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Dr
Ram Prakash Bharti
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Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering
), IIT Kanpur, Kanpur, India. 2007
M.Tech. (Chemical Engineering
), IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India. 2002
B.Tech. (Chemical Engineering
), SLIET Longowal, Sangrur, India. 2000
Research Fellow
email: prakashr@unimelb.edu.au
Telephone: (61) 3 8344 0591
Fax: (61) 3 8344 4153
Room 1.01, Old Radiation Bldg., Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering |
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Group
Research Interests
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Hydrodynamics and Heat Transfer, Non-Newtonian Fluids,
Bluff Bodies, Microfluidics, Electrokinetic flow, Rheology of Complex Fluids
Current Research Activities
My research is focused on the investigation of the electroviscous effects in the
pressure-driven flow of Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids through electrically charged microfluidic devices (uniform and non-uniform
microchannels) of different cross-sections by using an in-house CFD solver. This in-house CFD solver is based on the finite-difference and finite-volume methods.
Honours/Awards
- 2007 – 2009: Post doctoral
research fellowship, University of Melbourne, Australia.
- 2006: Cash award (Indian Rs.
20, 000/-) for publication by students at IIT Kanpur, India.
- 2002 – 2006: MHRD fellowship for Ph.D.
research
at IIT Kanpur, India.
- 2000 – 2002 : MHRD fellowship for M.Tech.
research at IIT Bombay, India.
Professional Experience
- May 2007 – Present: Research
Fellow, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University
of Melbourne, Australia.
- Jan 2007 – Apr 2007: Senior
Research Fellow, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kanpur,
India.
- Jul 2002 – Dec 2006: Doctoral
student/Teaching assistant, Chemical Engineering, IIT Kanpur, India.
- Jul 2000 – Jan 2002 : Masters student/Teaching assistant, Chemical Enigneering, IIT Bombay, India.
Selected Publications
- N. Mangadoddy, Ram
Prakash,
R.P. Chhabra and V. Eswaran. Forced convection in cross flow of power
law fluids over a tube bank. Chemical Engineering Science 59(11) 2213-2222,
2004 .
- R.P. Bharti, R.P. Chhabra and
V. Eswaran. Steady flow of power-law fluids across a circular cylinder.
Canadian Journal of Chemical
Engineering 84(4) 406-421,
2006
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- P. Sivakumar, R.P.
Bharti and
R.P. Chhabra. Effect of power-law index on critical parameters for
power-law flow across an unconfined circular cylinder.
Chemical Engineering Science
61(18) 6035-6046, 2006
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- R.P. Bharti, R.P. Chhabra and
V. Eswaran. A numerical study of the steady forced convection heat
transfer from an unconfined circular cylinder. Heat and Mass Transfer 43(7) 639-648,
2007 .
- R.P. Bharti, R.P. Chhabra and
V. Eswaran. Steady forced convection heat transfer from a heated
circular cylinder to power-law fluids. International Journal of Heat and Mass
Transfer 50(5-6) 977-990,
2007 .
- P. Sivakumar, R.P.
Bharti and
R.P. Chhabra. Steady flow of power-law fluids across an unconfined
elliptic cylinder. Chemical Engineering
Science 62(6) 1682-1702,
2007 .
- R.P. Bharti, R.P. Chhabra and
V. Eswaran. Two-dimensional steady Poiseuille flow of power-law fluids
across a circular cylinder in a plane confined channel: wall effects and
drag coefficients. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry
Research46(11) 3820-3840, 2007 .
- R.P. Bharti, R.P. Chhabra and
V. Eswaran. Effect of blockage on heat transfer from a cylinder to
power-law liquids. Chemical Engineering Science 62(17) 4729-4741,
2007 .
- R.P. Bharti, P. Sivakumar and
R.P. Chhabra. Forced convection heat transfer from an elliptic cylinder
to power-law fluids. International Journal of Heat and Mass
Transfer 51(7-8) 1838-1853,
2008 .
- R.C. Patil, R.P.
Bharti and
R.P. Chhabra. Steady flow of power-law fluids over a pair of cylinders
in tandem arrangement. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry
Research 47(5) 1660-1683,
2008 .
- R.P. Bharti, D.J.E. Harvie and
M.R. Davidson. Steady flow of ionic liquid through a cylindrical
microfluidic contraction-expansion pipe: Electroviscous effects and
pressure drop. Chemical Engineering
Science 63(14)
3593-3604, 2008
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- R.C. Patil, R.P. Bharti and R.P. Chhabra. Forced convection heat transfer in power law liquids from a pair of cylinders in tandem arrangement. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 47(23), 9141-9164, 2008.
- R.P. Bharti, D.J.E. Harvie and M.R. Davidson. Electroviscous effects in steady fully developed flow of a power-law liquid through a cylindrical microchannel. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow. In Press, 2009.
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