Ishan Sharma

PhD (Cornell University)

Email:ishans[AT]iitk.ac.in

Office Phone: 0512-259-6152

Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Specialization

Broad: Mechanics; Applied Mathematics

Granular materials; Planetary science; Contact mechanics and adhesion; Soft materials; Dynamics; Structural vibrations; Wave propagation; Stability; Fluid-structure interaction;

Research Interest

Modeling granular systems for geophysical and industrial applications. Specific problems include dynamics of granular minor planets, and segregation in granular mixtures.various problems of mechanics including contact mechanics and adhesion, dynamics, and stability and vibrations of structural and fluid-structural systems.

Education

PhD (Cornell University, 2004)
B. Tech.(IIT Kanpur, 1999)

Website(s)

Homepage

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Sharma, I. 2012. Stability of rotating non-smooth complex fluids. J. Fluid Mechanics 708, 71-99.
LaRagione, L., V. Prantil and I. Sharma 2008. A simplified model for inelastic behavior of an idealized granular material. Int. J. Plasticity 24, 168–189.
Sharma, I., J. A. Burns and C. -Y. Hui 2005. Nutational damping in solids of revolution. Mon. Not. R. Astron. 359, 79–92.
Dalmeya R., I. Sharma, C. S. Upadhyay and A Anand 2012. Contact of a rigid cylindrical punch with an adhesive elastic layer. J. Adhesion 88, 1–31.
Sharma I., 2013. Stability of rubble-pile satellites. Icarus 229, 278–294.