Department of MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Research Activity Report (June 2013- May 2014)

Research Activity Report (June 2013- December 2013)

1. Research activities of the faculty members:

Number of faculty in the Department : 34

Number of faculty with Ph D qualification : 06

Number of faculty pursuing Ph D : 15

A). Papers published by the faculty members in National and International Journals:

S. No. / Name of Faculty / Title of the paper / Name of the Journal / Date
1 / Mr. K.S.Badrinathan / STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF PROGRASSIVE FEED RATE ON THE CUTTING FORCE IN CNC Nmilling of AISI 1045 STEEL / INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY / Dec 2013
2 / Mr. S.Ramesh Babu / Investigation on the Effect of Friction Stir Processing on the Superplastic Forming of AZ31B alloy’ / Materials and Design / Sep 2013
3 / Dr. Srihari Murthy / 1)Recasting the derivation of the clapeyron equation into conceptuelly simpler form.
2)The preferential generation of an anion nano particles of mass around 30 kamu from thiol-derl vatized gold nano particles and its significance / 1)Chemistry :
Bulgarian journal of science education / July – Aug 2013
2)Philosophical magazine / June 2013
4 / Mr. S.Ponnuvel / Multi criteria optimization in drilling of epoxy /glass fabric hybrid polymer Nano composite using GRA / Applied mechanics and Materials / Nov 2013
5 / Mr..S.Natarajan / Experimental investigation of homogeneous charge compression ignition engine of ethanol and diesel blends / Applied mechanics and Materials / Nov 2013
6 / Mr. S.Ilaiyavel / Wear behavior of zirconium oxide coating over the surface of electroless nickel plating on tool steel substrate / Applied mechanics and Materials / Nov 2013

B). Papers presented by the faculty members in National and International conferences/ symposiums/

workshops:

C). National and International Conferences/ symposiums/ workshops attended by the Faculty members:

2) Departmental research activities:

A). Symposium, Conferences, Workshop and Guest lectures Conducted:

S. No. / Name of the Event / Place / Period / Funding Agency / National/
Inter
national / Convener and Faculty In charge
1 / Spray Characteristics in Diesel Engines / SVCE / 24-09-2013
(3 hours) / - / National / Dr. K.Pitchandi
Mr. V.Sridharan
2 / NCHSA’13 / SVCE / 25 & 26 Sep 2013 / CSIR /
DRDO / National / Dr. R.Ramesh
Mr. R.Murugan
3 / FDP on DOM & Optimisation Technique. / SVCE / 16 – 21 Dec 2013 / INDUSTRIES /
SVCE / National / Mr. S.Ramesh Babu
Mr. S.Gopinath
4 / Entrepreneurship & skill development programme. / SVCE / 20 Nov – 10 Dec 2013 / AICTE / INDIAN BANK / National / Mr. S.Arumugam
5 / Entrepreneurship & skill development programme. / SVCE / 20 Nov – 10 Dec 2013 / AICTE / INDIAN BANK / National / Mr. S.Ilaiyavel
6 / Entrepreneurship & skill development programme. / SVCE / 20 Nov – 10 Dec 2013 / AICTE / INDIAN BANK / National / Mr. G.Manikandaraja
7 / SIX SIGMA –green belt programme / SVCE / 16,22,23 Sep 2,7 Oct / - / National / Mr. S.Gopinath
8 / Quality convention-13 / SVCE / 10 Aug 2013 / - / National / Mr. S.Gopinath
9 / Internal Combustion Engineering / SVCE / 18-09-2013 (3 hours) / - / National / Dr. K.Pitchandi
Mr. V.Sridharan
10 / Avenues of Research at IIT-Madras / SVCE / 11-10-2013 (FULL DAY) / - / National / Dr. K.Pitchandi
Mr. V.Sridharan
11 / Welding Technology / SVCE / 17-08-2013 (FULL DAY) / - / National / Dr. K.Pitchandi
Mr. V.Sridharan

B) Ongoing funded projects in the in the Department:

S. No. / Name of the Project / Funding
Agency / Period &
Amount Sanctioned / Coordinators / Status of the project
1 / Experimental investigation of effect on fuel spray characteristic of direct injection diesel engine fueled with biodiesel / AICTE –
Under RPS / 2013 – 2016
/
16 lakhs / Dr. K.Pitchandi
Mr. P.Raghu / Ongoing
2 / ANN modeling of pulsed metal inert gas[P-MIG]welding of magnesium alloy joints / AICTE –
Under RPS / 2013 -2016 /
18 lakhs / Dr. N.Muthukrishnan
Mr.V Gurusamy / Ongoing
3 / Investigation of vibration characteristics of nana silica/micro rubber reinforced carbon fiber composites structural beams / AICTE –
Under RPS / 2013 -2016 /
9.72 lakhs / Dr. R.Ramesh
Mr. C.Senthamarai Kannan / Ongoing
4 / Machining and modeling of fibre reinforced polymer composites / AICTE –
Under RPS / 2013 - 2016
12.25 Lakhs / Dr.T.Raja
Mr. V.Sridharan

C). Projects submitted to Funding Agencies by the Department:

D). Research centre status of the department:

The CADCAM CENTER was inaugurate by the principal in our department ,

3)

Research Presentations by students in National and International Conferences/ symposiums/ workshops:

D) National and International Conferences/ symposiums/ workshops attended by the students:

4. Sponsorship details of faculty and students:

Faculty sponsored for presentation in International Conferences/ symposiums/ workshops:

S.No / Name of the Faculty / Date / Title of the Paper / Name of the Conferences/ symposiums/ workshops / Venue / Sponsorship Amount(Rs.)
1 / Mr. S.Ramesh Babu / 28-30
NOV
2013 / The role of forming temperature during super plastic forming of AZ31B magnesium alloy under biaxial stressing / NUICONE-2013 / Ahmedabad,
INDIA / 16,000

Faculty sponsored for attending national Conferences/ symposiums/ workshops:

Research Activity Report (Jan 2014- May 2014)

1. Research activities of the faculty members:

Number of faculty in the Department : 38

Number of faculty with Ph D qualification : 06

Number of faculty pursuing Ph D : 15

A). Papers published by the faculty members in National and International Journals:

S. No. / Name of Faculty / Title of the paper / Name of the Journal / Date
1 / Dr.N.Muthukrishnan / ” Experimental Investigations on Machining Micro Alloy Steel (MAS 38MnSiVS5)
Using K 20 Multi Coated Carbide Insert” / International journal of Applied Mechanics and Materials, Vol. 591 (2014) Pp 15-18 / May 2014
2 / S. Ramesh Babu / Investigation on the Effect of Friction Stir Processing on the Superplastic Forming of AZ31B alloy / Materials and Design / Feb 2014
3 / S.Arumugam / Performance, Combustion and Emission analysis for various combustion chamber geometry / Advanced Materials Research Vols. 984-985 (2014) pp 950-956 / Online available since 2014/Jul/16
4 / Dr.R.Ramesh / Tribological Improvement of Titanium Alloy Surfaces Through Texturing and TiAlN Coating / Surface Engineering – Maney Publications / 2014
5 / Dr.R.Ramesh / Investigation on Vibration Behaviour of Cantilever Type Glass/Carbon Hybrid Composite Beams at Higher Frequency Range using Finite Element Method / Advanced Materials Research / 2014
6 / Mr.R.Murugan / Investigation on Vibration Behaviour of Cantilever Type Glass/Carbon Hybrid Composite Beams at Higher Frequency Range using Finite Element Method / Advanced Materials Research / 2014
7 / Mr.M.PRemananth / Tribological Improvement of Titanium Alloy Surfaces Through Texturing and TiAlN Coating / Surface Engineering – Maney Publications / 2014

B). Papers presented by the faculty members in National and International conferences/ symposiums/ workshops:

S. No. / Name of Faculty / Title of the paper / Name of the Conference/ symposium/ workshop / Date
1 / S. Ramesh Babu / Effect of Sheet Thickness during Superplastic Forming of AZ31B alloy into hemispherical Die / 4th National Conference on advancement and recent Innovations in mechanical engineering / 11th April 2014
2 / S. Ramesh babu / Superplastic Behaviour of AZ31B Mg alloy into cylindrical die / National Conference on Emerging Trends in mechanical Engineering (ETME) / 9th April 2014
3 / S.Arumugam / Performance, Combustion and Emission analysis for various combustion chamber geometry’’ / ICRAMID-2014
Ponjesly College of Engineering, Nagerkoil - 629003 / 7th & 8th March 2014
4 / S.Arumugam / Effect of Combustion Chamber in a DICI Engine fuelled with Corn Oil Methyl Ester / ICGTEPC-2014
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620015 / 27th to 29th September 2014
5 / S.GOPINATH / Optimization of supply chain critical factors in small scale industries by prioritizating the factors using FMEA / International conference on modeling,Optimization and computing / 10th &11th April 2014
6 / R.Murugan / Investigation on Vibration Behaviour of Cantilever Type Glass/Carbon Hybrid Composite Beams at Higher Frequency Range using Finite Element Method / International Conference on Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering and Interdisciplinary Developments - ICRAMID 2014,Ponjesly College of Engineering, Nagercoil. / 7-8 March 2014
7 / R.Murugan / Experimental Investigation on the Different Aerial Density of Woven Fabric Glass, Carbon and its Hybrid Composite Beam Subjected to Free Vibrating Condition” / International Conference on Modelling Optimization and Computing (ICMOC 2012), held at Noorul Islam University, Kumaracoil, / 10-11 April 2014.
8 / Prem Ananth M / Tribological Performance of Hard and Wear Resistance Composite Coating on Modified Titanium Alloy Surfaces Under Reciprocating Sliding / International Conference on Advances in Tribology (ICAT14), NIT Calicut, Kerala / Feb, 21-24, 2014
9 / C.Senthamaraikannan / Comparative Study on Vibration Characteristics of Straight and Curved Beam of Box Shaped Cross Section Subjected under Cantilever End Condition. / International Conference on Modeling Optimization and Computing, Department Of Mechanical Engineering(ICMOC-2014), organised by Nooral Islam University, Kumaracoil , India jointly with Universiti Teknologi, Mara, Malayasia & Oulun Yliopisto,University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, / 10th & 11thApril 2014
10 / C.Senthamaraikannan / Experimental Investigation on Vibration and Modal Response of Woven Carbon Fabric Epoxy Composite Curved Beams of Various fundamental Shapes / International Conference on Computational Systems in Engineering and Technology-ICCSET2014, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur. / 7-8 March 2014

C). National and International Conferences/ symposiums/ workshops attended by the Faculty members:

S. No. / Name of Faculty / Name of the Conference/ symposium/ workshop / Place / Date
1. / S.Arumugam / ICCSET-2014 / Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, / 7th & 8th
March 2014
2 / S. Ponnuvel / Optimization and Numerical Computation using MATLAB / VIT, Chennai / 26/04/2014
3 / Dr.R.Ramesh / International Conference on Computational Systems in Engineering and Technology-ICCSET2014, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur. / SVCE / 7-8 March 2014
4 / Dr.R.Ramesh / International Conference on Modelling Optimization and Computing (ICMOC 2012) / Noorul Islam University, Kumaracoil, / 10-11
April 2014.
5 / R.Murugan / International Conference on Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering and Interdisciplinary Developments - ICRAMID 2014,. / Ponjesly College of Engineering, Nagercoil / 7-8 March 2014
6 / R.Murugan / International Conference on Modelling Optimization and Computing (ICMOC 2012) / Noorul Islam University, Kumaracoil, / 10-11
April 2014.
7 / Mr.M.Premananth / International Conference on Advances in Tribology (ICAT14), / NIT Calicut, Kerala / Feb, 21-24, 2014
8 / C.Senthamarai
kannan / International Conference on Modeling Optimization and Computing, Department Of Mechanical Engineering(ICMOC-2014) / Nooral Islam University, Kumaracoil / 10th & 11thApril 2014
9 / C.Senthamarai
kannan / International Conference on Computational Systems in Engineering and Technology-ICCSET2014, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur. / SVCE / 7-8 March 2014

2) Departmental research activities:

A). Symposium, Conferences, Workshop and Guest lecturers Conducted:

S. No. / Name of the Event / Place / Period / Funding Agency / National/
International / Convener and Faculty In charge
1 / Seven days faculty development training program on “Engineering Graphics” / SVCE / 23d June – 30th June 2014 / SVCE and approved by Anna University / National / Dr.S. Ramesh Babu
2 / Practical based training program “Gear Manufacturing” / SVCE / 16th - 18th April 2014 / Self Supporting / Workshop / Dr.S. Ramesh Babu
3 / Two days workshop on “Design of Experiments” / SVCE / 17th & 18th March 2014 / Self supporting / Workshop / Dr. S. Ramesh babu
4 / FDTP on Design of Machine Elements / SVCE / 28-04-2014 to 03-05-2014 / Anna University,Chennai / National / Dr.R.Ramesh

B) Ongoing funded projects in the in the Department:

S. No. / Name of the Project / Funding Agency / Period &
Amount Sanctioned / Coordinators / Status of the project
1 / Experimental investigation of effect on fuel spray characteristic of direct injection diesel engine fueled with biodiesel / AICTE –
Under RPS / 2013 – 2016 /
16 lakhs / Dr. K.Pitchandi
Mr. P.Raghu / Ongoing
2 / ANN modeling of pulsed metal inert gas[P-MIG]welding of magnesium alloy joints / AICTE –
Under RPS / 2013 -2016 /
18 lakhs / Dr. N.Muthukrishnan
Mr.V Gurusamy / Ongoing
3 / Investigation of vibration characteristics of nana silica/micro rubber reinforced carbon fiber composites structural beams / AICTE –
Under RPS / 2013 -2016 /
9.72 lakhs / Dr. R.Ramesh
Mr. C.Senthamarai Kannan / Ongoing
4 / Machining and modeling of fibre reinforced polymer composites / AICTE –
Under RPS / 2013 - 2016
12.25 Lakhs / Dr.T.Raja
Mr. V.Sridharan / Ongoing

C). Projects submitted to Funding Agencies by the Department:

S. No. / Name of the Project / Funding Agency / Period &
Amount applied / Coordinators
Nil

D). Research centre status of the department:

Yes, our department research center status was renewed up to June 2017

3) Student Research Activities:

1)  A). List of projects carried out by the students in the department as in house and Industrial project:

*Refer Annexure - I

B). Research Publications by students in National and International Journal:

S. No. / Name of Student / Title of the paper / Journal Name / Date
1. / A.Avinash,
D.Subramanian,
A.Murugesan / BIO-DIESEL-A GLOBAL SCENARIO / RENEWABLE AND SUSTIANABLE REVIEWS , SCIENCE DIRECT / JANUARY, 2014
2. / R.R.JAI PREETHAM / OPTIMIZATION OF MACHINING HYBRID METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES USING DESIRABILITY ANALYSIS / ADVANCED MATERIALS RESEARCH / FEBRAURY 2014

C). Research Presentations by students in National and International Conferences/ symposiums/ workshops:

S. No. / Name of Student / Title of the paper / Name of the Conference/ symposium/ workshop / National/
International / Venue / Date
1. / KAUSHIK RAJASEKARAN / OPTIMIZATION OF MACHINING HYBRID MATRIX COMPOSITE USING DESIRABILITY ANALYSIS / NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING / NATIONAL / KARPAGA VINAYAGA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY / 28TH FEBRAURY2014
2. / SK.SARATH KUMAR / EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION ON MODAL RESPONSE OF WOVEN FABRIC CARBON COMPOSITE PLATE REINFORCED WITH PARTICLES OF MICRO RUBBER EPORXY MATRIX / INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RECENT ADVANCES IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AND INTERDISCIPLINARY DEVELOPMENTS / INTERNATIONAL / PONJESLY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING / 7-8TH MARCH 2014
3. / R.PRAVEEN / EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION TECHNIQUE ON CI ENGINES FOR NOx REDUCTION WITH INJECTION OF UREA SOLUTION. / SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SCIENCE ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT/ICSEM’14 / INTERNATIONAL / SRINIVASAN ENGINEERING COLLEGE / 28-29TH MARCH
2014

D) National and International Conferences/ symposiums/ workshops attended by the students: