J.N. Reddy
Oscar S. Wyatt Chair Professor of Mechanical Engineering
University Distinguished Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering
Engineering Physics Building, Room 210
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-3123

Email: jnreddy@shakti.tamu.edu
Phone: 979.862.2417
Fax: 979.845.3081

Departmental Website

WORK EXPERIENCE

• University Distinguished Professor, Texas A&M University, 1998-present

• Oscar S. Wyatt, Jr. Chair in Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1992-present

• Clifton C. Garvin Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1986-1992

• Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics Department, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
and State University, 1980-1985

• Associate Professor, School of Aerospace, Mechanical, and Nuclear Engineering, University of Oklahoma, 1978-1980

• Assistant Professor, School of Aerospace, Mechanical, and Nuclear Engineering, University
of Oklahoma, 1975-1978

• Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, Huntsville, Alabama, 1974-1975

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Books
1. Shear Deformation Theories of Beams and Plates (Relationships with Classical Solutions), (C.M. Wang, J.N. Reddy, and K.H. Lee), in preparation.
2. Solution Manual to Theory and Analysis of Elastic Plates, Taylor & Francis, Philadelphia, PA, 1999.
3. Theory and Analysis of Elastic Plates, Taylor & Francis, Philadelphia, PA, 1999.

Chapters/Papers in Books
1. "A Hybrid BE/FE Method for the Analysis of Laminated Structures," (with F.T. Kokkinos), Chapter 7 in Properties of Discontinuous Materials, M. Bush (ed.), Elsevier, NY, 1998.
2. "Modeling Delamination Using a Layerwise Element with Enhanced Strains," (with C.M. Dakshina Moorthy), in Damage Mechanics in Engineering Materials, G.Z. Voyiadjis,
J.-W.W. Ju, and J.-L. Chaboche (Eds.), Elsevier, NY, 1998.

Refereed Papers in Journals
1. "A High Performance Iterative Solution Procedure for the Analysis of Structural Problems," (with J.A. Mitchell), J. High Performance Computing, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp.3-13,
1999.
2. "On Laminated Composite Plates with Integrated Sensors and Actuators," Engng.
Structures, Vol. 21, pp. 568-593, 1999.
3. "Modeling of Laminates Using a Layerwise Element with Enhanced Strains," (with C.M. Dakshina Moorthy), Intl. J. of Num. Meth. in Engng., Vol. 43, pp. 775-779, 1998.
4. "Local Behavior of Discretely Stiffened Composite Plates and Cylindrical Shells," (with S.K. Kassegne), Composite Structures, Vol. 41, pp. 13-26, 1998.
5. "Thermomechanical Analysis of Functionally Graded Cylinders and Plates,"
(with C.D. Chin) J. of Thermal Stresses, Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 593-626, 1998.
6. "Numerical Modelling of Martensitic Phase Transformations in Shape Memory Alloy,"
(with G. Rengarajan and R. Krishna Kumar), Intl. J. of Solids and Struc., vol. 35, No. 14,
pp. 1489-1513, 1998.
7. "A Multilevel Hierarchical Preconditioner for Thin Elastic Solids," (with J.A. Mitchell),
Intl. J. of Num. Meth. in Engng., Vol. 43, pp. 1383-1400, 1998.
8. "Deflection Relationships Between Classical and Third-Order Plate Theories," (with C.M. Wang), Acta Mechanica, Vol. 130, No. 3-4, pp. 199-208, 1998.
9. "Analysis of Composite Plates Using Various Plate Theories, Part 2: Finite Element Model
and Numerical Results," (with P. Bose), Structural Engng. and Mechanics, Vol. 6, No. 7, pp. 727-746, 1998.
10. "Analysis of Composite Plates Using Various Plate Theories, Part 1: Formulation and
Analytical Results," (with P. Bose), Structural Engng. and Mechanics, Vol. 6, No. 6, pp. 583-612, 1998.
11. "Transverse Matrix Cracks in Cross-Ply Laminates: Stress Transfer, Stiffness Reduction
and Crack Opening Profiles," (with G. N. Praveen), Acta Mechanica, Vol. 130, No. 3-4, pp. 227-248, 1998.
12. "Dynamic Stability of Cross-Ply Laminated Composite Cylindrical Shells," (with T.Y. Ng and K.Y. Lam), Intl. J. of Mechanical Sciences, Vol. 40, No. 8, pp. 805-823, 1998.
13. "Nonlinear Transient Thermoelastic Analysis of Functionally Graded Ceramic-Metal Plates," (with G.N. Praveen), J. of Solids and Structures, Vol. 35, No. 33, pp. 4457-4476, 1998.
14. "Parametric Resonance of a Rotating Cylindrical Shell Subjected to Periodic Axial Loads,"
(with T.Y. Ng and K.Y. Lam), J. of Sound & Vibration, Vol. 214, No. 3, pp. 513-529, 1998.

CURRENT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

• Thermomechanical analysis of functionally graded materials.

• Analysis of laminated composite plates and shells with actuators.

• Development of constitutive models of shape memory alloys.

• Numerical simulation of blown polymeric films.

• Numerical modeling of solidification, molding and extrusion.

• Development of robust and efficient computational (vector and parallel) algorithms for the solution of large systems of equations (element-by-element methods, mesh superposition techniques, global- local analyses, hierarchical and multigrid methods, etc).

EDUCATION

• B.E., Mechanical Engineering, Osmania University, India (1968)

• M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Oklahoma State University (1970)

• Ph.D., Engineering Mechanics, University of Alabama (1973)

• Post Doctoral Fellow, Texas Institute for Computational Mechanics, University of Texas (1973-1974)