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  • 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

Devang V. Khakhar is affiliated with the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in India. The primary field of research is engineering, with a focus on several subfields including computational mechanics, biomedical engineering, management, monitoring, policy and law, mechanical engineering, and aerospace engineering.

The research topics addressed by this scientist cover a range of applied engineering problems. These topics include granular flow and fluidized beds, landslides and related hazards, mineral processing and grinding, particle dynamics in fluid flows, fluid dynamics simulations and interactions, high-velocity impact and material behavior, and cyclone separators and fluid dynamics.

Notable recent publications span various aspects of materials science, fluid dynamics, and computational methods. Recent papers include:

  • Methods to characterize the crystal polymorphs of polyvinylidene fluoride using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (2023), published in Polymer Engineering and Science
  • Analysis of granular rheology in a quasi-two-dimensional slow flow by means of discrete element method based simulations (2020), published in Physics of Fluids
  • High β-phase PVDF films formed by uniaxial compression (2024), published in Polymer
  • Collisional SPH: A method to model frictional collisions with SPH (2021), published in Applied Mathematical Modelling
  • Theory for size segregation in flowing granular mixtures based on computation of forces on a single large particle (2021), published in Physical review. E

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Jyeshtharaj B. Joshi, Murray Rudman, Shubham Mireja, Dhairya R. Vyas, and Sharen J. Cummins.

Publications are commonly found in venues such as the International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology, Physical review. E, Advanced Powder Technology, Polymer Engineering and Science, and Physical Review Fluids.

Devang V. Khakhar has been recognized as a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE).

Best Publications

  • Mixing and Segregation of Granular Materials

    J. M. Ottino;D. V. Khakhar

  • Radial segregation of granular mixtures in rotating cylinders

    D. V. Khakhar;J. J. McCarthy;J. M. Ottino

  • Transverse flow and mixing of granular materials in a rotating cylinder

    D. V. Khakhar;D. V. Khakhar;J. J. McCarthy;Troy Shinbrot;J. M. Ottino

  • Studies on poly(vinylidene fluoride)–clay nanocomposites: Effect of different clay modifiers

    T. Umasankar Patro;Milind V. Mhalgi;D.V. Khakhar;Ashok Misra

  • A case study of chaotic mixing in deterministic flows: The partitioned-pipe mixer

    D.V. Khakhar;J.G. Franjione;J.M. Ottino

  • Analysis of chaotic mixing in two model systems

    D. V. Khakhar;H. Rising;J. M. Ottino

  • Scaling relations for granular flow in quasi-two-dimensional rotating cylinders

    Ashish V. Orpe;D. V. Khakhar

  • Segregation-driven organization in chaotic granular flows

    Kimberly M Hill;D. V. Khakhar;D. V. Khakhar;J. F. Gilchrist;J. J. McCarthy;J. J. McCarthy

  • Polyurethane Foam-Clay Nanocomposites: Nanoclays as Cell Openers

    G. Harikrishnan;T. Umasankar Patro;D. V. Khakhar

  • Axial segregation of particles in a horizontal rotating cylinder

    S. Das Gupta;D.V. Khakhar;S.K. Bhatia

  • Mixing and segregation of granular materials in chute flows.

    D. V. Khakhar;J. J. McCarthy;J. M. Ottino

  • Surface flow of granular materials: model and experiments in heap formation

    D. V. Khakhar;Ashish V. Orpe;Peter Andresén;Julio M Ottino

  • Computational studies of granular mixing

    Joseph J McCarthy;Devang V Khakhar;Julio M Ottino

  • Studies on α to β phase transformations in mechanically deformed PVDF films

    R P Vijayakumar;Devang V. Khakhar;Ashok Misra

  • Density difference-driven segregation in a dense granular flow

    Anurag Tripathi;D. V. Khakhar

  • Mixing and Dispersion of Viscous Liquids and Powdered Solids

    J.M. Ottino;P. DeRoussel;S. Hansen;D.V. Khakhar

  • Chaotic mixing in a bounded three-dimensional flow

    G. O. Fountain;D. V. Khakhar;I. Mezic;J. M. Ottino

  • Rheology of binary granular mixtures in the dense flow regime

    Anurag Tripathi;D. V. Khakhar

  • Breakup of liquid threads in linear flows

    D.V. Khakhar;J.M. Ottino

  • Modeling of the Dynamics of Water and R‐11 blown polyurethane foam formation

    S. A. Baser;D. V. Khakhar

  • Visualization of Three-Dimensional Chaos

    G. O. Fountain;D. V. Khakhar;J. M. Ottino

Frequent Co-Authors

Julio M. Ottino
Julio M. Ottino Northwestern University
Troy Shinbrot
Troy Shinbrot Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Suresh K. Bhatia
Suresh K. Bhatia University of Queensland
Murray Rudman
Murray Rudman Monash University
Richard M. Lueptow
Richard M. Lueptow Northwestern University
Vinod K. Aswal
Vinod K. Aswal Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
Igor Mezic
Igor Mezic University of California, Santa Barbara

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