Research Interests
Continuum mechanics, Vibrations and structural dynamics, Nonlinear elasticity, Computational mechanics, Finite element methods, Mechanics of soft active materials, Functional materials.
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Research
Electromechanical performance of dielectric elastomer composites: Modeling and experimental characterization
2023
A Kumar, A Khurana, AK Patra, Y Agrawal, M.M. Joglekar | Elsevier
Journal: Composite Structures Pages: 117130 ,
Propagation of fundamental Lamb modes along the non-principal axes of strain-stiffened soft compressible plates: A numerical investigation
2023
A.K. Patra, A.K. Sharma, D.M. Joglekar, and M.M. Joglekar | ASA
Journal: Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Pages: 1331-1346 , Volumes: 153 ,
A semi analytical finite element framework for Lamb waves in soft compressible plates considering strain stiffening effect
2023
A.K. Patra, A.K. Sharma, D.M. Joglekar, M. M. Joglekar | World Scientific
Journal: International Journal of Applied Mechanics Pages: 2250102 ,
An energy-based model of dielectric elastomer minimum energy structures with stiffeners: Equilibrium configuration and the electromechanical response
2023
A. Khurana, A.K. Patra, M.M. Joglekar | Taylor and Francis
Journal: An energy-based model of dielectric elastomer minimum energy structures with stiffeners: Equilibrium configuration and the electromechanical response Pages: 2574-2592 , Volumes: 30 ,
Effect of geometrical parameters on the nonlinear behavior of DE-based minimum energy structures: Numerical modeling and experimental investigation
2022
T.S. Subramaniya Siva, Aman Khurana, Atul Kumar Sharma*, M.M. Joglekar | Taylor and Francis
Journal: Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures
An equivalent spring-based model to couple the motion of visco-hyperelastic dielectric elastomer with the confined compressible fluid/air mass
2022
Ajay Kumar, Aman Khurana, Atul Kumar Sharma, M. M. Joglekar | Elsevier
Journal: International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics Pages: 104232 (17 pp.) ,
Taut domains in transversely isotropic electro-magneto-active thin membranes
2022
A. Khurana, D. Kumar, A.K. Sharma, G. Zurlo, M. M. Joglekar | Elsevier
Journal: International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics Pages: 104228 (9 pp.) ,
Dynamic modeling of dielectric elastomer-based minimum energy structures with membrane entanglements and finite extensibility
2022
Aman Khurana, Ajay Kumar, Atul Kumar Sharma, M. M. Joglekar | Springer
Journal: Sādhanā Pages: 1-10 , Volumes: 47 ,
Electromechanical stability of wrinkled dielectric elastomers
2022
Aman Khurana, M. M. Joglekar, Giuseppe Zurlo* | Elsevier
Journal: International Journal of Solids and Structures Pages: 111613 (11pp) , Volumes: 246-247 ,
Dynamics of pneumatically coupled visco-hyperelastic dielectric elastomer actuators: theoretical modeling and experimental investigation
2022
Ajay Kumar, Aman Khurana, Atul Kumar Sharma, M. M. Joglekar | Elsevier
Journal: European Journal of Mechanics-A Solids Pages: 104636 (20 pp.) , Volumes: 95 ,
Topology optimization of soft compressible phononic laminates for widening the mechanically tunable band gaps
2021
A. K. Sharma*, M. M. Joglekar, D.M. Joglekar, Z. Alam | Elsevier
Journal: Composite Structures Pages: 115389 (14 pp.) ,
Static and dynamic instability modeling of electro-magneto-active polymers with various entanglements and crosslinks
2021
A. Khurana, D. Kumar, A.K. Sharma*, M. M. Joglekar | Elsevier
Journal: International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics Pages: 103865 (12 pp.) , Volumes: 139 ,
Nonlinear oscillations of particle-reinforced electro-magneto-viscoelastomer actuators
2021
A. Khurana, D. Kumar, A. K. Sharma*, M. M. Joglekar | ASME
Journal: Journal of Applied Mechanics, Transactions of the ASME Pages: 121002 (11 pp.) , Volumes: 88 ,
Nonlinear oscillations of electrically driven aniso-visco-hyperelastic dielectric elastomer minimum energy structures
2021
A. Khurana, A. K. Sharma, M. M. Joglekar | Springer
Journal: Nonlinear Dynamics Pages: 1991-2013 , Volumes: 104 (3) ,
Effect of polymer chains entanglements, crosslinks and finite extensibility on the nonlinear dynamic oscillations of dielectric viscoelastomer actuators
2021
A. Khurana, A. Kumar, A. K. Sharma*, M. M. Joglekar | Springer
Journal: Nonlinear Dynamics Pages: 1227-1251 , Volumes: 104 (2) ,
Effect of viscoelasticity on the nonlinear dynamic behavior of dielectric elastomer minimum energy structures
2021
A. Khurana, Ajay Kumar, Santosh Kumar Raut, A. K. Sharma, M. M. Joglekar | Elsevier
Journal: International Journal of Solids and Structures Pages: 141-153 , Volumes: 208 ,
Nonlinear dynamic analysis of aniso-visco-hyperelastic dielectric elastomer actuators
2020
K. Kashyap, A. K. Sharma, M. M. Joglekar* | IOP
Journal: Smart Materials and Structures Pages: 055014 , Volumes: 29(5) ,
A computationally efficient locking free numerical framework for modeling visco-hyperelastic dielectric elastomers
2019
A. K. Sharma, and M. M. Joglekar* | Elsevier
Journal: Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering Pages: 625-653 , Volumes: 352 ,
Electromechanical instability of dielectric elastomer actuators with active and inactive electric regions
2019
A. K. Sharma, P. Kumar, A. Singh, D. M. Joglekar, M. M. Joglekar* | ASME
Journal: Journal of Applied Mechanics, Trans. of the ASME Volumes: 86(6) ,
A numerical framework for modeling anisotropic dielectric elastomers
2019
A.K. Sharma, M. M. Joglekar* | Elsevier
Journal: Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering Pages: 402-420 , Volumes: 344 ,
Effect of anisotropy on the dynamic electromechanical instability of a dielectric elastomer actuator
2018
A.K. Sharma and M. M. Joglekar* | IOP
Journal: Smart Materials and Structures Pages: 015006 , Volumes: 28(1) ,
A modulated voltage waveform for enhancing the travel range of dielectric elastomer actuators
2018
N. Arora, P. Kumar, M.M. Joglekar* | ASME
Journal: Journal of Applied Mechanics, Trans. ASME Pages: 111009 , Volumes: 85(11) ,
DC dynamic pull-in instability of a dielectric elastomer balloon: an energy-based approach
2018
A. K. Sharma, N. Arora, M. M. Joglekar* | Royal Society Publishing
Journal: Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences Pages: 20170900 , Volumes: 474 (2211) ,
Dynamic instability of dielectric elastomer actuators subjected to unequal biaxial prestress
2017
A. K. Sharma, S. Bajpayee, D. M. Joglekar, M. M. Joglekar* | IOP
Journal: Smart Materials and Structures Pages: 115019 , Volumes: 26(11) ,
Dynamic-instability parameters of dielectric elastomer actuators with equal biaxial prestress
2015
M.M. Joglekar* | AIAA
Journal: AIAA Journal Pages: 3129-3133 , Volumes: 53(10) ,
An energy-based approach to extract the dynamic instability parameters of dielectric elastomer actuators
2014
M.M. Joglekar* | ASME
Journal: Journal of Applied Mechanics, Trans. ASME Pages: 091010 , Volumes: 81(9) ,
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