Recent Trends in Mechanical Engineering

This book consists of peer-reviewed proceedings from the International Conference on Innovations in Mechanical Engineering (ICIME 2020). The contents cover latest research in all major areas of mechanical engineering, and are broadly divided into five parts: (i) thermal engineering, (ii) design and optimization, (iii) production and industrial engineering, (iv) materials science and metallurgy, and (v) multidisciplinary topics. Different aspects of designing, modeling, manufacturing, optimizing, and processing are discussed in the context of emerging applications. Given the range of topics covered, this book can be useful for students, researchers as well as professionals.

Dr. G.S.V.L Narasimham is Chief Research Scientist in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He received his M. Tech. from IIT, Madras, and Ph.D. from IISc, Bangalore, both in Mechanical Engineering. His research interests include Solar Thermal Engineering, HVAC, Refrigeration, Cryogenics, Heat and Mass Transfer, CFD, and Simulation of thermal systems. He has about three decades of experience in teaching, academic and sponsored research and guidance to masters and research students. He worked as an investigator in the projects sponsored by the Departments of non-conventional energy sources, atomic energy, space, power, science and technology and planning commission, as well as industrial research projects sponsored by IMI, GE, Mahindra and Mahindra. He also works as a consultant from IISc for various organizations and is a life member of professional bodies related to heat and mass transfer and cryogenics.

Dr. A. Veeresh Babu received B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering and M.Tech in Heat Power Refrigeration from JNTU, Andhra Pradesh in 1998 and 2000, respectively. He obtained Ph.D. from Andhra University in 2013. He had an experience of refrigerator design, clean room technology, cold room/freezer room design and construction while he was working with the industry. He erected and commissioned clean rooms at DRDE, Gwalior, RCI, Hyderabad and CRDI, Lucknow. He is having research experience of more than 12 years ever since he joined NIT Warangal as an Assistant Professor in the year 2006. At present, He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Warangal. He has published more than 15 papers in SCI/SCOPUS/peer-reviewed journals. He has also presented his works in 10 international conferences. He has produced one Ph.D. student, and nearly seven students are working under him for the Ph.D. At present, he completed two minor research projects and two major projects are under review. He has also been appointedas a course writer for certificate in Power Plant Engineering offered by IGNOU, India.
Dr. S. Sreenatha Reddy is presently working as a Principal and Professor at Guru Nanak Institute of Technology under JNTU, Hyderabad.  He obtained B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from JNTU, Hyderabad, M. Tech in Heat power, Refrigeration & Air conditioning from JNTU, Hyderabad and Ph.D. from Faculty of Mechanical Engineering from JNTUA. Notable among his awards are National award for best  research publication; Jawaharlal Nehru memorial prize issued Institution of   Engineers on the occasion of inauguration of the 27th Indian Engineering Congress at New Delhi in the year 2012; Bharat Vidya Shiromani Award ; and a Certificate of Education Excellence for outstanding achievements in the field of Education given by International Institute of Education & management on 22nd December 2014 at New Delhi; Glory of Education of Excellence Award is issued by IIEM on 4th March 2015 at New Delhi. He has also received award for being the best academic administrator for the Centre for Advanced Research and Design under Venus International Foundation on 5th July, 2015. He received National Award as an Eminent Educationist issued by the INDUS FOUNDATION on the occasion of Indo-American Education Summit 2016 at Hyderabad. He has received many more prestigious awards.  He is a young and dynamic technical person and has been working for past 19 years teaching in mechanical and aeronautical fields and 3 years in thermal power plants. He worked in the fields of automotives, critical challenges in thermal field like propulsion, combustion, and heat transfer have been pioneering. He has rich experience in research and administrative area. He has published 141 international and national reputed Journals, and 26 international and national conference papers. He is a member of governing body in prestigious institution of GNIT. He hasalso served as an expert committee member of AICTE for scrutinizing project reports internally as well as the member in the board of reviewers for the Institution of Engineers journal. He is a fellow member of many professional bodies in the field of mechanical engineering and technical education.

Dr. R. Dhanasekaran received BE in Mechanical and Production Engineering from the Annamalai University in 2002, M.E, and Ph.D. from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Anna University in 2007 and 2013, respectively. He has been working as a Professor in Mechanical Engineering, Guru Nanak Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, India since November 2015. He has published more than 40 research journal papers, 7 patent publications and received funds from AICTE. He is a member in ISTE and Tribology Society of India. His research interests include tribology, engineering failure, wear characterization and production engineering.