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SMART MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATION (SMC) LAB

SMC Lab is mainly focused on modeling and experimental characterization of smart/active materials and smart composites. Presently, the lab is equipped with electrical, mechanical, thermal and magnetic material characterization facilities.

Projects



S.No Project title Agencies Duration Amount (Lakhs)
1

Studies on non-linear effects of electro-mechanical coupled problems

IITM
Mar. '08 - '11
05.00
2

Experimental studies on non-linear effects of piezoelectric materials

ISRO- IITM
Sep. '09 - '11
21.43
3

Theoretical modeling and experimental characterization of rate-dependent effects on ferroelectrics

DST
May '09 - '12
21.90
4

An experimental characterization on fatigue behavior of piezoelectric materials

NRB
Mar. '12 - '14
44.16
5

An experimental characterization of smart  piezoelectric composites

CSIR
Apr. '12 - '15
17.80
6

Modeling on magnetostrictive thin films

DMRL
Sep. '12 - '14
22.44

Team Members


Ph. D. scholars


Name : Mr. R. Jayendiran.

Title    : Analytical & experimental characterization of 1- 3   piezocomposites.



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Name : Ms. R. Sujithra.

Title    : Material modeling of shape memory polymer.
              (colloboration with Prof. M. S. Sivakumar)



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Name : Mr. K. Senthil.

Title    : Studies on adhesively bonded composite joints.
               (colloboration with Prof. R. Palaninathan)


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Name : Mr. S. Sreenivas Prasath.

Title    : Material modeling of Macro-fiber-composite (MFC).
            



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M.S. scholars


Name : Mr. Kasi Viswanathan

Title    : Multi-ferroic composites.


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M .Tech.

Name : Mr. Soumya Banerjee.

Title    : Energy harvesting using electro-active polymers




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Name : Mr. Mainak Bhattacharyya.

Title    : Fatigue studies on piezoelectric materials.




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Former Members


Name : Dr .K. Jayabal, Senior Researcher, TU Dortmund, Germany.
              

Title    :  Micromechanically motivated modeling of ferroelectrics.




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Name : Mr. M. Sakthivel, Scientist, ISRO, Banglore.
              

Title    : Thermo-electro mechanical properties of piezocomposites.



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Name : Mr. Trideep singh.

Title    : Temp. dependent experimenal & theoretical studies on ferroelectrics.




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Name : Mr. C. Elango, Dept. Manager, Mahindra & Mahindra, Chennai.
              

Title    : Active vibration control on beam using piezoelectric actuator.



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Name : Mr. Pavan kumar, Researcher, University of Magdeburg, Germany.
                            

Title    : Studies on magneto-electro-elastic coupled-field interactions.



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Name : Mr. D. Srihari, Researcher, University of Magdeburg, Germany.
                                   

Title    : Numerical studies on effective properties of  piezo-composites.



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Name : Mr. Naresh Pakam.

Title    : Studies on effective properties of electro-magneto-elastic composites.




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Name : Mr. Swathin Sahu.

Title    : Rate-dependent studies on piezoelectric materials.




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