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Sumit Basu
PhD (IISc Bangalore)
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Research Interest
Multi scale modelling of solids, Finite deformations, Non-linear Finite Element techniques, Surfaces and interfaces, Mechanics of Fracture, Mechanical behaviour of polymers.
Office
NL-211,
Department of Mechanical Engineering
IIT Kanpur,
Kanpur 208016
Education
PhD, IISc Bangalore, 1999
M.E., IISc Bangalore, 1994 Distinction
B.E., Jadavpur University, 1991 Honours
Selected Publications
Jatin, Sudarkodi V., Sumit Basu (2013) Investigations into the origins of plastic flow and strainhardening in amorphous glassy polymers. In press International Journal of Plasticity
Prabhat K Agnihotri, Kamal KKar, Sumit Basu, (2011) Effect of Carbon Nanotube Length andDensity on the Carbon Nanotube Coated Carbon fiber / Polyester Composites. Carbon, v49,p3098-3106
Dhiraj K Mahajan, Rafael Estevez and Sumit Basu, (2010) Ageing and rejuvenation in glassyamorphous polymers, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, v 58, n 10, p 1474-88, Oct.2010
Majumder, Manoj K.; Ramkumar, S.; Mahajan, Dhiraj K.; Basu, Sumit, (2010) Coarse-grainingscheme for simulating uniaxial stress-strain response of glassy polymers through molecular dynamics,Physical Review E: Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, v81, n1, 011803.
Parimal Maity, P.Venkitnarayanan, Sumit Basu, Nandini Gupta (2007), Degradation of PolymerDielectrics with Nanometric Metal-oxide Fillers due to Surface Discharges, IEEE Transactions onDielectrics and Electrical Insulation, v15, pp52-62