2025

Ramapuram, M.*, Kornev, V.*, Kartha, P.*, Nahmad, I.F., Ravindran, S.  Automated split Hopkinson pressure bar for high throughput dynamic experiments (Submitted).

Ravindran, S., Kidane, A.  Multiscale compaction behavior of polymeric composites (Submitted).

2023

Ravindran, S., Gupta, V., Kidane A., 2023.  Mechanism of Hotspot Formation in Energetic Materials Under Mild Impact Loading. Journal of Dynamic Behavior of Materials, 1-9.

Gandhi, V., Ravindran, S., Joshi, A. and Ravichandran, G., 2023. Real-time characterization of dislocation slip and twinning of shock-compressed molybdenum single crystals. Physical Review Materials, 7(7), 073601.

Ravindran, S., Gandhi, V., Lawlor, B. and Ravichandran, G., 2023. Mesoscale shock structure in composite materials. Journal of Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 105239. 

Ravindran, S.*, Gandhi, V.*, Joshi, A. and Ravichandran, G., 2023. Three-dimensional full-field velocity measurements in shock compression experiments using stereo digital image correlation, Review of Scientific Instruments, 94, 025107.  

2022

Joshi, A., Gandhi, V., Ravindran, S. and Ravichandran, G., 2022. An investigation of shock-induced phase transition in soda-lime glass. Journal of Applied Physics, 131(20), p.205902. 

Gandhi, V., Ravindran, S. and Ravichandran, G., 2022. Dynamic strength of iron at high pressures and strain rates. Physical Review Letters, 128(1), p.015705. 

Leng, X., Deng, X., Ravindran, S., Kidane, A., Lessner, S.M., Sutton, M.A. and Shazly, T., 2022. Viscoelastic Behavior of Porcine Arterial Tissue: Experimental and Numerical Study. Experimental Mechanics, pp.1-15. 

2021

Lovinger, Z., Czarnota, C., Ravindran, S., Molinari, A., and Ravichandran, G., 2021, The role of micro-inertia on the shock structure in porous metals. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 154, p.104508.

Joshi, A., Ravindran, S., and Ravichandran, G., 2021, Probing the properties and mechanisms of failure waves in soda-lime glass. Journal of Applied Physics, 129(18), 185902.

Koohbor, B., Ravindran, S., and Kidane, A., 2021. In Situ Deformation Characterization of Density-Graded Foams in Quasi-Static and Impact Loading Conditions. International Journal of Impact Engineering, 150 (2021): 103820.

Sreedhar, A., Ravindran, S., Shankar, G., Suwas, S. and Narasimhan, R. 2021. Fracture mechanism and toughness of a rolled magnesium alloy under dynamic loading. Acta Materialia, 202, pp.350-365.

Ravindran, S., Gandhi, V., Lovinger, Z., Mello, M., and Ravichandran, G., 2021. Dynamic Strength of Copper at High Pressures using Pressure Shear Plate Impact Experiments. Journal of Dynamic Behavior of Materials, 1-14.

2020

Ravindran, S., Lovinger, Z., Gandhi, V., Mello, M., and Ravichandran, G., 2020. Strength of magnesium at high pressures and strain rates. Extreme Mechanics Letters, 41, p.101044.

Kettenbeil, C., Lovinger, Z., Ravindran, S., Mello, M. and Ravichandran, G., 2020. Pressure-Shear Plate Impact Experiments at High Pressures. Journal of Dynamic Behavior of Materials, pp.1-13.

Ravindran, S., Kodagali, K., Kidane, A., Sutton, M.A., Justusson, B. and Pang, J., 2020. Mode-I behavior of adhesively bonded composite joints at high loading rates. Composites Science and Technology, 198, p.108310.

2019

Ravindran, S., Gupta V, Tessema A, Kidane A., 2019. Effect of Particle Mass Fraction on the Multiscale Dynamic Failure Behavior of Particulate Polymer Composites. Experimental Mechanics, 59(5), pp.599-609.

Ravindran, S., Tessema, A., Kidane, A.,Jordan, J., 2019. Weak-shock wave propagation in polymer-based particulate composites. Journal of Applied Physics 125, 145104.

2018

Koohbor, B., Ravindran, S., and Kidane, A., 2018. A multiscale experimental approach for correlating global and local deformation response in woven composites. Composite Structures, 194, pp.328-334.

Ravindran, S., Koohbor, B., Malchow, P. and Kidane, A., 2018. Experimental characterization of compaction wave propagation in cellular polymers. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 139, pp.270-282.

Tessema, A., Mitchell, W., Koohbor, B., Ravindran, S., Van Tooren, M. and Kidane, A., 2018. The effect of nano-fillers on the in-plane and interlaminar shear properties of carbon fiber reinforced composite. Journal of Dynamic Behavior of Materials, 4(3), pp.296-307.

Koohbor, B., Ravindran, S., and Kidane, A., 2018. Effects of cell-wall instability and local failure on the response of closed-cell polymeric foams subjected to dynamic loading. Mechanics of Materials, 116, 67-76.

Tessema, A., Ravindran, S. and Kidane, A. 2018. Gradual damage evolution and propagation in quasi-isotropic CFRC under quasi-static loading. Composite Structures, 185, 186-192.

Malchow, P., Koohbor, B., Ravindran, S. and Kidane, A., 2018. In-situ quantification of intra and intergranular deformation in pure magnesium using full-field measurements at low and high strain rates. Mechanics of Materials, 126, pp.36-46.

2017

Ravindran, S., Koohbor, B., and Kidane, A., 2017. Experimental characterization of mesoscale deformation mechanisms and the RVE size in plastically deformed carbon steel. Strain, 53(1).

Ravindran, S., Tessema, A., and Kidane, A., 2017. Multiscale damage evolution in polymer bonded sugar under dynamic loading. Mechanics of Materials, 114, 97-106.

Koohbor, B., Ravindran, S., and Kidane, A., 2017. Experimental determination of Representative Volume Element (RVE) size in woven composites. Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 90, pp.59-71.

2016

Ravindran, S., Tessema, A. and Kidane, A., 2016. Note: Dynamic mesoscale full-field surface deformation measurement of heterogeneous materials. Review of Scientific Instruments, 87(3), p.036108.

Koohbor, B., Ravindran, S. and Kidane, A., 2016. Meso-scale study of non-linear tensile response and fiber trellising mechanisms in woven composites. Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, 35(12), pp.986-995.

Zhou, B., Ravindran, S., Ferdous, J., Kidane, A., Sutton, M.A. and Shazly, T., 2016. Using digital image correlation to characterize local strains on vascular tissue specimens. Journal of Visualized Experiments, (107), pp. e53625-e53625.

Ravindran, S., Tessema, A. and Kidane, A., 2016. Local deformation and failure mechanisms of polymer bonded energetic materials subjected to high strain rate loading. Journal of Dynamic Behavior of Materials, 2(1), pp.146-156.

2015

Koohbor, B., Ravindran, S. and Kidane, A., 2015. Meso-scale strain localization and failure response of an orthotropic woven glass–fiber reinforced composite. Composites Part B: Engineering, 78, pp.308-318.

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