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Selected Publications
Articles In Academic Journals
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Year
Title
2015
Design and Comparison of Immersive Interactive Learning and Instructional Techniques for 3D Virtual Laboratories
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PRESENCE Journal
. 93-112.
2011
Engineering Laboratory Instruction in Virtual Environment, eLIVE
.
Advances in Engineering Education
. 1-24.
2011
Lightning Strikes on Metal and Composite Aircraft and Their Mitigation
.
Journal of Aerospace Sciences and Technologies
. 208-222.
2005
Measurement of In-Plane Elastic Moduli of Composites with A circular Disk Specimen and Piezoelectric Sensors
.
Polymer Composites
. 542-551.
2005
Strain Measurement in a Shape Memory Alloy with Strain Gages
.
Strain
. 177-184.
2004
Compressive Behavior of Pultruded composite Plates with Circular Holes
.
Composite Structures
. 29-36.
2001
Determination of Elastic Constants of Composites with a Circular Disk Specimen
.
Advanced Composites Letters
. 127-133.
2001
Hole-Size effects in Pultruded Composites
.
Mechanics of Composite Materials
. 79-84.
2000
Compressive Properties of Pultruded composites
.
Mechanics of Composite Materials
. 781-790.
2000
Discussion of Novel Procedure for Complete In-Plane Composite Characterization Using a Single T-Shaped Specimen
.
Experimental Mechanics
. 96-97.
1997
A Blunt Notch Extended Compact Tension (BN-ECT) Specimen for the Study of Short and Long Crack Propagation
.
Experimental Techniques
. 24-26.
1997
Low-Velocity Wear Resistance of LaRC-SI and Blends Against Titanium
.
Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering
. 481-484.
1996
Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) Approach for Bolted Joints in Pultruded Composites
.
Composites: Part B
. 351-360.
1996
Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) Approach for Reinforced-Plastic Channel Beam Buckling
.
Composites: Part B
. 361-369.
1992
Experimental Mechanics Investigations of Composites, Part I: Mechanical and Photo-Mechanical Studies
.
Materials Engineering
. 261-269.
1992
Experimental Mechanics Investigations of Composites, Part II: Development of Novel Test Methods
.
Materials Engineering
. 271-277.
1992
Shape Optimization for a Composite Crack-length Sensor
.
Experimental Techniques
. 36-38.
1991
Application of Strain Gages to Measure the Adhesive Strains Through the Thickness of An Adhesively Bonded Stiffened Strip
.
Experimental Techniques
. 39-41.
1990
Application of Carbon-powder-polymer Composite as a Continuous Crack-length Sensor
.
Experimental Mechanics
. 332-335.
1990
Damage Assessment Through Electrical Resistance Measurement in Graphite Fiber Reinforced Composites
.
Experimental Techniques
. 16-20.
1989
A Fiber-optic Technique to Assess the Influence of Interfacial Friction in a Pin-loaded Hole
.
Transactions of the Instrument Society of America
. 35-39.
1987
A Fiber-optic Technique for the Measurement of Contact Angle in a Clearance-fit Pin-loaded Hole
.
Experimental Techniques
. 20-22.
1987
An Investigation of the Iosipescu and Asymmetrical Four-Point Bend Tests
.
Experimental Mechanics
. 57-63.
1987
Determination of Calibration Constants for the Hole-drilling Residual Stress Measurement Technique Applied to Orthotropic Composites Ñ Part I: Theoretical Considerations
.
Composite Structures
. 105-118.
1987
Determination of Calibration Constants for the Hole-drilling Residual Stress Measurement Technique Applied to Orthotropic Composites Ñ Part II: Experimental Evaluations
.
Composite Structures
. 165-172.
1987
Failure Modes for Polycarbonate Under Clearance-fit Pin-loading
.
Polymer Engineering and Science
. 1681-1687.
1986
A Photoelastic Investigation of Asymmetric Four Point Bend Shear Test for Composite Materials
.
Composite Structures
. 217-231.
1986
Investigation of Non-linear Contact for a Clearance-fit Bolt in a Graphite/Epoxy Laminate
.
International Journal of Composite Structures
. 77-85.
1986
Measurement of Contact Angle in a Clearance-fit Pin-loaded Hole
.
Experimental Techniques
. 25-27.
1985
Shear Testing of Composites
.
Mechanika Teoretyczna I Stosowana (Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Journal published by the Polish Academy of Sciences)
. 607-615.
1984
Application Least-squares Method to Elastic and Photoelastic Calibration of Orthotropic Composites
.
Experimental Mechanics
. 17-21.
1984
State of the Art in Composite Materials Testing
.
Current Engineering Practice
. 1-10.
1982
Damping as Measure of Damage in Composites
.
Journal of the Technical Councils of ASCE
. 106-111.
1982
Discussion on The Relationship Between Tensile Strength and Flexure Strength in Fiber-Reinforced Composites
.
Experimental Mechanics
. 38-39.
1982
Extension of Hole-drilling Method to Birefringent Composites
.
Polymer Composites
. 40-43.
1982
Extension of Oblique Incidence Method to Photo-orthotropic-elasticity
.
Experimental Mechanics
. 462-467.
1982
Photo-orthotropic-elasticity: A New Technique for Stress Analysis of Composites
.
Optical Engineering
. 679-688.
1982
Photoelastic Investigation of Bolted Joints in Composites
.
Composites
. 253-256.
1981
Comment on Strength Prediction of Composite Laminates with Unloaded Fastener Holes
.
AIAA Journal
. p. 1375.
1981
On the Characteristic Dimension of Two-parameter Fracture Models
.
International Journal of Fracture
. R177-R180.
1981
Selection of Matrix Materials for Composites Based on Notch Sensitivity
.
Transactions of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering
. 54-56.
1980
Discussion on A Unified Approach to Optical Constitutive Relations
.
Experimental Mechanics
. 178-180.
1980
Fabrication of Birefringent Anisotropic Model Materials
.
Experimental Mechanics
. 320-321.
1980
Holographically Determined Isopachics and Isochromatics in the Neighborhood of a Crack in a Glass Composite
.
Experimental Mechanics
. 53-56.
1980
Model Materials for Photo-orthotropic-elasticity
.
Fibre Science and Technology
. 1-11.
1980
Photoelastic Calibration of Orthotropic Model Materials
.
Optica Acta
. 429-433.
1980
Response of Composite Plates to Blast Loading
.
Experimental Mechanics
. 245-250.
1980
Separation of Principal Stresses in Photo-orthotropic-elasticity
.
Fibre Science and Technology
. 245-253.
1979
Application of Brittle Coatings on Orthotropic Materials
.
Fibre Science and Technology
. 11-19.
1979
Tensile Fracture of Composites with Circular Holes
.
Materials Science and Engineering
. 121-125.
1978
Notch Sensitivity of Polymers
.
Journal of Applied Polymer Science
. 3011-3022.
1977
Dynamic Response of Composite Plates with Cutouts, Part I: Simply Supported Plates
.
Journal of Sound and Vibration
. 549-564.
1977
Dynamic Response of Composite Plates with Cutouts, Part II: Clamped-clamped Plates
.
Journal of Sound and Vibration
. 565-576.
1977
Towards Stress-freezing in Orthotropic Model Materials
.
Experimental Mechanics
. 317-320.
1976
Discussion on the Birefringent Response of a Potential Photoelastic Material with Variable Elastic Properties
.
Experimental Mechanics
. p. 151.
1976
On the Application of Brittle Coatings to Graphite Fibre Reinforced Plastics
.
AIAA Journal
. 110-112.
1976
Stress-strain Models for Photo-orthotropic-elasticity
.
Journal of Aeronautical Society of India
. 165-169.
1976
The Interpretation of Isoclinics in Photo-orthotropic-elasticity
.
Experimental Mechanics
. 6-10.
1976
The Measurement of Shear-material-fringe-value in Photo-orthotropic-elasticity
.
Journal of Aeronautical Society of India
. 33-38.
1975
Discussion on Fiber-reinforced Birefringent Composite Materials
.
Experimental Mechanics
. p. 240.
1975
Discussion on Strain-optic Law for a Certain Class of Birefringent Composites
.
Experimental Mechanics
. p. 392.
1975
On the Stress-optic Law for Orthotropic Model Materials in Biaxial Stress Fields
.
Experimental Mechanics
. 29-34.
1975
Strain-optic Law for Orthotropic Model Materials
.
AIAA Journal
. 723-728.
1974
Glass Fibre Reinforced Plastics as Model Materials for Photoelasticity
.
Reinforced Plastics
. 31-33.
1974
Wave Motion in Anisotropic Media by Dynamic Photomechanics
.
Experimental Mechanics
. 433-439.
1973
Photoelastic Analysis of an Orthotropic Ring Under Diametral Compression
.
AIAA Journal
. 777-778.
1972
Application of Photo-orthotropic-elasticity
.
Journal of Strain Analysis
. 253-260.
1971
A Class of Zero-Birefringent Polymers
.
Experimental Mechanics
. 26-31.
1971
Photo-Orthotropic-Elasticity, Part I
.
Experimental Mechanics
. 346-352.
1971
Photo-Orthotropic-Elasticity, Part II
.
Experimental Mechanics
. 353-356.
Conference Papers
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Year
Title
2016
The Effect of Fiber Orientation Angle of the Unnotched, Open Hole, and Pin-Loaded Strength of a Pultruded Composite
. 20C1-20C15.
2008
Workshop on Composite Materials for College Faculty
2008
Workshop on Composite Materials for Graduate Students
2002
Effect of Circular Hole on Compressive Behavior of Pultruded Composites
2001
Damage Resistance and Damage Tolerance of Pultruded Composite sheet Materials
2001
Experimental Techniques for Determining In-Plane Elastic Constants of Orthotropic Composites
. 1-9.
2001
Recent Research in the Mechanical Behavior of Pultruded Composite Materials
2000
Hole-Size Effects in Pultruded Composites
1999
Flexural-Torsional Behavior of RP Channel Section Beams
. 4A1-4A7.
1999
Lateral-Torsion response of FRP Beams under Three-Point Loading and LRFD Approach
1999
Modeling of Pultruded Composite Sheet Materials and Their Response Under Compressive Loading
1999
Tension, Compression and Flexure Properties of Pultruded Composites
1999
Ultrasonic Measurement of In-Plane Moduli of Pultruded composites
1998
An Experimental Investigation of Load-Sharing in a Multi-Bolt Pultruded Composite Joint
. 355-368.
1998
Flexural Behavior and LRFD Approach for FRP-Reinforced Thermoplastic Beams
. 18.
1998
LRFD Approach for Channel Section FRP Columns
. 18.
1998
Stress Gradient Effects on Pultruded Composite Strength
1997
An Investigation of the Influence of Tightening Torque and Sea Water on Bolted Pultruded Composite Joints
. 14D1-14D14.
1997
Low-Velocity Wear Resistance of LaRC-SI and Blends Against Metals
1997
Translaminate Fracture of Notched Transparent Continuous Fiber-Reinforced Composites
1997
Wear Results of an Advanced Polymeric Material for Use in Total Knee Replacements
1997
Yield Line Study of Concrete Slabs with FRP Rebars
. 6C1-6C13.
1992
Novel Sensors for Continuous Crack-length Measurement
1991
Experimental Mechanics Investigations of Composites: Developments of Novel Test Methods
1991
Experimental Mechanics Investigations of Composites: Mechanical and Photo-mechanical Studies
1990
A New Nondestructive Method to Detect Fiber Damage in Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites
. 1-4.
1990
Continuous Crack Length Measurement with a Carbon Powder Polymer Composite
. 187-192.
1989
A Method for Assessing Damage in Graphite Fiber Reinforced Composites
. 982-987.
1987
Application of Optical and Photomechanical Techniques in the Study of Mechanical Joints
. 199-202.
1986
A New Method for Measuring Contact Angle in Pin-Loaded Holes Simulating Bolted Joints
1986
An Analytical and Experimental Investigation of Contact Angle in a Bolted Composite Joint
. 61-70.
1986
An Analytical and Experimental Study of Contact, Stresses and Failure in Clearance-fit, Pin-loaded Polycarbonate Specimens
1985
A Photoelastic Investigation of Asymmetric Four-Point Bend Shear Test for Composite Materials
1985
An Investigation of the Iosipescu and Asymmetrical Four-point Bend Tests for Composite Materials
1984
Experimental Mechanics of Fiber Reinforced Composites
. 73-86.
1983
Simultaneous Elastic and Photoelastic Calibration of Birefringent Orthotropic Model Materials
1982
A Photoelastic Investigation of Bolted Joints in Composites
1982
Application of Least Squares Method to Photo-Orthotropic-elastic Calibration
1982
Application of Least Squares Method to the Measurement of Orthotropic Elastic Constants
. 382-386.
1982
Location of Gages for Determining Orthotropic Elastic Constants
. 81.
1982
Measurement of Elastic Constants of Orthotropic Composites
1981
Complete Stress Analysis of Composite Photoelastic Models by Oblique Incidence
1981
Determination of Principal Stresses in Birefringent Composites by Hole-drilling Method
. 1-4.
1981
Effect of Stress Relieving Holes on the Strength of Perspex and Polycarbonate
. 37-39.
1981
Photoelastic Techniques for the Complete Determination of Stresses in Composite Structures
1980
Application of Oblique Incidence Photoelastic Techniques to birefringent Composites
. 121-128.
1979
Developments in Photo-orthotropic-elasticity
. 559-585.
1979
Effect of Matrix Notch Sensitivity on Composite Notch Sensitivity
. 115-116.
1979
Hole Size Effect in Composites
1978
Effect of Geometrical Discontinuities on Fatigue and Fracture Behavior of Composite Materials
1978
Free Vibration Characteristics of Clamped- Clamped Composite Plates with Circular Holes and Square Cutouts
1978
Free Vibration Characteristics of Simply Supported Composite Plates with Circular Holes and Square Cutouts
1977
Dynamic Response of Simply Supported Composite Plates with Cut-outs
. 423-424.
1976
Anisotropy of Notch Sensitivity of Composite Materials
1975
Low-cycle Fatigue of Glass Fibre Reinforced Plastics
1975
Notch Sensitivity of GFRP Materials in the Low-cycle Fatigue Region
. 1-6.
1975
Stress Concentration Factors in Composite Materials by Transmission Photoelasticity
A Photoelastic Study of Stress Waves in Fiber-reinforced Composites
. 937-949.
An Experimental Investigation of Bolt-Preload Relaxation in Pultruded Composite Joints
. 14E1-14E13.
Block Shear Failure Modes in Pultruded Composite Plate Connections
. 10F1-10F7.
Effect of Notches on the Fatigue Behavior of Continuously Reinforced Composite Materials
. 189-201.
Impact Load Response of Pultruded Fiberglass Grating
. 24C1-24C6.
Research
Grants
An Experimental Investigation of Damage Resistance and Damage Tolerance of Composite Materials
awarded by
NASA, Marshall Space Flight Center
2001 - 2003
Automated Tow Placement Processing and Characterization of Composites
awarded by
NASA, LaRC
2001 - 2002
PAC-3 Mentor-Protégé Composites Testing and Manufacturing Process Improvement
awarded by
Small Business Development Center of Hampton Roads (Lockheed Martin Vought)
1999
A Comparison of Quasi-Static Indentation and Drop-Weight Impact Testing on Carbon/Epoxy Laminates
awarded by
NASA, LaRC
1998 - 1999
PAC-3 Mentor-Protégé Composites Testing and Manufacturing Process Improvement
awarded by
Small Business Development Center of Hampton Roads ( Lockheed Martin Vought)
1998 - 1999
Failure Characteristics of Honeycomb Sandwich Structures and Aircraft Alloys
awarded by
NASA, LaRC
1997 - 1998
Mechanical Characterization of Ceramic-LaRC SI Polymer Composites for Wear-Resistant Applications
awarded by
SBIR-Phase II Proposal
1996 - 1998
Applications of Biaxially Stretched Thermoplastic Polymers
awarded by
GSRP Fellowship
1996 - 1997
Measurement of Mechanical Properties of Ceramic-Polymer Composites
awarded by
Lo TEC (Low Thermal Expansion Ceramics) Co.
1996
Progressive Damage in Composites
awarded by
NASA, LaRC
1995 - 1996
Characterization of the Behavior of Composite Shell Structures under Combined Mechanical and Internal Pressure Loading
awarded by
GSRP Fellowship for Mark Robeson
1994 - 1995
Experimental Study of Time Dependent Behavior of Composites
awarded by
NASA, LaRC
1994 - 1995
Progressive Damage in Composites
awarded by
NASA, LaRC
1994 - 1995
Virginia Space Grant Consortium Graduate Fellowship for Mark Robeson
1994 - 1995
Characterization of the Behavior of Composite Shell Structures under Combined Mechanical and Internal Pressure Loading
awarded by
GSRP Fellowship for Mark Robeson
1993 - 1994
Experimental Study of Time Dependent Behavior of Composite
awarded by
NASA, LaRC
1993 - 1994
Progressive Damage in Composites
awarded by
NASA, LaRC
1993 - 1994
Virginia Space Grant Consortium Graduate Fellowship for Mark Robeson
1993 - 1994
Characterization of the Behavior of Composite Shell Structures under Combined Mechanical and Internal Pressure Loading
awarded by
GSRP Fellowship for Mark Robeson
1992 - 1993
Investigation of Progressive Damage in Composite Materials
awarded by
NASA, LaRC
1992 - 1993
Time Dependent Behavior of Composites
awarded by
NASA, LaRC
1992 - 1993
Virginia Space Grant Consortium Graduate Fellowship for Mark Robeson
1992 - 1993
Fatigue and Fracture of Aluminum Alloys
awarded by
NASA, LaRC
1992
Investigation of Five-point Bend Test for Composites
awarded by
NASA, LaRC
1991 - 1992
Role of Constituents in Organic-matrix Composites
awarded by
NASA, LaRC
1991 - 1992
Time Dependent Behavior of Composites
awarded by
NASA, LaRC
1991 - 1992
Thermal-mechanical Analysis of Metal Matrix Composites
awarded by
NASA, LaRC
1991
Investigation of Five-point Bend Test for Composites
awarded by
NASA, LaRC
1990 - 1991
Role of Constituents in Organic-matrix Composites
awarded by
NASA, LaRC
1990 - 1991
Measurement of the Interfacial Strain Distribution in Adhesively Bonded, Stiffened Plate
awarded by
NASA, LaRC
1989 - 1990
Measurement of Interfacial Strain Distribution in Adhesively Bonded, Stiffened Plate
awarded by
NASA, LaRC
1988 - 1989
Investigation of Interfacial Strains in a Bonded Stiffened Plate
awarded by
NASA, LaRC
1987 - 1988
A Study of the Strength and Toughness of Laminates Subjected to Bearing Loads
awarded by
National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Langley Research Center
1985 - 1986
Residual Stress Measurements in Graphite/Polyimide Composites
awarded by
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, LaRC
1985 - 1986
Structural Efficiency Studies of Advanced Aero thermal Compression Panels
awarded by
NASA/LaRC
1985 - 1986
Development of an Algorithm and Computer code for 3-Dimensional Geometric Non-linear Analysis
awarded by
NASA, LaRC
1985
A Photoelastic Investigation of Shear Tests for Composite Materials
awarded by
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, LaRC
1984 - 1985
A Study of the Strength and Toughness of Laminates Subjected to Bearing Loads
awarded by
National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Langley Research Center
1984 - 1985
Modeling of Low-Velocity Impact Damage of Continuous Fiber-Reinforced Composites
awarded by
National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Langley Research Center
1984 - 1985
Modeling of Low-Velocity Impact Damage of Continuous Fiber-Reinforced Composites
awarded by
National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Langley Research Center
1983 - 1984
Aero thermal Structural Concepts Study
awarded by
National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Langley Research Center
1982 - 1983
An Investigation of Residual Stresses in Advanced Composites
awarded by
National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Langley Research Center
1982 - 1983
Separation of Principal Stresses in Photo-Orthotropic-Elasticity
awarded by
National Science Foundation
1981 - 1983
Aero thermal Structural Concepts Study
awarded by
National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Langley Research Center
1981 - 1982
Equipment for Application of Photoelasticity to Composite Model Materials
awarded by
National Science Foundation
1980 - 1981
Application of Photo-orthotropic-elasticity to Plane Problems in Composites
awarded by
National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Langley Research Center
1979 - 1980
Photoelastic Studies of Advanced Lap Joint Concepts
awarded by
National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Langley Research Center
1979
Stress Analysis and Low-Cycle Fatigue Behavior of Composite Materials
awarded by
Atomic Energy Commission, government of India
1976 - 1979
Dynamic Response of Fibre Reinforced Composites
awarded by
Aeronautics Research and Development Board, Ministry of Defense, Government of India
1973 - 1978
Background
Education And Training
Ph.D. in Mechanical Eng., Mechanics/Materials Science,
Illinois Institute of Technology
1970
M.E. in Machine Design,
Indian Institute of Sciences
1967
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
1965
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Full Name
Ramamurthy
Prabhakaran