Civil Engg » Dr. K. Swaminathan
Position: Professor
Other Charge: Associate Dean (Academics - Under Graduate Programmes)
Office Address: Department of Civil Engineering
National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, India
Srinivasanagar, Mangalore - 575025
Office Phone: +91-0824-2474000 Ext. 3340/Ext. 3011
Residence Phone: +91-0824-2474340
E-mail : swami7192@yahoo.co.in
Cell: 9448477825
Qualification:
B.E. ( Civil Engineering ), Madras University, INDIA, First Class with Distinction (1981)
M.E. ( Structural Engineering), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560012, INDIA, First Class (1984)
Ph. D. ( Structural Engineering ), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB), Mumbai – 400 076. INDIA
Assignments Undertaken Outside the Institute:
Reviewer for the following International Journals:
1) Composite Structures
2) Journal of Sound and Vibration
3) Composite Science and Technology
4) Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures
5) Composites - Part B (Engineering)
6) Institution of Engineers(India) Civil Engineering Division etc.
Invited as a Chairman to chair a session on Structural Dynamics in the International Conference on Structural Stability and Dynamics 2002 (ICSSD2002) held at Singapore, December 16-18, 2002.
Appointed as central observer by CBSE for conducting the AIEEE 2004 examination at the Naval Public School, Naval Base, Kochi, Kerala.
As expert committee member (Civil Engg.) of NBA accreditation team visited Birla Vishwakarma Mahavidyalaya Enginnering college, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Anand, Gujarat State, during 3-5th Sep. 2004 to accredit the UG Civil Engineering programme
As expert committee member (Civil Engg.) of NBA accreditation team visited Kolhapur Institute of Technology's College of Engineering, Kolhapur, Maharashtra State, during 28-30th April 2005 to accredit the UG Civil Engineering programme.
As expert committee member (Civil Engg.) of NBA accreditation team visited PSNA college of Engineering and Technology, Dindigul -624622, Tamil Nadu State, during 28-30th April 2006 to accredit the UG Civil Engineering programme.
Countries Visited : France, Australia, Singapore
Research Areas :
Application of analytical and numerical methods (FEM) for the Stress, Free vibration and Buckling analyses of composite, sandwich plates and shells used in aerospace applications, Functionally Graded Materials (FGM), Concrete Technology.
Subjects Taught :
Concrete Technology (Under Graduate)
Civil Engineering Materials (Under Graduate)
Structural Design - Concrete (Under Graduate)
Structural Design and drawing (Under Graduate)
Computer Programming - C language (Under Graduate)
Computer Aided Design and Applications in Civil (Under Graduate)
Finite Element Method (Post Graduate)
Matrix Methods of Analysis ( Post Graduate)
Theory and Analysis of Plates (Post Graduate)
Stability of Structures (Post Graduate)
Design of Structural Concrete Elements (Post Graduate)
Membership of Scientific and Professional Societies:
Associate Member Institution of Engineers (India), Calcutta.
Life Member Indian Geotechnical Society, New Delhi.
Life Member Indian Society for Technical Education, New Delhi.
Life Member Indian Concrete Institute, Chennai
Life Member Indian Society for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, I. I. T., Kharagpur
Selective Publications :
Peer Reviewed International Journals
1. Kant, T. and Swaminathan, K. ‘Estimation of Transverse/Interlaminar stresses in Laminated Composites – A Selective Review and Survey of Current Developments’, Composite Structures, 49(1), 65-75, 2000.
2. Kant, T. and Swaminathan, K. ‘Free Vibration of Isotropic, Orthotropic and Multilayer Plates Based on Higher Order Refined Theories’, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 241(2), 319-327, 2001.
3. Kant, T. and Swaminathan, K . ‘Analytical Solutions Using a Higher Order Refined Theory for the Stability Analysis of Laminated Composite and Sandwich Plates’, Structural Engineering and Mechanics, An International Journal, 10(4), 337-357, 2000.
4. Kant, T. and Swaminathan, K. ‘Analytical Solutions for Free Vibration of Laminated Composite and Sandwich Plates Based on a Higher Order Refined Theory’, Composite Structures, 53(1), 73-85, 2001.
5. Kant, T. and Swaminathan, K. ‘Analytical Solutions for the Static Analysis of Laminated Composite and Sandwich Plates Based on a Higher Order Refined Theory’, Composite Structures, 56(4), 329-344, 2002.
6. Swaminathan, K. and Ragounadin, D. ‘Analytical Solutions Using a Higher Order Refined Theory for the Static Analysis of Antisymmetric Angle Ply Composite and Sandwich Plates’, Composite Structures, 64(3-4), 405-417, 2004.
7. Swaminathan, K., Patil, S. S., Nataraja, M. S. and Mahabaleshwara, K. S. ‘Bending of sandwich plates with antisymmetric angle ply face sheets - Analytical evaluation of higher order refined computational models’, Composite Structures, 75(1-4), 114-120, 2006.
8. Swaminathan, K., Patil, S. S. ‘Higher order computational model with 12 degrees of freedom for the stress analysis of antisymmetric Angle Ply Plates - Analytical Solutions’, Composite Structures, 80(4), 595-608, 2007.
9. Swaminathan, K., Patil, S. S. ‘Analytical Solutions Using a Higher Order Refined computational model with 12 degrees of freedom for the Free Vibration Analysis of Antisymmetric Angle Ply Plates’, Composite Structures, 82(2), 209-216, 2008.
10. Swaminathan, K., Patil, S. S. ‘Higher Order Refined Computational Models for the Free Vibration Analysis of Antisymmetric Angle Ply Plates’, Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, 27(5), 541-553, 2008.
11. Swaminathan, K., and Sangwai, G. R. ‘Self Compacting Concrete: An Echo Friendly Technology for Future – A Selective Review’, Construction and Building Materials, 2007 (Under Review)
12. Swaminathan, K., and Sangwai, G. R. ‘A Review of Fly Ash, Silica Fume Concrete Technologies for Present and Future’, Cement and Concrete Research, 2007 (Under Review)
Peer Reviewed National Journals
1. Swaminathan, K., and Sangwai, G. R. ‘Sustainable Concrete Technology for Today and Tomorrow: A Review – Part I’, Indian Concrete Journal, 2007 (Accepted for publication)
2. Swaminathan, K., and Sangwai, G. R. ‘Sustainable Concrete Technology for Today and Tomorrow: A Review – Part II’, Indian Concrete Journal, 2007 (Accepted for publication)
Peer Reviewed International Conference Proceedings
1. Kant, T. and Swaminathan, K. ‘Comparison of Shear Deformation Theories for the Bending Analysis of Laminated Composite Plates’, Proc. International Conference on Theoretical, Applied and Experimental Mechanics, (ICTACEM98) held at I. I. T., Kharagpur, India, Dec. 1-5, 1998.
2. Kant, T. and Swaminathan, K. ‘Few Higher Order Displacement Models for Stretching-Bending Behaviour of Sandwiches’, Proc. Fourth Asia-Pacific Conference on Computational Mechanics for the Next Millenium (APCOM ’99) held at Singapore, 15-17 Dec. 1999, pp. 261-266.
3. Swaminathan, K. ‘Free Vibration of Isotropic, Orthotropic and Multilayer Composite Plates – Analytical Evaluation of Higher Order Displacement Models’, Proc. International Conference on Advances in Composite – 2000 (ADCOMP2000) held at Bangalore, India, 24-26 August 2000, pp. 49-54.
4. Kant, T. and Swaminathan, K. ‘Basic Composite Mechanics – Recent Results’, Proc. Indo-German Workshop on High Temperature Fibre Composite Materials held at Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, September 11-15, 2000.
5. Swaminathan, K. ‘Higher Order Models for the Bending Analysis of Laminated Sandwich Plates’, Proc.International Conference on Industrial Mathematics (ICIM2001) held at I. I. T. Madras, Chennai, India, August 12-14, 2001.
6. Swaminathan, K. ‘Analytical Evaluation of Higher Order Models for the Stress Analysis of Laminated Sandwich Plates’, Proc.International Conference on Computational and Mathematical Methods in Science and Engineering (CMMSE2002) held at Alicante, Spain, September 20-25, 2002.
7. Swaminathan, K. ‘Higher Order Refined Theories for the Free Vibration of Multilayer Sandwich Plates’, Proc.International Conference on Structural Stability and Dynamics 2002 (ICSSD2002) held at Singapore, December 16-18, 2002.
8. Swaminathan, K. and Nagapraveen, M. ‘Higher Order Refined Theory for the Stress Analysis of Angle Ply Composite and Sandwich Plates’, Proc. International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation ( SEMC 2004 ), Cape Town, South Africa, July 5-7, 2004.
9. Swaminathan, K. and Ragounadin, D. ‘Higher Order Displacement Model for the Static Analysis of Antisymmetric Angle Ply Composite and Sandwich Plates’, Proc. International Conference on Recent Advances in Composite Materials ( ICRACM 2004 ), held at BHU, Varanasi, Dec. 17-19, 2004.
10. Swaminathan, K., Patil, S. S. and Dinesh Shetty. ‘Stress Analysis of Antisymmetric Angle Ply Laminated Plates - Analytical Solutions Using Higher Order Refined Computational Models’, Proc. The Third International Conference on Advances in Structural Engineering and Mechanics ( ASEM '04 ) held at Seoul, Korea, Sep. 2-4, 2004.
11. Swaminathan, K., Patil, S. S., Nataraja, M. S. and Mahabaleshwara, K. S. ‘Bending of Sandwich Plates with Antisymmetric Angle Ply Face Sheets - Analytical Evaluation of Higher Order Refined Computational Models’, Proc. 13th International Conference on Composite Structures (ICCS-13) held at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, Nov. 14-16, 2005.
12. Swaminathan, K. and Patil, S. S. ‘Higher Order Refined Computational Model for the Free Vibration Analysis of Antisymmetric Angle Ply Laminated Plates’, Proc. 2nd International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulation (ICCMS-06) held at I. I. T. Guwahati, Assam, during Dec. 8-10, 2006.
13. Swaminathan, K. and Patil, S. S. ‘ Free Vibration of Antisymmetric Angle Ply Plates - Analytical Evaluation of Higher Order Refined Computational Models’, Proc. 2nd International Conference on Recent Advances in Composite Materials (ICRACM-07) held at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, during Feb. 20-23, 2007.
14. Manjunath, T. L., Sangwai, G. R. and Swaminathan, K. ‘ Static Analysis of Antisymmetric Angle Ply Plates Using Higher Order Computational Model with Four Degrees of Freedom’, Proc. International and INCCOM-6 Conference on Future Trends in Composite Materials and Processing held at I. I. T. Kanpur, India, during Dec. 12-14, 2007.
15. Swaminathan K., Sangwai Govind R. ‘Transverse Stress Analysis of Antisymmetric Angle Ply Plates - Assessment of Higher Order Refined Computational Models’ 2nd International Symposium on Advance Materials and Polymers for Aerospace and Defense Applications (SAMPADA-2008), to be held at University of Pune, Pune, December 08-12, 2008.
16. Swaminathan K., Sangwai Govind R. ‘Higher Order Computational Model for the Stress Analysis of Antisymmetric Angle Ply Composite Plates’, International Symposium for Research Scholars on Metallurgy, Materials Science and Engineering (ISRS – 2008), to be held at Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, December 10-12, 2008.
Peer Reviewed National Conference Proceedings
1. Swaminathan, K., Patil, S. S. and Arumugam, P. ‘Higher Order Model for the Transverse Stress Analysis of Antisymmetric Angle Ply Laminated Composite Plates’, Proc. 51st Congress of ISTAM held at College of Engineering, Andhra University, Visakapatnam, Dec. 18-21, 2006.
2. Swaminathan, K. and Patil, S. S. ‘Higher Order Refined Computational Model for the Free Vibration of Angle Ply Plates - Analytical Formulations and Solution Method’, Proc. National Symposium on Mathematical Methods and Applications ( NSMMA 2004 ), held at IIT Madras, Chennai, Dec. 22, 2004.
3. Swaminathan, K. and Patil, S. S. ‘Bending of Orthotropic Plates - Analytical evaluation of Higher Order Refined Computational Models’, Proc. National Conference on Structural Engineering and Mechanics ( SEM - 2004 ) held at BITS Pilani, Sep. 24-25, 2004.
4. Swaminathan, K. and Patil, S. S. ‘Higher Order Refined Computational Model for the Stress Analysis of Angle Ply Plates - Analytical Formulations and Solution Method’, Proc. National Symposium on Mathematical Methods and Applications ( NSMMA 2003 ), held at IIT Madras, Chennai, Dec. 22, 2003.
5. Swaminathan, K., Sangwai, G. R. and Sindhoor Hegde. ‘Bending of Antisymmetric Angle Ply Multilayered Plates - Analytical Evaluation of First and Higher Order Models, Proc. 52nd Congress of ISTAM held at B. N. M. Institute of Technology, Bangalore, Dec. 14-17, 2007.
6. Swaminathan K., Sangwai G. R., Vagish H. V., Raghavendra C. ‘Finite Element Solutions for the Transverse Stress Analysis of Laminated Composite Plates’, 53rd Congress of ISTAM, to be held at University College Of Engineering, Osmania University, Hyderabad, December 27-30, 2008.
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