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Dr. Arunkumar S.

Assistant Professor (Sel. Gd.), Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, Amritapuri

Qualification: B-Tech, M.Tech, Ph.D
arunkumars@am.amrita.edu
Research Interest: DFMA, Fracture Mechanics, Machine Design, Small Specimen Test Techniques, Sustainability

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Bio

Dr. Arunkumar S. currently serves as Assistant Professor (Sel. Gd.) at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri Campus.

Education

He received his Bachelors of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) degree from Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology, Tumkur, Karnataka (2006); M.Tech. (Engg. Design) from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (2011), Coimbatore (securing 1st Rank at the university level), Tamil Nadu.

He earned his Ph.D. degree from Indian Institute of Technology Madras – Chennai (2016), Tamil Nadu. During his Ph.D., he performed various experiments like high-pressure tests, high-temperature fatigue (both HCF and LCF), high-temperature corrosion fatigue and small specimen tests using MTS servo-hydraulic testing machine (100 kN capacity).

Publications

Journal Article

Year : 2021

Integration of DFMA and Sustainability – A Case Study

Cite this Research Publication : Arunkumar Subbaiah & Kishore M. Antony, “Integration of DFMAand sustainability - A case study”, International Journal of Sustainable Engineering, Taylor and Francis Group, (2021) 14 (3) pp. 343-356. DOI:10.1080/19397038.2020.1871443.

Publisher : Taylor and Francis Online

Year : 2021

Stress Intensity Factor of Inclined Internal Edge Crack in Cylindrical Pressure Vessel

Cite this Research Publication : Arunkumar S, Ravikiran B, “Stress Intensity Factor of Inclined Internal Edge Crack in Cylindrical Pressure Vessel”, Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention, Springer, 20, pp. 1524-1533, 2020.

Publisher : Springer

Year : 2021

Small Punch Creep Test: An Overview

Cite this Research Publication : Arunkumar S, “Small Punch Creep Test: An Overview”, Metals and Materials International, Springer, Published, 2020. DOI.10.1007/s12540-020-00783-w.

Publisher : Springer

Year : 2020

Effect of Crack Inclination and Residual Stress on the Stress Intensity Factor of Semi-elliptical Crack in a Pressure Vessel

Cite this Research Publication : Arunkumar S, Reddy, G M., “Effect of Crack Inclination and Residual Stress on the Stress Intensity Factor of Semi-elliptical Crack in a Pressure Vessel” Transactions of Indian Institute of Metals, Springer, 73, pp. 945-953, 2020

Publisher : Springer

Year : 2020

Estimation of Stress Intensity Factor of Multiple Inclined Centre Cracks under Biaxial Loading

Cite this Research Publication : Arunkumar S, Nithin V K, “Estimation of Stress Intensity Factor of Multiple Inclined Centre Cracks under Biaxial Loading”, Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention, Springer, 20 pp. 2040–2058 (2020)

Publisher : Springer

Year : 2020

Overview of Small Punch Test

Cite this Research Publication : Arunkumar S, “Overview of Small Punch Test”, Metals and Materials International, Springer, 26, pp. 719–738, 2020.

Publisher : Springer

Year : 2018

Influence of Residual Stress and Poisson’s Ratio on the Stress Intensity Factor of Standard Specimens

Cite this Research Publication : Ravikiran B., Arunkumar S. and Manoj Reddy G., “Influence of Residual Stress and Poisson’s Ratio on the Stress Intensity Factor of Standard Specimens”, International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Technology, 9(10), 2018, pp. 219–227.

Publisher : IAEME Publication

Year : 2016

Influence of friction on the response of small punch test

Cite this Research Publication : Raghu V. Prakash and Arunkumar S., “Influence of friction on the response of small punch test”, Conference proceedings, 7th International Conference on Creep, Fatigue and Creep-Fatigue Interaction,19-22 January 2016, IGCAR, Kalpakkam, India, Special Issue of Transactions of Indian Institute of Metals, Springer, Vol. 69, Issue 2, pp.617-622, 2016.

Publisher : Springer

Year : 2016

Estimation of Tensile Properties Of Pressure Vessel Steel Through Automated Ball Indentation And Small Punch Test

Cite this Research Publication : Arunkumar S and Raghu V Prakash, “Estimation of Tensile Properties Of Pressure Vessel Steel Through Automated Ball Indentation And Small Punch Test”, Transactions of Indian Institute of Metals, Springer, Vol. 69, Issue 6, pp.1245-1256, 2016.

Publisher : Springer

Year : 2015

Evaluation of damage in materials due to fatigue cycling through static and cyclic small punch testing

Cite this Research Publication : Raghu V Prakash and Arunkumar S, “Evaluation of damage in materials due to fatigue cycling through static and cyclic small punch testing”, Small Specimen Test Techniques: 6th Volume, STP 1576, pp. 168–186, ASTM International, West Conshohocken, PA 2015, ISBN: 978-0-8031-7597-6, ISSN: 1949-4572 (One of the SEM image of this work appears on the cover page of the ASTM STP 1576).

Publisher : ASTM International

Year : 2011

Spherical indentation of nickel thin film on steel – 4340 substrate

Cite this Research Publication : R. V. Prakash, Arunkumar, S., and Dr. Ajith Ramesh, “Spherical indentation of nickel thin film on steel - 4340 substrate”, ASME 2011 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2011, vol. 3, pp. 745-750, 2011.

Publisher : ASME 2011 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2011

Conference Paper

Year : 2011

Contact Stress-Strain and Wear Analysis of Some Thermoplastics on Zerodur Glass

Cite this Research Publication : Ajith Ramesh, Raghu V Prakash, Arunkumar S and Dhayanidhi N, “Contact Stress-Strain and Wear Analysis of Some Thermoplastics on Zerodur Glass”, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Simulation Modeling and Analysis – COSMA 2011, pp.119-128, 14-16 December, 2011, Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India.

Year : 2011

Spherical indentation of nickel thin film on steel – 4340 substrate

Cite this Research Publication : R. V. Prakash, Arunkumar, S., and Dr. Ajith Ramesh, “Spherical indentation of nickel thin film on steel - 4340 substrate”, ASME 2011 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2011, vol. 3, pp. 745-750, 2011.

Publisher : ASME 2011 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2011

Year : 2008

Conceptual Design of Aircraft using Multidisciplinary Optimization

Cite this Research Publication : C B Vijaya Vittala and Arunkumar S, “Conceptual Design of Aircraft using Multidisciplinary Optimization”, The National Conference on Recent Trends in Mechanical Engineering Sciences (RTIMES), 21 and 22nd February 2008, pp.140-144 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology, Tumkur, Karnataka, India.

Conference Proceedings

Year : 2020

Design optimization of horizontal pressure vessel

Cite this Research Publication : Arunkumar S, Eshwara Moorthy, P R., Karthik N., “Design optimization of horizontal pressure vessel”, Presented at the 10th International Conference on Materials Processing and Characterization (ICMPC – 2020), February, 21-22, 2020, GLA Mathura, U.P. India. Materials Today: Proceedings, 26 (2020) pp. 1526-1531.

Publisher : ScienceDirect

Year : 2020

Redesign of computer workstation using ergonomics

Cite this Research Publication : A Sreerag, S Arunkumar, J Jayadeep, A H Pereira, “Redesign of Computer Workstation using Ergonomics”, First International Conference on Advances in Physical Sciences and Materials (ICAPSM 2020), 13-14 August 2020, Coimbatore, India. IOP: Journal of Physics Conference Series 1706 (2020) 012201 (JPCS).

Publisher : IOP Publishing

Year : 2019

DFMA and Sustainability Analysis in Product Design

Cite this Research Publication : Kishore M Antony, Arunkumar S, “DFMA and Sustainability Analysis in Product Design”, International Conference on Recent Trends in Science, Engineering and Mathematics, (ICRTSEM - 2019), September 21-22, 2019, Radisson Goa Candolim, Goa, India. IOP: Journal of Physics: Conference Series 1455 (2020) 012028.

Publisher : IOP Publishing

Year : 2018

Design of Reversible Plough Attachment

Cite this Research Publication : K. Chandra Mouli, Arunkumar S, B.Satwik, S.Bhargava Ram, J. Rushi Tej, A.Sai Chaitanya, “Design of Reversible Plough Attachment”, Presented at International Conference on Advances in Materials and Manufacturing Applications [IConAMMA 2017], 17th – 19th August 2017, Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru, India and publication in Materials Today: Proceedings, Elsevier Publisher, 5, 2018 pp. 23702–23709

Publisher : ScienceDirect

Year : 2018

A Review of Indentation Theory

Cite this Research Publication : Arunkumar S., “A Review of Indentation Theory”, Presented at International Conference on Advances in Materials and Manufacturing Applications [IConAMMA 2017], 17th – 19th August 2017, Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru, India and publication in Materials Today: Proceedings, Elsevier Publisher, Volume 5, Issue 11, Part 3, 2018, Pages 23664-23673

Publisher : ScienceDirect

Year : 2018

Role of Fracture Mechanics in Failure Analysis

Cite this Research Publication : G. Manoj Reddy, Arunkumar S, Harikrishnan R, Sreehari P Nair, “Role of Fracture Mechanics in Failure Analysis”, and Presented at the International Conference on Composite Materials: Manufacturing, Experimental Techniques, Modeling and Simulation (ICCMMEMS-2018), 15th -17th March 2018, at Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, India – 144411. Materials Today: Proceedings, Volume 5, Issue 14, Part 2, 2018, Pages 27955-27964

Publisher : ScienceDirect

Year : 2018

Design of Rice Transplanter

Cite this Research Publication : D.N.V.Chaitanya, Arunkumar S, G. Bhanu Akhilesh, G. Saikiran kumar, K.N.V.S. Avinash Babu, “Design of Rice Transplanter”, Presented at the International Conference On Mechanical Materials And Renewable Energy (ICMMRE – 2017), 8th – 10th December 2017, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, Majhitar, Sikkim, India, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 377, 2018, 012037

Publisher : IOP Publishing Ltd.

Year : 2015

Evaluation of fatigue data through miniature specimen test techniques

Cite this Research Publication : Raghu V Prakash and Arunkumar S, “Evaluation of fatigue data through miniature specimen test techniques”, Proceedings of the ASME 2015 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference, PVP2015 July 19-23, 2015, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Vol. 1A: Codes and Standards, pp. V01ATO01A059

Publisher : ASME Digital Collection

Year : 2014

Study of Indentation Fatigue Behavior of Steel Weldment through Cyclic Ball Indentation

Cite this Research Publication : Arunkumar S and Raghu V Prakash, “Study of Indentation Fatigue Behavior of Steel Weldment through Cyclic Ball Indentation”, presented at the 3rd International Conference on Fracture Fatigue and Wear held during 1-3 September 2014, Kitakyushu, Japan and published in the International Journal of Fracture Fatigue and Wear: A Conference Series proceedings, pp. 225-231, ISSN: 2294-7868.

Book Chapter

Year : 2019

A Critical Assessment of J-Integral and CTOD as Fracture Parameters

Cite this Research Publication : Harihara, Subramanian R, Subbaiah, Arunkumar, Sreekumar, Jithin, Ravi Kiran, Bollineni, “A Critical Assessment of J-Integral and CTOD as Fracture Parameters”, Presented at the International Conference on Future Learning Aspects of Mechanical Engineering (FLAME - 2018) October 3rd – 5th, 2018, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, India and Publication in Springer: Advances in Interdisciplinary Engineering, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, 2019, pp. 429-438

Publisher : Springer Link

Year : 2019

Numerical Methods to Estimate Fracture Parameters in Ceramics

Cite this Research Publication : Subbaiah, Arunkumar, Ravi Kiran, Bollineni, Parameswaran, Vignesh, “Numerical Methods to Estimate Fracture Parameters in Ceramics”, Presented at the International Conference on Future Learning Aspects of Mechanical Engineering (FLAME - 2018) October 3rd – 5th, 2018, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, India and Publication in Springer: Advances in Engineering Design, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, 2019, pp. 695-705

Publisher : Springer Link

Experience
  • March 2007 to February 2008: Lecturer, Don Bosco Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, Karnataka.
  • September 2008 to July 2009: Lecturer, Brindavan College of Engineering, Bengaluru, Karanataka.
Honours
  1. Served as “Session Chair” at the “International Conference on Advances in Materials and Manufacturing Applications”, (IConAMMA’ 17) – August 17-19,  2017, Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru, India – 560 035.
  2. Reviewer of International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping.
  3. Reviewer of Materials Today: Proceedings.
  4. Recipient of “Publication Merit Award”, during Amrita Research and Innovation Awards (AIRA) 2021, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.
  5. Received “Certificate of Appreciation”, for publishing in an international journal in 2020 for the paper titled, ‘Effect of Crack Inclination and Residual Stress on the Stress Intensity Factor of Semi-Elliptical Crack in a Pressure Vessel’, during Amrita Research and Innovation Awards (AIRA) 2021, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.
Invited Talks
  1. “Small Specimen Test Techniques”, April 8, Thursday, 2021, organized by Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Toc H Institute of Science and Technology, Ernakulam, Kerala, India.
  2. “DFMA and Sustainability”, May 20, Thursday, 2021, under the ambit of ASME chapter, organized by Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Toc H Institute of Science and Technology, Ernakulam, Kerala, India.
Teaching

UG

  • Engineering Mechanics
  • Computational Engineering Mechanics (Project based course)
  • Numerical Methods (Lab based course)
  • Finite Element Methods (Lab based course)
  • Fracture Mechanics
  • Pressure Vessel Design
  • Mechanical Vibrations
  • Design of Machine Elements

PG

  • Design for Manufacture and Assembly
  • Selection of Materials for Machine Design
Student Guidance
  • Ph.D. – 1 (Ongoing)
  • M.Tech. – 2 (Ongoing)
  • B.Tech. – 49 (Completed); 3 (Ongoing).
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