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PUNEET MAHAJAN
Professor, Department of Applied Mechanics
Indian Institute of Technology
Hauz Khas, N. Delhi 110016
India
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, with a Minor in Mathematics. Montana State
University, Bozeman, Montana, U.S.A. June '90.
M.E. in Mechanical Engineering, Delhi University, India, June '85.
BSc. in Mechanical Engineering, Delhi University, India, June '82.
CAREER-RELATED EXPERIENCE
Professor, I.I.T., Delhi. Teaching and research in helmets, mechanical behaviour and
impact of composites, applications of finite elements, snow mechanics. Jan. 2005 –
Associate Professor, I.I.T., Delhi. Nov. '1998 –Jan. 2005.
Asst. Professor, I.I.T., Delhi. Nov. 1993 – Nov. 1998
Lecturer, I.I.T., Delhi. Jan. 1992 – Nov.1993
Visiting Faculty, Institute of Low Temperature Science, Sapporo, Japan. May2000 to
July 2000.
Research Scientist, CEMEF, Sophia Antipols, France. Work done on Finite Element code
Forge2 for metal forming problems. May '95 to Sept. '95.
Science and Technology Agency Research Fellow, National Research Institute for
Metals, Japan. A modified shear lag model was developed to study the effect of reaction
zone on stress concentration in fibres in metal matrix composites. Jan. '91 to Jan. '92.
THESIS SUPERVISED
PhD 12, M.Tech. 66
PUBLICATIONS
Journals 65, Conferences 55
1. Details of Research Publications
Journals
[1]. Puneet Mahajan, and Robert L. Brown. "A microstructure-based constitutive law
for snow." Annals of Glaciology 18.1 (1993): 287-294.
[2]. P.Mahajan, C.Masuda, Y.Tanaka, Z. Metallkunde, "Effect of Reaction Layer on
Stress Concentration in Fibres", 1993, Vol. 84, No. 1, p63-68.
[3]. P.Mahajan, J.L.Chenot, L.Fourment "An Implicit Contact algorithm for Non steady
state metal forming", Engineering Computations, 1998, Vol. 15 (7), pp 908-924.
[4]. P Mahajan, "Contact behavior of an orthotropic laminated beam indented by a
rigid cylinder." Composites science and technology 58.3-4 (1998): 505-513."
[5]. Adarsh Kumar Dinesh Mohan, and Puneet Mahajan. "Studies on tractor related
injuries in Northern India." Accident Analysis & Prevention 30.1 (1998): 53-60.
[6]. PMahajan, and A. Dutta. "Adaptive computation of impact force under low
velocity impact." Computers & structures 70.2 (1999): 229-241
[7]. A Dutta, C. V. Ramakrishnan, and P. Mahajan. "Adaptive finite element analysis
of structures under transient dynamic loading using modal superposition." Finite
elements in analysis and design 31.4 (1999): 255-272."
[8]. Adarsh Kumar, “Effect of whole-body vibration on the low back: a study of tractor-
driving farmers in north India." Spine 24.23 (1999): 2506.
[9]. K Krishnamurthy, P. Mahajan, and R. K. Mittal. "A parametric study of the impact
response and damage of laminated cylindrical composite shells." Composites
Science and Technology 61.12 (2001): 1655-1669."
[10]. Adarsh Kumar, "IT—information technology and the human interface: tractor
vibration severity and driver health: a study from rural India." Journal of
Agricultural Engineering Research 80.4 (2001): 313-328.
[11]. Puneet Mahajan, "Short term settlement of footing on snow foundation." Defence
Science Journal 51.4 (2001): 419.
[12]. K Krishnamurthy,P. Mahajan, and R. K. Mittal. "Impact response and damage in
laminated composite cylindrical shells." Composite structures 59.1 (2003): 15-36
[13]. S Senthil & Mahajan, Defence Science Journal, "Avalanche Initiation Mechanism –
A finite Element Approach” ,Volume 53(1), 2003, pp 87-94.
[14]. D Nayak, N. Bhatnagar, and P. Mahajan. "Machining studies of uni-directional
glass fiber reinforced plastic (UD-GFRP) composites part 1: effect of geometrical
and process parameters." Machining Science and Technology 9.4 (2005): 481-501.
[15]. P.Mahajan & S.Senthil, Cold Region Science & Technology "Cohesive Element
Modeling of Crack Growth in Layered Snow", , 40,2004, pp 111-122
[16]. D Nayak, "Finite Element Analysis of Effect of Machining Direction on Fibre
Orientation of FRP Composites." Journal of the Institution of Engineers(India) Part
PR, Production Engineering Division 85.2 (2005): 64-67.
[17]. D Nayak, N. Bhatnagar and P. Mahajan, Machining Science and Technology,
"Machining studies of UD-GFRP composites Part – I: Effect of geometrical and
process parameters", Vol9 (4), 2005, pp 481-501.
[18]. D Nayak, N. Bhatnagar, and P. Mahajan. "Machining studies of UD-FRP
composites part 2: finite element analysis." Machining Science and Technology 9.4
(2005): 503-528.
[19]. D Nayak ,I Singh, N Bhatnagar and Mahajan, P., Manufacturing Technology and
Research,"Chip formation mechanism in Fiber reinforced plastics (FRPs)
composites- A finite element approach", Vol 1(2), pp. 1-4, July 2005
[20]. Puneet Mahajan, Masahiko Arakawa and Norikazu Maeno, Journal of the
Japanese Society for snow and ice sciences "Compression experiments of high
density snow- Load measurements and preliminary comparison to snow sounds",
2006, vol. 68(2), pp 131-139.
[21]. G. Venu Gopala, Rao, P. Mahajan, and N. Bhatnagar, "Micro-mechanical
modeling of machining of FRP composites–Cutting force analysis." Composites
science and technology 67.3 (2007): 579-593. “
[22]. G. Venu Gopala, Rao, P. Mahajan, and N. Bhatnagar. "Micro-mechanical modeling
of machining of FRP composites–Cutting force analysis." Composites science and
technology 67.3 (2007): 579-593.
[23]. G. Venu Gopala, Rao, P. Mahajan, and N. Bhatnagar. "Micro-mechanical modeling
of machining of FRP composites–Cutting force analysis." Composites science and
technology 67.3 (2007): 579-593. ‘.
[24]. M. Venkat, P. Mahajan, Rao and R. K. Mittal. "Effect of architecture on
mechanical properties of carbon/carbon composites." Composite Structures 83.2
(2008): 131-142.
[25]. Venkat M., P. Mahajan, Rao,and R. K. Mittal. "Effect of interfacial debonding and
matrix cracking on mechanical properties of multidirectional
composites." Composite Interfaces 15.4 (2008): 379-409.
[26]. P. Mahajan and S. K. Joshi. "Modeling of interfacial crack velocities in
snow." Cold Regions Science and Technology 51.2 (2008): 98-111. “
[27]. Puneet Mahajan, and Praveen Kumar Pinnoji, "Finite Element Modeling of
Helmeted Head Impact Under Frontal Loading." Transportation Research and
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Research Review 1 (2009): 4.
[28]. K.L.A.Khan, P.Hayanki, P. Mahajan, R.Prasad “Characterization of open-cell
Aluminium foam made by Sintering and Dissolution Process Transactions of
Powder Metallurgy Association of India. ”, Vol 33, ( 2007)
[29]. Praveen Kumar Pinnoji, Zafar Haider, Puneet Mahajan, International Journal of
Crashworthiness, “Design of Motorcycle helmets: Computational Fluid and Impact
analysis”, 2008, 13 (3): pp 265-278.
[30]. Praveen Kumar pinooji and Puneet Mahajan. "Two wheeler helmets with
ventilation and metal foam." Defence Science Journal 58.2 (2008): 304
[31]. K. L. A Khan, P. Mahajan, and R. Prasad. "Synthesis and characterization of Al
foam, Al alloy foam and Al-SiC composite foam." Transactions of the Indian
Institute of Metals 61.2-3 (2008): 111-113. .
[32]. K. L. A .Khan, P. Mahajan and R. Prasad. "Synthesis and characterization of Al
foam, Al alloy foam and Al-SiC composite foam." Transactions of the Indian
Institute of Metals 61.2-3 (2008): 111-113.
[33]. Praveen Kumar Pinnoji and Puneet Mahajan. "Analysis of impact-induced damage
and delamination in the composite shell of a helmet." Materials & Design 31.8
(2010): 3716-3723.
[34]. Praveen K Pinnoji, and Puneet Mahajan. "Analysis of impact-induced damage and
delamination in the composite shell of a helmet." Materials & Design 31.8 (2010):
3716-3723.
[35]. Rajneesh Sharma, Puneet Mahajan, and Ramesh Kumar Mittal. "Fiber bundle push-
out test and image-based finite element simulation for 3D carbon/carbon
composites." Carbon 50.8 (2012): 2717-2725.
[36]. Rajneesh Sharma, Puneet Mahajan, and Ramesh Kumar Mittal. "Fiber bundle push-
out test and image-based finite element simulation for 3D carbon/carbon
composites." Carbon 50.8 (2012): 2717-2725.
[37]. Rajneesh Sharma, Puneet Mahajan, and Ramesh Kumar Mittal. "Fiber bundle
push-out test and image-based finite element simulation for 3D carbon/carbon
composites." Carbon 50.8 (2012): 2717-2725.
[38]. S. M. R. Khalili, Malekzadeh, K., Davar, A., & Mahajan, P. (2010). Dynamic
response of pre-stressed fibre metal laminate (FML) circular cylindrical shells
subjected to lateral pressure pulse loads. Composite Structures, 92(6), 1308-1317.
[39]. K Malekzadeh Khalili, S. M. R., Davar, A., & Mahajan, P. (2010). Transient
dynamic response of clamped-free hybrid composite circular cylindrical
shells. Applied Composite Materials, 17(2), 243-257.
[40]. Rajneesh Sharma, Puneet Mahajan and Ramesh K. Mittal, “X-Ray Tomography
Based Observations on Interfacial Behavior of 3D Carbon/Carbon Composite,”
Special issue of Indian National Science Academy, Proc. Indian natn. Sci. Acad 79
(4), pp 335-345 2013.
[41]. Alaei, M. Hossein, Puneet Mahajan, Mathias Brieu, Djimedo Kondo, S. Javed
Ahmed Rizvi, Sandeep Kumar, and Naresh Bhatnagar. "Effect of particle size on
thermomechanical properties of particulate polymer composite." Iranian Polymer
Journal 22, no. 11 (2013): 853-863.
[42]. Prince Sharma, Pradeep Chandel, Vikas Mangla, Puneet Mahajan, and Manjit
Singh. "Effect of Strain Rate on Constitutive Behavior of AA-5052 H34." In Key
Engineering Materials, vol. 535, pp. 60-63. Trans Tech Publications, 2013.
[43]. S D Patel, S Ahmad , Mahajan P., “Probabilistic Failure Analysis of Composite
plate due to low velocity Impact,” Special issue of Indian National Science
Academy, Proc. Indian natn. Sci. Acad 79 (4) 2013, pp 773-779, 2013.
[44]. Galyna Stasiuk, Romana Piatl, Vinit V Deshpandel, Puneet Mahajan, “Effective
Thermoelastic Properties of C/C Composites Calculated using 3D Unit Cell Presentation of
the Microstructure” Developments in Strategic Materials and Computational Design IV:
Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings, Volume 34 Issue10, pp 213-220,2013.
[45]. Sangeeta Khare and Puneet Mahajan, “Effect of Cobalt on austenite-ferrite
transformation in Fe-C-X alloys” Journal of Metals and Metallurgy 1, 1 (2013)
[46]. Rajneesh Sharma, Atul Ramesh Bhagat, and Puneet Mahajan. "Finite element
analysis for mechanical characterization of 4D inplane carbon/carbon composite
with imperfect microstructure." Latin American Journal of Solids and
Structures 11.2 (2014): 170-184.
[47]. Chandel, Chaman, Praveen K. Srivastava, and P. Mahajan. "Micromechanical
analysis of deformation of snow using X-ray tomography." Cold Regions Science
and Technology 101 (2014): 14-23.
[48]. Harpreet Singh, Kiran Kumar Namala, and Puneet Mahajan. "A damage evolution
study of E-glass/epoxy composite under low velocity impact." Composites Part B:
Engineering 76 (2015): 235-248.
[49]. S D Patel, S. Ahmad, and P. Mahajan. "Reliability Analysis of a Composite Plate
under Low-Velocity Impact using the Gaussian Response Surface
Method." International Journal for Computational Methods in Engineering Science
and Mechanics 15.3 (2014): 218-226.
[50]. Puneet Mahajan,"Optimized design of optical surface of the mold in precision glass
molding using the deviation approach." International Journal for Computational
Methods in Engineering Science and Mechanics 16.1 (2015): 53-64.
[51]. Harpreet Singh, Kiran Kumar Namala, and Puneet Mahajan. "A damage evolution
study of E-glass/epoxy composite under low velocity impact." Composites Part B:
Engineering 76 (2015): 235-248.
[52]. Harpreet Singh, and Puneet Mahajan. "Modeling damage induced plasticity for
low velocity impact simulation of three dimensional fiber reinforced
composite." Composite Structures 131 (2015): 290-303.
[53]. Chandel, Chaman, Praveen K. Srivastava, and P. Mahajan. "Determination of
failure envelope for faceted snow through numerical simulations." Cold Regions
Science and Technology 116 (2015): 56-64
[54]. Harpreet Singh and Puneet Mahajan. "Analytical modeling of low velocity large
mass impact on composite plate including damage evolution." Composite
Structures 149 (2016): 79-92
[55]. Srivastava, Praveen K.Pinnoji, "Prediction of anisotropic elastic properties of snow
from its microstructure." Cold Regions Science and Technology 125 (2016): 85-
100.
[56]. Sangeeta Khare, and Puneet Mahajan. "Controlling the ferrite kinetics in Fe-C-Mn
alloys." Metals and Materials International 21.3 (2015): 446-452.
[57]. Dora Pallicity, Tarkes, "Numerical Modeling of Cooling Stage of Glass Molding
Process Assisted by CFD and Measurement of Residual Birefringence." Journal of
the American Ceramic Society 99.2 (2016): 470-483.
[58]. Suhail Patel, Ahmad, and Puneet Mahajan. "Probabilistic Failure Analysis of
Composite Beams for Optimum Ply Arrangements under Ballistic Impact." Journal
of Aerospace Science and Technology 1 (2015): 36-47
[59]. Shivdayal, Patel, Suhail Ahmad, and Puneet Mahajan. "Probabilistic Finite-
Element Analysis of S2-Glass Epoxy Composite Beams for Damage Initiation Due
to High-Velocity Impact." ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in
Engineering Systems, Part B: Mechanical Engineering 2.4 (2016): 044504.
[60]. Harpreet, Singh, and Puneet Mahajan. "Analytical modeling of low velocity large
mass impact on composite plate including damage evolution." Composite
Structures 149 (2016): pp 79-92.
[61]. Sangeeta Khare, and Puneet Mahajan. "Effect of Al on Growth Kinetics of
Cementite in Fe–C–Al Alloys." National Academy Science Letters 39.6 (2016):
441-444.
[62]. Bhagat, Atul Ramesh, and Puneet Mahajan. "Characterization and Damage
Evaluation of Coal Tar Pitch Carbon Matrix Used in Carbon/Carbon
Composites." Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance 25.9 (2016):
3904-3911.
[63]. Bhagwat Singh ,Shishodia, , Sandeep Sikri, Sanjeev Sanghi, and Puneet Mahajan.
"Air flow, heat transfer and impact study of ventilated and non-ventilated full-face
motorcycle helmet." International Journal of Crashworthiness (2016): 1-10.
[64]. Sanjeev Sanghi and Puneet Mahajan. "Numerical Investigation of Ventilation and
Human Thermoregulation for Predicting Thermal Comfort of a Rider Wearing
Ventilated Helmet
[65]. Harpreet Singh, Mohit Gupta, and Puneet Mahajan. "Reduced order multiscale
modeling of fiber reinforced polymer composites including plasticity and
damage." Mechanics of Materials (2017).
Conference/Symposium
[1]. R.L.Brown and P.Mahajan, "A Microstructurally Based Constitutive
Law for Snow" First International Conference on Snow Engineering,
1988. CRREL Special Report 89-6.
[2]. P.Mahajan, Proceedings of International symposium on Snow and
Related Manifestations "Two Constitutive Laws for Snow, Manali,
p222-229, 1995.
[3]. P.Mahajan and R.K.Mittal, "Impact Response of a Fibre-Reinforced
Composite Plate Subjected to a Line Load", Advances in Mechanical
Engineering, ed. T.S. Mruthyunjaya, Narosa Publ., N.Delhi, 1996,
p981-994.
[4]. Aloke Mishra and Puneet Mahajan “Finite element modelling of snow
pack lying on a slope considering snow as isotropic compressible
viscoelastic media”, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute Publication Nr.
203, 1998, pp 182-186.
[5]. Adarsh Kumar, Puneet Mahajan and Dinesh Mohan, “Tractor Vibration
Prediction and relationship with Operator’s health –an Indian
perspective”, 1998, poster paper presented at 1V World Conference on
Injury Prevention and Control, Netherlands.
[6]. Adarsh Kumar, Puneet Mahajan and Dinesh Mohan,“Tractor Vibration
Prediction and relationship with Operator’s health”. International
Conference on Theoretical, Applied, Computational and Experimental
Mechanics, I.I.T. Kharagpur, 1998, paper No. 87, 6 pages, CD ROM.
[7]. P. Mahajan, K.S. Krishnamoorthy and R.K.Mittal, “Impact Behaviour
of Composite Cylindrical Shell”, 1999, Proceeding of the 11th ISME
Conference on Mechanical Engineering, Applied Mechanics Dept.,
I.I.T., Delhi, pp 536-541.
[8]. R. Prasad, P.Mahajan and G.Subba Reddy, “Some Examples Illustrating
the Use of Eshelby Method”, 1999, Proceeding of the 11th ISME
Conference on Mechanical Engineering, Applied Mechanics Dept.,
I.I.T., Delhi, pp 524-529.
[9]. K.S. Krishnamoorthy, P. Mahajan, and R.K.Mittal, “Impact Response of
a Laminated Cylindrical Composite Shell Panel, ”, 2000, Proceedings of
Second Structural Engineering Convention, I.I.T., Bombay, pp 57-62.
[10]. N. Bhatnagar, N. Kokane, D. Nayak, I. Singh, P. Mahajan and J. Bijwe,
“Effect of coefficient of friction on tool wear in machining of GFRP
composites”, Proceedings of Ist International Conference on Recent
Advances in Composite Materials (ICRACM-2004), Varanasi, India,
17th-19th December’ 2004, pp: 149-154.
[11]. D. Nayak, I. Singh, N. Bhatnagar and P. Mahajan, “An Analysis of
Machining Induced Damages in FRP Composites – A micro-mechanics
cohesive zone modeling approach”, 8th International Conference on
Numerical Method in Industrial Forming Processes (NUMIFORM
2004), Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A., June’ 2004, pp: 327-331.
[12]. D. Nayak, N. Bhatnagar and P. Mahajan, “An Analysis of Machining
Induced Damages in FRP Composites – A micro-mechanics Finite
Element Approach”, 3rd International Conference on Advanced
Manufacturing Technology (ICAMT 2004), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,
May’ 2004, pp: 607-611.
[13]. D. Nayak, I. Singh, N. Bhatnagar and P. Mahajan, “Quantification of
Damage in Machining of UD-GFRP Composites”, e-proceedings of
National Conference on Advanced Manufacturing and Robotics (AMR-
2004), CMERI, Durgapur, January’ 2004, India.
[14]. N. Bhatnagar, D. Nayak, I. Singh, H. Chouhan and P. Mahajan,
“Determination of machining induced damage characteristics of FRP
composite laminates”, Proceedings of 6th International Seminar on
“Experimental Techniques and Design in Composite Materials”,
University of Padova, Vicenza, Italy, June’ 2003, pp: 163-164
[15]. M Venkat Rao, Mahajan, P., Mittal, R.K., “Micromechanical Unit Cell
Modeling of Carbon-Carbon composites”, Damage Tolerant Design and
Materials, Proceedings of Indo Japan Conference on Damage Tolerant
Design and Materials, IIT Madras, December 16-18 2004, p310-315
[16]. M Venkat Rao, Mahajan, P., Mittal, R.K.,. “Mechanical Properties of
Carbon-Carbon Composite-Unit Cell Modelling”, Proceedings of
International conference on recent advances in composite materials,
December 17-19-2004, Varanasi.
[17]. M. Venkat Rao, P. Mahajan and R. K. Mittal, “Effect of fiber waviness
on elastic moudli of carbon/carbon composites”, International
conference on Advances in Materials and Materials Processing,
(ICAMMP-2006) 3-5 February 2006. Page: 117-125.
[18]. G. Venu Gopala Rao, Puneet Mahajan and Naresh Bhatnagar, “Micro
Mechanical Finite Element Analysis of Machining of UD-FRP
Composites”, International Conference on Manufacturing Science and
Technology (ICOMAST-2006), August 28-30, 2006 at Multimedia
University, Melaka, Malaysia. Page: 109-112.
[19]. G. Venu Gopala Rao, Puneet Mahajan and Naresh Bhatnagar, “Contact
Pressure in chip formation during orthogonal cutting of unidirectional
CFRP composites”, International Conference on Advances in Materials
and Materials Processing (ICAMMP-2006) February 3-5, 2006 at IIT
Kharagpur, India. Page: 109-116.
[20]. G. Venu Gopala Rao, Puneet Mahajan and Naresh Bhatnagar, “Cutting
forces during orthogonal machining of unidirectional composites
Experiments and Analysis”, Proceedings of All India Seminar on
Recent Advances in Manufacturing Technologies (RAMT-2005),
October 22-23, 2005 at NIT Rourkela, India. Page: 67-74.
[21]. K. L. A. Khan, P. Mahajan and R. Prasad, “Microstructure and
mechanical properties of open-cell Aluminium foam made by sintering
and dissolution process”, International conference on Advances in
Materials and Materials Processing (ICAMMP-2006) 3-5 February
2006. Page: 884-888.
[22]. Puneet Mahajan and Praveen kumar pinooji, “Impact Analysis of Helmets
for improved ventilation with Deformable Head Model”, Madrid 2006,
International IRCOBI Conference on Biomechanics of Impact , p159-170
[23]. P. Mahajan, S.KJoshi,“ Interfacial Crack Velocities in Snow Slab” ,
International Snow Science Workshop Proceedings 2006, p92 -100.
[24]. R.K Agarwal, Ravi, M.R., Mahajan, “Snow Microstructure Supplement to
Sntherm Model”, P.A, International Snow Science Workshop
Proceedings2006, p117-126.
[25]. G. Venu Gopala Rao, Puneet Mahajan and Naresh Bhatnagar, “Machining
of UD-Fiber reinforced Composites a Two Phase Micromechanical Finite
Element Model”, Fifteenth International Symposium on Processing and
Fabrication of Advanced Materials (PFAM XV-2006), Material Science
and Technology, October 15th-19th, 2006, university of Akron, Ohio, USA,
p. 569-587.
[26]. G. Venu Gopala Rao, Puneet Mahajan and Naresh Bhatnagar, “Machining
of UD-FRP Composites – Damage, Cutting forces and Stress Analysis”,
Second International Congress on Computational Mechanics and
Simulation (ICCMS-2006), December 8th-10th, 2006, Indian Institute of
Technology Guwahati, India, Vol-I, p. 426-432.
[27]. Praveen Kumar Pinnoji, Puneet Mahajan , “Dynamics of helmet and head
impact – finite element modeling”, Second International Congress on
Computational Mechanics and Simulation (ICCMS-2006), December 8th-
10th, 2006, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India.
[28]. Praveen Kumar Pinooji and P.Mahajan , “Stress wave propagation in
helmet-head impact”, Proceedings of the Impact Mechanics and
Plasticity (IMPLAST), The University Press, Bochum, Germany, 2007,
135-142.
[29]. Praveen Kumar Pinnoji, Mahajan P, Bourdet N, Willinger R. “New
motorcycle helmets with metal foam shell”, Proceedings of the
International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Impact
(IRCOBI), vol. 9, no. 6, pp. 544-551, 2008.
[30]. G. Venu Gopala Rao, Puneet Mahajan and Naresh Bhatnagar
,"Machining of UD-GFRP Composites - Cutting force", 2008,
Processing and Fabrication of Advanced Materials – XVII, Vol. 2, pp
615-626, Editors: N. Bhatnagar and T.S.Srivatsan, I.K.Int. Pub. House,
N.Delhi.
[31]. K. L. A. Khan, P. Mahajan and R. Prasad, “Synthesis and mechanical
properties of open-cell Aluminium foam made by sintering and
dissolution process”, 2008, Processing and Fabrication of Advanced
Materials – XVII, Vol. 1, pp 318-323, Editors: N. Bhatnagar and
T.S.Srivatsan, I.K.Int. Pub. House, N.Delhi.
[32]. Rajneesh Sharma, Puneet Mahajan, and Ramesh Kumar Mittal, “Image
Based Finite Element Analysis of 3D-Orthogonal Carbon-Carbon (C/C)
Composite”, Proceedings of The World Congress on Engineering 2010,
pp1597-1601, Editors: S. I. Ao and Len Gelman and David WL Hukins
and Andrew Hunter and A. M. Korsunsky, ISBN of Vol II (pp819-
1665): 978-988-18210-7-2. Publisher: Newswood
Limited,Organization: International Association of Engineers.
[33]. S Garg D Sanyal, Mahajan P., “Mould Shape Optimization of the
Precision Glass Mouldin Process,” Proceedings of 3rd Glass Forming
Simulation Workshop, 2011, Glass Service Ltd., Vsetin, Czech
Republic, pp194-203.
[34]. Rajneesh Sharma, Puneet Mahajan , Ramesh Kumar Mittal “Mechanical
Characterization of Carbon-Carbon (C/C) Composite Using Image
Based Finite Element”, , ISAMPE National Conference on Composites
– INCCOM 10, Pune, India, Nov. 18-19, 2011, CD
[35]. S. D. Patel, P. Mahajan and Suhail Ahmad, “Probabilistic Analysis of
Composite Plate Damage Initiation due to Low Velocity Impact”,
ISAMPE National Conference on Composites – INCCOM 10, Pune,
India, Nov. 18-19, 2011, CD (1-8)
[36]. P. Mahajan and R. Sharma, “Mechanical Properties of carbon-carbon
composites - experiments and simulations”, Composite Materials for
Structural Performance: towards higher limits, Roskilde, Denmark,
September 2011, pp 111-126.
[37]. Sangeeta Khare and Puneet Mahajan, “Growth of carbides in Fe-C-X
steel alloys", Third Asian Conference on Mechanics of Functional
Materials and Structures (ACMFMS-2012) held at IIT Delhi, 5-8 Dec.
2012.
[38]. R.T.D. Prabhakaran, M. Gupta, H. Lilholt, B.F. Sørensen, and P.
Mahajan “Experiments and Analyses for Determining Fibre/Matrix
Interface Parameters–Understanding Debonding Problems”,
International Symposium on Materials Science, 2013, 34, pp. 341- R.T.
Durai Prabhakaran, Mohit Gupta*, Hans Lilholt, Bent F. Sørensen, and
Puneet Mahajan*, “Experiments And Analyses For Determining
Fibre/Matrix Interface Parameters –Understanding Debonding
Problems,” Proceedings of the 34th Risø International Symposium on
Materials Science: Processing of fibre composites: Challenges for
maximum materials performance, Editors: B. Madsen, H. Lilholt, Y.
Kusano, S. Fæster and B. Ralph, Department of Wind Energy, Risø
Campus Technical University of Denmark, 2013.
[39]. S.Patel ,S.Ahmad , P Mahajan , “Reliability Assessments Of Composite
Plate Under Damage Initiation Due To Low Velocity Impact”,
Proceeding of the 11th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems
Design and Analysis (ESDA12), ASME Nantes, 2-4 July, France 2012.
[40]. S.D Patel, Suhail Ahmad P Mahajan,“ Probabilistic Assessment of
Composite Plate for Damage Propagation under Impact,” 3rd Asian
Conference on Mechanics of Functional Materials and Structures,
(ACMFMS -2012) IIT Delhi, 5-8 December 2012.
[41]. Paper entitled “A comparative study of turbulence models performance
for the study of air flow in helmets” Presented at 1st International
conference on “Helmet Performance and Design” Imperial College
London on 15th Feb 2013 and published in the proceedings of the
conference (8)1-7.
[42]. S Patel, S Ahmad, P Mahajan “Stochastic Finite Element Analysis of
Composite Body Armor”, Advances in Structural Engineering, 259-272,
2015.
[43]. H Singh, P Mahajan, KK Namala “A Progressive Failure Study of E-
glass/Epoxy Composite in Case of Low Velocity Impact”, Advances in
Structural Engineering, 273-300, 2015.
[44]. V Yakkala, S Ahmad, P Mahajan, P Pankaj “Static Analysis and
Strength Reliability of Human Femur Bone”, ASME 2014 12th Biennial
Conference on Engineering Systems Design and
AnalysisV001T03A008-V001T03A008.
[45]. B Shishodi S Sanghi, and P Mahajan, “A Comparative Study of
Turbulence Models Performance for the Study of Air Flow in Helmets”
International conference on Helmet Performance and Design, Imperial
College London, UK 2013.
[46]. B Shishodia, S Sanghi, and P Mahajan,“Air Flow, Heat Transfer and
Impact Study of Ventilated and Non-Ventilated Full Face Motorcycle
Helmet”, International Crashworthiness Conference (ICRASH2014),
Sarawak, Malaysia 2014.
[47]. B Shishodia, S Sanghi, and P Mahajan, “A Parametric study of
different Turbulence Models Performance for the Study of Air flow in
Helmets” 5th International and 41st National conference on Fluid
Mechanics and Fluid Power, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur,
India 2014.
[48]. S SikrI, B Shishodia,,P Mahajan, and S Sanghi, “Performance
Comparison of Motorcycle Helmet shell of Different Materials”
International Crashworthiness Conference (ICRASH2014) at Sarawak,
Malaysia 2014.
[49]. M. Asif, Sangeeta Khare and Puneet Mahajan, “Impact testing of
motorcycle helmet foam with polycarbonate as outer shell”, Indian
National Conference on Applied Mechanics INCAM-2015 at IIT Delhi,
13-15 July 2015.
[50]. Sangeeta Khare and Puneet Mahajan, “Effect of Co and Mn on phase
transformation of austenite to ferrite in Fe-C-X (X = Co, Mn)”,
International Conference on Multifunctional Materials, Structures and
Applications (ICMMSA-2014) held at MNNIT Allahabad, 20-22
Dec.2014.
[51]. Sangeeta Khare and Puneet Mahajan, “Effect of Mn and Si on growth
kinetics of ferrite in Fe-C-X alloys", International Union of Materials
Research Society, Materials Research Society of India (IUMRS-ICA
2013) held at Bangalore, 16-20 Dec. 2013.
[52]. 348.
[53]. B Shishodia, S Sikri, S Sanghi, P Mahajan, “Air flow, heat transfer and
impact study of ventilated and non-ventilated full-fact Ballistic Impact."
Procedia Engineering 173 (2017): pp 1901-1908.
[54]. Patel, Shivdayal, Suhail Ahmad, and Puneet Mahajan. "Safety
Assessment of Composite Armor under Ballistic Impact." Procedia
Engineering 173 (2017): pp 1901-1908.
[55]. B.Shishodia S. Sanghi, and P. Mahajan. "Redesigning of Motorcycle
Helmet for Improved Air Ventilation Using Numerical Simulations."
Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power–Contemporary Research. Springer
India, 2017. pp 625-635.
2. PhD thesis (guided):
S No Name of the Student Project Title Co-Supervisor Remarks
1. Anjan Dutta Adaptive Finite Element
Analysis for Accurate
Computation of Stresses
and Design Sensitivities for
Structures under Transient
Dynamic Loads.
Prof.
C.V.Ramakrishnan
1996
2. Adarsh Kumar Effect of Whole Body
Vibrations on Tractor
Drivers: An Ergonomic and
Medical Investigation
Prof. Dinesh Mohan 2000
3. K.S.Krishnamoorthy A study of Impact Response
of Laminated Composite
Shells Including Impact
Induced Damage
Prof. R.K.Mittal 2001
4. Debasis Nayak Machining studies of
Unidirectional fiber
reinforced thermoset
composites
Prof. N. Bhatnagar 2004
5. G.V.Rao Finite Element Analysis of
Machining of uni-
directional composites
Prof. N. Bhatnagar 2008
6. M.Venkat Rao Mechanical properties of
Multi-directional Carbon-
carbon composites
Prof. R.K.Mittal 2008
7. P. Praveen Kumar Dynamic studies on Shell
materials and ventilation in
Motor cycle helmets
2008
8. Kunwar Laiq Ahmad
Khan
Synthesis and mechanical
behaviour of aluminium
foam
Dr. Rajesh Prasad 2010
9..
Rajneesh Sharma
2007AMZ8328
Mechanical characterization
of 3d carbon/carbon
composites using image-
based finite element mehod
Prof. R.K.Mittal 2012
10.
Mohammad Hossein
Alaei
2009AMZ8447
Particle Size Effect From
Micro To Nano On The
Thermal And Mechanical
Properties Of
Polymer Composites
Prof. N. Bhatnagar 2013
11.
Kiran Kumar Namala
2007AMZ8327
Low velocity impact on
glass fibre reinforced epoxy
composites:experiments
and simulation
Prof. N. Bhatnagar 2016
12.
Prince Sharma
2008AMZ8173
Ballistic impact behaviour
of aluminium alloy
AA2014-T652 subjected to
rigid and deformable
projectiles
2017
13. Chaman Chandel
2008AMZ8174
Micromechanical analysis
of deformation and failure
of snow
2016
14. Atul Ramesh Bhagat
2009AMZ8162
Homogenization and
multiscale modeling of
carbon/carbon composit
2017
15, Praveen Srivastava
2011AMZ8095 Microstructure of Snow
16. Shiv Dayal Patel
2010AMZ8131
Impact and stochastic
studies on composites
Prof. S.Ahmed 2016
17. Mohit Gupta
2012AMZ8337
Micromechanics of
Composites
Bent Sorensen (DTU)
P. Durai
18.
Bhagwat Shishodia
2009AMZ8573
Design and optimization of
air ventilation system for
improved heat transfer
characteristics in helmets
S. Sanghi 2017
19. Harpreet Singh Low velocity impact
20. Tarkes Dora (IITM) Glass moulding simulation K. Ramesh 2016
21 2011AMZ8342
Ranjeet Kumar
(Indian Spinal Injury
Centre)
Analysis of Polymeric
Polycentric Prosthetic Knee
Joint
Naresh Bhatnagar
22 C.Chenna Sekhar Reddy
M.S Research
Study of crack propagation
during indentation of a
layered material
Pro.R,k
Mittal&Dr.Punnet
Mahajan
1999
3. List of Sponsored Projects Implemented
Periods Sponsoring Organization
Title of Project Amount of
Grant
Co-Investigators
1993-1996 Defence Research and
Development Organisation
A constitutive law for snow
and its application to Snow
Slab Release
2.56 lakhs Prof. R.K.Mittal
1999-2000 DST
Ergonomic Analysis,
Vibration Reduction and
Safety Improvements of
Indian Tractor
Rs. 10
lakhs
Prof. D. Mohan
1997-1999 IGCAR
Ratchetting of Main Vessel
of Prototype Fast Breeder
Reactor under Axial
Temperature variation near
Sodium Free Level
Rs. 8 lakhs Prof. C.V.Ramakrishnan
and Prof. R.K.Mittal
2001-2003 Dupont Analysis of Mechanical
Behaviour of Layered
Materials I
Rs. 8.0
lacs
Prof. R.K.Mittal
2003-2004 Dupont Analysis of Mechanical
Behaviour of Layered
Materials II
Rs. 8.0
lacs
Prof. R.K.Mittal
2001-2004 DRDO Microstructure of Snow and
Slab avalanche initiation
Rs. 18 lacs Prof. R.K.Mittal
Dr. R. Prasad
2005- Volvo Foundation Transportation research Rs. 12
Crores
G. Tiwari (PI)
S. R. Kale
D. Mohan
A. Chawla
S. Mukherjee
S.Sanghi
2005-2008 DRDO Development of Model for
fracture of snow
Experiments and Simulation
Rs. 9.97
lacs
Prof. R.K. Mittal
Dr. R. Prasad
2006-2009
DRDO Micromechanical modelling
of Carbon-Carbon
composites
Rs. 8 lacs
Prof. R.K. Mittal
Prof. Gandhi
2010- DST (Indo-EU project)
Project sanctioned
Development of a
Synergistic Computational
Tool for Material Modeling,
Process Simulation and
Optimization of Optical
Glass Molding
Rs. 74,43,600
Dr. Rajesh Prasad, Dr.
M.Singha.
28-12-2010
DST Modelling of precipitates in
steel alloys
24,10,000
P.Mahajan
2011
IIT Development of Light Weight Ballistic Materials System for Body, Vehicle and Structural Armors
1 crore N. Bhatnagar(PI)
P.Mahajan
R. Algairusamy,
A.Ghosh etc.
17-5-2011
TRIPP TRIPP Chair Professor project
6,00,000 P.Mahajan
2011-09-30 (3 years
DRDO Numerical Simulation of
Fracture Initiation and
Propagation in Weak Layer
15,00,000
P.Mahajan
2012-04-13 ( 2 years)
UKIERI Natural Anisotropic
Materials: From micro-level
composition to macro-level
response
12,00,000 P.Mahajan (PI)
S.Ahmad
2012-04-13 (2 years)
UKIERI Design of ventilated
Helmets 16,00,00
0
S.Sanghi (PI), P.Mahajan
4. List of Consultancy Projects
Period Organisation Nature of Work Co-Investigators
1997 J.K.Technosoft Finite Element Workshops I and II Mr. S. Hegde, Ms Akhila
Sinha, Dr. P.V.Krishnan,
Ms Jayshree.
1997 Land Base India Ltd. Mechanical Testing of TMT bars of
Different Stocks and Diameters
Prof. R.K.Mittal
1998 Newgen Finite Element Meshing and Analysis Mr. S. Hegde
2001 Hero Motors Stress Analysis of moped frame Dr. D.K.Seghal
2001 “ Vibration Measurement in moped Dr. Tandon
2003 Association of State Road
Transport
Finite Element Stress Analysis of Bus Body
Design –I
Dr. D.K.Seghal
2009 DRDO Snow Surface Temperature Modeling Dr. A. Keshari, Dr. Ratan
Mohan
2009 GE Stochastic Analysis of Composites Prof. S.Ahmed
2010 NDMC Testing of Materials For CIPP Lining
of Trunk Sewer Line
Dr. A. Keshari
5. Courses taught at IIT Delhi
Engineering Mechanics, Mechanics of Solids, Constitutive modeling, Finite Element
Methods, Advanced Finite Element Methods, Engineering Mathematics. Plasticity
6. Laboratory Development
i) Accelerometer and DAQ systems.
ii) Impact tester for helmets and composites.
iii) Digital Image Correlation System (DIC) for high speed strain measurements (In the
process of acquiring).
iv) Crack growth measurement Potentiometer system.
Puneet Mahajan is a professor in the Department of Applied Mechanics at IIT Delhi. He
joined IIT Delhi as a Lecturer in 1992. He obtained his bachelor’s and master’s degree in
Engineering from Delhi University, India and PhD from Montana State University, USA.
His research interests are in the areas of the Mechanics of composite materials, Impact
mechanics, Snow mechanics, Finite Element Method and helmet design. Puneet Mahajan
has 80 publications in refereed journals and conferences.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Mechanics of composite materials, Impact mechanics, Snow mechanics, Helmets