TIJU T THOMAS

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DEPUTY ENGINEER (DESIGN)
HMT MACHINE TOOLS LIMITED BENGALURU



           

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EDUCATION

DOCTORATE IN MECHANICAL DESIGN OF COMPOSITE LIGHTWEIGHT STRUCTURES

RESEARCH INTERESTS

DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF SPMS, ROBOTIC MANIPULATORS, CRASHWORTHINESS OF AUTOMOBILES, DESIGN OF COMPOSITE AND LIGHTWEIGHT STRUCTURES

8

Scopus Publications

276

Scholar Citations

7

Scholar h-index

6

Scholar i10-index

Scopus Publications


  • Performance evaluation of reinforced honeycomb structure under blast load
    Tiju Thomas, , Gaurav Tiwari, and
    Elsevier BV
    In this study, numerical simulations were carried out to explore the response of the reinforced honeycomb sandwich structure with varying cell size (7, 10 and 15 mm), node length (25, 37.5 and 50 mm) and cell wall thickness (0.1, 0.2, 0.3 and 0.4 mm). The honeycomb structure made of aluminum alloy 8011 were subjected to low intensity blast loads by varying mass of TNT (10 g, 15 g, 20 g and 25 g) and standoff distance (200 mm, 250 mm and 300 mm). Commercial finite element code LS-DYNA was employed to carry out numerical simulations for both conventional and reinforced honeycomb sandwich structure keeping identical geometrical and blast load parameters. The deformation of the back face sheet was a major parameter to establish blast resistance of the core. Failure mechanisms of reinforced honeycomb was characterized as fully folded region, partially folded region, and clamped region. Reinforced honeycomb sandwich outperformed the conventional honeycomb sandwich structure of identical geometry parameters under similar blast loads. Increase in cell-wall thickness and node length enhanced the blast resistance whereas, increment in cell size reduced the blast resistance of the reinforced honeycomb sandwich structure.

  • Crushing behavior of honeycomb structure: a review
    Tiju Thomas and Gaurav Tiwari
    Informa UK Limited
    Abstract This article concludes some of the important observation regarding quasi-static and dynamic crushing response of honeycomb structure carried out by authors and addressed in the literature. The behaviour of honeycomb structure has been reported through experimentation, mathematical and numerical models. The influence of cell wall thickness, node length, cell size and loading has been studied in detail leading to some important findings which have not been addressed earlier. The crushing responses of honeycomb structure have been studied in both out-of-plane and in-plane loading condition. Moreover, its bending behaviour has also been reported in few studies. Geometrical core configuration and geometric property like cell size, cell wall thickness and node length etc. play a defining role in administrating potential of honeycomb. Relative density was a vital property of honeycomb dependent on cell configuration and geometric properties. Facesheet material and thickness majorly effects the energy absorption capability of the core during dynamic projectile and impulsive impacts.



  • Analysis of Wind Turbine Blade Having i Shaped Spar Using Both Epoxy Fiber and Carbon Fiber Using FEM
    Tiju. T. Thomas, Manish M Narkhede, Bhushan S. Patil, and Ashish Mogra
    Elsevier BV

  • Non-dimensional Stress Analysis of an Orthotropic Plate
    Kanak Kalita, Dinesh Shinde, and Tiju T Thomas
    Elsevier BV

  • Structural design of a wind turbine blade: A review


RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Home Dynamic Behavior of Soft and Hard Materials Volume 1 Conference paper Effect of Adding Expanded Polypropylene and Polyurethane Foams on Crashworthiness Response of the
    TT V Saptal, G Tiwari
    IMPLAST Dynamic Behavior of Soft and Hard Materials Volume 1 34, 163-173 2024

  • Investigation of effect of addition of alumina nano particles in carbon fibre reinforced polymers composite
    A Mogra, T Thomas, R Chaudhari
    Recent Advances in Material, Manufacturing, and Machine Learning, 1124-1130 2023

  • Performance evaluation of Reinforced honeycomb structure under blast load
    T Thomas, G Tiwari
    Journal of Engineering Research 11 (1B) 2023

  • Energy absorption and in-plane crushing behavior of aluminium reinforced honeycomb
    T Thomas, G Tiwari
    Vacuum 166, 364-369 2019

  • Crushing behavior of honeycomb structure: a review
    T Thomas, G Tiwari
    International journal of crashworthiness 2019

  • Influence of reinforcement in the honeycomb structures under axial compressive load
    G Tiwari, T Thomas, RP Khandelwal
    Thin-Walled Structures 126, 238-245 2018

  • Analysis Of Wind Turbine Blade Having I Shaped Spar Using Both Epoxy Fiber And Carbon Fiber Using FEM
    TT Thomas, MM Narkhede, BS Patil, A Mogra
    Materials Today: Proceedings 4 (2), 2573-2579 2017

  • Fabrication of square microchannel for experimental investigation of two phase flow using conventional machining process
    A Mogra, SK Verma, T Thomas
    Perspectives in Science 8, 231-233 2016

  • Non-dimensional stress analysis of an orthotropic plate
    K Kalita, D Shinde, TT Thomas
    Materials Today: Proceedings 2 (4-5), 3527-3533 2015

  • Structural design of a wind turbine blade: A review
    VK Singh, TT Thomas, V Warudkar
    International Journal of ChemTech Research 5 (5), 2443-2448 2013

  • Numerical investigation of crushing behavior of conventional and reinforced honeycomb structure against in plane loading
    T Thomas, G Tiwari

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Crushing behavior of honeycomb structure: a review
    T Thomas, G Tiwari
    International journal of crashworthiness 2019
    Citations: 135

  • Influence of reinforcement in the honeycomb structures under axial compressive load
    G Tiwari, T Thomas, RP Khandelwal
    Thin-Walled Structures 126, 238-245 2018
    Citations: 54

  • Energy absorption and in-plane crushing behavior of aluminium reinforced honeycomb
    T Thomas, G Tiwari
    Vacuum 166, 364-369 2019
    Citations: 45

  • Fabrication of square microchannel for experimental investigation of two phase flow using conventional machining process
    A Mogra, SK Verma, T Thomas
    Perspectives in Science 8, 231-233 2016
    Citations: 11

  • Non-dimensional stress analysis of an orthotropic plate
    K Kalita, D Shinde, TT Thomas
    Materials Today: Proceedings 2 (4-5), 3527-3533 2015
    Citations: 10

  • Structural design of a wind turbine blade: A review
    VK Singh, TT Thomas, V Warudkar
    International Journal of ChemTech Research 5 (5), 2443-2448 2013
    Citations: 10

  • Analysis Of Wind Turbine Blade Having I Shaped Spar Using Both Epoxy Fiber And Carbon Fiber Using FEM
    TT Thomas, MM Narkhede, BS Patil, A Mogra
    Materials Today: Proceedings 4 (2), 2573-2579 2017
    Citations: 7

  • Performance evaluation of Reinforced honeycomb structure under blast load
    T Thomas, G Tiwari
    Journal of Engineering Research 11 (1B) 2023
    Citations: 4

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

3 YEARS AND 6 MONTHS - DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIAL PURPOSE MACHINES AND AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRIAL SAFETY PRODUCTS