Associate Professor
Aparna Singh
Email: aparna_s[at]iitb[dot]ac[dot]in
Phone: (+91) (022) 2576 7605
Education:
- BTech in Mtls. & Met.l Engg. IIT Kanpur, 2007
- PhD in Mtls. Sci. & Engg. MIT Cambridge, 2011
Undergraduate Courses: Mechanics of Materials
Postgraduate Courses: Fatigue of Materials, Tribology of Materials, Physical metallurgy and mechanical properties of steels
Prof. Aparna Singh’s interest is in the development of novel materials with a combination of high strength, toughness and fatigue crack growth life. She is also interested in understanding processingmicrostructure processing links in steels and polymer composites. Her rigorous experimental work has shown many interesting deformation phenomena in epoxies and steels. She also has significant experience in probing causes of failures in rails and wheels. Multiple novel grades of steels have been developed in her group that have the potential to be used as rail/wheel materials. Novel varieties of hierarchical carbonfiber epoxy composites have also been developed in her lab that can find use in prosthetics , wind turbine blades and aeroplanes. She has also worked with industries like Renewsys and Shapoorji Pallonji.
- Rails and wheels Fracture and fatigue
- Physical and mechanical metallurgy of steels Polymer composites
- Reliability of PV modules
Enhanced tensile response in low carbon carbide free nanobainitic steel
Enhancement of mechanical properties of carbonfiber epoxy composites using graphene nanoplatelets
High resolution XPS spectra for peeled (a) BS18 in pristine condition, (b) EVA18 in pristine condition, (c) BS18 after DH aging and (d) EVA18 after DH aging
- A. Kumar, B. Blessto, A. Singh*, “Development of a lowcarbon carbidefree nanostructured bainitic steel with extremely high strength and toughness.” Materials Science and Engineering A, 2023.
- K. Mishra, A. Singh*, “Timedependent degradation of highly crosslinked epoxy due to hygrothermal aging at three different temperatures.” Polymer Degradation and Stability, 2023
- U. Desai, B. K. Sharma, A. Singh, A. Singh*, “A comparison of evolution of adhesion mechanisms and strength post dampheat aging for a range of VA content in EVA encapsulant with photovoltaic backsheet.” Solar Energy, 2022.
- S. Rathore, W. Leong, A. Singh*, “Mechanical properties estimation of 2D–3D mixed organicinorganic perovskites based on methylammonium and phenylethylammonium system using a combined experimental and firstprinciples approach.” Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2023.
- A. Srivastava, V. Gupta, C. Yerramali, A. Singh*, “Flexural strength enhancement in carbonfiber epoxy composites through graphene nanoplatelets coating on fibers.” Composites B: engineering, 2019.
- K. Singh, A. Kumar, A. Singh*,” Effect of prior austenite grain size on the morphology of nanobainitic steels.” Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 2018.