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Rakesh K. Kapania

Rakesh K. Kapania

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
46
Citations
9593
World Ranking
1420
National Ranking
561

Overview

Rakesh K. Kapania is affiliated with Virginia Tech in the United States and conducts research primarily in the field of engineering, focusing on the intersection of civil and structural engineering, aerospace engineering, mechanics of materials, mechanical engineering, and cell biology.

The scientist's work spans a variety of topics, including:

  • Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization
  • Structural Analysis and Optimization
  • Topology Optimization in Engineering
  • Structural Health Monitoring Techniques
  • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
  • Structural Load-Bearing Analysis
  • Aeroelasticity and Vibration Control

Rakesh K. Kapania has a record of publication in multiple venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • AIAA Journal
  • AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum
  • AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum
  • AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum
  • AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum

The scientist has collaborated extensively with several coauthors, including:

  • Wei Zhao
  • Amrinder S. Nain
  • Rikin Gupta
  • Jitish Miglani
  • Junhyeon Seo

Among the recent published papers authored or co-authored by Rakesh K. Kapania are:

  • Thermal buckling of curvilinearly stiffened laminated composite plates with cutouts using isogeometric analysis, 2020, Composite Structures
  • Analyzing thermal buckling in curvilinearly stiffened composite plates with arbitrary shaped cutouts using isogeometric level set method, 2022, Aerospace Science and Technology
  • Accelerated optimization of curvilinearly stiffened panels using deep learning, 2021, Thin-Walled Structures
  • Force-exerting perpendicular lateral protrusions in fibroblastic cell contraction, 2020, Communications Biology
  • Single Cell Forces after Electroporation, 2020, ACS Nano

These publications reflect the scientist's diverse research interests that include composite materials, structural optimization, and cellular mechanics.

Best Publications

  • Recent advances in analysis of laminated beams and plates. Part I - Sheareffects and buckling.

    Rakesh K. Kapania;Stefano Raciti

  • A survey of recent shell finite elements

    Henry T. Y. Yang;S. Saigal;A. Masud;R. K. Kapania

  • Recent Advances in Analysis of Laminated Beams and Plates, Part II: Vibrations and Wave Propagation

    Rakesh K. Kapania;Stefano Raciti

  • Free vibration analysis of laminated plates using a layerwise theory

    Asghar Nosier;Rakesh K. Kapania;J. N. Reddy

  • A Review on the Analysis of Laminated Shells

    R. K. Kapania

  • Free vibration analysis of laminated plates using a layerwise theory

    Asghar Nosier;Rakesh K. Kapania;J. N. ReddyJ

  • Wing-Box Weight Optimization Using Curvilinear Spars and Ribs (SpaRibs)

    Davide Locatelli;Sameer B. Mulani;Rakesh K. Kapania

  • Structural and Aeroelastic Modeling of General Planform Wings with Morphing Airfoils

    Frank H. Gern;Daniel J. Inman;Rakesh K. Kapania

  • Design Optimization of a Truss-Braced-Wing Transonic Transport Aircraft

    Ohad Gur;Manav Bhatia;Joseph A. Schetz;William H. Mason

  • Geometrically Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis of Imperfect Laminated Shells

    Sunil Saigal;Rakesh K. Kapania;T.Y. Yang

  • Thermal buckling of curvilinearly stiffened laminated composite plates with cutouts using isogeometric analysis

    Balakrishnan Devarajan;Rakesh K. Kapania

  • Buckling analysis of unitized curvilinearly stiffened composite panels

    Wei Zhao;Rakesh K. Kapania

  • EBF3PanelOpt: An optimization framework for curvilinear blade-stiffened panels

    Sameer B. Mulani;Wesley C.H. Slemp;Rakesh K. Kapania

  • Geometrically nonlinear NURBS isogeometric finite element analysis of laminated composite plates

    Hitesh Kapoor;R.K. Kapania

  • Optimal Design of Unitized Panels with Curvilinear Stiffeners

    Rakesh Kapania;Jing Li;Hitesh Kapoor

  • A shear-deformable beam element for the analysis of laminated composites

    Vijay K. Goyal;Rakesh K. Kapania

  • Nonlinear vibrations of unsymmetrically laminated beams

    Rakesh K. Kapania;Stefano Raciti

  • FREE VIBRATION ANALYSIS OF LAMINATED PLATES USING A LAYER-WISE THEORY

    Asghar Nosier;Rakesh K. Kapania;J. N. Reddy

  • Computation of Actuation Power Requirements for Smart Wings with Morphing Airfoils

    Frank H. Gern;Daniel J. Inman;Rakesh K. Kapania

  • On a geometrically exact curved/twisted beam theory under rigid cross-section assumption

    R. K. Kapania;J. Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Raphael T. Haftka
Raphael T. Haftka University of Florida
David A. Dillard
David A. Dillard Virginia Tech
Sunil Saigal
Sunil Saigal New Jersey Institute of Technology

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