Kumar, Pulkit

Ultrasonic Scattering and Wave Propagation in Elastic and Complex Media

Statistical UT scattering properties of complex materials

  • Two-point correlation statistics, ultrasonic measurements, backscattering measurements

 Shear wave propagation in a piezoelectric composite structure

  • Dispersion equations, Functionally graded piezoelectric material, porous-piezoelectric material, layered structure

Green’s function for wave propagation due to impulsive source

  • Transversely isotropic porous layer, Green’s function, Fourier’s transform, Delta function

Stresses induced by a moving load in a composite structure

  • Moving loads, Poroviscoelastic, Stress analysis, Shear stress, Structural analysis, Induced Stresses

Stress intensity factor due to the propagation of Griffith crack

  • Hilbert transformation, integral equation, monoclinic material, moving crack, plane waves, stress intensity factor

Pulkit Kumar

Research Scientist II
Email: pkumar@iastate.edu

Funded Research Sponsors

  • CNDE-IAB
  • AFRL, Pratt & Whitney

Keywords

  • Mathematical Modelling, Wave Propagation, Scattering, Smart Materials and Structures, and Additive Manufacturing

Expertise

  • Applied Mathematics
  • Solid Mechanics

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