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42
Citations
7326
World Ranking
1823
National Ranking
41

Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Overview

Chakravarthy Balaji is affiliated with the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in India, contributing extensively to the field of engineering with a focus on mechanical and computational mechanics, as well as atmospheric and aerospace engineering. Their research spans 170 publications, underlining experience centered on varied aspects of heat transfer, climate variability, and energetic materials.

Their work often addresses topics such as:

  • Heat Transfer and Optimization
  • Climate variability and models
  • Heat Transfer Mechanisms
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Phase Change Materials Research
  • Energetic Materials and Combustion

Frequent publication venues for Balaji include:

  • International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
  • Climate Dynamics
  • Heat Transfer Engineering
  • Applied Thermal Engineering
  • International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Some recent papers illustrate the varied scope of this research:

  • Experimental and numerical investigations on the effect of porosity and PPI gradients of metal foams on the thermal performance of a composite phase change material heat sink, 2020, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
  • Thermal management of 18650 Li-ion battery using novel fins-PCM-EG composite heat sinks, 2022, Applied Energy
  • Hydrothermal liquefaction of municipal solid wastes for high quality bio-crude production using glycerol as co-solvent, 2021, Bioresource Technology
  • Impact of climate change on intense Bay of Bengal tropical cyclones of the post-monsoon season: a pseudo global warming approach, 2021, Climate Dynamics
  • Pin fin-PCM composite heat sink solution for thermal management of cylindrical Li-ion battery, 2024, Applied Thermal Engineering

Coauthorship is a notable aspect of Balaji's research, with frequent collaborators including Balaji Srinivasan, Rajesh Akula, Sateesh Gedupudi, Sandeep Chinta, and Harish Baki.

Balaji's work lies predominantly within the disciplinary subfields of mechanical engineering, computational mechanics, atmospheric science, aerospace engineering, and global and planetary change, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to addressing energy management, thermal systems, and climate-related phenomena.

Among the recognitions received, Balaji is a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), reflecting peer recognition within the engineering community.

Best Publications

  • Experimental investigations on phase change material based finned heat sinks for electronic equipment cooling

    Rajesh Baby;C. Balaji

  • Thermal optimization of PCM based pin fin heat sinks: An experimental study

    Rajesh Baby;C. Balaji

  • Experimental investigations on thermal performance enhancement and effect of orientation on porous matrix filled PCM based heat sink

    Rajesh Baby;C. Balaji

  • Method to improve geometry for heat transfer enhancement in PCM composite heat sinks

    R. Akhilesh;Arunn Narasimhan;C. Balaji

  • Interaction of surface radiation with free convection in a square cavity

    C. Balaji;S.P. Venkateshan

  • Convection heat transfer from aluminium and copper foams in a vertical channel – An experimental study

    Pradeep M. Kamath;C. Balaji;S.P. Venkateshan

  • Conjugate turbulent natural convection with surface radiation in air filled rectangular enclosures

    Anil Kumar Sharma;K. Velusamy;C. Balaji;S.P. Venkateshan

  • Thermal performance of a PCM heat sink under different heat loads: An experimental study

    Rajesh Baby;C. Balaji

  • Experimental and numerical investigations on the effect of porosity and PPI gradients of metal foams on the thermal performance of a composite phase change material heat sink

    Girish Kumar Marri;C. Balaji

  • Correlations for free convection and surface radiation in a square cavity

    C. Balaji;S.P. Venkateshan

  • Experimental investigation of flow assisted mixed convection in high porosity foams in vertical channels

    Pradeep. M. Kamath;C. Balaji;S.P. Venkateshan

  • Experimental investigation on the heat transfer performance of a PCM based pin fin heat sink with discrete heating

    R. Srikanth;C. Balaji

  • Conjugate mixed convection with surface radiation from a horizontal channel with protruding heat sources

    B. Premachandran;C. Balaji

  • Optimization of the location of multiple discrete heat sources in a ventilated cavity using artificial neural networks and micro genetic algorithm

    Rajeev Reddy Madadi;C. Balaji

  • Numerical Investigation of PCM Based Heat Sinks with Embedded Metal Foam/Crossed Plate Fins

    P. V. S. S. Srivatsa;Rajesh Baby;C. Balaji

  • Interaction of radiation with free convection in an open cavity

    C. Balaji;S.P. Venkateshan

  • Multi-objective geometric optimization of a PCM based matrix type composite heat sink

    R. Srikanth;Pavan Nemani;C. Balaji

  • Experimental investigations of heat transfer from an internally finned two phase closed thermosyphon

    Y. Naresh;C. Balaji

  • Interaction effects between laminar natural convection and surface radiation in tilted square and shallow enclosures

    V. Vivek;Anil Kumar Sharma;C. Balaji

  • Effect of surface radiation on conjugate mixed convection in a vertical channel with a discrete heat source in each wall

    C. Gururaja Rao;C. Balaji;S.P. Venkateshan

  • Numerical heat transfer

    C. Balaji;Balaji Srinivasan;Sateesh Gedupudi

Frequent Co-Authors

Thirumalachari Sundararajan
Thirumalachari Sundararajan Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad
V. Chandrasekar
V. Chandrasekar Colorado State University
Suman Chakraborty
Suman Chakraborty Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Prasanta Kumar Das
Prasanta Kumar Das Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Sumanta Acharya
Sumanta Acharya Illinois Institute of Technology

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