Publications of Sivasambu Mahesh

Ph. D. Thesis

Publications

  1. A. Prakash, T. N. Tak, N. N. Pai, H. Seekala, S. V. S. N. Murty, P. S. Phani, S. Mahesh, P. J. Guruprasad, and I. Samajdar. Inception of macroscopic shear bands during hot working of aluminum alloys. International Journal of Plasticity, 2023. 166 103632. (preprint) (paper)
  2. S. Kumar, S. Manda, U. Tewary, S. Mahesh, R. Balamuralikrishnan, R. K. Verma, M. Sambandam, S. Karagadde, and I. Samajdar. The defining role of local shear on the development of as rolled microstructure and crystallographic texture in steel. Metallurgical and Material Transactions A, 2023. 54A, 1236-1251. (preprint) (paper)
  3. S. Mahesh. Tough-brittle transition in unidirectional composites with fibre breakage and fibre-matrix interfacial failure. International Journal of Fracture, 2022. 233(1), 39-70. (preprint) (paper)
  4. S. Mahesh, and S. M. Keralavarma. The stress field of an infinite set of discrete dislocations. Philosophical magazine letters, 2021. 101(5), 192-202. (preprint) (paper)
  5. N. Nayan, S. Mahesh, M.J.N.V. Prasad, S. Murthy, and I. Samajdar. Temperature-dependence of plasticity and fracture in an Al-Cu-Li alloy. Philosophical magazine, 2020. 100(23), 2913-2937. (preprint) (paper)
  6. U. S. Kachhwah, and S. Mahesh. Tough-brittle transition in the planar fracture of unidirectional fibre composites. Physical Review E, 2020. 101(6), 063002. (preprint) (paper)
  7. S. Mahesh. A fast algorithm for fracture simulations representing fibre breakage and matrix failure in three-dimensional fibre composites. International Journal of Fracture, 2020. 222(1), 75-109. (preprint) (paper)
  8. S. Mahesh, A. Gupta, U. S. Kachhwah, and N. Sheikh. A fast algorithm to simulate the failure of a periodic elastic fibre composite. International Journal of Fracture, 2019. 217(1), 127-135. (preprint) (paper)
  9. N. Nayan, S. Mahesh, M. J. N. V. Prasad, S. V. S. N. Murthy, and I. Samajdar. A phenomenological hardening model for an aluminium-lithium alloy. International Journal of Plasticity, 2019. 118:215-232. (preprint) (paper)
  10. N. Sheikh, and S. Mahesh. Failure mechanisms and fracture energy of hybrid materials. International Journal of Fracture, 2018. 213(1):51-81. (preprint) (paper)
  11. S. Mahesh, and A. Mishra. Strength distribution of Ti/SiC metal-matrix composites under monotonic loading. Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2018. 194:86-104. (preprint) (paper)
  12. A. Gupta, S. Mahesh, and S. M. Keralavarma. A fast algorithm for the elastic fields due to interacting fibre breaks in a periodic fibre composite. International Journal of Fracture, 2018. 211(1-2):295-303. (preprint) (paper)
  13. T. Ranjekar, and S. Mahesh. Comparison of continuum damage laws under uniaxial creep for an AISI 316 stainless steel. Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, 2018. 71(4):935-940. (preprint) (paper)
  14. A. Gupta, S. Mahesh, and S. M. Keralavarma. Strength distribution of large unidirectional composite patches with realistic load sharing. Physical Review E, 2017. 96(4):043002. (preprint) (paper)
  15. S. Mahesh, Prediction of deformation twinning statistics in zirconium using the Taylor, ALAMEL and binary tree models and a classical twinning criterion. International Journal of Plasticity, 2017. 98:83-105. (preprint) (paper)
  16. A. Mishra, and S. Mahesh, A deformation-theory based model of a damaged metal matrix composite. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2017. 121:228-239. (preprint) (paper)
  17. A. Gupta, S. Mahesh, and S. M. Keralavarma. A fast algorithm for the elastic fields due to a single fiber break in a periodic fiber-reinforced composite. International Journal of Fracture, 2017. 204(1):121-127. (preprint) (paper)
  18. J. Singh, S. Mahesh, S. Roy, G. Kumar, D. Srivastava, G. K. Dey, N. Saibaba, and I. Samajdar. Temperature dependence of work hardening in sparsely twinning zirconium. Acta Materialia, 2017. 123:337-349. (preprint) (paper)
  19. A. A. Sithickbasha and S. Mahesh. Mechanical and damage fields ahead of a stationary crack in a creeping solid. Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, 2017. 70(1):217-224. (preprint) (paper)
  20. J. Singh, S. Mahesh, S. Roy, G. Kumar, D. Srivastava, G. K. Dey, N. Saibaba, and I. Samajdar. A miniature physical simulator for pilgering. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 2016. 237:126-138. (preprint) (paper)
  21. A. A. Sithickbasha and S. Mahesh. The role of the constitutive model in creep crack growth modelling. Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2015. 150:47-57. (preprint) (paper)
  22. C. N. Irfan Habeeb and S. Mahesh. Strength distribution of planar local load sharing bundles. Physical Review E, 2015. 92(2):022125. (preprint) (paper)
  23. J. Singh, S. Mahesh, G. Kumar, P. Pant, D. Srivastava, G. K. Dey, N. Saibaba and I. Samajdar. Deformation twinning in zirconium: direct experimental observations and polycrystal plasticity predictions. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 2015. 46(11):5058-5071. (preprint) (paper)
  24. S. Mahesh. A minimum principle for microstructuring in rigid-viscoplastic crystalline solids. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2015. 84:39-58. (preprint) (paper)
  25. J. Singh, S. Mahesh, G. Kumar, P. Pant, D. Srivastava, G. K. Dey, N. Saibaba and I. Samajdar. Texture development and plastic deformation in a pilgered zircaloy-4 tube. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 2015. 46(5):1927-1947. (preprint) (paper)
  26. M. Arul Kumar and S. Mahesh. Subdivision and microtexture development in f.c.c. grains during plane strain compression. International Journal of Plasticity, 2013. 44:95-110. (preprint) (paper)
  27. M. Arul Kumar and S. Mahesh. Banding in single crystals during plastic deformation. International Journal of Plasticity, 2012. 36:15-33. (preprint) (paper)
  28. S. Mahesh. Orientation preferences of extended sub-granular dislocation boundaries. Philosophical magazine, 2012. 92(18):2286-2312. (preprint) (paper)
  29. S. Mahesh, K. C. Alur and M. D. Mathew. A creep model for austenitic stainless steels incorporating cavitation and wedge cracking. Modelling and simulation in materials science and engineering, 2011. 19(1):015005. (preprint) (paper)
  30. M. Arul Kumar, S. Mahesh and V. Parameswaran. A 'stack' model of rate-independent polycrystals. International Journal of Plasticity, 2011. 27:962-981. (preprint) (paper)
  31. S. Mahesh. A binary tree based model for rate-independent polycrystals, International Journal of Plasticity, 2010. 26(1):42-64. (preprint) (paper)
  32. S. Mahesh. A hierarchical model for rate-dependent polycrystals, International Journal of Plasticity, 2009. 25(5):752-767. (preprint) (paper)
  33. S. Mahesh. Deformation banding and shear banding in single crystals, Acta Materialia, 2006. 54(17):4565-4574. (preprint) (paper)
  34. S. Mahesh, I. J. Beyerlein, and C. N. Tomé. Loading- and substructure-induced irreversibility in texture during route C equal channel angular extrusion, Scripta Materialia, 2005. 53(8):965-969. (preprint) (paper)
  35. J. C. Hanan, S. Mahesh, E. Ustundag, I. J. Beyerlein, G. A. Swift, B. Clausen, D. W. Brown, and M. A. M. Bourke. Strain evolution after fiber failure in a single fiber metal matrix composite under cyclic loading, Materials Science and Engineering A 2005. 399(1-2):33-42. (preprint) (paper)
  36. S. Mahesh and C.N. Tomé. Deformation banding under arbitrary monotonic loading in cubic metals, Philosophical Magazine, 2004. 84:3517-3546. (preprint) (paper)
  37. S. Mahesh, C. N. Tomé, R. J. McCabe, G. C. Kaschner, I. J. Beyerlein, and A. Misra. A sub-structure based hardening model for copper under loading path changes, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 2004. 35A:3763-3774. (preprint) (paper)
  38. S. Mahesh and S. L. Phoenix. Lifetime distributions for unidirectional fibrous composites under creep-rupture loading, International Journal of Fracture, 2004. 127(4):303-360. (preprint) (paper)
  39. S. Mahesh and S. L. Phoenix. Absence of a tough-brittle transition in the statistical fracture of unidirectional composite tapes under local load sharing, Physical Review E, 2004. 69:026102. (paper)
  40. S. Mahesh, J. C. Hanan, E. Ustundag, and I. J. Beyerlein. Shear-Lag Model for a single fiber metal-matrix composite with an elasto-plastic matrix and a slipping interface, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2004. 41(15):4197-4218. (preprint) (paper)
  41. S. Mahesh, I. J. Beyerlein, and S. L. Phoenix. Strength distributions and size effects for 2D and 3D composites with Weibull fibers in an elastic matrix, International Journal of Fracture, 2002. 115:41-85. (paper) (paper)
  42. I. J. Beyerlein, Y. T. Zhu, and S. Mahesh. On the influence of fiber shape in bone-shaped short fiber composites, Composites Science and Technology, 2001. 61:1341-1357. (paper) (paper)
  43. S. Mahesh, I. J. Beyerlein, and S. L. Phoenix. Size and heterogeneity effects on the strength of fibrous composites, Physica D, 1999. 101:371-389. (paper) (paper)

Conference Papers

  1. J. C. Hanan, E. Ustundag, B. Clausen, S. Mahesh, I. J. Beyerlein, D. W. Brown, and M. A. M. Bourke. Residual strain evolution during the deformation of single fiber metal matrix composites Materials Science Forum, 2002. 404-7:907-12. (preprint)
  2. S. Mahesh. On the orientation of cell block boundaries in the grains of a rolled f.c.c. polycrystal. Sixteenth international conference on the texture of materials, 2011. Mumbai. Published in: Materials science forum, 2012. 702-703:188-191. (preprint) (paper)
  3. M. Arul Kumar, S. Mahesh and P. Venkitanarayanan. A rate-independent 'stack' model of a polycrystalline aggregate. Sixteenth international conference on the Texture of Materials, 2011. Mumbai. Published in: Materials science forum, 2012. 702-703:192-195. (paper)
  4. S. Mahesh and M. D. Mathew. Modeling the effect of grain boundary sliding on creep lifetime: Application to two austenitic stainless steels. Sixth international conference on creep, fatigue and creep-fatigue interaction. Mamallapuram. India. Jan 22-25. 2012. Published in: Proceedia Engineering, 2013. 55:747-750. (preprint) (paper)
  5. S. Mahesh. Modeling deformation twinning with a binary-tree based polycrystal model, TMS annual meeting. San Diego. USA. Feb 27-Mar 3. 2011.
  6. Abu Bakker Sithickbasha, and S. Mahesh. Influence of constitutive law on creep crack fields. Talk at Creep, Fatigue, and Creep-fatigue interactions, CF-7 conference at IGCAR Kalpakkam. Jan 2016.
  7. Ashish Mishra, and S. Mahesh. Damage evolution and failure of unidirectional metal matrix composites. Talk at FRACMEET conference, held at Institute for Mathematics and Sciences, Taramani, Chennai. Feb. 2016.
  8. Irfan Habeeb and S. Mahesh. Reliability of fibre bundles. Talk at PRAVARTANA conference, held at IIT Kanpur. March 2016.
  9. S. Mahesh. Importance of intergranular interactions in polycrystal plasticity modeling of twinning materials. Talk at the International conference on texture, micro-texture and mechanical behaviour, ICoTMMB held at IISc. Feb 2017.

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