Indian Institute of Technology, Patna

Dr. Akhilendra Singh

Dr. Akhilendra Singh

Associate Professor

Ph.D, BITS Pilani (Rajasthan)

                                Ph: +91-612-302 8018
                            

                                akhil[*AT]iitp.ac.in
                            

Research Areas

Fracture Mechanics, Fatigue, FEM/XFEM/MESH-FREE/CZM/PHASE FIELD

Courses taught at IIT P

ME533: Finite Element Analysis ME552: Fracture and Fatigue ME445: Finite Element Method ME303: Design of Machine Element ME307: Machine Design ME761: Computational Technique ME205: Thermodynamics ME321: Applied Thermodynamics-I ME322: Applied Thermodynamics-II ME101: Engineering Mechanics (Tutorial) ME110: Work Shop (Lab) ME212: Mechanical Engineering Laboratory-I (Lab) (Material Testing) ME519: Advance Engineering Software Lab ME310: Mechanical Engineering Laboratory-II (Lab) (IC Engine) ME393: Engineering Software Lab ME411: Mechanical Engineering Laboratory-IV (Lab)

Current Sponsored Projects

Sr. No.	Title	Principal Investigator	Status
1	An Experimental and Numerical Study of Environmental Degradation in Adhesive Joints	Dr. Akhilendra Singh (PI), Prof. Mayank Tiwari (Co-PI)	Ongoing
2	Influence of hydrogen on fatigue and fracture performance of ferritic-martensitic steel (P91) both at room and elevated temperature	Dr. Akhilendra Singh (PI), Dr. S K Paul (Co-PI)	Ongoing
3	Design Analysis of Composite Patch Repair of Structural Members by Meshfree Method	Dr. Akhilendra Singh	Completed
4	Design of an Integral Squeezed Film Damper	Prof. Mayank Tiwari, Dr. Akhilendra Singh	Completed
5	Establishing correlation between specimen level fatigue and cornering fatigue	Dr. Akhilendra Singh, Dr. S K Paul	Completed
6	Thermo-Mechanical Reliability of Electronic Devices	Dr. Akhilendra Singh, Prof. Mayank Tiwari	Completed
7	Design of Noval SMA bearing Supports and Retrofit for Enhanced Performance of Rotating Machinery	Prof. Mayank Tiwari, Dr. Akhilendra Singh	Completed

Professional Experience

Dec 2008 - till date, Assistant Professor , IIT Patna Aug 2007-Dec 2008, Assistant Professor , BITS Pilani

Awards & Honours

Best teacher award at IIT Patna-2014, Who’sWho in the world, 2007 and 2008

Member of Professional bodies

ISTAM (Life Member)

Books

Akhilendra Singh and I. V. Singh, “Element Free Galerkin Method For Heat Transfer: Fundamentals and Formulations” ISBN: 978-3838382814, First edition, Lambert Publishing, Germany, 2010.

Publications / Journals

International Refereed Journals:
- Vivek Kumar, Akhilendra Singh, Investigation of traction-separation behavior in adhesively bonded joints under mode I and mode II loading using DIC technique and FEA, Engineering Failure Analysis, 2024, 159: 108048 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfailanal.2024.108048)
- Mahesh Bharti, Rathin Maity, Akhilendra Singh and Surajit Paul “The fatigue crack growth behavior of hydrogenated 9Cr-1Mo steel: an experimental and numerical study” Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & structure, 2024, ( https://doi.org/10.1111/ffe.14267)
- Harshdeep Sharma, Akhilendra Singh, Numerical implementation of a modified cohesive zone model for HCF behaviour of adhesively bonded composite laminates under mixed mode loading, International Journal of Fatigue,2024; 181: 10812 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2023.108128)
- Rathin Maity, Akhilendra Singh, Surajit Kumar Paul, Mixed-mode fracture study of Mode-I + III and II + III loading conditions in AA7085 using a new fixture, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2023; 292: 109619.( https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfracmech.2023.109619)
- Harshdeep Sharma, Akhilendra Singh, An efficient phase field solver for modelling of elastic–plastic fracture in bimaterials, International Journal of Mechanics and Materials in Design, 2023;.( https://doi.org/10.1007/s10999-023-09665-6)
- Amit Vikram Rex, Surajit Kumar Paul, Akhilendra Singh, Influence of uniaxial and equi-biaxial tensile pre-straining on the high cycle and notch fatigue behaviour of AA2024-T4 aluminium alloy, Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, 2023; 104176 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tafmec.2023.104176)
- Rathin Maity, Akhilendra Singh, Surajit Kumar Paul, The Onset of Unstable Fracture and Crack Deflection of AA7085 in Mixed-mode I+II loading, Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, 2023; 124: 103739.( https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tafmec.2022.103739)
- Bimal Das, Akhilendra Singh, Puja Ghosal, Ashish Priya, R. Rohith Kumar Reddy An experimental and numerical study on strain controlled fatigue response of TRIP steel under influence of hydrogen, International Journal of Fatigue. 2023;107635:105779. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2023.107635).
- Amit Vikram Rex, Surajit Kumar Paul, Akhilendra Singh, The influence of equi-biaxial and uniaxial tensile pre-strain on the low cycle fatigue performance of the AA2024-T4 aluminium alloy, International Journal of Fatigue. 2023; 107699.( https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2023.107699)
- Anurag Kumar, Aman K Srivastava, Mayank Tiwari and Akhilendra Singh, A data driven method applied on nonlinear vibration of flexible rotor supported on centralized squeeze film damper, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, (https://doi.org/10.1177/0954406223116340)
- Bimal Das, Akhilendra Singh: Influence of hydrogen on the low cycle fatigue performance of P91 steel. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 2020; 45(11):7151-68;( https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2019.12.154)
- Bimal Das, Akhilendra Singh, Surajit Kumar Paul, Arora KS, Shome M. Developing a correlation between bend fatigue and cornering fatigue life of wheel disc. Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering materials and Structures. 2020;112. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2020.105799)
- Bimal Das, Surajit Kumar Paul, Akhilendra Singh, KS Arora, M Shome: The effect of thickness variation and pre-strain on the cornering fatigue life prediction of a DP600 steel wheel disc. International Journal ofFatigue.2020;139:105779.(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2020.105799)
- Bimal Das, Akhilendra Singh, Surajit Kumar Paul: Low cycle fatigue performance of DP600 steel under various pre-straining paths. International Journal of Fatigue. 2019; (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2019.105331)
- Bimal Das, Akhilendra Singh, Kanwer Singh Arora ,Mahadev Shome, Surajit Kumar Paul: Influence of pre-straining path on high cycle fatigue performance of DP 600 steel. International Journal of Fatigue. 2019;126:369-380.( https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2019.05.017)
- Bimal Das and Akhilendra Singh: Understanding strain controlled low cycle fatigue response of P91 steel through experiment and cyclic plasticity modeling. Fusion Engineering Design. 2019; 138: 12-137.( https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2018.11.007)
- Ritesh Kumar, Akhilendra Singh, Mayank Tiwari, Investigation of crack repair using piezoelectric material under thermo-mechanical loading, Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 31(19), pp.2243-2260. 2020 (https://doi.org/10.1177/1045389X20943946)
- Ritesh Kumar, Akhilendra Singh, Mayank Tiwari, “Life Enhancement of Cracked Structure by Piezoelectric Material underneath Thermo-Mechanical Loading Environment, Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, 2021 (https://doi.org/10.1080/15376494.2021.1974617)
- Rathin Maity, Akhilendra Singh, Surajit Kumar Paul, Investigations of Fatigue and Fracture Behavior of AA 7085, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance 2021 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-021-05914-x)
- Pankaj Kumar and Akhilendra Singh, Experimental and numerical investigations of fatigue and fracture and fracture performance of metal inert gas welded Al-3.4Mg aluminium alloy, Journal of Brazilian Society of Mechanical Science and Engineering, 2021; (https://doi.org/10.1007/s40430-021-03161-8)
- Ritesh Kumar, Himanshu Pathak,Akhilendra Singh,Mayank Tiwari: Modeling of crack repair using piezoelectric material: XFEM approach of Engineering Computations: (https://DOI 10.1108/EC-01-2020-0001).
- Pankaj Kumar and Akhilendra Singh: Investigation of fatigue and fracture behaviour of sensitized marine grade aluminium alloy AA 5754. Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structure. 2019; 1-19.( https://doi.org/10.1111/ffe.13074)
- Pankaj Kumar and Akhilendra Singh: Investigation of Fracture Behaviour and Low Cycle Fatigue Properties of Cryorolled Al-Mg Alloy. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics. 2018; 98: 78-94.( https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tafmec.2018.09.017)
- Himanshu Pathak, Akhilendra Singh, I. V. Singh, Numerical Simulation of Bi-material Interfacial Cracks Using EFGM and XFEM, International Journal of Mechanics and Materials in Design, Vol. 8, Pg. 9-36,2012.( https://doi.org/10.1007/s10999-011-9173-3)
- Aman Kumar Srivastava, Mayank Tiwari, Akhilendra Singh, Composite test inclusive of Benford’s law, noise reduction and 0–1 test for effective detection of chaos in rotor-stator rub, Non Linear Dynamics.,2021(https://doi.org/10.1007/s11071-021-06844-y)
- Aman Kumar Srivastava, Mayank Tiwari, Akhilendra Singh, Identification of rotor-stator rub and dependence of dry whip boundary on rotor parameters, Mechanical System and Signal Processing. 159(4):107845,2021(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymssp.2021.107845)
- Pankaj Kumar and Akhilendra Singh Experimental and Numerical Investigations of Cyclic Plastic Deformation of Al-Mg Alloy. Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance.2019;28(3):1428-1440(https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-019-03906-6).
- Pankaj Kumar, Bimal Das and Akhilendra Singh: Effect of Ratcheting Fatigue on the Evolution of Tensile Properties of Aluminium Alloy AA 5754. Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science.2019;233(14);5033-5047 (doi.org/10.1177/0954406219835237).
- Pankaj Kumar and Akhilendra Singh, Investigation of Mechanical Properties and Fracture Simulation of Solution-Treated AA 5754. Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance. 2017; 26(10): 4689-706.( https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-017-2802-8)
- Pankaj Kumar, Himanshu Pathak, and Akhilendra Singh: Fatigue Crack Growth Behaviour of Thermo Mechanically Processed AA 5754: Experiment and XFEM Simulation. Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures 2018; 1-14.(https://doi.org/10.1080/15376494.2018.1549294)
- Himanshu Pathak, Akhilendra Singh, I. V. Singh, Three-Dimensional Quasi-Static Interfacial Crack Growth Simulations in Thermos-Mechanical Environment by Coupled FE-EFG Approach, Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, Vol 86, Pg. 267-283, 2016.( https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tafmec.2016.08.001)
- Himanshu Pathak, Akhilendra Singh, I. V. Singh, Numerical Simulation of 3-D Thermo-Elastic Fatigue Crack Growth Problems using Coupled FE-EFG Approach, Institution of Engineers: Mechanical Series C, Springer, Vol 97, pg.1-18, 2016.( https://doi.org/10.1007/s40032-016-0256-7)
- Himanshu Pathak, Akhilendra Singh, I. V. Singh, M. Brahmankar, Three-Dimensional Stochastic Quasi-Static Fatigue Crack Growth Simulations Using Coupled FE-EFG Approach, Computers & Structures, Vol 160, Pg. 1-19, 2015.( https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruc.2015.08.002)
- Himanshu Pathak, Akhilendra Singh, I. V. Singh, S. K. Yadav, Fatigue crack growth simulations of 3-D linear elastic cracks under thermal load by XFEM, Frontiers of Structural and Civil Engineering, Vol 9, pg. 359-382, 2015.( https://doi.org/10.1007/s11709-015-0304-z)
- Sachin Kumar, I.V Singh, B.K Mishra, Akhilendra Singh, New Enrichments in XFEM to Model Dynamic Crack Response of 2-D Elastic Solids, International Journal of Impact Engineering, Vol. 87, Pg. 198-211, 2015(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2015.03.005)
- Himanshu Pathak, Akhilendra Singh, I. V. Singh, Fatigue Crack Growth Simulations of Homogeneous and Bi-Material Interfacial Cracks using Element Free Galerkin Method, Applied Mathematical Modelling, Vol 38, Pg. 3093-3123, 2014.( https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2013.11.030)
- Himanshu Pathak, Akhilendra Singh, I. V. Singh, Fatigue Crack Growth Simulations of Bi-material Interfacial Cracks under Thermo-Elastic Loading by Extended Finite Element Method, European Journal of Computational Mechanics, Vol. 22, Pg. 79-104, 2013.( https://doi.org/10.1080/17797179.2013.766017)
- Himanshu Pathak, Akhilendra Singh, I. V. Singh and Saurabh Kumar Yadav, A Simple and Efficient XFEM Approach for 3-D Cracks Simulations, International Journal of Fracture, Vol. 181, pg. 189-208, 2013.( https://doi.org/10.1007/s10704-013-9835-2)
- Himanshu Pathak, Akhilendra Singh and I. V. Singh, Fatigue crack growth simulations of 3-D Problems using XFEM, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, Vol. 76, pg. 112-131, 2013.( https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2013.09.001)
- I. V. Singh, Akhilendra Singh, A Meshfree Solution of Two Dimensional Potential Flow Problems, International Journal of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, Vol. 3, pg. 290-300, 2009.( doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1055271)
- Akhilendra Singh, I. V. Singh and R. Prakash, Numerical Analysis of Fluid Squeezed Between Two Parallel Plates by Meshless Method, Computers and Fluids, Vol. 36, pg. 1460-1480, 2007.(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compfluid.2006.12.005)
- Akhilendra Singh, I. V. Singh and R. Prakash, The Numerical Solution of Temperature Dependent Thermal Conductivity Problems using Meshless Method, Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A, Vol. 50, pg. 125-145, 2006.( https://doi.org/10.1080/10407780500507111)
- Akhilendra Singh, I. V. Singh and R. Prakash, Meshless Analysis of Unsteady-State Heat Transfer in Semi-infinite Solid with Temperature Dependent Thermal Conductivity, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 33, pg. 231-239, 2006.( https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2005.10.008)
- Akhilendra Singh, I. V. Singh and R. Prakash, Meshless Element Free Galerkin Method for Unsteady Nonlinear Heat Transfer Problems, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 50, pg. 1212-1219, 2006.( https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2006.08.039)
Book Chapters:
- Pankaj Kumar and Akhilendra Singh: Evaluation of Strain Controlled and Crack Growth Behaviour of Al-3.4Mg Alloy, In book: Mechanical Fatigue of Metals, Structural Integrity 7, Chapter: Fatigue Crack Propagation, Publisher: Springer India.(https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13980-3_19)
- Bimal Das, and Akhilendra Singh: Low Cycle Fatigue Life Estimation of P91 Steel by Strain Energy Based Approach, In Mechanical Fatigue of Metals, Structural Integrity 7, Chapter: Fatigue Modelling, Publisher: Springer India.( https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13980-3_33)
Refereed Proceedings:
- Pankaj Kumar, Akhilendra Singh, Experimental and Simulation Study of AA 5754 Tearing Energy, Materials Today: Proceedings 4, 2711–2716.2017
- Priyam Agarwal, Ankit Chakraborthy, Akhilendra Singh, Simulation of Bi-material plate under dynamic loading condition by XFEM, Materials Today, Vol.2. Pg.1552-1559, 2015.
- Himanshu Pathak, Akhilendra Singh, IV Singh, Simulation of 3-D Thermo-Elastic Fracture Problem using Coupled by EF-EFG Approach, Material Science , Vol. 6, 1927-1935. 2014.
- Pankaj Kumar, Akhilendra Singh: Experimental and Numerical Investigations of Low Cycle Fatigue Behavior of Cryorolled AA 5754 Alloy, Procedia Structural Integrity. Vol.14, Pg 96-103, 2019
- S S Sahoo, Pankaj Kumar, M Sai B, Akhilendra Singh, Experimental And Numerical Investigations of Low Cycle Fatigue Behavior of Stepped Ageing Al-3.4Mg Alloy, Material's Today: Proceedings, 2019 (In press)
Selected Conference Publication:
- Pankaj Kumar and Akhilendra Singh, Investigation of Fracture Behaviour of Aluminum Alloy 5754, 2^nd International Conference of Fatigue and Durability, IISC Banglore, September 28-30,2016.
- Himanshu Pathak, Akhilendra Singh and I.V Singh, Meshfree Modelling and Analysis of Cracked Panel Repaired by Bonded Composite Patch, 6^th , IIT Bombay, June 27-July 01,2016.
- Himanshu Pathak, Akhilendra Singh and I.V Singh, Composite Patch Repair of Structural Member by Coupled FE-EFG Approach, International Conference on Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering(ICMAE2015),Singapore, December 12-14,2015.
- Himanshu Pathak, Akhilendra Singh and I.V Singh, Simulation Crack Interaction Study under Thermo-Mechanical Loading by XFEM, Multi Physis Modelling of Solids (MPMS), ENSTA PARIS TECH, Paris France, October 6-10,2014.
- Himanshu Pathak, Akhilendra Singh and I.V Singh, 3-D Interfacial Crack Growth by XFEM, Multifunctional Materials Structures and Applications (ICMMSA) Allahabad MNIT, December 22-24, 2014.
- Himanshu Pathak, Akhilendra Singh and I.V Singh, Fracture analysis of 3D orthotropic cracked domain by extended finite element method (XFEM), Fourth International Conference on Recent Advances in Composite Materials (ICRACM 2013),Goa, February 18-21, 2013.
- Himanshu Pathak, Akhilendra Singh and I.V Singh, Numerical simulation of fatigue crack grow problem under thermo-mechanical loading using EFGM and XFEM, International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulation(ICCMS 2012), IIT Hyderabad, Hyderabad, December 09-12, 2012.
- Himanshu Pathak, Akhilendra Singh and I.V Singh, Numerical simulation of bonded patch repair problem using EFGM and XFEM, 4^th International Conference on Structural Stability and Dynamics (ICSSD 2012),MNIT Jaipur, January 04-06, 2012.
- Himanshu Pathak, Akhilendra Singh and I.V Singh, Numerical comparison of XFEM and EFGM solutions for fracture mechanics problems, European Community in Computational Methods in Applied Science (ECOMAS), XFEM 2011 Cardiff University, UK, June 29-July, 2011.
- Himanshu Pathak, Akhilendra Singh and I.V Singh, Simulation of bi-material crack problems using extended finite element method and element free Galerkin method, 56^th Congress of Indian Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ISTAM 2011), NIT Surat, December 19-21, 2011.
- Akhilendra Singh and I.V Singh, Simulation of Non-Linear Heat Transfer Problems by EFGM, Numerical Solution of Three-Dimensional Nonlinear Heat Transfer Problem Using EFGM, International Conference on Theoretical,Applied,Computaional and Experimental Mechanics, IIT Kharagpur, December 27-29, 2010.
- Akhilendra Singh and I.V Singh, Numerical Solution of Three-Dimensional Nonlinear Heat Transfer Problem Using EFGM, 54^th Congress of Indian Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ISTAM), NSIT Delhi, December 18-21, 2009.
- Akhilendra Singh and I.V Singh, Numerical Meshfree Solution of The Flow Over A Rigid Cylinder, Indian Association for Computational Mechanics(ICCMS09), IIT Bombay, December 01-05, 2009.
- Akhilendra Singh, I.V Singh and Ravi Prakash, Meshless solution of axisymmetric non-linear heat transfer problems using meshless method, International Conference on Computational, Experimental Engineering and Sciences (ICCES), IIT Madras, Chennai, December 14-17, 2005.

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