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Journal Papers

  1. S. Rajendran and M. V. Narasimhan, "An accelerated subspace iteration method", International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 37, 141 - 153, 1994.

  2. S. Rajendran, M.R.Raghavan and M. V. Narasimhan, “Improving the convergence rate of inverse iteration method'', Computers & structures, 55, 709 - 715, 1995.

  3. S. Rajendran, “A FORTRAN program for computing the geometric properties of plane lamina and axisymmetric bodies using finite element shape functions'', Computers & structures, 54, 859 - 863, 1995.

  4. Y. T. Leung and S. Rajendran, “Global bifurcation of a three-hinged rod subject to a kind of follower force'', Computers & Structures, 58, 513 - 534, 1996.

  5. Y. T. Leung and S. Rajendran, “Symmetry and bifurcation of a three-hinged rod'', International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, 6 No.12A, 2401-2409, 1996.

  6. S. Rajendran and M. V. Narasimhan, “Effect of inertia variation due to reciprocating parts and connecting rod on coupled free vibration of crankshaft'', Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbine and Power, Trans. ASME, 119, 257-263, 1997.

  7. S. Rajendran, A. Y. T. Leung, A. G. Starr and J. K. W. Chan, “Bifurcation and stability of a three-hinged rod under a conservative load'', International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 44, 657-696, 1999.

  8. S. Rajendran and G. Prathap, “8-node field consistent hexahedron element in free-vibration'', Structural Engineering Mechanics, 8 (1), 19-26, 1999.

  9. S. Rajendran and G. Prathap, “Convergence of eigenvalues of a cantilever beam modelled with 8- and 20-node hexahedron elements'', Journal of Sound and Vibration 227 (3), 667-681, 1999.

  10. S. Rajendran and K. M. Liew, “Completeness requirements of higher order finite elements'', Structural Engineering Mechanics, 10 (2), 93-110, 2000.

  11. J. –M. Huang, K. M. Liew, C. H. Wong, S. Rajendran, M. J. Tan and A. Q. Liu, “Mechanical design and optimization of a capacitive micromachined switch”, Sensors and Actuators: A. Physical, 93 (3), 273-285, 2001.

  12. S. Rajendran, “Computating the lowest eigenvalue with Rayleigh quotient iteration'', Journal of Sound and Vibration 254 (3), 599-612, 2002.

  13. K. M. Liew and S. Rajendran, “New superconvergent points of 8-node Serendipity plane element for patch recovery”, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 54 (8), 1103-1130, 2002.

  14. J. Wang, K. M. Liew, M. J. Tan and S. Rajendran, “Analysis of Rectangular Laminated Composite Plates Via FSDT Meshless Methods”, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences”, 44, 1275-1293, 2002 .

  15. K. M. Liew, G. P. Zou and S. Rajendran, “Spline strip kernel particle method for two-dimensional problems”, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering”, 57 (5), 599-616, 2003.

  16. S. Rajendran and K. M. Liew, “A variant of the subspace iteration algorithm for generalised eigenproblems”, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 57(14) 2027-2042, 2003.

  17. S. Rajendran and K. M. Liew, “Optimal stress sampling points of plane triangular elements for patch recovery of nodal stresses”, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 58 (4), 579-607, 2003.

  18. S. Rajendran and K. M. Liew, “A novel unsymmetric 8-node plane element immune to mesh distortion under a quadratic displacement field”, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 58 (11), 1713-1748, 2003.

  19. S. Rajendran and S. Subramanian, “Distortion sensitivity of 8-node plane elasticity elements based on parametric, metric, parametric-metric and metric-parametric formulations”, Structural Engineering and Mechanics 17 (6), 767-788, 2004.

  20. E. T. Ooi, S. Rajendran and J. H. Yeo, “A 20-node hexahedral element with enhanced distortion tolerance”, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 60 (15), 2501-2530, 21 Aug 2004.

  21. S. Rajendran and K. M. Liew, “Design and simulation of an angular-rate vibratory microgyroscope’’, Sensors and Actuators: A. Physical, 116(2), 241-256, 15 Oct 2004.

  22. K. M. Liew, J. Wang, M. J. Tan and S. Rajendran, “Nonlinear analysis of laminated composite plates using the mesh-free kp-Ritz method based on FSDT”, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 193 (45-47),4763-4779 12 Nov 2004.

  23. P. Jafarali, L. Chattopadhyay, G. Prathap and S. Rajendran, “Error analysis of a hybrid beam element with Timoshenko stiffness and classical mass”, International Journal of Computational Engineering Science, 5 (3), 495-508, Sep 2004.

  24. N. Sujatha, Murukeshan VM, S. Rajendran, L. S. Ong, L. K. Seah, "Non-destructive inspection of inner surfaces of technical cavities using digital speckle shearography’’, Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation, 20 (1), 25-34, Mar 2005.

  25. S. Rajendran, E. T. Ooi and J. H. Yeo, “Iterative correction to enhance the mesh-distortion tolerance of isoparametric QUAD8 element”, Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering, 21 (9), 457-464, Sep 2005.

  26. C. D. Reddy, S. Rajendran and K. M. Liew, " Equivalent continuum modeling of graphene sheet", International Journal of Nanoscience, 4 (4), 631-636, 2005.

  27. K. M. Liew, J. Wang, M. J. Tan and S. Rajendran, "Postbuckling analysis of laminated composite plates using the mesh-free kp-Ritz method", Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 195 (7-8), 551-570, 25 Jan 2006.

  28. K. M. Liew, S. Rajendran, and J. Wang, "A quadratic plane triangular element immune to quadratic mesh distortions under quadratic displacement fields", Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 195 (9-12), 1207-1223, 1 Feb 2006.

  29. C. D. Reddy, S. Rajendran and K. M. Liew, "Equilibrium configuration and continuum elastic properties of finite sized graphene", Nanotechnology, 17, 864-870, 2006.

  30. S. Rajendran and C. D. Reddy, "Determination of Elastic Properties of Graphene and Carbon-Nanotubes Using Brenner Potential: The Maximum Attainable Numerical Precision", Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience, 3 (3), 382-390, June 2006.

  31. S. Rajendran, E. T. Ooi and J. H. Yeo, "Mesh-distortion immunity assessment of QUAD8 elements by strong-form patch tests", Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering, 23(2), 157-168, Feb 2007.

  32. E. T. Ooi, S. Rajendran and J. H. Yeo, "Extension of unsymmetric finite elements US-QUAD8 and US-HEXA20 for geometric nonlinear analyses", Engineering Computations, 24(4), 407-431, 2007.

  33. C. D. Reddy, C. Lu, S. Rajendran and K. M. Liew, “Free vibration analysis of fluid conveying single-walled carbon nanotubes”, Applied Physics Letters, 90, 133122.1-133122.3, 2007.

  34. E. T. Ooi, S. Rajendran, J. H. Yeo and B. R. Zhang, “A mesh distortion tolerant 8-node solid element based on the partition of unity method with inter-element compatibility and completeness properties”, Finite Elements in Analysis and Design 43(10), 771-787, 2007.

  35. S. Rajendran and B.R. Zhang, "A 'FE-Meshfree' QUAD4 element based on partition of unity", Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 197, 128-147 2007.

    S. Rajendran and B.R. Zhang, "Corrigendum to "A 'FE-meshfree' QUAD4 element based on partition of unity" [Comput. Methods Appl. Mech. Engrg. 197 (2007) 128-147]", Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 197, 1430, 2007.

  36. S. Rajendran, "The unsymmetric finite element formulation and variational incorrectness - Discussion by S. Rajendran", Structural Engineering and Mechanics, 28 (6), 767-770, Apr 2008.

  37. B. R. Zhang and S. Rajendran, "'FE-Meshfree' QUAD4 Element for Free Vibration Analysis", Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 197, 3595-3604, 2008.

  38. E. T. Ooi, S. Rajendran and J. H. Yeo, "Remedies to rotational frame dependence and interpolation failures of US-QUAD8 element", Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering, 24 (11), 1203-1217, 2008.

  39. S. Rajendran, ''Optimal stress recovery points for higher order bar elements by Prathap's best-fit method'', Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering, 25 (8), 864-881, 2009.

  40. C. D. Reddy, S. Rajendran, K. M. Liew and Y.W. Zhang, "Vibration properties of single walled carbon nanotubes - A comparison between the atomistic simulations and continuum shell modeling", Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience , 7 (8), 1400-1406, 2010.

  41. S. Rajendran and B.R. Zhang, "A Partition-of-Unity based 'FE-Meshfree' element (FE-LSPIM QUAD4) for geometric nonlinear analysis", International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering , 82 (12), 1574-1608, 2010.

  42. S. Rajendran, "A technique to develop mesh-distortion immune finite elements", Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering , 199 (17-20), 1044–1063, 2010.

  43. S. Rajendran, "A Technique to Avoid Aspect-Ratio Locking in QUAD8 Element for Extremely Large Aspect-Ratios", Structural Engineering and Mechanics , 37 (6), 633-648, 2011.

  44. Jiangping Xu, S. Rajendran, "A partition-of-unity based 'FE-Meshfree' QUAD4 element with radial-polynomial basis functions for static analysis", Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering , 200, 3309-3323, 2011.

  45. A. Rajaneesh, I.Sridhar, S. Rajendran, "Impact modeling of foam cored sandwich plates with ductile or brittle faceplates Composite Structures", Composite Structures , 94(5), 1745-1754, 2012.

Conference Papers

  1. S. Rajendran, “Modelling reciprocating parts and connecting rod for crankshaft coupled vibration analysis'', Proceedings of XIII National conference on IC Engine and combustion, Bangalore, India, 478-487, 1994.

  2. S. Rajendran, “Influence of reciprocating parts and connecting rod on coupled free vibration of crankshaft'', Proceedings of XIII National conference on IC Engine and combustion, Bangalore, India, 488-502, 1994.

  3. S. Rajendran, “An efficient inverse iteration algorithm'', Proceedings of the National Symposium on Structural Mechanics (NSSM 94), June 27-29, 1994, Bangalore, India, 54-59.

  4. S. Rajendran, “An improved Rayleigh quotient iteration'', Proceedings of the National Symposium on Structural Mechanics (NSSM 94), June 27-29, 1994, Bangalore, India, 60-65.

  5. M. Jayaraman, S. Rajendran, M. Subba Rao and G. Prathap, “Stress Analysis of a Carbon-Epoxy Composite High Pressure Ratio Axial Fan Stage’’, Proceedings of Fourth NAL-CAE Workshop on Advanced Gas Turbine Technologies - I (Turbomachinery) 6.41-6.64, 10-12th June 1997, Bangalore (India).

  6. S. Rajendran and G. Prathap, “Performance of the field consistent 8-node hexahedron element in free vibration'', Proceedings of 7th National Aerospace Structural Analysis Symposium, III 209-216, August 1997, Bangalore (India).

  7. S. Rajendran and G. Prathap, “Torsional frequencies of a cantilever beam using 8-node brick element'', Proceedings of National Symposium on Dynamics: Finite Element Analysis in Industry-Recent Trends, 7 August, 1998, Madras.

  8. S. Rajendran and D. Q. Song, “Finite element modelling of delamination buckling of composite panel using ANSYS'', Proceedings of 2nd Asean ANSYS User Conference, Nov.11-13 1998, Singapore.

  9. H. Sun, S. Rajendran and D. Q. Song, “Finite element analysis on delamination fracture toughness of composite specimens'', Proceedings of 2nd Asean ANSYS User Conference, Nov.11-13 1998, Singapore.

  10. S. Rajendran, K. M. Liew, Y. C. Loke and A. Q. Liu, “Development of a high performance SOI fabricated gyroscope’’, Proceedings of SPIE’s 2000 Symposium and Education Program on Micromachining and Microfabrication, Paper no. 4175-19, 18-20 September 2000, Santa Clara, California, USA.

  11. S. Rajendran and K. M. Liew, "A parametric-metric formulation for plane elasticity elements", presented at the Fourth International Conference on Mechanics and Materials in Design, 5-8 June 2002, Nagoya, Japan.

  12. C. D. Reddy, S. Rajendran and K. M. Liew, "Equivalent continuum modelling of graphene sheets", Paper no. 35-CNN-A797 presented at the First International Conference on Nanotechnology, Jul 13-17, 2004, Singapore.

  13. C. D. Reddy, S. Rajendran and K. M. Liew, "Equilibrium configurations and continuum elastic properties of graphene and carbon nanotubes", presented at ICMAT2005 (3rd International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies), Jul 3-8, 2005, Singapore.

  14. S. Rajendran and E. T. Ooi, "Enhancing mesh-distortion tolerance of isoparametric elements", presented at the 3rd MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, June 14-17, 2005, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.

  15. S. Rajendran and E. T. Ooi, "Parametric-Metric Finite Elements for Mesh-Distortion Tolerant Performance and Other Potential Applications", presented at the NTU-IITK Joint Workshop in Mechanical, Aerospace and Industrial Engineering organized by Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) and Indian Institute of Technology (Kanpur), Jul 10-11, 2007, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

  16. S. Rajendran, "Sufficient conditions for mesh distortion immunity", Invited Paper, Presented at the The 2nd International Symposium on Computational Mechanics (ISCM II), 29 Nov 2009 - 3 Dec 2009, 2009, Hong kong / Macau

  17. Rajaneesh, S. Rajendran, I.Srishar,"Numerical modeling of low velocity impact response on metal foam cored sandwich panels: effect of various facesheet materials", 18th International Conference on Composite Materials, Aug 21-26, 2011, Hong kong / Macau