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Pavan Kumar Penumakala

Post-doctoral researcher
Dept. of Mechanical Science and Engineering

Advisor: Professor Brian G. Thomas

Office Address: Metals Processing Simulation Laboratory

E-mail: email, email

Research Interests: Casting process modeling, thermal-mechanical interactions

 

Research Area:

Thermal stress modeling in continuous casting

Education:

B.S. Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupathi, India 2008
M.S. Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India 2010
Ph.D. Otto von Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany 2014

Positions Held:

September 2015-present
Post Doctoral Research Assistant
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

June 2014-May 2015
Post Doctoral Research Assistant
Faculty of Process Engineering, Otto von Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany

July 2010-May 2014
Graduate Research Assistant
Faculty of Process Engineering, Otto von Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany

Selected Publications:

P. K. Penumakala, A. K. Nallathambi, E. Specht, U. Urlau, U. Paulina, Theoretical estimation of solidification length of continuously cast metals, in Applied Thermal Engineering, 84, pp. 286-291, 2015.

P. Pavankumar, A. K. Nallathambi, E. Specht, A. Bertram, Mechanical behavior of mushy zone in DC casting using viscoplastic material model, in TECHNISCHE MECHANIK, 32(2), pp. 342 – 357, 2012.

P. Pavankumar, K. Jayabal, A. Arockiarajan, A comparative study between finite element and polygonal finite element approaches for electromechanical coupled linear problems, in Integrated Ferroelectrics, 120(1), pp. 90-101, 2010.