Dr. Sunil Kumar Singh

Dr. Sunil Kumar Singh
Assistant Professor & PhD Coordinator
Mechanical Design

Ph.D, IIT Roorkee

Ph: +91-6115 233 974
sunils[*AT]iitp.ac.in
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=qetTW_0AAAAJ&hl=en
Research Areas
    • Finite Element Method
    • Extended Finite Element Method (XFEM)
    • Isogeometric Analysis (IGA)
    • Extended Isogeometric Analysis (XIGA)
    • Localizing Gradient Damage
    • Fracture Mechanics
    • Computational Mechanics
    • Plates and Shells
    • Multi-Physics Modeling
    • Elastoplasticity
Courses taught at IIT P

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    Semester Course Code Course Name  Co-Instructor
    Spring 2023 ME102 Engineering Mechanics Dr. Chiranjit Sarkar, Dr. Murshid Imam
    Spring 2023 MH504 Modeling and Simulation of Mechatronics Systems Dr. Atul Thakur
    Autumn 2023 ME524 Theory of Elasticity _____
    Spring 2024 ME102 Engineering Mechanics Dr. Rishi Raj
    Spring 2024 MH504 Modeling and Simulation of Mechatronics Systems Dr. Atul Thakur
    Autumn 2024 ME5102 Theory of Elasticity _____
    Autumn 2024 ME1102 Engineering Mechanics Dr. Rishi Raj
    Spring 2025 ME1202 Engineering Mechanics  Dr. Rishi Raj
    Autumn 2025 ME5102 Theory of Elasticity _____
    Spring 2026 ME2201 Kinematics and Dynamics of Mechanisms _____
Students
Sr. No.PhotoArea of ReasearchDegree
1
Pranaw Parihar
pranaw_2321me24@iitp.ac.in
Hygrothermal Fracture Analysis of CFRP Composites for Aerospace Applications PhD
2
Amit Kumar
amit_2421me14@iitp.ac.in
Analysis of Orthotropic Materials using Damage Mechanics PhD
3
Vicky Kumar
vicky_2411me26@iitp.ac.in
Fracture Analysis of Laminated Composite Plate using XIGA MTech
4
Debargya Basu
debarghya_2411me19@iitp.ac.in
 Fracture Analysis of Auxetic Metamaterial using XIGA MTech
Current Sponsored Projects
Sr. No.TitlePrincipal InvestigatorCo-Principal InvestigatorDurationSponsoring AgencyCostStatus
1 Hygrothermal Fracture Analysis of CFRP Composites for Aerospace Applications Dr. Sunil Kumar Singh 2 Years ANRF, New Delhi Rs. 24.89 Lakh Completed
2 Development of a Two Way Fluid Structure Interaction Coupling Tool with Application to AMCA Internal Weapon Bay (IWB) Cavity Acoustics with full Aircraft Model Dr. Ashwani Assam Dr. Sunil Kumar Singh 2 Years ARDB, DRDO Rs. 24.86 Lakh Ongoing
Professional Experience
    • December 2022 - Till Date, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Patna.
    • December 2021 - December 2022, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore.
    • September 2020 - October 2021, Research Associate, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee.
    • May 2020 - August 2020, Project Associate, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee.
Administrative Experience
    • Departmental Time Table Coordinator, February 2023 to December 2025.
    • Professor In Charge, Cultural, June 2024 to March 2025.
    • PhD Coordinator, January 2026 - Till Date
Awards & Honours
    • Gold Medal, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, 2016.
    • International travel support from Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Government of India, for attending the 10th International Conference on Computational Methods (ICCM-2019), Singapore. 
    • International travel support from the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF), Government of India, for attending the 28th International Conference on Fracture (IGF 28) in Catania, Italy.

    Reviewer

    • Engineering Fracture Mechanics
    • Mechanics of Materials
    • Mechanics of Solids 
    • Meccanica
    • Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science
Publications / Journals

    1. Parihar, P., & Singh, S. K. (2026). An HDST based XIGA Approach for Vibration Analysis of Cracked Bi-Directional Functionally Graded Plates. Procedia Structural Integrity, 79, 404-412, Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prostr.2025.12.351
    2. Saurabh, S., Singh, S. K., Chauhan, V. S., & Kiran, R. (2025). On the buckling and vibration behavior of carbon nanotube-reinforced bioinspired composite plates: a combined microstructural and hygrothermal investigation via isogeometric analysis. Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, 46(12), 2317-2340, Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10483-025-3321-8  
    3. Singh, S. K., Vengatachalam, B., & Poh, L. H. (2025). Sandwich panels with wavy hexachiral core layer against blast loads. Thin-Walled Structures, 114022, Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tws.2025.114022
    4. Kiran, R., Singh, D., Singh, S. K., Saini, A., Song, Y., & Vaish, R. (2025). On the isogeometric analysis of vibration and buckling of bioinspired composite plates using inverse hyperbolic shear deformation theory. Mechanics based design of structures and machines, 53(2), 1067-1104, Link: https://doi.org/10.1080/15397734.2024.2378474
    5. J. Jena, S.K. Singh, and I.V. Singh (2024): A numerical study of semipermeable crack in Magneto-Electro-Elastic material with Maxwell stress, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 299, Article ID- 109939, IF-5.4, Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfracmech.2024.109939
    6. J. Jena, S.K. Singh, V. Gaur, I.V. Singh and S. Natarajan (2022): A new framework based on XFEM to study the role of electrostatic tractions in semipermeable piezoelectric material, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 266, Article ID-108398, Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfracmech.2022.108398
    7. J. Jena, S.K. Singh, V. Gaur, I.V. Singh and S. Natarajan (2021): A new framework based on XFEM for cracked semipermeable piezoelectric material, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 253, Article ID – 107874, Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfracmech.2021.107874
    8. Rijul Singla, Cosmin Anitescu, Sunil K Singh, Indra V Singh, Bhanu K Mishra, Timon Rabczuk, Xiaoying Zhuang (2021): Modelling of fracture in pressure vessels by thin shell isogeometric analysis, International Journal of Hydromechatronics, Vol. 4, pp. 155-184, Link: https://www.inderscienceonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1504/IJHM.2021.116950
    9. Aanchal Yadav, R.K. Godara, G. Bhardwaj R.U. Patil, S.K. Singh and Kishore Khanna (2021): A review on fracture analysis of CNT/Graphene reinforced composites for structural applications, Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering, Link: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11831-021-09650-2
    10. G. Bhardwaj, S.K. Singh, R.U. Patil, R.K. Godara and Kishore Khanna (2021): Thermo-elastic analysis of cracked functionally graded materials using XIGA, Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 114, Article ID: 103016, Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tafmec.2021.103016
    11. S. K. Singh and I. V. Singh (2021): Extended isogeometric analysis for fracture in magneto-electro-elastic material, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 247, Article ID – 107640, Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfracmech.2021.107640
    12. Aanchal Yadav, R.U. Patil, S.K. Singh, R.K. Godara and Gagandeep Bhardwaj (2020): A thermo-mechanical fracture analysis of linear elastic materials using XIGA, Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, Link: https://doi.org/10.1080/15376494.2020.1838006
    13. S. K. Singh and I. V. Singh (2020): Analysis of cracked functionally graded piezoelectric materials using XIGA, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 230, Article ID – 107015, IF-4.898, Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfracmech.2020.107015
    14. S. K. Singh, I. V. Singh, B. K. Mishra and G. Bhardwaj (2019): Analysis of cracked functionally graded material plates using XIGA based on generalized higher-order shear deformation theory, Composite Structures, Vol. 225, Article ID – 111038, Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2019.111038    
    15. S. K. Singh, I. V. Singh, G. Bhardwaj and B. K. Mishra (2018a): A Bézier extraction based XIGA approach for three-dimensional crack simulations, Advances in Engineering Software, Vol. 125, pp. 55-93, Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advengsoft.2018.08.014
    16. S. K. Singh, I. V. Singh, B. K. Mishra, G. Bhardwaj and S. K. Singh (2018b): Analysis of cracked plates using higher-order shear deformation theory: Asymptotic crack-tip fields and XIGA implementation, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 336, pp. 594-639, Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2018.03.009
    17. S. K. Singh, I. V. Singh, B. K. Mishra, G. Bhardwaj and T. Q. Bui (2017): A simple, efficient and accurate Bézier extraction based T-spline XIGA for cracks simulations, Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 88, pp. 74-96, Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tafmec.2016.12.002
    18. G. Bhardwaj, S. K. Singh, I.V. Singh, B. K Mishra and T. Rabczuk (2016): Fatigue crack growth analysis of an interfacial crack in heterogeneous materials using homogenized XIGA, Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 85, pp. 294-319, Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tafmec.2016.04.004
     
Conferences

  • International Conferences

    1. Parihar, P., Sultan, S.A., and Singh, S.K., Thermally induced fracture of orthotropic functionally graded materials using XIGA, 23rd ISME International Conference on Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering (December 17 - 19, 2025, The LNM Institute of Information Technology, Jaipur, India).
    2. Parihar, P. and Singh, S.K., An HDST-based XIGA approach for vibration analysis of cracked bi-directional functionally graded plates, IGF28 - MedFract3 - 28th International Conference on Fracture and Structural Integrity (Catania, Italy, 15-18 September 2025).
    3. S. K. Singh, and Raj Kiran (2024): Free vibration analysis of bioinspired helicoidal composite plates with crack using XIGA, International Conference on Sustainable Materials for Engineering Applications (ICSMEA 2024), February 1-3, 2024, IIT Madras, India.
    4. S. K. Singh, I. V. Singh, B. K. Mishra (2019): A Bézier extraction based XIGA approach for vibration analysis of cracked FGM Plate using Simple First-Order Shear Deformation Theory, 10th International Conference on Computational Methods (ICCM-2019), July 9-13, 2019, Marina Bay Sand Expo & Convention Centre, Singapore.
    5. S. K. Singh, I. V. Singh, B. K. Mishra, G. Bhardwaj (2016): Crack growth simulations in homogeneous material by XIGA using analysis-suitable T-spline, First Structural Integrity Conference and Exhibition (SICE-2016), July 4-6, 2016, Hotel Le Meridien Bangalore, India.
    6. S. K. Singh, G Bhardwaj, I. V. Singh, B. K. Mishra (2016): Edge crack simulation using T-spline based XIGA, Sixth International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulation Materials (ICCMS-2016), June 27-July 01, 2016, IIT Bombay, India.

    National Conferences

    1. S.K. Singh, I.V. Singh, B.K. Mishra, G Bhardwaj and S.K Singh (2017): Fatigue crack growth simulations in FGMs using Bézier extraction based T-spline XIGA, Indian National Conference on Applied Mechanics (INCAM-2017), July 05-July 07, 2017, MNNIT Allahabad, India.
    2. Sunil K. Singh, Tushar Sharma, V. Murari and K.K. Shukla (2015): Effect of airfoil shape and taper along the blade span on static and dynamic behavior of wind turbine blades, Indian National Conference on Applied Mechanics (INCAM-2015), July 13-July 15, 2015, IIT Delhi, India.
Invited Talks

    • Delivered a lecture on “Fracture Analysis of Orthotropic Materials using XFEM”, Short-Term Course on Composite in the Defense Sector, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, IIT BHU (March 2023).

    • Delivered two talks on “Orthotropic Material: Fundamental and Numerical Analysis using XFEM”, UGC-Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centre, IIT Patna, Two-Week Online Refresher Course “SparkEdge: Cutting Edge Engineering for the Future” (September 2025).

    • Delivered two talks on “How to Initiate Research & Development: A Practical Guide with Engineering Examples ”, UGC-Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centre, IIT Patna, Faculty Induction Programme on the theme “Research and Development”  (December 2025)

     
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