Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Krishna Lok Singh, Ph.D. (IISc)

Postal Address: Residential:

Structural Technologies Division (STTD) No. 203, First Floor, SA- II ,

National Aerospace Laboratories, Airport Road N A L Campus
Bangalore - 560 017 Bangalore – 560 017
INDIA INDIA

Telephone: +91-80-25086690/93, 25086300/01

Fax: +91-80-25086312
Mobile: 9448681371

E-mail: kls@css.nal.res.in or krishna_lok@yahoo.com

Educational Qualification:

Ph. D., Aerospace engineering (2003), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560 012
Specialization: Structures
M.E., Mechanical Engineering (1996), in First Class, M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology,
Bangalore – 560 054
Major: Manufacturing Science and Engineering; Elective: Finite Element Method
B.E., Mechanical Engineering (1993), in First Class, University Visvesvaraiah College of
Engineering, Bangalore – 560 001

Research Interests:

• Solid Mechanics
• Composites Materials
• Finite Element Method
• Fatigue of Structures & Materials
• Fracture Mechanics

Details of work experience:

Sl. No. Organization Date of joining Date of leaving Position held

Project
1 I.I.Sc. Jan-1996 July-1996
Assistant
Project
2 I.I.Sc. Aug-1996 Oct-2001
Associate
3 N.A.L. Oct-2001 Continuing Scientist-C
Languages:
Known are: English, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu and Tamil

Project work (1) B.E. (2) M.E. and (3) Ph.D. Thesis:

1. “Computer Aided Drafting and Manufacturing on CNC turning center”, U.V.C.E.

2. “Development of Axi-symmetric elements for thermal analysis using FEM”, C.M.T.I.

Bangalore.

3. “Fracture Mechanics Based Assessment of Embedded Delamination in Laminated

Composite Panels under in-plane Compression”, I.I.Sc, Bangalore.

Publications:

1. K. L. Singh, B. Dattaguru, T. S. Ramamurthy & P. D. Mangalgiri (1998) 3D Fracture

Analysis of Delamination in laminated Composites, International conference on
Computational Engineering Science (ICES98), Atlanta, U.S., 1592-1597.

2. K. L. Singh, B. Dattaguru, T. S. Ramamurthy (1998) Geometric Non-linear analysis of

Delaminated Composites, National Seminar on Aerospace Structures (8th NASAS), IIT
Madras, 9-10 Oct –98, 245-252.

3. K. L. Singh, B. Dattaguru, T. S. Ramamurthy & P. D. Mangalgiri (1998) Effect of Bi-

axial loading on SERR components in Delaminated Composites panels, International
Conference on Theoretical, Applied, Computational & Experimental Mechanics
(ICTACEM98), in soft form CD (Eds. Amitabha Ghosh (Director, IITKGP), P.K.
Sinha(IITKGP), Gautam Dasgupta (Columbia Univ.), Sourav Kundu (Kanazawa Univ.),
IIT Kharagpur, INDIA, Compact Disk, Paper No. 143.

4. K. L. Singh, B. Dattaguru, T. S. Ramamurthy & P. D. Mangalgiri (2000) Delamination

tolerance studies in laminated Composite panels, SĀDHANĀ, Indian Academy of
Sciences, Vol. 25, Part 4, August 2000, 409-422.

5. B. Dattaguru, K. L. Singh and T. S. Ramamurthy (2002) Strain energy release rate

estimation at curved delamination front in laminated composites using Hxa20 & Hexa27
elements, Symposium on LARGE DEFORMATION, 1st September-02 @ India
International center.

6. K. L. Singh, B. Dattaguru and T. S. Ramamurthy (2003) Non-linear analysis of

delamination damage in composites: Durability considerations, Plasticity and impact
mechanics, 8th International Symposium on IMPLAST’03, 16-19 March-03, 1138-1147.

7. K. L. Singh, T. S. Ramamurthy and B. Dattaguru (2003) Comparison of buckling strength

estimation from orthotropic plate and layer shell/ plate analysis, First ISAMPE National
conference on composites, Thiruvanathapuram, May 3-4, 03, 236-244.
8. K. L. Singh (2003) Evaluation of Stress Intensity Factor from CTOD, VCET and
MVCCI, Structural Engineering Convention (SEC)–03, Edited by: S. K. Bhattacharyya,
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, An International Meet, 12-14 December-03,
492-500.

9. T. S. Ramamurthy and K. L. Singh (2004) Analysis of special problems relevant to

delamination tolerance, International Conference on Advances in Structural Integrity,
July 14-17, 04, Eds. P.D.Mangalgiri, K.Vijayraju, S. Gopalakrishnan, J.N. Tata
Auditorium, IISc, Bangalore, Compact Disk, Paper No. CM-C16.

10. K. L. Singh, C. M. Manjunatha (2005) Finite element analysis of buffered T-stiffened

carbon fiber composite panel with circular cutout, National Conference on Composite
Component Construction, 12-13th Sept. 05, JNTU, Kakinada, 24-28.

11. K. L. Singh, T. S. Ramamurthy, A. Pramod, J. R. K. Murthy (2005) Numerical approach

for predicting out-of-plane deflection in laminated composite panel under compression,
International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering Sciences – 05,
1-6th December, IIT Madras, Chennai, compact disk, file mane: 230.pdf, 1077-1082.

12. K. L. Singh, V. R. Ranganath, C. M. Manjunatha (2006) Analysis of Flight Parameters to

Derive Load Spectrum and Sequence for Full Scale Fatigue Testing of an Aging Aircraft,
XIV NASAS: Fatigue, Fracture and Ageing Structures, 30-31 January 06, Vivesvaraya
National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, p.144.

13. K. L. Singh, B. Dattaguru and T. S. Ramamurthy (2006) Numerically integrated MVCCI

for fracture analysis of delaminated composite panels in compression, Mechanics of
Advanced Materials and Structures, p. 303-316, Vol. 13, No. 4, July-August 06.

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15. K.L. Singh, C.M.Manjunatha, and N.M.Venkata (2006) Modeling and Stress Analysis of
Stiffened Carbon Fiber Composite Panels, 5th ISAMPE National Conference on
Composites, p. 97-110, Challenges in Composites, 24-25 November 2006.

16. K. L. Singh and V. R. Ranganath (2007) Cycle counting using rainflow algorithm for
fatigue analysis, XV NASAS: Experimental Techniques in Structural Engineering, 15-16
October 2007, Park College of Engineering and Technology, coimbatore, India.
 17. K. L. Singh and C. M. Manjunatha (2007) Finite element and Fatigue analysis of riveted
lap joints, International Conference on Theoretical, Applied, Computational and
Experimental Mechanics, December 27-29, 2007, IIT Kharagpur, India.

18. S. G. Mallikarjun, K. L. Singh, H. C. Kamath (2008) Fatigue life estimation with and
without mean stress effect, National Conference ETIME 28-29 August 2008, Dept of
Mech Engg. BMSCE.

19. B. Dattaguru, K. Lok Singh, and G. S. Palani (2009) Generalization of MVCCI Approach
for LEFM Problems Using Numerical Integration, Journal of Aerospace Sciences and
Technologies, Vol. 61, Number 1, pp. 100-110, February 2009.

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21. K. L. Singh and D. V. Venkatasubramanyam (2009) Techniques to generate and optimize

the load spectra for an aircraft, 3rd International Conference, Integrity, Reliability and
Failure, 20-24 July 2009, Porto, Portugal.

Course Training:
Title: “Introduction to Finite Element Modeling”, from 22-25 July 1998, By Prof. J. N.
Reddy and Dr. G. Prathap.

Invited Lectures:
(i) “Fracture Mechanics applied to Composite Laminate”, Staff development
Program, Sponsored by All India Council for Technical Education, 28th June –
10th July 2004, New Delhi.
(ii) “Fatigue of Materials”, M.S. Ramaiah School of Advanced Studies, 15th April
2005 and “Fatigue of Structures and materilas”,14th April 2006.
(iii) “Fatigue of Materials”, M.S. Ramaiah School of Advanced Studies, 22nd &
25th July 2005.
(iv) "Fracture Mechanics based Assessment of Embedded Delamination in
Laminated Composite Panels", 13th March 2008 at PES Institute of
Technology, 28th August 2008, at BMSCE, Bangalore.
(v) “Fracture Mechanics” (MDE 251) Complete Course, Visveswaraya
Technology University, Syllabus, BMS College of Engineering, Jan-May
2008.
(vi) "Fracture Mechanics Based Assessment of Embedded Delamination in
Laminated Composite Panels", Proceedings of a National Conference ETIME
2008, 28-29 August 2008, Dept of Mech. Engg. BMSCE, pp 15-17.
M.E./ M. Tech. Students guided:

(i) “Design and analysis of mechanism for simulation of centrifugal force on Tail
rotor blade of a helicopter”, R. Suresh Kumar, K.L.E.S.C.E., Belgaum – 590
008, June - 2002.
(ii) “Design and analysis of torque tube for Seismic Shake Table”, H. B.
Ravishankar, U.V.C.E., Bangalore – 560001, Dec.- 2002.
(iii) “Dynamic analysis of Uni-axial Shake Table”, Thirtha Prasad, U.V.C.E.,
Bangalore 560001, Sept. 2002.
(iv) “Design and Dynamic Analysis of a Inclined fixture for a Seismic Test Rig”,
B.P. Rajesh, U.V.C.E.,Oct. 2002.
(v) “Fatigue initiation life evaluation of a mounting fixture for a Tail rotor hub of
Helicopter”, Mruthunjaya Rao K, U.V.C.E. Dec. -2002.
(vi) “Evaluation of SERR parameters using DCB, ENF, and MMB specimens”, S.
Pradyumna, Malnad College of Engineering, April - 2003.
(vii) “Development of Quad-8 element for fracture Analysis”, A. N. Santosh,
K.L.E.S.C.E., Belgaum – 590 008, August - 2004.
(viii) “Strain Energy Release Rate prediction in delaminated composite panels by
Finite Element Approach”, A. Pramod, NIT, Karnataka, Surathkal, July –
2005.
(ix) “Finite Element Analysis of Buffered Carbon Composite Panels with Circular
Cutout”, Venkata M.N. JNTUCE, Kakinada, March -2006.
(x) "Development of Rainflow and Transition Matrices for Fatigue Analysis",
Mallikarjun S. G., B.M.S. College of Engineering, Bangalore, July - 2008.
(xi) "Assessment of Embedded Delamination in a Laminated Composite Panel",
Mallikarjun Pujari, B.M.S. College of Engineering, September 2008.

Experience: Commercial Engineering Software Packages:

PATRAN, NASTRAN, NISA, ANSYS, HYPERMESH, MATLAB, ABAQUS, Laminate
Modeler.

Computer Languages known:

FORTRAN 77 and 90, C and C ++.

Membership of Scientific/ Professional Societies:

i. The Aeronautical Society of India, (AESI); M17984. (18th Dec 1999)
ii. Indian Institute of Science Alumni Association, Life Member: 2373 (Year 2000)
iii. Indian Society for Advancement of Materials and Process Engineering (ISAMPE), L-701.
(15th March 2004)
iv. The Institution of Engineers (India), (IEI) M/129657/9; 120/MC. (7th March 2005)
v. Engineering Design and Analysis Forum (EDAF), Life Member:ED85 (12th Aug 2008)

Invited External Examiner PG thesis – Viva-Voce

 i. M.Tech. (computer Aided Mechanical Design & Analysis), Department of
Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering, M.I.T. Manipal, 1st July 2006.

Appointed as Examiner for Pre-Ph. D. Comprehensive Viva-Voce

i. Mr. C. N. Sathyanarayana, Structures Division, NAL. 6th October 2006.
ii. Mr. Ramesh S. Sharma, PES Institute of Technology, 19th October 2006.

In-House Project Documents

i. "Derive Results and Compute Expressions for Composite SARAS Wing", S. Sridhara
Murthy, K. L. Singh, and D.V. Venkatasubramanyam, STTD, NAL, PD-0818, September
- 2008.
ii. Evaluation of Mechanical Properties of GFRP and Bonded Joints at Room Temperature,
K. L. Singh and V. R. Ranganath, PD STTD 0921, April 2009.
iii. Evaluation of Mechanical Properties of GFRP and Bonded Joints at Hot-Wet
Environment, K. L. Singh and V. R. Ranganath, PD STTD 0914, July 2009.
iv. Stress Analysis for repair of cracked main landing beam of MiG-23 trainer aircraft, PD
STTD, December 2008.

National Conference
i. Nominated as a member of Technical Committee of "National Conference on Scientific
Achievements of SC/ST Scientists & Technologists" (NCSCST09), 14-16 April 2009.