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Amit Patil

M.Tech., Lic.
Phone: +46 8 790 68 74
Fax: +46 8 796 98 50
E-mail: patil@mech.kth.se
WWW: Personal Homepage
Room: 2611 Osquars backe 18

Education

Licentiate, March 2015
Thesis: ”Inflation Mechanics of Hyperelastic Membranes”
Royal Institute of Technology, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden.

M.Tech. in Mechanical Systems Design, 2010–2012
Thesis:”Nonlinear Inflation Analysis of Elastomeric Circular Membrane: Finite Deformation Model”
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal, India

B.E. in Mechanical Engineering, 2005–2009
Thesis: ”Illustration and Visualization of Unbalanced Rotary and Reciprocating Forces in Internal Combustion Engine”
Government Collage of Engineering, Karad, Maharashtra, India

Professional History

Industrial Experience: Mahindra and Mahindra Automotive Ltd., Aug.2012–July 2013,
Safety System Integration Department, Chennai, India.
• Projects Handled:
1. Design and Development of Active Bonnet for Pedestrian Safety
2. Crash Analysis of Vehicles and Image Tracking and Analysis.
3. Airbag Testing, Seat Belt and Seat Belt Anchorage Testing.

Research and Professional Activities

Membrane Mechanics
Finite Element Analysis

Publications

Please note that this list might not be complete. Follow each article link for additional authors.

YearTitle
2015Constrained Inflation of a Stretched Hyperelastic Membrane inside an Elastic Cone.
Meccanica 50 1450–1508 (Published)
2015Contact Mechanics of a Circular Membrane Inflated Against a Deformable Substrate.
International Journal of Solids and Structures 67-68 250-262 (Accepted)
2015Instability Investigation on Fluid- loaded Pre-stretched Cylindrical Membranes.
Proceedings of Royal Society A 471 20150016 (Published)
2015Parametric Stability Investigations for Hydro-statically Loaded Membranes.
Computers & Structures   (Submitted)
2015Wrinkling of Cylindrical Membranes with Non-uniform Thickness.
European Journal of Mechanics-A/Solids 54 1-12 (Submitted)
2015Parametric stability investigations for hydro-statically loaded membranes
Computers and structures   (Accepted)
2014Free and Constrained Inflation of a Pre-stretched Cylindrical Membrane.
Proceedings of Royal Society A 470 20140282 (Published)
2014Finite Inflation of Fluid-filled Pre- stretched Cylindrical Membranes.
Proc. of the 27th Nordic Seminar on Computational Mechanics 27 224-227 (Published)
2013Finite Inflation of an Initially Stretched Hyperelastic Circular Membrane.
European Journal of Mechanics-A/Solids 41 28-36 (Published)

Internal Reports

Please note that this list might not be complete.

YearTitleDocument Type
2016Inflation and Instabilities of Hyperelastic Membranes Doctoral thesis
2015Inflation Mechanics of Hyperelastic Membranes Licentiate thesis