Publications

 

Papers:

1. Saini K. and Kumar N., “Structural changes in Collagen protein molecules under high hydrostatic pressures”, Mechanical Manipulations (MM-2013) 15th-26th April, 2013, National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) Bangalore, India.

2. Saini K. and Kumar N., “Intrinsic compressibility and volume compression in Collagen proteins by Molecular Dynamics Simulation at high pressures”, International Conference on Design of Biomaterials (BIND-12), 09-11 December, 2012, IISc Bangalore, Bangalore, India.

3. S. Sharma, R. Chandra, N Kumar, Effect of Stone–Wales and vacancy defects on elastic moduli of carbon nanotubes and their composites using molecular dynamics simulation, 2014, Computational Materials Science, Volume 86, 15 April 2014, Pages 1–8.
 
4. K. Saini and N. Kumar, Torsional Deformation Behavior of Cracked Gold Nano-wires, Acta Mechanica, March 2014, Volume 225, Issue 3, pp 687-700.
 
5. P. Jindal, M. Goyal and N. Kumar, “Modeling Composites of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Polycarbonate,” International Journal for Computational Methods in Engineering Science and Mechanics 14:542–551, 2013
 
6. P. Jindal, M.Goyal and N.Kumar, Mechanical characterization of multiwalled carbon nanotubes-polycarbonate composites, Materials and Design Volume 54,Pages 864–868, 2014 (Elsevier Journal, Impact factor, 2.91)


7. Karanvir Saini and Navin Kumar, “Mechanical Characteristics of Cracked Gold Nano-wires under Torsional Loading”, Materials Science & Technology 2011 Conference & Exhibition, 2011  Columbus, Ohio, United States.

8. Karanvir Saini and Navin Kumar, “Effect of axial relaxation on the torsional behavior of cracked nanowires”, ICSSD -2012, 4-6th January 2012, MNIT Jaipur, India.

9. S. Sharma, R. Chandra, P Kumar, N Kumar, Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Functionalized SWCNT/Polymer Composites, Journal of Composite Materials, 2016, DOI: 10.1177/0021998316628973
10. S. Sharma, R. Chandra, P Kumar, N Kumar, Molecular dynamics simulation of polymer/carbon nanotube composites, Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica, Volume 28, Issue 4, August 2015, Pages 409–419
11. S. Sharma, R. Vig and N. Kumar,Temperature compensation in a smart structure by application of DC bias on piezoelectric patches, Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 2016, DOI: 10.1177/1045389X16633769
12. S. Sharma, R. Vig and N. Kumar, Effect of Electric Field and Temperature on Dielectric Constant and Piezoelectric Coefficient of Piezoelectric Materials: A Review, Integrated Ferroelectrics: An International Journal, Volume 167, Issue 1, 2015
13. S. Sharma, R. Vig and N. Kumar, Finite element modelling of smart piezo structure: considering dependence of piezoelectric coefficients on electric field, , Mechanics Based Design of Structures and Machines, 2015 (accepted)
14. S. Sharma, R. Vig and N. Kumar, Active vibration control: considering effect of electric field on coefficients of PZT patches, Smart Structures and System, Vol 16, No 6, 2015.
15. S Sharma, R. Chandra, P Kumar, N Kumar, Molecular Level Analysis of Carbon Nanofiber Reinforced Polymer Composites, Journal of Composite Materials, 2015 (accepted)
16. P.S. Brown, E.L. Talbot, T.J. Wood, M.J. Egan, J.J. Wu, K. Saini, N. Kumar, C.D. Bain, J.P.S. Badyal, Controlling Picolitre Droplet Impact Dynamics by Tailoring the Solid Subsurface, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, Volume 481, 20 September 2015, Pages 215–221. 2015 (Impact Factor 2.75)
17. S. Sharma, R. Chandra, P Kumar, N Kumar, Thermo-mechanical characterization of multi-walled carbon nanotube reinforced poly-carbonate composites: Molecular dynamics approach, Comptes rendus Mecanique, Volume 343, Issues 5–6, May–June 2015, Pages 371–396.
18. Karan Saini and Navin Kumar, Mechanical Response of Collagen Molecule under Hydrostatic Compression, Materials Science and Engineering C, Volume 49, 2015, Pages 720–726 (Elsevier Journal, Impact Factor 3.08)
19. A K Tiwari, A R Patel, N Kumar, Investigation of strain rate on residual stress distribution, Materials and Design 65, 2015, 1041-1047 (Elsevier Journal, Impact factor 3.501)
20. K. Saini and N. Kumar, Effect of Surface Crack and its Size on Mechanical Characteristics of Gold Nano-wires, Procedia Materials Science, Volume 6, 2014, Pages 161–170
21. S. Singh and N. Kumar, Combined Rotor fault diagnosis in rotating machinery using Empirical Mode Decomposition, Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, 2014, Volume 28, Issue 12, pp 4869-4876
22. S. Singh and N. Kumar, Rotor faults diagnosis using Artificial Neural Networks and Support Vector Machines, International Journal of Acoustics and Vibration, Vol. 20, No. 3, 2015
23. S. Singh, A. Kumar, N. Kumar, Motor Current Signature Analysis for Bearing Fault Detection in Mechanical Systems. Procedia Materials Science, Volume 6, 2014, Pages 171–177
24. S. Sharma, R. Chandra, P Kumar, N Kumar, Effect of Stone–Wales and vacancy defects on elastic moduli of carbon 4 nanotubes and their composites using molecular dynamics simulation, 2014, Computational Materials Science, Volume 86, 15 April 2014, Pages 1–8 (Elsevier Journal, Impact factor, 2.13)
25. K. Saini and N. Kumar, Torsional Deformation Behavior of Cracked Gold Nano-wires, Acta Mechanica, March 2014, Volume 225, Issue 3, pp 687-700
18. P. Jindal, M. Goyal and N. Kumar, “Modeling Composites of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Polycarbonate,” International Journal for Computational Methods in Engineering Science and Mechanics 14:542–551, 2013
26. P. Jindal, M.Goyal and N.Kumar, Mechanical characterization of multiwalled carbon nanotubes-polycarbonate composites, Materials and Design Volume 54,Pages 864–868, 2014 (Elsevier Journal, Impact factor, 3.5)
27. Navin Kumar and S. P. Singh, Vibration Control of Curved Panel Using Smart Damping Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, Volume 30, July 2012, Pages 232–247 (Elsevier Journal, Impact factor, 3.1 )
28. Navin Kumar and Kishore Pochiraju, Dynamics of Virial Stress in Gold Lattic after Crack Initiation, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers,Vol.226 Part C: J. Mechanical Engineerting Science Page: 358-366
29. Navin Kumar and S. P. Singh, Experimental Study on Vibration and Damping of Curved Panel Treated with Constrained Viscoelastic Layer, Composite Structures, 2010, 92, 233–243. (Elsevier Journal, Impact factor, 3.85).
30. Navin Kumar and S. P. Singh, Vibration and damping characteristics of beams with active constrained layer treatments under parametric variations, Materials and Design, 2009, 30, 4162–4174 (Elsevier Journal, Impact factor, 3.5).
31. Navin Kumar, Sanjay Meena, S. P. Singh and B. C. Nakra, Vibration control of plate with partially covered active constrained layer damping, 2009, Advances in Vibration Engineering, 4 vol. 8, 327-338.

 

Posters:

1. Karanvir Saini, Navin Kumar, Satwinderjit Singh, “Torsional Characteristics of Defected Gold Nano-wire”, Research Scholar’s Day at IIT Ropar, 2 Feb., 2012, Punjab, India.

2. Karanvir Saini and Navin Kumar, “Effect of Crack Length on Torsional Mechanical Characteristics of Gold Nano-Wires”, NMC 2012 – 9th International Workshop on Nano-mechanical Sensing, June 6th to June 8th 2012, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India.