DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Indian Institute Of Technology Madras
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Narasimhan Swaminathan

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206, Machine Design Section

PhD B.E in Mechanical Engineering from Hindustan College of Engineering (1997 - 2001) Affiliated to the University of Madras M.S in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan State University (2001 - 2004) Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from The Georgia Institute of Technology (2005 - 2009)

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  • Dr. Narasimhan Swaminathan received his PhD from Georgia Institute of Technology, USA in 2009. He worked as Post Doctoral Research Research Associate at The Universtiy of Wisocnsin Madison, USA for three years from 2009 to 2012 before joining IIT Madras.
  • His research interest includes multiscale modeling of complex phenomenon in a wide range of materials. He works on materials for energy applications such as nuclear materials, Li-ion batteries and solid oxide fuel cells. He also conducts atomistic simulations to understand the interface properties between polymers and other materials.

  • Computational materials science and Mechanics with specific focus on: Molecular dynamics simulations with applications to polymer mechanical properties, radiation damage in materials understanding fundamental physics. We also perform Coarse Graining of polymers used in the tyre industries.
  • Finite element based analysis of stress-diffusion interactions in Li-ion battery electrodes with a specific focus on mechanics-electrochemistry interactions.

    Current Courses

  • ME5205: Theory of Vibrations (July-Nov-2023)

    Previous Courses

  • ME1480: Engineering Drawing [Jul-Nov 2012, 2015,2018]
  • ME3350: Design of Machine Elements [Jul-Nov 2012,2013 and 2014]
  • ME2260: Materials and Design [Jan-May 2013,2014,2015,2016,2017]
  • ME5201: Computational Methods in Engineering [Jul-Nov 2014,2019]
  • ME5204: Finite element Analysis [Jul - Nov 2016, 2017,2018,]
  • ME7244: Foundations of Computational Materials Modelling [Jul - Nov 2015, 2016,2018,2019] + [Jan - May 2023]
  • ME4203: Applied Mechanics of Materials [Jan-May 2018]
  • ME5203: Advanced Mechanics of Solids [Jan - May 2019, 2020, 2021]
  • ME6227: Variational Principles in Mechanics [July-Nov 2020,2021]
  • ME7230: Applied Finite Element Analysis [Jan-May 2022]
  • ME5205: Theory of Vibrations [July-Nov 2022,]

  1. Talukdar, Sanjana, Narasimhan Swaminathan, and Parag Ravindran. "A chemo-viscoelastic model and a numerical scheme to study stress-diffusion interactions in Lithium ion battery electrode particles." Mechanics of Materials 184 (2023): 104738.
  2. Hussain, Umair, Gandham Phanikumar, and Narasimhan Swaminathan. "Mapping of multiphase field model parameters to physical factors in order to simulate desired phase transformations." Computational Materials Science 226 (2023): 112227.
  3. Giri, Rakesh Kumar, and Narasimhan Swaminathan. "Role of mapping schemes on dynamical and mechanical properties of coarse-grained models of cis-1, 4-polyisoprene." Computational Materials Science 208 (2022): 111309.
  4. Swaminathan, Narasimhan, Sundararajan Natarajan, and Ean Tat Ooi. "Communication—A Fast and Accurate Numerical Technique for Impedance Spectroscopy of Microstructures." Journal of The Electrochemical Society 169, no. 2 (2022): 020543.

  1. Peeketi, Akhil R; Sol, Jeroen AHP; Swaminathan, Narasimhan; Schenning, Albert PHJ; Debije, Micheal G; Annabattula, Ratna K; Calla Lily flower inspired morphing of flat films to conical tubesJournal of Polymer Sciencevol61n11pp1065-10732023
  2. Jayoti, Divya; Peeketi, Akhil Reddy; Kumbhar, Pramod Yallappa; Swaminathan, Narasimhan; Annabattula, Ratna Kumar; Geometry Controlled Oscillations in Liquid Crystal Polymer Films Triggered by Thermal FeedbackACS Applied Materials & Interfacesvol15n14pp18362-183712023
  3. Hussain, Umair; Phanikumar, Gandham; Swaminathan, Narasimhan; Mapping of multiphase field model parameters to physical factors in order to simulate desired phase transformationsComputational Materials Sciencevol226npp1122272023
  4. Peeketi, Akhil Reddy; Joseph, Edwin; Swaminathan, Narasimhan; Annabattula, Ratna Kumar; Photo-activated dynamic isomerization induced large density changes in liquid crystal polymers: A molecular dynamics studyarXiv preprint arXiv:2305.14990volnpp2023
  5. Talukdar, Sanjana; Swaminathan, Narasimhan; Ravindran, Parag; A chemo-viscoelastic model and a numerical scheme to study stress-diffusion interactions in Lithium ion battery electrode particlesMechanics of Materialsvol184npp1047382023
  6. Swaminathan, Narasimhan; Natarajan, Sundararajan; Ooi, Ean Tat; Communication—A Fast and Accurate Numerical Technique for Impedance Spectroscopy of MicrostructuresJournal of The Electrochemical Societyvol169n2pp205432022
  7. Sahoo, Deepak Ranjan; Chaudhuri, Paritosh; Swaminathan, Narasimhan; Primary radiation damages in Li2TiO3 and Li4SiO4: a comparison study using molecular dynamics simulationRadiation Effects and Defects in Solidsvol177n3-4pp307-3262022
  8. Kumbhar, Pramod; Malu, Deep; Swaminathan, Narasimhan; Annabattula, Ratna Kumar; An analytical study on the diffusion induced contact interactions between ellipsoidal electrode particles in lithium ion batteriesJournal of Power Sourcesvol529npp2312242022
  9. Giri, Rakesh Kumar; Swaminathan, Narasimhan; Role of mapping schemes on dynamical and mechanical properties of coarse-grained models of cis-1, 4-polyisopreneComputational Materials Sciencevol208npp1113092022
  10. Kumbhar, Pramod; Swaminathan, Narasimhan; Annabattula, Ratna Kumar; Mesoscale analysis of Li?ion battery microstructure using sequential coupling of discrete element and finite element methodInternational Journal of Energy Researchvol46n9pp12003-120252022
  11. Sahoo, Deepak Ranjan; Swaminathan, Narasimhan; Molecular dynamics modelling of amorphisation induced change in the mechanical properties of ?-Li2TiO3Molecular Simulationvol48n15pp1330-13422022
  12. Peeketi, Akhil Reddy; Swaminathan, Narasimhan; Annabattula, Ratna Kumar; Modeling the combined photo-chemo/thermo-mechanical actuation in azobenzene-doped liquid crystal thin filmsJournal of Applied Physicsvol129n14pp2021
  13. Joseph, Edwin; Swaminathan, N; Investigation of mechanical properties and dispersion in silica/Styrene Butadiene Rubber (SBR) nanocomposites: A ReaxFF molecular dynamics studyComputational Materials Sciencevol200npp1107512021
  14. Sahoo, Deepak Ranjan; Chaudhuri, Paritosh; Swaminathan, Narasimhan; A molecular dynamics study of displacement cascades and radiation induced amorphization in Li2TiO3Computational Materials Sciencevol200npp1107832021
  15. Nishad, Wazeem; Subbiah, Sathyan; Swaminathan, Narasimhan; A qualitative understanding of high intensity mechanical shearing and exfoliation of graphite nanoplatelets in a three-body contact using molecular dynamic simulationsJournal of Manufacturing Processesvol71npp645-6522021
  16. Mohanty, Shaswat; Kumbhar, Pramod Yallappa; Swaminathan, Narasimhan; Annabattula, Ratnakumar; A phase-field model for crack growth in electro-mechanically coupled functionally graded piezo ceramicsSmart Materials and Structuresvol29n4pp450052020
  17. Kumbhar, Pramod Y; Francis, A; Swaminathan, N; Annabattula, RK; Natarajan, S; Development of user element routine (UEL) for cell-based smoothed finite element method (CSFEM) in AbaqusInternational Journal of Computational Methodsvol17n2pp18501282020
  18. Kishor, E; Swaminathan, Narasimhan; Molecular-dynamics-based characterization and comparison of the radiation damage properties of three polytypes of cubic BC3S?dhan?vol45n1pp1612020
  19. Joseph, Edwin; Swaminathan, N; Kannan, K; Material identification for improving the strength of silica/SBR interface using MD simulationsJournal of Molecular Modelingvol26npp1-192020
  20. Mohanty, Shaswat; Kumbhar, Pramod Yallappa; Annabattula, Ratna Kumar; Swaminathan, Narasimhan; Stress-electrochemistry interactions in a composite electrode for Li-ion batteriesSolid State Ionicsvol342npp1150532019
  21. Mohanty, Shaswat; Kumbhar, Pramod Yallappa; Annabattula, Ratna Kumar; Swaminathan, Narasimhan; Electro-Chemo-Mechanics of Si-C Composite Anode Particles Using Cyclic Voltammetry SimulationsElectrochemical Society Meeting Abstracts 235voln1pp102-1022019
  22. Jose, Jeeno; Swaminathan, Narasimhan; Response of adhesive polymer interfaces to repeated mechanical loading and the spatial variation of diffusion coefficient and stresses in a deforming polymer filmPhysical Chemistry Chemical Physicsvol21n21pp11266-112832019
  23. Ansari, Mohammad Ayub; Kumbhar, Pramod Yallappa; Swaminathan, Narasimhan; Role of stress concentrations on the electrochemical response of a Li-ion battery anode particleJournal of The Electrochemical Societyvol166n12ppA25742019
  24. Kishor, E; Swaminathan, N; A Molecular Dynamics Based Comparison of the Mechanical Properties of Three Polytypes of Cubic BC 3Journal of Superhard Materialsvol41npp69-832019
  25. Suhail, Mohammed; Puliyeri, Baldev; Chaudhuri, Paritosh; Annabattula, Ratnakumar; Swaminathan, Narasimhan; Molecular dynamics simulation of primary damage in ?-Li2TiO3Fusion Engineering and Designvol136npp914-9192018
  26. Jose, Jeeno; Swaminathan, Narasimhan; Interfacial strength cross-over across silica-and graphite-cis-1, 4-polyisoprene interfacesJournal of Applied Physicsvol123n24pp2018
  27. Sahoo, Deepak Ranjan; Szlufarska, Izabela; Morgan, Dane; Swaminathan, Narasimhan; Role of pre-existing point defects on primary damage production and amorphization in silicon carbide (?-SiC)Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atomsvol414npp45-602018
  28. Ansari, Mohammad Ayub; Kumbhar, Pramod Yallappa; Swaminathan, Narasimhan; A computational study on the effect of stress concentrations on elasticity-electrochemistry interactions in li-ion battery electrode particleECS Transactionsvol87n1pp772018
  29. Swaminathan, N; Annabattula, RK; Natarajan, S; A special issue on mechanics of energy materialsJournal of Coupled Systems and Multiscale Dynamicsvol6n4pp249-2502018
  30. Mohanty, Shaswat; Kumbhar, Pramod; Swaminathan, Narasimhan; Annabattula, Ratna Kumar; A finite strain based coupled chemo-mechanical study of the anode materials in lithium-ion batteriesJournal of Coupled Systems and Multiscale Dynamicsvol6n4pp266-2722018
  31. Jose, Jeeno; Varkey, TB; Swaminathan, Narasimhan; Insights into traction-separation phenomena of graphene-cis-1, 4-polyisoprene interface using molecular dynamics (vol 122, pg 280, 2017)Polymervol128npp397-3972017
  32. Aifantis, Katerina; Swaminathan, Narasimhan; Natarajan, Sundararajan; The Role of Stress-diffusion Interactions on the Fracture and Crack Growth in Lithium Ion Battery Electrodes Using the Extended Finite Element Method2017-Sustainable Industrial Processing Summitvol7npp170-1712017
  33. Jose, Jeeno; Varkey, Bijo; Swaminathan, Narasimhan; Insights into traction-separation phenomena of graphene-cis-1, 4-polyisoprene interface using molecular dynamicsPolymervol122npp280-2952017
  34. Kumbhar, Pramod Y; Francis, Amrita; Swaminathan, Narasimhan; Annabattula, Ratna Kumar; Natarajan, Sundararajan; An Abaqus UEL implementation of the smoothed finite element methodarXiv preprint arXiv:1711.09829volnpp2017
  35. Shabeeb, T; Swaminathan, N; Annabattula, RK; Geometric and material nonlinear design of stiffened plates for APC equipmentInsights and Innovations in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computationvolnpp861-8662016
  36. Aravindan, S; Jalaldeen, S; Chellapandi, P; Swaminathan, N; Yield behavior of porous nuclear fuel (UO2)Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structuresvol23n10pp1149-11622016
  37. Natarajan, Sundararajan; Swaminathan, Narasimhan; Annabattula, Ratna Kumar; Effects of stress-diffusion interactions in an isotropic elastic medium in the presence of geometric discontinuitiesJournal of coupled systems and multiscale dynamicsvol4n3pp230-2402016
  38. Shabeeb, T; Swaminathan, N; Annabattula, RK; Wiström, J; EN1990 Eurocode: Partial factors for process loads in industrial equipmentInsights and Innovations in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computationvolnpp1005-10112016
  39. Liu, Cheng; Swaminathan, Narasimhan; Morgan, Dane; Szlufarska, Izabela; Corrigendum to “Ab initio based rate theory model of radiation induced amorphization in ?-SiC”[J. Nucl. Mater. 414 (2011) 431–439]Journal of Nuclear Materialsvol100n457pp3692015
  40. Swaminathan, Narasimhan; Balakrishnan, Sangeeth; George, Kiran; Elasticity and size effects on the electrochemical response of a graphite, li-ion battery electrode particleJournal of The Electrochemical Societyvol163n3ppA4882015
  41. Jiang, Chao; Swaminathan, Narasimhan; Deng, Jie; Morgan, Dane; Szlufarska, Izabela; Effect of grain boundary stresses on sink strengthMaterials Research Lettersvol2n2pp100-1062014
  42. Sahoo, Deepak Ranjan; Szlufarska, Izabela; Morgan, Dane; Swaminathan, Narasimhan; The role of point defects on defect production in ?-SiCNuclear Espana (1996)vol354npp2014
  43. Arjmand, M; Deng, J; Swaminathan, N; Morgan, D; Szlufarska, I; Effects of confinements on morphology of InxGa1? xAs thin film grown on sub-micron patterned GaAs substrate: Elastoplastic phase field modelJournal of Applied Physicsvol116n11pp2014
  44. Zheng, Ming-Jie; Swaminathan, Narasimhan; Morgan, Dane; Szlufarska, Izabela; Energy barriers for point-defect reactions in 3 C-SiCPhysical Review Bvol88n5pp541052013
  45. Swaminathan, Narasimhan; Wojdyr, Marcin; Morgan, Dane D; Szlufarska, Izabela; Radiation interaction with tilt grain boundaries in ?-SiCJournal of Applied Physicsvol111n5pp2012
  46. Swaminathan, Narasimhan; Morgan, Dane; Szlufarska, Izabela; Role of recombination kinetics and grain size in radiation-induced amorphizationPhysical Review Bvol86n21pp2141102012
  47. Swaminathan, Narasimhan; Morgan, Dane; Szlufarska, Izabela; Ab initio based rate theory model of radiation induced amorphization in ?-SiCJournal of nuclear materialsvol414n3pp431-4392011
  48. Gadre, Milind; Lee, Yueh-Lin; Swaminathan, Narasimhan; Morgan, Dane; Strain effects on defect chemistry in epitaxial perovskite thin films for solid oxide fuel cellsECS Transactionsvol35n1pp21132011
  49. Khalil, Sarah; Swaminathan, Narasimhan; Shrader, David; Heim, Andrew J; Morgan, Dane D; Szlufarska, Izabela; Diffusion of Ag along ? 3 grain boundaries in 3C-SiCPhysical Review Bvol84n21pp2141042011
  50. Swaminathan, Narasimhan; Morgan, Dane; Szlufarska, Izabela; Atomistic and Rate Theory Modeling of Radiation Damage and Amorphization of Nanocrystalline Silicon CarbideMinerals, Metals and Materials Society/AIME, 420 Commonwealth Dr., P. O. Box 430 Warrendale PA 15086 United States.[np]. Febvolnpp2011
  51. Swaminathan, N; Kamenski, Paul J; Morgan, Dane; Szlufarska, Izabela; Effects of grain size and grain boundaries on defect production in nanocrystalline 3C–SiCActa Materialiavol58n8pp2843-28532010
  52. Swaminathan, Narasimhan; Stress-defect transport interactions in ionic solidsvolnpp2009
  53. Swaminathan, N; Qu, J; Evaluation of thermomechanical properties of non-stoichiometric gadolinium doped ceria using atomistic simulationsModelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineeringvol17n4pp450062009
  54. Swaminathan, N; Qu, J; Interactions Between Non?Stoichiometric Stresses and Defect Transport in a Tubular ElectrolyteFuel Cellsvol7n6pp453-4622007
  55. Swaminathan, N; Qu, J; Sun, Y; An electrochemomechanical theory of defects in ionic solids. Part II. ExamplesPhilosophical Magazinevol87n11pp1723-17422007
  56. Swaminathan, Narasimhan; Qu, Jianmin; Determination of Chemical Expansion Coefficient and Elastic Properties of Non?Stoichiometric GDC Using Molecular Dynamic SimulationsAdvances in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells III: Ceramic and Engineering Science Proceedings, Volume 28, Issue 4volnpp401-4112007
  57. Swaminathan, N; Qu, J; Sun, Y; An electrochemomechanical theory of defects in ionic solids. I. TheoryPhilosophical Magazinevol87n11pp1705-17212007
  58. Swaminathan, Narasimhan; Averill, Ronald C; Contribution of failure mechanisms to crush energy absorption in a composite tubeMechanics of Advanced Materials and Structuresvol13n1pp51-592006
  59. Swaminathan, Narasimhan; Qu, Jianmin; A Mechanical?Electrochemical Theory of Defects in Ionic SolidsAdvances in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells II: Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedingsvol27npp125-1362006
  60. Swaminathan, Narasimhan; Sensitivity study on the energy absorbed during a quasi-static crush of a composite tubevolnpp2003
  61. Mohanty, Shaswat; Kumbhar, Pramod Y; Swaminathan, Narasimhan; Kumar, Ratna; CHEMO-MECHANICAL STUDY OF LI-ION BATTERY ELECTRODE MATERIALS IN A FINITE STRAIN FRAME WORKvolnpp