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Research Associate

Center for Composite Materials

University of Delaware, USA

                    —and—

Founder, Nilakantan Composites

Dr. Gaurav Nilakantan

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Please click here to visit the website of Nilakantan Composites, the company that owns and markets DYNAFAB - an automated preprocessor to create finite element (FE) models of 2D and 3D textile composites. DYNAFAB has now been commercially launched.

 

 

Research Interests

 

- Non linear finite element methods
- Simulating the ballistic impact of woven fabrics and textile composites
- Material modeling of woven fabrics and composite structures
- Multiscale modeling of composite materials and structures
- Probabilistic computational techniques
- V0 to V100 response of composite armor
- Experimental and statistical characterization of composite materials
- Preprocessors to automatically create FE models of textile composites
- Mesh generation techniques

- Fluid-Structure interaction
- Impact simulations and Crashworthiness using LS-DYNA
- Dynamic axial crushing of cylindrical shells
- Occupant survivability during crash, mine blast
- Energy absorbing structures
(click here to see some sample research movies)

 

 

Professional Affiliations and Memberships

 

- American Society for Composites (ASC)
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
- Golden Key International Honor Society
- International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM)
- International Ballistics Society (IBS)
- Sigma Xi
- Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE)
- Textile Institute
- The American Ceramic Society (ACerS)

- The Fiber Society
- United States Association for Computational Mechanics (USACM)

 

Brief Introduction

 

I currently am a Research Associate at the Center for Composite Materials, University of Delaware. I am also the founder of Nilakantan Composites. I hold a PhD degree in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Delaware. My advisors were Prof. John W. Gillespie Jr. (Director, Center for Composite Materials) and Prof. Michael Keefe (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering). I also hold a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati. My advisor was Prof. Ala Tabiei.

 

 

LinkedIn

 

If you want to connect with me on LinkedIn, my contact information is below. You can also join my LinkedIn group “A2E - Armor, Ballistics, Composites, and Defense Experts” by clicking here.

 

Collaboration

 

If you are interested in finding out how your organization can benefit from partnering with the Center for Composite Materials at the University of Delaware, please contact me, or visit our center’s website by clicking here.

Center for Composite Materials

101 Academy St

Newark, DE 19716

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** Nilakantan Composites is in no way affiliated with the University of Delaware. DYNAFAB is in no way affiliated with LSTC.

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