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Nanthakumar P.

Assistant Professor (Sr. Grd.), Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, Coimbatore

Qualification: M.E
p_nanthakumar@cb.amrita.edu
Research Interest: Internal Combustion (IC) Engines, NVH

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Bio

Nanthakumar P. currently serves as Assistant Professor (Sr. Grd.) at Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, Coimbatore Campus. His areas of research include IC Engines and NVH.

Educational Qualification

Exam passed (With specialisation, if any) Year of Study Name of the Institution Name of the board / University Grade/Class / Division obtained
M.E 2012 MIT Campus Anna university First Class
B.E 2010 PaavaiEngg college Anna university First Class

Experience

SL.No Name of the Organisation Period of Service Designation Job Description Achievements
1 Amrita VishwaVidyapeetham Since 22/07/2012 Assistant Professor (Sr.G) Teaching

Total Experience : 82 Months

  1. Under- graduate teaching: 7 Yrs, 6 Months
  2. Post – graduate teaching: 5 Yrs,

Student projects, including minor projects, guided during the last five years

UG Level
Year Title of the Project/Thesis Name & Roll No of Students Industry Project / In-house
2012 – 2013 Evaluation of Dual Fuel Engine Using Mixture of Petrol and Hydrogen Akash Varoona S. V. (MEE08008)
Aswin Kumar J. (MEE08020)
Ashwin Kumar V. (MEE08021)		 In-house
2014 – 2015 Design and Analysis of Electric Three Wheeler Sandeep Ganesh G. S. (MEE11249)
Sibi Selvan C. (MEE11254)
Sudharsan Srinivasan S. (MEE11259)
Yogeshvaran R. N. (MEE11168)		 Industry
2015 – 2016 Design and Comparison of the Performance and Handling of Different Vehicle Layouts Using IPG Carmaker Divaker M.(MEE12116)
Gowtham R. (MEE12121)
Hariram V. S. (MEE12122)
Siddarth Satheesh (MEE12152)		 In-house
2018 – 2019 Design, Analysis and Manufacture of FSAE and BAJA Vehicle Components Dhinesh Kumar M. (MEE1401)
Karthick Raj C. (MEE14227)
Povendhan (MEE14237)
Rahul Puthucode (MEE14523)		 In-house
PG Level
Year Title of the Project/Thesis Name & Roll No of Students Industry Project / In-house
2012 – 2013 Designing of Passenger Car Seating AJAY P JOHNY(ATE11001) Industry
2013 – 2014 Improving Ride and Handling Performance of REVA Aravind S Industry
2015 – 2016 Automatic Brightness Control of Headlights on City Roads to Avoid the Glaring Effect. Ajay S (ATE14001) In-house
To Compare the Cost Efficiency of Heat Treatment Processes for Automotive Parts at Shop Floor Ajay S (ATE14001) Industry
2016 – 2017 Dynamic Analysis of FSAE Suspension and its Effect on Steering Characteristics Azhagu SivaSubramaniam S(ATE15006) In-house
Design of Torsional Vibration Damper for a Four Cylinder Diesel Engine Hrishikesh (ATE15011) Industry
2017 – 2018 Maximization of Noise Transmission loss in Mufflers by Geometry Modification Concept Aditya Ram (ATE16002) In-house
Design and Analysis of Large bore cylinder liners of 2 stroke diesel engines used in rail traction Aditya Ram (ATE16002) Industry
Design and development of front lower control arm (FLCA) –concept to production Aravind C (ATE16005) Industry
2018 – 2019 Modelling and Simulation of Motorcycle Subsystems to understand its dynamic behaviour for Anti-Lock Braking System Pavan Sai Katru (ATE17017) Industry

Seminars, Workshops and Conferences attended during the last five years.

S. No. Name of the National Seminar/Workshop/Conference Date Name of Organizing Institution &Venue
1. Thermodynamics in Mechanical Engineering Dec 2012 IIT-Bombay at Amrita University, Coimbatore
2 Training Program for SUPRA April 2016 SAEINDIA
3. Automotive Noise and Vibration Control May 2016 GIAN –IIT Madras
4. Computational Research Techniques using MATLAB Dec 2016 NIT Warangal
5 Advances in Combustion Modeling March 2019 NIT Calicut

Papers presented in conferences, seminars, workshops, or symposia during the last five years.

S. No. Title of the Paper Name & Location of the International Conference/ Seminar/ Workshop/ Symposium Names of Co-authors if any Date and or Month, and Year of Presentation
1. Performance and Emission Characteristics of multi cylinder CI Engine operated with oxygenated fuel INCRAME2012, MGR University March2012
2. Study on the performance of PCCI engine run on palm oil bio-diesel blends ICIESMS2013, Madurai Steve Koshy Mathew and Surendar.N February 2013
3.  Study on the Influence of Relative Humidity on Pressure Drop Across Air Filter of Diesel Engine IJAER  Padmakumar v 2015

Membership of Professional Bodies, Societies etc.

S. No. Name of the Professional Body / Society Membership Number
1. SAEINDIA 7130411764

 

Publications

Journal Article

Year : 2020

The alignment of vortical structures in turbulent flow through a contraction

Cite this Research Publication : Vivek Mugundhan, Pugazenthi, R. S., Speirs, N. B., Samtaney, R., and Thoroddsen, S. T., “The alignment of vortical structures in turbulent flow through a contraction”, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 884, 2020.


Publisher : Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Year : 2017

Effect of airfoil and solidity on performance of small scale vertical axis wind turbine using three dimensional CFD model

Cite this Research Publication : A. Subramanian, S. Yogesh, A., Sivanandan, H., Giri, A., Vasudevan, M., Vivek Mugundhan, and Dr. Ratna Kishore V., “Effect of airfoil and solidity on performance of small scale vertical axis wind turbine using three dimensional CFD model”, Energy, vol. 133, pp. 179-190, 2017.


Publisher : Energy

Year : 2016

Study on the Influence of Relative Humidity on Pressure Drop Across Air Filter of Diesel Engine

Cite this Research Publication : P. V. and P. Nanthakumar, “Study on the Influence of Relative Humidity on Pressure Drop Across Air Filter of Diesel Engine”, IJAER , vol. 10, no. 19, 2016.

Publisher : IJAER , Volume 10, Issue 19 (2016)

Year : 2015

Numerical study of effect of pitch angle on performance characteristics of a HAWT

Cite this Research Publication : A. R. Sudhamshu, Pandey, M. Chandra, Sunil, N., Satish, N. S., Vivek Mugundhan, and Dr. Ratna Kishore V., “Numerical study of effect of pitch angle on performance characteristics of a HAWT”, Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 632–641, 2015.

Publisher : Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal, Elsevier,

Year : 2015

Experimental study of heat transfer enhancement in automobile radiator using Al^2^O^3 water-ethylene glycol nanofluid coolants

Cite this Research Publication : K. P. Vasudevan Nambeesan, Parthiban, R., K Kumar, R., Athul, U. R., Vivek Mugundhan, and Dr. Thirumalini S., “Experimental study of heat transfer enhancement in automobile radiator using Al^2^O^3 water-ethylene glycol nanofluid coolants”, International Journal of Automotive and Mechanical Engineering, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 2857-2865, 2015.

Publisher : International Journal of Automotive and Mechanical Engineering

Year : 2015

Numerical study of a buoyant plume from a multi-flue stack into a variable temperature gradient atmosphere

Cite this Research Publication : Dr. Ratna Kishore V., Vivek Mugundhan, Goutham, K., Sreekanth, G. R., Dharmarajan, S., and Goel, M., “Numerical study of a buoyant plume from a multi-flue stack into a variable temperature gradient atmosphere”, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, vol. 22, pp. 16814–16829, 2015.

Publisher : Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Year : 2015

Numerical Study of Natural Convection in an Enclosure with an Internal Heat Source at Higher Rayleigh Numbers

Cite this Research Publication : A. Gowrishankar, Vignesh, S., Sunder, P. B. Shyam, Abhinav, R., Vivek Mugundhan, and Dr. Ratna Kishore V., “Numerical Study of Natural Convection in an Enclosure with an Internal Heat Source at Higher Rayleigh Numbers”, Heat Transfer - Asian Research, vol. 44, pp. 620-640, 2015.

Publisher : Heat Transfer - Asian Research

Year : 2013

Study on the performance of PCCI engine run on palm oil bio-diesel blends

Cite this Research Publication : Srihari S., P. Nanthakumar, Mathew, S. Koshy, and .N, S., “Study on the performance of PCCI engine run on palm oil bio-diesel blends”, Interdisciplinary Engineering & Sustainable Management Sciences, vol. 22-23, 2013.


Publisher : Vikram College of Engg

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