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Rakesh Kapania

Norris and Laura Mitchell Professor of Aerospace Engineering

Virginia Tech

Affiliations

College of Engineering

Aerospace and Ocean Engineering

Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics

Rakesh Kapania is currently serving as an Aerospace And Ocean Engineering Norris and Laura Mitchell Professor of Aerospace Engineering at Virginia Tech.

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Rakesh Kapania

Virginia Tech

Norris and Laura Mitchell Professor of Aerospace Engineering

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aerospace engineering mechanical engineering engineering materials science aerodynamics aeronautics structural mechanics structural engineering design optimization engineering optimization materials engineering composite materials structural optimization vibrations structural analysis finite element methods aircraft aeroelasticity composite science mechanics composite structures aerospace technology multidisciplinary design optimization thermal engineering multidisciplinary optimization tribology mechanical science shell theory astronautics curvilinear stiffeners aircraft design process structural design curvilinear spars free vibration aerial robotics composite technology isogeometric analysis composite plates additive manufacturing topology optimization sensitivity analysis impact (mechanics) strut-braced wing laminated beams neural networks computational optimization marine engineering shell structures acoustical engineering optimal design stiffened panels reliability engineering numerical simulations flight control cell migration piezoelectricity unitized structures multiple load cases in-plane loads global optimization stability analysis design frameworks parallel processing control engineering optical engineering micromechanics failure analysis conceptual design shape optimization structural performance layerwise theory laminated composite plates aircraft wings building engineering pressure vessel aerospace robotics material simulation computer-aided design computational mechanics mechanical modeling

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Aeroelastic Analysis and Wind Tunnel Flutter Testing of Inflatable Tethered Wing. AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum (2024)

Rikin GuptaShardul PanwarTaewoo NamJitish MiglaniSiddhant DesaiRakesh K. Kapania

aeroelastic analysiswind tunnelaerospace engineeringinflatable tethered wingaeroelasticityaerodynamics

ALMO: Active Learning-Based Multi-Objective Optimization for Accelerating Constrained Evolutionary Algorithms. Applied Sciences (2024)

Karanpreet SinghRakesh K. Kapania

evolutionary algorithmsmathematical optimizationsystems engineeringapplied mathematicsengineering optimizationadaptive optimizationcomputer scienceintelligent optimizationmachine learningcomputational optimizationevolutionary multi-criterion optimizationevolutionary computationalgorithm designdesign optimizationcomputational scienceoptimization problems

Automated Finite Element Analysis of Stiffened Tanks Using Multifidelity Modeling. Journal of Aircraft (2024)

Manasi P. PalwankarRakesh K. KapaniaDaniel C. HammerandEdward SzwabowskiMohamed Jrad

finite element methodsmultifidelity modelingaircraftengineeringaerospace engineeringstiffened tanksaerospacefinite element analysis

Confinement in Fibrous Environments Positions and Orients Mitotic Spindles. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2024)

Apurba SarkarAniket JanaAtharva AgasheJi WangRakesh KapaniaNir S. GovJennifer G. DeLucaRaja PaulAmrinder S. Nain

biophysicsfibrous environments positionscell biologyneurosciencestructural biology

Design Framework for Optimization of Curvilinearly Stiffened Variable Stiffness Composite Laminates With Direct Fiber Angle Parameterization. AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum (2024)

Mayank AgarwalRakesh K. KapaniaChris A. MinayaSatchi VenkataramanDaniel C. Hammerand

variable stiffnessstructural engineeringcomposite materialsengineeringstructural optimizationmaterials engineeringmaterials sciencedesign optimizationmechanical engineering

Development of a Low-Cost Flutter Test Bed With an Eps Foam Model for Preliminary Wing Design. Aerospace Science and Technology (2024)

Varakini SanmugadasJitish MiglaniWei ZhaoSiddhant DesaiJoseph A. SchetzRakesh K. Kapania

eps foam modelaeronauticsaerospace engineeringaerospace technologypreliminary wing designaerodynamics

First Failure Load of Rectangular Laminated and Sandwich Plates Using Isogeometric Analysis. AIAA Journal (2024)

Amir FarzamRomesh C. BatraRakesh K. Kapania

structural engineeringsandwich platesstructural analysisfirst failure loadthermal engineeringmaterials scienceapplied physicsmechanics of materialsstructural mechanicsdeformationisogeometric analysismechanical engineering

Implementation of Manufacturability Constraints for Nastran-Based Design Optimization of Vat Fiber Composite Structures. AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum (2024)

Varakini SanmugadasMohamed JradRakesh K. KapaniaJason QianMyles Baker

structural engineeringcomposite materialsengineering optimizationstructural optimizationmaterials engineeringprototype implementationaerospace engineeringfiber sciencematerials sciencemechanical engineeringnastran-based design optimizationmanufacturability constraintsadvanced composite material (engineering)high-performance fiberfiber-reinforced compositesdesign optimizationcomposite constructioncomposite sciencecomposite structurescomposite technology

Integrated Structural Design Optimization of Space Vehicles With Multidisciplinary Constraints. (2024)

Pranav BorwankarRakesh K. KapaniaDaisaku InoyamaTom Stoumbos

structural engineeringengineering optimizationengineeringstructural optimizationstructural designmultidisciplinary constraintsaerospace engineeringmultidisciplinary optimizationdesign optimizationmechanical engineering

Multidisciplinary Design Analysis and Optimization of Space Vehicle Structures. AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum (2024)

Pranav BorwankarRakesh K. KapaniaDaisaku InoyamaTom Stoumbos

space engineeringspace vehiclesmultidisciplinary design analysissystems engineeringengineeringengineering optimizationstructural optimizationspace explorationspace vehicle structuresaerospace engineeringmultidisciplinary optimizationdesign optimization

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Rakesh Kapania

Norris and Laura Mitchell Professor of Aerospace Engineering

Virginia Tech

Affiliations

College of Engineering

Aerospace and Ocean Engineering

Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics

Rakesh Kapania is currently serving as an Aerospace And Ocean Engineering Norris and Laura Mitchell Professor of Aerospace Engineering at Virginia Tech.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Rakesh Kapania

Virginia Tech

Norris and Laura Mitchell Professor of Aerospace Engineering

You can click a keyword to filter the displayed items

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Aeroelastic Analysis and Wind Tunnel Flutter Testing of Inflatable Tethered Wing. AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum (2024)

Rikin GuptaShardul PanwarTaewoo NamJitish MiglaniSiddhant DesaiRakesh K. Kapania

aeroelastic analysiswind tunnelaerospace engineeringinflatable tethered wingaeroelasticityaerodynamics

ALMO: Active Learning-Based Multi-Objective Optimization for Accelerating Constrained Evolutionary Algorithms. Applied Sciences (2024)

Karanpreet SinghRakesh K. Kapania

Automated Finite Element Analysis of Stiffened Tanks Using Multifidelity Modeling. Journal of Aircraft (2024)

Manasi P. PalwankarRakesh K. KapaniaDaniel C. HammerandEdward SzwabowskiMohamed Jrad

finite element methodsmultifidelity modelingaircraftengineeringaerospace engineeringstiffened tanksaerospacefinite element analysis

Confinement in Fibrous Environments Positions and Orients Mitotic Spindles. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2024)

Apurba SarkarAniket JanaAtharva AgasheJi WangRakesh KapaniaNir S. GovJennifer G. DeLucaRaja PaulAmrinder S. Nain

biophysicsfibrous environments positionscell biologyneurosciencestructural biology

Design Framework for Optimization of Curvilinearly Stiffened Variable Stiffness Composite Laminates With Direct Fiber Angle Parameterization. AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum (2024)

Mayank AgarwalRakesh K. KapaniaChris A. MinayaSatchi VenkataramanDaniel C. Hammerand

variable stiffnessstructural engineeringcomposite materialsengineeringstructural optimizationmaterials engineeringmaterials sciencedesign optimizationmechanical engineering

Development of a Low-Cost Flutter Test Bed With an Eps Foam Model for Preliminary Wing Design. Aerospace Science and Technology (2024)

Varakini SanmugadasJitish MiglaniWei ZhaoSiddhant DesaiJoseph A. SchetzRakesh K. Kapania

eps foam modelaeronauticsaerospace engineeringaerospace technologypreliminary wing designaerodynamics

First Failure Load of Rectangular Laminated and Sandwich Plates Using Isogeometric Analysis. AIAA Journal (2024)

Amir FarzamRomesh C. BatraRakesh K. Kapania

Implementation of Manufacturability Constraints for Nastran-Based Design Optimization of Vat Fiber Composite Structures. AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum (2024)

Varakini SanmugadasMohamed JradRakesh K. KapaniaJason QianMyles Baker

Integrated Structural Design Optimization of Space Vehicles With Multidisciplinary Constraints. (2024)

Pranav BorwankarRakesh K. KapaniaDaisaku InoyamaTom Stoumbos

Multidisciplinary Design Analysis and Optimization of Space Vehicle Structures. AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum (2024)

Pranav BorwankarRakesh K. KapaniaDaisaku InoyamaTom Stoumbos

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