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    Design and development of magneto-rheological brake for optimum casing thickness
    (2017) Sumukha, M.H.; Sandeep, R.; Vivek, N.; Lijesh, K.P.; Kumar, H.; Gangadharan, K.V.
    The online control of torque by Magneto-Rheological (MR) brake through MR Fluid makes an attractive option to replace the conventional disc brake. The torque provided by the MR brake depends on the magnetic flux generated on the MR fluid by the electromagnet. However the magnetic flux generated in a MR brake depends on the thickness of the casing, properties of MR fluid and material property of the MR brakes. Extensive work has been performed on improving the magnetic properties of MR fluid. However no work has been performed yet, to understand the thickness of the casing required for generating higher magnetic flux on MR fluid. Therefore in the present work, the dependence of casing thickness on the generation of magnetic flux on MR fluid region is studied using ANSYS software. Detailed electro-static analysis has been performed by varying the thickness of the casing and the magnetic flux at the MR fluid was evaluated. Based on the obtained results, MR brake having the desired thickness was developed. The generated magnetic flux values were validated with the reading obtained from Gauss meter. The obtained results are presented. � 2017 IEEE.
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    Design and development of magneto-rheological brake for optimum casing thickness
    (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017) Sumukha, M.H.; Sandeep, R.; Vivek, N.; Lijesh, K.P.; Kumar, H.; Gangadharan, K.
    The online control of torque by Magneto-Rheological (MR) brake through MR Fluid makes an attractive option to replace the conventional disc brake. The torque provided by the MR brake depends on the magnetic flux generated on the MR fluid by the electromagnet. However the magnetic flux generated in a MR brake depends on the thickness of the casing, properties of MR fluid and material property of the MR brakes. Extensive work has been performed on improving the magnetic properties of MR fluid. However no work has been performed yet, to understand the thickness of the casing required for generating higher magnetic flux on MR fluid. Therefore in the present work, the dependence of casing thickness on the generation of magnetic flux on MR fluid region is studied using ANSYS software. Detailed electro-static analysis has been performed by varying the thickness of the casing and the magnetic flux at the MR fluid was evaluated. Based on the obtained results, MR brake having the desired thickness was developed. The generated magnetic flux values were validated with the reading obtained from Gauss meter. The obtained results are presented. © 2017 IEEE.
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    Enhancing tribological performance of Ti-6Al-4V using pin on disc setup
    (2018) Kumar, D.; Lijesh, K.P.; Deepak, K.B.; Kumar, S.
    Titanium (Ti) alloy Ti-6Al-4V (Ti64), possesses a inimitable combination of mechanical, physical and corrosion properties, which makes them desirable for applications like aerospace, automobile, chemical and energy industries devices etc. However this alloy of Ti exhibits poor tribological (friction and wear) properties, which limits their full fledged implementation. However, the tribological behavior of T164 can be enhanced by providing a coating or a protective layer on it, which posses superior tribological properties. It is hypothesized that by a layer of alumina on the can be deposited on the surface of Ti64, by sliding them in dry-ambient condition using Pin On Disk (POD) machine. To validate the hypothesis, experiments were performed for different normal loading conditions of 13.7N, 68.7N and 109.9N at sliding speed of 0.01m/s and for a sliding distance of 1000m. The tribological performance of the experiments, were evaluated by measuring Coefficient of Friction (COF) and weight loss values. To understand the tribological mechanism and behaviour, In-situ analysis was performed on the pin using (i) Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) to understand the wear morphology, and (ii) Energy Dispersive Analysis of X Ray (EDAX) to estimate the deposition of alumina on surface of the pins. Based on the obtained results, the most favorable experimenting condition required for deposition of alumina over Ti64 will be identified. Finally, experiment on POD will be repeated for the selected experimenting condition and will be continued for the worst tribological condition. The obtained COF and wear values after performing the experiment will be presented. � 2018 Author(s).
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    Enhancing tribological performance of Ti-6Al-4V using pin on disc setup
    (American Institute of Physics Inc. subs@aip.org, 2018) Kumar, D.; Lijesh, K.P.; Deepak, K.B.; Kumar, S.
    Titanium (Ti) alloy Ti-6Al-4V (Ti64), possesses a inimitable combination of mechanical, physical and corrosion properties, which makes them desirable for applications like aerospace, automobile, chemical and energy industries devices etc. However this alloy of Ti exhibits poor tribological (friction and wear) properties, which limits their full fledged implementation. However, the tribological behavior of T164 can be enhanced by providing a coating or a protective layer on it, which posses superior tribological properties. It is hypothesized that by a layer of alumina on the can be deposited on the surface of Ti64, by sliding them in dry-ambient condition using Pin On Disk (POD) machine. To validate the hypothesis, experiments were performed for different normal loading conditions of 13.7N, 68.7N and 109.9N at sliding speed of 0.01m/s and for a sliding distance of 1000m. The tribological performance of the experiments, were evaluated by measuring Coefficient of Friction (COF) and weight loss values. To understand the tribological mechanism and behaviour, In-situ analysis was performed on the pin using (i) Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) to understand the wear morphology, and (ii) Energy Dispersive Analysis of X Ray (EDAX) to estimate the deposition of alumina on surface of the pins. Based on the obtained results, the most favorable experimenting condition required for deposition of alumina over Ti64 will be identified. Finally, experiment on POD will be repeated for the selected experimenting condition and will be continued for the worst tribological condition. The obtained COF and wear values after performing the experiment will be presented. © 2018 Author(s).
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    Experimental investigation of 3D-printed polymer-based MR sandwich beam under discretized magnetic field
    (Springer Verlag service@springer.de, 2018) Rajpal, R.; Lijesh, K.P.; Gangadharan, K.V.
    Smart materials are being employed in dynamic systems to tune the stiffness and damping of the structure by using external stimuli. Magnetorheological elastomers (MREs) are considered to be as one of the smart materials because of their characteristics of altering the dynamic properties under the external magnetic field. So far, MRE sandwich beams have been developed by embedding them between two parent structures. In the present work, a novel technique of embedding MR materials is presented to create complex sandwich structures. This technique will replace the conventional embedding technique which uses adhesives to bind the MR materials with the parent structure. The vibration characteristics of the developed sandwich beams are estimated by conducting harmonic analysis to a predefined band of frequency range under the different directions of magnetic field. Sinusoidal signals of desired frequency and amplitude were proffered using NI educational laboratory virtual instrumentation suite to an amplified piezoactuator for exciting the MR sandwich beam. A non-contact-type laser displacement sensor is used in this study to avoid the additional mass of the sensor on the beam. The results indicate that the smart materials can be efficiently embedded with the sandwich beam without using the adhesives. It is also found that by changing the direction of magnetic field, the range of the variation in stiffness of MR sandwich beam can be increased to enhance the isolation effect at fundamental natural frequency. © 2018, The Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering.
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    Experimental study on the dynamic properties of magneto-rheological materials
    (2018) Rajpal, R.; Lijesh, K.P.; Kant, M.; Gangadharan, K.V.
    Magneto-rheological elastomer (MRE), is considered to be a smart material, which transFigure their rheological properties with the external applied magnetic field. Due to this novel property, MREs are extensively employed to control the vibration of a system at resonant frequency. Presently, MREs are integrated in a structure through a layer by layer technique and the bigger drawback of this technology is that, in the presence of high transverse shear stresses, de-lamination occurs which may result in failure of the system. To overcome the aforementioned problem, a novel method is proposed to merge the MREs with Fused Deposition Method (FDM). FDM is used to develop the primary structure with cavities using a FDM compatible material and MRE i.e. secondary material is filled in the cavities. It is postulated that the proposed methodology has the capability of reducing the possibility of de-lamination. Now, to investigate the dynamic performance of the developed structure, an experimental test setup was developed by fixing one end of the beam and supplying the desired magnetic field to the beam using an electromagnet. From the test results, It was concluded that, with the increase in the applied magnetic field, the isolation effect of the structure enhanced and it reduced with the shift of electromagnet from the free end to fixed end of the beam. Further, in the case of MRE, high magnetic field is required for achieving satisfactory performance, which results in increase of the electromagnet weight, in turn making the system bulkier. Therefore, the present work endeavours to replace the MRE with MR Fluid (MRF) in the same primary structure and perform a comparison study between MRE and MRF, for the same applied magnetic field. From the experimental results it was envisaged that the MRF depicted better isolation capability than MRE. � Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.
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    Experimental study on the dynamic properties of magneto-rheological materials
    (Institute of Physics Publishing helen.craven@iop.org, 2018) Rajpal, R.; Lijesh, K.P.; Kant, M.; Gangadharan, K.V.
    Magneto-rheological elastomer (MRE), is considered to be a smart material, which transFigure their rheological properties with the external applied magnetic field. Due to this novel property, MREs are extensively employed to control the vibration of a system at resonant frequency. Presently, MREs are integrated in a structure through a layer by layer technique and the bigger drawback of this technology is that, in the presence of high transverse shear stresses, de-lamination occurs which may result in failure of the system. To overcome the aforementioned problem, a novel method is proposed to merge the MREs with Fused Deposition Method (FDM). FDM is used to develop the primary structure with cavities using a FDM compatible material and MRE i.e. secondary material is filled in the cavities. It is postulated that the proposed methodology has the capability of reducing the possibility of de-lamination. Now, to investigate the dynamic performance of the developed structure, an experimental test setup was developed by fixing one end of the beam and supplying the desired magnetic field to the beam using an electromagnet. From the test results, It was concluded that, with the increase in the applied magnetic field, the isolation effect of the structure enhanced and it reduced with the shift of electromagnet from the free end to fixed end of the beam. Further, in the case of MRE, high magnetic field is required for achieving satisfactory performance, which results in increase of the electromagnet weight, in turn making the system bulkier. Therefore, the present work endeavours to replace the MRE with MR Fluid (MRF) in the same primary structure and perform a comparison study between MRE and MRF, for the same applied magnetic field. From the experimental results it was envisaged that the MRF depicted better isolation capability than MRE. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.
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    Multi-objective optimization of stacked radial passive magnetic bearing
    (SAGE Publications Ltd info@sagepub.co.uk, 2018) Lijesh, K.P.; Doddamani, M.; Bekinal, S.I.; Muzakkir, S.M.
    Modeling, design, and optimization for performances of passive magnetic bearings (PMBs) are indispensable, as they deliver lubrication free, friction less, zero wear, and maintenance-free operations. However, single-layer PMBs has lower load-carrying capacity and stiffness necessitating development of stacked structure PMBs for maximum load and stiffness. Present work is focused on multi-objective optimization of radial PMBs to achieve maximum load-carrying capacity and stiffness in a given volume. Three-dimensional Coulombian equations are utilized for estimating load and stiffness of stacked radial PMBs. Constraints, constants, and bounds for the optimization are extracted from the available literature. Optimization is performed for force and stiffness maximization in the obtained bounds with three PMB configurations, namely (i) mono-layer, (ii) conventional (back to back), and (iii) rotational magnetized direction. The optimum dimensions required for achieving maximum load without compromising stiffness for all three configurations is investigated. For designers ease, equations to estimate the optimized values of load, stiffness, and stacked PMB variables in terms of single-layer PMB are proposed. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed method is demonstrated by considering the PMB dimensions from the available literature. © IMechE 2017.
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    Thermal and frictional performance evaluation of nano lubricant with multi wall carbon nano tubes (MWCNTs) as nano-additive
    (2018) Lijesh, K.P.; Kumar, D.; Muzakkir, S.M.; Hirani, H.
    A Fluid Film Bearings (FFBs) operating in hydrodynamic boundary regime can provide moderate load carrying capacity, negligible wear and friction. However in extreme operating conditions i.e. at high load and low speed, asperities of journal and bearing surfaces come in contact with each other resulting in high wear and friction. During the contact of the asperities, the temperature of the lubricant increases due to frictional heating, resulting in reduction of the viscosity of lubricant. Variation of lubricant viscosity results in low load carrying capacity of the FFB and therefore resulting in detoriation of FFB performance. In the present work it is hypothesized that, by adding multi-functional Multi Wall Carbon Nano-Tubes (MWCNT) (having high thermal conductivity and anti-friction properties) as nano-additive in the base mineral oil, the aforementioned problems can be overcome. To validate the proposed hypothesis, five different samples of lubricant is considered: Sample 1: Base oil, Sample 2: Base oil +0.05% MWCNT, Sample 3: Base oil +0.05% MWCNT +0.5%surfactant, Sample 4: Base oil +0.1% MWCNT +0.5% surfactant, and Sample 5: Base oil +0.15% MWCNT +0.5%surfactant. To evaluate the performance of the developed lubricants, experiments were performed on the reduced scale conformal block on disc test setup. The experimental condition and dimension of the block and disc were decide for the Sommerfeld number equal to 0.0025, which indicates mixed lubrication regime. The performance of lubricant is evaluated by measuring the frictional force and temperature rise of the lubricant during the experiment. � 2018 Author(s).
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    Thermal and frictional performance evaluation of nano lubricant with multi wall carbon nano tubes (MWCNTs) as nano-additive
    (American Institute of Physics Inc. subs@aip.org, 2018) Lijesh, K.P.; Kumar, D.; Muzakkir, S.M.; Hirani, H.
    A Fluid Film Bearings (FFBs) operating in hydrodynamic boundary regime can provide moderate load carrying capacity, negligible wear and friction. However in extreme operating conditions i.e. at high load and low speed, asperities of journal and bearing surfaces come in contact with each other resulting in high wear and friction. During the contact of the asperities, the temperature of the lubricant increases due to frictional heating, resulting in reduction of the viscosity of lubricant. Variation of lubricant viscosity results in low load carrying capacity of the FFB and therefore resulting in detoriation of FFB performance. In the present work it is hypothesized that, by adding multi-functional Multi Wall Carbon Nano-Tubes (MWCNT) (having high thermal conductivity and anti-friction properties) as nano-additive in the base mineral oil, the aforementioned problems can be overcome. To validate the proposed hypothesis, five different samples of lubricant is considered: Sample 1: Base oil, Sample 2: Base oil +0.05% MWCNT, Sample 3: Base oil +0.05% MWCNT +0.5%surfactant, Sample 4: Base oil +0.1% MWCNT +0.5% surfactant, and Sample 5: Base oil +0.15% MWCNT +0.5%surfactant. To evaluate the performance of the developed lubricants, experiments were performed on the reduced scale conformal block on disc test setup. The experimental condition and dimension of the block and disc were decide for the Sommerfeld number equal to 0.0025, which indicates mixed lubrication regime. The performance of lubricant is evaluated by measuring the frictional force and temperature rise of the lubricant during the experiment. © 2018 Author(s).