Publications

Design of Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) Actuators (2015)

Ashwin Rao, Arun R. Srinivasa, J.N. Reddy

The aim of this book is to make the analysis of shape memory alloy (SMA) components such as wires, beams, and springs for different applications accessible to designers by developing a “strength of materials” approach to the analysis and design of such SMA components inspired from their various applications with a review of various factors influencing the design process.

https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319031873

Inelasticity of Materials (2009)

Arun R. Srinivasa, Sivakumar M. Srinivasan

This textbook takes a new, task- or scenario-based approach to teaching and learning inelasticity, incorporating thermodynamic considerations into the modeling from an early state.

• Part I: discussion of lumped parameter models and simple structural elements such as trusses and beams.

• Part II: small deformation multi-dimensional inelasticity and is suitable for a beginning graduate class. Sufficient material is included on how to numerically implement an inelastic model and solve either using a simple stress function type of approach or using commercial software. Case studies are included as examples. There is also an extensive discussion of thermodynamics in the context of small deformations.

• Part III: advanced situations including finite deformation inelasticity, thermodynamic ideas and crystal plasticity. More advanced case studies are included in this part.

Building on the reader’s existing knowledge of elasticity and thermodynamics, the book is written in an active learning style that appeals to engineers and students who wish to design or analyze structures and components that are subject to inelasticity.

Step-by-step procedures for formulations and calculations are provided for the reader to readily adapt to the inelastic problems that he or she attempts to solve. The book is intended to serve as a valuable book for practicing engineers and senior-level undergraduate/graduate-level students in the mechanical, civil, aeronautical, metallurgical and other disciplines.

https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/7131