• Development of graphitic carbon nitrides (g-C3N4) as multifunctional bridges in ZnCo2O4 for the anode of lithium-ion battery 

  Sharma, Meenu; Bhargav, Atul (IOP Publishing, 2021-10)

  Lithium-ion battery (LIB) proves to be one of the most important energy storage systems for portable electronics and vehicles. High volumetric lithium storage is becoming increasingly necessary as the market for nanotechnology ...
• Recent advances in lower-extremity exoskeletons in promoting performance restoration 

  Sanjeevi, N. S. S; Singh, Yogesh; Vashista, Vineet (Elsevier, 2021-12)

  Lower-Extremity Exoskeletons (LEEs) are mechanical devices used to assist or resist users' leg motion. It has evolved as performance restoration intervention devices for abnormal gait due to various neuromuscular disorders. ...
• Combustion efficiency improvement for scramjet combustor with strut based flame stabilizer using passive techniques 

  Nair, Prasanth P.; Narayanan, Vinod; Suryan, Abhilash (Elsevier, 2021-11)

  In a Supersonic combustion ramjet (Scramjet) engine, combustion occurs at supersonic velocity as incoming air remains supersonic. Scramjet engines have complex flow phenomena taking place inside the combustor. In a scramjet ...
• On-board cable attitude measurement and controller for outdoor aerial transportation 

  Prajapati, Pratik; Parekh, Sagar; Vashista, Vineet (Cambridge University Press, 2021-09)

  Deploying quadcopters for aerial transportation can be cost effective in impromptu material handling applications. However, such applications are limited mainly due to the requirement of onboard localization sensors and ...
• Stiffness modulation of a cable-driven leg exoskeleton for effective human-robot interaction 

  Sanjeevi, N. S. S.; Vashista, Vineet (Cambridge University Press, 2021-12)

  With the widespread development of leg exoskeletons to provide external force-based repetitive training for gait rehabilitation, the prospect of undesired movement adaptation due to applied forces and imposed constraints ...
• String stable control of electric heavy vehicle platoon with varying battery pack locations 

  Devika, K. B.; G., Rohith; Subramanian, Shankar C. (SAGE Publications, 2021-03)

  Integration of heavy commercial road vehicle platooning concept and electric vehicle technology is a promising approach as far as sustainable freight transportation is considered. This article attempts to design a string ...
• Effect of aggregation morphology on thermal conductivity and viscosity of Al2O3-CO2 nanofluid: a molecular dynamics approach 

  Ahmed, Zeeshan; Bhargav, Atul (Begell House, 2021)

  Transport properties such as thermal conductivity and viscosity of carbon dioxide play an important role in rapidly evolving applications such as industrial refrigeration and enhanced recovery from oil wells. Although the ...
• Predictive model for raised floor plenum data center using artificial neural networks 

  Saiyad, Anashusen; Patel, Asif; Fulpagare, Yogesh; Bhargav, Atul (Elsevier, 2021-10)

  Data centers are large facilities housing numerous IT equipment and supporting infrastructure. The raised floor plenum data centers are highly dynamic because of cold-hot aisle arrangements and time-dependent server heat ...
• Effect of surfactant on the settling of a drop towards a wall 

  Jadhav, Sayali N.; Ghosh, Uddipta (Cambridge University Press, 2021-04)

  Sedimentation of drops has been widely investigated, although a relatively small number of studies have accounted for the presence of a bounding wall, presumably because of the associated analytical difficulties. In addition, ...
• Comparative assessment of the effects of 3D printed feed spacers on process performance in MD systems 

  Thomas, Navya; Swaminathan, Jaichander; Zaragoza, Guillermo; Abu Al-Rub, Rashid K.; Lienhard V, John H.; Arafat, Hassan A. (Elsevier, 2021-05)

  In this study, process enhancements achieved by the use of 3D printed feed spacers based on triply periodic minimal surfaces (TPMS) were comparatively assessed using the two most common membrane distillation (MD) configurations: ...
• Global stability analysis of axisymmetric boundary layer on a slender circular cone with the streamwise adverse pressure gradient 

  Bhoraniya, Ramesh; Hussain, Zahir; Narayanan, Vinod (Elsevier, 2021-05)

  This paper presents a global stability analysis of the boundary layer developed on a slender circular cone. The base flow direction is towards the apex of a cone, and the pressure gradient is positive (adverse) in the flow ...
• A molecular dynamics approach of the effect of thermal interfacial resistance and nanolayer on enhanced thermal conductivity of Al2O3-CO2 nanofluid 

  Ahmed, Zeeshan; Bhargav, Atul (Begell House, 2021)

  Nanofluids have the solid-fluid interface which affects their thermal properties during heat transfer processes. In this study, nanolayer and thermal interfacial resistance (TIR) at the solid-fluid interface are discussed ...
• A dynamics-based adaptive string stable controller for connected heavy road vehicle platoon safety 

  Devika, K. B.; Rohith, G.; Yellapantula, Venkata Ramani Shreya; Subramanian, Shankar C. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2020-11)

  This article presents a string stable controller for the autonomous operation of a platoon of Heavy Commercial Road Vehicles (HCRVs) in a connected environment. This study considers factors such as brake/powertrain actuator ...
• Effect of melting on energy accommodation coefficients of aluminum-noble gas systems 

  Thoudam, Jyotishraj; Mane, Tejas; Sundaram, Dilip Srinivas (American Chemical Society, 2020-09)

  Molecular dynamics simulations are conducted to investigate the effect of melting on energy accommodation coefficient (EAC) of Al-noble gas systems. The accommodation coefficients are computed for a gas temperature of 3000 ...
• Autogenous welding of copper pipe using orbital TIG welding technique for application as high vacuum boundary parts of nuclear fusion devices 

  Dak, Gaurav; Joshi, Jaydeep; Yadav, Ashish; Chakraborty, Arun; Khanna, Navneet (Elsevier, 2020-12)

  This research work describes the development of autogenous orbital gas tungsten arc welding for oxygen-free copper pipe. Neutral beam system for fusion devices consists of the different water-cooled component, which is ...
• Analytical study of the transition curves in the bi-linear Mathieu equation 

  Jayaprakash, K. R.; Starosvetsky, Yuli (Springer, 2020-09)

  The current work is primarily devoted to the asymptotic analysis of the instability zones existing in the bi-linear Mathieu equation. In this study, we invoke the common asymptotical techniques such as the method of averaging ...
• Effect of confinement and heater surface inclination on pool boiling performance of patterned wettability surfaces 

  Sarode, Ajinkya; Raj, Rishi; Bhargav, Atul (Begell House, 2020)

  Boiling heat transfer is widely used in many practical applications due to significantly high heat transfer coefficients (HTC) associated with it. Several surface modification techniques are known to further improve the ...
• Metrics matter: accurately defining energy efficiency in desalination 

  Bouma, Andrew; Swaminathan, Jaichander; Lienhard, John H. (American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2020-12)

  Energy cost contributes a large portion of the overall cost of desalinated water. Improving the energy efficiency of desalination plants is therefore a primary design goal. However, accurately evaluating and comparing the ...
• Comprehensive analysis of tool wear, tool life, surface roughness, costing and carbon emissions in turning Ti�6Al�4V titanium alloy: cryogenic versus wet machining 

  Agrawal, Chetan; Wadhwa, Jwalant; Pitroda, Anjali; Pruncu, Catalin Iulian; Sarikaya, Murat; Khanna, Navneet (Elsevier, 2021-01)
• Comparison of machining performance under MQL and ultra-high voltage EMQL conditions based on tribological properties 

  Khanna, Navneet et al. (Elsevier, 2021-01)

  This novel work presents the comparison of a newly developed ultra-high voltage Electrostatic minimum quantity lubrication (EMQL) using a customized nozzle with the MQL technique as an alternative cooling/lubricating method ...

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