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Carnegie Mellon University: Pittsburgh, PA, US

2000 to present | 2007- , Professor (Civil & Environmental Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering (by courtesy), Center for Nonlinear Analysis, Mathematical Sciences)
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Amit Acharya

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Urbana, IL, US

1998 to 2000 | Research Scientist (Center for Simulation of Advanced Rockets (CSAR))
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HKS, Inc. (Hibbitt, Karlsson, and Sorensen, Inc.) currently Simulia, Dassault Systemes: Providence, Rhode island, US

1995 to 1998 | Senior Developer (ABAQUS Standard Development Group)
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University of Pennsylvania: Philadelphia, PA, US

1994 to 1995 | Postdoctoral fellow (Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics)
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Education and qualifications (3)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Urbana, IL, US

1990 to 1994 | PhD (Theoretical and Applied Mechanics)
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University of Utah: Salt Lake City, UT, US

1988 to 1990 | MS (Mining Engineering)
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Amit Acharya

Indian School of Mines: Dhanbad, Bihar, IN

1984 to 1988 | B. Tech (Mining Engineering)
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Works (50 of 81)

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A hidden convexity in continuum mechanics, with application to classical, continuous-time, rate-(in)dependent plasticity

Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids
2025-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Amit Acharya
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Emergent fault friction and supershear in a continuum model of geophysical rupture

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
2024-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Abhishek Arora; Amit Acharya
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Action principles for dissipative, non-holonomic Newtonian mechanics

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
2024-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Amit Acharya; Ambar N. Sengupta
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Modeling of experimentally observed topological defects inside bulk polycrystals

Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering
2023-12-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Siddharth Singh; He Liu; Rajat Arora; Robert M Suter; Amit Acharya
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Mechanics of micropillar confined thin film plasticity

Acta Materialia
2022-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Abhishek Arora; Rajat Arora; Amit Acharya
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Elasticity versus phase field driven motion in the phase field crystal model

Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering
2022-09-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Amit Acharya; Luiza Angheluta; Jorge Viñals
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An action for nonlinear dislocation dynamics

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
2022-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Amit Acharya
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Field dislocation mechanics and phase field crystal models

Physical Review B
2020-08-31 | Journal article
Contributors: Amit Acharya; Jorge Viñals
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Dislocation pattern formation in finite deformation crystal plasticity

International Journal of Solids and Structures
2020-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Rajat Arora; Amit Acharya
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Stress of a Spatially Uniform Dislocation Density Field

Journal of Elasticity
2019-12-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Amit Acharya
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A Design Principle for Actuation of Nematic Glass Sheets

Journal of Elasticity
2019-08-19 | Journal article
Contributors: Amit Acharya
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On Weingarten-Volterra Defects

Journal of Elasticity
2019-01-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Amit Acharya
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Fracture and Singularities of the Mass-Density Gradient Field

Journal of Elasticity
2018-08-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Amit Acharya
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Computing singularly perturbed differential equations

Journal of Computational Physics
2018-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Sabyasachi Chatterjee; Amit Acharya; Zvi Artstein
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A fundamental improvement to Ericksen-Leslie kinematics

Quart. Appl. Math.
2015 | Journal article
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10.1090/s0033-569x-2015-01375-5

Contributors: Hossein Pourmatin; Amit Acharya; Kaushik Dayal
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A study of conditions for dislocation nucleation in coarser-than-atomistic scale models

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
2015 | Journal article
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10.1016/j.jmps.2014.11.001

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2-s2.0-84915748507

Contributors: Garg, A.; Acharya, A.; Maloney, C.E.
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An observation on the experimental measurement of dislocation density

Journal of Elasticity
2014 | Journal article
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10.1007/s10659-013-9437-2

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2-s2.0-84894906099

Contributors: Acharya, A.; Knops, R.J.
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Continuum mechanics of line defects in liquid crystals and liquid crystal elastomers

Quarterly of Applied Mathematics
2014 | Journal article
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10.1090/S0033-569X-2013-01322-X

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2-s2.0-84894650464

Contributors: Acharya, A.; Dayal, K.
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Modeling of slow time-scale behavior of fast molecular dynamic systems

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
2014 | Journal article
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10.1016/j.jmps.2013.10.013

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2-s2.0-84893807049

Contributors: Tan, L.; Acharya, A.; Dayal, K.
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Numerical implementation of static Field Dislocation Mechanics theory for periodic media

Philosophical Magazine
2014 | Journal article
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10.1080/14786435.2014.896081

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2-s2.0-84901623588

Contributors: Brenner, R.; Beaudoin, A.J.; Suquet, P.; Acharya, A.
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Can equations of equilibrium predict all physical equilibria? A case study from Field Dislocation Mechanics

Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids
2013 | Journal article
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10.1177/1081286512451940

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2-s2.0-84886626948

Contributors: Das, A.; Acharya, A.; Zimmer, J.; Matthies, K.
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Coarse variables of autonomous ODE systems and their evolution

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
2013 | Journal article
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10.1016/j.cma.2012.09.011

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2-s2.0-84868638055

Contributors: Tan, L.; Acharya, A.; Dayal, K.
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Dislocation motion and instability

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
2013 | Journal article
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10.1016/j.jmps.2013.03.002

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2-s2.0-84879845119

Contributors: Zhu, Y.; Chapman, S.J.; Acharya, A.
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Coupled phase transformations and plasticity as a field theory of deformation incompatibility

International Journal of Fracture
2012 | Journal article
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10.1007/s10704-011-9656-0

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2-s2.0-84859155271

Contributors: Acharya, A.; Fressengeas, C.
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Elementary observations on the averaging of dislocation mechanics: Dislocation origin of aspects of anisotropic yield and plastic spin

Procedia IUTAM
2012 | Conference paper
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10.1016/j.piutam.2012.03.019

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2-s2.0-84867393568

Contributors: Acharya, A.; Jonathan Chapman, S.
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On the three-dimensional Filon construct for dislocations

International Journal of Engineering Science
2012 | Journal article
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10.1016/j.ijengsci.2012.03.010

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2-s2.0-84894317012

Contributors: Acharya, A.; Knops, R.J.
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Time-averaged coarse variables for multi-scale dynamics

Quarterly of Applied Mathematics
2012 | Journal article
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10.1090/S0033-569X-2012-01291-5

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2-s2.0-84870243913

Contributors: Slemrod, M.; Acharya, A.
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Controlling plastic flow across grain boundaries in a continuum model

Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science
2011 | Journal article
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10.1007/s11661-010-0257-8

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2-s2.0-79951517555

Contributors: Puri, S.; Acharya, A.; Rollett, A.D.
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Coupled phase transformations and plasticity as a field theory of deformation incompatibility

Micromechanics of Defects in Solids
2011 | Other
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10.1007/978-94-007-4626-8_9

Contributors: Amit Acharya; Claude Fressengeas
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Dislocation mediated continuum plasticity: Case studies on modeling scale dependence, scale-invariance, and directionality of sharp yield-point

Computational Methods for Microstructure-Property Relationships
2011 | Book
DOI:

10.1007/978-1-4419-0643-4_8

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2-s2.0-84886198116

Contributors: Fressengeas, C.; Acharya, A.; Beaudoin, A.J.
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Amit Acharya via Scopus - Elsevier

Mechanical response of multicrystalline thin films in mesoscale field dislocation mechanics

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
2011 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1016/j.jmps.2011.06.009

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2-s2.0-80053564251

Contributors: Puri, S.; Das, A.; Acharya, A.
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Microcanonical entropy and mesoscale dislocation mechanics and plasticity

Journal of Elasticity
2011 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1007/s10659-011-9328-3

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2-s2.0-80051666193

Contributors: Acharya, A.
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On an equation from the theory of field dislocation mechanics

Bolletino dell Unione Matematica Italiana
2011 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84859160429

Contributors: Acharya, A.; Tartar, L.
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Coarse-graining autonomous ODE systems by inducing a separation of scales: Practical strategies and mathematical questions

Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids
2010 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1177/1081286508100972

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2-s2.0-77952280124

Contributors: Acharya, A.
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Continuity in the plastic strain rate and its influence on texture evolution

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
2010 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1016/j.jmps.2009.11.005

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2-s2.0-73449087604

Contributors: Mach, J.C.; Beaudoin, A.J.; Acharya, A.
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New inroads in an old subject: Plasticity, from around the atomic to the macroscopic scale

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
2010 | Journal article
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10.1016/j.jmps.2010.02.001

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2-s2.0-77950189812

Contributors: Acharya, A.
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Travelling wave solutions for a quasilinear model of field dislocation mechanics

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
2010 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1016/j.jmps.2010.09.008

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2-s2.0-78049329502

Contributors: Acharya, A.; Matthies, K.; Zimmer, J.
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Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian methods for analysis of regressing solid domains and interface tracking

Computers and Structures
2009 | Journal article
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10.1016/j.compstruc.2008.12.008

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2-s2.0-59849127978

Contributors: Taciroglu, E.; Acharya, A.; Namazifard, A.; Parsons, I.D.
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Modeling dislocation sources and size effects at initial yield in continuum plasticity

Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures
2009 | Journal article
DOI:

10.2140/jomms.2009.4.1603

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2-s2.0-77955763982

Contributors: Puri, S.; Roy, A.; Acharya, A.; Dimiduk, D.
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Use of thermodynamic formalism in generalized continuum theories and a model for damage evolution

Journal of Engineering Mechanics
2009 | Journal article
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10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(2009)135:3(171)

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2-s2.0-60649098598

Contributors: Acharya, A.
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A Counterpoint to cermelli and gurtin's criteria for choosing the 'correct' geometric dislocation tensor in finite plasticity

IUTAM Bookseries
2008 | Book
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2-s2.0-84862143347

Contributors: Acharya, A.
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A Counterpoint to Cermelli and Gurtin’s Criteria for Choosing the ‘Correct’ Geometric Dislocation Tensor in Finite Plasticity

IUTAM Symposium on Theoretical, Computational and Modelling Aspects of Inelastic Media
2008 | Other
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10.1007/978-1-4020-9090-5_9

Contributors: Amit Acharya
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New perspectives in plasticity theory: Dislocation nucleation, waves, and partial continuity of plastic strain rate

Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids
2008 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1177/1081286507086903

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2-s2.0-42549128284

Contributors: Acharya, A.; Beaudoin, A.; Miller, R.
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Amit Acharya via Scopus - Elsevier

Jump condition for GND evolution as a constraint on slip transmission at grain boundaries

Philosophical Magazine
2007 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1080/14786430600951537

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2-s2.0-33847140994

Contributors: Acharya, A.
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Amit Acharya via Scopus - Elsevier

On the choice of coarse variables for dynamics

International Journal for Multiscale Computational Engineering
2007 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1615/IntJMultCompEng.v5.i6.50

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2-s2.0-39049128878

Contributors: Acharya, A.
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Phenomenological mesoscopic field dislocation mechanics, lower-order gradient plasticity, and transport of mean excess dislocation density

Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering
2007 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1088/0965-0393/15/1/S14

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2-s2.0-34247195110

Contributors: Roy, A.; Puri, S.; Acharya, A.
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Continuum theory and methods for coarse-grained, mesoscopic plasticity

Scripta Materialia
2006 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1016/j.scriptamat.2005.10.070

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2-s2.0-29844450754

Contributors: Acharya, A.; Roy, A.; Sawant, A.
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Dislocation transport using an explicit Galerkin/least-squares formulation

Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering
2006 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1088/0965-0393/14/7/011

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2-s2.0-33749373301

Contributors: Varadhan, S.N.; Beaudoin, A.J.; Acharya, A.; Fressengeas, C.
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Model reduction via parametrized locally invariant manifolds: Some examples

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
2006 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1016/j.cma.2005.12.012

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2-s2.0-33745946430

Contributors: Sawant, A.; Acharya, A.
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On a computational approach for the approximate dynamics of averaged variables in nonlinear ODE systems: Toward the derivation of constitutive laws of the rate type

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
2006 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1016/j.jmps.2006.03.007

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2-s2.0-33746323651

Contributors: Acharya, A.; Sawant, A.
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