Under the Supervision of Prof R Gnanamoorthy at IIT Madras(2002-2006)

Journal Publications

1.       S. Senthilvelan and R. Gnanamoorthy, Wear Characteristics of Injection Molded Unfilled and Glass Filled Nylon 6 Spur Gears, Journal of Engineering Tribology, Proc. of Ins. Mech. E Part J, 218(6), 2004, 495-502.

2.       S. Senthilvelan and R. Gnanamoorthy, Damage Mechanisms in Injection Molded Unreinforced, Glass and Carbon Reinforced Nylon 66 Spur Gears, Applied Composite Materials, 11(1), 2004, 377-397.

3.       S Senthilvelan and R Gnanamoorthy, Reinforced Polymer Gear Fatigue and Failure Analysis, Transactions Indian Institute of Metals, 58 (2-3), 2005, 249-253.

4.       S Senthilvelan and R Gnanamoorthy, Surface Failure Analysis of Unreinforced ,Glass and Carbon Fiber Reinforced Nylon 6/6 Spur Gears, International Journal of Plastics Technology, 9, 2005, 444-452.

5.       S. Senthilvelan and R. Gnanamoorthy, Fiber Reinforcement in Injection Molded Nylon 6/6 Spur Gears, Applied Composite Materials, 13(4), 2006, 237-248.

6.       S Senthilvelan and R Gnanamoorthy, Effect of Gear Tooth Fillet Radius on the Performance of Injection Molded Nylon 6/6 Gears, Materials and Design, 27(8), 2006, 632-639.

7.       S Senthilvelan and R Gnanamoorthy, Damping Characteristics of Unreinforced, Glass and Carbon Fiber Reinforced Nylon 6/6 Spur Gears, Polymer Testing, 25(1), 2006, 56-62.

8.       S Senthilvelan and R Gnanamoorthy, Selective Carbon Fiber Reinforced Nylon 66 Spur Gears Development and Performance, Applied Composite Materials, 13(1), 2006, 43-56.

9.       S Senthilvelan and R Gnanamoorthy. Effect of Rotational Speed on the Performance of Unreinforced and Glass Fiber Reinforced Nylon 6 Spur Gears, Materials and Design, 28(3), 2007, 765-772.

10.   S. Senthilvelan and R. Gnanamoorthy, Influence of Reinforcement on Composite Gear Metrology, Mechanism and Machine Theory, 43(9), 2008, 1198-1209.

11.   S. Senthilvelan and R. Gnanamoorthy, Efficiency of Injection Molded Polymer Composite Spur Gears, Journal of Engineering Tribology, Proc. of Ins. Mech. E Part J, 226(6),2009, 925-928

 

Conference Publications

1.       S. Senthilvelan, R. Gnanamoorthy, Influence of Carbon Fiber Reinforcement over the Accuracy of Injection Molded Polymer Gear, 9th International Symposium on Measurement and Quality Control(ISMQC), Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Nov 21-24, 2007. pp 237-242

2.       S. Senthilvelan and R. Gnanamoorthy, Effect of Short Fiber Reinforcements on the Damping Characteristics of Polymer Composite Gears, National Conference on Industrial Problems in Machines and Mechanisms (IPROMM), Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Feb. 24-25, 2005, pp 139-144

3.       S. Senthilvelan and R. Gnanamoorthy, Performance of Polymer Composite Gears-Effect of Tooth Deflection, 63rd SPE Annual Technical Conference 2005, Boston, USA May 1-5,2005, pp 1504-1508.

4.       S.Senthilvelan and R. Gnanamoorthy. Effect of Short Glass and Carbon Fiber Reinforcement on the Efficiency of Injection Molded Nylon 6/6 Gear, 4th ISAMPE National Conference on Composites (INCCOM), Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore, Dec 9-10, 2005, pp 267-274.

5.       S. Senthilvelan. and R. Gnanamoorthy, Contact Stress Analysis of Unreinforced, Glass and Carbon Fiber Reinforced Nylon 6/6 Spur Gears. International Conference on Advances in Materials, Product Design and Manufacturing Systems, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalalam, Dec 12-14, 2005, pp 416-422.

6.       S. Senthilvelan and R. Gnanamoorthy, Design and Manufacturing of Short Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic Composite Gears, 3rd ISAMPE National Conference on Composites (INCCOM), Research and Development Establishment (Engrs), Pune, Oct. 7-9, 2004, pp 176-181.

7.       S Senthilvelan and R Gnanamoorthy, New Thermoplastic Polymer Composite Gear for Automotive Applications, TRANSMAT 2004, International Exhibition & Conference on Advancement in Materials and Processes for the Transportations Sector, ASM International Mumbai, Nov. 8-10, 2004.pp 188-200.

8.       S. Senthilvelan and R. Gnanamoorthy, Effect of Fiber Length on Surface Failure of Injection Molded Glass Reinforced Nylon Gears, Indo Japan Conference on Damage Tolerant Design and Materials, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Dec. 16-18,2004, pp 277-280.

9.       S. Senthilvelan and R. Gnanamoorthy, Effect of Gear Tooth Fillet Radius on The Performance of Injection Molded Polymer Gears, 21st All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research Conference (AIMTDR), Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Dec. 20-22, 2004, pp 762-767.

10.   S.Senthilvelan, and R. Gnanamoorthy, Reinforced Polymer Gear Fatigue and Failure Analysis, 4th Conference on Creep Fatigue and Creep Fatigue Interaction, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam , Oct. 8-10, 2003, pp C127-C133.

11.   S.Senthilvelan, and R. Gnanamoorty Condition Monitoring and Failure Analysis of Composite Gear, 11th National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms (NaCoMM),Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Dec. 18-19, 2003, pp 278-282.

 

Visiting Research Scholar, May-Aug 2010 Ohio State University

K.Sumanth, D. R. Houser, Z. Smith, S.Senthilvelan , J M Casella, J Bradway, Methods of Describing Plastic Gear Geometry After a Temperature Change with Application to the Prediction of Gear Load Distribution Proceedings of the ASME 2011 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference IDETC/CIE 2011, Washington, DC, USA, August 29-31, 2011