Anasavarapu Srikantha Phani

Professor

Tier 2 CRC in Dynamics of Lattice Material and Devices; Ph.D. (University of Cambridge); Member of ASME, ASA; Fellow of Cambridge Commonwealth Society

Research Interests

• Mechanics of lattice materials and devices
• Dynamics and vibrations
• Mechanics of small scale systems

Teaching Activities

• MECH 463: Mechanical Vibrations
• MECH 360: Mechanics of Materials
• MECH 506: Advanced Linear Vibrations
• MECH 507: Analytical Dynamics
• MECH 410D: Engineering Dynamics

Selected Publications

Papers:

• S. Agarwal, S. I. Green, & A. S. Phani. “Modeling and Simulation of Anisotropic Cross-Linked Cellulose Fiber Networks With an Out-of-Plane Topography.” Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, vol. 32, no. 4, 2024, p. 045006, doi:10.1088/1361-651X/32/4/045006.
• S. H. J. Choi, I. Bhuiyan, M. Hejazi, S. A. Phani, & Y. Hsiang. “Sex Differences in Aortic Tortuosity in Patients With Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms.” Journal of Vascular Surgery, vol. 79, no. 4, 2024, pp. 4S–5S, doi:10.1016/j.jvs.2023.11.002.
• S. Agarwal, S. I. Green, & A. S. Phani. “On the Tensile Response of Formed Fiber Networks With Low Areal Density.” Mechanics Research Communications, vol. 130, 2023, p. 104128, doi:10.1016/j.mechrescom.2023.104128.
• S. Agarwal, P. Srivastava, S. I. Green, & A. S. Phani. “The Influence of Microstructure on the Tensile Properties of a Creped Tissue Paper: Modeling and Experiments.” Mechanics of Materials, vol. 176, 2023, p. 104505, doi:10.1016/j.mechmat.2023.104505.
• A. S. Phani. “Dissipation Driven Degeneracies.” Applied Physics Letters, vol. 121, 2022, p. 231701, doi:10.1063/5.0123456.
• Y. N. Hsiang & A. S. Phani. “Adapting Guidelines for Elective Repair of Asymptomatic Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms: Reply.” Journal of Vascular Surgery, vol. 76, no. 5, 2022, pp. 1426–1427, doi:10.1016/j.jvs.2022.08.001.
• M. Hejazi & A. S. Phani. “On Growth, Buckling, and Rupture of Aneurysms: Cylindrical Tube Analogy.” Journal of Biomechanics, vol. 144, 2022, p. 111313, doi:10.1016/j.jbiomech.2022.111313.
• D. Bruns, A. Nojeh, A. S. Phani, & J. Rottler. “Comment on ‘Ultrahigh Convergent Thermal Conductivity of Carbon Nanotubes From Comprehensive Atomistic Modeling’.” Physical Review Letters, vol. 128, no. 25, 2022, p. 259601, doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.128.259601.
• A. S. Phani. “Geometry in Mechanics of Materials.” 2022.
• K. Berkache, S. Phani, & J. F. Ganghoffer. “Micropolar Effects on the Effective Elastic Properties and Elastic Fracture Toughness of Planar Lattices.” European Journal of Mechanics-A/Solids, vol. 93, 2022, p. 104489, doi:10.1016/j.euromechsol.2022.104489.
• M. Hejazi, S. H. Choi, A. S. Phani, & Y. N. Hsiang. “Evaluation of Aortic Tortuosity as a Negative Predictor of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Rupture.” Journal of Vascular Surgery, 2022, doi:10.1016/j.jvs.2022.04.005.
• D. Bruns, J. Rottler, A. Nojeh, & A. S. Phani. “Revisiting the Low-ω Challenge of Vibrational Heat Transport in Low Dimensions: The Case of Carbon Nanotubes.” Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 2022.
• S. Agarwal, P. Srivastava, S. I. Green, & A. S. Phani. “Influence of Crepe Structure on Tensile Properties of Tissue Paper.” Advances in Pulp and Paper Research, Transactions of the 17th Fundamental Research Symposium, 2022.
• A. Bhardwaj, A. S. Phani, A. Nojeh, & D. Mukherji. “Thermal Transport in Molecular Forests.” ACS Nano, vol. 0, no. 0, 01/2021, doi:10.1021/acsnano.0c09741.
• M. Manav, M. Ponga, and A. S. Phani. “Stress in a Stimuli-Responsive Polymer Brush.” Macromolecules, vol. 54, no. 1, 01/2021, pp. 170-182, doi:10.1021/acs.macromol.0c01783.
• R. Das, K. Pan, S. Green, & A. S. Phani. “Creped Tissue Paper: A Microarchitected Fibrous Network.” Advanced Engineering Materials, vol. 0, no. 0, 10/2020, pp. 2000777, doi:10.1002/adem.202000777.
• D. Bruns, A. Nojeh, A.S. Phani, & J. Rottler. “Heat Transport in Carbon Nanotubes: Length Dependence of Phononic Conductivity from the Boltzmann Transport Equation and Molecular Dynamics.” Physical Review.B, vol. 101, no. 19, 05/2020, pp. 195408, doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.101.195408.
• Pan, Kui, A. S. Phani, and Sheldon Green. “Periodic Folding of a Falling Viscoelastic Sheet.” Physical Review.E, vol. 101, no. 1, 01/2020, pp. 013002, doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.101.013002.

Books:

• A.S. Phani, and M.I. Hussein, Dynamics of lattice materials. John Wiley et Sons, Incorporated, 2017.

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