Professor Tarun Kant
PhD Theses Refereed
- C
CHANNAKESHAVA, Nonlinear finite element models for reinforced concrete, Department
of Civil Engineering, IISc-Bangalore,1988.
- A
D SAHASRABUDHE, An efficient three dimensional finite element analysis of simple and
extended tube expansion chamber mufflers,
Department of Mechanical Engineering, IISc-Bangalore,
1989.
- C
G NANDAKUMAR, Finite element buckling analysis of doubly curved subsea
shells, Ocean Engineering Centre, IIT-Madras, 1990.
- U
B CHOUBEY, Behaviour of infilled frames under
cyclic loads, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT-Delhi, 1990.
- S
SAVITHRI, Linear and nonlinear analysis of
thick homogeneous and laminated plates, Department of Mathematics,
IIT-Madras, 1990.
- R
GANESAN, Response, stability and catastrophes of stochastically parametered structural systems, Department of Civil Engineering, IISc-Bangalore, 1991.
- HAMZEH
SHAKIB, Elastic and inelastic behaviour of torsionally coupled system under random ground motion,
Department of Applied Mechanics, IIT-Delhi, 1991.
- M
R YOGANANDA, The analysis of unreinforced brick masonry vaults, Department
of Civil Engineering, IISc-Bangalore, 1991.
- R
SETHUNARAYANAN, Some studies on paraboloidal and
hyperboloidal shells design of reflector antenna
structures, Department of Applied Mechanics, IIT-Madras, 1992.
- MOHAMMED
AMEEN, Application of boundary integral equation methods in the analysis
of concrete structures - plain and reinforced, Department of Civil
Engineering, IISc-Bangalore,1992.
- B
SREEHARI KUMAR, Analysis of thick orthotropic and laminated
circular cylindrical shells, Department of Civil Engineering, IISc-Bangalore, 1992.
- MOHAMMAD
REZA KHALILI, Analysis of the dynamic response of large orthotropic
elastic plates to transverse impact and its application to
fibre-reinforced plates, Department of Applied
Mechanics, IIT-Delhi, 1992.
- ASHOKE
DEY, Analysis of doubly curved laminated composite shells by isoparametric
finite element method, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT-Kharagpur,
1993.
- K
V RAVEENDRAN, A study on effective fracture toughness of multiphase materials, Department of
Mechanical Engineering, HBTI-Kanpur, 1993.
- NISHANT
KUMAR SHRIVASTAVA, Optimal stress locations and stress recovery procedures
in finite element method, Department of Applied Mechanics, IIT-Delhi,
1994.
- T
C RAMESH, Studies on cylindrical and conical shells with applications in
the analysis of railway wheels, Department of Applied Mechanics,
IIT-Madras, 1994.
- R
NAGESH IYER, Error estimation and adaptive refinements for finite element
analysis of structures,
Department of Civil Engineering, IISc-Bangalore,
1994.
- GOBINDA
SINHA, Finite element static and dynamic analyses of arbitrary stiffened
shells, Department of Ocean Engineering & Naval Architecture,
IIT-Kharagpur, 1995.
- VIJAY
KUMAR CHOPRA, Recovery
of stress gradients and their use for optimum mesh design, Department
of Applied Mechanics, IIT-Delhi, 1995.
- A
R KRISHNA REDDY, Investigations on composite skew plates, Department of
Aerospace Engineering, IIT-Madras, 1995.
- LAZAR,Transient dynamic
finite element analysis of plate and shell structures, Department of
Applied Mechanics, IIT-Delhi, 1996.
- GOURI
SHANKAR BHATTACHARYA,
Simulation of tension softening and size effect in quasi-brittle materials
by lattice and fractal models, Department of Civil Engineering, IISc-Bangalore, 1997.
- S
SRIDHAR, Finite element analysis of rubber
components for heavy vehicle tracks, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
IIT-Madras, 1997.
- P
RAMA MOHAN, Development of robust higher order transverse deformable elements
for composite laminates, Department of Aerospace Engineering, IISc-Bangalore, 1997.
- VARIYAR
SHARATKUMAR MADHAVAN, Estimation of residual stresses and distortions in
weldments using a nine-nodded degenerated shell element, Department of
Mechanical Engineering, IIT-Madras, 1999.
- R
K INGLE, Nonlinear
analysis of raft/ slab subjected to impact loading, Visveswaraya
Regional College of Engineering, Nagpur University,
1999.
- RAVEENDRANATH
PULLANHI, Coupled displacement field finite element models for laminated
composite structures, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT-Kharagpur,
1999.
- NARAYAN
CHANDRA PAL, Coupled slosh dynamics of liquid filled laminated composite
containers, Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT-Kharagpur, 1999.
- Y
J SURESH, Static and free vibration analyses of curved beams and
cylindrical shells using simple and shear deformable finite elements, Department
of Aerospace Engineering, IIT-Madras, 1999.
- ARBIND
KUMAR SINGH, Finite element analysis of damage coupled elastoplastic
problems based on continuum damage mechanics, Department of Civil
Engineering, IISc-Bangalore, 1999.
- KRISHNA
KANT PATHAK,
Gradientless shape optimization of concrete
structures using artificial neural networks, Department of Applied
Mechanics, IIT-Delhi, June 2000.
- M PRADYUMNA, Influence of joint compliance
on the behaviour of space structures, Department
of Civil
Engineering, IISc-Bangalore, 2001.
- Md
SHAJEDUL KARIM, Integration of some
bivariate polynomials with rational denominators- an application to finite
element method, Department of Mathematics, Bangalore University, December
2000.
- MALOY
KUMAR SINGHA, Thermo-mechanical stability and optimization of composite
plates and shells, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT-Kharagpur, May
2001.
- JOSHY P GEORGE, A new method for complete analysis
of indeterminate beams, Department of Applied Mechanics, Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli,
Shivaji University, Kolhapur, September 2000.
- RAJESH
KUMAR TRIPATHI, Non-linear finite element analysis of plate bending using
higher order shear deformation theory, Department of Civil and Applied
Mechanics, GSITS-Indore, Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore, 2001.
- JAYANTA
PATHAK, Generation of design earthquake and damage detection using ANN,
Department of Civil Engineering, IIT-Roorkee,
November 2001.
- S
BASIL GNANAPPA, Behaviour of multi-bay R.C.
frames with various infills under cyclic loading,
Department of Civil Engineering, Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, January 2002.
- U VINU UNNITHAN, Adaptive nonlinear finite
element analysis of plane problems in the distributed computing
environment, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT-Madras, May 2002 (MS
thesis)
- HARSHVADAN SHAKARCHAND PATEL, An innovative
method for the analysis of statically indeterminate structures using relative
deformation coefficient, S.V.
Regional College
of Engineering and Technology Surat, South Gujarat University Surat,
June 2002.
- K. ATHIANNAN, Buckling of imperfect cylindrical
shells, Department of Applied Mechanics, IIT-Madras, November 2002.
- USHADEVI G. PATIL, Effect
of soil-structure interaction on the response of tall plane frames subjected
to seismic loading, Walchand College of
Engineering Sangli, Shivaji
University Kolhapur, May 2002.
- AMAR NATH NAYAK, Free and forced vibration
analyses of isotropic and composite stiffened shells, Department of Civil
Engineering, IIT-Kharagpur, January 2002.
- ASIF HUSAIN, Determination of mechanical behaviour of materials using miniature specimen test
technique and finite element method, Department of Applied Mechanics,
IIT-Delhi, March 2003.
- VINAY SHIVASHANKER PURANI, Structural
engineering applications with augmented neural computing, Department of
Applied Mechanics, MS University of Baroda, December 2002.
- P. BABU, Hygrothermal
effects on free vibration and buckling of laminated plates using higher
order theories, Department of Civil Engineering, Andhra
University, Visakhapatnam, July 2002.
- H. BHAJANTRI BHARATKUMAR, Fracture
characteristics and behaviour of high
performance concrete (Plain & Reinforced), Department of Civil
Engineering, IISc-Bangalore, May 2003.
- RAJESH KUMAR, Efficient numerical solutions of
large deflection problems in nonlinear structural mechanics, Department of
Civil Engineering, IIT-Kharagpur, July 2003.
- MOHAMED HANEEF, Some studies on fastener joints
in composite laminate structure, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering, Bangalore University, Bangalore-560 001, June 2003.
- AKIL AHMED, Coupled zig-zag
and third order models for thermo-electro-mechanical analysis of hybrid
piezoelectric beams, Department of Applied Mechanics, IIT-Delhi, December
2003.
- D. HEMANTH, Fracture behaviour
of interface cracks in orthotropic materials, Department of Mechanical
Engineering, University Visvesvaraya College of
Engineering, Bangalore
University,
Bangalore-560 001, November 2003.
- VENKATESH, Collapse behaviour
of thin walled shells, Department of Applied Mechanics, IIT-Delhi, May
2004.
- B. VENKATESUDU, Gauss Legendre integration
formulas for arbitrary functions over tetrahedral regions, Department of
Mathematics, Bangalore University, Bangalore-560 001, February 2005.
- N.V. DESHPANDE, Optimization of storage silo, Department
of Applied Mechanics, VNIT-Nagpur, Nagpur-440 011, July 2005.
- RAJENDRA NARAYAN KHAPRE, Application of
parallel computing in finite element analysis of two-dimensional small and
large deformations, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani-333
031, March 2006.
- SANTOSH KUMAR RAI, Studies in shear wall panel
– RC frame interaction, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Roorkee-247
667, March 2006.
- K. NALINNA, Optimal laminate sequence of hybrid
composite thin-walled beams, plates and shells using evolution strategies
and genetic algorithms, Department of Civil Engineering, PSG College of Technology,
Coimbatore-641 004, Bharathiar University,
Coimbatore-641 046, March 2006.
- INDRANI GOGOI, Dynamic response of ageing
concrete gravity dams with unbounded reservoir, Department of Civil
Engineering, IIT Guwahati-, February 2006.
- V. SIVAKUMAR, A nonlinear analysis of segment
joint in solid rocket boosters, Department of Applied Mechanics, IIT Madras-600
036, May 2006.
- A
S SANTHI (Ms), Studies in beamless RC
structural floor systems for medium floor plans, Department of Civil
Engineering, IIT Roorkee-247 667, May 2006.
- M V RENUKA DEVI (Ms), Fracture of plain
concrete beams via fractals, Department of Civil Engineering, IISc Bangalore-560 012, 2007.
- K M Mini (Ms.), Analysis and assessment of the behaviour of infilled frames using artificial neural
networks, Department of Civil Engineering, Coimbatore Institute of
Technology, Coimbatore-641 014, June 2006, Defended 7 March 2008
- K. Gopikrishna, Wavelet
basis FEM for solution of some transient problems in structural dynamics, Department
of Earthquake Engineering, IIT Roorkee – 247
667, December 2007.
- Mandira
Bhattacharyya (Ms.), Theoretical and experimental studies of thermoelastic response of functionally graded beams, Department
of Applied Mechanics, IIT Delhi – 110 016, August 2007.
- Mohd
Shariq, Studies in creep characteristics of
concrete and reinforced concrete, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Roorkee – 247 667, December 2007.
- Shailendra
Kumar, Bhaviour of fracture parameters for crack
propagation in concrete, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Kharagpur –
721 302, July 2009.
- Sarat
Kumar Panda, Static and dynamic instability analysis of plates and
cylindrical shell panels, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Kharagpur –
721 302, September 2009.
- Biswanath
Banerjee, New schemes for forward and inverse problems in computational
mechanics and medical imaging, Department of Civil Engineering, IISc Bangalore, 2009.
- Rupesh
Daripa, Stability and dynamics of composite
plates and cylindrical panels, Department of Applied Mechanics, IIT Delhi
– 110 016, September 2009.
- K.P. Beena, Improved
spline finite strip for linear and post-buckling analysis of composite
plates, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras – 600 036.
- R. Jerome, Finite element modeling of
electro-elastic materials, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT
Madras-600 036, May 2010.
- Anindya
Bhar, Finite element analysis of stiffened
laminated composite and functionally graded plates using a higher-order
shear deformation theory, Department of Ocean Engineering and Naval
Architecture, IIT Kharagpur – 721 302.
- Dipika Devi, Object-oriented non-linear finite element analysis
framework for implementing
modified cam clay model, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Guwahati,
Guwahati-781 039. (report sent on 17 September 2012; defence
held on 05 September 2013)
- D. Sasikala,
Nonsingular boundary element analysis for flexure of stiffened plates,
Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Calicut, Kozhikode-673 601 (report sent
in March 2013; Defence held on 7 June 2013).
- Jayanta
Kumar Nath, Global-local theories for smart piezolaminated plates and shells, Department of
Applied Mechanics, IIT Delhi-110 016, July 2012 (report sent in March
2013).
- Ashutosh
Kumar Upadhyay, Nonlinear static and dynamic
analysis of skew plates, Department of Applied Mechanics, MNNIT
Allahabad-211 004, September 2012 (report sent in March 2013)
- Avinash
S. Joshi, Analysis of bridge pier subjected to collision loads, Department
of Applied Mechanics, VNIT Nagpur-440 010 (Defence
held on 3 May 2013).
- Ajay G. Dahake,
Flexural analysis of thick beams using trigonometric shear deformation
theory, Department of Applied Mechanics, Government College of
Engineering, Aurangabad-431 005, Marathwada
University, May 2013. (report sent on 9 October
2013).
- Sanjay K. Kulkarni, Thermal stresses in
laminated composite plates, , Department of Applied Mechanics, Government
College of Engineering, Aurangabad-431 005, Marathwada
University, May 2013. (report sent on 9 October
2013).
- MAYENGBAM SUNIL SINGH, Performance-based
seismic design of reinforced concrete frame buildings, Department of Civil
Engineering, NIT Silchar, Silchar-788 010, 2013
(report sent on 10 October 2013).
- FARIS ABBAS JAWAD, Improvement of flexural and
shear capacity of beams using fibre reinforced
polymer (FRP), Department of Civil Engineering, Jamia
Millia Islamia, New
Delhi-110 025, July 2013 (report sent on March 2014).
- S. RAGHAVENDRA RAO, Effect of metallic inserts
in composite bolted joints in aircraft structures, ADA, Visvesvaraya Technolgical
University (VTU), Belgaum, June 2013 (report sent on 25 March 2014).
- Manish Varma, Modelling and analysis for
predicting short-term and long-term mid span deflections of two-way
reinforced concrete (RC) slabs, Department of Civil Engineering, Ujjain
Engineering College, Ujjain, Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki
Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal, June 2013 (report sent
on 1 April 2014).
- ASIM KUMAR MISHRA, Extimation
of material properties of fiber reinforced plastics composite plates using
mixed numerical-experimental technique, Department of Civil Engineering,
IIT Kharagpur, January 2014.
- Rajesh Bhargava, Numerical and experimental
investigations of the effect of cable profile on prestressed
concrete beams, Department of Civil Engineering,University Institute of Technology, Rajiv
Gandhi Technological University, Bhopal, August 2015 (defended on 6
February 2017).
- Gaurav Watts, Analysis of flat and curved
panels using element free Galerkin method,
Department of Applied Mechanics, IIT Delhi, April
2018 (defended on 12 October 2018).