Jayaprakash K R
Department : Mechanical Engineering
Research Interests
● Wave propagation in one and two-dimensional granular media
● Elastic wave scattering at discrete nonlinear interfaces
● Wave propagation in microfluidic droplet lattices
● Nonlinear energy channeling in three-dimensional, locally resonant, unit-cell models and lattices
Professional Summary
Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (Mar 2017 to present)
DST-INSPIRE Faculty, Indian Institute of Science (2013 to 2017)
Visiting Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (2013)
Graduate Research Assistant, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (2009 to 2013)
Graduate Research Assistant, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (2008 to 2009)
Scientist/Engineer, Indian Space Research Organization (2005 to 2007)
Publications
1. K. R. Jayaprakash, Y. Starosvetsky, ‘Three-dimensional Energy Channeling in the Unit-cell Model Coupled to a Spherical Rotator I: Analytical Study of the Bi-directional Channeling’, Nonlinear Dynamics, (accepted).
2. Z. Ahsan, K. R. Jayaprakash, ‘Evolution of Primary Pulse in Granular Dimers Mounted on Linear Elastic Foundation: An Analytical and Numerical Study’, Physical Review E, 94(4), 043001, pp. 1-15 (2016).
3. V. Kislovsky, M. Kovaleva, K. R. Jayaprakash, Y. Starosvetsky, ‘Consecutive Transitions from Localized to Delocalized Transport States in the Anharmonic Chain of Three Coupled Oscillators’, Chaos, 26(7), pp. 073102(1-12) (2016).
4. A. Shiffer, K. R. Jayaprakash, Y. Starosvetsky, ‘Traveling Waves in Trimer Granular Lattice II: Asymptotic Prediction of Weakly Attenuated Pulses’, Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulations, doi:10.1016/j.cnsns.2016.06.010.
5. K. R. Jayaprakash, A. Shiffer, Y. Starosvetsky, ‘Traveling Waves in Trimer Granular Lattice I: Bifurcation Structure of Traveling Waves in the Unit-Cell Model’,Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulations 38, pp. 8-22 (2016).
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