Title: Military Composite Materials and Testing for the Structural Analysis
Time: 3:00 pm, Friday, June 24, 2011
Title: Military Composite Materials and Testing for the Structural Analysis
Time: 3:00 pm, Friday, June 24, 2011
Place: Room 439, Bldg 25, SCUT North Campus
Speaker: Dr. Krishna Shankar, the University of New South Wales, Australia
Sponsor: School of Materials Science and Engineering
Brief introduction to Dr. Krishna Shankar
Research Experience
Fracture Mechanics, Fatigue and corrosion of aerospace structures and mechanically fastened joints, Corrosion Fatigue, Composites Testing and Analysis
Impact Damage of Polymeric Foams and Sandwich Structures, Residual Stress Measurement, Adhesively Bonded Joints Finite Element Modelling, Non-Destructive Inspection, Bio-degradable materials, Polymers, Smart Materials, Structural Vibration and Structural Health Monitoring.
Current Projects in Structure and Materials
Aircraft Structural Health Monitoring using vibration analysis
Application of advanced composites for marine and offshore engineering structures
Applications of Corrugated Wire Mesh Laminates for biomechanical applications
Simulation and Experimental testing of Impact Behaviour of Laminated Plastics
Design, Simulation and experimental analysis of advanced composite ballistic vests
Corrosion fatigue interactions in aircraft aluminium alloy joints
Application of nano-reinforced metal matrix composites for high temperature applications
Fatigue behaviour of advanced composite blades at elevated temperatures
Non destructive inspection using Laser Speckle methods
Dynamic and impact behaviour of syntactic foam
Publications - Journals 28, Conferences 71, and Other 21
Teaching Experience
Senior Lecturer/Research Coordinator
Additional Experience
Four Years Aircarft Design experience as Stress Analyst in Design Bureau, HAL, Bangalore
Six years of post doctoral research experience at University of Toronto and National Research Council of Canada in Composite structural analysis and testing
Fifteen years of Academic Teaching in ADFA on subjects such as Structural Mechanics, Engineering Materials, Non-Destructive Inspection, Composites and Adhesives, and Composites Mechanics
Consulting Interests
Mechanical Testing, Material Characterisation, Fracture and Fatigue Analysis, Stress Analysis, Non Destructive Inspection, Composite Testing, Corrosion Control and Prevention, Finite Element Modelling, Impact Testing and Simulation.
