Students associated with me

Students

Ph.D.

Venkata Rama Reddy M.
"Expert System for the Analysis of Fatigue-Fracture Problems Related to Steel Structures", 2003

Hemanth D.
"Fracture Behaviour of Interface Cracks in Orthotropic Materials", 2003

Reddappa B.S.
"Structural Characterization and Property Evaluation of Titanium Boride Particulate Reinforced
Aluminum Matrix Composite”, (Under progress)

Shankara Reddy R.
"Material Characterization of Mechanical and Thermal Behavior of Ceramic Matrix Composites with
and without Defects using Finite Element Techniques", 2006

Shivakumar B.P.
"Finite Element Method in the Characterization of Mechanical and Thermal Behavior of Metal Matrix
Composites”, (Under progress)

Anil Kumar C.
"Some Studies on Mechanical (Fatigue/Fracture) and Thermal Behavior of Smart Materials and
Structures”, (Under progress)

Mahesh T.S.
"Finite Element Techniques in the Study of Vibration Characteristics of Piezoelectric transducers”,
(Under progress)

M.E./M.Tech.

Srivatsa Madhusudhan Sharma
"Photoelastic Determination of Stress Intensity Factors in Cylindrical Shells with Arbitrarily Oriented
Cracks”, 1985

Rameshaiah M.S.
"An Investigation of Fracture Mechanics Problem Using Photoelastic and Finite Element Techniques",
1986

Savitri Bai A.R.
"Minimisation of Stress Concentration Factor around a Central Circular Hole in a Skew Plate -- A
Photoelastic Investigation", 1990

Ravikumar B.N.
"On the Stress Concentration around Off-set Circular Cut-outs in Skew Plates Subjected to In-plane
Loading”, 1990

Mangesh C. Nadkarni
" Investigation on the influence of Elastic Constants on Hertizan Contact Problems using Finite Element
Method”, 2002

Kalash G. Naikrane
" Singular Stress Distribution around an Interface Crack in a Whisker Reinforced Metal Matrix Composite
– A Finite Element Investigation”, 2002

Mallesh G.
" A Parametric Study of Oscillatory Singular Stress Field near the Vicinity of a Crack in Reinforced
Composite Material using Finite Element Method”, 2002

Ravi V. Abbigeri
" Effect of Notch Angle on the Singular Stress Field around a Through-Edge-Crack in a Thick Plate
Subjected to Pure Bending – A Finite Element Investigation”, 2002

Lakshmi Narayana Y.
"Stress and Vibration Studies of an Aero-Engine compressor Disc”, 2003

Harsha H.M.
"Contact Zone Model in the Study of Complex Singularity and Strain Energy Release Rate for a Bi-material
Interface Crack under Remote Loading Conditions”, 2003

Vinayaka B.
"Evaluation of J-Integral for Edge and Central Cracks in Rectangular Steel Plates Subjected to Uniform
In-plane Traction using Finite Element Method”, 2003

Vinay M. Khandoji
"Evaluation of Apparent Elastic Moduli of SiC/Ti-6Al-4V Metal Matrix Composites (MMC’s) along Non-
Principal Material Directions using Finite Element Method”, 2003

Mrityunjay R. Doddamani
"Characterization of Mechanical Properties of SiC/Ti-6Al-4V Metal Matrix Composite using Finite Element
Method”, 2003

Shivakumar M.R.
"Evaluation of Effective Elastic Modulus for Fiber Reinforced Ceramic Matrix Composite with Matrix
Cracking using Finite Element Techniques”, 2004

Mohan B. Vanarotti
"Interlaminar Stresses in Angle Ply Laminate – A FEM Investigation”, 2004

Santhosh K.
"Heat Transfer Analysis of Gas Turbine Combustor Liner Using Analytical Method and FEM (ANSYS)”,
2004

Revanasiddappa Nippani
"Gas Turbine Combustion Systems – Design, Analysis and Validation using Finite Element Techniques”
2004

Deepak H.D.
“Stress Intensity Factor for a Central Crack in an Infinite Plate Subjected to In-plane Multiple Point Loads
Loads on either side of the Crack Plane – A FEM Investigation”, 2004

Shivakumar S. Rachoti
"Aero-engine Gas Turbine Systems – Design, Analysis and Validation using Finite Element Techniques”,
2004

Lokesh G
"Evaluation of Effective Coefficient of Thermal Expansion for Fiber Reinforced Ceramic Matrix Composite
with Matrix Cracking Using Finite Element Techniques”, 2004

Vijayakumar S.M.
“Vibration characteristics of Isotropic and Orthotropic (Composite) Plates with and without Cutouts and
Stress Stiffening Effects – An FEM Investigation”, 2004

Venu Vardhana Reddy K.
"Heat Exchangers – Classification, Materials, Design Philosophy, Analysis and Validation using Finite
Element Method”, 2004

Benakaraj E.S.
"Stress and Vibration Studies of a Gas Turbine Annular Combustor Liner”, 2004

Raghavendra
"Gas Turbine Compressor Systems – Design, Analysis and Validation using Finite Element Techniques”,
2004

Ashok Kumar C.
"Characteristics of Singular Stress Field around a Crack in a Smart Material”, 2005

Sudheer M.
"Evaluation of Apparent Elastic Moduli for Mulite/Alumina Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMCs) along
Non-principal Material Directions Using Finite Element Method”, 2005

Pradeep K.
"Flow through an S-Duct Diffuser of a Combat Aircraft Inlet System with and without Vortex Generators”,
2005

Kuberappa D. Jalammanavar
“Stress Intensity Factor for a Centrally Located Penny Shaped Crack Surrounding a Spherical Cavity in a
Cylinder – A FEM Parametric Investigation”, 2005

Matam Manjunath
"Flow through a Convergent-Divergent Nozzle of a Low Bypass Ratio Gas Turbine – A Two-dimensional
Finite Element Analysis”, 2005

Vinod M.B.
"Validation of Halpin-Tsai and Nielson Empirical Relations for Computation of Equivalent Elastic Moduli
for Composite Materials Using Finite Element Method”, 2005

Patil Raju
"Numerical Simulation of Hot Flow through the After-Burner Jet Pipe of a Low Bypass Ratio Aero-Gas
Turbine”, 2005

Venugopal S.R.
"Investigation of Contact Stresses in the Railings, in a Rail Wheel Contact Problem", 2005

Preethi K.H.
"Contact Stress Distributions in a Compressor Disc – A Finite Element Analysis", 2005

Devar Venkatesh Krishna
"Finite Element Analysis of Vibration Characteristics of a Concrete Dam", 2005

Mahesh T.S.
"Vibration characteristics of piezoelectric transducer", 2005

Manimudi K.
“Strain Energy Release Rate (SERR) for an Edge Crack at the Bi-material Interface in an Orthotropic Plate
Subjected to tensile and bending loads”, 2006

Thesis obtained "NATIONAL AWARD FOR BEST M.TECH. THESIS" for the academic year 2006

from Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE). Click here to see the CERTIFICATE.

Kalidas V.
“Stress Intensity Factor for Radial Crack around Cylinders Subjected to Axial Loading –A Parametric Study
Using Boundary Element Method”, 2006

Prashanth M.
“Characteristics of Flow through a Short Cylinder with Liquid Inlet and Outlet on the Same Base – A Finite

Element Parametric Study”, 2006

Vinod Kumar N.
“Heat Transfer Analysis of Internal Combustion Engine Cylinder Block – A Finite Element Parametric Study”, 2006

Ayubkadar Mujawvar
“A parametric evaluation of jute-glass fiber hybrid composite using finite elemental approach”, 2007

Ravi L.
“Flow field around an aircraft wing – A parametric CFD analysis”, 2007

Mukesh V.
“Evaluation of oscillatory singular stress fields near an interface crack in a bi-material isotropic media”, 2007

B.E./B.Tech.

Ananda Raman S., Brahmarayappa, Prabhakar K., Shivanna G., Sampath Kumar A.V.
"Design and Fabrication of Vane Pump", 1976

Uday Shankar Deshpande, Dinesh Kumar Goel, Nagendra Prasad, Sathyaprakash Raju V., Ravindra Kumar
"Design and Fabrication of Strain Gauge Load Cell", 1977

Kalpana S., Krithika Deepa, Vandana B. and Rashmi Rao
"Study of Stress Concentration around Circular Cut-outs in Rectangular Plates Using Boundary Element Method",
2000

Ashwin I., Karthic B., Binu Oommen, Binny Kurian and Ashok Kini M.
"Evaluation of Stress Field around Radial Cracks in Annuli Subjected to Diametrical Tension", 2000
Web Site: http://www.geocities.com/nisaproject/index.html

Nagendra Kumar B.V., Pradeep N., Sudhir M.S. and Sunil Rao G. P. B.
           "Development of an Expert System for the evaluation of Stress Intensity Factor for the generally encountered
            Crack Configurations in Engineering Components and Structures",
                                                                                           and
           "A Parametric Study of Stress Intensity Factor for an edge crack in a rectangular plate subjected to an inplane
            uniform tension", 2000
            Web Site: http://www.geocities.com/fractureonline/fem/start.html

Aravind Krishna, Mahesh L., Machani Kashi Vishwanath and Preetham Das N.
"Expert System for the Study of Failure Theories and Envelopes for Isotropic and Composite Materials", 2000

Surajit Roy, Pranav Mehta, Rajarshi Goswami and Prashanth Kumar Sharma
" Development of an Expert System to provide Information regarding Fibers and Matrices and the Global
Properties of Composite Materials", 2001

Suraj Kiran G.N., Subhasish Das, Prakash P. and Santhosh D.
"Expert System for the use of Material Constitutive Equations for Orthotropic Composite Materials", 2001

Narendra Babu, S. Narasimha Sharma, Harsha Kumar B.S. and Vijay V.
           "Investigation of Stress Field around Fiber Breakage in Composite Material ",
                                                                              and
           "Development of an Expert System for Information Retrieval from Material Data Base ", 2001

Arvind S., Pramod N., Anand S. and Raghavendra A.
"Study of Singular Stress Field around a Radial Crack in an Annulus Subjected to Diametrical Tension", 2001

Lokesh S., Prashanth K.S., Prashanth P.B. and Raghavendra P.
"Evaluation of Stress Intensity Factor for Horizontal Cracks in Cylindrical shells Subjected to Uniaxial Tensile
Load", 2001

Aninda Kar, Chinesh Gandhi, Mithun Choudhary and Sumit Mukherjee
"Expert System for the Study of Failure Theories and Envelopes for Isotropic and Composite Materials and
also the Applications of Composite Materials ", 2001

Manjit S., Rohit Krishnaswamy, Sriram D. and Vikram G.T.
"Evaluation of Apparent Elastic Moduli for Boron/Epoxy Composite using Finite Element Approach", 2001

Santhosh D., Ajiv Mohan Nair and Rahul Singh
"Singular Stress Field around Edge Delamination in Angle Ply Symmetric Composite Laminate -- A Finite
Element Investigation", 2002

Tejesh H.P. and Muralikrishna Y.
"Singular Stress Field around Circumferential Crack in a Thick Cylinder Subjected to Torsional Loading”
2002

Satish H.M., Sharath Prasad R., Swaroop R. and Mithun K. Kukke
"Singular Stress Field around a Circumferential Crack in a Fiber Matrix Cylindrical Model -- A F.E.M.
Investigation", 2002

Satish H.M., Sharath Prasad R., Swaroop R. and Mithun K. Kukke
"Investigation of Singular Stress Field around a Semi-Elliptical Crack in a Rectangular Plate Subjected to
In-plane Traction -- A Finite Element Analysis ", 2002

Gopal Krishnan C., Isaac Praveen A., Jignesh K. Shah and Manjunath C.T.
"Investigation of Singular Stress Field around a Semi-Elliptical Crack in a Rectangular Plate Subjected to
inplane Traction -- A Finite Element Analysis ", 2002

Dinesh M.H., Deepak Kumar Aradhya H.J., Raghu Kumar R. and Swamy S.R.
"Design, Analysis and Validation of Internal Combustion Engine Piston”, 2005

Industrial Projects

Devar Venkatesh Krishna

Mahesh T.S.

Ravikumar M.L.

Internal (University) Guides:

Mr. R. Ganesh Kumar

Dr. N. Govindaraju

Dr. D. Hemanth

Dr. M. Venkatarama Reddy

F.E.M. Course Students:

Ameer Basha M.

Amol A. Karekar