Dr. P.K. Rajendrakumar

Professor

 

RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS   :        43/1447, “AMBADI”, Nambiparamba,                        

                                                            P.O. Malaparamba, CALICUT - 673601,  KERALA

                                                            Phone :   (0495) 2376960

 

E-MAIL                              :         pkrkumar@nitc.ac.in

EDUCATIONAL PROFILE   :

            Ph.D., Tribology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 1998

M.Tech., Machine Design, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, 1989

B.Tech., Mechanical Engineering, Calicut University, 1982

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS : Contact Mechanics, Friction & Wear, Lubrication, Bio-mechanics       

TEACHING INTERESTS :

   UG Level

Engineering Mechanics, Mechanics of Solids, Mechanics of Machinery, Machine Design, Engineering Graphics,
Machine Drawing

   PG Level    

Industrial Tribology

PROJECTS GUIDED :

  B. Tech.

Total number of projects guided:  14

    Major Projects

1. Fractal characterization of rough surfaces
2. Development of a software for the design of gear box
3. Effect of Surface Roughness of femoral head on stress distribution in an Artificial Hip joint
4. Study of friction and wear characteristics of aluminium silicon alloys

  M. Tech.

Total number of projects guided:  16

    Major Projects

1. Stress Analysis of UHMWPE Acetabular Cup in an Artificial Hip Joint Using Finite Element Method
2. Friction and Wear Characteristics of Modified LM 6 Alloy
3. Stress Analysis of Layered Elastic Solids Using Finite Element Method
4. Static and Dynamic Analysis of Foil Bearings Using Finite Element Method

  Ph.D. Supervision

Wear Behaviour of Metals in Soil Particulates    (Ongoing)

 

SPONSORED PROJECT:

R&D project on “Kinematics and Kinetics of Wrist Joint under Normal and Abnormal Situations”, sponsored by the Ministry of Human Resources Development, Government of India (Completed)

PUBLICATIONS :

  International Journals

1. Rajendrakumar P.K and Biswas S.K, “Elastic contact between a cylindrical surface and a flat surface-A non-Hertzian model of multi-asperity contact”, Mech. Res. Comm., 23, 367-380 (1996).
2. Rajendrakumar P.K and Biswas S.K, “Deformation due to contact between a two-dimensional rough surface and a smooth cylinder”, Tribology Letters, Vol.3, No.4, 297-301 (1997).

  International Conferences

1. Rajendrakumar, P.K. and Biswas, S.K., First World Tribology Congress, London (1997), Abstracts of Papers, pp 788.
2. Vinay Kumar Dasari and Rajendrakumar, P.K., “Stress Analysis of Layered Elastic Solids Using Finite Element Method”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics, Rhodes, Greece, (2005), pp.779-786
3. Bindu, M.D., Rajendrakumar, P.K. and Joseph, M.A., “Friction and Wear Studies of Modified-Vibrated Aluminium Silicon Alloys”,  International Conference on Industrial Tribology (ICIT-2006), IISc, Bangalore, India, (2006), Abstracts of Papers, pp. 207 

National Conference

Ajayachandran, T.A., Nagarajan, N.M., Rajendrakumar, P.K. and Ramachandran, N., “Development of Shredding Machine for Power Generation”, Proceedings of the National Conference on Emerging Trends in Energy and Environment”, Chennai (2005), pp.47-52

 

MEMBERSHIPS OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES:

1. Life Member, Indian Society for Technical Education

2. Life Member, Tribology Society of India

3. Member, Computer Society of India