Dr. Gaurav Nilakantan

Publications

PUBLICATIONS

 

 

JOURNAL - PUBLISHED

 

11.   Finite Element Analysis of Projectile Size and Shape Effects on the Probabilistic Penetration Response of High Strength Fabrics, Gaurav Nilakantan; Eric D. Wetzel; Travis A. Bogetti; John W. Gillespie Jr.; Composite Structures, 2012, DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2011.12.028. (view pdf) (go to journal)

10.   Effect of Statistical Yarn Tensile Strength on the Probabilistic Impact Response of Woven Fabrics, Gaurav Nilakantan; Michael Keefe; Eric D. Wetzel; Travis A. Bogetti; John W. Gillespie Jr.; Composites Science and Technology, Vol. 72, Issue 2, 2012, pp. 320-329. (view pdf) (go to journal)

9.     Computational Modeling of the Probabilistic Impact Response of Flexible Fabrics, Gaurav Nilakantan; Michael Keefe; Eric D. Wetzel; Travis A. Bogetti; John W. Gillespie Jr.; Composite Structures, Vol. 93, 2011, pp. 3163-3174. (view pdf) (go to journal)

8.     Multi-Scale Ballistic Impact Simulation of Dry Woven Fabric with Elastic Crimped Fibers, Ala Tabiei; Gaurav Nilakantan; International Journal of Vehicles Structures and Systems, Vol. 3, Issue 2, 2011, pp. 74-79.  (view pdf) (go to journal)

7.     Experimental Evaluation and Statistical Characterization of the Strength and Strain Energy Density Distribution of Kevlar KM2 Yarns: Exploring Length Scale and Weaving Effects, Gaurav Nilakantan; Ahmad Abu-Obaid; Michael Keefe; John W. Gillespie, Jr.; Journal of Composite Materials, Vol. 45, Issue 17, 2010, pp. 1749-1769. (view pdf) (go to journal)

6.     Multiscale Modeling of the Impact of Textile Fabrics Based on Hybrid Element Analysis, Gaurav Nilakantan; Michael Keefe; Travis A. Bogetti; John W. Gillespie, Jr.; International Journal of Impact Engineering, Vol. 37, Issue 10, 2010, pp. 1056-1071. (view pdf) (go to journal)

5.     On the Finite Element Analysis of Woven Fabric Impact Using Multiscale Modeling Techniques, Gaurav Nilakantan; Michael Keefe; Travis A. Bogetti; Rob Adkinson; John W. Gillespie, Jr.; International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 47, Issue 17, 2010, pp. 2300-2315. (view pdf) (go to journal)

- Cited in the SciVerse ScienceDirect Top 25 Hottest Articles, first citation appeared in the April-June 2010 list (click here)

4.     Computational Assessment of Occupant Injury Caused by Mine Blasts Underneath Infantry Vehicles, Gaurav Nilakantan; Ala Tabiei; International Journal of Vehicle Structures and Systems, Vol. 1, Issue 3, 2009, pp. 50-58. (view pdf) (go to journal)

3.     Axial Crushing of Tubes as an Energy Dissipating Mechanism for the Reduction of Acceleration Induced Injuries from Mine Blasts underneath Infantry Vehicles, Ala Tabiei; Gaurav Nilakantan; International Journal of Impact Engineering, Vol. 36, Issue 5, 2009, pp. 729-736. (view pdf) (go to journal)

2.     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, Vol. 43, Issue 5, 2009, pp. 445-467. (view pdf) (go to journal)

1.     Ballistic Impact of Dry Woven Fabric Composites: A Review, Ala Tabiei; Gaurav Nilakantan; Applied Mechanics Reviews, Vol. 61, Issue 1, 2008, pp. 10801-10813. (view pdf) (go to journal)

- Cited in the Monthly Top 10 Most Downloaded Articles of AMR, first  citation appeared in the February 2008 list (click here)

 

 

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

 

12.   A Numerical Study of the Effects of Yarn Strength and Projectile Characteristics on the Probabilistic Penetration Response of a Woven Fabric,  Gaurav Nilakantan; Michael Keefe; Eric D. Wetzel; Travis A. Bogetti; John W. Gillespie, Jr.;  ASME Applied Mechanics and Materials McMAT2011 Conference, Chicago, IL, USA, May 31-June 2, 2011

11.   Using LS-DYNA® to Computationally Assess the V0-V100 Impact Response of Flexible Fabrics Through Probabilistic Methods, Gaurav Nilakantan; Michael Keefe; Eric D. Wetzel; Travis A. Bogetti; Rob Adkinson; John W. Gillespie, Jr.; 11th International LS-DYNA Users Conference, Dearborn, MI, USA, June 6-8, 2010 (view pdf)

10.   Experimental and Numerical Testing of the V50 Impact Response of Flexible Fabrics: Addressing the Effects of Fabric Boundary Slippage, Gaurav Nilakantan; Eric D. Wetzel; Richard Merrill; Travis A. Bogetti; Rob Adkinson; Michael Keefe; John W. Gillespie, Jr.; 11th International LS-DYNA Users Conference, Dearborn, MI, USA, June 6-8, 2010 (view pdf)

9.     An Experimental and Numerical Study of the Impact Response (V50) of Flexible Plain Weave Fabrics: Accounting for Statistical Distributions of Yarn Strength, Gaurav Nilakantan; Cameron Showell; Ahmad Abu-Obaid; Michael Keefe; John W. Gillespie, Jr.; Travis A. Bogetti; Rob Adkinson; 1st Joint US-Canada Conference on Composites, 24th Annual ASC Technical Conference, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA, September 15-17, 2009 (view pdf)

8.     A Study of Material and Architectural Effects on the Impact Response of 2D and 3D Dry Textile Composites using LS-DYNA®, Gaurav Nilakantan; Michael Keefe; John W. Gillespie, Jr.; Travis A. Bogetti; Rob Adkinson; 7th European LS-DYNA Conference, Salzburg, Austria, May 14-15, 2009 (view pdf)

7.     A Numerical Investigation into the Effects of 3D Architecture on the Impact Response of Flexible Fabrics, Gaurav Nilakantan; Michael Keefe; John W. Gillespie, Jr.; Travis A. Bogetti; Rob Adkinson; Second World Conference on 3D Fabrics and their Applications, Greenville, South Carolina, USA, April 6-7, 2009 (view pdf)

6.     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; 9th International Conference on Textile Composites, Newark, DE, USA, October 13-15, 2008 (view pdf)

5.     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; 9th International Conference on Textile Composites, Newark, DE, USA, October 13-15, 2008 (view pdf)

4.     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 (view pdf)

3.     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

2.     Reduction of Acceleration Induced Injuries from Mine Blasts under Infantry Vehicles, Ala Tabiei; Gaurav Nilakantan, 6th European LS-DYNA Users Conference, Gothenburg, Sweden, May 29-30, 2007

1.     Dynamic Axial Crushing of Circular Tubes: A Novel Numerical Formulation, Gaurav Nilakantan, ASME ISC, Istanbul, Turkey, May 26-28, 2006

 

 

DISSERTATION / THESIS

 

2.     Modeling the Impact of Flexible Textile Composites through Multiscale and Probabilistic Methods, Gaurav Nilakantan, PhD Dissertation, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Delaware, DE, USA, December 2010

1.     Design and Development of an Energy Absorbing Seat and Ballistic Fabric Material Model to  Reduce Crew Injury Caused by Acceleration from Mine/IED Blast, Gaurav Nilakantan, Master of Science Thesis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, OH, USA, August 2006

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

2.     DYNAFAB User Manual Version 1.0, Gaurav Nilakantan, Nilakantan Composites, May 2010. ISBN 978-81-910696-0-0. (view pdf)

1.     Reduction of Crew Injury caused by Acceleration from IED/Mine Blast, Technical Paper Spotlight, FEA Information, November 2006

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