Faculty Profile

About

Dr. G. Saravanakumar has about 20 years of teaching and 13 years of research experience, currently he is working as Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at B. M. S. College of Engineering, Bengaluru, India.
He has obtained BE in Mechanical Engineering from Bharathidasan University and ME in Industrial Engineering from Madurai Kamaraj University. He has completed PhD in Rotordynamics from VTU in 2018.
He is holding a granted patent on Bump Foil squeeze Film Damper and a published patent on Flexible Housing Apparatus.
He is having an on-going research project on Air-Foil Thrust Bearing and has executed a couple of research projects funded by external funding agencies.
He has published 12 journal papers in peer reviewed international journals, & good number of papers in proceedings of international conferences.
His research interests are mainly on Magnetorheological fluids, Smart materials, Vibrations & Rotor dynamics and micro fluids.

Education

• PhD - Machine Design
  Visvesvaraya Technological University
  Passed Year: 2018 | Program Type: PartTime
• ME - Industrial Engineering
  Madurai Kamaraj University
  Passed Year: 2001 | Program Type: FullTime
• BE - Mechanical Engineering
  Bharathidasan University
  Passed Year: 1999 | Program Type: FullTime

Selected Publications

• Journal | Published On : 26-09-2022
  B Mallikarjuna, P Hari Prasad, G Saravanakumar
  The study of heat transfer enhancement due to various nanofluids between rotating stretchable disks
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• Book Chapter or Books | Published On : 25-06-2022
  A. Vanav Kumar, L. Jino, M. Berlin, G. Saravanakumar, Ashwin Jacob and H. A. Kumara Swamy
  Book Chapter Title: "Influence of Lorentz force on Cu-water nanoliquid convective thermal transfer in a porous lid-driven cavity with uniform and linearly heated boundaries" has been accepted for publication in our book: “Mathematical Modelling of Fluid Dynamics and Nanofluids”, CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group).
• Journal | Published On : 02-03-2022
  A. Vanav Kumar, L. Jino, G. Saravanakumar
  Fluid friction/heat transfer irreversibility and heatfunction study of MWCNT-water nanofluid filled porous cavity
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• Patents | Published On : 17-12-2020
  G. Saravanakumar, L. Ravikumar, V. Arun Kumar
  BUMP FOIL SQUEEZE FILM DAMPERS WITH FLOATING SHIMS IN A CONSTRAINED SPACE, Patent No.: 353852, Valid till 14/05/2035.
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• Journal | Published On : 14-10-2020
  G. Saravanakumar, L. Ravikumar, Raghu Yogaraju, V. Arun Kumar
  "Experimental Investigation on the Effect of Housing Profile and its Relative Position on the Performance of Semi Active Journal Bearing", Lecture Motes in Mechanical Engineering, Springer, 2020, pp: 307-316.
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• Conference | Published On : 02-07-2019
  G. Saravanakumar, L. Ravikumar, Raghu Yogaraju, V. Arun Kumar
  Experimental Investigation on the Effect of Housing Profile and its Relative Position on the Performance of Semi Active Journal Bearing
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• Journal | Published On : 25-04-2016
  G. Saravanakumar, L. Ravikumar, Raghu Yogaraju, V. Arun Kumar, C. Sharavankumar
  “Determination of damping coefficient of a bump foil squeeze film damper”, international Journal of Vehicle Structures and Systems, Vol. 8(4), 246-249, 2016.
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• Journal | Published On : 22-04-2016
  G. Saravanakumar, L. Ravikumar, Raghu Yogaraju, V. Arun Kumar, C. Sharavankumar
  “Feasibility and performance studies of semi active journal bearings”, Elsevier Procedia Technology, Vol 25, pp:1154-1161, 2016.
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• Journal | Published On : 12-12-2015
  G. Saravanakumar, L. Ravikumar
  “Magnetorhelogical fluid and grease based squeeze film dampers- A comparison”, International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Material Science, Vol 8(1), 49-53, 2015.
• Journal | Published On : 01-07-2014
  G. Saravanakumar, L. Ravikumar
  “Effect of L/D ratio and the temperature on MR fluid squeeze film damper Performance”, Asian Journal of Engineering and Applied Technology, Vol. 3 No. 2, pp.37-41, 2014.
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• Journal | Published On : 10-10-2013
  G. Saravanakumar, L. Ravikumar, H. P. Jagadish
  “Effect of temperature on the performance of squeeze film damper lubricated with magnetorheological fluid”, International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering (IJITEE) ISSN: 2278-3075, Volume-3, Issue-5, 160-164, 2013.
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Other Information

Faculty Coordinator - Fluid Power Society of India BMSCE Students Chapter
Institutional Coordinator - Fire & Security Association of India BMSCE Chapter

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