Mahendra Kumar Samal
Assistant Professor
Engineering Sciences
Homi Bhabha National Institute
India
Biography
Mahendra Kumar Samal has done his Ph.D from Mumbai University and working as Assistant professor in Homi Bhabha National Institute. He Has won many awards and recognition during his period.Department of Atomic Energy (DAE, Govt. of India) Young Engineer Award 2008. Homi Bhabha Award and Gold Medal 1997 for securing First Rank in 40th of Batch BARC Training School (Mech. Engg.). INS Medal 2007 by Indian Nuclear Society for significant research contribution in Continuum Damage Mechanics. Ashok Chaturvedi Memorial Award 2003 for Ranking First among M. Tech. students in Mech. Engg. Dept. of IIT Bombay. P.M. Natu Memorial Award 2003 for Ranking First among Design Engg. Students of IIT Bombay
Research Interest
Continuum Damage Mechanics, Finite Element and Boundary Element Method, Creep, Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics, Multi-Scale Material Modeling, Modeling of nonlinear constitutive behavior of piezoelectric and other smart materials, Crystal Plasticity
Publications
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Samal MK, Abhishek A (2011) A new model for prediction of chromium depletion near grain boundaries and corresponding sensitization in austenitic stainless steels. J. of Mechanical Engineering Science 225: 809-815.
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Samal MK, Sanyal G, Chakravartty JK (2010) Estimation of fracture behaviour of thin walled nuclear reactor fuel pins using pin-loading tension (PLT) test. Nuclear Engineering and Design 240: 4043-4050.
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Samal MK (2010) A new damage mechanics based approach for integrity assessment of plant components. J. of Structural Longevity 3: 127-153.
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Seidenfuss M, Samal MK, Roos E (2011) On critical assessment of the use of local and nonlocal damage models for prediction of ductile crack growth and crack path. Int. J. of Solids and Structures 48: 3365-3381.
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Anahid M, Samal MK, Ghosh S (2011) Dwell fatigue crack nucleation model based on using crystal plasticity finite element simulations of polycrystalline Titanium alloys. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 59: 2157-2176.
