Dr. Sivakumar V.

Biography

Dr. Sivakumar V. received his Ph. D. in Solid Mechanics from IIT Madras in 2006. At IIT, he carried out a project sponsored by the Vikram Sarabhai Space Center (VSSC) of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on rocket casing stress analysis under the guidance of Prof. R. Palaninathan. Prior to pursuing his Ph. D., Dr. Sivakumar worked in at the FE software development companies, Altair Engineering and EASi Technologies in Bangalore in various capacities. He received his Master's degree in Structural Engineering and was involved in research at the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) Bangalore on the development of capacitance-based accelerometers with Dr. A. R. Upadhya. The project was sponsored by the IT firm SSPL. Dr. Sivakumar joined Amrita in 2006. He is currently co-investigator in an ISRO project on the analysis of multi-layer shear damper. In the course of his career, he has done numerous structural analyses in various fields such as framed structures, automotive bodies and aerospace structures.

Research Interest

His areas of interests are Non-Linear Structural Mechanics, Composite Mechanics and Bucking Analysis with Real Imperfections. He has had exposure to most FE codes, including ABAQUS, NASTRAN, LS-DYNA, ANSYS and HYPERWORKS.