Ranjith Kunnath

Dr. Ranjith Kunnath is a Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Mahindra University École Centrale School of Engineering. He has a Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences, Harvard University.

Ranjith's research interests include theoretical mechanics of solids: friction and fracture problems, elasticity theory, wave propagation, computational mechanics, earthquake dynamics.

• Education
  • Ph.D. Engineering Sciences, Harvard University, USA.
  • M.Sc. (Engg.) Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
  • B.E. Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Guindy, Chennai.
• Research

  Sponsored Projects

  • 3D elastodynamic fracture simulations, sponsored by National Supercomputing Mission (NSM), India, Rs. 25 lakh sanctioned for 2021-2023.
  • Role of antiplane slip waves in rupture dynamics, CRG project sponsored by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), India, Rs. 35 lakh sanctioned for 2020-2023.
• Publications

  Web of Science
  Google Scholar

  • K. Ranjith*, Spectral formulation of the boundary integral equation method for antiplane problems, Mechanics of Materials, 165, 104177, 2022. (doi)
  • K. Ranjith*, Love wave or slip wave?,  Journal of Applied Mechanics, 88, 124501, 2021. (doi)
  • K. Ranjith*, Antiplane slip and bonded contact waves at a planar interface between two elastic layers, Journal of Applied Mechanics, 84 (10), 104501, 2017. 0 Citations. Impact Factor 2.772. (doi)
  • K. Ranjith*, A slip wave solution in antiplane elasticity, Geophysical Journal International, 208, 1305-1307, 2017. (doi)
  • K. Ranjith*, Spectral formulation of the elastodynamic boundary integral equations for bi-material interfaces, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 59, 29-36, 2015. (doi)
  • K. Ranjith*, Instabilities in dynamic anti-plane sliding of an elastic layer on a dissimilar elastic half-space, Journal of Elasticity, 115, 47-59, 2014. (doi)
  • K. Ranjith*, Destabilization of long-wavelength Love and Stoneley waves in slow sliding, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 46, 3086-3092, 2009. (doi)
  • K. Ranjith*, Dynamic anti-plane sliding of dissimilar anisotropic linear elastic solids, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 45, 4211-4221, 2008 (doi)
  • K. Ranjith* and H. Gao, Stability of frictional slipping at an anisotropic/isotropic interface, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 44, 4318-4328, 2007. (doi)
  • J. R. Rice, N. Lapusta and K. Ranjith, Rate and state dependent friction and the stability of sliding between elastically deformable solids, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 49, 1865-1898, 2001. (doi)
  • K. Ranjith* and J. R. Rice, Slip dynamics at an interface between dissimilar materials, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 49, 341-361, 2001 (doi)
  • K. Ranjith* and J. R. Rice, Stability of quasi-static slip in a single degree of freedom elastic system with rate and state dependent friction, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 49, 1207-1218, 1999. (doi) 
  • K. Ranjith* and R. Narasimhan, Asymptotic fields for dynamic crack growth at a ductile-brittle interface, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 45, 67-85, 1997. (doi)
  • K. Ranjith* and R. Narasimhan, Asymptotic and finite element analyses of mode III dynamic crack growth at a ductile-brittle interface, International Journal of Fracture, 76, 61-77, 1996. (doi)(* = Corresponding Author)
• Experience
  • Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, VIT University, Vellore, India
  • Invited Professor, Seismology group, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, France.
  • Professor (Research), SRM Research Institute, SRM University, Kattankulathur, India.
  • Associate Professor (Research), SRM Research Institute, SRM University, Kattankulathur, India.
  • Consultant, Radio Studio, Chennai, India.
  • Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, Amrita University, Coimbatore, India.
  • Postdoctoral Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Metals Research, Stuttgart, Germany.
  • Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India.
  • Postdoctoral Scientist, Mechanical Engineering Department, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, U.S.A.
• Others

  Teaching Summary

  • Fall 2021, Mahindra University: ME6002 Fracture and frictional mechanics (Graduate course)
  • Fall 2020, Mahindra University: ME6005 Theory of Elasticity (Graduate course)
  • Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Mahindra University: ME310 Multiphysics (B. Tech. Course)
  • Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Mahindra École Centrale: ES208 Mechanics (B. Tech. Course)
  • Fall 2018, Mahindra École Centrale: ME471 Microscale mechanics (B. Tech. Course, as co-instructor)
  • Spring 2018, Mahindra École Centrale: ME308 Experimental Analysis (B. Tech. Course, as co-instructor)
  • Spring 2018, Mahindra École Centrale: ME312 Advanced Mechanics of Solids (B. Tech. Course)
  • Fall 2017, Mahindra École Centrale: ME309 Dynamics and Applications (B. Tech. Course)
  • Winter 2017, VIT University: MEE1002 Engineering Mechanics (B. Tech. Course)
  • Fall 2016, VIT University: MEE5013 Advanced Mechanics of Solids (M. Tech. Course)
  • Winter 2016, VIT University: MEE336 Finite Element Analysis (B. Tech. Course)
  • Fall 2015, Winter 2016, Fall 2016, VIT University: MEE214 Strength of Materials (B. Tech. Course)
  • Spring 2013, Spring 2014, and Spring 2015, SRM University: ME0001 Finite Element Methods. (B. Tech. Course)
  • Fall 2012, Fall 2013 and Fall 2014, SRM University: MA2007, Applied Mathematics for Mechanical Engineers. (M. Tech. Course)
  • Spring 2007 and Spring 2008, Amrita University: ME 660 Mechanical Behaviour of Engineering Materials. (M. Tech. Course)
  • Fall 2007, Amrita University: ME 600 Theory of Elasticity. (M. Tech. Course)
  • Spring 2003 and Spring 2004, IIT Bombay: ME 202 Strength of Materials. (B. Tech. Course)
  • Fall 2003, IIT Bombay: ME 621 Mathematical Methods in Mechanics. (M. Tech. Course)
  • Spring 2001, Harvard University: Teaching Fellow for ES 123 Introduction to Fluid Dynamics. (Undergraduate Course)
  • Spring 1997, Harvard University: Teaching Fellow for AM 105b Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations. (Undergraduate Course)

  Selected Talks

  • JpGU Union Meeting 2021, online, 3 June 2021.
  • EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 26 Apr 2021, EGU21-273.
  • 64th ISTAM Congress - An International Conference, IIT Bhubaneswar, 10 December 2019.
  • 63rd ISTAM Congress - An International Conference, Dayananda Sagar University, Bangalore, 22 December 2018.
  • Earthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Japan, 30 May 2018.
  • Institut de Physiqe du Globe de Paris, France, 28 June 2016.
  • Centre for Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 20 February 2015.
  • TIFR Centre for Applicable Mathematics, Bangalore, 24 April 2014.
  • International Conference on Computational, Mathematical and Statistical Methods, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, 6 January 2007.
  • Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 22 December 2006.
  • National Workshop-cum-Symposium on Complex Fluids, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 6 December 2002.
  • Mardi Gras Conference on Multiscale Simulation, Theoretical, and Experimental Approaches to Deformation, Friction, Fatigue, and Fracture, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 23 February 2001.
  • Workshop on Fracture, Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge University, U.K., 9 November 1999.
  • Thirteenth U.S. National Congress of Applied Mechanics, University of Florida, Gainesville, 23 June 1998.
  • American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, Boston, 28 April 1998.