Dr. Sachin Kumar
Associate Professor
Deptartment of Mechanical Engineering
PhD 2015, Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India
Office: 321, Satish Dhawan Block, IIT Ropar +91-1881-23-2375
Specialization: Numerical methods, Fracture and Damage Mechanics
Research Areas: Numerical Methods: FEM, Extended-FEM, Isogeometric Analysis,
Meshfree Methods, Fracture and Damage Mechanics, Composites and Bone/Soft Tissues
Email: sachin@iitrpr.ac.in
Current Memebers
Tripurari (PhD Scholar)
Thesis Title: Design and Development of a Novel Auxetic Structure for Impact Applications
Area of Interest: Auxetic Materials, Digital Image Correlation, Mechanical Characterization,
E-mail: tripurari.23mez0009@iitrpr.ac.in
Rajeev Kumar Pal (PhD Scholar)
Thesis Title: Smoothed Finite Element Method Based Localized Gradient-enhanced Damage Framework for Simulations of Fracture Problems
Area of Interest: FEM, XFEM, Fracture and Damage Mechanics
E-mail: rajeev.22mez0018@iitrpr.ac.in
Vishnu Kaundal (M.Tech Scholar)
Thesis Title: Numerical Investigation of Graphene Hybridization on Fatigue Performance of CFRPs
Area of Interest: FEM, Fracture and Damage Mechanics, Composites
E-mail: 2025MEM1013@iitrpr.ac.in
Rohan Sharma (M.Tech Scholar)
Thesis Title: Design and Development of aCrash Box with Auxetic Core for Automobile Applications
Area of Interest: Auxetic Structure, Crash Box, FEM, Mechanical Characterization
E-mail: 2025mem1037@iitrpr.ac.in
Nachiket Nivas Gavade (M.Tech Scholar)
Thesis Title: Experimental Investigation of Graphene Hybridization on Micro Level Fatigue Behavior of GFRPs and CFRPs
Area of Interest: Experimental Mechanics, Composites, Material Characterization, Fatigue
E-mail: 2025mem1035@iitrpr.ac.in
Alumnus of CMRL...
Anshul Pandey (PhD Scholar)
Thesis Title: An adaptive phase-field approach for fracture modelling of solid structures
Area of Interest: Phase-Field Modeling, Continuum Damage Modelling, FEM, Composites, Fracture and Fatigue
E-mail: anshul.20mez0015@iitrpr.ac.in
Umed Singh (PhD Scholar)
Thesis Title: Numerical simulations of fracture problems using smoothed floating node method
Area of Interest: FEM, XFEM, Cohesive Zone Modelling, Floating Node Method, Continuum Damage Mechanics, Fracture and Fatigue
E-mail: 2018mez0003@iitrpr.ac.in
Krashn K. Dwivedi (PhD Scholar)
Thesis Title: Biomechanics of skin: experimental and computational approaches
Area of Interest: FEM, Mechanical Characterization, Hard and Soft Tissues, Digital Image Corelation, XRD
E-mail: 2017bmz0001@iitrpr.ac.in
Aakash Soni (PhD Scholar)
Thesis Title: Numerical and experimental investigation of bone fracture behavior
Area of Interest: FEM, XFEM, XIGA, Continuum Damage Mechanics, Bone Fracture, Mechanical Characterization
E-mail: 2017mez0014@iitrpr.ac.in
Alok Negi (PhD Scholar)
Thesis Title: A continous-discontinous approach for failure analysis of quasi-brittle materials
Area of Interest: FEM, XFEM, Continuum Damage Mechanics, Fracture and Fatigue
E-mail: 2017mez0015@iitrpr.ac.in
M.Tech Studnets
Ashutosh Das
Thesis Title: Development of localizing gradient damage framework for thermo-mechanical loading
Sumesh Kumar Yadav
Thesis Title: Design and optimization of novel auxetic structures for quasi-static loading
Amey Shamsunder Patil
Thesis Title: Gradient enhanced damage model for hyperelastic material
SaiSri Angajala
Thesis Title: Damage evolution in quasi-brittle materials in high cycle fatigue using gradient damage model
Rajul Mishra
Thesis Title: Extraction of forces and optimization of the mounting arm by generative design method
Shyamalim Saikia
Thesis Title: Behavior of auxetic structures under static and dynamic loadings
Arjun Sharma
Thesis Title: Mechanical characterization and numerical modelling of different grades of silicon rubber
Prashant Singh
Thesis Title: Investigation of microstructure and mechanical properties of cortical bone
Balbir Singh
Thesis Title: Deformation analysis of lower leg under high velocity impact
Kumar Saurav
Thesis Title: Analysis of high strain-rate deformation of tibia in trauma cases
Boga Sainath
Thesis Title: Analysis of lumbar spine in frontal impact with high impact velocities
Shivam
Thesis Title: A bi-failure specimen to predict static failure assessment of aluminum alloy
Guggilla Venugopal
Thesis Title: Bio-mimicking the structure of high strength trabecular bone of femur using computational analysis