சி. எஸ். ஐ. ஆர். - கட்டமைப்பு பொறியியல் ஆராய்ச்சி நடுவம்

Professional Background

• Senior Scientist, CSIR - Structural Engineering Research Centre Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Year 2021 - till date
• Scientist, CSIR - Structural Engineering Research Centre Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Year 2016 - 2021
• Senior Project Fellow, CSIR - Structural Engineering Research Centre Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Year 2014 - 2016
• Quick Hire Scientist (Trainee), CSIR - Structural Engineering Research Centre Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Year 2011 - 2014

Areas of Scientific Interest

• Fatigue life prediction
• Numerical fracture mechanics
• Variational principles in mechanics
• Digital image correlation

Awards & Honours

• Best Paper Award at (National Conference on Innovative Materials and Technologies in Civil Engineering (NATCON 2015).
• Awarded 1st prize in PHOENIX 2009 (Event organised by Computer Society of India and Delhi College of Engineering)
• The journal article titled "Novel strategy for strengthening intervention of masonry walls using textile reinforced concrete" published in the Journal of Architectural Engineering, ASCE, August 2023 was featured as groundbreaking article on the Media podcast section by Global Construction Online (GCO), UK.

Publications

Journal Publications

• Abhishek Kumar, S. Vishnuvardhan, A. Ramachandra Murthy and G. Raghava, “Tensile and Fracture Characterization Using a Simplified Digital Image Correlation Test Set-Up” Structural Engineering and Mechanics, February 2019, Vol. 69(4), pp. 467–77, https://doi.org/10.12989/sem.2019.69.4.467
• Abhishek Kumar, A. Ramachandra Murthy and Nagesh R. Iyer, “Enhanced Model for Describing Total Fatigue Rate Curve Considering Stress Ratio Effects using B-spline”, Advances in Structural Engineering, July 2014, Vol. 17(7), pp. 1011-1028, https://doi.org/10.1260/1369-4332.17.7.1
• Abhishek Kumar, A. Ramachandra Murthy and Nagesh R. Iyer. “Crack Growth Prediction under Variable Amplitude Loading Considering Elastic-Plastic Stress Field ahead of Crack Tip”, Procedia Engineering, 2014, Vol. 86, pp. 645-652, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2014.11.065
• Abhishek Kumar, G. Raghava and S. Vishnuvardhan. “Evaluation of Combined Hardening Parameters for Type 304LN Stainless Steel Under Strain-Controlled Cyclic Loading”, Transactions of Indian Institute of Metals, January 2016, Vol. 69(2), pp. 513-517, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12666-015-0824-1
• Smitha Gopinath, Abhishek Kumar and Lavanya Eragam. “Thermal properties of multiple-wythe masonry overlayed with textile reinforced concrete sandwich panels”, Sādhanā, March 2023, Vol. 48(2), pp. 1-12, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12046-023-02116-0
• Smitha Gopinath, Abhishek Kumar and and Lavanya Eragam, “Novel Strategy for Strengthening Intervention of Masonry Walls Using Textile-Reinforced Concrete”, Journal of Architectural Engineering, August 2023, Vol. 29(4), pp. 04023031/1-12, https://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/JAEIED.AEENG-1437
• Ramachandra Murthy, S. Vishnuvardhan, M. Saravanan, Abhishek Kumar, P. Gandhi and P.K. Singh, “Fatigue life and fracture assessment of SA 333 Gr. 6 carbon steel straight pipes with circumferential crack”, Journal of Structural Engineering, August-September 2023, Vol. 50(3), pp. 215-225
• Smitha Gopinath and Abhishek Kumar, “Artificial Neural Network–Based Numerical Model to Predict Flexural Capacity of Masonry Panels Strengthened with Textile Reinforced Mortar”, Journal of Composites for Construction, February 2021, Vol. 25(1), pp. 06020004/1-10, https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CC.1943-5614.00011

Book Chapter

• Abhishek Kumar, S. Vishnuvardhan P. Gandhi, “Assessment of Speckle Pattern for Use in Digital Image Correlation Analysis Using Simulated Displacement Field”, In: Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, July 2019, pp. 603-615

Patents / Copyrights