Romesh C. Batra

Clifton C. Garvin Professor

Fellow - ASME, ASEE, AAM, SES

OFFICE:	220 Norris Hall
TELEPHONE:	(540) 231-6051
FAX:	(540) 231-4574
E-MAIL ADDRESS:	rbatra@vt.edu
Mailing Address:	Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics Mail Code 0219 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA 24061

Education

B.S., Mech'l Eng'g, (Gold Medalist, 1st rank in 3 states), Punjabi Univ., India, 1968.
M.A.Sc., Mech'l Eng'g, Univ. of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada, 1969.
Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA, 1972.

Research Interests

Multiscale Analysis of Multiphysics Problems involving material and Geometric Nonlinearities, Nanomechanics, Dynamic Failure under Shock Loads, Smart Structures, Functionally Graded Materials.

Research Group – April 2008

From left, Gautam Gopinath, Filppo Bosco, Kaushik Das, Romesh Batra, Alejandro Pacheco, Shakti Gupta, Anoop Varghese, B. Eshmatov

Activities of My Group

Text Book: Elements of Continuum Mechanics

Computer Code (in Fortran) for the solution of linear elastodynamic problems by the meshless local Petrov-Galerkin (MLPG) method.

Penetration Simulations

Depleted Uranium rod into a steel target CLICK
Tungsten heavy alloy rod into a steel target CLICK

Simulations of a Taylor Impact Test

Depleted Uranium (DU)
Tungsten heavy alloy (WHA)

Modeling and Simulation Capabilities CLICK