra and A. Brown, Reflection and Transmission of Plane Waves at an Interface Between Two Fluids, Computer and Fluids, 36, 1298-1306, 2007.
  116. R. C. Batra and A. Sears, Continuum Models of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes, Int. J. Solids and Structures, 44,  7577-7596, 2007.
  117. R. C. Batra, M. Porfiri and D. Spinello, Review of Modeling Electrostatically Actuated Microelectromechanical Systems, Smart Materials and Structures, 16, R23-R31, 2007.
  118. R. C. Batra, Higher Order Shear and Normal Deformable Theory for Functionally Graded Incompressible Linear Elastic Plates, Thin-Walled Structures, 45, 974-982, 2007.
  119. M. C. Ray and R. C. Batra, A Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Reinforced 1-3 Piezoelectric Composite for Active Control of Smart Structures, Smart Materials and Structures, 16, 1936-1947, 2007.
  120. R. C. Batra and A. Sears, Uniform Radial Expansion/Contraction of Carbon Nanotubes and Their Transverse Elastic Moduli,Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 15, 835-844, 2007.
  121. R. C. Batra, M. Porfiri and D. Spinello, Free and Forced Vibrations of a Segmented Bar by a Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin (MLPG) Formulation, Computational Mechanics, 41, 473-491,2008.
  122. N. M. Hassan and R. C. Batra, Modeling Damage in Polymeric Composites, Composites B, 39, 66-82, 2008.
  123. J. R. Xiao, D. F. Gilhooley, R. C. Batra, J. W. Gillespie Jr. and M. A. McCarthy, Analysis of Thick Composite Laminates Using a Higher-Order Shear and Normal Deformable Plate Theory (HOSNDPT) and a Meshless Method, Composites B, 39, 414-427, 2008.
  124. R. C. Batra, M. Porfiri and D. Spinello, Vibrations of Narrow Microbeams Predeformed by an Electric Field, J. of Sound and Vibration, 309, 600-612, 2008.
  125. R. C. Batra and N. M. Hassan, Blast Resistance of Unidirectional Fiber Reinforced Composites, Composites B, 39, 513-536, 2008.
  126. G. M. Zhang, R. C. Batra and J. Zheng, Effect of Frame Size, Frame Type, and Clamping Pressure on the Ballistic Performance of Soft Body Armor, Composites B, 39, 476-489, 2008.
  127. D. F. Gilhooley, J. R. Xiao, R. C. Batra, M. A. McCarthy, J. W. Gillespie Jr., Two-dimensional Stress Analysis of Functionally Graded Solids using the MLPG Method with Radial Basis Functions, Computational Material Science, 41, 467-481, 2008.
  128. R. C. Batra and G. M. Zhang, SSPH Basis Functions for Meshless Methods, and Comparison of Solutions with Strong and Weak Formulations, Computational Mechanics, 41, 527-545, 2008.
  129. R. C. Batra and G. M. Zhang, Modified Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (MSPH) Basis Functions for Meshless Methods, and Their Application to Axisymmetric Taylor Impact Test, J. of Computational Physics, 227, 1962-1981, 2008.
  130. R. C. Batra and M. Porfiri, Analysis of Rubber-like Materials using Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin (MLPG) Method,Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering, 24, 1781-1804, 2008.
  131. S. S. Gupta and R. C. Batra, Continuum Structures Equivalent in Normal Mode Vibrations to Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes,Computational Materials Science, 43, 715-723, 2008.
  132. R. C. Batra and G. L. Iaccarino, Exact Solutions for Radial Deformations of Functionally Graded Isotropic and Incompressible Second-order Elastic Cylinders, Int. J. of Non-Linear Mechanics, 43, 383-398, 2008.
  133. R. C. Batra, M. Porfiri, and D. Spinello, Vibrations and Pull-in Instabilities of Microelectromechanical von Karman Elliptic Plates Incorporating the Casimir Force, J. of Sound and Vibration, 315, 939-960, 2008.
  134. R. C. Batra, M. Porfiri and D. Spinello, Effects of van derWaals Force and Thermal Stresses on Pull-in Instability of Clamped Rectangular Microplates, Sensors, 8, 1048-1069, 2008.
  135. R. C. Batra, M. Porfiri and D. Spinello, Reduced-order Models for Microelectromechanical Rectangular and Circular Plates Incorporating the Casimir Force, Int. J. Solids and Structures, 45, 3558-3583, 2008.
  136. R. C. Batra and S. S. Gupta, Wall Thickness and Radial Breathing Modes of Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes, J. Appl. Mechs. – T ASME, 75,061010, 2008.
  137. R. C. Batra, Optimal Design of Functionally Graded Isotropic and Incompressible Linear Elastic Cylinders and Spheres, AIAA J., 46, 2050-2057, 2008.
  138. D. J. Hasanyan, R. C. Batra and S. Harutyunyan, Pull-in Instabilities in Functionally Graded Microthermoelectromechanical Systems,J. of Thermal Stresses , 31, 1006-1021, 2008.
  139. R. C. Batra and Wen Jiang, Analytical Solution of the Contact Problem of a Rigid Indenter and an Anisotropic Linear Elastic Layer,International J. of Solids and Structures, 45, 5814-5830, 2008.
  140. M. C. Ray and R. C. Batra, Smart Constrained Layer Damping of Functionally Graded Shells using Vertically/Obliquely Reinforced 1-3 Piezocomposite under Thermal Environment, Smart Materials and Structures, 17, 055007 (13pp), 2008.
  141. A.J.M. Ferreira, G.E. Fasshauer, R.C. Batra and J.D. Rodrigues, Static Deformations and Vibration Analysis of Composite and Sandwich Plates Using a Layerwise Theory and RBF-PS Discretizations with Optimal Shape Parameter, Composite Structures, 86, 328-343, 2008.
  142. A.A. Pacheco and R. C. Batra, Instabilities in Shear and Simple Shear Deformations of Gold Crystals, J. of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 56, 3116-3143, 2008.
  143. R. C. Batra and D. Spinello, Analysis of Adiabatic Shear Bands in Heat-conducting Elastothermoviscoplastic Materials by the Meshless Local Bubnov-Galerkin Method, Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering, 25, 1019-1040, 2009.
  144. Z. Qin and R. C. Batra, Local Slamming Impact of Sandwich Composite Hulls, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 46, 2011-2035, 2009.
  145. M. C. Ray and R. C. Batra, Effective Properties of Carbon Nanotube and Piezoelectric Fiber Reinforced Hybrid Smart Composites, J. of Applied Mechanics – Trans. ASME, 76, 034503-1—034503-4, 2009.
  146. G. M. Zhang and R. C. Batra, Symmetric Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SSPH) Method and its Application to Elastic Problems,Computational Mechanics, 43, 321-340, 2009.
  147. A. J. M. Ferreira, G. E. Fasshauer, R. C. Batra, Natural Frequencies of Thick Plates Made of Orthotropic, Monoclinic, and Hexagonal Materials by a Meshless Method, J. of Sound and Vibration, 319, 984-992, 2009.
  148. W. Jiang and R. C. Batra, Identification of Elastic Constants of FCC Metals from 2D Load-Indentation Curves, Computational Materials Science, 45, 511-515, 2009.
  149. R. C. Batra and A. Bahrami, Inflation and Eversion of Functionally Graded Nonlinear Elastic Incompressible Cylinders, Int. J. of Non-Linear Mechanics 44, 311-323, 2009.
  150. K. Das and R. C. Batra, Pull-in and Snap-through Instabilities in Transient Deformations of Microelectromechanical Systems, J. Micromech. Microeng., 19, 035008, 2009.
  151. R. C. Batra and A. A. Pacheco, Local and Global Instabilities in Nano-size Rectangular Prismatic Gold Specimens, Computational Materials Science, 46, 960-976, 2009.
  152. W. Jiang and R.C. Batra, Molecular Statics Simulations of Buckling and Yielding of Gold Nanowires Deformed in Axial Compression, Acta Materialia, 57, 4921-4932, 2009.
  153. A. G. Varghese and R. C. Batra, Constitutive Equations for Thermomechanical Deformations of Glassy Polymers, Int. J. Solids and Structures, 46, 4079-4094, 2009.
  154. K. Das and R. C. Batra, Symmetry Breaking, Snap-through, and Pull-in Instabilities Under Dynamic Loading of Microelectromechanical Shallow Arch, Smart Materials and Structures, 18, 115008 (15pp), 2009.
  155. S. S. Gupta, F. Bosco and R. C. Batra, Breakdown of Structural Models for Vibrations of Single-wall Zigzag Carbon Nanotubes, J. Applied Physics, 106, 063527, 2009.
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Adiabatic Shear Banding
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Dynamic Buckling
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Functionally Gradient Materials
Meshless Method
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