Mechanics of Materials Lab

Welcome to the Mechanics of Materials Lab

Our lab is interested in understanding mechanical behavior of metals, polymers and ceramics over a wide range of length scales and time scales through experiments and simulations. We develop methods to perform in situ experiments for studying the constitutive response, fracture and failure in a variety of materials. Our group is also involved in several computational mechanics projects, especially related to finite element modeling of fracture and failure in single and polycrytalline metals and ceramics that support our experimental observations. 

Positions Available:

PhD Students: 

1. Dynamic deformation, shear banding and failure due to bullet impact on metals: In this project, the student will work on the state-of-the-experimental setups in the lab, to investigate the effect of bullet impact on the failure of metals, with a focus on the nucleation and growth of crack leading to complete fracture. Both material constitutive and fracture models will be developed to study the physics of failure in single and multilayer systems.

2. Mechanics of polymer thin films for battery and seminconductor applications: In this project, the student will work on the in situ mechanics of polymers, used in battery and seminconductor applications, mainly in the thin film form, to investigate the effect of molecular structure and its evolution on the deformation, phase and morphology changes, and fracture, subjected to thermo-mechanical loads.  

Internship: If you are an undergraduate student of Mecanical Engineering in a Mumbai based college and would like to pursue your BE/BTech project for 6 months at IITB, email me with you resume and areas of interest.