3 papers
physics.bio-ph2026
Plant-On-a-Disc (POD): A Phytofluidic platform enabling In Situ Root Analysis
Kaushal Agarwal, Sumit Kumar Mehta, Pranab Kumar Mondal
Phytofluidic platforms have enabled controlled studies of plant roots, however, most existing systems either impose geometric confinement without flow or introduce hydrodynamics in…
cs.RO2026
Topology-Optimized Pneumatic Soft Actuator: Design and Experimental Validation
Sumit Mehta, Konstantinos Poulios
This paper demonstrates the computational design of soft elastomeric pneumatic actuators using nonlinear topology optimization. An existing density- and porohyperelasticity-based t…
physics.bio-ph2025
Phytoscale Transport Physics: Insights into Xylem Flow Homeostasis and Drought Stress
Jinmay Kalita, Sumit Kumar Mehta, Suraj Panja +1
We investigate the flow dynamics of nutrient solution through the xylem vessels of Brassica juncea under drought stress. To this end, we perform experiments to obtain morphological…