Dr Eng Gnanamoorthy R
Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Director


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IIITD&M Kancheepuram
IIT Madras Campus
Chennai 600 036
India

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gmoorthy@iiitdm.ac.in		  
   
Research Interest
 

1. Mechanical Design with Advanced Materials
2. Nanocompsoites - Product Design and Manufacturing
3. Surface Nanocrystallization - Novel Manufacturing Process Development
4. Engineering the Surfaces for Improved Performance
5. Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics of Advanced Engineering Materials
6. Tribo Characteristics of Biomaterials and Polymer Nano Composites
7. Polymer Composite Bearings and Gears - Design and Development
8. New Sintered Steels for Machine Elements and Tribo Applications

     
Education
  Dr Eng, (Nagaoka Univ, Japan)
MS (IIT Madras)
BE (Bharathiyar Univ)
     
Professional Experience
  1. Deputy Director, IIITD&M, 2008 onwards
2. Faculty IIT Madras 1997 onwards
3. Visiting Scientist, 1996 - 97, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, India
4. Research Associate, 1994 - 96, Inst for Materials Research, Tohoku Univ, Japan
5. Researcher - Govt of Japan, 1990 - 91, Nagaoka Univ of Technology, Japan
6. Engineer,1990, David Brown Greaves Ltd, Pune
     
Research / Project Guidance     
   Completed    Ongoing
     
   Ph. D 6    3
     
  M.S (by Research) 10 2
     
  M Tech  27 -
     
    B Tech   36 -
     
Research Publications      
  Refereed International Journal 86        
     
  Refereed National Journal    02        
     
   National Conferences  41    
     
  International Conferences 80  
     
  Total number of research publications 188    
     
  Total Number of Citations 209  
     
Product & Design Developed    
  Novel Designs New Test Rig Designs New Manufacturing Process New Machines Novel Designs Novel Process Development Novel Process Development  
                 
   
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Most recently published papers
International Journals
     
2009      
 
1. A Sahaya Grinspan and R Gnanamoorthy (2009) ‘Development of a Noovel Oil Cavitation Jet Peening System and Cavitation Jet Erosion in aluminum alloy, AA 6063 T6’, Acceptd for Publication in Trans ASME. J Fluid Engg, (Accepted).

2. P Navaneethakrishnan, Ganesh Sundara Raman S, R Gnanamoorthy  and Ravi, P (2009) ‘Relative performance of hydrogenated, argon incorproted and nitrogen incorporated diamond like carbon -coated Ti-6Al-4V samples under fretting wear conditions’, Accepted for Publication in Thin Solid Films

3. Ganesh Sundara Raman S, P Navaneethakrishnan, and R Gnanamoorthy (2009) ‘Influence of counterbody material on fretting wear behaviour of uncoated and diamond-like carbon-coated Ti-6Al-4V’, Proc. IMechE Vol. 222 Pt J: J. Engg Tribology DOI: 10.1243/13506501JET509

4. Navaneethakrishnan P, Ganesh Sundara Raman S, Pathak SD, Gnanamoorthy R, Ravi N (2009) Fretting wear studies on diamond-like carbon coated Ti-6Al-4V,  Surface and Coatings Tech, 203(9): 1205-1212.

5. Senthilvelan S and R Gnanamoorthy (2009) ‘Efficiency of injection molded polyer gear’Proc. IMechE Vol. 223 Pt J: J. Engg Tribology  DOI: 10.1243/13506501JET425
       
2008      
 

1. Kodeeswaran M, Gnanamoorthy R (2008) Effect of strain rate on nanocrystalline surface formation in conrolled ball impact process in AISI 304 SS, Mater Lett, Materials Letters, 62 (30), pp. 4516-4518.

2. Ramkumar A, Gnanamoorthy R (2008) Axial fatigue behaviour of polyamide-6 and polyamide-6 nanocomposites at room temperature Composites Science and Technology, 68 (15-16), pp. 3401-3405.

3. N Govindarajan and R Gnanamoorthy (2008) ‘Computation of sliding friction and ratcheting of sintered and hardened steel under rolling contact fatigue’, ASME J of Tribology, 130 (4), Art. no. 041602 .

4. S Dhanasekaran and R Gnanamoorthy (2008)‘Gear tooth wear in sintered steel gears under dry running conditions’ Wear, 265, Pp 81/87 [JIF=1.404].

5. S Senthilvelan and R Gnanamoorthy (2008) ‘Influence of reinforcement on composite gear metrology’Mechanism and Machine Therory, 43 (9), 1198-1209 [JIF=0.75].
     
2007    
 

1. S Dhanasekaran and R Gnanamoorthy (2007) 'Heat generation in Fe-C-Cu-MoS2 sintered spur gears under unlubricated conditions', Proc Inst Mech Engrs. J Engg Tribology, 221(J6), Pp. 645-652.

2. G Srinath and R Gnanamoorthy (2007) 'Effect of organoclay addition on the two-body abrasive wear characteristics of polyamide nanocomposites', J Mat Sci, 42, Pp 8326-8333 [JIF=0.91].

3. A Sahaya Grinspan and R Gnanamoorthy (2007) 'Effect of nozzle traveling velocity on oil cavitation jet peening of aluminum AA 6063 -T6', ASME J Engg Mat & Tech 129 (4), Pp. 609-613.

4. A Sahaya Grinspan and R Gnanamoorthy (2007) 'Fatigue behavior of oil jet peened Al alloys AA6063 T6', JSME J Solid Mech & Mat Engg, 1, pp. 875-885.

5.Aravind Vadiraj, M Kamaraj and R Gnanamoorthy (2007) 'Fretting wear studies on PVD TiN coated ion implanted, thermally oxidised biomedical titanium alloys', Surf Engg, 23, Pp 209 [JIF=0.44].
     



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