Nidish Narayanaa Balaji

Employment

• Indian Institute of Technology Madras Assistant Professor
  2024 - Present
• University of Stuttgart Humboldt Postdoctoral Researcher
  2022 - 2024
• Rice University Postdoctoral Researcher
  2021 - 2022

Education

• Rice University Doctor of Philosophy
  2017 - 2021
• Rice University M.S.
  2017 - 2019
• Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology B.Tech.
  2013 - 2017

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (22)

• Vibration response variability in friction-damped systems: Quantification of the influence of contact and traction uncertainties
  Journal of Sound and Vibration 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsv.2025.119571
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• Influence of wear on the nonlinear dynamics of a lap joint structure: Observations from long-term experimentation
  Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymssp.2025.112930
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• System identification of nonlinear structures through a parametrically varying transfer function approach
  Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymssp.2025.112339
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• Harmonic Balance for quasi-periodic vibrations under nonlinear hysteresis
  Journal of Sound and Vibration 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsv.2024.118570
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• A quantitative assessment of the model form error of friction models across different interface representations for jointed structures
  Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymssp.2021.108163
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• Reduced order modeling for the dynamics of jointed structures through hyper-reduced interface representation
  Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymssp.2020.107249
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• An assessment of the applicability and epistemic uncertainties inherent to different classes of friction models for modeling bolted interfaces
  Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series 2021 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-47626-7_42
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• An efficient coupled modal quasi-static approach for characterizing non-linear modal properties of prestressed structures
  Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series 2021 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-47626-7_41
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• Hyper-reduction approaches for contact modeling with small tangential displacements: Applications for a bolted joint
  Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series 2021 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-47626-7_43
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• Traction-based multi-scale nonlinear dynamic modeling of bolted joints: Formulation, application, and trends in micro-scale interface evolution
  Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing 2020 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymssp.2020.106615
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