Trends in Mechanical and Biomedical Design: Select Proceedings of ICMechD 2019

Front Matter ....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 Rigid Logged Coupling: An Improved Coupling with Less Material and Low-Stress Concentration  (Aniket Modak)....Pages 3-14
 An Efficient Grey Water Stagnancy Handler  (K. Banumalar, M. Aiswarya, M. Asvanthini Eswari, M. Karthika)....Pages 15-23
 Experimental Design and Testing of Scale Development Reduction System in Domestic Water Geysers  (Kabilan Sankar, Karthick Selvam, K. Joy Ashwin)....Pages 25-32
 Transient Analysis of Rotor System  (D. S. Megharaj, Amit Malgol)....Pages 33-43
 Investigating the Contact Load Capacity of Asymmetric Helical Gears  (P. Dinesh Babu, Swathi Balaji, P. Marimuthu)....Pages 45-54
 Close-Proximity Dynamic Operations of Spacecraft with Angles-Only Rendezvous in a Circular Phasing Orbit  (Thangavel Sanjeeviraja, R. Santhanakrishnan, S. Lakshmi, R. Asokan)....Pages 55-70
 Optimal Dimensional Synthesis of Rhombus Path Generating Adjustable Four-Bar Mechanism  (Ganesan Govindasamy, Rajakumar S. Rai, Gadudasu Babu Rao)....Pages 71-82
 Sensor Fusion for Automotive Dead Reckoning Using GPS and IMU for Accurate Position and Velocity Estimation  (Lalith Prabu Nalla Perumal, Arockia Selvakumar Arockia Doss)....Pages 83-95
 Optimal Dimensional Synthesis of Double-Semi-circle and Double-Semi-ellipse Path Generating Adjustable Four-Bar Mechanisms  (Ganesan Govindasamy, Gadudasu Babu Rao, Rajakumar S. Rai)....Pages 97-107
 Effect of Interference on a Floating Axis Epitrochoidal Hydrostatic Unit  (Harish Ramachandran, Aditya Shriwastava, Abhijit Nag)....Pages 109-125
 Design and Analysis of Rocker Arm Shaft in IC Engine Hino Series for Reduction of Assembling Dismantling Time  (R. Iruthayaraj, S. Palani, R. Ajay Vishal, T. Living Rockson, K. Anand)....Pages 127-137
 Kinematic Analysis and Dimensional Synthesis of Filleted-Rhombus Path Generating Adjustable Four-Bar Mechanism  (Ganesan Govindasamy, Clinton Wilson, K. Neeraj)....Pages 139-148
 Experimental Investigations of Initial Push Forces on an Industrial Trolley  (Masepogu Wilson Kumar, Gadudasu Babu Rao, K. Balasubramanian, I. Kantharaj)....Pages 149-158
 Mathematical Analysis of Stiffness of Orthotropic Beam with Hollow Circular and Rectangular Cross-sections  (Michael C. Agarana, Esther T. Akinlabi, Anuoluwapo M. Olanrewaju)....Pages 159-168
 Analytical Investigation of the Stiffness of Homogenous Isotropic Mechanical Materials with Different Cross-sections  (Michael C. Agarana, Esther T. Akinlabi, Okwudili S. Ogbonna)....Pages 169-176
Front Matter ....Pages 177-177
 Fatigue Analysis of Vocal-Folds Using Discretized Aeroelastic Model  (Veda Samhitha Kanduri, James Emilian, Venkatramani Jagadish)....Pages 179-187
 Response of a Layered Composite Beam Subjected to Static Loading Using Point Interpolation Meshless Technique  (Kunal S. Shah, Appaso M. Gadade, Sanjiv M. Sansgiri)....Pages 189-199
 Dynamic Behaviour of Laminated Composite Beam Undergoing Moving Loads  (Lalit Babu Saxena, Appaso M. Gadade, Sanjiv M. Sansgiri)....Pages 201-211
 Demystifying Fractal Analysis of Thin Films: A Reference for Thin Film Deposition Processes  (F. M. Mwema, Esther T. Akinlabi, O. P. Oladijo)....Pages 213-222
 Dynamic Analysis of Rectangular Aluminum Plate Under Transverse Loading Using Finite Difference Algorithm  (Michael C. Agarana, Esther T. Akinlabi, Michael O. Ikumapayi)....Pages 223-229
 Ballistic Performance of Light Weight Magnesium (AZ31B) and Aluminium (AL 6061) Plates Using Numerical Method  (M. Selvaraj, S. Suresh Kumar, Ankit Kumar)....Pages 231-238
 Comparison of Energy Absorption Characteristics of the Plain Fold and Spot-Welded Fold Tubes Under Three-Point Bending  (M. Nalla Mohamed, R. Sivaprasad)....Pages 239-249
 An Efficient Energy Absorber Based on Welded Fold Tubes for Automotive Applications  (M. Nalla Mohamed, R. Sivaprasad)....Pages 251-259
Front Matter ....Pages 261-261
 Finite Element Modelling of a Compression Test on AISI 1016 Cylindrical Steel: A Review  (V. Musonda, E. T. Akinlabi)....Pages 263-276
 Evaluation of Tie Wing Deformation in 0.022 Inch Stainless Steel Orthodontic Bracket—A Finite Element Analysis  (Akhil Minu Ajayan, V. Magesh, P. Harikrishnan, D. Kingsly Jeba Singh)....Pages 277-286
 A Finite Element Analysis to Study the Effect of Various Loading Conditions on the Intervertebral Disc in L4–L5 Section of Lumbar Spine  (J. Daniel Glad Stephen, M. Prakash, V. K. Nevedha, Manu Pandey)....Pages 287-295
 Numerical Simulation of a Small-Scale Shock Tube Using OpenFOAM®  (Satheesh Kumar Aravind, Anugya Singh, B. T. Kannan)....Pages 297-308
 Contact Stress Analysis on a Functionally Graded Spur Gear Using Finite Element Analysis  (V. Aravind, S. Adharsh, D. Prakash, S. Martin Vinoth, P. Marimuthu)....Pages 309-318
 Finite Element Analysis of Knee Joint with Special Emphasis on Patellar Implant  (M. A. Kumbhalkar, D. T. Rangari, R. D. Pawar, R. A. Phadtare, K. R. Raut, A. N. Nagre)....Pages 319-333
 Simulation and Hardware Implementation of Interleaved SEPIC Converter with Valley-Fill Circuit for HBLED System  (B. Lakshmi Praba, R. Seyezhai)....Pages 335-353
 Finite Element Analysis of a Two-Post Rollover Protective Structure of an off-Highway Motor Grader  (V. Kumar, G. Mallesh, K. R. Radhakrishna)....Pages 355-366
Front Matter ....Pages 367-367
 Investigating the Route to Flutter in a Pitch–Plunge Airfoil Subjected to Combined Flow Fluctuations  (Nivedhithaa Santhakumar, Divyangi Singh, Venkatramani Jagadish)....Pages 369-378
 A Computational Study on the Effect of Supercritical CO2 in a Combustor  (Vishnumaya Nair, Selvaraj Prabhu)....Pages 379-391
 Design of Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchanger with CFD Analysis  (B. Jayachandraiah, C. Dinesh Kumar Patel)....Pages 393-400
 Characterization of Rayleigh–Taylor Instability at the Fluid–Fluid Interface  (Nihal Raj, S. Karthick)....Pages 401-415
 Heat and Mass Transfer Analysis of Al2O3-Water and Cu-Water Nanofluids Over a Stretching Surface with Thermo-diffusion and Diffusion-Thermo Effects Using Artificial Neural Network  (D. Seenivasan, M. Elayarani, M. Shanmugapriya)....Pages 417-434
 Design of Macro-rough Surface and Its Influence on Side Wall Heated Square Enclosure  (Ashwin Mahendra, Rajendran Senthil kumar)....Pages 435-448
 Performance Enhancement of a Savonius Vertical Axis Wind Turbine with Bio-Inspired Design Modifications  (S. M. Hasan Fayaz, Uditya Tyagi, Apurva Jain, Nishant Mishra)....Pages 449-457
 Experimental Investigation of Heat Treatment Processes on Dissimilar IS2602-EN9 MIG Welded Joint  (Mallapuram Bala Chennaiah, Podaralla Nanda Kumar, Karanam Prahlada Rao)....Pages 459-466
 Feasibility of Al2O3/Water Nanofluid in a Compact Loop Heat Pipe  (Emerald Ninolin Stephen, Lazarus Godson Asirvatham, Kandasamy Ramachandran, Arulanatham Brusly Solomon, Pitchaimuthu RamKumar)....Pages 467-483
 Analysis of Externally Pressurized Thrust Bearing with Inclination Angle Using Yield Stress Fluids  (G. Alexander Raymand, I. Jayakaran Amalraj)....Pages 485-498
 Numerical Investigation of Bingham Fluid Flow in the Entrance Region of Rotating Annuli  (S. Mullai Venthan, I. Jayakaran Amalraj)....Pages 499-518
 Nanofluids in Improving Heat Transfer Characteristics of Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger  (S. Seralathan, R. Vijay, S. Aravind, S. Sivakumar, G. Devaraj, V. Hariram et al.)....Pages 519-531
 Design and Numerical Analysis of Gearless Transmission Used in Small Wind Turbine  (Micha T. Premkumar, V. Hariram, S. Seralathan, Pinku Kumar, Godwin John)....Pages 533-541
 Experimental Investigation of Unsteady State Heat Transfer Behaviour of Nanofluid  (Yogiraj Bhumkar, A. R. Acharya, A. T. Pise)....Pages 543-554
Front Matter ....Pages 555-555
 Switched Staircase-Type Multilevel Inverter Structure with Reduced Number of Switches  (V. Thiyagarajan)....Pages 557-567
 Hydro Pneumatic Parking Brake Actuation System for Motor Grader Application  (K. Rajasekar, S. Karthikeyan, V. Kumar, H. S. Satish Chandra)....Pages 569-576
 Design and Analysis of Feature Primitive Scaffold Manufactured Using 3D-Printer—Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM)  (P. Vishnurajan, S. Karuppudaiyan, D. KingslyJeba Singh)....Pages 577-588
 Design and Development of Modular Parallel XY Manipulator  (Santosh R. Thorat, R. B. Patil)....Pages 589-602
 Design of hyper-redundant In-Vivo Robot: A Review  (Sushil Dev Rout, Mihir Kumar Sutar, Sarojrani Pattnaik)....Pages 603-611
 Effect of Insertion Force for Successful Penetration of a Conical Shaped Microneedle into the Skin  (Gera Aswani Kumar, Burra Rajesh Kumar, Vankara Jyothi, Sowmya Injeti)....Pages 613-621
 Lumbar Discography: Study of Biomechanical Changes in the L1-L2 Intervertebral Disc of the Human Lumbar Spine Using Finite Element Methods  (S. Balamurugan, P. Susai Manickam, Sachit Chawla)....Pages 623-633
 C4–C5 Segment Finite Element Model Development and Investigation of Intervertebral Disc Behaviour  (P. Susai Manickam)....Pages 635-643
 Simulation and Analysis of Integrated SEPIC-Flyback AC-DC PFC Converter for LED Applications  (Sridhar Makkapati, Seyezhai Ramalingam)....Pages 645-654
 Simulation Study of Shading Effects in PV Array  (S. Harika, R. Seyezhai, A. Jawahar)....Pages 655-663
 Speech Recognition Using Neural Network for Mobile Robot Navigation  (Prashant Patel, Arockia Selvakumar Arockia Doss, L. PavanKalyan, Parag J. Tarwadi)....Pages 665-676
 Range Sensor-Based Obstacle Avoidance of a Hyper-Redundant Robot  (G. Mohammed Nawaz, N. Karthikeyan)....Pages 677-690
 Literature Survey on Four-Legged Robots  (G. Satheesh Kumar, S. Aravind, R. Subramanian, Shashank Kannan Bharadwaj, Ronak R. Muthuraman, R. Steve Mitchell et al.)....Pages 691-702
 In-Pipe Robot Mechanisms—State-of-the-Art Review  (G. Satheesh Kumar, D. Arun)....Pages 703-713
Front Matter ....Pages 715-715
 Design and Thermal Performance Analysis on Solar Still  (Shaik Subhani, Rajendran Senthil Kumar)....Pages 717-729
 The Use of Hydrocarbon Refrigerants in Combating Ozone Depletion and Global Warming: A Review  (T. O. Babarinde, S. A. Akinlabi, D. M. Madyira)....Pages 731-739
 Experimental Study of Performance of R600a/CNT-Lubricant in Domestic Refrigerator System  (T. O. Babarinde, S. A. Akinlabi, D. M. Madyira)....Pages 741-751
 Assessing the Predicting Capability of RSM and ANN on Transesterification Process for Yielding Biodiesel from Vitis vinifera Seed Oil  (V. Hariram, A. Bose, S. Seralathan, J. Godwin John, T. Micha Premkumar)....Pages 753-764
 Waste Heat Recovery (WHR) of Diesel Engine Using Closed-Loop Pulsating Heat Pipe  (Saurabh B. Dhone, A. T. Pise)....Pages 765-774
 An Experimental Investigation of Heat Transfer in Heat Exchangers Using Al2O3 Nanofluid  (S. Bhuvaneswari, G. Elatharasan)....Pages 775-783
 Numerical Study of Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop in a Helically Coiled Tubes  (S. Bhuvaneswari, G. Elatharasan)....Pages 785-796
Front Matter ....Pages 797-797
 Comparative Study on the Mechanical Performance of Solid Lubricants Over Peek Polymer  (N. Venkatesh, P. K. Dinesh Kumar)....Pages 799-807
 ZrB2 Influences on the Dry Sliding Wear Resistance of AA7075 Alloy  (P. Loganathan, A. Gnanavelbabu, K. Rajkumar, S. Ayyanar)....Pages 809-818
 Investigation on Wear Properties of Nickel-Coated Al2O3P-Reinforced AA-7075 Metal Matrix Composites Using Grey Relational Analysis  (D. Vijay Praveen, D. Ranga Raju, M. V. Jagannadha Raju)....Pages 819-829
 Optimizing the Tribological Properties of UHMWPE Nanocomposites—An Artificial Intelligence based approach  (A. Vinoth, K. N. Nirmal, Rohit Khedar, Shubhabrata Datta)....Pages 831-843
 Friction and Wear Study of Laser Surface Textured Ti-6Al-4V Against Cast Iron and Stainless Steel Using Pin-on-Disc Tribometer  (N. Sankara Manikandan, M. Prem Ananth, L. Poovazhagan, B. Sudarsan, A. Vishnuvarthan)....Pages 845-854
 Tribological Study on Sliding Contact Between Laser Surface Textured Titanium and Aluminium Alloy Under Lubrication  (Ramesh Rajesh, M. Prem Ananth, Sangam Harish, Sakthivel Balaji, R. Sivaguru)....Pages 855-868
 Some Studies on Surface Roughness of AISI 304 Austenitic Stainless Steel in Dry Turning Operation  (D. Philip Selvaraj, P. Richard Philip)....Pages 869-877
Front Matter ....Pages 879-879
 Influence of Fiber Orientation on Mechanical Properties and Free Vibration Characteristics of Glass/Hemp Hybrid Composite Laminates  (R. Murugan, V. Muthukumar, K. Pradeepkumar, A. Muthukumaran, V. Rajesh)....Pages 881-889
 Free Vibration Analysis of Functionally Graded Beam with Linearly Varying Thickness  (Rajat Jain, Mihir Chandra Manna)....Pages 891-904
 Parametric Study of Composite Plate Using Free Vibration Analysis  (Rajendra Kumar Sadangi, Mihir Kumar Sutar, Sarojrani Pattnaik)....Pages 905-914
 Free Vibration Analysis of Hybrid Composite Beam Under Different Boundary Conditions and Thermal Gradient Loading  (Prabhat Pradhan, Mihir Kumar Sutar, Sarojrani Pattnaik)....Pages 915-924
 Computational Analysis of Boring Tool Holder with Damping Force  (G. Lawrance, P. Sam Paul, A. S. Varadarajan)....Pages 925-934
 Comprehensive Review of the Effects of Vibrations on Wind Turbine During Energy Generation Operation, Its Structural Challenges and Way Forward  (I. P. Okokpujie, E. T. Akinlabi, N. E. Udoye, K. Okokpujie)....Pages 935-948
 Design and Analysis of a Novel Hybrid Car Bumper Using Non-Newtonian Fluid and High-Density Polyethylene  (K. Praveen Jerish, J. Rakesh Kumar, R. Ramakrishnan, K. S. Vijay Sekar)....Pages 949-958
 Vibration Signature-Based Monitoring on FSW Process and Verification by FEA  (Akshay Todakar, R. S. Nakandhrakumar, M. Ramakrishnan, V. Meenakshisundaram)....Pages 959-970
 Power Generation from Hydraulic Shock Absorber Using Piezoelectric Material  (B. Jain A. R. Tony, M. S. Alphin, V. Yeshwant)....Pages 971-977
 Static Deformation Analysis with and Without of Piezo-electric Material Attachment in Hydraulic Suspension System  (B. Jain A. R. Tony, M. S. Alphin, Nishanth P. Shah)....Pages 979-986
 Study of Vibration and Tensile Characteristics of Multilayer Composites  (D. Vishal, M. Selvaraj, S. Vijayan)....Pages 987-994
 Influence of Vibro-isolator Attachment for a Jackhammer to Reduce Vibration Discomfort  (B. Jain A. R. Tony, M. S. Alphin, Vishal Venkatesh)....Pages 995-1003