Kumar Tamma

Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering
Room 2104
111 Church Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Biographical Info

Research & Teaching

Research Interests

Development/applicability of interdisciplinary finite-element modeling/analysis methodologies and architectures for structure/thermal/fluid interactions in the general area of computational mechanics.
Computational methods, algorithms, and mixed time-integration techniques for applicability to computational mechanics on supercomputer architectures.
Adaptive/automated finite-element developments and modeling/analysis strategies.
Structural/multi-body dynamics and wave propagation.
Nonlinear/linear solid mechanics.
Solidification and thermal stresses.
Computational heat transfer in composite/isotropic structures and numerical methods in thermal problems.
CAD/FEM interface and geometric modeling of engineering components/configurations.

Publications & Awards

K. K. Tamma and A. Jain, “Thermal Contact Applications: Mechanical Contact Models” Encyl. Thermal Stresses, Springer Publishers (to appear); id: 00752
K. K. Tamma and A. Jain, “Thermal Contact Applications: Finite Element Formulations,” Encyl. Thermal Stresses, Springer Publishers (to appear); id: 00737
K. K. Tamma, “Classical Thermomechanical Models: Theoretical Formulations,” Encyl. Thermal Stresses, Springer Publishers (to appear); id: 00768
K. K. Tamma, “Classical Thermomechanical Models: Numerical Formulations,” Encyl. Thermal Stresses, Springer Publishers (to appear); id: 00767
J. Har and K. K. Tamma, “Advances in Computational Dynamics of Particles, Materials, and Structures,” John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2012.