publications

2026

1. AIAA SciTech

   

   SMARTCLAVE: A High-Fidelity Digital Twin for Predicting Process-Induced Local Defects and Distortion of Autoclave-Cured Composite Parts

   Kalyan Shrestha, Anand Vijay Karuppiah, Jim Lua, and 4 more authors

   In AIAA SCITECH 2026 Forum, 2026

   Bib

   @inproceedings{shrestha2026smartclave,
     title = {{SMARTCLAVE}: A High-Fidelity Digital Twin for Predicting Process-Induced Local Defects and Distortion of Autoclave-Cured Composite Parts},
     author = {Shrestha, Kalyan and Karuppiah, Anand Vijay and Lua, Jim and Walthers, M. and Yan, Jinhui and Guay, I. and Phan, Nam D.},
     booktitle = {AIAA SCITECH 2026 Forum},
     year = {2026},
   }

2. AIAA SciTech

   

   High-Fidelity Progressive Damage Predictions of Composite T-Joints with Seeded Defects in CB2ATA

   Anand Vijay Karuppiah, Rui Li, Vinay Goyal, and 1 more author

   In AIAA SCITECH 2026 Forum, 2026

   Bib

   @inproceedings{karuppiah2026tjoints,
     title = {High-Fidelity Progressive Damage Predictions of Composite {T}-Joints with Seeded Defects in {CB2ATA}},
     author = {Karuppiah, Anand Vijay and Li, Rui and Goyal, Vinay and Lua, Jim},
     booktitle = {AIAA SCITECH 2026 Forum},
     year = {2026},
   }

2025

1. AIAA SciTech

   Performance Evaluation of an As-Built Composite Component Fabricated by Automatic Fiber Placement

   Jim Lua, Rui Li, Anand Vijay Karuppiah, and 2 more authors

   In AIAA SCITECH 2025 Forum, 2025

   Bib

   @inproceedings{lua2025asbuilt,
     title = {Performance Evaluation of an As-Built Composite Component Fabricated by Automatic Fiber Placement},
     author = {Lua, Jim and Li, Rui and Karuppiah, Anand Vijay and Kariyawasam, S. and Albrecht, Q.},
     booktitle = {AIAA SCITECH 2025 Forum},
     year = {2025},
   }

2. VFS Forum

   Multi-Physics Modeling and Planning Tool for Tailoring of Quenching Process of Representative Airframe Structural Components

   Jim Lua, Rui Li, Kalyan Shrestha, and 3 more authors

   In Vertical Flight Society 81st Annual Forum and Technology Display, 2025

   Bib

   @inproceedings{lua2025quenching,
     title = {Multi-Physics Modeling and Planning Tool for Tailoring of Quenching Process of Representative Airframe Structural Components},
     author = {Lua, Jim and Li, Rui and Shrestha, Kalyan and Karuppiah, Anand Vijay and Timko, Mark and Lund, Scot},
     booktitle = {Vertical Flight Society 81st Annual Forum and Technology Display},
     year = {2025},
   }

2024

1. Compos. A

   

   A coupled data-physics computational framework for temperature, residual stress, and distortion modeling in autoclave process of composite materials

   Y. Xu, Z. Zhao, Kalyan Shrestha, and 5 more authors

   Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 2024

   Bib

   @article{xu2024autoclave,
     title = {A coupled data-physics computational framework for temperature, residual stress, and distortion modeling in autoclave process of composite materials},
     author = {Xu, Y. and Zhao, Z. and Shrestha, Kalyan and Seneviratne, Waruna and Liyanage, S. and Palliyaguru, U. and Karuppiah, Anand Vijay and others},
     journal = {Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing},
     year = {2024},
   }

2. VFS Forum

   Multi-Physics Modeling and Optimization Towards a Digital Twin of Quenching Processes of Large-Scale Metallic Structures

   Jim Lua, Jinhui Yan, Kalyan Shrestha, and 3 more authors

   In 80th Annual Vertical Flight Society Forum and Technology Display, 2024

   Bib

   @inproceedings{lua2024quenchingdt,
     title = {Multi-Physics Modeling and Optimization Towards a Digital Twin of Quenching Processes of Large-Scale Metallic Structures},
     author = {Lua, Jim and Yan, Jinhui and Shrestha, Kalyan and Piccoli, J. and Karuppiah, Anand Vijay and Phan, Nam D.},
     booktitle = {80th Annual Vertical Flight Society Forum and Technology Display},
     year = {2024},
   }

2023

1. Comput. Mech.

   

   Computational multi-phase convective conjugate heat transfer on overlapping meshes: a quasi-direct coupling approach via Schwarz alternating method

   Z. Zhao, Q. Zhu, Anand Vijay Karuppiah, and 4 more authors

   Computational Mechanics, 2023

   Bib

   @article{zhao2023schwarz,
     title = {Computational multi-phase convective conjugate heat transfer on overlapping meshes: a quasi-direct coupling approach via {Schwarz} alternating method},
     author = {Zhao, Z. and Zhu, Q. and Karuppiah, Anand Vijay and Stuebner, M. and Lua, Jim and Phan, Nam D. and Yan, Jinhui},
     journal = {Computational Mechanics},
     year = {2023},
   }

2. AIAA SciTech

   A Multiphysics Coupling for Evaluation of Effects of Local Boundary Conditions on Autoclave-Cured Composite

   Jim Lua, Anand Vijay Karuppiah, X. Li, and 4 more authors

   In AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum, 2023

   Bib

   @inproceedings{lua2023autoclave,
     title = {A Multiphysics Coupling for Evaluation of Effects of Local Boundary Conditions on Autoclave-Cured Composite},
     author = {Lua, Jim and Karuppiah, Anand Vijay and Li, X. and Shrestha, Kalyan and Yan, Jinhui and Zhao, Z. and Zhang, D.},
     booktitle = {AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum},
     year = {2023},
   }

3. ASC

   Towards a Digital Twin for High-Quality Curing of Multiple Composite Parts in Autoclave

   Kalyan Shrestha, Anand Vijay Karuppiah, N. Liu, and 1 more author

   In Proceedings of the American Society for Composites—Thirty-eighth Technical Conference, 2023

   Bib

   @inproceedings{shrestha2023autoclave,
     title = {Towards a Digital Twin for High-Quality Curing of Multiple Composite Parts in Autoclave},
     author = {Shrestha, Kalyan and Karuppiah, Anand Vijay and Liu, N. and Lua, Jim},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the American Society for Composites---Thirty-eighth Technical Conference},
     year = {2023},
   }

2021

1. VFS Forum

   Novel multi-physics-based modeling of a quenching process with thermal-metallurgical-mechanical interactions in aluminum components

   Jim Lua, Jinhui Yan, P. Li, and 3 more authors

   In 77th Annual Vertical Flight Society Forum and Technology Display, 2021

   Bib

   @inproceedings{lua2021quenching,
     title = {Novel multi-physics-based modeling of a quenching process with thermal-metallurgical-mechanical interactions in aluminum components},
     author = {Lua, Jim and Yan, Jinhui and Li, P. and Zhao, Z. and Karuppiah, Anand Vijay and Stuebner, M.},
     booktitle = {77th Annual Vertical Flight Society Forum and Technology Display},
     year = {2021},
   }

2020

1. AIAA SciTech

   Compressive response of composite laminates with defects

   X. Cui, Anand Vijay Karuppiah, Dinh Chi Pham, and 3 more authors

   In AIAA SCITECH 2020 Forum, 2020

   Bib

   @inproceedings{cui2020compressive,
     title = {Compressive response of composite laminates with defects},
     author = {Cui, X. and Karuppiah, Anand Vijay and Pham, Dinh Chi and Lua, Jim and Saathoff, C. and Seneviratne, Waruna},
     booktitle = {AIAA SCITECH 2020 Forum},
     year = {2020},
   }

2019

1. AIAA SciTech

   Compressive failure modeling of composites with defects

   Dinh Chi Pham, X. Cui, Anand Vijay Karuppiah, and 1 more author

   In AIAA SCITECH 2019 Forum, 2019

   Bib

   @inproceedings{pham2019compressive,
     title = {Compressive failure modeling of composites with defects},
     author = {Pham, Dinh Chi and Cui, X. and Karuppiah, Anand Vijay and Lua, Jim},
     booktitle = {AIAA SCITECH 2019 Forum},
     year = {2019},
   }

2. ASC

   Defects Characterization and Evaluation of Their Effects on Compressive Failure of Composite Components

   X. Cui, Dinh Chi Pham, Anand Vijay Karuppiah, and 3 more authors

   In Proceedings of the American Society for Composites—Thirty-fourth Technical Conference, 2019

   Bib

   @inproceedings{cui2019defects,
     title = {Defects Characterization and Evaluation of Their Effects on Compressive Failure of Composite Components},
     author = {Cui, X. and Pham, Dinh Chi and Karuppiah, Anand Vijay and Lua, Jim and Saathoff, C. and Seneviratne, Waruna},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the American Society for Composites---Thirty-fourth Technical Conference},
     year = {2019},
   }

2018

1. AHS Forum

   Characterization of Fabrication Induced Defects and Assessment of Their Effects on Integrity of Composite Structures

   Jim Lua, Nam D. Phan, Dinh Chi Pham, and 4 more authors

   In AHS International 74th Annual Forum and Technology Display, 2018

   Bib

   @inproceedings{lua2018defectsahs,
     title = {Characterization of Fabrication Induced Defects and Assessment of Their Effects on Integrity of Composite Structures},
     author = {Lua, Jim and Phan, Nam D. and Pham, Dinh Chi and Sadeghirad, Alireza and Karuppiah, Anand Vijay and Cui, X. and others},
     booktitle = {AHS International 74th Annual Forum and Technology Display},
     year = {2018},
   }

2. ASC

   Progressive Damage and Failure Prediction of Interlaminar Tensile Specimen with Initial Fabrication Induced Defects

   X. Cui, Anand Vijay Karuppiah, Dinh Chi Pham, and 3 more authors

   In Proceedings of the American Society for Composites—Thirty-third Technical Conference, 2018

   Bib

   @inproceedings{cui2018interlaminar,
     title = {Progressive Damage and Failure Prediction of Interlaminar Tensile Specimen with Initial Fabrication Induced Defects},
     author = {Cui, X. and Karuppiah, Anand Vijay and Pham, Dinh Chi and Lua, Jim and Saathoff, C. and Seneviratne, Waruna},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the American Society for Composites---Thirty-third Technical Conference},
     year = {2018},
   }

3. ABAQUS UC

   Defects Assessment of Composite Laminates from Scanning to Modeling

   X. Cui, Anand Vijay Karuppiah, Dinh Chi Pham, and 5 more authors

   In Proceedings of the ABAQUS Users’ Conference, 2018

   Bib

   @inproceedings{cui2018abaqus,
     title = {Defects Assessment of Composite Laminates from Scanning to Modeling},
     author = {Cui, X. and Karuppiah, Anand Vijay and Pham, Dinh Chi and Ren, X. and Lu, J. and He, J. and Hyde, A. and Liu, L.},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the ABAQUS Users' Conference},
     year = {2018},
   }

4. ASC

   Defects Characterization, Damage Mapping, and Property Evaluation of Composites

   Jim Lua, Alireza Sadeghirad, X. Cui, and 3 more authors

   In Proceedings of the American Society for Composites—Thirty-third Technical Conference, 2018

   Bib

   @inproceedings{lua2018defectsasc,
     title = {Defects Characterization, Damage Mapping, and Property Evaluation of Composites},
     author = {Lua, Jim and Sadeghirad, Alireza and Cui, X. and Karuppiah, Anand Vijay and Saathoff, C. and others},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the American Society for Composites---Thirty-third Technical Conference},
     year = {2018},
   }

5. IDETC

   Automating Structural Modeling of Composites Enriched by X-Ray Micro-Tomography and Digital Imaging Data

   A. P. Iliopoulos, J. G. Michopoulos, J. C. Steuben, and 3 more authors

   In International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC-CIE), 2018

   Bib

   @inproceedings{iliopoulos2018ctscan,
     title = {Automating Structural Modeling of Composites Enriched by {X-Ray} Micro-Tomography and Digital Imaging Data},
     author = {Iliopoulos, A. P. and Michopoulos, J. G. and Steuben, J. C. and Birnbaum, A. J. and Lua, Jim and others},
     booktitle = {International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC-CIE)},
     year = {2018},
   }

2016

1. M.S. Thesis

   Predicting the influence of weave architecture on the stress relaxation behavior of woven composite using finite element based micromechanics

   Anand Vijay Karuppiah

   Wichita State University, 2016

   Bib

   @mastersthesis{karuppiah2016thesis,
     title = {Predicting the influence of weave architecture on the stress relaxation behavior of woven composite using finite element based micromechanics},
     author = {Karuppiah, Anand Vijay},
     school = {Wichita State University},
     year = {2016},
   }

2. SAMPE

   Predicting Stress Relaxation Behavior of Fabric Composites Using Finite Element Based Micromechanics Model

   Anand Vijay Karuppiah, S. Keshavanarayana, K. K. Jones, and 1 more author

   In Proceedings of the SAMPE Conference, 2016

   Bib

   @inproceedings{karuppiah2016sampe,
     title = {Predicting Stress Relaxation Behavior of Fabric Composites Using Finite Element Based Micromechanics Model},
     author = {Karuppiah, Anand Vijay and Keshavanarayana, S. and Jones, K. K. and Sriyarathne, A.},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the SAMPE Conference},
     year = {2016},
   }