- Completed-2, Ongoing-7
- Inverse Techniques for the Estimation of Multiple Parameters using Steady State Heat Transfer Experiments , Thesis awarded on July 9, 2018.
Publications:
- Harsha Kumar, Vishweshwara P S, N Gnanasekaran, A combined ANN-GA and experimental based technique for the estimation of the unknown heat flux for a conjugate heat transfer problem, Heat and Mass Transfer, 2018. [SCI-Impact factor 1.233]
- Harsha Kumar, Gnanasekaran N , A Bayesian inference approach - estimation of heat flux from fin for perturbed temperature data, Sadhana Engineering Journal, 2018[SCIE-Impact factor: 0.592]
- Harsha Kumar and Gnanasekaran N, A synergistic combination of Asymptotic Computational Fluid Dynamics and ANN for the estimation of unknown heat flux from fin heat transfer, Alexandria Engineering Journal, 2017, ISSN 1110-0168, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aej.2017.01.034. [Scopus – Impact factor: 2.3]
- Harsha Kumar, Sharath Kumar, N Gnanasekaran and C.Balaji, A Markov Chain Monte Carlo-Metropolis Hastings Approach for the Simultaneous Estimation of Heat Generation and Heat Transfer Coefficient from a Teflon Cylinder, Heat Transfer Engineering, 2017, DOI: 10.1080/01457632.2017.1305823 [SCI-Impact factor: 1.216]
- Gnanasekaran, N., and MK Harsha Kumar. "Accelerating MCMC Using Model Reduction for the Estimation of Boundary Properties Within Bayesian Framework." Numerical Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow. Springer, Singapore, 2019. 159-165.
- Kulkarni, Amey S., Harsha Kumar, and N. Gnanasekaran. "A New Forward Model Approach for a Mild Steel Fin under Natural Convection Heat Transfer." Procedia Engineering 127 (2015): 317-324.
- Kumar, H., Kumar, S., Sagar, K. S., & Gnanasekaran, N. "SYNERGESTIC APPROACH FOR THE SIMULTANEOUS ESTIMATION OF HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT AND HEAT FLUX USING FIN FROM STEADY STATE HEAT TRANSFER EXPERIMENTS." ICHMT DIGITAL LIBRARY ONLINE. Begel House Inc., 2015.
- Computational Modelling of Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer through Metal foam and wire mesh, Thesis awarded on August 26, 2019.
Publications:
- Kotresha, Banjara, and N. Gnanasekaran. "Determination of interfacial heat transfer coefficient for the flow assisted mixed convection through brass wire mesh." International Journal of Thermal Sciences 138 (2019): 98-108.[SCI-Impact factor 3.7]
- Kotresha, Banjara, and N. Gnanasekaran. "A Synergistic Combination of Thermal Models for Optimal Temperature Distribution of Discrete Sources Through Metal Foams in a Vertical Channel." Journal of Heat Transfer 141.2 (2019): 022004. [SCIE-Impact factor 1.602]
- Kotresha, Banjara, and N. Gnanasekaran. "Analysis of Forced Convection Heat Transfer Through Graded PPI Metal Foams." Numerical Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow. Springer, Singapore, 2019. 151-158.
- Kotresha, Banjara, N Gnanasekaran and Balaji C, “Numerical simulations of flow assisted mixed convection in a vertical channel filled with high porosity metal foams”, Heat Transfer Engineering, Taylor and Francis publication, 2018. [SCI-Impact factor 1.216]
- Banjara Kotresha and N Gnanasekaran, Effect of thickness and thermal conductivity of metal foams filled in a vertical channel – A numerical study, International Journal of Numerical methods for Heat and Fluid Flow, Emerald publication, 2018 [SCIE-Impact factor: 2.45]
- Banjara Kotresha and N Gnanasekaran, Investigation of Mixed Convection Heat Transfer through Metal Foams Partially Filled in a Vertical Channel by Using CFD, Journal of Heat Transfer, 2018. [SCIE-Impact factor 1.602]
- Determination of Interfacial Heat Transfer Coefficients during the Solidification of Metal Casting, (Ongoing).
Publications:
- Vishweshwara P S, N Gnanasekaran and Arun M, Inverse Approach using Bio-Inspired algorithm within Bayesian Framework for the Estimation of Heat Transfer Coefficients during Solidification of Al-4.5wt%Cu Alloy, ASME Journal of Heat Transfer [SCIE-Impact factor 1.602] Accepted.
- Vishweshwara P S, Harsha Kumar M K, N Gnanasekaran and Arun M, 3D coupled conduction-convection problem using in-house heat transfer experiments in conjunction with hybrid inverse approach, Engineering Computations, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1108/EC-11-2018-0496. [SCIE- Impact factor: 1.246]
- Vishweshwara P S, N Gnanasekaran and Arun M, Simultaneous estimation of unknown parameters using apriori knowledge for the estimation of interfacial heat transfer coefficient during solidification of Sn-5wt%Pb alloy-An ANN driven Bayesian approach, Sadhana Engineering Journal, 2018 [SCIE- Impact factor: 0.592].
- Vishweshwara, P. S., N. Gnanasekaran, and M. Arun. "Estimation of Interfacial Heat Transfer Coefficient for Horizontal Directional Solidification of Sn-5 wt% Pb Alloy Using Genetic Algorithm as Inverse Method." Soft Computing for Problem Solving. Springer, Singapore, 2019. 447-459.
- Vishweshwara, P. S., N. Gnanasekaran, and M. Arun. "Inverse Estimation of Interfacial Heat Transfer Coefficient During the Solidification of Sn-5wt% Pb Alloy Using Evolutionary Algorithm." Advances in Materials and Metallurgy. Springer, Singapore, 2019. 227-237.
- Investigation of Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow in Micro Channels, (Ongoing).
Publications:
- Narendran, Ganesan; Gnanasekaran, Nagarajan; Perumal, Dharmaraj A., A Review on Recent Advances in Microchannel Heat Sink Configurations, Recent Patents on Mechanical Engineering, Volume 11, Number 3, August 2018, pp. 190-215(26)
- Narendran, G., N. Gnanasekaran, and D. Arumuga Perumal. "Flow induced hotspot migration studies with heat spreader integrated microchannels using reduced graphene oxide nanofluids." Thermal, Mechanical and Multi-Physics Simulation and Experiments in Microelectronics and Microsystems (EuroSimE), 2018 19th International Conference on. IEEE, 2018.
- Hegde, Shreyas S., Narendran Ganesan, and N. Gnanasekaran. "Conjugate heat transfer in a Hexagonal micro channel using hybrid nano fluids." ASME 2016 14th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels collocated with the ASME 2016 Heat Transfer Summer Conference and the ASME 2016 Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2016.
- Hegde, Shreyas, and N. Ganasekaran. "Conjugate heat transfer studies in a hexagonal micro channel." Procedia Engineering 127 (2015): 719-726.
- Inverse approach using Lattice Boltzmann method,(Ongoing).
- Heat transfer studies using phase change materials for solar application, (Ongoing).
- Experimental studies on friction under full sliding condition, (Ongoing).