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Professor Vishesh R. Kar

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur, India

Research Interests:
Computational Solid Mechanics; Nonlinear Finite Element Methods; Curved Structures; Vibration & Stability; Shape Optimisation; Advanced Composite; Layered/Graded Structures; Bio-Composites; Multi-directional FGM

Biography:
Professor Kar is presently working in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur, India. He completed his doctoral program under Prof. S. K. Panda, Department of Mechanical Engineering at NIT Rourkela in 2015 as a full-time research scholar in the field of Computational Solid Mechanics. He has authored and co-authored over 60 research articles in peer reviewed journals, books and conferences in the field of modeling and analysis of composite structures. He is also Editorial Board Member of Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Materials (De Gruyter). Currently, he is handling various research projects as Principal Investigator (and Co-PI) funded by various government agencies. Presently, he is supervising several PhD students in the area of advanced composite structures. He is the recipient of Research Award 2016 from VIT University, India; Early Career Research Award 2017 from DST, Government of India; Young Scientist 2019 from Venus International Foundation, India; and Preeminent Researcher Award 2019 from International Institute of Organized Research, India in association with Western Sydney University, Australia. He is a recognized reviewer of many reputed international journals of his domain. He is a lifetime member of Indian Society for Applied Mechanics and Institute of Engineers (India). His h-index is more than 20 in Google Scholar and Scopus.

Selected Publications (For more see the link, Prof. Vishesh R. Kar):
Kar V R, Panda S K (2015) Thermoelastic analysis of functionally graded doubly curved shell panels using nonlinear finite element method, Composite Structures, 129: 202-212.
Kar V R, Panda S K (2015) Large deformation bending analysis of functionally graded spherical shell using FEM, Structural Engineering and Mechanics 53(4):661-679.
Kar V R, Panda S K (2015) Nonlinear flexural vibration of shear deformable functionally graded spherical shell panel, Steel and Composite Structures, 18(3):693- 709.
Kar V R, Panda S K (2015) Free vibration responses of temperature dependent functionally graded doubly curved panels under thermal environment, Latin American Journal of Solids & Structures, 12(11): 2006-2024.
Kar V R, Mahapatra T R, Panda S K (2015) Nonlinear flexural analysis of laminated composite flat panel under hygro-thermo-mechanical loading, Steel and Composite Structures, 19(4):1011-1033
Mahapatra T R, Kar V R, Panda S K (2015) Nonlinear free vibration analysis of laminated composite doubly curved shell panel in hygrothermal environment, Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials, 17(5):511-545.

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