Dr Prashant Saxena

  • Senior Lecturer (Infrastructure & Environment)

telephone: +44 (0)141 330 2000 Ext: 0927
email: Prashant.Saxena@glasgow.ac.uk

Glasgow

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ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X

Biography

 Brief biography

  • Lecturer, University of Glasgow (2018 onwards)
  • Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (2015-18)
  • Postdoc, University of Lausanne, Switzerland (2014-15)
  • Postdoc, Chair for Applied Mechanics, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany (2012-14)
  • PhD in Applied Mathematics, University of Glasgow (2012)
  • Bachelor and Master of Technology in Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (2009)

Research interests

Mechanics of Soft Solids group website

Research interests

My research group investigates soft solids and structures under extreme deformation.

We currently focus on smart composites with multi-physics coupling (electro-mechanical and magneto-mechanical), and soft biological tissues. Extreme deformation of structures made of these soft materials result in instabilities. Traditionally instabilities are associated with structural failure, but in the case of soft solids instabilities are generally reversible and can be exploited to our advantage and implemented as an engineering design feature. We model these instabilities using mathematical and computational tools to develop a deeper understanding of their mechanics.

Our commonly used tools are nonlinear solid mechanics, continuum mechanics, variational calculus, and numerical analysis.

Publications

Selected publications

Liu, Zhaowei ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0572-7415, McBride, Andrew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7153-3777, Sharma, Basant Lal, Steinmann, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1490-947X and Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X (2021) Coupled electro-elastic deformation and instabilities of a toroidal membrane. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 151, 104221. (doi: 10.1016/j.jmps.2020.104221)

Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X, Hossain, Mokarram and Steinmann, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1490-947X (2014) Nonlinear magneto-viscoelasticity of transversally isotropic magneto-active polymers. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 470(2166), 20140082. (doi: 10.1098/rspa.2014.0082) (PMID:24914399) (PMCID:PMC4042725)

Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X, Reddy, Narravula Harshavardhan and Pradhan, Satya Prakash (2019) Magnetoelastic deformation of a circular membrane: wrinkling and limit point instabilities. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 116, pp. 250-261. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2019.07.006)

Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X, Pelteret, Jean-Paul and Steinmann, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1490-947X (2015) Modelling of iron-filled magneto-active polymers with a dispersed chain-like microstructure. European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids, 50, pp. 132-151. (doi: 10.1016/j.euromechsol.2014.10.005)

Sharma, Basant Lal and Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X (2021) Variational principles of nonlinear magnetoelastostatics and their correspondences. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, 26(10), pp. 1424-1454. (doi: 10.1177/1081286520975808)

Saxena, P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X and Ogden, R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7002-7028 (2011) On surfaces waves in a finitely deformed magnetoelastic half space. International Journal of Applied Mechanics, 3(4), pp. 633-665. (doi: 10.1142/S1758825111001172)

All publications

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Number of items: 41.

2025

Ahmadi, Masoud ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7581-3020, McBride, Andrew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7153-3777, Steinmann, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1490-947X and Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X (2025) Plane stress finite element modelling of arbitrary compressible hyperelastic materials. Acta Mechanica, 236, pp. 3975-3994. (doi: 10.1007/s00707-025-04310-z)

Mukherjee, Soumya and Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X (2025) Deformation and stability of initially stressed hyperelastic plates. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 311, 113253. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2025.113253)

Shahsavari, Davood and Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X (2025) Surface instability of a finitely deformed magnetoelastic half-space. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 169, 104936. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2024.104936)

2024

Patra, Asesh Kumar, Khurana, Aman, Kumar, Deepak and Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X (2024) Impact of compliant electrodes on the dynamics of electromagnetoactive membranes. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 167, 104906. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2024.104906)

Dorfmann, Luis, Merodio, José, Penta, Raimondo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-8775 and Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X (2024) In recognition of the 80th birthday of Ray Ogden. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, (doi: 10.1177/10812865241257268) (Early Online Publication)

Sénéchal, Fabien, Robinson, Sarah, Van Schaik, Evert, Trévisan, Martine, Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X, Reinhardt, Didier and Fankhauser, Christian (2024) Pectin methylesterification state and cell wall mechanical properties contribute to neighbor proximity-induced hypocotyl growth in Arabidopsis. Plant Direct, 8(4), e584. (doi: 10.1002/pld3.584) (PMID:38646567) (PMCID:PMC11033045)

Sénéchal, Fabien, Robinson, Sarah, Van Schaik, Evert, Trévisan, Martine, Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X, Reinhardt, Didier and Fankhauser, Christian (2024) Pectin methylesterification modulates cell wall properties to promote neighbour proximity-induced hypocotyl growth. Plant Direct, 8(4), e584. (doi: 10.1002/pld3.584)

Ahmadi, Masoud ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7581-3020 and Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X (2024) Analytical modelling of the electrical conductivity of CNT-filled polymer nanocomposites. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, (doi: 10.1177/10812865231225483) (Early Online Publication)

Liu, Zhaowei ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0572-7415, Bian, Pei-Liang, Qu, Yilin, Huang, Weicheng, Chen, LeiLei, Chen, Jingbo, Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X and Yu, Tiantang (2024) A Galerkin approach for analysing coupling effects in the piezoelectric semiconducting beams. European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids, 103, 105145. (doi: 10.1016/j.euromechsol.2023.105145)

2023

Liu, Zhaowei ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0572-7415, McBride, Andrew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7153-3777, Ghosh, Abhishek ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3066-4492, Heltai, Luca, Huang, Weicheng, Yu, Tiantang, Steinmann, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1490-947X and Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X (2023) Computational instability analysis of inflated hyperelastic thin shells using subdivision surfaces. Computational Mechanics, (doi: 10.1007/s00466-023-02366-z) (Early Online Publication)

2022

Liu, Zhaowei ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0572-7415, McBride, Andrew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7153-3777, Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X, Heltai, Luca, Qu, Yilin and Steinmann, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1490-947X (2022) Vibration analysis of piezoelectric Kirchhoff-Love shells based on Catmull-Clark subdivision surfaces. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 123(18), pp. 4296-4322. (doi: 10.1002/nme.7010)

Mehta, Sumit, Raju, Gangadharan and Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X (2022) Wrinkling as a mechanical instability in growing annular hyperelastic plates. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 229, 107481. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2022.107481)

Mehta, Sumit, Raju, Gangadharan, Kumar, S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3386-8012 and Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X (2022) Instabilities in a compressible hyperelastic cylindrical channel under internal pressure and external constraints. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 144, 104031. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2022.104031)

2021

Pradhan, Satya Prakash and Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X (2021) Buckling of chiral rods due to coupled axial and rotational growth. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, 26(11), pp. 1675-1700. (doi: 10.1177/1081286521999704)

Sharma, Basant Lal and Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X (2021) Variational principles of nonlinear magnetoelastostatics and their correspondences. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, 26(10), pp. 1424-1454. (doi: 10.1177/1081286520975808)

Mehta, Sumit, Raju, Gangadharan and Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X (2021) Growth induced instabilities in a circular hyperelastic plate. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 226-27, 111026. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2021.03.013)

Liu, Zhaowei ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0572-7415, McBride, Andrew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7153-3777, Sharma, Basant Lal, Steinmann, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1490-947X and Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X (2021) Coupled electro-elastic deformation and instabilities of a toroidal membrane. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 151, 104221. (doi: 10.1016/j.jmps.2020.104221)

Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X (2021) Modelling instabilities in electroelastic and magnetoelastic membranes: a very brief review. arXiv, (Unpublished)

2020

Liu, Zhaowei ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0572-7415, McBride, Andrew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7153-3777, Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X and Steinmann, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1490-947X (2020) Assessment of an isogeometric approach with Catmull-Clark subdivision surfaces using the Laplace-Beltrami problems. Computational Mechanics, 66, pp. 851-876. (doi: 10.1007/s00466-020-01877-3)

Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X and Sharma, Basant Lal (2020) On equilibrium equations and their perturbations using three different variational formulations of nonlinear electroelastostatics. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, 25(8), pp. 1589-1609. (doi: 10.1177/1081286520911073)

Kumar, Deepak, Sarangi, Somnath and Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X (2020) Universal relations in coupled electro-magneto-elasticity. Mechanics of Materials, 143, 103308. (doi: 10.1016/j.mechmat.2019.103308)

2019

Venkata, Sairam Pamulaparthi and Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X (2019) Instabilities in the free inflation of a nonlinear hyperelastic toroidal membrane. Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures, 14(4), pp. 473-496. (doi: 10.2140/jomms.2019.14.473)

Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X, Reddy, Narravula Harshavardhan and Pradhan, Satya Prakash (2019) Magnetoelastic deformation of a circular membrane: wrinkling and limit point instabilities. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 116, pp. 250-261. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2019.07.006)

Liu, Zhaowei ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0572-7415, McBride, Andrew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7153-3777, Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X and Steinmann, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1490-947X (2019) Solving the Laplace-Beltrami Equation on Curved Two-dimensional Manifolds using the Finite Element Method with Catmull-Clark Subdivision Surfaces. VII International Conference on Isogeometric Analysis, Munich, 18-20 September 2019.

Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X (2019) Instabilities in the Deformation of Magnetoelastic Membranes. UKACM 2019, London, UK, 10-12 Apr 2019.

2018

Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X (2018) Finite deformations and incremental axisymmetric motions of a magnetoelastic tube. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, 23(6), pp. 950-983. (doi: 10.1177/1081286517697502)

Reddy, Narravula Harshavardhan and Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X (2018) Instabilities in the axisymmetric magnetoelastic deformation of a cylindrical membrane. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 136-37, pp. 203-219. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2017.12.015)

2017

Reddy, Narravula Harshavardhan and Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X (2017) Limit points in the free inflation of a magnetoelastic toroidal membrane. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 95, pp. 248-263. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2017.06.017)

2015

Hossain, Mokarram, Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X and Steinmann, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1490-947X (2015) Modelling the curing process in magneto-sensitive polymers: rate-dependence and shrinkage. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 74, pp. 108-121. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2015.04.008)

Hossain, Mokarram, Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X and Steinmann, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1490-947X (2015) Modelling the mechanical aspects of the curing process of magneto-sensitive elastomeric materials. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 58, pp. 257-269. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2015.01.010)

Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X, Pelteret, Jean-Paul and Steinmann, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1490-947X (2015) Modelling of iron-filled magneto-active polymers with a dispersed chain-like microstructure. European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids, 50, pp. 132-151. (doi: 10.1016/j.euromechsol.2014.10.005)

2014

Walter, Bastian, Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X, Kaschta, Joachim, Schubert, Dirk W. and Steinmann, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1490-947X (2014) Magneto‐Sensitive Elastomers: An Experimental Point of View. 85th Annual Meeting of the Gesellschaft für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik, Erlangen, Germany, 10-14 Mar 2014. pp. 403-404. (doi: 10.1002/pamm.201410189)

Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X, Hossain, Mokarram and Steinmann, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1490-947X (2014) Nonlinear magneto-viscoelasticity of transversally isotropic magneto-active polymers. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 470(2166), 20140082. (doi: 10.1098/rspa.2014.0082) (PMID:24914399) (PMCID:PMC4042725)

Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X, Vu, Duc Khoi and Steinmann, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1490-947X (2014) On rate-dependent dissipation effects in electro-elasticity. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 62, pp. 1-11. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2014.02.002)

Walter, Bastian, Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X, Pelteret, Jean-Paul, Kaschta, Joachim, Schubert, Dirk W. and Steinmann, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1490-947X (2014) On the Preparation, Characterisation, Modelling and Simulation of Magneto-Sensitive Elastomers. In: Second Seminar on the Mechanics of Multifunctional Materials, Essen, Germany, 05-09 May 2014, pp. 103-106. ISBN 9783980967983

2013

Hossain, Mokarram, Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X and Steinmann, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1490-947X (2013) Degree of Cure-Dependent Modelling for Polymer Curing Processes at Small Strains. 84th Annual Meeting of the Gesellschaft für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik, Novi Sad, Serbia, 18-22 Mar 2013. pp. 217-218. (doi: 10.1002/pamm.201310104)

Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X, Hossain, Mokarram and Steinmann, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1490-947X (2013) Mathematical Modelling of Finite Strain Magneto-Viscoelastic Deformations. 84th Annual Meeting of the Gesellschaft für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik, Novi Sad, Serbia, 18-22 Mar 2013. pp. 163-164. (doi: 10.1002/pamm.201310077)

Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X, Hossain, Mokarram and Steinmann, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1490-947X (2013) A theory of finite deformation magneto-viscoelasticity. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 50(24), pp. 3886-3897. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2013.07.024)

Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X (2013) On the general governing equations of electromagnetic acoustic transducers. Archive of Mechanical Engineering, 60(2), pp. 231-246. (doi: 10.2478/meceng-2013-0015)

2012

Saxena, P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X and Ogden, R.W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7002-7028 (2012) On Love-type waves in a finitely deformed magnetoelastic layered half-space. Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Physik, 63(6), pp. 1177-1200. (doi: 10.1007/s00033-012-0204-1)

2011

Saxena, P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X and Ogden, R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7002-7028 (2011) On surfaces waves in a finitely deformed magnetoelastic half space. International Journal of Applied Mechanics, 3(4), pp. 633-665. (doi: 10.1142/S1758825111001172)

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Articles

Ahmadi, Masoud ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7581-3020, McBride, Andrew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7153-3777, Steinmann, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1490-947X and Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X (2025) Plane stress finite element modelling of arbitrary compressible hyperelastic materials. Acta Mechanica, 236, pp. 3975-3994. (doi: 10.1007/s00707-025-04310-z)

Mukherjee, Soumya and Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X (2025) Deformation and stability of initially stressed hyperelastic plates. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 311, 113253. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2025.113253)

Shahsavari, Davood and Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X (2025) Surface instability of a finitely deformed magnetoelastic half-space. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 169, 104936. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2024.104936)

Patra, Asesh Kumar, Khurana, Aman, Kumar, Deepak and Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X (2024) Impact of compliant electrodes on the dynamics of electromagnetoactive membranes. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 167, 104906. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2024.104906)

Dorfmann, Luis, Merodio, José, Penta, Raimondo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-8775 and Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X (2024) In recognition of the 80th birthday of Ray Ogden. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, (doi: 10.1177/10812865241257268) (Early Online Publication)

Sénéchal, Fabien, Robinson, Sarah, Van Schaik, Evert, Trévisan, Martine, Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X, Reinhardt, Didier and Fankhauser, Christian (2024) Pectin methylesterification state and cell wall mechanical properties contribute to neighbor proximity-induced hypocotyl growth in Arabidopsis. Plant Direct, 8(4), e584. (doi: 10.1002/pld3.584) (PMID:38646567) (PMCID:PMC11033045)

Sénéchal, Fabien, Robinson, Sarah, Van Schaik, Evert, Trévisan, Martine, Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X, Reinhardt, Didier and Fankhauser, Christian (2024) Pectin methylesterification modulates cell wall properties to promote neighbour proximity-induced hypocotyl growth. Plant Direct, 8(4), e584. (doi: 10.1002/pld3.584)

Ahmadi, Masoud ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7581-3020 and Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X (2024) Analytical modelling of the electrical conductivity of CNT-filled polymer nanocomposites. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, (doi: 10.1177/10812865231225483) (Early Online Publication)

Liu, Zhaowei ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0572-7415, Bian, Pei-Liang, Qu, Yilin, Huang, Weicheng, Chen, LeiLei, Chen, Jingbo, Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X and Yu, Tiantang (2024) A Galerkin approach for analysing coupling effects in the piezoelectric semiconducting beams. European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids, 103, 105145. (doi: 10.1016/j.euromechsol.2023.105145)

Liu, Zhaowei ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0572-7415, McBride, Andrew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7153-3777, Ghosh, Abhishek ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3066-4492, Heltai, Luca, Huang, Weicheng, Yu, Tiantang, Steinmann, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1490-947X and Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X (2023) Computational instability analysis of inflated hyperelastic thin shells using subdivision surfaces. Computational Mechanics, (doi: 10.1007/s00466-023-02366-z) (Early Online Publication)

Liu, Zhaowei ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0572-7415, McBride, Andrew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7153-3777, Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X, Heltai, Luca, Qu, Yilin and Steinmann, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1490-947X (2022) Vibration analysis of piezoelectric Kirchhoff-Love shells based on Catmull-Clark subdivision surfaces. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 123(18), pp. 4296-4322. (doi: 10.1002/nme.7010)

Mehta, Sumit, Raju, Gangadharan and Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X (2022) Wrinkling as a mechanical instability in growing annular hyperelastic plates. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 229, 107481. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2022.107481)

Mehta, Sumit, Raju, Gangadharan, Kumar, S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3386-8012 and Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X (2022) Instabilities in a compressible hyperelastic cylindrical channel under internal pressure and external constraints. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 144, 104031. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2022.104031)

Pradhan, Satya Prakash and Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X (2021) Buckling of chiral rods due to coupled axial and rotational growth. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, 26(11), pp. 1675-1700. (doi: 10.1177/1081286521999704)

Sharma, Basant Lal and Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X (2021) Variational principles of nonlinear magnetoelastostatics and their correspondences. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, 26(10), pp. 1424-1454. (doi: 10.1177/1081286520975808)

Mehta, Sumit, Raju, Gangadharan and Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X (2021) Growth induced instabilities in a circular hyperelastic plate. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 226-27, 111026. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2021.03.013)

Liu, Zhaowei ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0572-7415, McBride, Andrew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7153-3777, Sharma, Basant Lal, Steinmann, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1490-947X and Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X (2021) Coupled electro-elastic deformation and instabilities of a toroidal membrane. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 151, 104221. (doi: 10.1016/j.jmps.2020.104221)

Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X (2021) Modelling instabilities in electroelastic and magnetoelastic membranes: a very brief review. arXiv, (Unpublished)

Liu, Zhaowei ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0572-7415, McBride, Andrew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7153-3777, Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X and Steinmann, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1490-947X (2020) Assessment of an isogeometric approach with Catmull-Clark subdivision surfaces using the Laplace-Beltrami problems. Computational Mechanics, 66, pp. 851-876. (doi: 10.1007/s00466-020-01877-3)

Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X and Sharma, Basant Lal (2020) On equilibrium equations and their perturbations using three different variational formulations of nonlinear electroelastostatics. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, 25(8), pp. 1589-1609. (doi: 10.1177/1081286520911073)

Kumar, Deepak, Sarangi, Somnath and Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X (2020) Universal relations in coupled electro-magneto-elasticity. Mechanics of Materials, 143, 103308. (doi: 10.1016/j.mechmat.2019.103308)

Venkata, Sairam Pamulaparthi and Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X (2019) Instabilities in the free inflation of a nonlinear hyperelastic toroidal membrane. Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures, 14(4), pp. 473-496. (doi: 10.2140/jomms.2019.14.473)

Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X, Reddy, Narravula Harshavardhan and Pradhan, Satya Prakash (2019) Magnetoelastic deformation of a circular membrane: wrinkling and limit point instabilities. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 116, pp. 250-261. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2019.07.006)

Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X (2018) Finite deformations and incremental axisymmetric motions of a magnetoelastic tube. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, 23(6), pp. 950-983. (doi: 10.1177/1081286517697502)

Reddy, Narravula Harshavardhan and Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X (2018) Instabilities in the axisymmetric magnetoelastic deformation of a cylindrical membrane. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 136-37, pp. 203-219. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2017.12.015)

Reddy, Narravula Harshavardhan and Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X (2017) Limit points in the free inflation of a magnetoelastic toroidal membrane. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 95, pp. 248-263. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2017.06.017)

Hossain, Mokarram, Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X and Steinmann, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1490-947X (2015) Modelling the curing process in magneto-sensitive polymers: rate-dependence and shrinkage. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 74, pp. 108-121. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2015.04.008)

Hossain, Mokarram, Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X and Steinmann, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1490-947X (2015) Modelling the mechanical aspects of the curing process of magneto-sensitive elastomeric materials. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 58, pp. 257-269. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2015.01.010)

Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X, Pelteret, Jean-Paul and Steinmann, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1490-947X (2015) Modelling of iron-filled magneto-active polymers with a dispersed chain-like microstructure. European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids, 50, pp. 132-151. (doi: 10.1016/j.euromechsol.2014.10.005)

Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X, Hossain, Mokarram and Steinmann, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1490-947X (2014) Nonlinear magneto-viscoelasticity of transversally isotropic magneto-active polymers. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 470(2166), 20140082. (doi: 10.1098/rspa.2014.0082) (PMID:24914399) (PMCID:PMC4042725)

Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X, Vu, Duc Khoi and Steinmann, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1490-947X (2014) On rate-dependent dissipation effects in electro-elasticity. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 62, pp. 1-11. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2014.02.002)

Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X, Hossain, Mokarram and Steinmann, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1490-947X (2013) A theory of finite deformation magneto-viscoelasticity. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 50(24), pp. 3886-3897. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2013.07.024)

Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X (2013) On the general governing equations of electromagnetic acoustic transducers. Archive of Mechanical Engineering, 60(2), pp. 231-246. (doi: 10.2478/meceng-2013-0015)

Saxena, P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X and Ogden, R.W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7002-7028 (2012) On Love-type waves in a finitely deformed magnetoelastic layered half-space. Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Physik, 63(6), pp. 1177-1200. (doi: 10.1007/s00033-012-0204-1)

Saxena, P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X and Ogden, R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7002-7028 (2011) On surfaces waves in a finitely deformed magnetoelastic half space. International Journal of Applied Mechanics, 3(4), pp. 633-665. (doi: 10.1142/S1758825111001172)

Conference or Workshop Item

Liu, Zhaowei ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0572-7415, McBride, Andrew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7153-3777, Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X and Steinmann, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1490-947X (2019) Solving the Laplace-Beltrami Equation on Curved Two-dimensional Manifolds using the Finite Element Method with Catmull-Clark Subdivision Surfaces. VII International Conference on Isogeometric Analysis, Munich, 18-20 September 2019.

Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X (2019) Instabilities in the Deformation of Magnetoelastic Membranes. UKACM 2019, London, UK, 10-12 Apr 2019.

Walter, Bastian, Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X, Kaschta, Joachim, Schubert, Dirk W. and Steinmann, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1490-947X (2014) Magneto‐Sensitive Elastomers: An Experimental Point of View. 85th Annual Meeting of the Gesellschaft für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik, Erlangen, Germany, 10-14 Mar 2014. pp. 403-404. (doi: 10.1002/pamm.201410189)

Hossain, Mokarram, Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X and Steinmann, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1490-947X (2013) Degree of Cure-Dependent Modelling for Polymer Curing Processes at Small Strains. 84th Annual Meeting of the Gesellschaft für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik, Novi Sad, Serbia, 18-22 Mar 2013. pp. 217-218. (doi: 10.1002/pamm.201310104)

Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X, Hossain, Mokarram and Steinmann, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1490-947X (2013) Mathematical Modelling of Finite Strain Magneto-Viscoelastic Deformations. 84th Annual Meeting of the Gesellschaft für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik, Novi Sad, Serbia, 18-22 Mar 2013. pp. 163-164. (doi: 10.1002/pamm.201310077)

Conference Proceedings

Walter, Bastian, Saxena, Prashant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-726X, Pelteret, Jean-Paul, Kaschta, Joachim, Schubert, Dirk W. and Steinmann, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1490-947X (2014) On the Preparation, Characterisation, Modelling and Simulation of Magneto-Sensitive Elastomers. In: Second Seminar on the Mechanics of Multifunctional Materials, Essen, Germany, 05-09 May 2014, pp. 103-106. ISBN 9783980967983

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Grants

  • "Extreme deformations of magneto- and electro-active membranes: A framework to model instabilities due to large multi-physics loads in thin structures" (Principal investigator)
    Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (2021-24)
  • "Development of a variational principle and stability analysis for coupled problems in nonlinear elasticity" (Principal Investigator)
    Science and Engineering Research Board, India (2019)
  • "Analysis of instabilities under nonlinear deformation of membranes made of smart polymers" (Principal Investigator)
    Science and Engineering Research Board, India (2018)
  • "Mathematical modelling and analysis of Magneto-active polymers" (Principal Investigator)
    Science and Engineering Research Board, India (2015)

Supervision

A complete list of current and past students with their project details is available here.

 

Positions are open for motivated students to undertake their Masters, PhD or postdoctoral research. Interested candidates may email me with their CV and a brief statement of their research interests.

Present PhD opportunities can be seen on GCEC webpage. Electro-magneto-mechanical coupled problems and mechanics of soft biological tissues.

There are several ways to fund your studies, some of them are listed on this webpage.

Teaching

I am the convenor of projects for BEng students (ENG4110P) in the discipline of Civil Engineering.

I currently teach:

Previously, I have taught:

 Before University of Glasgow, I have taught the following university level courses:

  • Variational Methods in mechanics (PG)
  • Continuum Mechanics (PG)
  • Mathematical Methods for Engineers (PG)
  • Scientific Communication Skills (PG)
  • Solid Mechanics 1 (UG)
  • Solid Mechanics Laboratory (UG)

Additionally, I organised and lectured in the summer school on "Nonlinear Electro- and magneto-mechanics" at the International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, Udine, Italy.

Professional activities & recognition

Prizes, awards & distinctions

  • 2021: New Investigator Award (EPSRC)

Research fellowships

  • 2015 - 2018: Ramanujan Fellowship, Science and Engineering Research Board (India)

Editorial boards

  • Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids

Additional information

Positions are open for motivated students to undertake their Masters, PhD or postdoctoral research in the general area of mechanics of solids and structures. Interested candidates may email me with their CV and a brief statement of their research interests.

Fellowship Opportunities :

I am happy to support motivated candidates with their fellowship applications to work on topics in mechanics. Below is the list of some relevant possibilities. Feel free to contact me if you're interested:

 


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