Prof. Pankaj K. Porwal

  Assistant Professor

  Department of Civil Engineering

  Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

  Powai, Mumbai 400076 (INDIA)

 

  Contacts-

  email: pporwal[at]iitb.ac.in
  phone: +91-22-2576 7317 (O)
              +91-22-2576 8317 (R)

Education

  • Ph.D. - Cornell University (2006)
  • B. Tech. - IIT Bombay (2001)

 

Research Areas

  • Solid and structural mechanics
  • Impact strength of soft fibrous Body armors
  • Micromechanics and reliability of composites
  • Statistical strenght of twisted fiber bundles
  • Nanoscale adhesion

 

Publications:

Pankaj K. Porwal, Irene J. Beyerlein and S. Leigh Phoenix. (2007). “Statistical Strength of Twisted Fiber Bundles with Load Sharing Controlled by Frictional Length Scales.” Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures, 2(4), 773-791.

 

Pankaj K. Porwal, Irene J. Beyerlein and S. Leigh Phoenix. (2006). “Statistical Strength of a Twisted Fiber Bundle: An Extension of Daniels’ Equal-Load-Sharing Parallel Bundle Theory.” Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures, 1 (8), 1425-1447.

 

Pankaj K. Porwal and S. Leigh Phoenix. (2005). “Modeling of System Effects in Ballistic Impact into Multi-Layered Fibrous Structures for Soft Body Armors.” International Journal of Fracture, 135 (1-4), 219-251.

 

S. Leigh Phoenix and Pankaj K. Porwal. (2003). “A New Membrane Model for the Ballistic Impact Response and V­­50 Performance of Multi-ply Fibrous System.” International Journal of Solids and Structures, 40, 6723-6765.

 

Pankaj K. Porwal and S. Leigh Phoenix. “Effects of layer stacking order on V50 velocity of multi-layered hybrid armor systems.” Accepted for publication by Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures.

 

Pankaj K. Porwal and C.-Y. Hui. “Strength Statistics of Adhesive Contact between a Fibrillar Structure and a Rough Substrate.” Accepted for publication by Journal of Royal Society Interface.