Romesh C. Batra
Clifton C. Garvin Professor
Engineering Science and Mechanics, MC 0219
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
Phone: (540) 231-6051
Fax: (540 231-4574
email: rbatra@vt.edu

PUBLICATIONS: (Coauthors, wherever applicable, are listed)

(a) In Refereed Journals.

1. R. C. Batra and R. N. Dubey, Impulsive Loading of Circular Plates, Int. J. Solids and Structures, 7, 965-978, 1971.
2. R. C. Batra, On Non-Classical Boundary Conditions, Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis, 48, 163-191, 1972.
3. R. C. Batra, On the Fading Memory of Initial Conditions, Quarterly of Applied Mathematics, 31, 367-371, 1973.
4. R. C. Batra, A Theorem in the Theory of Incompressible Navier-Stokes-Fourier Fluids, Istituto Lombardo Academia di Scienze e Letter Rendiconti (A), 107, 699-714, 1973.
5. R. C. Batra, Addendum to "A Theorem in the Theory of Incompressible Navier-Stokes-Fourier Fluids", Istituto Lombardo Academia di Scienze e Letter Rendiconti (A), 108, 699-704, 1974.
6. R. C. Batra, On the Asymptotic Stability of the Rest State of a Viscous Fluid Bounded by an Elastic Membrane and a Rigid Wall,  Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis, 56, 310-319, 1974.
7. R. C. Batra, A Thermodynamic Theory of Rigid Heat Conductors, Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis, 53, 359-365, 1974.
8. R. C. Batra, Decay of the Kinetic and the Thermal Energy of Compressible Viscous Fluids, J. de Mecanique, 14, 497-503, 1975.
9. R. C. Batra, On the Asymptotic Stability of an Equilibrium Solution of the Boussinesq Equations, Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik, 55, 727-729, 1975.
10. R. C. Batra, On Heat Conduction and Wave Propagation in Non-Simple Rigid Solids, Letters in Appl. and Engng Sci., 3, 97-107, 1975.
11. R. C. Batra, On the Coincidence of the Principal Axes of Stress and Strain in Isotropic Elastic Bodies, Letters in Appl. and Engng Sci., 3, 435-439, 1975.
12. R. C. Batra, Deformation Produced by a Simple Tensile Load in an Isotropic Elastic Body, J. Elasticity, 6, 109-111, 1976.
13. R. C. Batra and M. Levinson, Extension of an Energy Theorem of Barenblatt to Elastodynamics, Mechs. Research Commun., 3, 303-306, 1976.
14. R. C. Batra, Thermodynamics of Simple Materials of Differential Type, J. de Mecanique, 15, 457-466, 1976.
15. R. C. Batra, Thermodynamics of Non-Simple Elastic Materials, J. Elasticity, 6, 451-456, 1976.
16. R. C. Batra, M. Levinson and E. Betz, Rubber Covered Rolls, The Thermoviscoelastic Problem, A Finite Element Solution, Int. J. Num. Meth. Engng., 10, 767-785, 1976.
17. M. M. Tang and R. C. Batra, Asymptotic Stability of an Equilibrium Solution of a Hyperbolic Heat Equation, Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik, 57, 615-616, 1977.
18. R. C. Batra, Decay of the Kinetic and the Thermal Energy of Incompressible Micropolar Fluids, J. de Mecanique, 16, 217-225, 1977.
19. R. C. Batra, Cold Sheet Rolling, The Thermoviscoelastic Problem, A Numerical Solution, Int. J.  Numerical Methods Engineering, 11, 671-682, 1977.
20. R. C. Batra, Decay of the Kinetic and the Thermal Energy of Compressible Micropolar Fluids, Acta Mechanica, 29, 47-53, 1978.
21. R. C. Batra, Saint-Venant's Principle for a Helical Spring, J. Appl. Mech., 45, 297-301, 1978.
22. R. C. Batra, Cold Rolling of a Laminated Composite Sheet, A Numerical Solution, Int. J. Num. Meth. Engng., 12, 429-435, 1978.
23. R. C. Batra, Finite Plane Strain Deformations of Rubberlike Materials, Int. J. Num.  Meth. Engng., 15, 145-160, 1980.
24. R. C. Batra, Rubber Covered Rolls, The Nonlinear Elastic Problem, J. Appl. Mech., 47, 82-86, 1980.
25. R. C. Batra, Quasistatic Indentation of a Rubber Covered Roll by a Rigid Roll, Int. J. Num. Meth.  Engr., 17, 1823-1834, 1981.
26. R. C. Batra, Saint-Venant's Principle for a Micropolar Helical Body, Acta Mechanica, 42, 99-109, 1982.
27. C. N. Bapat and R. C. Batra, Indentation of a Viscoelastic Rubber Covered Roll by a Rigid Plane Surface, Mechs. Research Communications, 9, 265-272, 1982.
28. R. C. Batra, Saint-Venant's Principle in Linear Elasticity with Microstructures, J. Elasticity, 13, 165-173, 1983.
29. C. N. Bapat and R. C. Batra, Finite Plane Strain Deformations of Nonlinear Viscoelastic Rubber Covered Rolls, Int. J. Num. Meth. Engng., 20, 1911-1927, 1984.
30. S. L. Passman and R. C. Batra, A Thermomechanical Theory for a Porous Anisotropic Elastic Solid with Inclusions, Arch. Rat'l Mechs. Anal., 87, 11-33, 1984.
31. C. N. Bapat and R. C. Batra, Finite Deformations of a Viscoelastic Roll Cover Contacting a Rigid Plane Surface, Commun. Appl. Numerical Methods, 1, 169-176, 1985.
32. T. W. Wright and R. C. Batra, The Initiation and Growth of Adiabatic Shear Bands, Int. J. Plasticity, 1, 205-212, 1985.
33. R. C. Batra and T. W. Wright, Steady State Penetration of Rigid Perfectly Plastic Targets, Int. J. Engng. Sci., 24, 41-54, 1986.
34. R. C. Batra and Manfred Wuttig, Elasto-Composition Waves in Inhomogeneous Solids, Scripta Metallurgica, 20, 1173-1175, 1986.
35. R. C. Batra, The Force on a Lattice Defect in an Elastic Body, J. Elasticity, 17, 3-8, 1987.
36. R. C. Batra, The Initiation and Growth of, and the Interaction Among Adiabatic Shear Bands in Simple and Dipolar Materials, Int. J. Plasticity, 3, 75-89, 1987.
37. R. C. Batra, Steady State Penetration of Viscoplastic Targets, Int. J. Engng Sci., 25, 1131-1141, 1987.
38. R. C. Batra, Effect of Material Parameters on the Initiation and Growth of Adiabatic Shear Bands, Int. J. Solids and Structures, 23, 1435-1446, 1987.
39. R. C. Batra, Steady State Penetration of Thermoviscoplastic Targets, Computational Mechs.: an Int. J. 3, 1-12, 1988.
40. R. C. Batra, Effect of Nominal Strain-Rate on the Initiation and Growth of Adiabatic Shear Bands in Steels,Appl. Mechs, 55, 229-230, 1988.
41. R. C. Batra and Pei-Rong Lin, Steady State Deformations of a Rigid Perfectly Plastic Rod Striking a Rigid Cavity, Int. J. Engng Sci., 26, 183-192, 1988.
42. R. C. Batra and T. Gobinath, Steady State Penetration of Compressible Rigid Perfectly Plastic Targets, Int. J. Engng Sci., 26, 741-751, 1988.
43. R. C. Batra and T. W. Wright, A Comparison of Solutions of Adiabatic Shear Banding by Forward Difference and Crank-Nicolson Methods, Commun. Appl. Numerical Methods, 4, 741-748, 1988.
44. Y. W. Kwon and R. C. Batra, Effect of Multiple Initial Imperfections on the Initiation and Growth of Adiabatic Shear Bands in Nonpolar and Dipolar Materials, Int. J. Engng Sci., 26,1177-1187, 1988.
45. R. C. Batra and Y. W. Kwon, Adiabatic Shear Banding in a Bimetallic Body, Acta Mechanica, 77, 281-297, 1989.
46. R. C. Batra and Pei-Rong Lin, Steady State Axisymmetric Deformations of a Thermoviscoplastic Rod Striking a Rigid Cavity, Int. J. Impact Engng, 8, 99 - 113, 1989.
47. R. C. Batra and De-Shin Liu, Adiabatic Shear Banding in Plane Strain Problems, J. Appl. Mechs., 56, 527 - 534, 1989.
48. Pei-Rong Lin and R. C. Batra, Histories of Stress, Strain-Rate, Temperature, and Spin in Steady State Penetration Problems, Int. J. Engng Sci., 27, 1155 - 1165, 1989.
49. R. C. Batra and Pei-Rong Lin, Histories of Stress Temperature and Spin in Steady State Deformations of a Thermoviscoplastic Rod Striking a Hemispherical Rigid Cavity, Int. J. Engng Sci., 28, 93 - 98, 1990.
50. R. C. Batra and De-Shin Liu, Adiabatic Shear Band Development in Dynamic Plane Strain Compression of a Viscoplastic Material, Int. J. Plasticity, 6, 231 - 246, 1990.
51. R. C. Batra and C. H. Kim, Adiabatic Shear Banding in Elastic-Viscoplastic Nonpolar and Dipolar Materials, Int. J. Plasticity, 6, 127 - 141, 1990.
52. R. C. Batra and C. H. Kim, An Adaptive Mesh Refinement Technique for the Analysis of Adiabatic Shear Banding, Mechs. Research Communications, 17, 81 - 91, 1990.
53. R. C. Batra and C. H. Kim, Effect of Integration Methods on the Solution of an Adiabatic Shear Banding Problem, Int. J. Num. Methods Engng, 29, 1639 - 1652, 1990.
54. R. C. Batra and C. H. Kim, The Interaction Among Adiabatic Shear Bands in Simple and Dipolar Materials, Int. J. Engng Sci., 28, 926 - 942, 1990.
55. Z. G. Zhu and R. C. Batra, Dynamic Shear Band Development in Plane Strain Compression of a Viscoplastic Body Containing a Rigid Inclusion, Acta Mechanica, 84, 89-107, 1990.
56. R. C. Batra and C. H. Kim, Effect of Viscoplastic Flow Rules on the Initiation and Growth of Shear Bands at High Strain Rates, J. Mechs. Phys. Solids, 38, 859 - 874, 1990.
57. R. C. Batra and X.-T. Zhang, Shear Band Development in Dynamic Loading of a Viscoplastic Cylinder Containing two Voids, Acta Mechanica, 85, 221 - 234, 1990.
58. R. C. Batra and Xingju Chen, An Approximate Analysis of Steady State Axisymmetric Deformations of Viscoplastic Targets, Int. J. Engng Sci., 28, 1347 - 1358, 1990.
59. Z. G. Zhu and R. C. Batra, Analysis of Shear Banding in Plane Strain Compression of a Bimetallic Thermally Softening Viscoplastic Body Containing an Elliptical Void, J. Engng. Materials & Technology, 113, 382 - 395, 1991.
60. R. C. Batra and Z. G. Zhu, Dynamic Shear Band Development in a Thermally Softening Bimetallic Body Containing two Voids, Acta Mechanica, 86, 31 - 52, 1991.
61. R. C. Batra and Z. G. Zhu, Dynamic Adiabatic Shear Band Development in a Bimetallic Body Containing a Void, Int. J. Solids Structures, 27, 1829 - 1854, 1991.
62. R. C. Batra and T. Gobinath, Steady State Axisymmetric Deformations of a Thermoviscoplastic Rod Striking a Thick Thermoviscoplastic Target, Int. J. Impact Engng., 11, 1 - 31, 1991.
63. R. C. Batra and C. H. Kim, Effect of Thermal Conductivity on the Initiation, Growth and Band Width of Adiabatic Shear Bands, Int. J. Engng Sci., 29, 949 - 960, 1991.
64. Z. G. Zhu and R. C. Batra, Shear Band Development in a Thermally Softening Viscoplastic Body, Computers & Structures, 39, 459 - 472, 1991
65. T. Gobinath and R. C. Batra, A Steady State Axisymmetric Penetration Problem for Rigid Perfectly Plastic Materials, Int. J. Engng Sci., 29, 1315 - 1331, 1991.
66. R. C. Batra and Aslam Adam, Effect of Viscoplastic Flow Rules on Steady State Penetration of Thermoviscoplastic Targets, Int. J. Engng Sci., 29, 1391 - 1408, 1991.
67. R. C. Batra and A. Adam, Steady State Penetration of Transversely Isotropic Rigid Perfectly Plastic Targets, Computers & Structures, 42, 489 - 495, 1992.
68. C. H. Kim and R. C. Batra, Effect of Initial Temperatureon the Initiation and Growth of Shear Bands in a Plain Carbon Steel, Int. J. Nonlinear Mechs., 27, 279 - 291, 1992.
69. R. Jayachandran and R. C. Batra, Steady State Penetration of Elastic Perfectly Plastic Targets,  Acta Mechanica, 92, 9 - 27, 1992.
70. R. Jayachandran and R. C. Batra, Steady State Axisymmetric Deformations of a Thick Elastic-Thermoviscoplastic Target, Int. J. Engng Sci., 30, 1009 - 1026, 1992.
71. R. C. Batra and C. H. Kim, Analysis of Shear Bands in Twelve Materials, Int. J. Plasticity, 8, 425 - 452, 1992.
72. R. C. Batra and R. Jayachandran, Effect of Constitutive Models on Steady State Axisymmetric Deformations of Thermoelastic-viscoplastic Targets, Int. J. Impact Engng, 12, 209 - 226, 1992.
73. Z. G. Zhu and R. C. Batra, Consideration of Phase Transformations in the Study of Shear Bands in a Dynamically Loaded Steel Block, J. Eng'g Mat'l Tech., 114, 368 - 377, 1992.
74. R. C. Batra and K. I. Ko, An Adaptive Mesh Refinement Technique for the Analysis of Shear Bands in Plane Strain Compression of a Thermoviscoplastic Solid, Computational Mechs., 10, 369 - 379, 1992.
75. Xiang-Tong Zhang and R. C. Batra, An Approximate Linear Stability Analysis of Simple Shearing Deformations of a Dipolar Viscoplastic Material, J. Mathematical and Physical Sciences, 26,  475-483, 1992.
76. X. Chen and R. C. Batra, Effect of Frictional Force on the Steady State Axisymmetric Deformations of a Viscoplastic Target, Acta Mechanica, 97, 153 - 168, 1993.
77. R. C. Batra and K. I. Ko, Analysis of Shear Bands in Dynamic Axisymmetric Compression of a Thermoviscoplastic Cylinder, Int. J. Engng Sci., 31, 529 - 547, 1993.
78. A. Kadic-Galeb and R. C. Batra, Stress Distribution in an Elastic Perfectly Plastic Plate Subjected to Corrosive Environmental Loads, Int. J. Engng Sci., 31, 1301 - 1307, 1993.
79. R. C. Batra and R. Jayachandran, Steady State Axisymmetric Penetration of a Kinematically Hardening Thermoviscoplastic Target, Int. J. Engng Sci., 31, 1309-1323, 1993.
80. R. C. Batra and X. T. Zhang, Analysis of Shear Bands in a Dynamically Loaded Viscoplastic Cylinder Containing Two Rigid Inclusions, Acta Mechanica, 100, 105-114, 1993.
81. Z. G. Zhu and R. C. Batra, Analysis of Dynamic Shear Bands in an FCC Single Crystal, Int. J. Plasticity, 9, 653-696, 1993.
82. R. C. Batra and J. Hwang, An Adaptive Mesh Refinement Technique for Two-Dimensional Shear Band Problems, Computat'l Mechs., 12, 255 -268, 1993.
83. R. C. Batra and J. P. Zhang, Analysis of Deformations Near a Crack Tip in a Compressible Nonlinear Elastic Material, Engng Fracture Mechs., 46, 413-432, 1993.
84. A. Kadic-Galeb and R. C. Batra, A Gauge Theory of Relaxing Elastic Materials Containing Dislocations, Int. J. Engng. Sci., 32, 291-296, 1994.
85. Y. Wang and R. C. Batra, Effect of Kinematic Hardening on the Initiation and Growth of Shear Bands in Plane Strain Compression of a Thermoviscoplastic Solid, Acta Mechanica, 102, 217-233, 1994.
86. C. Q. Ru and R. C. Batra, Plane Strain Deformations of Locking Materials Near a Crack Tip, Eng'g Fracture Mechs., 47, 591-598, 1994.
87. C. Q. Ru and R. C. Batra, On the Interface Stability of a Neck Propagating in a Sheet Reinforced with Shape-Memory Fibers, Composites Engineering, 4, 271-277, 1994.
88. R. C. Batra and X. Zhang, On the Propagation of a Shear Band in a Steel Tube, J. Eng'g Materials & Technology, 116, 155-161, 1994.
89. R. C. Batra and L. Wang, Analysis of Dynamic Shear Bands Under Combined Loading, Int. J. Eng'g Analysis & Design, 1, 79-90, 1994.
90. J. P. Zhang and R. C. Batra, On the Interaction Between Two Circular Voids in a Nonlinear Elastic Solid, Acta Mechanica, 105, 161-171, 1994.
91. A. Spector and R. C. Batra, Rolling/Sliding of a Linear Elastic Body on a Deformable Layered Substrate, Int. J. Nonlinear Mechs., 29, 335 -  348, 1994.
92. R. C. Batra and J. Hwang, Dynamic Shear Band Development in Dipolar Thermoviscoplastic Materials, Computational Mechs., 12, 354-369, 1994.
93. R. C. Batra and X. S. Jin, Analysis of Dynamic Shear Bands in Porous Thermally Softening Viscoplastic Materials, Archives of Mechanics, 46, 13-36, 1994.
94. R. C. Batra and X. Chen, Effect of Frictional Force and Nose Shape on Axisymmetric Deformations of a Thick Thermoviscoplastic Target, Acta Mechanica, 106, 87-105, 1994.
95. J. S. Yang and R. C. Batra, Free Vibrations of a Piezoelectric Body, J. Elasticity, 34, 239-254, 1994.
96. J. S. Yang and R. C. Batra, A Theory of Electroded Thin Thermopiezoelectric Plates Subject to Large Driving Voltages, J. Appl. Physics, 76, 5411-5417, 1994.
97. C. Q. Ru and R. C. Batra, Plane Strain Deformations Near the Tip of a Contacting Interfacial Crack in Locking Materials, Eng'g Fracture Mechs., 48, 523-528, 1994.
98. C. Q. Ru and R. C. Batra, Analysis of Deformation Fields Near an Interfacial Crack Tip in Locking Materials, Eng'g Fracture Mechs., 49, 7-16, 1994.
99. J. S. Yang, R. C. Batra and X. Q. Liang, The Cylindrical Bending Vibrations of a Laminated Elastic Plate Due to Piezoelectric Actuators, Smart Materials & Strucutres, 3, 485-493, 1994.
100. J. S. Yang and R. C. Batra, A Second-Order Theory of Piezoelectric Materials. J. Acoustic Soc. America, 97, 280-288, 1995.
101. J. S. Yang and R. C. Batra, Thickness Shear Vibrations of a Circular Cylindrical Piezoelectric Shell, J. Acoustic Soc. America, 97, 309- 312, 1995.
102. Xingju Chen and R. C. Batra, Deep Penetration of Thick Thermoviscoplastic Targets by Long Rigid Rods, Computers & Structures, 54, 655-670, 1995.
103. R. C. Batra, X. Zhang and T. W. Wright, Critical Strain Ranking of Twelve Materials in Deformations Involving Adiabatic Shear Bands, J. Appl. Mechs., 62, 252-255, 1995.
104. R. C. Batra and J. S. Yang, Second Order Constitutive Relations for Transversely Isotropic Porous Piezoelectric Materials, J. Acoustical Soc. America, 97, 2595-2598, 1995.
105. A. A. Spector and R. C. Batra, On the Motion of an Elastic Body Rolling/Sliding on an Elastic Substrate, ASME J. Tribology, 117, 308- 314, 1995.
106. J. S. Yang and R. C. Batra, Free Vibrations of a Linear Thermopiezoelectric Body, J. Thermal Stresses, 18, 247-262, 1995.
107. J. P. Zhang and R. C. Batra, Finite Plane Strain Deformations of an Infinite Compressible Nonlinear Elastic Body Containing Either an Ellipsoidal Void or a Rigid Ellipsoidal Inclusion, Acta Mechanica, 110, 139 - 150, 1995.
108. A. A. Spector and R. C. Batra, On Contact Interaction Between a Massive Body and a Linear Elastic Half Sapce, Cont. Mechs. & Thermodynamics,7, 179 - 198, 1995.
109. R. C. Batra and Z. Peng, Development of Shear Bands in Dynamic Plane Strain Compression of Depleted Uranium and Tungsten Blocks, Int. J. Impact Eng'g, 16, 375-395, 1995.
110. R. C. Batra and J. S. Yang, Saint-Venant's Principle in Linear Piezoelectricity, J. Elasticity, 38, 209-218, 1995.
111. K. Ghosh and R. C. Batra, Shape Control of Plates Using Piezoceramic Elements, AIAA J., 33, 1354-1357, 1995.
112. C. Q. Ru and R. C. Batra, On the Directional Stability of a Propagating Crack, J. Appl. Mechs., 62, 539-540, 1995.
113. R. C. Batra and K. Ghosh, Deflection Control During Dynamic Deformations of a Rectangular Plate Using Piezoceramic Elements, AIAA J., 33, 1547-1548, 1995.
114. J. S. Yang and R. C. Batra, Conservation Laws in Linear Piezoelectricity, Eng'g Fracture Mechs., 51, 1041-1047, 1995.
115. C. Q. Ru and R. C. Batra, Toughening due to Transformations Induced by a Crack-Tip Stress Field in Ferroelastic Materials, Int. J. Solids & Structures, 32, 3289-3305, 1995.
116. R. C. Batra and J. S. Yang, Saint-Venant's Principle for Linear Elastic Porous Materials, J. Elasticity, 39, 265-271, 1995.
117. C. Q. Ru and R. C. Batra, Morphological Stability of a Propagating Domain Wall in a Ferroelastic Material, Int. J. Solids & Structures, 32, 3393-3405, 1995..
118. R. C. Batra and Z. G. Zhu, Effect of Loading Direction and Initial Imperfections on the Development of Dynamic Shear Bands in a FCC Single Crystal, Acta Mechanica, 113, 185-203, 1995.
119. J. S. Yang and R. C. Batra, Mixed Variational Principles in Nonlinear Piezoelectricity, Int. J. Nonlinear Mechs., 30, 719-726, 1995.
120. C. Q. Ru and R. C. Batra, The Stability of a Propagating Interphase Boundary in a Thermoplastic Material, J. Thermal Stresses, 18, 621-634, 1995.
121. R. C. Batra and C. Adulla, Effect of Prior Quasistatic Loading on the Initiation and Growth of Dynamic Adiabatic Shear Bands, Archives of Mechanics, 47, 485-498, 1995.
122. Y. Wu and R. C. Batra, An Engineering Penetration/Perforation Model of Hemispherical Nosed Rigid Cylindrical Rods into Strain- Hardening Targets, Computers & Structures, 58, 51-58, 1996.
123. R. C. Batra, X. Q. Liang and J. S. Yang, Shape Control of Vibrating Simply Supported Plates, AIAA J., 34, 116-122, 1996.
124. A. A. Spector and R. C. Batra, Rolling/Sliding of a Vibrating Elastic Body on an Elastic Substrate, J. Tribology, 118, 147-152, 1996.
125. R. C. Batra, X. Q. Liang and J. S. Yang, The Vibration of a Simply Supported Rectangular Elastic Plate due to Piezoelectric Actuators, Int. J. Solids \& Structures, 33, 1597-1618, 1996.
126. A. A. Spector and R. C. Batra, On Elastic Joints Containing Interfacial Cracks, Eng'g Fracture Mechs., 53, 329-344, 1996.
127. R. C. Batra, C. Adulla and T. W. Wright, A Comparison of 1-D and 3-D Simulations of the Twisting of a Thermoviscoplastic Tube, Int. J. Plasticity, 12, 29-34, 1996.
128. R. C. Batra and Z. Peng, Development of Shear Bands during the Perforation of a Steel Plate, Computational Mechs., 17, 326-334, 1996.
129. Z. H. Jin and R. C. Batra, Stress Intensity Relaxation at the Tip of an Edge Crack in a Functionally Graded Material Subjected to a Thermal Shock, J. Thermal Stresses, 19, 317-339, 1996.
130. Yu-Ning Huang and R. C. Batra, Energy-Momentum Tensor in Nonsimple Dielectrics, J. Elasticity, 42, 275-281, 1996.
131. R. C. Batra, C. Adulla and T. W. Wright, Effect of Defect Shape and Size on the Initiation of Adiabatic Shear Bands, Acta Mechanics, 116, 239-243, 1996.
132. Yu-Ning Huang and R. C. Batra, A Theory of Thermoviscoelastic Dielectrics, J. Thermal Stresses, 19, 419-430, 1996.
133. Z.-H. Jin and R. C. Batra, Some Basic Fracture Mechanics Concepts in Functionally Graded Materials, J. Mechs. Phys. Solids, 44, 1221-1235, 1996.
134.  R. C. Batra and X. Zhong, Saint-Venant's Principle for a Helical Piezoelectric Body, J. Elasticity, 43, 69-79, 1996.
135. Z.-H. Jin and R. C. Batra, Residual Strength of Centrally Cracked Metal/Fiber Composite Laminates, Materials Science & Eng'g. A., 216, 117-124, 1996.
136. Z.-H. Jin and R. C. Batra, Interface Cracking between Functionally Graded Coatings and a Substrate Under Antiplane Shear, Int. J. Engng. Sci., 34, 1705-1716, 1996.
137. Z. Zhong and R. C. Batra, Modeling of Macroscopic Response of Phase Transforming Materials under Quasistatic Loading, J. Elasticity, 44, 145-160, 1996.
138. J. D. Wang, R. C. Batra and K. Isogimi, Analysis of Stress Distribution in a Thin Rectangular Plate by the Method of Caustics, Arch. Mechs., 48, 1011-1024, 1996.
139. R. C. Batra and X. Q. Liang, The Vibration of a Rectangular Laminated Elastic Plate with Embedded Piezoelectric Sensors and Actuators, Computers & Structures, 63, 203-216, 1997.
140. S. Krishnaswamy and R. C. Batra, A Thermomechanical Theory of Solid-Fluid Mixtures, Math. & Mechs. of Solids, 2, 143-151, 1997.
141. R. C. Batra and N. V. Nechitailo, Analysis of Failure Modes in Impulsively Loaded Pre-Notched Steel Plates, Int. J. Plasticity, 13, 291-308, 1997.
142. Z. H. Jin and R. C. Batra, Dynamic Fracture of a Kane-Mindlin Plate, Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechs., 26, 199-210, 1997.
143. Z. H. Jin and R. C. Batra, A Crack at the Interface Between a Kane-Mindlin Plate and a Rigid Substrate, Eng'g Fracture Mechs., 57, 343-354, 1997.
144. X. Q. Liang and R. C. Batra, Changes in Frequencies of a Laminated Plate Caused by Embedded Piezoelectric Layers, AIAA J., 35, 1672-1673, 1997.
145. F. dell'Isola and R. C. Batra, Saint-Venant's Problem for Porous Linear Elastic Materials, J. Elasticity, 47, 73-81, 1997.
146. Z. H. Jin and R. C. Batra, Residual Strength of Fiber Reinforced Composite with a Crack, Theoretical & Appl. Fract. Mechs., 27, 213-220, 1997.
147. R. C. Batra and D. Rattazzi, Adiabatic Shear Banding in a Thick-Walled Steel Tube, Comp. Mechs., 20, 412-426, 1997.
148. R. C. Batra and X. Q. Liang, Finite Dynamic Deformations of Smart Structures, Comp. Mechs.\/, 20, 427-438, 1997.
149. R. C. Kriz, D. Farkas and R. C. Batra, Using Materials Resources on the World Wide Web for Introductory Material Science Teaching, J. Material Education, 19, 111-119, 1997.
150.  R. C. Batra and J. B. Stevens, Adiabatic Shear Bands in Axisymmetric Impact and Penetration Problems, Computer Methods in Appl. Mechs. & Eng'g, 151, 325-342, 1998.
151. S. Krishnaswamy, Z. H. Jin and R. C. Batra, Stress Concentration in an Elastic Cosserat Plate Undergoing Extensional Deformations, J. Appl. Mechs., 65, 66-70, 1998.
152. Z-H. Jin and R. C. Batra, R-Curve and Strength Behavior of a Functionally Graded Material, Material Sci. & Engng., A242, 70-76, 1998.
153. R. C. Batra and N. M. Wilson, Adiabatic Shear Bands in Plane Strain Deformations of a WHA, Int. J. Plasticity14, 43-60, 1998.
154. Z. H. Jin and R. C. Batra, Thermal Fracture of Ceramics with Temperature-Dependent Properties, J. Thermal Stresses 21, 157-176, 1998.
155. N. V. Nechitailo and R. C. Batra, Penetration/Perforation of Aluminum, Steel and Tungsten Plates by Ceramic Rods, Computers & Structures, 66, 571-583, 1998.
156. L. Chen and R. C. Batra, Shear Instability Direction at a Crack Tip in a Thermoviscoplastic Body, Theoretical & Appl. Fract. Mechs., 29, 33-40, 1998.
157. F. dell'Isola, G. C. Ruta and R. C. Batra, A Second-Order Solution of Saint-Venant's Problem for an Elastic Pretwisted Bar Using Signorini's Perturbation Method, J. Elasticity, 49, 113-127, 1998.
158. Z. H. Jin and R. C. Batra, Crack Shielding and Material Deterioration in Damaged Materials: An Antiplane Shear Fracture Problem, Archive of Applied Mechanics, 68, 247-258, 1998.
159. L. Chen and R. C. Batra, Analysis of Material Instability at an Impact Loaded Crack Tip, Theoretical & Appl. Fracture Mechs., 29, 213-217, 1998.
160. F. dell'Isola, G. C. Ruta and R. C. Batra, Generalized Poynting Effects in Predeformed Prismatic Bars, J. Elasticity, 50, 181-196, 1998.
161. S. Krishnaswamy and R. C. Batra, On Extensional Oscillations and Longitudinal Waves in Elastic Rods, Math. & Mech. Solids, 3, 277-295, 1998.
162. S. Krishnaswamy and R. C. Batra, Addendum to ``On Extensional Oscillations and Waves in Elastic Rods,'' Math. & Mech. Solids, 3, 297-301, 1998.
163. S. Krishnaswamy and R. C. Batra, On Extensional Vibration Modes of Elastic Rods of Finite Length which include the Effect of Lateral Deformation, {\it J. Sound & Vibration, 215, 577-586, 1998.
164. L. Chen and R. C. Batra, Material Instability Criterion near a Notch-Tip under Locally Adiabatic Deformations of Thermoviscoplastic Materials, Theoretical & Applied Fracture Mechs., 30, 153-158, 1998.
165. J. B. Stevens and R. C. Batra, Adiabatic Shear Bands in the Taylor Impact Test for a WHA Rod, Int. J. Plasticity, 14, 841-854, 1998.
166. R. C. Batra, Linear Constitutive Relations in Isotropic Finite Elasticity, J. Elasticity, 51, 243-245, 1998.
167. R. C. Batra, F. dell'Isola and S. Vidoli, A Second-Order Solution of Saint-Venant's Problem for a Piezoelectric Circular Bar Using Signorini's Perturbation Method, J. Elasticity, 52, 75-90, 1998.
168. H.-S. Oh and R. C. Batra, Application of Zienkiewicz-Zhu's Error Estimate with Superconvergent Patch-Recovery to Hierarchical p-Refinement, Finite Elements in Analysis & Design, 31, 273-280, 1999.
169. Z. H. Jin and R. C. Batra, Thermal Shock Cracking in a Metal Particle Reinforced Ceramic Matrix Composite, Engineering Fract. Mechs., 62, 339-350, 1999.
170. H.-S.~Oh and R. C. Batra, Locations of Optimal Stress Points in Higher-Order Elements, Commun. Num. Meth. Engng., 15, 127-136, 1999.
171. R. C. Batra and L. Chen, Shear Band spacing in Gradient-Dependent Thermoviscoplastic Materials, Comp. Mechs., 23, 8-19, 1999.
172. L. Chen and R. C. Batra, The Asymptotic Structure of a Shear Band in Mode-II Deformations, Int. J. Engng. Sci., 37, 895-919, 1999.
173. L. Chen and R. C. Batra, Effect of Material Parameters on Shear Band Spacing in Work-Hardening Gradient-Dependent Thermoviscoplastic Materials,  Int. J. Plasticity, 15, 551-574, 1999.
174. H.-S. Oh and R. C. Batra, Rotational Dependence of the Superconvergent Patch Recovery and its Remedy for Four-Noded Isoparametric Quadrilateral Elements, Communications Num. Meth. Engng., 15, 493-499, 1999.
175. R. D. Kriz, D. Farkas and R. C. Batra, Integrating Simulation Research into Curriculum Modules on Mechanical Behavior of Materials: From the Atomistic to the Continuum, J. of Materials Education, 21, 47-56, 1999.
176. S. Vidoli, R. C. Batra and F. Dell'Isola, Saint-Venant's Problem for a Second-Order Piezoelectric Prismatic Body, Int. J. Engng. Sci., 38, 21-45, 1999.
177. S. Vel and R. C. Batra, Analytical Solutions for Rectangular Thick Laminated Plates Subjected to Arbitrary Boundary Conditions, AIAA J., 37, 1464-1473, 1999.
178. Z.-Q. Cheng and R. C. Batra, Exact Eshelby Tensor for a Dynamic Circular Cylindrical Inclusion,  J. Appl. Mechs., 66, 563-565, 1999.
179. A. C. Caba, D. Rattazzi, R. C. Batra and A. C. Loos, Verification of a Simulation Model of Resin Film Infusion of a Stiffened Panel, J. Reinforced Plastics and Composites, 18, 1465-1478, 1999.
180. R. C. Batra and J.-H. Yu, Linear Constitutive Relations in Isotropic Finite Viscoelasticity, J. Elasticity,55, 73-77, 1999.
181. S. S. Vel and R. C. Batra, The Generalized Plane Strain Deformations of Thick Anisotropic Composite Laminated Plates, Int. J. Solids Structures, 37, 715-733, 2000.
182. J.-H. Yu and R. C. Batra, Constrained Layer Damping in Finite Shearing Deformations, J. Sound & Vibration, 229, 445--452, 2000.
183. Z. Q. Cheng and R. C. Batra, Exact Correspondence Between Eigenvalues of Membranes and Functionally Graded Simply Supported Polygonal Plates, J. Sound & Vibration, 229, 879-895, 2000.
184. R. C. Batra and R. R. Gummalla, Effect of Material and Geometric Parameters on Deformations Near the Notch-tip of a Dynamically Loaded Prenotched Plate, Int. J. Fracture, 101, 99-140, 2000.
185. Z.-Q. Cheng and R. C. Batra, Three-Dimensional Asymptotic Scheme for Piezothermoelastic Laminates, J. Thermal Stresses, 23, 95-110, 2000.
186. Z. Q. Cheng and R. C. Batra, Generalized Plane Solution for Monoclinic Piezoelectric Laminates, AIAA J., 38, 335-341, 2000.
187. Z. Q. Cheng and R. C. Batra, Three-Dimensional Asymptotic Analysis of Multiple-Electroded Piezoelectric Laminates, AIAA J., 38, 317-324, 2000.
188. S. S. Vel and R. C. Batra, Cylindrical Bending of Laminated Plates with Distributed and Segmented Piezoelectric Actuator/Sensors, AIAA J., 38, 857-867, 2000.
189. Z.-Q. Cheng and R. C. Batra, Three-Dimensional Thermoelastic Deformations of a Functionally Graded Elliptic Plate, Composites B, 31, 97-106, 2000.
190.  Z.-Q. Cheng and R. C. Batra, Deflection Relationships Between the Homogeneous Plate Theory and Different Functionally Graded Plate Theories, Archives of Mechanics, 52, 143-158, 2000.
191. R. C. Batra and J. H. Yu, Torsion of a Viscoelastic Cylinder, J. Appl. Mechs., 67, 424-427, 2000.
192. S. S. Vel and R. C. Batra, Closure to The Generalized Plane Strain Deformations of thick Anisotropic Composite Laminated Plates, Int. J. Solids Structures, 38, 483-489, 2000.
193. S. S. Vel and R. C. Batra, Three-dimensional Analytical Solutions for Hybrid Multilayered Piezoelectric Plates,  J. Appl. Mechs., 67, 558-567, 2000.
194. R. C. Batra and M. V. S. Ravisankar, Three-dimensional Numerical Simulation of the Kalthoff Experiment, Int. J. Fracture, 105, 161-186, 2000.
195. L. Chen and R. C. Batra, Microstructural Effects on Shear Instability and Shear Band Spacing, Theoretical & Appl. Fracture Mechs., 34, 155-166, 2000.
196. S. Vidoli and R. C. Batra, Derivation of Plate and Rod Equations for a Piezoelectric Body from a Mixed Three-Dimensional Variational Principle, J. Elasticity, 59, 23-50, 2000.
197. R. C. Batra, Comparison of Results from Four Linear Constitutive Relations in Isotropic Finite Elasticity, Int. J. Nonlinear Mechanics, 36, 421-432, 2001.
198. S. S. Vel and R. C. Batra, Generalized Plane Strain Thermoelastic Deformation of Laminated Anisotropic Thick Plates, Int. J. Solids Structures, 38, 1395-1414, 2001.
199. S. S. Vel and R. C. Batra, Analysis of Piezoelectric Bimorphs and Plates with Segmented Actuators, Thin-Walled Structures, 39(1), 23-44, 2001.
200. Z.-Q. Cheng and R. C. Batra, Thermal Effects on Laminated Composite Shells Containing Interfacial Imperfections, J. Comp. Structures, 52(1), 3-11, 2001.
201. R. C. Batra and J.-H. Yu, Effect of Inertia Forces on the Damping of a Constrained Layer Finitely Deformed in Shearing, J. Sound & Vibration, 241, 913-919, 2001.
202. S. Vidoli and R. C. Batra, Coupled Extensional and Torsional Deformations of a Piezoelectric Cylinder, Smart Materials & Structures, 10, 300-304, 2001.
203. S. S. Vel and R. C. Batra, Exact Solution for the Cylindrical Bending of Laminated Plates with Embedded Shear Actuators, Smart Materials & Structures, 10, 240-251, 2001.
204.  R. C. Batra and N. A. Jaber, Failure Mode Transition Speeds in an Impact Loaded Prenotched Plate with Four Thermoviscoplastic Relations, Int. J. Fracture, 110, 47-71, 2001.
205. H.-K. Ching and R. C. Batra, Determination of Crack Tip Fields in Linear Elastostatics by the Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin (MLPG) Method, Computer Modeling in Eng'g & Sciences, 2, 273-289, 2001.
206. R. C. Batra and L. Chen, Instability Analysis and Shear Band Spacing in Gradient-Dependent Thermoviscoplastic Materials with Finite Speeds of Thermal Waves, Archives of Mechanics 53, 167-192, 2001.
207. R. C. Batra and L. Chen, Effect of Viscoplastic Relations on the Instability Strain, Shear Band Initiation Strain, the Strain Corresponding to the Minimum Shear Band Spacing, and the Band Width in a Thermoviscoplastic Materials, Int. J. Plasticity,17, 1465-1489, 2001.
208. S. S. Vel and R. C. Batra, Exact Solution for Rectangular Sandwich Plates with Embedded Piezoelectric Shear Actuators, AIAA J., 39, 1363-1373, 2001.
209. R. C. Batra and S. Vidoli, Higher Order Piezoelectric Plate Theory Derived from a Three-Dimensional Variational Principle, AIAA J., 40(1), 91-104, 2002.
210. R. C. Batra, N. A. Jaber and M. E. Malsbury, Analysis of Failure Modes in an Impact Loaded Thermoviscoplastic Prenotched Plate, Int. J. Plasticity, 19(2), 139-196, 2003.
211. R. C. Batra and T. S. Geng, Enhancement of the Dynamic Buckling Load for a Plate by Using Piezoceramic Actuators, Smart Materials & Structures, 10, 925-933, 2001.
212. R. D. Kriz, D. Farkas, R. C. Batra, R. T. Levensalor and S. D. Parikh, Combined Research and Curriculum Development of Web-Based Educational Modules on Mechanical Behavior of Materials, J. of Materials Education, 24, 41-52, 2002.
213. B. Jiang and R. C. Batra, Micromechanical Modeling of a Composite Containing Piezoelectric and Shape Memory Alloy Inclusions, J. of Intelligent Materials and Systems, 12, 165-182, 2001.
214. A. Warlock, H.-K. Ching, A. K. Kapila and R. C. Batra, Plane Strain Deformations of an Elastic Material Compressed in a Rough Rectangular Cavity, Int. J. Engng. Sci. 40, 991-1010, 2002.
215. A. C. Loos, D. Rattazzi and R. C. Batra, A Three-Dimensional Model of the Resin Film Infusion Process, J. Composite Materials, 36, 1255-1273, 2002.
216. S. S. Vel and R. C. Batra, Exact Solutions for Thermoelastic Deformations of Functionally Graded Thick Rectangular Plates, AIAA J., 40(7), 1421-1433, 2002.
217. B. Jiang and R. C. Batra, Effective Properties of a Piezocomposite Containing Shape Memory Alloy and Inert Inclusions, Continuum Mech. & Thermodynamics, 14, 87-111, 2002.
218. B. Jiang and R.C. Batra, Effective Electroelastic Properties of a Piezocomposite with Viscoelastic and Dielectric Relaxing Matrix, J. Intelligent Materials and Systems, 12, 847-866, 2001.
219. R. C. Batra, S. Vidoli and F. Vestroni, Plane Waves and Modal Analysis in Higher-Order Shear and Normal Deformable Plate Theories, J. Sound & Vibration, 257(1), 63-88, 2002.
220. R. C. Batra, Universal Relations for Transversely Isotropic Elastic Materials, Mathematics & Mechanics of Solids, 7, 421-437, 2002.
221. R. C. Batra and H.-K. Ching, Energy Release Rates in a Constrained Epoxy Disc with Hookean and Mooney-Rivlin Materials, Theoretical & Appl. Fracture Mechs., 38, 165-175, 2002.
222. S. S. Vel and R. C. Batra, Generalized Plane Strain Thermopiezoelectric Analysis of Multilayered Plates, J. Thermal Stresses, 26, 353-377, 2003.
223. R. C. Batra and T. S. Geng, Comparison of Active Constrained Layer Damping by using Extension and Shear Mode Actuators, J. Intelligent Materials and Structures, 13(6), 249-367, 2002.
224. R. C. Batra and H.-K. Ching, Analysis of Elastodynamic Deformations near a Crack/Notch Tip by the Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin (MLPG) Method, Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, 3, 717-730, 2002.
225. Z. G. Wei and R. C. Batra, Deformations of an Axially Loaded Thermoviscoplastic Bar due to Laser Heating, J. of Thermal Stresses 26, 701-712, 2003.
226. L. F. Qian, R. C. Batra and L. M. Chen, Elastostatic Deformations of a Thick Plate by using a Higher-Order Shear and Normal Deformable Plate Theory and Two Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin (MLPG) Methods, Computer Modeling in Eng'g and Sciences, 4, 161-176, 2003.
227. R. C. Batra and S. Aimmanee, Missing Frequencies in Previous Exact Solutions of Free Vibrations of Simply Supported Rectangular Plates, J. of Sound & Vibrations, 265, 887-896, 2003..
228. Z. Wei and R. C. Batra, Dependence of Instability Strain Upon Damage in Thermoviscoplastic Materials, Archives of Mechanics, 54, pp. 691-707, 2002.
229. G. Saccomandi and R. C. Batra, Additional Universal Relations for Transversely Isotropic Elastic Materials, Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, 9, 167-174, 2004.
230. S. S. Vel and R. C. Batra, Three-dimensional Analysis of Transient Thermal Stresses in Functionally Graded Plates, Int. J. of Solids & Structures, 40, pp. 7181-7196.
231. S. S. Vel and R. C. Batra, Three-dimensional Exact Solution for the Vibration of Functionally Graded Rectangular Plates, J. of Sound and Vibration 272, 703-730. 2004.
232. L. F. Qian, R. C. Batra and L. M. Chen, Free and Forced Vibrations of Thick Rectangular Plates by using Higher-Order Shear and Normal Deformable Plate Theory and Meshless Petrov-Galerkin (MLPG) Method, Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences, 4, 519-534, 2003.
233. R. C. Batra, Instabilities in Biaxially Loaded Rectangular Membrane and Spherical Balloons made of Compressible Hyperelastic Materials, Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, 10, 471-485, 2005.
234. R. C. Batra, L. F. Qian and L. M. Chen, Natural Frequencies of Thick Square Plates Made of Orthotropic, Trigonal, Monoclinic, Hexagonal and Triclinic Materials, J. Sound and Vibration, 270, 1074-1086, 2004.
235. F. dell’Isola, G. Sciarra and R. C. Batra, Static Deformations of a Linear Elastic Porous Body filled with an Inviscid Fluid, J. Elasticity, 33, 99-120, 2003.
236. S. S. Vel, R. Mewer and R. C. Batra, Analytical Solution for the Cylindrical Bending Vibration of Piezoelectric Composite Plates, Int. J. Solids & Structures, 41, 1625-1643, 2004.
237. L. F. Qian, R. C. Batra and L. M. Chen, Static and Dynamic Deformations of Thick Functionally Graded Elastic Plate by using Higher-Order Shear and Normal Deformable Plate Theory and Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin Method, Composites: Part B, 35, 685-697, 2004.
238. P. R. Marur, R. C. Batra, G. Garcia and A. C. Loos, Static and Dynamic Fracture Toughness of Epoxy/alumina Composite with Submicron Inclusions, J. of Material Science, 39, 1437-1440, 2004.
239. A. Sears and R. C. Batra, Macroscopic Properties of Carbon Nanotubes from Molecular-Mechanics Simulations, Physical Reviews B, 69, 235406, 2004.
240. L. F. Qian, R. C. Batra and L. M. Chen, Analysis of Cylindrical Bending Thermoelastic Deformations of Functionally Graded Plates by a Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin Method, Computational Mechanics, 33, 263-273, 2004.
241. G. M. Zhang and R. C. Batra, Modified Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics Method and Its Application to Transient Problems, Computational Mechanics, 34, 137-146, 2004.
242. L. F. Qian and R. C. Batra, Design of Bidirectional Functionally Graded Plate for Optimal Natural Frequencies, J. of Sound and Vibration, 280, 415-424, 2005.
243. L. F. Qian and R. C. Batra, Transient Thermoelastic Deformations of a Thick Functionally Graded Plate, J. of Thermal Stresses, 27, 705-740, 2004.
244. R. C. Batra, I. Muller, and P. Strehlow, Treloar's Biaxial Tests and Kearsley's Bifurcation in Rubber Sheets, Mathematics and Mechanics of Solid, 10, 705-713, 2005.
245. R. C. Batra and M. H. Lear, Simulation of Brittle and Ductile Fracture in an Impact Loaded Prenotched Plate, Int. J. of Fracutre, 126, 179-203, 2004.
246. R. C. Batra and B. M. Love, Adiabatic Shear Bands in Functionally Graded Materials, J. Thermal Stresses, 27, 1101-1123, 2004.
247. R. C. Batra and J. Jin, Natural Frequencies of a Functionally Graded Anisotropic Rectangular Plate, J. Sound and Vibration, 282, 509-516, 2005.
248. R. C. Batra, M. Porfiri and D. Spinello, Treatment of Material Discontinuity in Two Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin (MLPG) Formulations of Axisymmetric Transient Heat Conduction, Int. J. for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 61, 2461-2479, 2004.
249. R. C. Batra, G. M. Zhang, Analysis of Adiabatic Shear Bands in Elasto-Thermo-Viscoplastic Materials by Modified Smoothed-Particle Hydrodynamics (MSPH) Method, Journal of Computational Physics, 201, 172-190, 2004.
250. R. C. Batra, F. Dell’Isola and G. C. Ruta, Second-order Solution of Saint-Venant’s Problem for an Elastic Bar Predeformed in Flexure, Int. J. of Nonlinear Mechanics, 40, 411-422, 2005.
251. R. C. Batra and M. H. Lear, Adiabatic Shear Banding in Plane Strain Tensile Deformations of Eleven Thermoelastoviscoplastic Materials with Finite Thermal Wave Speed, Int. J. Plasticity, 21, 1521-1545, 2005.
252. A. J. M. Ferreira, R. C. Batra, C. M. C. Roque, L. F. Qian and P. A. L. S. Martins, Static Analysis of Functionally Graded Plates Using Third-order Shear Deformation Theory and a Meshless Method, Composite Structures, 69, 449-457, 2005.
253. L. F. Qian and R. C. Batra, Three-Dimensional Transient Heat Conduction in a Functionally Graded Thick Plate with a Higher-Order Plate Theory and a Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin Method, Computational Mechanics , 35, 214-226, 2005.
254. R. C. Batra and Z. G. Wei, Shear Band Spacing in Thermoviscoplastic Materials, Int. J. Impact Engineering, 32, 947-967, 2006.
255. R. C. Batra, Z. G. Wei, Dynamic Buckling of a Thin Thermoviscoplastic Rectangular Plate, Thin-Walled Structures, 43, 273-290, 2005.
256. R. C. Batra, F. dell’Isola, S. Vidoli, D. Vigilante, Multimode Vibration Suppression with Passive Two-Terminal Distributed Network Incorporating Piezoceramic Transducers, Int. J. of Solids and Structures, 42, 2115-3132, 2005.
257. N. Hassan, J. E. Thompson, R. C. Batra, A. B. Hibler, Xiaolan Song, A. C. Loos, A Heat Transfer Analysis of the Fiber Placement Composite Manufacturing Process, J. of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, 24, 869-888, 2005.
258. A. Ferreira and R. C. Batra, Natural Frequencies of Orthotropic, Monoclinic and Hexagonal Plates by a Meshless Method, J. of Sound and Vibration, 285, 734-742, 2005.
259. R. C. Batra and Z. G. Wei, Shear Bands Due to Heat Flux Prescribed at Boundaries, Int. J. Plasticity, Vol. 22, 1-15, 2006.
260. J. Jin and R. C. Batra, Effect of Electromechanical Coupling on Static Deformations and Natural Frequencies, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, Vol. 52, No. 7, 1079-1093, 2005.
261. R. C. Batra and S. Aimmanee, Vibrations of Thick Isotropic Plates with Higher Order Shear and Normal Deformable Plate Theories, Computers & Structures, 83, 934-955, 2005.
262. R. C. Batra and B. M. Love, Crack Propagation due to Brittle and Ductile Failures in Microporous Thermoelastoviscoplastic Functionally Graded Materials, Engineering Fracture Mechanics , 72, 1954-1979, 2005.
263. R. C. Batra and Zhicun Wang, Failure Mode Transition Speed in Three-Dimensional Transient Deformations of a Microporous Heat-Conducting Thermoelastoviscoplastic Prenotched Plate, J. Thermal Stresses, 28, 533-562, 2005.
264. R. C. Batra and B. M. Love, Mesoscale Analysis of Shear Bands in High Strain Rate Deformations of Tungsten/Nickel-Iron Composites, J. of Thermal Stresses, 28, 747-782, 2005.
265. R. C. Batra and B. M. Love, Multiscale Analysis of Adiabatic Shear Bands in Tungsten Heavy Alloy Particulate Composites, Int'l. J. Multiscale Computational Eng'g, 4:1, 95-114, 2006.
266. B. M. Love and R. C. Batra, Determination of Effective Thermomechanical Parameters of a Mixture of Two Thermoviscoplastic Constituents, Int. J. Plasticity, 22, 1026-1061, 2006.
267. Z. G. Wei, J. L. Yu and R. C. Batra, Dynamic Buckling of Thin Cylindrical Shells under Axial Impact, Int. J. Impact Engng., 32, 575-592, 2005.
268. U. Andreaus, R. C. Batra and M. Porfiri, Vibrations of Cracked Euler-Bernoulli Beams using Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin (MLPG) Method, Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences, 9:2, 111-131, 2005.
269. R. C. Batra and Z. G. Wei, Instability Strain and Shear Band Spacing in Simple Tensile/Compressive Deformations of Thermoviscoplastic Materials, Int. J. Impact Engng., 34, 448-461, 2007.
270. R. C. Batra and B. M. Love, Consideration of Microstructural Effects in the Analysis of Adiabatic Shear Bands in a Tungsten Heavy Alloy, Int. J. Plasticity, 22, 1858-1878, 2006.
271. A. Sears and R. C. Batra, Buckling of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes Under Axial Compression, Physical Reviews B, 73, 085410, 2006.
272. R. C. Batra, Torsion of a Functionally Graded Cylinder, AIAA J. 44:6, 1363-1365, 2006.
273. R. C. Batra, M. Porfiri and D. Spinello, Electromechanical Model of Electrically Actuated Narrow Microbeams, J. MicroElectroMechanical Systems, 15:5, 1175-1189, 2006.
274. R. C. Batra, M. Porfiri and D. Spinello, Free and Forced Vibrations of a Segmented Bar by a Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin (MLPG) Formulation, Computational Mechanics, 41, 473-491,2008.
275. A. Caba, A. L. Loos and R. C. Batra, Fiber-Fiber Interactions in Carbon Mat Thermoplastics, Composites A, 38, 469-483, 2007.
276. S. R. Li, R. C. Batra and L.-S. Ma, Vibration of Thermally Post-Buckled Orthotropic Circular Plates, J. Thermal Stresses, 30, 43-57, 2007.
277. R. C. Batra, M. Porfiri and D. Spinello, Analysis of Electrostatic MEMS using Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin Method, Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 30, 949-962, 2006.
278. N. M. Hassan and R. C. Batra, Modeling Damage in Polymeric Composites, Composites B, 39, 66-82, 2008.
279. A.J.M. Ferreira, R.C. Batra, C.M.C. Roque, L.F. Qian, R.M.N. Jorge, Natural Frequencies of Functionally Graded Plates by a Meshless Method, Composite Structures, 75, 593-600, 2006.
280. Z. H. Jin and R. C. Batra, Crack Tip Fields in Functionally Graded Materials with Temperature-Dependent Properties, AIAA J. 44:9, 2129-2130, 2006.
281. D. F. Gilhooley, R. C. Batra, J. R. Xiao, M. A. McCarthy, J. W. Gillespie Jr., Analysis of Thick Functionally Graded Plates by using Higher-Order Shear and Normal Deformable Plate Theory and MLPG Method with Radial Basis Functions, Composite Structures, 80, 539-552, 2007.
282. G. M. Zhang and R. C. Batra, Wave Propagation in Functionally Graded Materials by Modified Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (MSPH) Method, J. Computational Physics, 222, 374-390, 2007.
283. R. C. Batra and N. M. Hassan, Response of Fiber Reinforced Composites to Underwater Explosive Loads, Composites B, 38, 448-458, 2007.
284. J. R. Xiao, R. C. Batra, D. F. Gilhooley, J. W. Gillespie, Jr. and M. A. McCarthy, Analysis of Thick Plates by using a Higher-Order Shear and Normal Deformable Plate Theory and MLPG Method with Radial Basis Functions, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 196, 979-987, 2007.
285. Z. G. Wei and R. C. Batra, Damage Model for Anisotropic Materials and its Application to Analysis of Stability and Spallation, Int. J. Impact Eng'g, 34, 1780-1796, 2007.
286. Z. G. Wei and R. C. Batra, Dynamic Buckling of Thin Thermoviscoplastic Cylindrical Shell under Radial Impulsive Loadnig, Thin-Walled Structures, 44, 1109-1117, 2006.
287. S.-R. Li and R. C. Batra, Buckling of Axially Compressed Cylindrical Shells with Functionally Graded Middle Layer, Thin-Walled Structures, 44, 1039-1047, 2006.
288. R. C. Batra, M. Porfiri and D. Spinello, Capacitance Estimate for Electrostatically Actuated Narrow Microbeams, Micro & Nano Letters, 1:2, 71-73, 2007.
289. R. C. Batra and G. M. Zhang, Search Algorithm, and Simulation of Elastodynamic Crack Propagation by Modified Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (MSPH) Method, Computational Mechanics, 40, 531-546, 2007.
290. S.-R. Li and R. C. Batra, Thermal Buckling and Post-Buckling of Euler-Bernoulli Beams Supported on Nonlinear Elastic Foundations, AIAA J. 45:3, 712-720, 2007.
291. R. C. Batra, M. Porfiri and D. Spinello, Effects of Casimir Force on Pull-in Instability in Micromembranes, Europhysics Letters, 77 20010, 2007.
292. S. Aimmanee and R. C. Batra, Analytical Solution for Vibration of an Incompressible Isotropic Linear Elastic Rectangular Plate, and Frequencies Missed in Previous Solutions, J. Sound and Vibration, 302, 613-620, 2007.
293. A. Ferreira, C. Roque, G. Fasshauer, R. Jorge and R. Batra, Analysis of Functionally Graded Plates by a Robust Meshless Method, Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, 14, 577-587, 2007.