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Thirumalachari Sundararajan

Thirumalachari Sundararajan

D-Index & Metrics

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
46
Citations
13229
World Ranking
1405
National Ranking
27

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

Thirumalachari Sundararajan is affiliated with the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in India, specializing primarily in the field of Engineering. Their research covers a broad range of subfields including Computational Mechanics, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Materials Chemistry.

The scientist's work addresses several technical topics, with significant contributions in:

  • Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
  • Combustion and flame dynamics
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics
  • Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory
  • Chemical Looping and Thermochemical Processes
  • Catalysts for Methane Reforming
  • Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies

Their recent scholarly output includes research published in various journals. Notable papers include:

  • "Techno-economic evaluation of solar-driven ceria thermochemical water-splitting for hydrogen production in a fluidized bed reactor," 2022, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • "Effects of autooxidation on the fuel spray characteristics of Karanja biodiesel," 2021, Biomass and Bioenergy
  • "Numerical study using finite element method for heat conduction on heterogeneous materials with varying volume fraction, shape and size of fillers," 2020, International Journal of Thermal Sciences
  • "A 2 × 20 Gbps hybrid MDM-OFDM-based high-altitude platform-to-satellite FSO transmission system," 2020, Journal of Optical Communications
  • "Green hydrogen production by water splitting using scrap metals at high temperature," 2023, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Frequent publication venues where the scientist has contributed multiple articles include:

  • International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
  • Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications
  • Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Biomass and Bioenergy
  • International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Repeated collaboration has been observed with several coauthors, notably:

  • Mansu Navaneethan
  • T. Jayachandran
  • C. K. Suraj
  • Sudarshan Gowrishankar
  • R.B. Harikrishna

The scientist has been recognized as a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE).

Best Publications

  • A benchmark study on the thermal conductivity of nanofluids

    Jacopo Buongiorno;David C. Venerus;Naveen Prabhat;Thomas McKrell

  • Thermal conductivities of naked and monolayer protected metal nanoparticle based nanofluids: Manifestation of anomalous enhancement and chemical effects

    Hrishikesh E. Patel;Sarit K. Das;T. Sundararajan;A. Sreekumaran Nair

  • Effect of particle size on the convective heat transfer in nanofluid in the developing region

    K.B. Anoop;T. Sundararajan;Sarit K. Das

  • Natural convective heat transfer in a fluid saturated variable porosity medium

    P. Nithiarasu;K.N. Seetharamu;T. Sundararajan

  • Model for Heat Conduction in Nanofluids

    D. Hemanth Kumar;Hrishikesh E. Patel;V. R. Rajeev Kumar;T. Sundararajan

  • A micro-convection model for thermal conductivity of nanofluids

    Hrishikesh E. Patel;T. Sundararajan;T. Pradeep;A. Dasgupta

  • A MICRO-CONVECTION MODEL FOR THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF NANOFLUIDS

    H. E. Patel;K. B. Anoop;Thirumalachari Sundararajan;Sarit Kumar Das

  • An experimental investigation into the thermal conductivity enhancement in oxide and metallic nanofluids

    Hrishikesh E. Patel;T. Sundararajan;Sarit K. Das

  • Rheological and flow characteristics of nanofluids: Influence of electroviscous effects and particle agglomeration

    K. B. Anoop;S. Kabelac;T. Sundararajan;Sarit K. Das

  • Entropy generation due to flow and heat transfer in nanofluids

    Pawan K. Singh;K.B. Anoop;T. Sundararajan;Sarit K. Das

  • ANALYSIS OF SPARK PROFILES DURING EDM PROCESS

    P. Shankar;V. K. Jain;T. Sundararajan

  • Numerical investigation of confined wakes behind a square cylinder in a channel

    A. Mukhopadhyay;G. Biswas;T. Sundararajan

  • DOUBLE-DIFFUSIVE NATURAL CONVECTION IN AN ENCLOSURE FILLED WITH FLUID-SATURATED POROUS MEDIUM: A GENERALIZED NON-DARCY APPROACH

    P. Nithiarasu;K. N. Seetharamu;T. Sundararajan

  • Predicting the effective thermal conductivity of carbon nanotube based nanofluids.

    N N Venkata Sastry;Avijit Bhunia;T Sundararajan;Sarit K Das

  • Interaction Effects Between Surface Radiation and Turbulent Natural Convection in Square and Rectangular Enclosures

    K. Velusamy;T. Sundararajan;K. N. Seetharamu

  • Power-Law Fluid-Flow over Spheroidal Particles

    Anubhav Tripathi;Rajendra P. Chhabra;Thirumalachari Sundararajan

  • Numerical simulation of natural convective heat transfer and fluid flow around a heated cylinder inside an enclosure

    D. G. Roychowdhury;Sarit K. Das;T. Sundararajan

  • Utilization of phosphorus for casein biosynthesis in the mammary gland. I. Incorporation in vivo of P32 into phosphoprotein of milk and of mammary gland.

    T.A. Sundararajan;K. S. V. Sampath Kumar;P.S. Sarma

  • A theoretical model of brick drying as a conjugate problem

    K Murugesan;H.N Suresh;K.N Seetharamu;P.A Aswatha Narayana

  • Steam Oxidation Resistance of Ni-Cr Thermal Spray Coatings on 9Cr-1Mo Steel. Part 2: 50Ni-50Cr

    T. Sundararajan;S. Kuroda;T. Itagaki;F. Abe

  • Experimental and numerical investigation into the hydrodynamics of nanofluids in microchannels

    Pawan K. Singh;P.V. Harikrishna;T. Sundararajan;Sarit K. Das

Frequent Co-Authors

Sarit K. Das
Sarit K. Das Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Kankanhalli N. Seetharamu
Kankanhalli N. Seetharamu Universiti Sains Malaysia
Perumal Nithiarasu
Perumal Nithiarasu Swansea University
R.P. Chhabra
R.P. Chhabra Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Chakravarthy Balaji
Chakravarthy Balaji Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Thalappil Pradeep
Thalappil Pradeep Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Yulong Ding
Yulong Ding University of Birmingham
Dongsheng Wen
Dongsheng Wen Technical University of Munich
Kenneth E. Goodson
Kenneth E. Goodson Stanford University
Indranil Manna
Indranil Manna Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

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