1.EROSIVE WEAR
Quantification of wear in hydro turbines due to sediment and cavitation.
COMPRESSIBLE FLUID FLOW
COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis of Turbomachinery
FRACTURE & FATIGUE
Crack tip plasticity, Crack Closure, Single overload Fatigue crack growth retardation.
2. Tribology: Hydrodynamic lubrication- Numerical studies based on Isothermal, Hydrodynamic (HD), Thermohydrodynamic (THD) and Thermoelasto hydrodynamic (TEHD) models. Hydrodynamic & Hydrostatic bearings Horizontal, Vertical, Marine, Tilting Pad and PTFE. Thrust Bearings particularly used in large Hydro-power plants enabled with water cooling circuitry within the thrust element, Slide Shoe Bearings, Wind Turbine Tribology.
3. Mechanics of solids, Elasto-plastic Behaviour, Fatigue, Creep, Creep Fatigue Interaction, Mechanics of composites, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Vibrations.
Department of Mechanical Engineering