About me

I’m Dr. Sankalp Gour, a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad. My research focuses on developing theoretical models to understand the behavior of polymer melts and soft materials, as part of a DRDO-sponsored project on the PCS–SiC conversion process.

I earned my Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, under the supervision of Dr. Deepak Kumar. My doctoral work, “Reinforcement and Failure Modeling of Elastomers: A Continuum Mechanics Approach,” explored the deformation, actuation, and failure of soft and electroactive elastomers. My broader interests include constitutive modeling, hyperelasticity, and the mechanics of soft active materials, with an emphasis on bridging theory and experiment.

Publication Details

SCI Q1

Peer-reviewed Refereed Journals (SCI Indexed-Web of Science Core Collection)

Sankalp Gour, Deepak Kumar, Aman Khurana, M. M. Joglekar: Thermo-electro-magnetostrictive unequal-biaxial taut domains in thin elastomeric membranes, Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, The Royal Society Publishing, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2024.0320
Sankalp Gour, Deepak Kumar, Aman Khurana: Unequal-biaxial taut states of functionally graded dielectric elastomers, International Journal of Engineering Science, Elsevier, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijengsci.2025.104291
Sankalp Gour, Deepak Kumar: Unequal-biaxial taut states of electro-active polymeric composites, Journal of Applied Mechanics, ASME, ISSN: 2379-0431, DOI: 10.1115/1.4064256
Sankalp Gour, Deepak Kumar: Thermo-electrostrictive unequal-biaxial deformation instability of electro-active polymeric composites, International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, Elsevier, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2023.104481
Sankalp Gour, Deepak Kumar: A physics-based failure study of smart artificial tissues in human-like soft robots, European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids, Elsevier, DOI: 10.1016/j.euromechsol.2023.105087
Sankalp Gour, Deepak Kumar, Aman Khurana: Constitutive modeling for the tear fracture of artificial tissues in human-like soft robots, European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids, Elsevier, ISSN: 0997-7538, DOI: 10.1016/j.euromechsol.2022.104672
Sankalp Gour, Dilshad Ahmad, Deepak Kumar, Rafic M. Ajaj, Yahya Zweiri: Investigating the tear fracture of elastomeric skins in morphing wings: An experimental and computational study, International Journal of Applied Mechanics, World Scientific, DOI: 10.1142/S1758825123500965
Sankalp Gour, Deepak Kumar, Vinod Yadav: Constitutive modeling for the tear fracture of rubber with filler particles, Sādhanā | Indian Academy of Sciences, Springer, ISSN: 0973-7677, DOI: 10.1007/s12046-022-01858-7
Sankalp Gour, Deepak Kumar: Constitutive modeling of particle reinforced rubber-like materials, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters, Elsevier, DOI: 10.1016/j.taml.2022.100383
Dilshad Ahmad, Sankalp Gour, Deepak Kumar, Rafic M. Ajaj, Yahya Zweiri: Innovative Skin Structures: Synthesis, Void Analysis, and Hysteresis Modeling of Zero Poisson’s Ratio Skin for Span Morphing Wing, International Journal of Applied Mechanics, World Scientific, DOI: 10.1142/S1758825124500741
Saswath Ghosh, Sankalp Gour, Deepak Kumar, Sitikantha Roy: Tear fracture analysis of fiber-reinforced conducting polymer-based soft actuator, International Journal of Applied Mechanics, World Scientific, DOI: 10.1142/S1758825124500923

Peer-reviewed Refereed Journals (ESCI Indexed-Web of Science Core Collection)

Sankalp Gour, Deepak Kumar: Constitutive modeling of particle reinforced rubber-like materials, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters, Elsevier, DOI: 10.1016/j.taml.2022.100383

Peer-reviewed Refereed Proceedings (SCOPUS-Indexed)

Sankalp Gour, Deepak Kumar, Vinod Yadav: Charge-controlled electromechanical instability modeling of a dielectric plate actuator, IEEE Conference Proceedings, DOI: 10.1109/MASCON51689.2021.9563434 in MAS-CON 2021 at IEEE Madras Section Chennai, 08/2021
BOOK CHAPTER: Sankalp Gour, Deepak Kumar, Vinod Yadav: Electromechanical instability modelling of particle-reinforced dielectric elastomeric actuators, Presented at ICFAMMT 2022 IITRAM Gujrat in Springer Book on Advances in Material Science and Metallurgy, ISBN: 2978-981-19-4918-0
Sankalp Gour, Aditya Kamt, Sharad Singh, Deepak Kumar, Atul Kumar Sharma: Actuation stability modeling of a particle-reinforced dielectric elastomer, in ICRAM 2022 at IIT Jodhpur, 08/2022
Ankit Upadhyay, Sankalp Gour, Ankul Kumar, Deepak Kumar, Aseem Chandra Tiwari: Exergy modeling and simulation of a horizontal concentric tube heat exchanger, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, IOP Science in IC-MAME 2021 at UIET-Punjab University, 10/2021
Deepak Kumar, Vinod Yadav, Sankalp Gour, Ayush Srivastav: A study of buckling phenomenon in dielectric elastomeric actuator with different potential energy functions, AIP Conference Proceedings; American Institute of Physics in iCRAFT 2020 at BITS Pilani, Dubai campus, 03/2021

National Conference Proceedings

Sankalp Gour, Praveen Deshmukh, Pravesh Joshi: Hydrogen-powered fuel cell vehicles; National Conference-2016, held at Lakshmi Narain College of Technology, Bhopal.

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