Gaurav Nilakantan

Publications / Awards

PUBLICATIONS

 

JOURNAL

 

· Global/Local Modeling of Ballistic Impact onto Woven Fabrics, M. Prabhakar Rao; Gaurav Nilakantan; Michael Keefe; Brian M. Powers; Travis A. Bogetti, Journal of Composite Materials, (accepted), 2008

· Ballistic Impact of Dry Woven Fabric Composites: A Review, Ala Tabiei; Gaurav Nilakantan; Applied Mechanics Reviews, Vol. 61, January 2008

- Previously cited as #1 in the Top 10 Most Downloaded Articles of AMR, first citation appeared in February 2008 (click here)

 

CONFERENCE

 

· Simulating the Impact of Multi-layer Fabric Targets using a Multi-scale Model and the Finite Element Method, Gaurav Nilakantan; Michael Keefe; John W. Gillespie, Jr.; Travis A. Bogetti; TEXCOMP 9, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA, October 13-15, 2008

· Modeling the Material and Failure Response of Continuous Filament Fabrics for use in Impact Applications, Gaurav Nilakantan; Michael Keefe; John W. Gillespie, Jr.; Travis A. Bogetti; TEXCOMP 9, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA, October 13-15, 2008

· Novel Multi-scale Modeling of Woven Fabrics for use in Impact Studies, Gaurav Nilakantan; Michael Keefe; John W. Gillespie, Jr.; Travis A. Bogetti; 10th International LS-DYNA Users Conference, Dearborn, MI, USA, June 8-10, 2008

· Novel Multi-scale Modeling of the Ballistic Impact of Plain Weave Fabrics using a Finite Element Analysis, Gaurav Nilakantan; Michael Keefe; John W. Gillespie, Jr.; Travis A. Bogetti; SAMPE ’08 University Research Symposium, Long Beach, CA, USA, May 18-21, 2008

· Reduction of Acceleration Induced Injuries from Mine Blasts under Infantry Vehicles, Ala Tabiei; Gaurav Nilakantan, 6th European LS-DYNA Users Conference, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2007 (view  pdf)

· Dynamic Axial Crushing of Circular Tubes: A Novel Numerical Formulation, Gaurav Nilakantan, ASME ISC, Istanbul, Turkey, May 26-28, 2006 (view pdf)

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

· Reduction of Crew Injury caused by Acceleration from IED/Mine Blast, Technical Paper Spotlight, FEA Information, Nov 2006

· Study of City Noise Levels (undergraduate project), Bangalore Times, June 2002

 

 

 

PATENTS (pending)

 

· Anti Whiplash Seat for Passenger Vehicle

 

 

AWARDS and PRIZES

 

· 2008 SAMPE University Research Symposium, PhD Category, Long Beach, CA (2nd place)

· Center for Composite Materials Progress Award, University of Delaware Honors Day, 2008

· University Graduate Scholar, University of Cincinnati, 2004 - 2007

· Merit Prize Winner, “Create the Future” Design Contest, NASA Tech Briefs, 2006

· University of Cincinnati Intramural Badminton Champion, 2005

· Gold Medalist / 10th Rank Holder, Mechanical Engineering, Visveswaraiah Technological University, 2003

· Distinction Awards, Department of Mechanical Engineering, PES Institute of Technology, India, 1999-2003

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Gaurav Nilakantan

Center for Composite Materials

201 Composites Manufacturing Science Lab

University of Delaware

Newark, DE 19716-3144

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Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering

University of Delaware, USA