What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Thermodynamics
- Mechanics
- Optics
His main research concerns Thermodynamics, Nanofluid, Heat transfer, Mechanics and Thermal conductivity.
His Thermodynamics study is mostly concerned with Nusselt number and Convection.
The Nanofluid study combines topics in areas such as Volume fraction, Composite material, Particle and Particle size.
His research investigates the link between Heat transfer and topics such as Porous medium that cross with problems in Fluid dynamics.
His Drag, Wake and Compressibility study in the realm of Mechanics interacts with subjects such as Cross section.
His Thermal conductivity study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Thermal conduction, Nanoparticle, Specific surface area and Nanofluidics.
His most cited work include:
- A benchmark study on the thermal conductivity of nanofluids (817 citations)
- Thermal conductivities of naked and monolayer protected metal nanoparticle based nanofluids: Manifestation of anomalous enhancement and chemical effects (613 citations)
- Model for Heat Conduction in Nanofluids (446 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
Thirumalachari Sundararajan mainly investigates Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Heat transfer, Reynolds number and Nanofluid.
His Mechanics research focuses on subjects like Classical mechanics, which are linked to Drag, Mean flow, Vortex and Compressibility.
His study connects Porous medium and Thermodynamics.
His Natural convection, Heat transfer coefficient, Rayleigh number and Heat flux study, which is part of a larger body of work in Heat transfer, is frequently linked to Enclosure, bridging the gap between disciplines.
His Reynolds number research focuses on Laminar flow and how it relates to Forced convection.
His research in Nanofluid intersects with topics in Microchannel, Thermal conductivity, Composite material and Particle.
He most often published in these fields:
- Mechanics (52.89%)
- Thermodynamics (26.67%)
- Heat transfer (21.33%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2012-2021)?
- Mechanics (52.89%)
- Flow (10.67%)
- Reynolds number (15.56%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
Mechanics, Flow, Reynolds number, Thermal and Microchannel are his primary areas of study.
Thirumalachari Sundararajan works mostly in the field of Mechanics, limiting it down to topics relating to Classical mechanics and, in certain cases, Vortex, Instability, Slip and Wetting, as a part of the same area of interest.
His study in Reynolds number is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Laminar flow and Buoyancy.
Thirumalachari Sundararajan has researched Thermal in several fields, including Convection, Composite material, Standing wave and Rayleigh–Bénard convection.
His studies in Microchannel integrate themes in fields like Nanofluid, Coolant, Heat flux, Working fluid and Heat spreader.
Thermodynamics covers he research in Heat transfer.
Between 2012 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Optimization of solar linear Fresnel reflector system with secondary concentrator for uniform flux distribution over absorber tube (39 citations)
- Optical modelling and performance analysis of a solar LFR receiver system with parabolic and involute secondary reflectors (38 citations)
- Experimental and numerical investigations on optimal distribution of heat source array under natural and forced convection in a horizontal channel (27 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Thermodynamics
- Mechanics
- Mechanical engineering
Thirumalachari Sundararajan spends much of his time researching Mechanics, Optics, Thermal, Heat transfer and Thermodynamics.
His study looks at the relationship between Mechanics and fields such as Sodium-cooled fast reactor, as well as how they intersect with chemical problems.
His Optics research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Acoustics, Sound pressure, Jet and Mass flow.
His Thermal research incorporates elements of Nusselt number, Flow conditioning, Reynolds number, Structural engineering and Bundle.
He is interested in Heat transfer coefficient, which is a branch of Heat transfer.
His study looks at the intersection of Nanofluid and topics like Active cooling with Microchannel.
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