North Carolina A&T State University

 

List of Publications

1.        Shivakumar, K., Abali, F., and Pora, A., “Modified Short Beam Shear Test For Measuring Interlaminar Shear Strength Of Textile Fiber Composites,” AIAA Journal, Vol. 40, No. 12, 2002.

2.        Abali, F., Pora, A., and Shivakumar, K., “Modified Short Beam Shear Test For Measurement of ILSS of Carbon-Carbon Composites,” Journal of Composite Materials, Vol. 37, Issue 05, 2003, pp.453-4564.

3.        Abali, F., Shivakumar, K., Hamidi, N., and Sadler, R., “Carbon/Carbon Composites by Resin transfer Molding process,” Carbon, Vol 41, No.5, 2003, pp.893-901.

4.        Shivakumar, K., and Bhargava, A., "Stress Concentrations Caused by Embedded Optical Fiber Sensors in Composite Laminates," Journal of Computers, Materials and Continua, Vol. 1, No. 2, 2004, pp. 173-190.

5.        Shivakumar, K., and Smith, S. A., “Insitu Fracture Toughness Testing of Core materials in Sandwich Panels,” Journal of Composite Materials, Vol. 38, No. 8, 2004, pp. 655-668.

6.        Veazie, D. R., Robinson, K. R., and Shivakumar, K., "Effects of the marine environment on the interfacial fracture toughness of PVC core sandwich composites," Composites Part B: Engineering, Volume 35, Issues 6-8, September-December 2004, pp 461-466.

7.        Shivakumar, K., and Emmanwori, L., “Mechanics of Failure of Composite Laminates Embedded with Fiber Optic Sensor,” Journal of Composite Materials, Vol. 38, No. 8, 2004, pp. 669-680.

8.        Shivakumar, K., Lingaiah, S., Sadler, R., and Sharpe, M., "Plasma Etching to Enhance Visibility of Nano Particles in Nanocomposites,” Journal of Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol. 1, No. 4, 2004 pp.309-318.

9.        Shivakumar, K., and Bhargava, A., "Failure Mechanics of Composite Laminates Embedded with Optical Fiber Sensors,” Journal of Composite Materials, Vol. 39, No. 9, 2005.

10.     Shivakumar, K., Chen, H., and Smith, S., "An Evaluation of Data Reduction Methods for Opening Mode Fracture Toughness of Sandwich Panels,” Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials, Vol. 7, 2005, pp 77-90.

11.     Lingaiah, S., Shivakumar, K., Sadler, R. and Sharpe, M., "A method of visualization of dispersion of nanoplatelets in nanocomposites,” Composite Science and Technology, Vol. 65, 2005, pp. 2276-2280.

12.     Swaminathan, G., Shivakumar, K., Sharpe, M., “Material Property Characterization of Glass and Carbon/Vinyl ester Composites,” Composites Science and Technology, Vol. 66, 2006, pp. 1399-1408.

13.     Shivakumar, K., Chen, H., Abali, F., Le, D., and Davies, C., "A total fatigue life model for mode I delaminated Composite laminates," International Journal of Fatigue, Vol. 28, No. 1, 2006, pp. 33-42.

14.     Shivakumar, K., Bhargava, A., and Hamoush, S., “An Equation for Stress Concentration in Countersunk Holes,” Journal of Computers, Materials and Continua, Vol. 3, 2006, pp.97-106.

15.     Shivakumar, K., Argade, S. D., Sadler, R., Sharpe, M., Dunn, L. and Swaminathan, G., “Processing And Properties of A Fire Resistance Core Material For Sandwich Structures,” Journal of Advanced Materials, Vol. 38, No. 1, Jan 2006.

16.     Chen, H., Shivakumar, K., and Abali, F., “A Comparison of Total Fatigue Life Models for Composite Laminates,” Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures, Vol. 29, 2006, pp. 31-39.

17.     Shivakumar, K., Swaminathan, G., and Sharpe, M., "Carbon/Vinyl Ester Composites for Enhanced Performance in Marine Applications", Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, Vol 25, No. 10, 2006. pp 1101-1116.

18.     Shivakumar, K., Bhargava, A., and Hamoush, S., “An Equation for Stress Concentration Factor in Countersunk Holes”, Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol. 3, No. 2, 2006, pp. 97-106.

19.     Shivakumar, K., Bhargava, A., and Newman, Jr., J.C., “A Tensile Stress Concentration Equation for Countersunk Holes”, Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 44, No. 1, 2007, pp. 194-200.

20.     Shivakumar, K., Swaminathan, G., Sharpe, M., “Carbon/Vinyl Ester Composites for Enhanced Performance in Marine Applications”, Journal of Reinforced Plastics, Vol-25, No. 10, 2006, pp. 1101-1115.

21.     Darwish, F., Hamoush , S., and Shivakumar, K., “Performance of Patch Repaired Composite Panels under Fatigue Loads”, Arabian Journal of Science and Engineering, Vol. 31, No. 2C, 2006, pp. 77-87.

22.     Chen, H., and Shivakumar, K., “Total Fatigue Life Model for T700 Carbon/Vinyl Ester Composites-Mode I Loading”, Composites, B (Accepted and to appear 2007).

23.     Shivakumar, K., Bhargava, A., and Hamoush , S., “3-D Tensile Stress Concentration in Countersunk Rivet Holes”, Computers, Materials & Continua, 2007 (Accepted for Publication).

24.     Shivakumar, K., Chen, H., and Holloway, G., “Gas Turbine Environment Effect on Morphology and Mechanical Properties of Pultruded Composite”, Journal of Applied Polymer Science (Accepted for Publication).

25.     Shivakumar, K., Chen, H., and Holloway, G., “Effect of Thermal Fatigue on Tensile and Flexural Properties of Carbon/Cyanate Ester Pultruded Composite”, Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites (Accepted for Publication).

26.     Bhargava, A., and Shivakumar, K., “A Three Dimensional Strain Concentration Equation for Countersunk Holes”, Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design (Accepted for Publication).