Name : R.Nithyaprakash Ph.D.
Designation : Assistant Professor
D.O.J : 04.06.2015
Address : Department of Mechatronics Engineering,
Area of Specialization : Tribology, Biomaterials, Finite Element Analysis, Ergonomics
Experience :8 Years
Contact Details : 9944586397/ Intercom:852
nithyaprakash.mts@kongu.ac.in/mtsprakash@gmail.com
Details of Publications in International Journals:
Ø S Shankar, R Nithyaprakash, G Abbas, R Naveenkumar, Chander Prakash, Alokesh Pramanik, Animesh Kumar Basak (2023) “Tribological Behavior of AZ31 Alloy Against Si3N4 Using In-vitro and In-silico Submodeling Approach for Human Hip Prosthesis” Silicon, 15(2), 983-991.
Ø S Shankar, R Nithyaprakash, R Naveen Kumar, R Aravinthan, Alokesh Pramanik, Animesh Kumar Basak (2023) “Effect of Loads and Bio-Lubricants on Tribological Study of Zirconia and Zirconia Toughened Alumina Against Ti6Al4V for Hip Prosthesis” Surface Review and Letters, 30(1).
Ø S Shankar, R Naveenkumar, R Nithyaprakash, S Narmatha, R Rithic Sai, M Nandhakumar (2022) “Impact of digital boards on hand and neck muscle activity during online teaching process” Education and Information Technologies, 27, 5627–5640.
Ø R Naveen Kumar, A Saravanan, S Shankar, R Nithyaprakash, B Jaikumar, A Mohanraj, K Mohanprasath (2021) “Investigating the Impact of the Hoe handle Length and Angle on the Shoulder and Arm Muscle Activity during Manual Farming Activities” Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series A, 1-8.
Ø S Shankar, R Nithyaprakash, BR Santhosh (2021) “Short term tribological behavior of ceramic and polyethylene biomaterials for hip prosthesis” Materials Testing 63 (5), 470-473
Ø S Shankar, R Nithyaprakash, BR Santhosh, Ali Kaya Gur, Alokesh Pramanik, (2020), "Experimental and submodeling technique to investigate the wear of silicon nitride against Ti6Al4V alloy with bio-lubricants for various gait activities", Tribology International,151, 106529.
Ø S Shankar, R Nithyaprakash, AP Sugunesh, MS Uddin, A Pramanik, (2020), "Contact Stress and Wear Analysis of Zirconia Against Alumina for Normal and Physically Demanding Loads in Hip Prosthesis" Journal of Bionic Engineering, 17(5), 1045-1058
Ø S Shankar, R Nithyaprakash, BR Santhosh, MS Uddin, A Pramanik (2020) " Finite element submodeling technique to analyze the contact pressure and wear of hard bearing couples in hip prosthesis", Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 23(8),422-431
Ø S Shankar, R Nithyaprakash, AP Sugunesh, KA Selvamani, MS Uddin, (2020) "Experimental and Finite Element Wear Study of Silicon Nitride Against Alumina for Hip Implants with Bio-Lubricant for Various Gait Activities" Silicon, 1-12.
Ø S.Shankar, R.Nithyaprakash, A.P Sugunesh, MS Uddin, (2020) "Long-term wear prediction of zirconia on alumina ceramic for hip prosthesis" International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering, 14(3), 192-206
Ø R.Nithyaprakash, S.Shankar and M.S.Uddin (2018)" Computational wear assessment of hard on hard hip implants subject to physically demanding tasks", Medical & biological engineering & computing 56 (5), 899-910.
Ø S.Shankar and R.Nithyaprakash, (2016) “Predicting The Wear Of Soft On Hard Bearing Couples For Human Hip Prosthesis Using Finite Element Concepts”, Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology (JMMB), 16 (03), 1650020.
Ø Shankar, S., and R. Nithyaprakash (2014) "Wear prediction on silicon nitride bearing couple in human hip prosthesis using finite element concepts." Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology, 228 (7),717-724.
Ø S.Shankar and R.Nithyaprakash (2014) “Effect of Radial Clearance on Wear and Contact Pressure of Hard-on-Hard Hip Prosthesis using Finite Element Concepts”, Tribology Transactions, 57 (5), 814-820.
Papers presented in International Conferences:
Ø S.Shankar and R.Nithyaprakash, “Effect of Radial Clearance on Wear of Hard-on-Hard Hip Prosthesis”, International Conference on Advances in Tribology-2014, NIT- Calicut.
Ø S.Shankar and R.Nithyaprakash, “Influence of Wear Co-efficient in Computational Wear Prediction for Human Hip Prosthesis”, ICMMM (2014), IIT Madras.
Ø R.Nithyaprakash, S.Shankar, A.Balaji and H.JahirHussain," Influence of Wear Co-efficient values in Predicting the wear of Zirconia-UHMWPE Using Finite Element Concepts for Human Hip Implants”, ICMDM 2016- Anna University-Chennai.
Ø S.Shankar, R.Nithyaprakash, A.P.Suganesh, "Effect of microseparation on Zirconia Vs Alumina for human hip prosthesis", ICMMM-2019-Bannari Amman Institute of Technology-Coimbatore.
Ø R.Nithyaprakash, S.Shankar, K.Ponappa, K.A. Selvamani,"Effect of Sharp corners in Ceramic-on-Ceramic and Metal-on-Metal hip joint replacements", ICMMM-2019- Bannari Amman Institute of Technology-Coimbatore.
FDP Attended
Completed FDP in NITTT- 8 Modules
Completed FDP in NPTEL for following courses
Introduction to Research
Biomaterials for Bone Tissue Engineering
Funded Seminar organized
Two days national level seminar on "Applications Of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning In Healthcare Equipment Design" sponsored by CSIR from 09.01.2020 to 10.01.2020
Research Grants Received
Investigating the impacts of Chronic Noise Exposure on Cognitive Neuroergonomics on the Performance and Hearing Impairments among the Various Power Loom Industry Workers of Tamilnadu- 14.18 Lakhs
Book Chapter
S Shankar, R.Nithyaprakash, G Abbas (2021),Tribological Study on Titanium Based Composite Materials in Biomedical Applications,215-241. Springer
Membership in Professional Bodies
1. Associate member of Institution of Engineers India (IEI)
2. Life member of Malaysian Tribology Society (MYTRIBOS)
Courses handled and related contents
1Total Quality Management (Mean, Median Mode, Frequency calculation)
2. Strength of Materials (Energy Stored in Bars)
3. Engineering Mechanics ( Equilibrium of Bodies)
4. Design of Mechanical Elements (Fundamentals)
OBE Related activities (Concept learning, Tutorials, Activity based learning)