Civil Engineering Department

Iqbal Mohd. Ashraf

Iqbal, Mohd. Ashraf
Professor
Specialization : Structural Engineering
Room No : 220-A, B
ashraf.iqbal[at]ce[dot]iitr[dot]ac[dot]in
(O) 91-1332-285866 (R) 91-1332-286866

Areas of Interest

Experimental and Computational Mechanics of Brittle Fracture under Extreme Loading
Development and Testing of Indigenous Ultra High Performance Concrete for Strategic Structures
Material Modelling of Concrete, Metals, Ceramics and Composites
Impact Mechanics, Crash, Blast, Penetration and Perforation

Experimental and Computational Mechanics of Brittle Fracture under Extreme Loading

Development and Testing of Indigenous Ultra High Performance Concrete for Strategic Structures

Material Modelling of Concrete, Metals, Ceramics and Composites

Impact Mechanics, Crash, Blast, Penetration and Perforation

Honors and Awards

Award	Awarding Organisation	Year
Excellence in Academic Research	The Institution of Engineers (India) RLC	2017
Institute Research Fellowship for Outstanding Young Faculty	Indain Institute of Technology, Roorkee	2017
Endeavour Research Fellowship	The University of Adelaide	2015

Professional Background

From	To	Designation	Organisation
Dec 2019	Continuing	Professor	Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
2014	Dec 2019	Associate Professor	Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
2009	2014	Assistant Professor	Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
2007	2009	Lecturer	Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
2006	2007	Lecturer	NIT, Jalandhar

Educational Details

Degree	Subject	University	Year
Ph.D.	Impact Mechanics	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi	2006
M. Tech.	Structural Engineering	Aligarh Muslim University	2002
B. Tech.	Civil Engineering	Jamia Millia Islamia	1999

Journal Publication

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Siddiqui, N. A., Iqbal, M. A., Abbas, H. and Paul, D. K. (2003). Reliability analysis of nuclear containment without metallic liners against jet aircraft crash. Nuclear Engineering and Design. DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(03)00080-3

Iqbal, M. A., Gupta, N. K. and Sekhon, G. S. (2006). Experimental and numerical studies of behavior of thin aluminum plates subjected to impact by ogive nosed projectiles. Defense Science Journal. Volume: 56 Number: 5 Pages: 841-852 Month: November

Gupta, N. K., Iqbal, M. A. and Sekhon, G. S. (2006). Experimental and numerical studies of behavior of thin aluminum plates subjected to impact by ogive nosed projectiles. International Journal of Impact Engineering. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2005.06.007

Gupta, N. K., Iqbal, M. A. and Sekhon, G. S. (2007). Effect of projectile nose shape, impact velocity and target thickness on deformation behavior of aluminum plates. International Journal of Solids and Structures. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2006.09.034

Iqbal, M. A. and Gupta, N. K. (2008). Energy absorption characteristics of aluminum plates subjected to projectile impact. Latin American Journal of Solids and Structures. Volume: 5 Number: 4 Pages: 259-287

Gupta, N. K., Iqbal, M. A. and Sekhon, G. S. (2008). Effect of projectile nose shape, impact velocity and target thickness on the deformation behavior of layered plates. International Journal of Impact Engineering. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2006.11.004

Chakrabarti, A, Iqbal, M. A. and Agrawal, P. (2009). Damage initiation of laminated FRP composite plates under impact. International Journal of Applied Mechanics and Engineering. ISSN: 1425-1655 Volume: 14 Number: 3 Pages: 659-682

Chakrabarti, A., Iqbal, M. A. and Agarwal, P. (2009). Damage initiation of laminated FRP composite plates under impact. International Journal of Applied Mechanics and Engineering. Volume: 14 Number: 3 Pages: 659-682

Iqbal, M. A., Chakrabarti, A., Beniwal, S., and Gupta, N. K. (2010). 3D Numerical Simulations of Sharp Nosed Projectile Impact on Ductile Targets. International Journal of Impact Engineering. Volume: 37 Number: 2 Pages: 185-195

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Iqbal, M. A., Chakrabarti, A., Beniwal, S. and Gupta, N. K. (2010). 3D numerical simulations of sharp nosed projectile impact on ductile targets. International Journal of Impact Engineering. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2009.09.008

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Iqbal, M. A., Gupta, G. and Gupta, N. K. (2010). 3D numerical simulations of ductile targets subjected to oblique impact by sharp nosed projectiles. International Journal of Solids and Structures. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2009.09.032

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Iqbal, M. A., Gupta, G., Diwakar, A. and Gupta, N. K. (2010). Effect of projectile nose shape on the ballistic resistance of ductile targets. European Journal of Mechanics-A/Solids. DOI: 10.1016/j.euromechsol.2010.02.002

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Chakrabarti, A., Chalak, H. D., Iqbal, M. A. and Sheikh, A. H. (2011). A new FE model based on higher order zigzag theory for the analysis of laminated sandwich beam with soft core. Composite Structures. DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2010.08.031

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Iqbal, M. A. and Gupta, N. K. (2011). Ballistic limit of single and layered aluminum plates. Strain, An International Journal of Experimental Mechanics. DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1305.2008.00601.x

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Chalak, H. D., Chakrabarti, A., Sheikh, A. H. and Iqbal, M. A. (2012). An improved C0 FE model for the analysis of laminated sandwich plate with soft core. Finite Elements in Analysis and Design. DOI: 10.1016/j.finel.2012.02.005

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Chakrabarti, A., Chalak, H. D., Iqbal, M. A. and Sheikh, A. H. (2012). Buckling analysis of laminated sandwich beam with soft core. LA J Solids and Structures. DOI: 10.1590/S1679-78252012000300004

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Chalak, H. D., Chakrabarti, A., Iqbal, M. A and Sheikh, A. H. (2012). Vibration of laminated sandwich beams with soft core. Journal of Vibration and Control. DOI: 10.1177/1077546311421947

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Iqbal, M. A., Gupta, P. K., Deore, V. S., Tak, S. K., Tiwari, G. and Gupta, N. K. (2012). Effect of target span and configuration on the ballistic limit. International Journal of Impact Engineering. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2011.10.004

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Iqbal, M. A., Rai, S., Sadique, M. R. and Bhargava, P. (2012). Numerical simulation of aricraft crash on nuclear containment structure. Nuclear Engineering and Design. DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2011.11.019

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Iqbal, M. A., Diwakar, A., Rajput, A. and Gupta, N. K. (2012). Influence of projectile shape and incidence angle on the ballistic limit and failure mechanism of thick steel plates. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics. DOI: 10.1016/j.tafmec.2013.01.005

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Gupta, P. K., Iqbal, M. A., Tiwari, G. and Gupta, N. K. (2013). Effect of configuration and target span on the ballistic resistance. Key Engineering Materials. DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.535-536.52

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Iqbal, M. A., Tiwari, G. and Gupta, P. K. (2013). Response of 1100-H12 aluminum targets to varying span and configuration. Key Engineering Materials. DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.535-536.539

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Iqbal, M. A., Khan, S. H., Ansari, R. and Gupta, N. K. (2013). Experimental and numerical studies of double-nosed projectile impact on aluminum plates. International Journal of Impact Engineering. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2012.11.007

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Sadique, M. R., Iqbal, M. A. and Bhargava, P. (2013). Nuclear containment structure subjected to commercial and fighter aircraft crash. Nuclear Engineering and Design. DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2013.03.009

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Sharma, B. S., Iqbal, M. A., Bhargava, P. and Gundlaplli, P. (2013). Response of containment subjected to missile penetration. Proceedings of Indian National Science Academy. Volume: 79 Number: 4 Pages: 687-694 Month: December 4, 2013

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Senthil, K. and Iqbal, M. A. (2013). Effect of projectile diameter on ballistic resistance and failure mechanism of single and layered aluminum plates. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics. DOI: 10.1016/j.tafmec.2013.12.010

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Tiwari, G, Iqbal, M. A. and Gupta, P. K. (2013). Influence of target convexity and concavity on the ballistic limit of thin aluminum plates against sharp nosed projectiles. International Journal of Engineering Research and Technology. ISSN: 0974-3154 Volume: 6 Number: 3 Pages: 365-372

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Senthil, K., Tiwari, G., Iqbal, M. A. and Gupta, N. K. (2013). Impact response of single and layered thin plates. Proceedings of Indian National Science Academy. Volume: 79 Number: 4 Pages: 705-716 Month: December 4, 2013

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Chalak, H. D., Chakrabarti, A., Iqbal, M. A. and Sheikh, A. H. (2013). Free vibration analysis of laminated soft core sandwich plates. Journal of Vibration and Acoustics ASME. DOI: 10.1115/1.4007262

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Senthil, K., Iqbal, M. A. and Kumar, A. (2014). Behaviour of cantilever and counterfort retaining walls subjected to lateral earth pressure. International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering. DOI: 10.1179/1938636213Z.00000000075

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Chalak, H. D., Chakrabarti, A., Sheikh, A. H. and Iqbal, M. A. (2014). C0 FE model based on HOZT for the analysis of laminated soft core skew sandwich plates: bending and vibration. Journal of Applied Mathematical Modelling. DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2013.08.005

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Tiwari, G., Iqbal, M. A., Gupta, P. K. and Gupta, N. K. (2014). The ballistic resistance of thin aluminum plates with varying degrees of fixity along the circumference. International Journal of Impact Engineering. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2014.01.007

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Tiwari, G., Iqbal, M. A. and Gupta, P. K. (2014). Effect of periphery fixity on ballistic limit of thin aluminum plate subjected to blunt and ogival projectile impact. International Journal of Applied Mechanics and Engineering. DOI: 10.2478/ijame-2014-0025

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Iqbal, M. A., Sadique, M. R., Bhargava, P. and Bhandari, N. M. (2014). Damage assessment of nuclear containment against aircraft crash. Nuclear Engineering and Design. DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2014.07.040

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Iqbal, M. A., Senthil, K., Bhargava, P. and Gupta, N. K. (2015). The characterization and ballistic evaluation of mild steel. International Journal of Impact Engineering. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2014.12.006

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Iqbal, M. A., Tiwari, G., Gupta, P. K. and Bhargava, P. (2015). Ballistic performance and energy absorption characteristics of thin aluminum plates. International Journal of Impact Engineering. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2014.10.011

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Chalak, H. D., Chakrabarti, A., Sheikh, A. H. and Iqbal, M. A. (2015). Stability analysis of laminated soft core sandwich plate using higher order zig-zag plate theory. Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures. DOI: 10.1080/15376494.2013.874061

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Sadique, M. R., Iqbal, M. A. and Bhargava, P. (2015). Crash analysis of military aircraft on nuclear containment. Structural Engineering and Mechanics. DOI: 10.12989/sem.2014.53.1.073

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Iqbal, M. A., Tiwari, G. and Gupta, P. K. (2016). Energy Dissipation in Thin Metallic Shells under Projectile Impact. European Journal of Mechanics A/Solids. DOI: 10.1016/j.euromechsol.2016.03.004

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Iqbal, M. A., Senthil, K., Sharma, P. And Gupta, N. K. (2016). An investigation of the constitutive behavior of Armox 500T steel and armor piercing incendiary projectile material. International Journal of Impact Engineering. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2016.05.017

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Senthil, K., Arindam, B., Mittal, R. and Iqbal, M. A. (2016). Numerical investigations on impact of ogive nosed projectiles on thin plates. Indian Journal of Science and Technology. DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2016/v9iS1/99243

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Ansari, M. M., Chakrabarti, A. and Iqbal, M. A. (2016). Effects of Impactor and other Geometric Parameters on Impact Behavior of FRP Laminated Composite Plate . AMSE JOURNALS –2016-Series: Modelling A. Volume: 89 Number: 1 Pages: 25-44

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Rajput, A., Jakka, R., Pruthvik, B. M. and Iqbal, M.A. (2016). Experimental Study of Plain and Reinforced Concrete Targets Subjected to Impact Loading. Procedia Engineering. DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2016.05.015

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Iqbal, M. A., Rajput, A. and Gupta, N. K. (2017). Performance of prestressed concrete targets against projectile impact. International Journal of Impact Engineering. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2016.11.015

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Rajput, A. and Iqbal, M. A. (2017). Impact Behaviour of Plain, Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete Targets . Materials & Design. DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2016.10.073

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Iqbal, M. A., Senthil, K., Madhu, V. and Gupta, N. K. (2017). Oblique Impact on single, Layered and Spaced Mild Steel Targets by 7.62 AP Projectiles. International Journal of Impact Engineering. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2017.04.011

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Snethil, K., Arindam, B., Mittal, R., Iqbal, M. A. and Gupta, N. K. (2017). Numerical Investigations on the Impact of Hemispherically Tipped Projectiles on Thin Plates. Procedia Engineering. DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2016.12.254

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Senthil, K., Arindam, B., Iqbal, M. A. and Gupta, N. K. (2017). Ballistic Response of 2024 Aluminium Plates Against Blunt Nose Projectiles. Procedia Engineering. DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2016.12.030

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Senthil, K., Iqbal, M. A., Bhargava, P. and Gupta, N. K. (2017). Experimental and Numerical Studies on Mild Steel Plates against 7.62 API Projectiles. Procedia Engineering. DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2016.12.032

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Senthil, K., Iqbal, M. A., Chandel, P. S. and Gupta, N. K. (2017). Study of Constitutive Behaviour of 7075-T651 Aluminum Alloy. International Journal of Impact Engineering. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2017.05.002

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Rajput, A., Iqbal, M. A. and Pavlovic, A. (2017). Response of Initially Stressed Concrete Targets under High Rate of Loading. FME Transactions.. DOI: 10.5937/fmet1704517R

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Senthil, K., Iqbal, M. A. and Gupta, N. K. (2017). Ballistic resistance of mild steel plates of various thicknesses against 7.62 AP projectiles. International Journal of Protective Structures.. DOI: 10.1177/2041419617700007

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Rajput, A. and Iqbal, M. A. (2017). Ballistic performance of plain, reinforced and pre-stressed concrete slabs under normal impact by an ogival-nosed projectile. International Journal of Impact Engineering. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2017.03.008

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Gupta, P. K., Iqbal, M. A. and Mohammad, Z. (2017). Energy dissipation in plastic deformation of thin aluminum targets subjected to projectile impact. International Journal of Impact Engineering. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2017.05.008

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Tiwari, G., Iqbal, M. A. and Gupta, P. K. (2017). Influence of target span and boundary conditions on ballistic limit of thin aluminum plate. Procedia Engineering. DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2016.12.054

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Sadique, M. R., Iqbal, M. A., Rawsan, A. and Gupta, N. K. (2018). Response of outer containment of an NPP against aircraft crash and induced fire. Thin-Walled Structures. DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2017.08.029

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Tiwari, G., Iqbal, M. A. and Gupta, P. K. (2018). Energy absorption characteristics of thin aluminum plate against hemispherical nosed projectile impact. Thin-Walled Structures. DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2017.04.014

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Gupta, P. K., Iqbal, M. A., Mohammad, Z., Baqi, A. and Gupta, N. K. (2018). Energy absorption in thin metallic targets subjected to oblique projectile impact: A numerical study. Thin-Walled Structures. DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2017.08.005

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Kumar,V. , Iqbal, M. A. and Mittal, A. K. (2018). Experimental investigation of prestressed and reinforced concrete plates under falling weight impactor. Thin-Walled Structures. DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2017.06.028

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Senthil, K., Iqbal, M. A. and Rupali, S. (2018). Influence of impactor nature, mass, size and shape on ballistic resistance of mild steel and Armox 500T steel. International Journal of Protective Structures. DOI: 10.1177/2041419618807493

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Tiwari, G., Iqbal, M. A. and Gupta, P. K. (2018). Impact response of thin aluminium plates and hemispherical shells. International Journal of Crashworthiness. DOI: 10.1080/13588265.2018.1466417

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Kumar, V., Iqbal, M. A. and Mittal A. K. (2018). Study of induced prestress on deformation and energy absorption characteristics of concrete slabs under drop impact loading. Construction and Building Materials. DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2018.08.113

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Rajput, A., Iqbal, M. A. and Wu, C. (2018). Prestressed concrete targets under high rate of loading. International Journal of Protective Structures. DOI: 10.1177/2041419618763933

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Tiwari, G., Iqbal, M. A. and Gupta, P. K. (2018). Impact Response of Thin Aluminium Plate with Varying Projectile Obliquity and Span Diameter. Iranian Journal of Science and Technology. DOI: 10.1007/s40997-018-0242-1

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Rajput, A., Iqbal, M. A. and Gupta, N. K. (2018). Ballistic performances of concrete targets subjected to long projectile impact. Thin-Walled Structures. DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2017.01.021

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Senthil, K., Iqbal, M. A., Arindam, B., Mittal, R. and Gupta, N. K. (2018). Ballistic Resistance of 2024 Aluminum Plates against Hemispherical, Spherical and Blunt Nose Projectiles. Thin-Walled Structures. DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2017.02.028

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Khan, M. K. Iqbal, M. A., Bratov, V., Gupta, N. K. and Morozov, N. F. (2019). A numerical study of ballistic behaviour of ceramic metallic bi-layer armor under impact load. Materials Physics and Mechanics. DOI: 10.18720/MPM.4262019_2

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Iqbal, M. A., Kumar, V. and Mittal, A. K. (2019). Experimental and numerical studies on the drop impact resistance of prestressed concrete plates. International Journal of Impact Engineering. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2018.09.013

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Thakur, A. Senthil, K., Singh, A. P. and Iqbal, M. A. (2020). Prediction of dynamic amplification factor on clay brick masonry assemblage. Structures. DOI: 10.1016/j.istruc.2020.06.009

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Senthil, K. and Iqbal, M. A. (2020). Prediction of superior target layer configuration of armour steel, mild steel and aluminium 7075-T651 alloy against 7.62 AP projectile. Structures. DOI: 10.1016/j.istruc.2020.06.010

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Khan, M. K., Iqbal, M. A., Bratov, V., Morozov, N. K. and Gupta, N. K. (2020). An investigation of the ballistic performance of independent ceramic target. Thin-Walled Structures. DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2020.106784

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Venkatesan, J., Iqbal, M. A. and Madhu, V. (2020). Experimental and numerical study of the dynamic response of B4C ceramic under uniaxial compression. Thin-Walled Structures. DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2020.106785

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Kazarinov, N. A., Bratov, V. A., Morozov, N. F., Petrov, Y. V., Balandin, V. V., Iqbal, M. A. and Gupta, N. K. (2020). Experimental and numerical analysis of PMMA impact fracture. International Journal of Impact Engineering. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2020.103597

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Senthil, K., Rupali, S., Iqbal, M. A., Thakur, A. and Singh, A. P. (2020). Influence of Curvature Ratio on Perforation of 2024 Aluminium by Conical Impactor. Structural Integrity Assessment.

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Tak, S. K. and Iqbal, M. A. (2020). Axial compression behaviour of thin-walled metallic tubes under quasi-static and dynamic loading. Thin-Walled Structures. DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2020.107261

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Kumar, V., Kartik, K. V. and Iqbal, M. A. (2020). Experimental and numerical investigation of reinforced concrete slabs under blast loading. Engineering Structures. DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2019.110125

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Khaire, N., Tiwari, G. and Iqbal, M. A. (2021). Energy absorption characteristics of sandwich shell structure against conical and hemispherical nose projectile. Composite Structures. DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2020.113396

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Mohammad, Z., Gupta, P. K., Baqi, A. and Iqbal, M. A. (2021). Ballistic performance of monolithic and double layered thin-metallic hemispherical shells at normal and oblique impact. Thin-Walled Structures. DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2020.107257

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Mohammad, Z., Gupta, P. K., Baqi, A. and Iqbal, M. A. (2021). Energy dissipation characteristics of single curvature metallic shells subjected to ballistic impact. European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids. DOI: 10.1016/j.euromechsol.2021.104279

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Senthil, K., Sharma, R., Rupali, S., Takhur, A., Iqbal, M. A. and Gupta, N. K. (2021). Evaluation of superior layer configuration of titanium Ti-6Al-4V and aluminium 2024-T3 against soft projectiles. International Journal of Protective Structures. DOI: 10.1177/20414196211035789

Research Projects

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1. Title:- Experimental and Numerical Investigations of Projectile Impact on Metallic Plates
Sponsor: IIT Roorkee	Sanctioned Year: 2007-08	Amount: ₹ 4.73 Lakhs	Role: PI

2. Title:- Experimental and Numerical Investigations of the Ballistic Resistance of Ductile Targets Subjected To Oblique Projectile Impact
Sponsor: DRDO	Sanctioned Year: 2011-12	Amount: ₹ 23.02 Lakhs	Role: PI

3. Title:- Energy Absorption Characteristics of Prestressed Concrete Elements under Drop Weight and Ballistic Impact
Sponsor: DST	Sanctioned Year: 2015-16	Amount: ₹ 26.90 Lakhs	Role: PI

4. Title:- Numerical Study in Dynamic brittle Fracture in Impact Problems
Sponsor: DST-RFBR Indo-Russian Joint	Sanctioned Year: 2016-17	Amount: ₹ 20.40 Lakhs	Role: PI

5. Title:- The Ballistic Response of Ceramics Targets under Various Configuration Prestress and obliquity
Sponsor: DRDO	Sanctioned Year: 2017-18	Amount: ₹ 53.60 Lakhs	Role: PI

6. Title:- Experimental and numerical evaluation of double containment structures of Indian PHWR against hard missile impact due to external event
Sponsor: Atomic Energy Regulatory Board	Sanctioned Year: 2019-20	Amount: ₹ 50.91 Lakhs	Role: PI

7. Title:- Quasi-static and dynamic strength of ultrahigh performance concrete
Sponsor: DST (DST-RFBR Indo-Russian Joint Research Project)	Sanctioned Year: 2019-20	Amount: ₹ 26.60 Lakhs	Role: PI

Administrative Background

Designation	Organisation	From Period	To Period
Chief Warden	Ravindra Bhawan, IIT Roorkee	2016	Till Date

Membership

S. No.	Membership
1.	Member of Editorial Board, International Journal of Impact Engineering
2.	Member of Editorial Board, Izvestiya of Saratov University: Mathematics. Mechanics. Informatics

M. Tech. Dissertations

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S. No.	Project Title	Student Name	Co-Supervisor	Degree	Year
1.	Finite Element Simulation of Oblique Impact Loading on Metallic Plates	Surendra Beniwal	Prof. M. A. Iqbal	PG	2008
2.	Finite Element Model For the Analysis of Laminated FRP Composite Plates Under Impact Loading	Prashant Agrawal	Prof. M. A. Iqbal	PG	2008
3.	Behavior of Target Plates subjected to Normal and Oblique Impact by Sharp Nosed Projectile Impact	Gaurav Gupta		PG	2009
4.	Finite Element Investigation of Behavior of Spaced Plates Subjected to Projectile Impact	Vishal Shankarrao Deore	Prof. Pramod Kumar Gupta	PG	2009
5.	Numerical Simulation of RC Slab Subjected to Impact Loading	Neha Trivedi	Dr. R. K. Singh (BARC)	PG	2010
6.	Performance of Gable Frames under Gravity and Lateral Loads	Lt. Col. Amit R. Goray	Dr. Jagdish Prasad	PG	2010
7.	Numerical Simulations of the Influence of Target Span and Boundary Condition on the Ballistic Limit	Sanjay Kumar Tak	Prof. Pramod Kumar Gupta	PG	2010
8.	Numerical Simulation of Ductile Targets Subjected to Normal and Oblique Impact by Varying Nose Shape Projectiles	Avinash Diwakar		PG	2010
9.	Finite Element Analysis of the Response of Metallic Plates to Projectile Impact	Abhishek Rajput		PG	2011
10.	Numerical Simulation of Nuclear Containment Subjected to Aircraft Crash	Major Surjit Rai		PG	2011
11.	Behaviour of Structural Elements under High Strain Rate	B. Gopi Krishna	Prof. Pramod Kumar Gupta	PG	2011
12.	Computer Aided Analysis and Design of Earth Retaining Wall	Amit Kumar		PG	2012
13.	Finite Element Analysis of Underground Structure Subjected to Blast Loading	Rahul Ujjainia		PG	2012
14.	Analysis and Design of Large Span Office Building Using Cold Formed Steel Section	Karamveer Singh		PG	2012
15.	Structural Analysis of Nuclear Containment Subjected to Aircraft Crash	Imran Ahmad		PG	2012
16.	Behaviour of Shallow Tunnels Under Seismic Condition	Vaishali Wayal	Dr. M. N. Viladkar	PG	2012
17.	Effect of Platen Restraint on Stress-Strain Behaviour of Concrete Under Uniaxial Compression	Subhash Kumar	Prof. Bhupinder Singh	PG	2013
18.	Finite Element Analysis of Aircraft Crash and its Subsequent Fire Effects on Nuclear Containment Structure	Thouta Shiva Kumar		PG	2013
19.	Effect of Blast Load on Building	Vikas Sharma		PG	2013
20.	Analysis of RCC Frames subjected to Blast Loading	Shashank Kumar Singh	Prof. Pradeep Bhargava	PG	2013
21.	Constitutive Modeling of Concrete for Dynamic Analysis	Vivek Vishvakarma	Prof. Rajib Chowdhury	PG	2013
22.	Evaluation of Thermal Contact Conductance with Simulated Rough Surfaces	Abhilasha Tiwari	Dr. A. Tariq (MIED)	PG	2013
23.	Ballistic Penetration of Concrete Plates	Rajiv Jakka		PG	2014
24.	Finite Element Analysis of Nuclear Containment against Aircraft Crash and Induced fire Effects	Alim Rawsan		PG	2014
25.	Ballistic Evaluation of High Performance Concrete against Small Arms Projectiles	Maj. Rajesh Juyal		PG	2015
26.	Evaluation of Reinforced Concrete Panels under Blast Loading	Lt. Col. K. V. Kartik	Prof. Pradeep Bhargava	PG	2016
27.	Aircraft Crash on PHWR Containment Structure	Pruthvik B. M.	Prof. Rajib Chowdhury	PG	2016
28.	Evaluation of Reinforced Concrete Panels under Blast Loading	Lt Col K V Kartik		PG	2016
29.	Study on Weight Optimization of Welded Armor Structures	Vineet Ranjan		PG	2016
30.	Development and Testing of Ultrahigh Performance Concrete	Robince		PG	2017
31.	FE Modelling of Concrete Plates Subjected to Drop Impact	Sanjay Kumar Chajera		PG	2017
32.	Response of Concrete Plates Under Unconfined Blast Loading	Nitin Lawania		PG	2017
33.	Material Behavior of Ceramics Subjected to High Strain Rates	O. Ravikiran		PG	2017
34.	Drop Impact on Reinforced Concrete Structural Elements	Mukul Katiyar		PG	2018
35.	Mix Design and Experimental Evaluation of Ultra-high Performance Concrete	Dattar Singh Aulakh		PG	2018
36.	Blast Loading on Reinforced Concrete Structural Elements	Ankit Jain		PG	2018
37.	Blast Loading on Reinforced Concrete Barrier	Siddharth Sharma		PG	2019
38.	Drop Impact Loading on Ultrahigh Performance Concrete Panels	Maroof Alam Siddiqui		PG	2019

Research Scholars

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S. No.	Topic	Scholar Name	Registration Year	Co-Supervisor
1.	Constitutive Modelling of Concrete Subjected to High Strain Rate	Kamran	2015
2.	Fracture and fatigue studies on ultra-high-performance (UHPC) concrete	Awadhesh Sharma	2017	Prof. Mohd. Ashraf Iqbal,
3.	Constitutive and Structural Behaviour of Ceramics under Dynamic Loading	Mohammad Mohsin Khan	2017
4.	Concrete Structural Elements Subjected to Impact Loading	Shivam Kumar	2018	Prof. Mohd. Ashraf Iqbal,
5.	Projectile Impact on Plates and Shells	Sanjay Kumar Tak	2018
6.	To be Decided	Kailash Kumar	2018
7.	To be Decided	Mohd Asif	2018
8.	To be Decided	Mohit Bisht	2018
9.	Behavior of protective structures under impact loading	Ajay Kumar	2021

Ph.D. Supervised

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S. No.	Topic	Scholar Name	Status	Awarded Year
1.	Finite Element Analysis of FRP Composite Structures	Chalak Hanuman Devidas	Awarded	2012
2.	Refined Fe Analysis Of Laminated Composite And Soft Core Sandwich Structures	Chalak Hanuman Devidas	Awarded	2012
3.	Finite Element Analysis of Aircraft Crash on Nuclear Containment	Md. Rehan Sadique	Awarded	2014
4.	Response of Metallic Plates to Small Arms Projectiles	K. Senthil	Awarded	2015
5.	Numerical and Experimental Analysis of Influence of Boundary Conditions on Deformation of MetalPlate	Gaurav Tiwari	Awarded	2015
6.	Behaviour of Prestressed Concrete Plates Under High Rate of Loading	Abhishek Rajput	Awarded	2017
7.	Response of Prestressed Concrete Under Quasi-Static and Dynamic Loading	Vimal Kumar	Awarded	2019
8.	Impact Response of High Performance Concrete	Venkatesan J.	Awarded	2021
9.	Numerical Study of Dynamic Brittle Fracture in Impact Problems	Mohammad Kamil Khan	Awarded	2022

Teaching Engagements

S. No.	Course Name	Course Code	Class Name	Semester & Year
1.	Solid Mechanics	CEN-102	B. Tech.	Autumn Semester 2020-21
2.	Structural Analysis – I (Practical)	CEN-207	B. Tech.	Autumn Semester 2020-21
3.	Design of Steel Elements	CEN-305	B. Tech.	Autumn Semester 2023-24

Conference Publication

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Iqbal, M. A., Siddiqui, N. A., Abbas, H. and Paul, D. K. (2002). Reliability of nuclear containment against aircraft impact. International Symposium on Earthquake Engineering. Place: IIT Roorkee, India

Iqbal, M. A., Siddiqui, N. A., Abbas, H. and Paul, D. K. (2003). Safety assessment of nuclear containment against aircraft crash. International Symposium on Plasticity and Impact Mechanics. Place: IIT Delhi, India

Iqbal, M. A., Gupta, N. K. and Sekhon, G. S. (2005). A numerical study of ballistic perforation of 1100-H12 aluminum plates. 12th International Conference on Applied Mathematics. Place: New Delhi, India

Iqbal, M. A. and Gupta, N. K. (2007). Numerical investigation of thin aluminum plates under the impact of hemispherical nosed projectiles. National Seminar on Intelligent and Emerging Technologies in Mechanical and Automotive Engineering. Place: Gurgaon, India

Iqbal, M. A. and Gupta, N. K. (2007). Ballistic penetration of single and layered aluminum plates. International Symposium on Plasticity and Impact Mechanics. Place: Bochum, Germany

Iqbal, M. A., Gupta, G. and Gupta, N. K. (2008). 3D Numerical Simulations of Ductile Targets Subjected to Oblique Impact by Sharp Nosed Projectiles. Indo-Russian Workshop on Topical Problems in Solid Mechanics. Place: Goa, India

Iqbal, M. A., Gupta, G. and Deore, V. S. (2009). Numerical Simulations of Normal and Oblique Projectile Impact on Ductile Targets. Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies 2009. Place: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Gupta, P. K., Tak, S. K. and Iqbal, M. A. (2010). Effect of Target Span and Projectile Nose Shape on the Ballistic Resistance. International Symposium on Plasticity and Impact Mechanics-2010. Place: Rhode Island, USA

Iqbal, M. A. and Gupta, N. K. (2010). Effect of Prjectile Nose Shape and Incedence Angle on Ballistic Resistance. International Symposium on Plasticity and Impact Mechanics-2010. Place: Rhode Island, USA

10.

Chakrabarti, A., Chalak, H. D., Iqbal, M. A. and Sheikh, A. H. (2010). An Efficient FE model for the analysis of laminated sandwich beam with soft core. International Conference on Innovative World of Structural Engineering (ICIWSE). Place: Aurangabad, India

11.

A. Chakrabarti, H.D. Chalak, M. A. Iqbal, A. H. Sheikh (2010). Improved FE zigzag model for the analysis of laminated sandwich beam with soft core. International Conference on Theoretical, Applied, Computational and Experimental Mechanics. Place: IIT Kharagpur, India

12.

Iqbal, M. A., Diwakar, A. and Gupta, N. K. (2011). Oblique Impact of Ductile Targets by Varying Nose Shape Projectiles. Russian-Indian Workshop on Topical Problems of Solid and Fluid Mechanics. Place: Saint Petersburg, Russia

13.

Iqbal, M. A., Deore, V. S. and Gupta, N. K. (2011). Ballistic Limit of Single, Layered and Spaced Targets. Russian-Indian Workshop on Topical Problems of Solid and Fluid Mechanics. Place: Saint Petersburg, Russia

14.

Chalak, H. D., Chakrabarti, A., Iqbal, M. A. and Sheikh, A. H. (2011). C0 Finite element model for the analysis of laminated soft core sandwich plate. International Conference on Advances in Modeling, Optimization and Computation. Place: IIT Roorkee, India

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Chalak, H. D., Chakrabarti, A., Iqbal, M. A. and Sheikh, A. H. (2012). Efficient C0 FE model for free vibration and buckling analysis of laminated sandwich beams with soft core. 4th International Conference on Structural Stability and Dynamics. Place: Jaipur, India Page No: 1-9

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Iqbal, M. A. and Gupta, N. K. (2012). Response of Thin Aluminum Plates to Projectile Impact. International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. Place: Beijing, China

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Chalak, H. D., A. Chakrabarti, A., Iqbal, M. A. and Sheikh, A. H. (2012). A new C0 FE model for the analysis of soft core laminated sandwich plates. European confederation of medical mycology. Place: Venice, Italy

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Chalak, H. D., Chakrabarti, A., Iqbal, M. A. and Sheikh, A. H. (2012). Improved FE zigzag model for the free vibration analysis of laminated sandwich plates with soft core. 3rd Asian Conference on Mechanics of Functional Materials and Structures. Place: IIT Delhi, India Page No: 1-4

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Iqbal, M. A., Bhargava, P., Rai, S. and Sadique, M. R. (2012). Response of Nuclear Containment Structure to Aircraft Crash. IMAC XXX A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics. Place: Jacksonville, USA

20.

Sadique, M. R., Ahmad, I., Iqbal, M. A. and Bhargava, P. (2012). Analysis of Concrete Structures Against Aircraft Crash. International Conference on Civil Architectural and Building. Place: Paris, France

21.

Sadique, R., Ahmed, I., Iqbal, M. A. and Bhargava, P. (2013). Response of Nuclear Power Plants Against Crash of Commercial Aircrafts. UKIERI Concrete Congress, Innovation in Concrete Construction. Place: Jalandhar, India

22.

Sadique, M. R., Iqbal, M. A. and Bhargava, P. (2013). Evaluation of Nuclear Containment Building Against Crash of Boeing 767 Aircraft. International conference on Challenges in Disaster Mitigation and Management. Place: IIT Roorkee, India

23.

Sadique, M. R., Iqbal, M. A. and Bhargava, P. (2013). Assessment of Structural Strength of BWR Containment Vessel against Aircraft Impact. 1st Saudi International Conference on Crisis and Disaster Management. Place: Riyad, KSA

24.

Gupta, P. K., Tiwari, G., Iqbal, M. A., Gupta, N. K. (2013). Effect of Target to Projectile Diameter Ratio on the Ballistic Limit. Indo-Russian Workshop. Place: IIT Madras, India

25.

Iqbal, M. A., Senthil, K., Madhu, V. and Gupta, N. K. (2013). Material Characterization and Ballistic Evaluation of Mild Steel. Indo-Russian Workshop. Place: IIT Madras, India

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Senthil, K., Iqbal, M. A. and Gupta, N. K. (2014). Thin metallic plates subjected to projectile impact. 4th International Conference on Impact Loading of light Weight Structures. Place: Cape Town, South Africa

27.

Senthil, K., Iqbal, M. A., Debarati, S. and Bhargava, P. (2015). Ballistic resistance of Armox 500T steel plates against 7.62 API projectiles. 3rd International conference on Protective Structures. Place: Newcastle, Australia

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Tiwari, G., Iqbal, M. A. and Gupta, P. K. (2015). Effect of target span and boundary conditions on ballistic limit of thin aluminum plates. 3rd International conference on Protective Structures. Place: Newcastle, Australia

29.

Rawsan, A., Iqbal, M. A., Sadique, M. R. and Husain, A. (2015). Safety analysis of nuclear containment structure against aircraft crash and induced fire. 3rd International conference on Protective Structures. Place: Newcastle, Australia

30.

Rajput, A., Iqbal, M. A. and Wu, C. (2016). Ballistic Evaluation of Plain and Reinforced Concrete Targets. The 4th International Conference of Protective Structures. Place: Beijing, China

31.

Jayprakash, and Iqbal, M. A. (2016). Numerical Simulation of Projectile Impact on Concrete Panels. The 4th International Conference of Protective Structures. Place: Beijing, China

32.

Kumar, V., Iqbal, M. A. and Mittal, A. K. (2016). Damage Induced in Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete Plates Under Drop Impact Loads. The 4th International Conference of Protective Structures. Place: Beijing, China

33.

Iqbal, M. A., Kumar, V. and Mittal, A. K. (2016). Behaviour of prestressed and reinforced concrete plates subjected to impact loads induced by free falling indenter. 11th International Conference on Plasticity and Impact Mechanics, Implast 2016. Place: IIT Delhi, India

34.

V. Kumar, M. A. Iqbal, A. K. Mittal (2016). Behaviour of prestressed concrete under drop impact loading. 11th International Conference on Plasticity and Impact Mechanics, Implast 2016. Place: IIT Delhi, India

35.

Sadique, M. R., Iqbal, M. A. and Bhargava, P. (2016). Impact Analysis of Fighter Jet Near the Nuclear Containment Base. 11th International Conference on Plasticity and Impact Mechanics, Implast 2016. Place: IIT Delhi, India

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Rajput, A., Iqbal, M. A. and Bhargava, P. (2016). Experimental and numerical study of concrete targets under high rate of loading. 11th International Conference on Plasticity and Impact Mechanics, Implast 2016. Place: IIT Delhi, India Page No: 130-137

37.

Iqbal, M. A., Rajput, A. and Bhargava, P. (2016). Plain and reinforced concrete targets subjected to projectile impact. 11th International Conference on Plasticity and Impact Mechanics, Implast 2016. Place: IIT Delhi, India Page No: 138-144

38.

Senthil, K., Rupali, S. and Iqbal, M. A. (2017). Finite element studies on metal plates against oblique impact of cylindro-conical projectiles. The 8th International Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction Management. Place: Kandy, Sri Lanka

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Senthil, K., Rupali, S. and Iqbal, M. A. (2017). Performance of retaining walls with various configurations against lateral earth pressure. International Conference on Sustainable Civil Engineering Practices. Place: Chandigarh, India

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Senthil, K., Iqbal, M. A. and Gupta, N. K. (2017). Flow and fracture behavior of mild steel and armox 500T steel. The 3rd Indian Conference on Applied Mechanics. Place: Allahabad, India Page No: 111-112

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Senthil, K., Rupali, S., Iqbal, M. A. and Satyanarayanan, K. S. (2017). Non-linear behavior of short and long reinforced concrete column: Finite Element Studies. 32nd Indian Engineering Congress. Place: Chennai, India

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Senthil, K., Iqbal, M. A. and Gupta, N. K. (2018). Impact strength of mild steel and Armox 500T steel. Proceedings of Summer School-Conference Advanced Problems in Mechanics 2018. Place: St. Petersburg, Russia

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Khan, M. K., Iqbal, M. A., Bratov, V., Gupta, N. K. and Morozov, N. F. (2018). Numerical study of fracture mechanism in ceramic armor under impact load. Proceedings of Summer School-Conference “Advanced Problems in Mechanics 2018. Place: St. Petersburg, Russia

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Senthil, K., Iqbal, M. A., Gupta, N. K. (2019). Comparison of Ballistic Resistance of Armox 500T Steel and 7075-T651 Aluminium Plate against 12.7 API Projectiles. Implast 2019. Place: Pusan National University, South Korea

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Khan, M. K., Iqbal, M. A., Bratov, V., Gupta, N. K. and Morozov, N. F. (2019). Effect of eccentricity of impact load on ballistic behaviour of ceramic/metallic armor: A numerical investigation. Implast 2019. Place: Pusan National University, South Korea

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Tiwari, G., Khaire, N., Iqbal, M. A. and Gupta, P. K. (2019). Influence of offset and obliquity of the projectile on the ballistic response of the thin hemispherical shell. Implast 2019. Place: Pusan National University, South Korea

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Sharma, A., Ray, S. and Iqbal, M. A. (2019). Fracture Behavior of Ultra-High Performance Concrete. 10th International Conference on Fracture Mechanics of Concrete and Concrete Structures (FraMCoS-X). Place: Bayonne, France

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Khan, M. M. and Iqbal, M. A. (2020). High Strain Rate Loading on Concrete under Compression using SHPB: - Overview. XLVIII International Summer School, Conference Advanced Problems in Mechanics, APM 2020, Online. Place: St. Petersburg, Russia

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Kamran, and Iqbal, M. A. (2020). Finite element computation of ballistic performance of reinforced concrete plates. XLVIII International Summer School, Conference Advanced Problems in Mechanics, APM 2020, Online. Place: St. Petersburg, Russia

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Khan, M. K., Iqbal, M. A., Bratov, V., Morozov, N. F. and Gupta, N. K. (2020). Numerical study of failure mechanics of composite target for varying thickness. XLVIII International Summer School, Conference Advanced Problems in Mechanics, APM 2020, Online. Place: St. Petersburg, Russia

51.

Tak, S. K. and Iqbal,M. A. (2020). Axial compression and energy absorption characteristics of thin walled mild steel tubes. XLVIII International Summer School, Conference Advanced Problems in Mechanics, APM 2020, Online. Place: St. Petersburg, Russia

52.

Senthil, K., Rupali, S., Iqbal, M. A., Thakur, A. and Singh, A.P. (2020). Influence of curvature ratio on perforation of 2024 aluminium by conical impactor. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Page No: 285-294

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Khan, M. K., Iqbal, M. A. and Gupta, N. K. (2021). A numerical study of ballistic resistance of a single layer ceramic target. Indo-Korean workshop on Multi-Functional Materials for Extreme Loading, MFMEL 2021. Place: IIT Madras and Hanyang University, South Korea

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Senthil, K., Sharma, R., Thakur, A., Iqbal, M. A. and Singh, A. P. (2021). Investigation on impact characteristics of concrete under varying drop height of pendulum impact. Seminar on Applied Mechanics, Indian Society for Applied Mechanics.

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