Professor Tarun Kant

PhD Theses Refereed

1. C CHANNAKESHAVA, Nonlinear finite element models for reinforced concrete, Department of Civil Engineering,
IISc-Bangalore, 1988.

2. 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.

3. C G NANDAKUMAR, Finite element buckling analysis of doubly curved subsea shells, Ocean Engineering Centre,
IIT-Madras, 1990.

4. U B CHOUBEY, Behaviour of infilled frames under cyclic loads, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT-Delhi, 1990.

5. S SAVITHRI, Linear and nonlinear analysis of thick homogeneous and laminated plates, Department of
Mathematics, IIT-Madras, 1990.

6. R GANESAN, Response, stability and catastrophes of stochastically parametered structural systems, Department
of Civil Engineering, IISc-Bangalore, 1991.

7. HAMZEH SHAKIB, Elastic and inelastic behaviour of torsionally coupled system under random ground motion,
Department of Applied Mechanics, IIT-Delhi, 1991.

8. M R YOGANANDA, The analysis of unreinforced brick masonry vaults, Department of Civil Engineering, IISc-
Bangalore, 1991.

9. R SETHUNARAYANAN, Some studies on paraboloidal and hyperboloidal shells design of reflector antenna
structures, Department of Applied Mechanics, IIT-Madras, 1992.

10. MOHAMMED AMEEN, Application of boundary integral equation methods in the analysis of concrete structures -
plain and reinforced, Department of Civil Engineering, IISc-Bangalore,1992.

11. B SREEHARI KUMAR, Analysis of thick orthotropic and laminated circular cylindrical shells, Department of Civil
Engineering, IISc-Bangalore, 1992.

12. 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.

13. ASHOKE DEY, Analysis of doubly curved laminated composite shells by isoparametric finite element method,
Department of Civil Engineering, IIT-Kharagpur, 1993.

14. K V RAVEENDRAN, A study on effective fracture toughness of multiphase materials, Department of Mechanical
Engineering, HBTI-Kanpur, 1993.

15. NISHANT KUMAR SHRIVASTAVA, Optimal stress locations and stress recovery procedures in finite element
method, Department of Applied Mechanics, IIT-Delhi, 1994.

16. T C RAMESH, Studies on cylindrical and conical shells with applications in the analysis of railway wheels,
Department of Applied Mechanics, IIT-Madras, 1994.

17. R NAGESH IYER, Error estimation and adaptive refinements for finite element analysis of structures,
Department of Civil Engineering, IISc-Bangalore, 1994.

18. GOBINDA SINHA, Finite element static and dynamic analyses of arbitrary stiffened shells, Department of Ocean
Engineering & Naval Architecture, IIT-Kharagpur, 1995.

19. VIJAY KUMAR CHOPRA, Recovery of stress gradients and their use for optimum mesh design, Department of
Applied Mechanics, IIT-Delhi, 1995.
20. A R KRISHNA REDDY, Investigations on composite skew plates, Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT-
Madras, 1995.

21. LAZAR,Transient dynamic finite element analysis of plate and shell structures, Department of Applied Mechanics,
IIT-Delhi, 1996.

22. GOURI SHANKAR BHATTACHARYA,

23. S SRIDHAR, Finite element analysis of rubber components for heavy vehicle tracks, Department of Mechanical
Engineering, IIT-Madras, 1997.

24. P RAMA MOHAN, Development of robust higher order transverse deformable elements for composite laminates,
Department of Aerospace Engineering, IISc-Bangalore, 1997.

25. 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.

26. R K INGLE, Nonlinear analysis of raft/ slab subjected to impact loading, Visveswaraya Regional College of
Engineering, Nagpur University, 1999.

27. RAVEENDRANATH PULLANHI, Coupled displacement field finite element models for laminated composite
structures, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT-Kharagpur, 1999.

28. NARAYAN CHANDRA PAL, Coupled slosh dynamics of liquid filled laminated composite containers, Department
of Aerospace Engineering, IIT-Kharagpur, 1999.

29. 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.

30. ARBIND KUMAR SINGH, Finite element analysis of damage coupled elastoplastic problems based on continuum
damage mechanics, Department of Civil Engineering, IISc-Bangalore, 1999.

31. KRISHNA KANT PATHAK,

32. M PRADYUMNA, Influence of joint compliance on the behaviour of space structures, Department of Civil
Engineering, IISc-Bangalore, 2001.

33. Md SHAJEDUL KARIM, Integration of some bivariate polynomials with rational denominators- an application to
finite element method, Department of Mathematics, Bangalore University, December 2000.

34. MALOY KUMAR SINGHA, Thermo-mechanical stability and optimization of composite plates and shells,
Department of Civil Engineering, IIT-Kharagpur, May 2001.

35. 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.

36. 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.

37. JAYANTA PATHAK, Generation of design earthquake and damage detection using ANN,
Department of Civil Engineering, IIT-Roorkee, November 2001.

38. 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.
39. 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)

40. 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.

41. K. ATHIANNAN, Buckling of imperfect cylindrical shells, Department of Applied Mechanics, IIT-Madras, November
2002.

42. 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.

43. AMAR NATH NAYAK, Free and forced vibration analyses of isotropic and composite stiffened shells, Department
of Civil Engineering, IIT-Kharagpur, January 2002.

44. 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.

45. VINAY SHIVASHANKER PURANI, Structural engineering applications with augmented neural computing,
Department of Applied Mechanics, MS University of Baroda, December 2002.

46. 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.

47. H. BHAJANTRI BHARATKUMAR, Fracture characteristics and behaviour of high performance concrete (Plain &
Reinforced), Department of Civil Engineering, IISc-Bangalore, May 2003.

48. RAJESH KUMAR, Efficient numerical solutions of large deflection problems in nonlinear structural mechanics,
Department of Civil Engineering, IIT-Kharagpur, July 2003.

49. 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.

50. 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.

51. 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.

52. VENKATESH, Collapse behaviour of thin walled shells, Department of Applied Mechanics, IIT-Delhi, May 2004.

53. B. VENKATESUDU, Gauss Legendre integration formulas for arbitrary functions over tetrahedral regions,
Department of Mathematics, Bangalore University, Bangalore-560 001, February 2005.

54. N.V. DESHPANDE, Optimization of storage silo, Department of Applied Mechanics, VNIT-Nagpur, Nagpur-440
011, July 2005.

55. 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.

56. SANTOSH KUMAR RAI, Studies in shear wall panel – RC frame interaction, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT
Roorkee-247 667, March 2006.

57. 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.
58. INDRANI GOGOI, Dynamic response of ageing concrete gravity dams with unbounded reservoir, Department of
Civil Engineering, IIT Guwahati-, February 2006.

59. V. SIVAKUMAR, A nonlinear analysis of segment joint in solid rocket boosters, Department of Applied Mechanics,
IIT Madras-600 036, May 2006.

60. 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.

61. M V RENUKA DEVI (Ms), Fracture of plain concrete beams via fractals, Department of Civil Engineering, IISc
Bangalore-560 012, 2007.

62. 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

63. K. Gopikrishna, Wavelet basis FEM for solution of some transient problems in structural dynamics, Department of
Earthquake Engineering, IIT Roorkee – 247 667, December 2007.

64. Mandira Bhattacharyya (Ms.), Theoretical and experimental studies of thermoelastic response of functionally
graded beams, Department of Applied Mechanics, IIT Delhi – 110 016, August 2007.

65. Mohd Shariq, Studies in creep characteristics of concrete and reinforced concrete, Department of Civil
Engineering, IIT Roorkee – 247 667, December 2007.

66. Shailendra Kumar, Bhaviour of fracture parameters for crack propagation in concrete, Department of Civil
Engineering, IIT Kharagpur – 721 302, July 2009.

67. Sarat Kumar Panda, Static and dynamic instability analysis of plates and cylindrical shell panels, Department of
Civil Engineering, IIT Kharagpur – 721 302, September 2009.

68. Biswanath Banerjee, New schemes for forward and inverse problems in computational mechanics and medical
imaging, Department of Civil Engineering, IISc Bangalore, 2009.

69. Rupesh Daripa, Stability and dynamics of composite plates and cylindrical panels, Department of Applied
Mechanics, IIT Delhi – 110 016, September 2009.

70. K.P. Beena, Improved spline finite strip for linear and post-buckling analysis of composite plates, Department of
Civil Engineering, IIT Madras – 600 036.

71. R. Jerome, Finite element modeling of electro-elastic materials, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT
Madras-600 036, May 2010.

72. 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.

73. 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.

74. 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).

75. 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).

76. 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)
77. 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).