My areas of research interest include Mechanics of soft matter, mostly Viscoelastic materials, Computational Mechanics; to be more specific- Material Modeling and Finite element simulation, Fatigue and fracture of composites, Mechanics of 3D printed composites and am also interested in working towards the development of green tyre technology.
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Virtually Understanding the Reality: a Review of the Finite Element Simulation of Additively Manufactured Polymer Parts by Verma N., Pullela M. Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering 1-41 (2025)
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Coagulation of blood: influence of chemical reactions on rheological response by Pullela M., Ravindran P. Rheologica Acta 1-13 (2022)
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Pineapple leaf fiber in polymer composites: Structure, characterization, and applications by Yadav V., Verma N. , Pullela M. Materials Chemistry and Physics: Sustainability and Energy 2 100011- (2025)
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Modelling Fatigue Induced Change in Hyperelastic Response of SBR/NR Blends. by Pullela M. Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering 11 1-8 (2025)
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Vulcanization and the mechanical response of rubber by Kundurthi S., Pullela M. , Ravindran P. Zeitschrift für angewandte Mathematik und Physik volume 66 1109-1123 (2015)
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Failure of Rubber Bearings Under Combined Shear and Compression by Pullela M., Volokh K. Journal of Applied Mechanics 85 074503--074503- (2018)
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Mechanical response of polyacrylamide breast tissue phantoms: Formulation, characterization and modeling by Rao S., Pullela M. , Arunachalam K. , Ravindran P. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials 129 1-9 (2022)
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Residual stresses reduce pulse wave velocity in arteries by Pullela M., Volokh K. Mechanics of Soft Materials 2 1-6 (2020)
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On the Onset of Cracks in Arteries by Pullela M., Volokh K. Molecular and Cellular biomechanics 17 1-17 (2020)
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On Incompressibility Constraint and Crack Direction in Soft Solids by Pullela M., Volokh K. Journal of Applied Mechanics 86 1010041-1010045 (2019)
Co-Principal Investigator
- Development of shape Memory and Self-healing Epoxy based Polymeric
Nanocomposites for structural materials in Space Applications ISRO, IIT KHARAGPUR CELL
- Self-healing epoxy polymeric materials for advanced structural applications Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC), Apex Committee of SPARC, Ministry of Education
Ph. D. Students
Boopathy N
Area of Research: Mechanical Properties of Metal to Rubber bonded structure
Nishank Verma
Area of Research: Finite element analysis of polymer composites
Vivek Kumar Yadav
Area of Research: Mechanics of Composites
