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Gaurav Watts

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus

Room No.-6020-L,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani- 333031, Rajasthan. India.

Publications in SCI Indexed International Journals

  1. Utham, A.V., Watts, G. and Mishra, R.R., 2025. Numerical assessment of blast performance of a sandwich structure with novel circular re-entrant star honeycomb auxetic core. Journal of Sandwich Structures & Materials, p.1-17. - Link
  2. VG, R.K., Patel, S.N., Kumar, R. and Watts, G., 2025. Geometric nonlinear buckling behaviour of randomly distributed carbon nanotube and fibre reinforced hybrid stiffened composite plates: Effect of CNT agglomeration. European Journal of Mechanics-A/Solids, p.105915. -  Link
  3. Kumar, V.R., Patel, S.N., Kumar, R. and Watts, G., 2025. Postbuckling behaviour of functionally graded carbon nanotube reinforced stiffened composite plate under non-uniform loadings. Engineering Structures343, p.121269.- Link
  4. Jain, V., Kumar, R., Dey, T., Patel, S.N. and Watts, G., 2024. A meshfree formulation for size-dependent thermal buckling and post-buckling behaviour of porous microplates on elastic foundation subjected to localized heating. Thin-Walled Structures205, p.112451.- Link
  5. Sengar, V., Watts, G., Kumar, R., Patel, S.N. and Kumar, A., 2024. Tunable thermal postbuckling response of imperfect skew sandwich plates with auxetic core and FGCNTRC facings using isogeometric approach. Engineering Structures, 305, p.117706.- Link
  6. Fayaz, D., Patel, S.N., Kumar, R. and Watts, G., 2023. Nonlinear dynamic instability of laminated composite stiffened plates subjected to in-plane pulsating loading. Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, pp.1-32. – Link
  7. Fayaz, D., Patel, S.N., Kumar, R. and Watts, G., 2023. Nonlinear dynamic instability and dynamic response of stiffened laminated composite plates subjected to in-plane pulsating patch loading. Mechanics Based Design of Structures and Machines, pp.1-45. - Link
  8. Jain, V., Kumar, R., Watts, G., Islam, M.R.I. and Singh, V., 2023. Size-Dependent Nonlinear Free and Forced Vibration Analyses of a Functionally Graded Microplate Subjected to Transverse Patch Loading. ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 149(10), p.04023082. - Link
  9. Sengar, V., Nynaru, M., Watts, G., Kumar, R. and Singh, S., 2023. Postbuckled vibration behaviour of skew sandwich plates with metal foam core under arbitrary edge compressive loads using isogeometric approach. Thin-Walled Structures, 184, p.110524. - Link
  10. Watts, G., Kumar, R., Singh, S., Sengar, V., Reddy, G.R. and Patel, S.N., 2022. Postbuckling and postbuckled vibration behaviour of imperfect trapezoidal sandwich plates with FG-CNTRC face sheets under nonuniform loadings. Aerospace Science and Technology, p.107716. - Link
  11. Keshav, V., Patel, S.N., Kumar, R. and Watts, G., 2022. Effect of Cutout on the Stability and Failure of Laminated Composite Cylindrical Panels Subjected to In-Plane Pulse Loads. International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics, p.2250087. - Link
  12. Pathan, F., Singh, S., Natarajan, S. and Watts, G. 2022. An analytical solution for the static bending of smart laminated composite and functionally graded plates. Archive of Applied Mechanics.- Link
  13. Singh, V., Vescovini, R., Kumar, R., Patel, S.N. and Watts, G., 2022. Nonlinear vibration and instability of a randomly distributed CNT-reinforced composite plate subjected to localized in-plane parametric excitation. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 101, pp.453-480.– Link
  14. Watts, G., Kumar, R., Patel, S. N., and Singh, , 2021. Dynamic instability of trapezoidal composite plates under non-uniform compression using moving kriging based meshfree method. Thin-Walled Structures, 164,107766. - Link
  15. Singh, S., Ravi Raj, B. M., Mali, K. D., and Watts, G., 2021. Elastic properties and nonlinear elasticity of the noncarbon hexagonal lattice nanomaterials based on the multiscale modelling. ASME Journal of Engineering  Materials and Technology, 143(2), pp.021006 - Link
  16. Watts, G., Singh, S. and Pathan, F., 2020. Meshfree analysis of non-rectangular sandwich plates based on refined C0 higher-order shear deformation theories. Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 120, pp.180-194.  - Link
  17. Watts, G.,Pradyumna, S., and Singha, M. K., 2018. Free vibration analysis of non-rectangular plates in contact with bounded fluid using element free Galerkin method. Ocean Engineering, 160 pp.438-448 - Link
  18. Watts, G.,Singha, M. K. and Pradyumna, S., 2018. Nonlinear bending and snap-through instability analyses of conical shell panels using element free Galerkin method. Thin-Walled Structures, 122, pp.452-462. - Link
  19. Watts, G.,Singha, M. K. and Pradyumna, S., 2018. A numerical study on the nonlinear behavior of corner  supported flat and curved panels. Archive of Applied Mechanics, 88(4), pp.503-516. - Link
  20. Watts, G., Pradyumna, S. and Singha, M.K., 2017. Nonlinear analysis of  quadrilateral composite plates using moving kriging based element free Galerkin method. Composite Structures, 159, pp.719-727. - Link