The Department Mechanical Engineering is recognized as a Research Centre by Anna University Chennai, for carrying out collaborative research work. The Centre for Research and Consultancy has been established to promote research culture and to give motivation to Sponsored research and consultancy activities in addition to the academic research. Sponsored research projects investigated by the faculty and supported by various government and research organizations have helped the Institute in procuring state of the art instruments and equipment necessary for carrying out high quality research. Research projects of academic nature as well as those aimed at solving industrial problems are being pursued.

FUNDED & SPONSORED PROJECTS

PUBLICATIONS

PATENT

• P.Pathalamuthu, A.Siddharthan, V.R.Giridev; Spirograph based mechanical assembly for fabrication testing and measurement of product with near uniform characteristics, Indian Patent Application Number 5603/CHE/2014
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS

• P.Pathalamuthu, S.Thameem Shahana, U.Nivedha, A.Siddharthan, V.R.Giridev, Analysis of inhomogeneity of electrospun mat produced using static and dynamic collectors of different template design, including its mitigation, Fibres and Textiles in Eastern Europe, 3/2017, 53-61. (Impact Factor: 0.626)
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• P.Pathalamuthu, A.Siddharthan, V.R.Giridev; Spirograph based electrospinning system: A novel method of producing fibre mat with near uniform mechanical property, Indian Journal of Fibre & Textile Research, Accepted to Publish. (Impact Factor: 0.43)
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• P.Pathalamuthu, Victor Victoria, Thangam Ramar, Srinivasan Sivasubramanian, Vincent Savariar, A.Siddharthan ,T. Hemamalini, V.R. Giridev ‘Enhanced performance of aloe vera incorporated chitosan-polyethylene oxide electrospun wound scaffold produced using novel spirograph based collector assembly’. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 140(2019) 808-824. (Impact Factor: 4.78)
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• P.Pathalamuthu, A.Siddharthan, V.R.Giridev; Enhancement and investigation of mechanical property of electrospun mat prepared using CDC, International Journal of Applied Engineering and Research (IJAER) volume 10, Special Issues, PP 6320-6325. (Impact Factor: 0.14)
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• Elanchezhian, J & Pradeep Kumar, M 2018, ‘Effect of nozzle angle and depth of cut on grinding titanium under cryogenic CO2’, Materials and Manufacturing Processes, vol. 32, no. 12, pp. 151-161,DOI: 10.1080/10426914.2018.1453151, ISSN: 1042-6914(Impact Factor - 2.669)
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• Elanchezhian, J & Pradeep Kumar, M 2015, ‘Grinding titanium Ti-6Al-4V alloy with electroplated cubic boron nitride wheel under cryogenic cooling’, Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, vol. 29, no. 11, pp. 4885-4890, DOI: 10.1007/s12206-015-1036-7, ISSN: 1738-494X (Impact Factor-1.194).
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• A.Thanikasalam and N. Arunkumar, Effect of Process Parameters on Surface Roughness and Roundness Error for Deep-hole Drilling of AISI 1045 Steel, International Journal of Printing, Packaging & Allied Sciences, Vol. 4, No. 5, December 2016.
• Vivekanandhan P, Anand S, Thanikasalam A, Investigation on wear resistance of varying load of particulate lignite fly ash reinforced aluminium alloy 6063 composites, International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering (ISSN 2250–2459, ISO 9001:2008 Certified Journal, Volume 2, Issue 9 (IJETAE/Volume2/Issue9/22; September 23, 2012).
• Siddhartha D, Sidique Ahmed, VijayaRamanath, Ramanan N, “Wear analysis of Sintered Al-B4Cp Composite Material“. (Accepted for publishing through International Conference on Advances in Materials, Manufacturing and Applied Sciences).
• Siddique, Vijay VijayaRamanath, Boopathy,Siddhartha D, Ramana N, “Analysis of The Friction Welding Mechanism Of Low Carbon Steel –Stainless Steel And Aluminium – Copper”, (Accepted for publishing through International Conference on Advances in Materials, Manufacturing and Applied Sciences).
• V. Raja, P. Periyasamy, V. Mohanavel, D. Siddhartha, N. Ramanan, A. Ramesh Udhayakumar, V. Ranjith Kumar, “Friction Welding of Dissimilar Material – An Overview”. (Accepted for publishing through International Conference on Advances in Materials, Manufacturing and Applied Sciences).
• V.Mohanavel, P. Gopi, D. Siddhartha, O. Maniyarasu, V. Karthi, S. Karthikeyan, N. Ramanan, “Analysis Of Mechanical And Metallurgical Properties Of Al-Sio2 Composite Material”, (Accepted for publishing through International Conference on Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering).
• V.Mohanavel, N. Ramanan, P. Gopi, O. Maniyarasu, D. Siddhartha, V. Karthi, S. Karthikeyan, V. Ranjith Kumar, “Comparison of The Friction Welding Mechanisms In Welding Of Low Carbon Steel –Stainless Steel And Aluminium With Copper”. (Accepted for publishing through International Conference on Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering).
• Selvanthan k “Numerical studies on laser welded top hat column under axial collision based on the concepts of super folding elements” (IJCR) Accepted on 2015.
• Selvanthan k Optimization of noise less, non lubricated helical gear pair using fire fly algorithm (IJEECSE) .
• R.Selvan, Dr.K.Maniysundar”, “Performance and Emission Analysis of Single Cylinder Diesel Engine Using Jatropha oil with Supercharger”. International Journal for Scientific Research & Development, 2013, vol 1, Issue 10 pg 2130-2133.
• “R.Selvan, Dr.K.Maniysundar”, “Performance and Emission Analysis of Single Cylinder Diesel Engine Using Jatropha oil with EGR”. International Journal of Science, Engineering and Technology Research 2014, vol 3, Issue 1 pg 14-18.
• “R.Selvan, Dr.K.Maniysundar”, “Performance and Emission Analysis of Diesel Engine Using Jatropha oil with Super Charger and EGR”.International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering. 2014, vol 4, Issue 1, pg128-134.
• Mr. P. Naveen Kumar AP/ Mech has published a paper in ELSEVIER in a title of “ Experimental investigation on the effect of water mass in triangular pyramid solar still integrated to inclined solar still” Accepted on 15.07. 17.
• Mr. P. Naveen Kumar AP/Mech has published a paper in TAYLOR & FRANCIS in a title of “ Economic and exergy investigation of triangular pyramid solar still integrated to in integrated to inclined solar still” Accepted on 23.12. 17.
• Mohammed Abdul Kadar R, “An Improvement in the Machining Process Performance of the Grinding Wheel by Increasing Number of Passes” paper published in IEEE eXpress Plus Explore – Jan 2018, Vol. 12.
• Ramesh Udhayakumar, P.Gopi,Ramanan N, Karthi.V, “Analysis of Mechanical and Metallurgical Properties of Al-Fly ash Composite Materials,” International Research Journal of Engineering Technology,Vol.4,Issue 7, July 2017.(ISO 9001-2008 Certified Journal).
• V.Mohanavel, P. Gopi, D. Siddhartha, O. Maniyarasu, V. Karthi, S. Karthikeyan, N. Ramanan, “Analysis Of Mechanical And Metallurgical Properties Of Al-Sio2 Composite Material”, (Accepted for publishing through International Conference on Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering).
• V.Mohanavel, N. Ramanan, P. Gopi, O. Maniyarasu, D. Siddhartha, V. Karthi, S. Karthikeyan, V. Ranjith Kumar, “Comparison of The Friction Welding Mechanisms In Welding Of Low Carbon Steel –Stainless Steel And Aluminium With Copper”. (Accepted for publishing through International Conference on Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering).
• Elanchezhian J, Pradeep Kumar M, G Manimaran. “Grinding titanium Ti-6Al-4V alloy with electroplated cubic boron nitride wheel under cryogenic cooling” is published in Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology –Springer November 2015, Volume 29, Issue 11, pp 4885–4890.
• Elanchezhian J, Arul. K, A.Thanikasalam, A. Adhinarayanan. “Numerical Simulation of Crack Growth Using Extended Finite Element Method” is published in International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research 2 (3) 2015 582-589.
• Arul.K, Manoj.T, Thanikasalam.A, Elanchezhian.J “investigation of squeeze casting on metal matrix composite [al-sic (p) reinforced]” is published in International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research 2 (3) 2015 390-396.
• Presented a Journal on “Mechanical Behavior of Al-SiC Composites Prepared By Stir Casting Method” ” in International Journal of Innovative Research in science, Engineering and Technology,Vol. 3, Issue 3, March 2014.
• Presented a Journal on “Analysing the Characterisation of AlkaliTreated Coir Fibre Composites” in International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology, Vol. 2, Issue 10, October 2013.
• Presented a Journal on “Flow Induced Vibration Integrated Design of Exhaust Manifold System for Dual Valve Engine” in International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology, vol.5, Special Issue 4, March 2016.
• Udayakumar N, "Characterization of Nylon 6 Nanofiber/ E-Glass fiber Reinforced Epoxy composites" In IOP Scicene 2017.
• Udayakumar N, “Mechanical Properties Analysis of Nylon-6 Nano Fiber / E-Glass Fiber Reinforced Epoxy Composites” International Journal of Science and Innovative Engineering & Technology (IJSIET) 2016.
• Balamurugan M, “International Journal of Mechanical and Production Engineering Research and Development” Titled “A Review on Mechanical and Tribologicalbehaviour of Aluminium based Metal matrix Composites” - Accepted on 22-06-2018.
• Balamurugan M, a Book in “Springer” Titled “Physical and Tribologicalbehaviour of Dual Particles Reinforced Metal matrix Composites” is accepted and will be published in 2019.
• Balamurugan M, “Impact of nano additives with diesel on CI engine performance and emission review”International Journal on Materials today proceedings Elsevieris accepted and will be published in 2020.
• BalamuruganM,”Analysis of composite leaf using ANSYS software” International Journal on Materials today proceedings Elsevieris accepted and will be published in 2020.
• BalamuruganM,”Vibration analysis of reinforced polymer interplay hybrid composite” International Journal on Materials today proceedings Elsevieris accepted and will be published in 2020.
• Mohammed Abdul Kadar R, Elanchezhian J, “Experimental Analysis of a Grinding Wheel by Increasing Multiple Passes in Dressing”, International Journal of Advanced Research in Science, Communication and Technology (IJARSCT) 2020.

NATIONAL JOURNALS

• D.Siddhartha, Dr.K.S.Amirthagadeswaran, B.Athiyaman, A.Parthiban “Experimental and numerical analysis of the thermal performance of Aluminium,Copper and Brass alloy radiators“, Journal of Emerging Technology in Mechanicalsciences and Engineering, ISSN No.: 0976-2558 Special issue - 1 Volume – 4 pg.no.16-22, 2013.
• G.Boopathy, A.RameshUdhayakumar, Siddhartha D, Ramanan N, “Impact ananlysis of kenaffibre reinforced composite”, Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, ISSN No. 0974- 2115, Special Issue 2: February 2017.
• Ramesh Udhayakumar A, Siddhartha D, Sethu Raman A, Ramanan N, Karthi V, “Modeling and Analysis of Lower wishbone for independent suspension system for commercial vehicles”, Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, ISSN No. 0974- 2115, Special Issue 2: February 2017.
• “R.Selvan, Dr.K.Maniysundar”, “Performance and Emission Analysis of Diesel Engine Using Jatropha oil with Super Charger” Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences.2015, Special Issue 1 pg 138-141.

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

• Siddhartha D, Sidique Ahmed, VijayaRamanath, Ramanan N, “Wear analysis of Sintered Al-B4Cp Composite Material“, International Conference on Advances in Materials, Manufacturing and Applied Sciences, March, 2017 at Sri Sairam Engineering College, Chennai.
• Siddique, Vijay VijayaRamanath, Boopathy,Siddhartha D, Ramana N, “Analysis of The Friction Welding Mechanism Of Low Carbon Steel –Stainless Steel And Aluminium – Copper”, International Conference on Advances in Materials, Manufacturing and Applied Sciences, March, 2017 at Sri Sairam Engineering College, Chennai.
• V. Raja, P. Periyasamy, V. Mohanavel, D. Siddhartha, N. Ramanan, A. Ramesh Udhayakumar, V. Ranjith Kumar, “Friction Welding of Dissimilar Material – An Overview, International Conference on "Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering", September 2017 at Kingston Engineering College, Vellore.
• V.Mohanavel, P. Gopi, D. Siddhartha, O. Maniyarasu, V. Karthi, S. Karthikeyan, N. Ramanan, “Analysis Of Mechanical And Metallurgical Properties Of Al-Sio2 Composite Material”, International Conference on "Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering", September 2017 at Kingston Engineering College, Vellore.
• V.Mohanavel, N. Ramanan, P. Gopi, O. Maniyarasu, D. Siddhartha, V. Karthi, S. Karthikeyan, V. Ranjith Kumar, “Comparison of The Friction Welding Mechanisms In Welding Of Low Carbon Steel –Stainless Steel And Aluminium With Copper”, International Conference on Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering, September 2017 at Kingston Engineering College, Vellore.
• Selvanthan k organized by ”confederation of Indian industries and tamilnadu industrial development corporation ltd “ at Hotel ITC grand chola manufacturing technology.
• “R.Selvan, Dr.K.Maniysundar”, “Performance and Emission Analysis of Diesel Engine Using Jatropha oil with Super Charger and EGR” International Conference on Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering and Interdisciplinary Developments , at Ponjesly College of Engineering, Nagercoil, on 7-8 March 2014.
• Presented a Paper with entitled “NUMERICAL EVALUATION OF FRACTURE CHRACTERISTICS OF MICRO-SIZED PARTICLE FILLED POLYMER COMPOSITES”in International conference on Scientific Research of Engineering and Technology(ICSRET 2017).
• Udayakumar N, “Mechanical Properties Analysis of Nylon-6 Nano Fiber / E-Glass Fiber Reinforced Epoxy Composites” International Journal of Science and Innovative Engineering & Technology (IJSIET) 2016.
• Mohammed Abdul Kadar R, “Design and Modification of Railroad Ballast Distribution System in the Railroad Ballast Cleaning Machine” Paper Presented in “6th International & 27th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research Conference, AIMTDR – 2016, Pune.
• Mohammed Abdul Kadar R, “An Improvement in the Machining Process Performance of the Grinding Wheel by Increasing Number of Passes” Paper Presented in the “IEEE Conference – 2018, Vellore”.
• Attended ICMED17 at SSN college of engineering and published the paper titled on “Experimental investigation and Process Optimization on Aluminum Alloy AA6061.
• V.Mohanavel, P. Gopi, D. Siddhartha, O. Maniyarasu, V. Karthi, S. Karthikeyan, N. Ramanan, “Analysis Of Mechanical And Metallurgical Properties Of Al-Sio2 Composite Material”, International Conference on "Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering", September 2017 at Kingston Engineering College, Vellore.
• V.Mohanavel, N. Ramanan, P. Gopi, O. Maniyarasu, D. Siddhartha, V. Karthi, S. Karthikeyan, V. Ranjith Kumar, “Comparison of The Friction Welding Mechanisms In Welding Of Low Carbon Steel –Stainless Steel And Aluminium With Copper”, International Conference on Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering, September 2017 at Kingston Engineering College, Vellore.
• Elanchezhian J, Arul. K and AniruthanM.E“Numerical Simulation of Crack Growth Using Extended Finite Element Method” International Conference on Trends In Technology for Convergence “TITCON-2014” held on 8th& 9th April 2014., organized by AVS Engineering College.

NATIONAL CONFERENCES

• Balamurugan M Presented a paper on “Performance Analyzers of Automobile Air-conditioning System at Different Charge Level” in the one day National Conference on Emerging trends in Thermal ,Industrial and Manufacturing (e-TIME’13) organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering held at Karpagam College of Engineering on 15th March 2013.
• Thanikasalam A has presented A Comparative Study on the Mechanical Properties of Natural Fiber Reinforced Polymer Matrix Composites on 10 – 11, December 2012 College of Engineering, Pune, India.
• Elanchezhian J and Dr.Pradeep Kumar M."Implementation of Lean Manufacturing Methodology in air Pre Heater Component", National Conference on Recent Trends in Manufacturing Technology (RTMT-2011) on 11th& 12th March 2011 at Department of Manufacturing Engineering , College of Engineering Guindy Campus , Anna University, Chennai-600 025 ,pp 27-31.
• Pradeep.p, Arul. K, Elanchezhian J “Performance Evaluation in Wire Electrical Discharge Machining (WEDM) of Brass”, National Conference on NCRTDAM 2014 at Department of Manufacturing Engineering, S.A.Engineering College, Chennai.
• Elanchezhian J, Arul. K and Manoj T “ Investigation of Squeeze Casting on Metal Matrix Composite (AL-sic) Reinforced” National Conference on Current Trends in Manufacturing, Electrical, Electronics and Computing held(NCMEEC-2014) on 28th Feb-2014, organized by SaraswathiVelu College of Engineering.
• Selva Raja A., Elanchezhian J., Pradeep Kumar M. “Optimization of Cryogenic Grinding Process Parameters using the application of Grey Relation”National Conference on Recent Trends in Manufacturing Technology (RTMT-2015)on 16th& 17thApril 2015 at Department of Manufacturing Engineering , College of Engineering Guindy Campus , Anna University, Chennai-600 025.
• P.Gopi ,K.S. Vijay Sekar, Dr.M. Pradeep Kumar ,T.Jeyapoovan “Finite element analysis of the orthogonal metal cutting process using AA 6082(T6) with two flow stress models”National Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering & Technology (NCETET-2008) During 4th and 5th of April 2008 at Rajarajeswari Engineering College Chennai.
• P.Gopi Attended Innovate India 2015 Conference on “Make in India:Opportunities Through Innovation” during 25-26 February 2015 at PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore.
• Murali P, “Performance Evaluation On The Effects Of Aluminium Oxide Nanoparticles On Biodiesel”, atK.L.N.C.IT, Sivagangai, in 2016
• Murali P, “Modeling and Finite Element Analysis of Die for Fuel Delivery Pipe at Dr.Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology, Pollachi, in 2005.
• Rajkumar.R Presented a Paper with entitled “OPTIMIZATION OF DRILL BIT MATERIAL, FEED RATE AND CUTTING SPEED TO AVOID DELAMINATION DURING DRILLING OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL” in National conference on Recent Advances in Materials andManufacturing Engineering (RAMM 2014).
• R.Selvan, Dr.K.Maniysundar”,Jathropha an Alternate Fuel for Diesel Engine, National Conference on Mechanical Engineering Trends, at Ballari Institute of Tech and Managament, Bellary, Karnataka, on 19-20 Feb 2010.
• R.Selvan, Dr.K.Maniysundar”, “Performance and Emission Analysis of Diesel Engine Using Jatropha oil with Super Charger ” National Conference on Recent Trends and Developments in Sustainable Green Technologies, at Madras Institute of Technology, Chennai, on 24-25 March 2015.
• Siddhartha D, “Design and Fabrication of Solar Dehydrator”, National Conference on Emerging Trends in Design and Manufacturing at Saveetha Engineering College, 2011.

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