Faculty Profile

About

Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, BMSCE, graduated from JNNCE, Shivamogga, M.Tech from UBDT College of Engineering, Davangere and awarded Ph.D from Visveshwaraya Technological University, Belgaum in the year 2013

Education

• P.hD. - Mechanical Engineering Sciences
  VTU Belagavi
  Passed Year: 2013 | Program Type: PartTime
• M. Tech - Production Engineering and System Technology
  U.B.D.T. C E /Kuvempu University
  Passed Year: 1999 | Program Type: FullTime
• B.E - Industrial Production Engineering
  JNNCE/Kuvempu University
  Passed Year: 1994 | Program Type: FullTime

Selected Publications

• Journal | Published On : 18-03-2024
  Rudra Naik, M Ravikumar, YS Rammohan, S Raghavendra, R Suresh
  Evaluation of Mechanical, Wear and Fracture Behavior of Silicon Carbide Particulates Reinforced Al7075 Composites using Response Surface Methodology Technique
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• Journal | Published On : 28-12-2022
  Rudra Naik, Ravikumar M, Vinod B R
  Study on boron carbide (B4C) / cenosphere on mechanical, tribological and fracture characteristics of Al7075 hybrid composite
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• Journal | Published On : 25-11-2022
  Rudra Naik, Deepak C, Sangamesh Godi, Chidanand
  i) Rudra Naik, Deepak C, Sangamesh Godi, Chidanand “Thermal Performance Analysis of a Mixed-Flow Indirect Evaporative Cooler”, Applied Thermal Engineering 217 (2022) 119155
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• Journal | Published On : 22-09-2022
  Rudra Naik, Ravikumar M
  ii) Rudra Naik, Ravikumar M “Impact of Nano Sized Sic and Gr on Mechanical Properties of Aerospace Grade Al7075 Composites”, Frattura ed Integrita Structures”, Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale
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• Journal | Published On : 05-04-2021
  Rudra Naik, Praveen T Hunashikatti et.al.
  Undergraduate students’ knowledge, utilization, perception, and willingness to adopt renewable energy: A case study from Karnataka, India. Gyanodaya - The Journal of Progressive Education, Accepted and to be published in forthcoming issue (April-2021)
• Conference | Published On : 28-12-2020
  Rudra Naik, Deepak C and Prashanth H K
  "Experimental study on Heat and Mass Exchanger of a Dew point Indirect Evaporative cooler”, ICoFT 2020, NITPY.
• Conference | Published On : 17-12-2020
  Rudra Naik, Venkatesh T Lamani, , Ravi L, L. Ravikumar, and Bheemsha Arya,
  “CFD Analysis of N- Butanol - Diesel Blends and Low-Temperature Combustion in CRDI Engine ” 3rd National Aerospace Propulsion Conference (NAPC 2020),
• Conference | Published On : 08-06-2020
  Rudra Naik, Atmanand Anikivi, and K Rama Narasihma
  Investigation of copper-water loop heat pipe for different filling ratios” IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering 872 (2020) 012070.
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• Conference | Published On : 28-12-2019
  Rudra Naik, Venkatesh T Lamani
  Use of magnetic nanoparticles for effective hyperthermia of liver tumor’ IHMTC-2019, IIT Roorke
• Conference | Published On : 28-12-2019
  Rudra Naik, Venkatesh T Lamani, Ravi L
  ‘Analysis of Fire Ventilation System in an Underground Car Park’ IHMTC-2019, IIT Roorkee.
• Conference | Published On : 07-11-2019
  Rudra Naik, Venkatesh T. Lamani, Adithya U. Baliga M., et.al.
  “Optimum Injection Timings For Bioethanol-Diesel Blends And Its Effect On Tail Pipe Emission In Common Rail Diesel Engine” International Conference On Advance Trends in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering 7th – 9th November 2019
• Conference | Published On : 05-09-2019
  Rudra Naik, Venkatesh Lamani, Ravi L, Bheemsha Arya, R S Verma, Rohan C, Srikanth P, Rajashekharegowda M D,
  “State of art technologies in agriculture and recommendation to improve farmer’s economy through solar tree concept” National Conference on Biotechnology and Sustainable Agriculture 5th – 7th September 2019
• Conference | Published On : 04-01-2019
  Rudra Naik, Shivashankara, M.G Patil
  “Hardness Charecteristics of Grinding Wheel Using Al2O3 with boron Nitride, 2nd International Conference on Innovations in Mechanical Engineering (ICIME – 2019) Springer LNME
• Conference | Published On : 19-07-2018
  Rudra Naik, Swagata Bhowmik, Tushar Anand
  “Comparative Studies on Composition of Internal Vitrified Grinding Wheels” International Conference on Composite Materials: Manufacturing, Experimental Techniques Modeling, and Simulation (ICCMMEMS-2018). 2214-7853
• Conference | Published On : 04-06-2018
  Rudra Naik, Atmanand Anikivi, and K Rama Narasihma
  Comparative Investigation and Operational Performance Characteristics of a Wick Assisted and Axially Square Grooved Heat Pipe, IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 346 (2018) 012082 doi:10.1088/1757-899X/346/1/012082.
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• Conference | Published On : 22-02-2018
  Rudra Naik, Vignesh B Balaji,Vishnu Swaroop B.T , Venkatesh T. Lamani, Dr. Ravi L
  “A review on electric mobility” National Conference at SRMIT , 22nd February 2018 .
• Conference | Published On : 15-06-2016
  Rudra Naik, Swagata Bhowmik
  “Selection of Abrasive Materials for Manufacturing Grinding Wheels” ICAMA 2016, Materials Today: Proceedings 5 (2018) 2860–2864
• Journal | Published On : 14-07-2014
  Rudra Naik and N. Narendra Babu
  Experimental Investigation and Performance Evaluation of a Multi turn closed loop pulsating Heat pipe’ International Journal of Applied Mechanics & Materials, Vol.592-594 (2014) pp1554-1558.
• Conference | Published On : 07-07-2014
  Rudra Naik and N. Narendra Babu
  'Heat Transfer Performance of a Closed Loop Pulsating Heat Pipe for higher Heat Loads’ International Conference on Advances in Design and Manufacturing (ICAD&M 2014) ISBN 978-93-84743-12-3 © 2014 Bonfring. pp 316-319.
• Journal | Published On : 24-06-2014
  Rudra Naik, Linford Pinto, G Pundarika, Rama Narasimha K
  “Theoretical Studies on the applications of pulsating heat pipe in vapour compression refrigeration system’ International Journal of Applied Mechanics & Materials, Vol.592-594 (2014) pp1801-1806.
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• Conference | Published On : 13-06-2014
  Rudra Naik, Linford Pinto, G Pundarika, Rama Narasimha K
  “Theoretical studies on the application of pulsating in vapour compression refrigeration system” International Mechanical Engineering Congress-2014, 13-15 June 2014, NIT Tiruchirapally, Tamil Nadu, India
• Conference | Published On : 13-06-2014
  Rudra Naik, Narendra Babu N
  “ Experimental Investigation and Performance evaluation of a Multi turn pulsating heat pipe” International Mechanical Engineering Congress-2014, 13-15 June 2014, NIT Tiruchirapally, Tamil Nadu, India.
• Conference | Published On : 13-06-2014
  Rudra Naik, Narendra Babu N, Kamath H C
  “ Applications of Heat Pipes” International Mechanical Engineering Congress-2014, 13-15 June 2014, NIT Tiruchirapally, Tamil Nadu, India
• Journal | Published On : 15-01-2013
  Rudra Naik, Venugopal Varadarajan, G Pundarika,Rama Narasimha K
  “Experimental Investigation and Performance Evaluation of a Closed Loop Pulsating Heat Pipe”, Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 6, No. 2, April 2013.pp 267-275.
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• Journal | Published On : 01-01-2012
  Rudra Naik, Linford Pinto, G Pundarika, Rama Narasimha K
  Effects of working fluids on the performance of multi-turn Pulsating heat pipe” International journal of earth sciences and Engineering, Spl. Edn. Vol. 5, No. 1, January 2012, pp 100-105.
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• Journal | Published On : 23-08-2011
  Rudra Naik,Venugopal Varadarajan, G Pundarika
  Design, fabrication and performance evaluation of axially grooved wick assisted heat pipe, International Journal of Engineering Systems Modelling and Simulation Vol. 2:25-39. August 2011
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• Conference | Published On : 20-05-2010
  Rudra Naik, Pundarika G
  “Experimental investigation on characterisation of heat pipe”. International conference in Frontiers in mechanical Engg. 20-22 May 2010. NITK Surathkal.
• Conference | Published On : 23-01-2008
  Rudra Naik, Bheemsha.,Pundarika.G, and Suresh S.M.
  Design Of Heat exchanger For Thermoacoustic Refrigerator International conference on recent development in mechanical engineering. 23-25 Jan 2008 SUSCET, Mohali, Chandighar.
• Conference | Published On : 23-01-2008
  Rudra Naik, Bheemsha, Pundarika.G and Ramesh Nayak
  “Thermodyanamic Analysis Of Gas Turbine Cogeneration System” International conference on recent development in mechanical engineering. 23-25 Jan 2008 SUSCET, Mohali, Chandighar
• Conference | Published On : 06-12-2007
  RudraNaik, RameshNayak, Bheemsha.,Pundarika.G
  “Production Of Jatropha Oil And Performance Characteristics of A Twin Cylinder Diesel Engine Using Jatropha-Diesel Blend. International conference on I.C. Engines and combustion Dec 6-9 JNTU, Hyderabad
• Conference | Published On : 28-12-2004
  Rudra Naik., Bheemsha., Hithesh Shah., Pundarika G.
  “Design and Theoretical construction of Thermoacoustic Refrigeration” Intenational Conference on theoretical’, Applied,Computational and Experimental mechanics. Dec 28-30 2004. IIT, Kharagpur

Other Information

One SERB R&D project has been successfully completed in 2021-22
One collaborative Research project sanctioned by VTU under CRC scheme Sanctioned in the year 2024 is ongoing on Development and Characterization of an Innovative Battery Thermal Management System for Electric Vehicle

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