Papers
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133
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About
Deepak Kumar is an emerging researcher whose work sits at the intersection of continuum mechanics, smart materials, and soft robotics. His research primarily focuses on the mechanical modeling and failure analysis of electro-active polymers (EAPs), dielectric elastomers, and electromagnetoactive membranes — materials that form the functional backbone of next-generation human-like soft robots and adaptive actuators. Kumar's most influential contribution, "Modeling of electro–viscoelastic dielectric elastomer" (2021, 35 citations), established rigorous continuum mechanics frameworks for predicting how these materials behave under complex electrical loading. His work on artificial tissue fracture and failure (2022, 29 citations; 2023, 7 citations) bridges materials science and bioengineering, offering physics-based insights essential for designing safer soft robotic systems. He has also made significant advances in understanding wrinkling instabilities and unequal-biaxial deformation states in polymeric composites, areas often overlooked in prior literature. More recently, Kumar has extended his investigations to thermo-electro-magnetostrictive coupling effects, exploring how temperature and electromagnetic fields jointly govern membrane behavior. With over 130 cumulative citations across a focused body of work spanning just five years, Kumar is rapidly establishing himself as a significant voice in the theoretical and applied mechanics of smart soft materials.
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- 8Unequal-Biaxial Taut States of Electro-Active Polymeric Composites5 citations · 2023
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- 10Unequal-biaxial taut states of functionally graded dielectric elastomers3 citations · 2025