Emeritus Fellow, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Optical Techniques, Flow Control Hierarchical Porous Media.
Office
NL-301,
Department of Mechanical Engineering
IIT Kanpur,
Kanpur 208016
Experiments and modelling in fluid and thermal sciences
PhD, University of Delaware, Newark DE, USA April 1985
Master of Technology (Mechanical Engineering), 1981, Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering), 1979, Visvesvaraya Regional College of Engineering, Nagpur, India)
REVIEW ARTICLES
P. K. Panigrahi and K. Muralidhar, Visualization of Convective Heat Transfer, in Handbook of Thermal Science and Engineering, edited by F. A. Kulacki, 2017; 45 pages (Springer).
K. Muralidhar, Imaging unsteady three dimensional transport phenomena, Pramana (J. Phys.), Vol. 82(1), (invited article) pp. 3-14, 2014.
Atul Srivastava, K. Muralidhar, and P. K. Panigrahi, Optical Imaging and Three Dimensional Reconstruction of the Concentration Field around a Crystal growing from Aqueous Solution: A Review, Progress in Crystal Growth and Characterization of Materials, Vol. 58, pp. 209-278, (2012).
S. Verma and K. Muralidhar, Imaging convection, concentration, and surface morphology during crystal growth from solution using optical diagnostics, in Recent Research Developments in Crystal Growth, Vol. 5 (2009), pp. 141-314, Transworld Research Network, India, ISBN: 978-81-7895-198-0.
K. Muralidhar, Atul Srivastava and P. K. Panigrahi, Optical Imaging and Control of Convection around a Crystal growing from its Aqueous Solution in New Developments in Crystal Growth Research, [ISBN: 1-59454-539-1] pp 1-89, Nova Publishers, USA, 2005.
K. Muralidhar, Temperature Field Measurement in Buoyancy-driven Flows using Interferometric Tomography, Annual Review of Heat Transfer, Vol. 12, pp. 265-376, 2001
M. F. Manzoor, P. Yadav, K. Muralidhar and P. Munshi, Image Reconstruction of Simulated Specimens using Convoluted Back Projection for Computerized Tomography, Defence Science Journal, Vol. 51(2), pp 175-187, 2001
K. Muralidhar, A Review of Free, Forced and Mixed Convection in a Saturated Porous Annulus, Sadhana, Vol. 15, pp 1-41, 1990.
TRANSPORT PROPERTIES
Samarjeet Chanda and K. Muralidhar, Joint estimation of thermal and mass diffusivities of a solute-solvent system using ANN-GA based inverse framework, International J. Thermal Sciences , Vol. 123, pp. 27-41 (2018).
Y. Nimdeo, Y.M. Joshi, and K. Muralidhar, Diffusion of charged nano-disks in aqueous media: Influence of competing inter-particle interactions and thermal effects, Chemical Engineering Science, Volume 164, 8 June 2017, Pages 71–80.
Y. Nimdeo, Y.M. Joshi, and K. Muralidhar, Refractive Index Measurement of Sol Forming Laponite JS Dispersion Using Interferometry, Vol. 123, pp. 272-278, Applied Clay Science (2016).
Y. Nimdeo, Y.M. Joshi, and K. Muralidhar, Measurement of Mass Diffusivity by Light Streak Imaging, Chemical Engineering Research and Design , Vol. 102, pp. 207–215 (2015).
Y. Nimdeo, Y. M. Joshi, and K. Muralidhar, Measurement of mass diffusivity using interferometry through sensitivity analysis, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research Vol. 53, pp. 19338-19350 (2014).
S. S. Bhandari, K. Muralidhar, and Y.M. Joshi, Thermal diffusivity and viscosity of suspensions of disc-shaped nanoparticles, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research Vol. 52, 15114−15123, (2013).
S. S. Bhandari, K. Muralidhar, and Y. M. Joshi, Enhanced thermal transport through a soft glassy nanodisc paste, Physical Review E, Vol. 87, pp. 022301(1-6) 2013.
N. V. N. Ravi Kumar, K. Muralidhar, Yogesh M. Joshi, On Refractive Index of Ageing Suspensions of Laponite, Applied Clay Science, Vol. 42, pp. 326-330, (2008).
A. Agrawal, V. K. Jain and K. Muralidhar, Experimental determination of viscosity of abrasive flow machining media, International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management, Vol. 7(2-4), pp. 142-156 (2005).
V.K. Jain, C. Ranganath and K. Muralidhar, Evaluation of Rheological Properties of Medium for AFM Process, Machining Science and Technology, Vol. 5(2), pp 151-170 (2001).
K. Muralidhar, Flow and Transport in Single Rock Fractures, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 215, pp 481 - 502 (1990).
K. Muralidhar, Equivalent Conductivity of a Heterogeneous Medium, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 33, No. 8, pp 1759 - 1765 (1990).
PUBLICATION IN INDIAN JOURNALS
S. K. Biswal, P. K. Mohapatra, and K. Muralidhar, Flow separation at an open channel confluence, ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, special issue, pp. 89-98, Vol. 16(3), 2010.
S. Verma and K. Muralidhar, Imaging transport phenomena and surface micro morphology in crystal growth using optical techniques, National Academy Science Letters, Vol. 33(5-6), pp. 107-121, 2010.
S. K. Singh, P. K. Panigrahi, and K. Muralidhar, A schlieren-interferometric study of wakes of heated cylinders, Kiran – A bulletin of the Indian Laser Association, pp. 34-39, Vol. 20(2), 2009.
J. Banerjee and K. Muralidhar, Growth of YAG crystals in a Czochralski process, Annals of the Indian National Academy of Engineering, Vol. 5, pp. 63-70, 2008.
Chanpreet Singh, R. G. Tathgir and K. Muralidhar, Assessing experimental and numerical data using sensitivity functions, Journal of Institution of Engineers (India), Vol.87, pp. 54-61, 2006.
S. Verma, A. Srivastava, V. Prabhakar, K. Muralidhar and V. K. Wadhawan, Simulation and experimental verification of solutal convection in the initial stages of crystal growth from an aqueous solution, Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Physics, Vol. 43, pp. 24-33, January 2005.
S. Dutta, P. K. Panigrahi and K. Muralidhar, Effect of orientation on the wake of a square cylinder at low Reynolds numbers, Indian Journal of Engineering and Material Sciences, Vol. 11, pp. 447-459, December 2004.
K. K. Mishra, A.M. Quraishi, S. Mishra, Ashwani Kumar, A. Srivastava, K. Muralidhar and P. Munshi, Beam hardening in X-ray CT, Journal of Non-destructive Testing and Evaluation, Vol. 2(3), pp. 13-18, December 2003.
Chanpreet Singh, R.G. Tathgir and K. Muralidhar, Comparison of 1-equation and 2-equation models for Convective Heat Transfer in Saturated Porous Media, Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India), Vol. 84, pp. 104-113, 2003.
Rajneesh Bharadwaj, J. Banerjee and K. Muralidhar, Effect of Radiation Losses in the Growth of Optical Crystals by the Czochralski Process, Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Vol. 62, pp 1164-1175, 2003.
A. Sethia, Sunil Punjabi and K. Muralidhar, Buoyancy-driven Convection in Superposed Air-Water Layers: Numerical and Experimental Study, Institution of Engineers (India) Journal, Mechanical Engineering Division, Vol. 84, pp 31-35, 2003.
Sunil Punjabi, A. Sethia and K. Muralidhar, Convection in Differentially Heated Superposed Air-Water Layers, Indian Journal of Engineering and Materials Sciences (Special issue on Fluid Mechanics), Vol. 9, pp 455-463, 2002.
Suneet Singh, K. Muralidhar and P. Munshi, Image Reconstruction from Incomplete Projection Data using Combined CBP-ART Algorithm, Defence Science Journal, Vol. 52(3), pp 303-316, 2002.
Amit Kumar, Jyotirmay Banerjee and K. Muralidhar, Thermal Modeling of Crystal Growth by the Czochralski Method including Radius Control, Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Vol. 61, pp 607-616, 2002.
V. Saxena, K. Muralidhar and V. Eswaran, Computation of Flow and Thermal Fields in a Model CVD Reactor, Sadhana, Vol. 27(6), pp 1-17, 2002.
Tanuja Sheorey and K. Muralidhar, Modeling of Enhanced Oil Recovery on Parallel Computers, Paryavaran Patrika, pp 1-5, September 2001, (in Hindi).
Tanuja Sheorey and K. Muralidhar, Application of Domain Decomposition to the Simulation of Oil Recovery on a Parallel Computer, Institution of Engineers Journal, Chemical Engineering Division, Vol. 82, pp 24-29, 2000
K. Muralidhar and P.S. Venkatesh, Experimental Determination of Transport Properties of Single Rock Fractures, Journal of Energy, Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 22, pp 121-128, 2000.
D. Mishra, K. Muralidhar and P. Munshi, Laser Interferometry for Measurement of Three Dimensional Temperature Fields in Fluids using Tomography, Defence Science Journal, Vol. 49, pp 243-355, (1999). [Note: The cover of this issue carries a photograph of our laboratory.]
R. Bhushan Kumar, S. Surya Rao and K. Muralidhar, Depth and Bottom Pressure Fluctuations in a Hydraulic Jump, Journal of Institution of Engineers (India), Civil Engineering Division, Vol. 79, pp 1-5, 1998.
K. Choudhary, S. Kishor, R. K. Singh, A. M. Datar, S. G. Dhande and K. Muralidhar, Computer-aided Design and Heat Transfer Analysis of Handguard of a Gun, Defence Science Journal, Vol. 46(3), pp 161-169, 1996.
K. Muralidhar and Jyoti Swarup, An Analytical Solution for Adsorption and Desorption Problems in Porous Media, J of Energy, Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 18(2), pp 87-96, (1996).
R. K. Jain and K. Muralidhar, An Experimental Study of the Dynamic Response of a Pitot Tube, J. of Aeronautical Society of India, Vol. 46, No 1, pp 30-35, 1994.
K. M. Pillai, K. Muralidhar and P. S. Ghoshdastidar, Numerical Simulation of Enhanced Oil Recovery, Journal of Institution of Engineers (India), Chemical Engineering Series, Vol. 75, pp 17-24, 1994.
K. Muralidhar, A Review of Free, Forced and Mixed Convection in a Saturated Porous Annulus, Sadhana, Vol. 15, pp 1-41, written on invitation by the Editor of the journal, 1990.
K. Muralidhar and F. A. Kulacki, Stability of Internally Mixing Flow, Sadhana, Vol. 13, No. 51, pp 215-222, (1988).
K. Muralidhar, Computer-Aided Instruction in Fluid Mechanics, Indian Journal of Technical Education, Vol. 15, No 1, pp 31 - 36, 1992.
Books
Sameer Khandekar and K. Muralidhar, Drop Dynamics and Dropwise Condensation on Textured Surfaces, Spinger, 2020.
Malay K. Das, P. P. Mukherjee, and K. Muralidhar, Modeling Transport Phenomena in Porous Media with Applications, Springer, November 2017; ISBN 978-3-319-69866-3, (258 pages).
K. Muralidhar and T. Sundararajan, Editors, Computational Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer, published as a part of the IIT Kanpur Series (580 pages) by Narosa Publishers, New Delhi, Second edition (590 pages), July 2003, ISBN: 81-7319-522-6.
K. Muralidhar and G. Biswas, Advanced Engineering Fluid Mechanics, Narosa Publishers, third edition (630 pages), ISBN: 978-81-8487-385-6 (international: 978-1-84265-912-0) April 2014.
J. Banerjee and K. Muralidhar, Czochralski Growth of Oxide Crystals: Numerical Simulation and Experiments, Techscience Press, Georgia, USA, ISBN: 13-978-0-9717880-4-6, March 2007 (256 pages).
K. Muralidhar and J. Banerjee, Conduction and Radiation, Narosa Publishers, (479 pages), ISBN: 978-81-8487-080-0, February 2010.
P.K. Panigrahi and K. Muralidhar, Schlieren and Shadowgraph Methods in Heat and Mass Transfer, Springer Briefs in Thermal Engineering and Applied Science, Series New York, USA, (August, 2012)ISBN 978-1-4614-4534-0.Cover
P.K. Panigrahi and K. Muralidhar, Imaging Heat and Mass Transfer Processes - Visualization and Analysis, Springer Briefs in Thermal Engineering and Applied Science, New York, USA, (October, 2012) ISBN 978-1-4614-4790-0.Cover
Sameer Khandekar and K. Muralidhar, Dropwise Condensation on Inclined Textured Surfaces, Springer Briefs in Thermal Engineering and Applied Science, New York, USA, ISBN 978-1-4614-8446-2 (September 2013).Cover
A.K. Saha, Rajesh Srivastava, Debopam Das, P.K. Panigrahi, and K. Muralidhar, Editors, Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power – Contemporary Research, Springer, 2015. Cover
Malay K. Das, Partha Pratim Mukherjee, and K. Muralidhar,Modeling Transport Phenomena in Porous Media with Applications , Springer, ISBN 978-3-319-69864-9. Cover
Book chapters
Praveen Somwanshi, K. Muralidhar, and Sameer Khandekar, Coalescence Characteristics of Liquid Drops with Application to Dropwise Condensation, in Applications Paradigms of Droplet and Spray Transport, pp. 165-200, edited by S. Basu et al. (2018), for the series on Energy, Environment, and Sustainability, Springer.
P.K. Panigrahi and K. Muralidhar, Visualization of Convective Heat Transfer, in Handbook of Thermal Science and Engineering, edited by F.A. Kulacki, 2017 (Springer).
S. Verma, Y.M. Joshi, and K. Muralidhar, Optical interferometers: Principles and Applications in Transport Phenomena, in Interferometry - Principles and Applications, Edited by M. E. Russo, Nova Publishers, USA, Chapter 13, pp. 353-414, ISBN: 978-1-61209-347-5 (2012).
McGregor, R.H.P., Szczerba, D., von Siebenthal, M., Muralidhar, K., and Szekely, G., Exploring the use of proper orthogonal decomposition for enhancing blood flow images via computational fluid dynamics, LNCS 5242, pp. 782-789 (Editors: D. Metaxas et al.), Springer (2008).
D. Szczerba, R. McGregor, K. Muralidhar, and G. Szekely, Mechanism and localization of wall failure during abdominal aortic aneurysm formation, in Biomedical Simulation, pp. 119-126, edited by F,. Bello and P.J. Edwards, LNCS 5104, Springer (2008).
Three dimensional reconstruction of convective features during crystal growth from solution using computerized tomography, with S. Verma (pp. 103-114) and Reconstruction of concentration field around a growing KDP crystal using direct and iterative tomography algorithms with A. Srivastava and P.K. Panigrahi (pp. 115-128), in CT2008: Tomography Confluence, edited by P. Munshi, American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings 1050, New York (2008).
Atul Srivastava, K. Muralidhar and P.K. Panigrahi, Imaging buoyancy-driven convective field around a KDP crystal using schlieren tomography, pp. 133-147; Sunil Verma, K. Muralidhar and V.K. Wadhawan, Determination of the concentration field around a growing crystal using laser shadowgraphic tomography, pp. 158-175; both articles in Computerized Tomography for Scientists and Engineers, edited by P. Munshi, jointly published by Anamaya Publishers New Delhi and CRC Press, New York (2006).
K. Muralidhar, Introduction to turbulence, pp 1-40, Classical idealization of turbulent flows, pp 75-114, Introduction to experimental techniques, pp 141-178, in Turbulent Flows: Fundamentals, Experiments and Modeling, Edited by G. Biswas and V. Eswaran, Narosa Publishers, New Delhi, 2002.
K. Muralidhar, Equivalent thermal conductivity of a heterogeneous medium, in High Temperature Fiber Composite Materials, pp. 243-257, edited by V.K. Srivastava, Allied Publishers, New Delhi (2000).
G. Biswas and K. Muralidhar, Fundamentals and Modelling of Turbulent Flow, in Transport Phenomena in Metallurgical Processes, Edited by S Prakash and P R Rao, pp 25-43, National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur, 1996.
K. Muralidhar and J.C.S. Long, A New Approach to Characterize Flow in Single Rock Fractures, in Flow and Transport Through Unsaturated Rocks, Edited by D. Evans and J. Nicholson, pp 115 - 120, Geophysical Monograph Series, No. 42, Washington DC (USA), 1987.
Delivered the M.V. Krishnamurthy endowed Plenary lecture during the IHMTC-ASTFE conference at IIT Roorkee, December 2019.
Fellow-ASTFE (American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineering), since April 2019.
Nominated as keynote speaker from India in International Heat Transfer Conference held at Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan (2014).
Fellow of National Academy of Sciences (2014).
Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering (2006).
University rank holder and degree with distinction in the undergraduate program (1979).
Awarded the Institution Prize of Institution of Engineers (India) for paper on enhanced oil recovery (1995).
Awarded the M.G. Deshpande Best Paper Prize in the National Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power Conference held at IIT Kharagpur, (1999).
Received letters of commendation from Director, IIT Kanpur for the following courses: Conduction and radiation, Experimental techniques in thermal sciences, Programming and Numerical methods.
University of Delaware Fellowship holder during the entire Ph.D program (1981-1985).
Awarded Institute Medal and Dr Sengupto Prize for standing First in the Master's program at IIT Madras, India (1981).
Invited Lecture entitled UNDERSTANDING OSCILLATORY FLOW IN ARTERIAL MODELS, presented on 14th March 2017 at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan.
Invited lecture entitled MODELIING DROPWISE CONDENSATION AND COALESCENCE OF DROPS, presented on 15th March 2017 at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Osaka University, Japan.
Keynote speaker for a talk entitled FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER DURING COALESCENCE OF DROPS ON AHYDROPHOBIC SURFACE, presented during ACTS2017, Jeju Islands, South Korea.
Keynote Lecture entitled TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT FOR EXTRACTION OF METHANE FROM UNCONVENTIONAL HYDROCARBON RESOURCES, delivered during the KDMIPE Day celebrations of ONGC Dehradun, 19th December 2015.
Keynote lecture entitled FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER DURING DROP SPREADING OVER A HORIZONTAL SURFACE, ASCHT2015, Busan, S. Korea (November 2015).
SHAPE AND MOTION OF A LIQUID DROP PLACED OVER A TEXTURED SURFACE, Keynote lecture, 17th ISME Conference, 3-4 October 2015, held at IIT Delhi.
Invited Lecture entitled FLOW AND TRANSPORT IN POROUS MEDIA WITH APPLICATIONS, presented on 19th March 2015 at The Institute of Fluid Science, Tohoku University, Japan.
A Nominated as KEYNOTE SPEAKER from India in International Heat Transfer Conference held at Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan (2014).
THERMO-HYDRODYNAMICS OF MICRO-DROPLETS INTERACTING WITH ENGINEERED SURFACES, INDO-RUSSIAN DST project (2018-2020).
ESTIMATION OF TRANSPORT PROPERTIES OF BLOOD MODELED AS A FLUID-PARTICULATE MIXTURE FROM EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL APPROACHES, Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi (2017-2019) with Indranil Saha-Dalal and Kazuya Tatsumi.
Modeling and Simulation of Methane Extraction from Gas Hydrates via Simultaneous Depressurization and CO2 injection, National Gas Hydrates Program (coordinated by ONGC Dehradun) (2014-2017); with Malay K. Das.
STATICS AND DYNAMICS OF MICRO DROPLETS FORMED ON TEXTURED SURFACES DURING CONDENSATION, Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences, Department of Atomic Energy, Mumbai (2012-2015); with Sameer Khandekar.
A PREDICTIVE MODEL OF ANEURYSM DEVELOPMENT IN AN ARTERIAL BIFURCATION, Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi (2010-2013); with P.K. Panigrahi.
OPTICAL VISUALIZATION OF HEAT TRANSFER AND FLUID FLOW PHENOMENA, supported as a part of the Internet-based experiments project of MHRD, New Delhi (2010-2012); with P.K. Panigrahi.
QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF IN VIVO MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING DATA FOR DIAGNOSTICS OF VASCULAR DISEASES SUPPORTED BY CFD SIMULATION, Indo-Swiss project supported by Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, (2006-2008).
EXPERIMENTS IN ACTIVE CONTROL OF BLUFF BODY DRAG USING SCHLIEREN VELOCIMETRY TECHNIQUE, ER and IPR (DRDO), New Delhi (2005-2008).
OPTICAL VISUALIZATION OF PROTEIN CRYSTAL GROWTH, Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi (2005-2008).
DROPWISE CONDENSATION AND HEAT TRANSFER ON AN INCLINED SURFACE EXPOSED TO A VAPOR FLUX, Department of Atomic Energy, Mumbai (2005-2009).
RAINBOW SCHLIEREN TOMOGRAPHIC MEASUREMENTS DURING COMBUSTION OF GASEOUS FUELS SUCH AS HYDROGEN, MHRD (thrust area project) (2003-2004).
EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT IN VORTEX DOMINATED FLOWS USING LIQUID CRYSTAL THERMOGRAPHY, ARDB New Delhi (2002-2003).
BEAM HARDENING AND PHOTON STATISTICS, DRDL Hyderabad (2001-2002).
LASER INTERFEROMETRIC STUDY OF SOLUTAL TRANSPORT AND KINETICS OF CRYSTAL GROWTH IN AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION, Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, (2000-2003).
INTERFEROMETRIC STUDY OF BUOYANCY-DRIVEN CONVECTION AND INTERFACIAL TRANSPORT IN SUPERPOSED HORIZONTAL FLUID LAYERS, Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi (2001-2004).
MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF THE CVD AND CZOCHRALSKI CRYSTAL GROWTH SYSTEMS, ROLE OF MAGNETIC FIELDS AND THEIR EFFECT ON THE THERMOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES, Department of Atomic Energy, Mumbai (2000-2003).
MODELING AND SIMULATION OF ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY FROM POROUS AND FRACTURED FORMATIONS, Oil Industry Development Board, N. Delhi, (1998-2001).
UNSTEADY SEPARATED FLOW IN THE WAKE OF A SQUARE CYLINDER IN A CHANNEL: NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY, Aeronautics Research and Development Board (Aerodynamics panel), New Delhi (1998-2001).
NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY ON PARALLEL COMPUTERS, Department of Science and Technology New Delhi, (1997- 2000).
NOISE REMOVAL, THREE DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION AND DATA RETRIEVAL FOR OPTICAL IMAGES OF STRATIFIED FLUIDS, Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi (1994 -1997).
LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS IN FRACTURED AND POROUS MEDIA, Department of Atomic Energy, Mumbai (1992-1995).
EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL STUDY OF FREE, FORCED AND MIXED CONVECTIVE COOLING OF ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi (1991-1994).
2NUMERICAL SOLUTION OF CONVECTION-DIFFUSION PROBLEMS WITHOUT USING UPWIND METHOD, Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi (1990-1993).
STUDY OF FLOW, HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER FROM BURIED NUCLEAR WASTE CANISTERS, Department of Atomic Energy, Mumbai (1989-1992).
LABORATORY STUDIES OF FREE STREAM TURBULENCE IN STRATIFIED SHEAR FLOWS USING HOT-WIRE ANEMOMETRY Aeronautics Research and Development Board, New Delhi (1989-1991).
INTERNATIONAL
Enhancing blood flow images using computational fluid dynamics, jointly with ETH Zurich, WO 2010/022762 A3 (filed in August 2008, international publication date, March 2010); K. Muralidhar, G. Szekeley, D. Szczerba, and R. McGregor.
INDIAN
Functional flow generator for multi-drug delivery system, (functional and design) patents filed (May 2011, reference: 1557/DEL/2011); K. Muralidhar, A. Jain, R. Dwivedi, Rama Rao, P. Khanna, and Manoj Sharma.
Non-invasive technique for evaluation of flow rates and identification of vascular deformation, K. Muralidhar, Abhinav Parashar, Rahul Singh, Manoj Sharma, P. K. Panigrahi, patent filed (February 2013, reference: PD008489-IN-SC 363/ DEL/ 2013).
Water purification system using an enhanced solar still, K. Muralidhar, A. Anand, A. Bhandari, S. Prakash, Manoj Sharma, Raj G. Pala (patent filed; 2894/DEL/2013).
Light streak imaging technique for determining mass diffusivity in a binary diffusion process, K. Muralidhar, Y. Nimdeo, Subhajit Kar, Y.M. Joshi (patent filed; 904/DEL/2014).
Unsteady wall heat flux sensor for extreme applications, Ravindra Sonawane, S. Khandekar, K. Muralidhar (patent filed application number 3977/DEL/2014 dated 29th December 2014.
Spherical tri-leaflet heart valve, Kamal K. Kar, Malay Das, Sutapa Mandal, K. Muralidhar, application number 201711043075, dated 30th November 2017.
Consultancy Projects
Design and prototype development of a diamond colorimeter, Sahajanand Technologies, Surat (April 2013 onwards) with K. Pradeep Kumar.
Design of a Solar Still for water softening, Anglo-American Chile Ltd., Chile (September 2012 onwards); with R. G. Pala.
Technical advisor, CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, Siva Ventures Limited, Chennai (2012).
CFD SIMULATION OF MIXING IN A CRUCIBLE FOR MOLTEN LASER GLASS, Central Glass and Ceramics Research Institute, Kolkata (2010); with V. Eswaran.
TOMOGRAPHIC ALGORITHMS FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING OF SOLID ROCKET PROPELLANTS, Defence Research & Development Laboratory, Hyderabad (1999-2001); with P. Munshi.
THERMODYNAMIC AND TRANSPORT MODELS FOR STIRLING CRYOCOOLERS, Solid State Physics Laboratory, New Delhi (1999 – 2000).
CAE ANALYSIS OF FLIGHT DATA RECORDER (THERMAL ANALYSIS), Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd., Korwa 1999.
THERMAL ANALYSIS OF TRANSFORMER-RECTIFIER UNIT, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd., Lucknow 1996.
COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF HANDGUARD, Defence Materials Research and Development Establishment (1994-1995).
Undergraduate Projects
Multi-frequency peristaltic pump with two independent drives for non-sinusoidal periodic waveforms (2019).
Thermosyphon-based water purification system (2015).
Developing a Stirling refrigerator with built-in engine for utilization of waste heat (2014).
A compact pulse tube cryocooler (2013).
An enhanced solar still for water purification (2013).
Functional flow generator (2011).
A flow facility for studying oscillatory flow in aortic aneurysms (2010).
An attachment for uniaxial testing suitable for anisotropic specimens (2007).
Vortex generation in micro-, mini-, and macro-channels at low Reynolds numbers (2007).
Artificial heart machine for testing aortic valves (2006).
An experimental set-up to study interaction of curvature with rotation in a channel flow geometry (2006).
Tomographic crystal growth apparatus for laser interferometry (2003).
Control of convection in a low-temperature Czochralski crystal growth test cell (2003).
Monitoring a crystal growth apparatus using the schlieren technique (2001).
FPFD cryocooler with an energized displacer (2001).
Piston-driven miniature cryocooler (2000).
Linear motor driven free piston, free displacer cryocooler (2000).
Stirling cryocooler for laboratory-scale demonstration (1999).
Nonlinear fluidic device exhibiting chaos (1999).
A linear pneumatic drag measuring apparatus (1991).
A diaphragm-pump as a heart machine (1990).
M. Sc. Projects
Imaging and interferometric analysis of protein crystal growth (2007; Cochin University of Science and Technology).
Applying operator splitting algorithms to the advection-diffusion equation as applied to Stirling cryocoolers (2005; University of Karlsruhe, Germany).
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