K. RANJITH
DEAS, Harvard University
29 Oxford St, Cambridge MA 02138
E-mail: ranjith@deas.harvard.edu
Contact info for July and August 2001:
Centre for Condensed Matter Theory
Department of Physics
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore 560 012, India
E-mail: ranjith@deas.harvard.edu
Ph:011-91-80-309-2888 (From U.S.A.)
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PUBLICATIONS
- J. R. Rice, N. Lapusta and K. Ranjith, Rate and state dependent friction
and the stability of sliding between elastically deformable solids. In
press, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2001.
- K. Ranjith and J. R. Rice, Slip dynamics at an interface between dissimilar
materials, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 49,
341-361, 2001 (Postscript,
350 KB or PDF,
330 KB).
- K. Ranjith and J. R. Rice, Stability of quasi-static slip in a single
degree of freedom elastic system with rate and state dependent friction,
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 47, 1207-1218,
1999. (Postscript,
450 KB or PDF,
260 KB).
- K. Ranjith and R. Narasimhan, Asymptotic fields for dynamic crack growth
at a ductile-brittle interface, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics
of Solids, 45, 67-85, 1997.
- K. Ranjith and R. Narasimhan, Asymptotic and finite element analyses
of mode III dynamic crack growth at a ductile-brittle interface, International
Journal of Fracture, 76, 61-77, 1996.
INVITED SEMINARS
- Ill-posedness and regularization in dynamic frictional sliding between
dissimilar elastic solids, Mardi Gras Conference on Multi-scale Simulation,
Theoretical and Experimental Approaches to Deformation, Friction, Fatigue
and Fracture, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 23 February 2001. (Abstract Postscript
or PDF)
- Slip dynamics at a dissimilar material interface,Workshop on Fracture,
Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge University,
U.K., 9 November 1999. (Abstract Postscript
or PDF)
- Non-linear stability analysis of steady state slip in a single degree
of freedom elastic system with rate and state dependent friction, Proceedings
of the Thirteenth U.S. National Congress of Applied Mechanics, University
of Florida, Gainesville, 21-26 June , 1998, p. TK4. (Abstract Postscript
or PDF).
Also EOS Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union, 79, No. 17, Spring
Meeting Supplement, 28 April 1998, p. S224.
Last updated: 8 July 2001