Flow and Heat Transfer in Porous Media, Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, Bluff Body Flows, Nanofluids, Biofluid Mechanics
Research Areas
Research Impact and Metrics
I have published extensively in the areas of bluff body flows, heat and mass transfer in porous media, nanofluids, and non-Newtonian fluid mechanics. My research contributions have been featured in top international journals.
H-index: 21 | Citations: 1604 | i10-index: 24
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Current Research Projects
| S.No | Project Title | Funding Agency | Duration | Start Date | End Date | Amount Funded | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drug diffusion studies in skin-on-a-chip devices: Numerical simulations and experiments | SERB (CRG) | 2022-2025 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2025 | ₹17,60,000 | PI |
Past Research Projects
| S.No | Project Title/Theme | Funding Agency | Duration | Start Date | End Date | Amount Funded | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Development of reusable microfluidic kits for milk adulterant detection | UBA, India | 6 months | Apr 2022 | Dec 2022 | ₹1,00,000 | PI |
| 3 | On the efficiency of Lattice Bolzmann Method for non-Newtonian fluid flows | DST, India | 3 Years | Feb 2020 | Jan 2023 | ₹6,60,000 | PI |
| 2 | Heat transfer from a porous bluff body to a fluid stream | CSIR, India | 3 Years | Jan 2014 | Dec 2016 | ₹3,85,000 | PI |
| 1 | Convective heat transfer enhancement from heated bluff bodies utilizing nanofluids | SERB, Govt. of India | 3 Years | Jul 2013 | Jun 2016 | ₹22,50,000 | PI |
Publications
| S.No | Authors | Year | Paper Title | Journal (Publisher) | Volume (Issue) | Page | View |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | D Kocsis, S Dhinakaran, D Pandey, AJ Laki, M Laki, D Sztankovics, ... | 2024 | Fluid Dynamics Optimization of Microfluidic Diffusion Systems for Assessment of Transdermal Drug Delivery: An Experimental and Simulation Study | Scientia Pharmaceutica | 92 (2) | 35 |  |
| 31 | J. Ponmozhi, S. Dhinakaran, Dorottya Kocsis, Kristóf Iván & Franciska Erdő | 2024 | Models for barrier understanding in health and disease in lab-on-a-chips | Tissue Barriers | 12(2) | 2221632 | |
| 30 | B. Shruti, and S. Dhinakaran | 2024 | Lattice Boltzmann modeling of buoyant convection in an enclosure with differentially heated porous cylinders | Thermal Science and Engineering Progress | - | 102460 |  |
| 29 | B. Shruti, M.M. Alam, A. Parkash and S. Dhinakaran | 2023 | Darcy number influence on the natural convection around porous cylinders in an enclosure: LBM study | Case Studies in Thermal Engineering (Elsevier) | 45 | 102907 | |
| 28 | J. Mitali, S. Dhinakaran, A.A. Mohamad | 2022 | Energy storage systems: a review | Energy Storage and Saving | 1(3) | 166-216 |  |
| 27 | Z. Zheng, M.M. Alam, M. Islam and S. Dhinakaran | 2022 | Topology of Flow and Heat Transfer from Prisms in Square Array | International Journal of Mechanical Sciences (Elsevier) | 220 (15) | 107163 | |
| 26 | B. Shruti, M.M. Alam, A. Parkash and S. Dhinakaran | 2022 | LBM study of natural convection heat transfer from a porous cylinder in an enclosure | Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics | 36 | 943 - 947 | |
| 25 | Ponmozhi J, Dhinakaran S, Varga-Medveczky Z, Fónagy K, Bors LA, Iván K, Erdő F. | 2021 | Development of Skin-On-A-Chip Platforms for Different Utilizations: Factors to Be Considered | Micromachines | 12(3) | 294 | |
| 24 | R.S. Rajpoot, K. Anirudh and S. Dhinakaran | 2021 | Numerical investigation of unsteady flow across tandem square cylinders near a moving wall at Re = 100 | Case Studies in Thermal Engineering (Elsevier) | 26 | 101042 | |
| 23 | R.S. Rajpoot, K. Anirudh and S. Dhinakaran | 2021 | On the effects of orientation on flow and heat transfer from a semi-circular cylinder near a stationary wall | Case Studies in Thermal Engineering (Elsevier) | 26 | 100967 | |
| 22 | R.S. Rajpoot, S. Dhinakaran and M.M. Alam | 2021 | Numerical analysis of mixed convective heat transfer from a square cylinder utilizing nanofluids with multi-phase modelling approach | Energies | 14(17) | 5485 | |
| 21 | K. Anirudh, and S. Dhinakaran | 2021 | Numerical analysis of the performance improvement of a flat-plate solar collector using conjugated porous blocks | Renewable Energy (Elsevier) | 172 | 382-391 | |
| 20 | K. Anirudh, and S. Dhinakaran | 2020 | Numerical study on performance improvement of a flat-plate solar collector filled with porous foam | Renewable Energy (Elsevier) | 147 | 1-14 | |
| 19 | K. Anirudh, and S. Dhinakaran | 2020 | Performance improvement of a flat-plate solar collector by inserting intermittent porous blocks | Renewable Energy (Elsevier) | 145 | 428-441 | |
| 18 | T.R. Vijaybabu and S. Dhinakaran | 2019 | MHD natural convection around a permeable triangular cylinder inside a square enclosure filled with Al2O3 − H2O nanofluid: An LBM study | International Journal of Mechanical Sciences (Elsevier) | 153-154 | 500-516 | |
| 17 | K. Anirudh, and S. Dhinakaran | 2018 | Effects of Prandtl number on the forced convection heat transfer from a porous square cylinder | International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (Elsevier) | 126 | 1358-1375 | |
| 16 | K. Anirudh, and S. Dhinakaran | 2018 | On the vortex shedding and unsteady flow past a two-dimensional porous square cylinder | Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics (Elsevier) | 179 | 200-214 | |
| 15 | T.R. Vijaybabu, K. Anirudh, and S. Dhinakaran | 2018 | LBM simulations of unsteady flow and heat transfer from a diamond-shaped porous cylinder | International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (Elsevier) | 130 | 267-283 | |
| 14 | T.R. Vijaybabu, K. Anirudh, and S. Dhinakaran | 2018 | Lattice Boltzmann simulations of flow and heat transfer from a permeable triangular cylinder under the influence of aiding buoyancy | International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (Elsevier) | 117 | 899-917 | |
| 13 | T.R. Vijaybabu, K. Anirudh and S. Dhinakaran | 2017 | Mixed convective heat transfer from a permeable square cylinder: A lattice Boltzmann analysis | International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (Elsevier) | 115 | 854-870 | |
| 12 | R.D.S. Kumar and S. Dhinakaran | 2017 | Heat transfer and particle migration in nanofluid flow around a circular bluff body using a two-way coupled Eulerian-Lagrangian approach | International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (Elsevier) | 115 | 282-293 | |
| 11 | R.D.S. Kumar and S. Dhinakaran | 2017 | Effective viscosity of nanofluids — A modified Krieger–Dougherty model based on particle size distribution (PSD) analysis | Journal of Molecular Liquids (Elsevier) | 225 | 20-27 | |
| 10 | R.D.S. Kumar and S. Dhinakaran | 2017 | Forced convective heat transfer of nanofluids around a circular bluff body with the effects of slip velocity using a multiphase mixture model | International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (Elsevier) | 106 | 816-828 | |
| 9 | R.D.S. Kumar and S. Dhinakaran | 2016 | Nanofluid flow and heat transfer around a circular cylinder: A study on effects of uncertainties in effective properties | Journal of Molecular Liquids (Elsevier) | 223 | 572-588 | |
| 8 | R.D.S. Kumar and S. Dhinakaran | 2016 | A multilevel homogenization model for the thermal conductivity of nanofluids based on Particle Size Distribution (PSD) analysis | Powder Technology (Elsevier) | 301 | 310-317 | |
| 7 | S. Dhinakaran, M.S.N. Oliveira, F.T. Pinho and M.A. Alves | 2013 | Steady flow of power-law fluids in a 1:3 sudden expansion | Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics (Elsevier) | 198 | 48-58 | |
| 6 | S. Dhinakaran | 2011 | Heat transport from a bluff body near a moving wall at Re = 100 | International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (Elsevier) | 54 | 5444-5458 | |
| 5 | S. Dhinakaran and J. Ponmozhi | 2011 | Heat transfer from a permeable square cylinder to a flowing fluid | Energy Conversion and Management (Elsevier) | 52(5) | 2170-2182 | |
| 4 | S. Dhinakaran, A.M. Afonso, M.A. Alves and F.T. Pinho | 2010 | Steady flow of viscoelastic fluids between parallel plates under electro-osmotic forces: Phan-Thien-Tanner model | Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (Elsevier) | 198 | 48-58 | |
| 3 | S. Bhattacharyya and S. Dhinakaran | 2008 | Vortex shedding in shear flow past tandem square cylinders in the vicinity of a plane wall | Journal of Fluids and Structures (Elsevier) | 24 | 400-417 | |
| 2 | S. Bhattacharyya, D.K. Maiti and S. Dhinakaran | 2006 | Influence of buoyancy on vortex shedding and heat transfer from a square cylinder in proximity to a wall | Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A (Taylor & Francis) | 50 | 585-606 | |
| 1 | S. Bhattacharyya and S. Dhinakaran | 2006 | Fluid motion around and through a porous cylinder | Chemical Engineering Science (Elsevier) | 61 | 4451-4461 | |
Supervised Doctoral Theses
| S.No | Student Name (Roll No.) |
Thesis Title | Joining/Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | B. Shruti (1701203009) |
Advancing thermal management strategies: Insights into convective heat transfer from Solid/Porous bodies in enclosures | Dec 2017 - Feb 2024 |
| 4 | R.S. Rajpoot (1401203006) |
Numerical investigations of heat transfer augmentation and control of flow over bluff bodies | Dec 2014 - Sep 2021 |
| 3 | A. Kulkarni (1401203001) |
Numerical analysis of performance enhancement of flat-plate solar collectors with porous insertions | Dec 2014 - May 2021 |
| 2 | T.R. Vijaybabu (1401103009) |
Lattice Boltzmann methods for simulations of fluid flow and heat transfer from porous bluff bodies | May 2015 - Aug 2018 |
| 1 | R.D.S Kumar (1301203004) |
Theoretical modeling and CFD simulations of heat transfer enhancement characteristics of nanofluids | Jan 2014 - Oct 2018 |
Collaborations
Collaboration with University of Calgary, Canada
Collaboration with University of Porto, Portugal
Collaboration with Harbin, Institute of Technology, China
Team Members
Tadesse Bayenne, Internaional Joint-PhD Supervision
Apram Bhati, M.Tech Student
Research Facilities
Computational and Experimental Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Biofluid Mechanics and Bioheat Transfer Laboratory
Future Research Directions
Exploration of new methods for enhancing heat transfer in porous media
Development of advanced computational models for non-Newtonian fluids
Research on the impact of nanofluids in energy systems