PROCEEDINGS

ICTACEM 2004

THIRD

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

ON

THEORETICAL, APPLIED, COMPUTATIONAL AND

EXPERIMENTAL MECHANICS

DECEMBER 28 - 30, 2004

Edited byProf. S. K. Bhattacharyya

Professor, Structural Engineering

Department of Civil EngineeringIndian Institute ofTechnology, Kharagpur, India.

&

Prof. Somnath Ghosh

John B. Nordholt Professor

Department of Mechanical EngineeringThe Ohio State UniversityColumbus, OH 43202, USA

DEPARTMENT OF AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KHARAGPUR

CONTENTS

SL.NO. TITLE PG. NO.

G-01 Disturbed State Constitutive Modeling of Materials and Interfaces 1

and Computer ImplementationChandrakant S. Desai

G-02 Applications of Phase Sensitive Scanning Acoustic Microscopy for 3

Materials Characterization

Wolfgang Grill

G-03 A Robust Computational Methodology For Numerical Simulation of 5

Physical Processes

/. N. Reddy

K-01 An Autonomous Structural Health Monitoring System 7

Ajit Mai

K-02 Ultrasonic Guided Waves for Structural Health Monitoring 9

Tribikram Kundu

K-03 Modeling at The Interface of Mechanics and Materials for Composite 10

and Polycrystalline Materials

Somnath Ghosh, John B. Nordholt

K-04 Interfacial Crack Problems and Cohesive Zone Model 11

Kikuo Kishimoto

K-05 Computational and Experimental Approaches to Dynamic 13

Stability of Columns Subjected to Rocket Thrust

Yoshihiko Sugiyama

K-06 Structural Health Monitoring: Simulation, Characterization and Detection 17

Aditi Chattopadhyay and Xu Zhou

K-07 Stability of Composite Laminates Using A Higher Order Shear 18

Deformation Theory

N.G.R.Iyengar

K-08 Phenomenological Considerations in Large Deformartions 22

N. K. Gupta

K-Q9 Piezolaminated Smart Structures Mechanics and Mathematical Modeling 24

S. Narayanan & V. Balamurugan

K-10 Computation in Matlab Enviroment 25

T.K. Datta and Sudip Paul

K-l 1 Modelling and Simulation of Multibody Dynamics:Some Aerospace Applications 26

S. Suryanarayan

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K-12 High Temperature Cu-Al-Ni Shape Memory Alloys 28

Ganesh K Kannarpady and Abhijit Bhattacharyya

K-13 Characterization and Modeling of Strength Enhancement Mechanisms in 34

Composite Materials at The Nanoscale

Samit Roy, Kamesh Narasimhan, Farzana Hussain, and Hongbing Lu

K-14 A Comparison of Displacement and Mixed Models For Elasto-statics 37

of Composite Plates

M. K. Rao, Y. M. Desai and T. Kant

K-15 Mechanistic Understanding of Material Removalmechanisms 38

During The Chemical Mechanical Planarization (CMP) Process

Abhijit Chandral& AshrafBastawros

002 Application of EFG For Crack Path Prediction 39

Kamal

004 Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD): The Numerical 40

Solutions of Fluid Flow Problems

Nishant Kr Singh

007 Experimental and Theoritical Estimation of Collpase Load 41

For Fast Breedor Reactor Core Support Structure

B.Imthiaz

010 Surface Crack Propagation Behaviour In Plates Under Bending 43

Manivasagam. R

013 Seismic Qualification of Pfbr Reactor Assembly Based on Tests and 44

3D Fern Simulations

Dhanavel M

014 Establishing Scaling Laws For Seiemic Qualification Test For PFBR 45

Main Vessel

K. Senthilkumar

016 CFD Simulation of Effects of Operating Parameters and Product on 46

Transport Phenomena in Packed Agricultural Produces

M. K. Chourasia

019 Elastic Stiffness of Kaolinite Clay at very Small Strain Region 50

Keeratikan

020 Effect of Aspect Ratio and Boundary Conditions on Dynamic Stability 51

Behaviour of Doubly Curved Panels Subjected to Follower Edge Loading with DampingRavikumar L.

021 Theoritical and Experimental Study on Structural Damage Prediction.„

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Sudhirkumar VBarai

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022 Modelling Wave Dynamics Around Offshore Objects 59

Dr. Subrata Bose

026 Constitutive Modelling Using The Disturb State Concept 62

For Jointed Rockmass

Amit Pandey

027 Computational Study of Flow Over Flapping and Hovering 64Airfoils Using High Order Compact and Filtering SchemesVarun Vikas

028 On Some "Missing Modes" of Plate Vibrations 69

Hitendra Patel

029 Damage Detection of Plate Using Simulated Modal Data 72

Sajal Roy

033 Upgradation of Cockpit Air Conditioning System of 74

MiG-27M Aircraft & Design Validation

Paresh

035 Damage Analysis of Rubber Fuel Tanks of MIG-21 Aircraft 77

Vilas

036 Free Vibration Response of Piezoelectric Laminated 80

Composite Plates With Random Material Properties

Dr.B.N.Singh

037 On The Bending Behaviour of Point Supported Composite 84

Hypars Under Concentrated Load-a Finite Element Treatment

Dr. D. Chakravorty

038 Comparison of Plate Models For Analysis of Laminated Composites 88

Mohite

043 External Node in Finite Element Method 91

Mahesh N. Varma/Dr. R.P. Shimpi

044 Force Multipliers For Combat Effectiveness Through Modernization of 93

Fighter Aircraft with Intelligent SystemsParesh

049 Time-optimal, Collision-free Navigation of A Car-like Mobile Robot Using 96

A Genetic Neuro-fuzzy SystemNirmal Baran Hui

051 A Combined Cfd And Network Approach For A Simulated Turbine Blade 101

Cooling SystemRamakumar

052 Micro-macro Modelling of Randomly Distributed Short Cylindrical Fiber Composites 105

Fiber CompositesSreedhar Kari

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053 Multiobjective Function Optimisation For Multistoried Energy Efficient 109

Buildings In Indian Cold RegionsA.I.Laskar

057 Analysis of Dynamics of Coupled Van Der Pol Oscillators Through Extended Ill

Poincare-cartan Theorem

Vikas Rastogi

058 Model Updating For Support Compliance and Mass Loading of A Structure 114

Using Genetic AlgorithmAbhijit Sarkar

059 Stochastic Finite Element Buckling Analysis of Composite Plates with Random 116

Material PropertiesAmit Kumar Onkar

060 Two-dimensional Wave Propagation in Sandwich Composite Plates with 119

Functionally Graded Cores

Subrata Nayak

062 "Predicting Deposition of Sediment in Ukai Resercoir(Tapi River)"-A Case Study 121

Anil Chauhan

064 "Study of Mobility Index For Tapi River At Sarangkheda" 122

S.M.Yadav

067 Vibration of Stiffened Plates with Cutout Subjected to Partial Edge Loading 123

A, K. L. Srivastava, P. K. Datta, A.H. Sheikh

069 Axial Dispersion in Two-phase Ejector Induced Downflow Bubble Column 126

5. K. Majumder

071 Finite Element Stress Analysis of FRP Composites Using Multigrid and 130

Domain Decomposition TechniquesBibhu Mahanta

072 Analytical and Numerical Evaluation of Stress Fields For Cracks along The 134

Gradient in Functionally Graded Materials

Venkitanarayanan P

073 Reliability Analysis Using Theory of Quadratic Forms 137

Sondipon Adhikari

074 Non-linear Static Analysis of Laminated Composite Plates 140Dr.K.K.Shukla

076 Study The Behavior of Piezoelectric Materials Under Electromechanical Loading 143Arockia Rajan

077 Studies on Evaporated Zirconium Oxide Thin Films, , 146

G. Jeevish Glastine «

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078 Optimization of Engine Performance By Thermal Barrier Coating on Piston Crown 149

G. Jeevish Glastine

079 A Structural Health Monitoring System Based on Vibration and Wave Propagation 152

Ajit Mai

080 Lamb Waves From Localized Sources in Composite Plates 156

Ajit Mai

081 Fatigue Reliability Analysis of Fixed Offshore Structures - A First Passage 159Problem ApproachDr. TMMadhavan Pillai

083 Transformation Technique For Water Wave Scattering By A Variable Bottom 162

Subash Chandra Martha

087 Numerical Studies on Energy Transfer Mechanisms in An Autoparametric System 165

Naganand

089 Finite Element Analysis For Design of Elastomeric Inflatible Seals 167

G.Rajkumar

090 Finite Element Analysis of Large Granular Piled Raft Foundations- Effect of 170

Non Homogeneity of Pile

V. Venkata Ravi

091 Nonlinear Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Beams Using Fixed Smeared 173

Crack Model

Iman

094 Acoustic Radiation From Submerged Composite Cylinderical Shells 175

JayasankarS

095 A Numerical Comparison of Meshless Solutions For Fluid Flow Problems, 179

Indra Vir Singh

096 Vibration Test with A Real Deployable Space Truss and Its Simplified 184

Mechanical Model

Kondo Eiji

097 Test Setup For Magnetohydrodynamic Bearing 188

Pranab Samanta

099 Solution of Elasto-plastic Problems Using Strain-space Plasticity 190

B.M.Dawari

100 Thermal Stress Analysis of Laminated Composite Plates Using A 193

Shear - Flexible Element Based on Coupled-displacement Field

Sita Thankam. V

102 Bending Deflection of A Launch Vehicle in Flight Under Aerodynamic 199

and Control Forces

Jancy Rose K

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103 Three Dimensional Analysis of Adhesively Bonded Double Lap Joint Under 200

Mechanical Cycling.S. kumar

104 Effect of Scour Depth on The Seismic Response of A Hammer-head Bridge 204

Goutam Ghosh

105 Nonlinear Dynamic Response of Rolling Element Bearings Due to The Effects of 208

Rotor Speed and Radial Internal Clearance

Dr. S. P. Harsha

106 Time-varying Parameters in Vibration Excitation of Helical Gears 211

Chinmaya Kar

107 Development of a 3-D Computational Tool For Determination of Nonlinear 214

Response Parameters of Piezoceramic Materials

Mahendra Kumar Samal

108 Active Vibration Control of Smart Paraboloidal Shell 217

Rajeev Kumar

109 Finite Element Modeling of An Inflatable Torus Using Matlab 219

Ashish Srivastava

112 Progressive Damage Accumulation Modeling In The Composite Helicopter 221

Rotor Blade

Prashant Pawar

113 Stabilization and Active Vibration Control of An Assymetric Rotor Via 224

Liapunov Floquet Transformation

Satyajit Panda

115 Liquid-Liquid Stratified Flow Through Horizontal Conduits 227

Dhurjati

116 Under-actuated Quadruped 229

Vinayak

118 Tensile and Dielectric Properties of Banana, Coconut, Palm and Sisal 230

Dr. K. M. M. Rao

119 Structural Intensity Field Distribution In Adhesively Bonded Joint 232S.C. Pradhan

121 A Study on A Generalized Wave Equation For Disturbances Propagating 235

Through A One-dimensional Medium Placed In A Two-dimensional SpaceSubhrajit

125 Distributed Vibration Control in Flexible Manipulator Using A Smart Hybrid : 238

Damping Scheme

Dibakar Bandopadhya

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127 Design of Dynamically Loaded Fiber-reinforced Structures with Account 240

of Their Vibration Transmission Behavior

Jagadish

128 Intelligent Maintenance Planning And Scheduling of Foue Wheelers By 244

Fuzzy Clustering TechniqueS.A.Rajesh

129 Modal Density of Stringer Stiffened Cylindrical Shell Structure 247

P. Ramachandran

132 Influence of Classified Rice Husk Ash on Splitting Tensile Strength of High 251

Strength Concrete

Salim Ahmed Barbhuiya

133 Free Vibration Analysis of Isotropic, Layerwise Isotropic And Layerwise 254

Transversely Isotropic Layered Beams Using A Complete Layer-wise TheorySubrata Nayak

134 Effective Scour Reduction By Threaded Circular Piers 258

Rajkumar V Raikar

135 Two-dimensional Plane Turbulent Wall Jet Subject To Sudden Change in 260

Bed RoughnessArindam Sarkar

136 Effect of Seepage on Local Scour Downstream of An Apron 261

Arindam Sarkar

138 Free Vibration Analysis of Three Layered Cu-fr Sandwich Beam 262

V.Balakrishna Murthy

139 Low Velocity Impact Analysis of Composite Structure: A Compartive Study 265

Dr. Dipak K. Maiti

140 Design of Magnetorheological Damper For Active Vibration Control 268

Dr. Dipak K. Maiti

144 Structural Analysis of High Pressure Turbine Casing Flange 271

P. Venkateswarulu

146 Thermal Buckling of Functionally Graded Beam 274

Rajesh K Bhangale

149 Multimode Vibration Control of A Plate Using Piezoelectric Actuators 277

Suryanarayana A.N. Prasad

150 Computational And Experimental Studies on Impeller and Diffuser of A 281

Centrifugal Compressor StageDrGVRamana Murty

152 Structural Dynamic Test Facilites For Combat Aircraft Development 285

T. M. Naidu

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153 Stability of Laminated Composite Curved Panels With Cutout Using Finite 287

Element Method.

S. K. Sahu

154 Computational Analysis of Ram Air Parachute Canopy 289

Yogesh

155 Flow Field In Evolving Scour Hole At Cylindrical Piers 290

Rajkumar V Raikar

158 Computational Study of The Effects of Inlet Wake on Turbine Cascade 291

With Air InjectionMurari Sridhar

161 Synthesis and Evaluation of Some Properties of Al-Si (7.2%)-Fly Ash Metal 294

Matrix CompositeRamachandraM

162 Generation of Disaster Management Model Based on GIS And Remote Sensing 295

Sharad V. Oberoi

164 Tip Clearance Effects on Flow Field of A Centrifugal Compressor 299

P. Usha Sri

165 Mechanical Behavior of Composites at High Strain Rate Shear Loading: Review 302

Addis Asmelash

171 A Higher Order Assumed Strain Finite Element For Transient Analysis of 305

Initially Stressed Composite Sandwich Plates

A K Nayak

175 Closed Form Analytical Expressions For Shimmy Velocity and Frequency of 306

Nose Wheel Landing Gear

Dr. Dipak K. Maiti

179 Active Vibration Suppression in Composite Box-beam Using Piezoelectric 309

Bimorph Actuators

Subhasish Mohanty

180 Study of High Voltage Amplifier And Signal Conditioner For Piezoelectric 311

Actuator and Sensor

Subhasish Mohanty

181 Experimental Studies on Dynamic Response of Metallic Honeycomb 313

Sandwich Structures Using Modal TechniqueS.V Rajagopal

182 Response of Metallic Honeycomb Sandwich Panel Under Differential... 316

Heating Environment

5. V. Rajagopal

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183 Active Flutter Suppression of Composite Wing Model Using 319

R.Sreedeep

184 Optimization of Piezomechanical Amplification Systems For Active 323

Vibration Control ApplicationsR.Sreedeep

185 Active Vibration Control of Shear Actuated Piezoelectric Sandwich 325

Beam - Experiment

R.Sreedeep

186 Simulation of Pseudoelastic Behaviour of Shape Memory Alloy Reinforced 326

Composite Lamina

R.Sreedeep

189 Characterization of Piezoelectric Stack Actuators For Structural 329

Control ApplicationsS. Janardhanam

190 A Simple Approach To Synthesis of Linear Antenna Arrays With Sector 331

Beam Pattern Using Genetic Algorithms,Gautam Kr.Mahanti

194 Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Kevlar Fabric Strength Member 336

Sabusebastian M

195 Experimental Testing of An Underwater Towed Body 340

Sajith

196 Synthesis and Electroactive Characteristics of Polyacrylamide Based 344

Intelligent HydrogelsRehna

197 Development of An Expert System For Composites Structural Repair 347

Vinod Y. Kamble

198 Design Aspects of Thermoacoustic Refrigeration 350

Pundarika

201 Analysis of Natural Flexural Vibration In Disordered Kirchhoff's Plate 354

Himanshu Mishra

202 Unsteady Vaporization of Liquid Oxygen Drops with Interactive Effects 359

Venkat.S. Iyengar

203 Deployment Simulation ofInflatable Structures 363

B. R Shastry

205 Buckling of Rectangular Plates Under Non-uniform Compression Using 364

Rigorous Plane Stress Solutions

Prasun Jana

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207 Distribution of Reynolds Stress in Open Channel Flow with Upward Seepage 367

Subhasish Dey

209 Boundary Element Analysis of Stiffened Thin Plates in Flexure 370

Dr Mohammed Ameen

210 P-version Finite Element Modeling of Plane Elasticity Problem 373

S K Dwivedy

211 Effects of Relative Wall Motion on Secondary and Tip Clearance Flows 376

In A Linear Turbine Cascade

V. Uma Maheshwar

213 Effect of Surface Roughness on Fretting Fatigue Behaviour of En45A Spring 379

Steel Leaf SpringsM.L. Aggarwal

111 Vibration And Sound Radiation Characteristics of Functionally Graded Plates 383

D. Maruthi Rao

' 220 Nonlinear Transient Analysis of Doubly Curved Laminated Composite Shells 385

N. V. Swamy Naidu

221 Measurement of Dynamic Stiffness And Damping of Vibration Isolators 389

Under Non-sinusoidal Conditions

Mohan D. Rao

222 Dynamics of A Food Web Consisting of Two Preys and A Predator 394

Sunita Gakkhar

228 Design of Laminated Composites For Maximum Strength Using Genetic 398

AlgorithmsV.V.SRao

229 Interfacial Crack Problems and Cohesive Zone Model 399

Kikuo Kishimoto

239 Performance Assessment of Multi-cylinder Engine Using CNG And LPG As A 400

Fuel (Paper Id 233)Chetan

254 Stabilization of Cantilever Nonlinear Space Structure 403

Sujit Kumar Bose

256 Effect of Moisture on The Tensile Strength Degradation of Fibers In 404

Composite Fabric Materials

Dr. CM. Manjunatha

257 Modeling and Simulation of Biotechnological Processes 408Partha Sarathi Pal

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264 Application of Artificial Neural Networks in Kinematics of Robotic Manipulators 413

R.R.Srikant

265 Dynamic Stability of Composite Stiffened Plates 416

S.N.Patel

268 Indirect Estimation of Marine Geo Technical Parameters with Amplitude 420

Variation with Offset (AVO) Inversion

Sathyanarayana

275 Parametric Combination Resonance Characteristics of Laminated Composite 424

Plates Subjected to Non-uniform Edge LoadingRatnakar. S. Udar

281 Hygrothermal Effects on The Geometrically Nonlinear Bending of Laminated 428

Composite Shells

Chinmay Kumar Kundu

282 Initiation and Propagation of Failure in Clamped and Simply Supported 432

Damaged Laminated Composites Due to ImpactAnup Ghosh

296 Element-free Galerkin Method For Static And Free Vibration Analyses of 435

Thin Plates

Priyaranjan Pal

297 A Closed-form Formulation For Hydrodynamic Pressure on Gravity Dams 439

Considering Reservoir Bottom Effects

Dr. Damodar Maity

299 Health Monitoring of A Skew Box Culvert Bridge on National Highway 442

D. Bandyopadhyay

302 The Nonlinear Behaviour of Curved Composite Panels 446

J. Girish

303 A Statistical Micro-mechanical Model For Predicting Strength of Concrete 450

5. Majumdar

306 Rejuvenation of Water Storage Structures 454

N. Agarwal

307 Finite Element Analysis of Liquid Filled Annular Cylindrical Tanks with Baffles 455

K. C. Biswal

310 Differential Evapotranspiration From Clay Surface: Different Modelling 458

Approaches and Their ComparisonBhola Ishwar

311 Effect of Interfacial Frictional Condition During Forming of Polygonal 460

Cross-sections Through Conical Converging Dies

Kumar Pallav

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312 Effect of Rotation on Free Vibration of Flexible Cantilever Beam with Tip Mass 461

S. K. Dwivedy

313 Finite Element Analysis of A Lock Gate Structure Using A Truncated 464

Boundary Condition Considering Linear Surface Wave in The Fluid

Pratap Kumar Pani

315 Propagation of Stress Waves Through Graded Media 469

Abhijit Mukherjee

316 Non-linear Fern Analyses of Floor Bearing Characteristics of 472

Weak Rock Foundation

Dheeraj Kumar

317 Finite Element Analysis of Stiffened Frp Composite Plates 476

A. Bhar and S. K. Satsangi

318 Shear Failure in Beams with Second Order Shear Deformation and 481

3D Plasticity Theory

Rajesh K. Singh, R. K. Singh, T, Kant, R C Jain, S RamanujamA K Ghosh, and H S Kushwaha

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