Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
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Dr. Nirmal Kumar

Joined Institute on : 8-Jun-2015

  • Assistant Professor
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Ph. D
Contact Address

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, Ranchi - 835215

  • Phone Office - 9693838996
  • Phone Residence -
  • Email - nirmal@bitmesra.ac.in
Work Experience

Teaching : 1 Years

Research : 5 Years
Research Areas
  • Nonlinear Elasticity : Inflation mechanics, dynamics and internal dissipation of soft materials subjected to large deformations.
  • Wave Propagation : Wave propagation in membrane and dissipative /non dissipative medium; Structural Stability.
Award and Honours

 Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst/German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Fellowship
Publications

 Kumar N. and DasGupta A. On the Contact Problem of an Inflated Spherical Hyperelastic Membrane, International Journal of Nonlinear Mechanics, 57, pp. 130-139 (2013).

 

Kumar N. and DasGupta A. Contact Mechanics and Induced Hysteresis at Oscillatory Contact with Adhesion, Langmuir 30 (30), pp. 9107-9114 (2014).

 

Kumar, N. and DasGupta, A. (2015). On the static and dynamic contact problem of an inflated spherical viscoelastic membrane. Journal of Applied Mechanics, 82 (12), 121010-1–8.