Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power

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This book comprises select proceedings of the 46th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP 2019). The contents of this book focus on aerodynamics and flow control, computational fluid dynamics, fluid structure interaction, noise and aero-acoustics, unsteady and pulsating flows, vortex dynamics, nuclear thermal hydraulics, heat transfer in nanofluids, etc. This book serves as a useful reference beneficial to researchers, academicians and students interested in the broad field of mechanics.

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Introduction

Applied Mathematics and Mechanics in Aerospace Industry

Keywords

• Fluid Mechanics
• Fluid Power
• National Conference FMFP 2019
• Aerodynamics and Flow Control
• Bio-Inspired and Biological Fluid Mechanics
• Boiling, Evaporation and Condensation
• Boundary Layer
• Buoyancy Driven, Mixed & Forced Convection
• Combustion and Flame
• Computational Fluid Dynamics
• Drops and Bubbles
• Flow Around Bluff Bodies and Airfoils
• Fluid Machinery
• Fluid Structure Interaction
• Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
• Heat Transfer In Nano Fluids
• I.C Engines and Gas Turbines
• Instability and Transition
• Measurement Techniques & Instrumentation
• Noise and Aero-acoustics

Table of contents (97 papers)

Front Matter

Transient Thermal Stratification in Sodium Pool of a Fast Reactor

• K. Natesan, K. Velusamy, N. Kasinathan

Mean Flow Properties of a Three-Dimensional Wall Jet Developing on Concave Cylindrical Surfaces

• D. V. S. Bhagavanulu, R. Balamurugan

Computational Analysis of Thrust Generation by an Elastic Plate Undergoing Active Pitching and Large-Scale Flow-Induced Deformation

• Sujyesh Aanandh Manjunathan, Rajneesh Bhardwaj

Analysis of Entrance Region Flow of Bingham Nanofluid in a Concentric Annuli with Rotating Outer Cylinder

• Selvam Mullai Venthan, Isaac Jayakaran Amalraj

Rheodynamic Lubrication of an Externally Pressurized Converging Circular Thrust Bearing Using Viscoplastic Fluids

• G. Alexander Raymand, I. Jayakaran Amalraj

Experimental Investigation of Flow Over a Backward-Facing Step with Inclinations

• S. V. Abhijith, R. Abhilash

Experimental Investigations on Effect of Chevrons in Bunsen Burners

• Manasa Sadhasivan, V. Priyadarshini, S. Soma Sundaram

A Computational Study of Entrained Flow Furnace with Swirl Burner Configuration and Low Turbulence Intensity Flow

• Nitesh Kumar Sahu, Mayank Kumar, Anupam Dewan

Numerical Investigation on the Effect of Various Geometries in a Solar Box-Type Cooker: A Comparative Study

• B. C. Anilkumar, Ranjith Maniyeri, S. Anish

Sharp Interface Level Set Method on a Co-located Grid for High Density Ratio Two-Fluid Flow

• C. S. Sanjid, Janani Srree Murallidharan, Atul Sharma

Computational Studies on Combustion Instabilities of Afterburner for Different Equivalence Ratios

• Srinivasa Rao Gurrala, Andavan Shaija

Experiments and Numerical Simulation Sofa Francis Turbine Model Reflecting Actual Site Environment

• Rajavamsi Gangipamula, Sasank S. Patnaik, Sudhan A. Kamat, Shyam Shukla, Ravindra Birajdar

Computational Analysis on Thermo-Hydrodynamic Characteristics of Y-Shaped Multi-branched Micro Heat Pipe

• Asokan Bakhirathan, Lachireddi Gangadhara Kiran Kumar

Mixing in Oscillating Lid Driven Cavity—A Numerical Study

• Manjappatta Pazhiyottumana Neeraj, Ranjith Maniyeri

Using Dimensional Analysis for Development of Empirical Correlations for Estimation of Liquid Holdup and Drop Size in Rotating Disc Contactor

• K. Swetha Saraswathi, P. R. Naren

Effect of Eccentricity on the Thermal Behaviour of A Re-Entry Vehicle With Concave Windward Surface

• V. Vani Praneetha, M. Sudha Madhuri, V. Vijaya Lakshmi, Karthik Sundarraj, Prakash S. Kulkarni

Numerical Analysis of Liquid Mixing in a T-micromixer with Convergent–Divergent Mixing Channel

• T. Manoj Dundi, V. R. K. Raju, V. P. Chandramohan

Performance of Pool Boiling Heat Transfer on Annealed Nanofilm Surfaces

• Sudev Das, R. Johnsan

Computational Study of the Unsteady Wave Drag Reduction at Hypersonic Mach Number

• D. Rajasekhar, Bibin John

Editors and Affiliations

Department of Mechanical Engineering, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, Mumbai, India

Department of Mechanical Engineering, S. V. National Institute of Technology Surat, Surat, India

About the editors

Dr. T. Prabu is Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, PSG College of Technology, India. He has rich experience with academia, industry and research. He has industry experience with top notch firms like Satyam Venture Engineering Services and Emerson Innovation Centre. He has been an active participant in conferences related to Purdue Compressor and published research articles in reputed journals and conferences. Currently, he is involved in establishing state-of-the-art wind tunnel facility and is pursuing research for government organizations. He is Secretary of ISSE Coimbatore chapter and a member of ISHRAE & The Institution of Engineers (India). He is actively collaborating under different research initiatives of Centre for Advanced Turbomachinery and Energy Research (CATER) at the University of Central Florida.

Dr. P. Viswanathan is Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at PSG College of Technology, India. He has over 15 years of teaching experience. He served for over 10 years in machine building and manufacturing sector and executed several projects in the paper, cement and textiles industry. His current interests are in wind energy systems and energy efficient HVACR systems. Dr. Viswanathan is actively involved in establishing a wind tunnel facility for the research and study of systems related to aerodynamics. His research has been published in several journals of national and international repute. He is the coordinator for Aeronautical Association, ISHRAE Chapter and CWC of ISHRAE Coimbatore Chapter. Currently, he is working on the development of small wind turbines for the local environment.

Dr. Amit Agrawal is currently Institute Chair Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, India. His research interests include micro-scale flows, development of novel bio-microdevices, theoretical fluid mechanics and turbulent flows. He has published closeto 200 journal articles and filed for a dozen patents with his students. His primary contributions are in the development of a unique blood plasma separation microdevice and derivation of equations which are more general than the Navier–Stokes equations. He has been elected Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) and the National Academy of Sciences India (NASI). He has been awarded the Department of Atomic Energy DAE-SRC Outstanding Investigator Award, Prof. K. N. Seetharamu Medal by Indian Society of Heat and Mass Transfer, Prof. H. H. Mathur Award for Excellence in Applied Sciences by IIT Bombay and the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for his work.

Dr. Jyotirmay Banerjee is Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at S V National Institute of Technology Surat, India. He obtained his Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur in 2005. He has guided eight Ph.D. students, and seven more students are presently working under his supervision for their doctoral degree. He has guided more than 50 M.Tech. dissertations. He has more than 60 journal publications of international repute. He has been actively involved in research in the area of two-phase flow through macro and mini-scale channels. His research group has established a state-of-the-art two-phase flow test rig established with an earlier SERB sanctioned project.

Bibliographic Information

• Book Title : Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power
• Book Subtitle : Proceedings of FMFP 2019
• Editors : T. Prabu, P. Viswanathan, Amit Agrawal, Jyotirmay Banerjee
• Series Title : Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering
• DOI : https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0698-4
• Publisher : Springer Singapore
• eBook Packages : Engineering , Engineering (R0)
• Copyright Information : The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
• Softcover ISBN : 978-981-16-0697-7 Published: 04 August 2021
• eBook ISBN : 978-981-16-0698-4 Published: 03 August 2021
• Series ISSN : 2195-4356
• Series E-ISSN : 2195-4364
• Edition Number : 1
• Number of Pages : XVI, 901
• Number of Illustrations : 159 b/w illustrations, 447 illustrations in colour
• Topics : Engineering Fluid Dynamics , Renewable and Green Energy , Analytical Chemistry , Biotechnology , Nanotechnology and Microengineering