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Dr. Kshitij Kumar Yadav

Assistant Professor
Department of Civil Engg., IIT(BHU)
Phone No(s): (+91) 542 716529
Email: kshitij.civ@iitbhu.ac.in
Area of Interest: Stability of structural systems across scales, Mechanical Metamaterial, Application of Physics Informed Deep Learning for Solid Mechanic, Thin shells and plates, Aging infrastructure, Earthquake Engineering and ground motion simulation
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Dr. Kshitij Kumar Yadav is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi. He joined the department in October 2021. His research group is primarily interested in the mechanics of slender structures, the development of non-destructive techniques for capacity prediction of thin shells, structural dynamics and ground-motion simulation, mechanical metamaterials, the application of Physics Informed Deep Learning for Solid Mechanics, and aging bridges. If any of these research themes fascinate you, or if you have any other research ideas related to structural engineering, solid mechanics, or machine learning, please feel free to contact him for potential collaboration.

We are seeking highly motivated Ph.D. students interested in Structural Dynamics, Mechanics of Slender Structures, Non-Destructive Techniques for Capacity Predictions, and the application of Machine Learning in Solid Mechanics and Structural Engineering. Interested candidates should send a CV to Dr. Kshitij K Yadav at kshitij.civ@iitbhu.ac.in. 

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Ph.D., Structural Engineering and Mechanics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2020

M.Tech., Structural Engineering,  Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, 2011​

B.Tech., Civil Engineering, Madan Mohan Malviya Engineering College, Gorakhpur 2009

 

     

    Our group focuses on understanding the stability of structural systems across scales and spectra. The primary interest of the group is to describe shell buckling, the stability landscape, and energy barriers using numerical, analytical, and experimental methods. We are developing a non-destructive technique to predict the buckling capacity of thin shells without knowledge of the underlying imperfections. Furthermore, our other research endeavors include the assessment of residual capacity in aging bridges, the design of imperfection-insensitive thin shells, efficient design of energy structures, Physics-Informed Deep Learning for Solid Mechanics, exploitation of mechanical metamaterials to develop novel structures with extreme properties, and Ground Motion Simulation. Some of the focus areas are:

    • Mechanics of Slender Structures

    • Application of Physics Informed Deep Learning for Solid Mechanic

    • Stability of Structural Systems Across Scale

    • Mechanical Metamaterial

    • Energy Structures - Wind Turbines

    • Aging Infrastructure

    • Earthquake Engineering and Ground Motion Simulation

     

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    Journal Publications
    1. Cuccia N., Yadav K.K., Serlin M., Virot E., Rubinstein S., & Gerasimidis, S. (2023). Hitting the Mark: Probing at the Initiation Site Allows for Accurate Prediction of a Thin Shell's Buckling Load. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A. 381:20220036.  (Featured on the cover of the issue)
    2. Sadowski, A., Seidel, M., Al-Lawati, H., Azizi, E., Balscheit, H., Böhm, M., ... Yadav K.K., Yun X., & Zhang, P. (2023). 8-MW wind turbine tower computational shell buckling benchmark Part 1: An international ‘round-robin’exercise. Engineering Failure Analysis, 48,107124.
    3. Yadav K.K., Cuccia N., Virot E., Rubinstein S., & Gerasimidis, S. (2021). A Nondestructive Technique for the Evaluation of Thin Cylindrical Shells’ Axial Buckling Capacity. Journal of Applied Mechanics., 88(5), 051003.
    4. Yadav K.K., & Gerasimidis, S. (2020). Imperfection insensitive thin cylindrical shells for next generation wind turbine towers. Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 172, 106228.
    5. Yadav K.K., & Gerasimidis, S. (2020). Imperfection Insensitivity of Thin Wavy Cylindrical Shells Under Axial Compression or Bending. Journal of Applied Mechanics, 87(4), 041003.
    6. Yadav K.K., & Gerasimidis, S. (2019). Instability of thin steel cylindrical shells under bending. Thin-Walled Structures, 137, 151-166.
    7. Yadav K.K., & Gupta, V.K. (2017). Near-fault fling-step ground motions: Characteristics and simulation. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 101, 90 - 104.
    Conference Talks
    1. Marec Serlin, Nicholas Cuccia, Kshitij Yadav, Sagy Lachmann, Symeon Gerasimidis, Shmuel Rubinstein. Real Shells Exhibit a Universal Localized Buckling Mode with Marginal Imperfection Dependence, Part I: Theory and Simulations. APS March Meeting, March, 2023.
    2. Nicholas Cuccia, Marec Serlin, Kshitij Yadav, Sagy Lachmann, Symeon Gerasimidis, Shmuel Rubinstein. Real Shells Exhibit a Universal Localized Buckling Mode with Marginal Imperfection Dependence, Part II: Experimental Results. APS March Meeting, March, 2023.
    3. Yadav, K.K., Cuccia N., Virot E., Rubinstein S., & Gerasimidis, S. (2021). Prediction of the buckling capacity of thin shells by using stability landscapes, APS March Meeting, Online, March 15, 2021.
    4. Cuccia N., Yadav, K.K., Virot E., Rubinstein S., & Gerasimidis, S. Universal Features of Buckling Initiation in Thin Shells, APS March Meeting, Online, March 15, 2021.
    5. Yadav, K.K. and Gerasimidis, S. Imperfection insensitivity of thin wave cylindrical shells under axial compression or bending, NEW.Mech, Amherst, MA, October 5, 2019.
    6. Yadav, K.K. and Gerasimidis, S. Wavy thin steel cylindrical shells: An alternative of circular thin steel cylinders to create inexpensive tall wind turbine towers, Structures Congress, Orlando, FL, April 25, 2019.
    7. Yadav, K.K. and Gerasimidis, S. Imperfection-insensitive thin wavy cylindrical shells under bending: Effect of local radius of curvature on buckling and imperfection-sensitivity, APS March Meeting, Boston, MA, March 4, 2019.
    8. Yadav, K.K. and Gerasimidis, S. Imperfection insensitivity of wavy cross-sectional thin cylindrical shells under bending: Effect of cross section’s shape and curvature, Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI), Boston, MA, May 29, 2018.
    9. Yadav, K.K. and Gerasimidis, S. Imperfection sensitivity of tall wind turbine thin steel cylindrical shell towers, Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI), San Diego, CA, June 6, 2017.
    Conference Proceedings
    1. Yadav K.K. , Sloance Z., and Gerasimidis, S. Probing the buckling of axially compressed cylindrical shells: Stability landscape and nondestructive prediction, Proceedings of the Annual Stability Conference Structural Stability Research Council (SSRC), Denver, Colorado, April 21-24, 2022.
    2. Yadav, K.K. and Gerasimidis, S. A nondestructive method to find the buckling capacity for thin shells, Proceedings of the Annual Stability Conference Structural Stability Research Council (SSRC), Atlanta, Georgia, April 21-24, 2020.
    3. Yadav, K.K. and Gerasimidis, S. Imperfection insensitive thin steel tubular shells under bending, Proceedings of the Annual Stability Conference Structural Stability Research Council (SSRC), St. Louis, MO, April 2, 2019.
    4. Yadav, K.K. and Gerasimidis, S. Imperfection insensitivity of wavy cross-sectional thin cylindrical shells under bending, Proceedings of IASS Annual Symposia, Boston, MA, July 16, 2018.
    5. Yadav, K.K., Wind, J.L. and Gerasimidis, S. On the investigation of the most critical shape imperfections for wind turbine tower shell structures, Proceedings of the Annual Stability Conference Structural Stability Research Council (SSRC), San Antonio, TX, March 23, 2017.
    Conference Posters
    1. Yadav, K.K. and Gerasimidis, S. Imperfection insensitivity of thin wave cylindrical shells under axial compression or bending, NEW.Mech, Amherst, MA, October 5, 2019.
    2. Yadav, K.K. and Gerasimidis, S. Imperfection insensitivity of wavy cross-sectional thin cylindrical shells under bending: Effects of cross section’s shape and curvature, NEW.Mech, Providence, RI, September 29, 2018.
    Technical Reports
    1. G Tzortzinis, G Pryor, K. K. Yadav, S Gerasimidis, S Breña . Development of Comprehensive Inspection Protocols for Deteriorated Steel Beam Ends, Massachusetts. Dept. of Transportation. Office of Transportation Planning, 2022.

     

    • Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA, 2020 - 2021

    • Engineer-Software Development, ANSYS, Pune, India, 2012 - 2015