Niranjan Krishna Naik
Emeritus Professors
Aerospace Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
India
Biography
Awards & Fellowships Aerospace Engineering Division Gold Medal of the Institution of Engineers (India) for 1992-93 Professor H. H. Mathur award for Excellence in Research in Applied Sciences 2006 (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay) Excellence in Aerospace Education Award 2008 (The Aeronautical Society of India) Shri Hotchand M. Lala and Shrimati Jamuna H. Lala Excellence in Teaching Award, 2013 (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay) Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering 2005 Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India 2004 Fellow of the Aeronautical Society of India (F-596) Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India), Aerospace Engineering Division (F/100972/5) Life Member of the Indian Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (L/241) Life Member of the Indian Society of Mechanical Engineers (L 150/468)
Research Interest
Thermomechanical Analysis of 2D / 3D Woven and Braided Composites Low Velocity Impact / Ballistic Impact Behavior of Composites Strain Rate Effects on the Mechanical Behavior of Composites Honeycomb Sandwich Structures with Composite Inserts Hybrid Composites Fatigue and Fracture Behavior of Composites Carbon Nanotube Dispersed Resins and Polymer Matrix Composites
Publications
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Naik, N.K., Kedar S. Pandya, Jayaram R. Pothnis and Tamrat Abishu Gelu. 2014. Revisiting Kolsky bar data evaluation method, Composite Structures, 111: 446-452.
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Pandya Kedar S. and N. K. Naik. 2015. Analytical and experimental studies on ballistic impact behavior of carbon nanotube dispersed resin, International Journal of Impact Engineering, 76: 49-59.
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Pandya Kedar S., Ch. V. Sesha Kumar, N. S. Nair, P. S. Patil and N. K. Naik. 2015. Analytical and experimental studies on ballistic impact behavior of 2D woven fabric composites, International Journal of Damage Mechanics, 24:471-511.
