Personal Information
Full Name: Prof. R. P. Shimpi
Phone: 25767119
Email: rpshimpi[at]aero.iitb.ac.in
Website: http://www.aero.iitb.ac.in/~rpshimpi/

Specialization: Structures
R&D
Publications: 

1
"Refined Plate Theory and Its Variants" 
Shimpi, R. P.; AIAA Journal, 
Vol. 40, No. 1, January 2002, pp 137-146 

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2
"Zeroth-order Shear Deformation Theory for Plates" 
Shimpi, R. P.;
AIAA Journal, Vol. 37, No. 4, April 1999, pp 524-526 

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3
"A New Layerwise Trigonometric Shear Deformation Theory for Two-layered Cross-ply Beams"
Shimpi, R.P. and Ghugal, Y.M.;
Composites Science and Technology, Vol. 61, No. 9, July 2001, pp 1271-1283 

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4
"A Beam Finite Element Based on Layerwise Trigonometric Shear
Deformation Theory"

Shimpi, R.P. and Ainapure, A.V.; 
Composite Structures, Vol. 53, No. 2, August 2001, pp 153-162 

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5
"Layerwise Trigonometric Shear Deformation Theory for Two Layered Cross-ply Laminated Beams"
Shimpi, R.P. and Ghugal, Y.M.; 
Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, Vol. 18, No. 16, 1999, pp 1516-1543 

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6
"On the Theory of Discrete Structural Model Analysis and Design"
Panditta, I.K., Shimpi, R.P. and Prasad, K.S.R.K.;
International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 36, No. 16, June 1999, pp 2443-2462 
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7
"A Zigzag Model for Laminated Composite Beams" 
Arya, H., Shimpi, R.P. and Naik, N.K.; 
Composite Structures, Vol. 56, No. 1, April 2002, pp 21-24 

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8
"A Review of Refined Shear Deformation Theories for Isotropic and
Anisotropic Laminated Beams"

Ghugal, Y.M. and Shimpi, R.P.; 
Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, Vol. 20, No. 3, 2001, pp 255-272 

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9
"Combining Approximation Concepts with Genetic Algorithm-based
Structural Optimization Procedures"

Nair, P.B., Keane, A.J. and Shimpi, R.P.; 
Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics & Materials Conference, Vol. 2, 1998, Proceedings of the 1998 39th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference and Exhibit and AIAA/ASME/AHS Adaptive Structures Forum. Part 2 (of 4), Apr 20-23 1998, Long Beach, CA, USA, AIAA-98-1912, pp 1741-1751 (Publisher: AIAA, Reston, VA, USA, 1998) 
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