Venkata Sonti

Professor

PhD, Purdue University, Indiana, 1994
MS, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 1988
BTech, IIT Kharagpur, 1986

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sonti@iisc.ac.in

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+91 80 2293 3227

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Research Interests

Acoustics, Structural vibrations
Nonlinear sound and structure interaction
Asymptotic methods

Teaching

ME 249 Fundamentals of Acoustics
ME 250 Structural Acoustics
ME 253 Vibrations of Plates and Shells
ME 261 Engineering Mathematics

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(Worksheet on Complex Analysis )

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ME 303 Partial Differential Equations

Selected Recent Publications

Anoop Mana and Sonti V. R., Analytical natural frequency expressions for fluid-loaded panels using contour integrations in the complex plane. Submitted to JSV.
Biswajit Bharat and Sonti V. R., Finite amplitude modal interactions in a weakly nonlinear structural-acoustic cylindrical waveguide. Under review JSV.
Biswajit Bharat and Sonti V. R., Self and cross-mode interactions in a weakly nonlinear two-dimensional structural-acoustic waveguide, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 147, 2499 (2020).
Biswajit Bharat and Sonti V. R., Nonlinear sound and structure interaction in a fluid–filled flexible waveguide, Wave Motion, Volume 96, 2020.
Biswajit Bharat and Sonti V. R., Resonance and beating phenomenon in a nonlinear rigid cylindrical acoustic waveguide: The axisymmetric mode, Journal of Sound and Vibration, Volume 458, 2019, Pages 262-275.
Anoop Mana and Sonti V.R., Sound radiation from a finite perforated panel set in a rigid baffle: A fully coupled analysis, Wave Motion, 85, January 2019, 144-164.
Mana, A. A., & Sonti, V. R. (2018). Sound transmission through a finite perforated panel set in a rigid baffle: A fully coupled analysis. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 414, 126-156.
Jain, N. K., & Sonti, V. R. (2017). Structural acoustics of a rectangular panel backed by a cavity: An analytical matrix approach. Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, 139(3), 031004.
Prakash, V., & Sonti, V. R. (2016). A systematic asymptotic approach to determine the dispersion characteristics of structural-acoustic waveguides with arbitrary fluid loading.Journal of Sound and Vibration, 373, 164-179.
Mana, A. A., & Sonti, V. R. (2016). Sound radiation from a perforated panel set in a baffle with a different perforation ratio.Journal of Sound and Vibration, 372, 317-341.
Prakash S, V., & Sonti, V. R. (2015). Weakly nonlinear acoustic wave propagation in a nonlinear orthotropic circular cylindrical waveguide.The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 138(5), 3231-3244.
Prakash S, V., & Sonti, V. R. (2015). Weakly nonlinear acoustic wave propagation in a nonlinear orthotropic circular cylindrical waveguide.The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 138(5), 3231-3244.
Prakash, S. V., & Sonti, V. R. (2014). Asymptotic expansions for wavenumbers in orthotropic fluid-filled circular cylindrical shells for intermediate fluid loading.Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 135(6), 3198-3208.
Prakash, V., & Sonti, V. R. (2013). Asymptotic expansions for the structural wavenumbers of isotropic and orthotropic fluid-filled circular cylindrical shells in the intermediate frequency range.Journal of Sound and Vibration, 332(16), 3696-3705.
Kunte, M. V., & Sonti, V. R. (2013). Asymptotic wavenumber expansions of a strongly orthotropic fluid-filled circular cylindrical shell. Wave Motion, 50(3), 402-414.