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Anurag Gupta
PhD (UC Berkeley)
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Research Interest
Geometry and mechanics of defects and singular interfaces in thin structures (continuous distributions of point defects, dislocations, and disclinations; residual stresses); Topological and differential geometric methods in mechanics; Finite deformation plasticity (strain-gradient theory, interfaces, stability); Interfacial kinetics in solids (grain boundaries, incoherent phase fronts, and junctions); Nonlinear elasticity (biological growth mechanics); History and mechanics of Indian musical instruments (percussion and string instruments)
Office
FB-359 ,
Department of Mechanical Engineering
IIT Kanpur,
Kanpur 208016
Specialization
Continuum mechanics; Elasticity; Plasticity; Slender structures
Education
PhD, UC Berkeley 2008
Thesis Title:Plastic flow in solids with interfaces
Thesis Supervisor:David Steigmann
M.S. UC Berkeley, 2003
B.Tech IIT Roorkee, 2002
Teaching Area
Mechanics of solids
Continuum mechanics
Applied Mathematics
Linear elasticity
Nonlinear elasticity
Plasticity
Micromechanics
Thin structures
Fracture mechanics
Musical acoustics