Details Of R & D Activities in Mechanical Department
S.No Name of Faculty Research Area Projects Guided in the
Field of Proposed Projects for the next academic year 1 Vijaya Simha Reddy. B.G.
(Prof & Head) Impact Engineering 1. Quasi Static compression of metal tubes. 1. FEA analysis of crushing of metal tubes, Honeycombs and panels. Cellular Materials 2. Foam Filled Tubes. 2. Dynamic crushing characteristics of cellular materials. 3. Wood Filled Tubes. 4. Honeycombs 5. Panels. 6. Foam Filled Honeycombs. 7. Design and Fabrication of Load Cell for dynamic application. 2 S. Mohan (Prof) Quality assurance and reliability 1.Space Research Activities 1. Aerospace Design and Fabrication 2. Characteristics of Materials. 2. Design and Fabrication Space research 3. Advances in Mechanical engineering. 3 Raghavendra. N (Asst Prof) Composite Materials 1. Wear of MMC. 1. Fracture Toughness of MMC. 2. Material Characterization of MMC. 2. Fatigue of MMC. 3. Fabrication of Equipments 3. Wear and Tribological Evolution of MMC. 4. Analysis of Machine parts 4. F.E.M Analysis of Pressure Vessels. 4 Ashok Kumar C.N. (Asst Prof) Composite Materials 1. Metal Matrix Composites
1. Characterization of MMCs. 2. Fabrication of Gas Furnace. 5 K.S. Meenalochani Product Design and Development 1. Development of New Products. 6 J. Subramanyam Solar Energy 1. Solar Drilling Machine 1. Hybrid Solar and Wind Power Generator. Environment waste Management 2. Energy Audit of Organization 2. Prototype Wind Turbine Design and Fabrication. 3. Solar Roofing Fabrication. 7 Lokesh G. Reddy Natural Composites Study of Mechanical Behaviour of Natural Composites 1. Evaluation of Tensile Materials of Bamboo Composites. 2. Bending Properties. 3. Compression Properties. 4. Analysis of above using FEM package. Details Of R & D Activities in Mechanical Department 8 Mrityunjaya Swami K.M. Alternative Fuels 1. Alternative Fuels 1. Production of Biodiesel by various methods. Refrigeration 2. Solar Refrigeration 2. Optimization of Biodiesel Production process. 3. Electric byke 3. Performance and Emission analysis of biodiesel in C.I. Engines. 4. Ethanol and Methanol as fuels in I C. engines. 5. Solar Fan. 6. Solar Powered Transport Vehicles. 9 Aparna B. Thermal 1. Non Conventional Sources 1. Numerical study in heat transfer Porous Media. 10 Sharada Design 1. FEA 1. Design and Fabrication. 11 Mujeeb Pasha Fatigue 1. Gear Actuated Systems. 1. Ansys Analysis. 12 Ruby Saran Thermal 1. Fabrication of Devices on Solar Energy. 13 Dr. C. Gajendra Gayesh Renewable Energy 1. Solar applications for transportation and Agricultural Purposes 1. Solar applications for transportation and Agricultural Purposes Rapid Manufacturing 2. Rapid Prototyping. Nano-Technology