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 KCSTC, 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
Aditi Panda
Area of Research: Mechanics of 3D printed Composites
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
