Dr.Velmurugan,Professor
Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Madras
ramanv@iitm.ac.in +91-44-22574000 CTC-215
  
    Impact Mechanics
    Composite Materials
    FE Analysis
    1. R. Velmurugan and Karthikeyan.K, “Studies On Natural frequency and Damping factor of Polyester Nanoclay Composites”, Applied Clay Science (communicated).

    2. T. P. Mohan, M. Ramesh Kumar and R. Velmurugan, “Mechanical and Barrier Properties of Epoxy Polymer Filled with Nanolayered Silciate Clay Particles”, Journal of Materials Science, Communicated.

    3. T. P. Mohan, M. Ramesh Kumar and R. Velmurugan, “Mechanical and Barrier Properties of Epoxy Polymer Filled with Nanolayered Silciate Clay Particles”, Journal of Materials Science, Communicated.

    4. R Velmurugan, M Shanmugam, R Palaninathan and D Poomani, “Finite Element Analysis of Laminated shell subjected to thermal loading”, Int. Journal of Composite Materials (Communicated).

    5. V. Manikandan, R Velumurugan, S G Ponnambalam and Sabu Thomas, “Mechanical properties of Short and uni-directional palmyra Fiber Reinforced composites”, Int. J. of Plastic Technology (In Print).

    6. R Velmurugan, N K Gupta and Solai Murugan, “Axial Compression of structured composite shells”, Int. J. of Impact Engg. (In Print).

    7. R Sarathy, Supriya Das, C Venkatashesaiya and R Velmurugan, “Analysis of failure of XLDE polyethylene cables due to electrical treeing, J. of Applied Polymer Science, 93, 2169-2178 (2004).

    8. R. Sarathy, S. Chandrasekaran, V Sabari Giri, C Venkatasashesaiya and R. Velmurugan, “Analysis of surface degradation of high density polyethylence (HDPE) insulation material due to tracking, Bulltetin of Material Science, 3, 1-12, (2004).

    9. R Velmurugan and N K Gupta, “Energy absorption characteristics of Metallic and Composite shells”, Defence Science Journal, 53(2), 127-138 (2003).

    10. N K Gupta and R Velmurugan, “Experiments and analysis of foam filled composite Domes under axial compression”, Int. J. of Composite Materials, 36(08), 899-914, (2002).
      
      Sponsored Research Projects
      1. Analysis of the collapse mechanisms of thin walled metallic shells
      2. Non linear finite element analysis of metallic shells
      3. Low and Medium velocity impact studies on composite panels
      4. Vibration Control of Nano Composites
      Consultancy Projects
      1. Development of Composite Power Pack Cover for Arjun Tank
      2. Preparation of JV standards for composites and other chemicals
      3. Characterisation of non metallic materials used in PJ-10 Canister design
      4. Failure analysis of side frame L-2p160049
      5. Impact study of the control arm assembly
      6. Environmental Effects of natural composites