Teaching: 21 years

Industry : 10 years

Advanced Composite Materials, 

Vibration and Acoustic Analysis

Date of Joining RVCE

12-08-2011

rameshssharma@rvce.edu.in

Project Guided:

Number of UG projects guided: 22

Number of PG projects guided: 18

Publications:

National Conference: 05

International Journals: 20

International Conferences: 05

List of International Journals publications

1. “Experimental and Numerical Investigation on Effect of Cut-Outs on Modal Parameters of FRP Composite Plates”, Materials Science Forum, ISSN: 1662-9752, Vol. 1120, pp 85-96, April 2024

2. "Experimental investigation of aerodynamic characteristics of dimpled 3D aircraft wing” International Journal of Mechanical Dynamics and Systems Analysis STM Journals – Vol 1, issue 1, DOI (Journal): 10.37591/IJMDSA, Sept 2023

3. “Production of Nano-Antimony Oxide-filled Polymer-based Glass Fiber Composites with Enhanced Inter-laminar Shear Strength (ILSS)” European Chemical Bulletin, Vol 12 No.5 pp 1897 – 1905, May 2023

4. “Experimental investigation of the tensile and modal properties of epoxy based symmetric interlayer glass/carbon hybrid composite”, Material Research Express, Vol. 9, IOP Publisher, Feb 2022

5. Investigation of moisture absorption and mechanical properties of natural /glass fiber reinforced polymer hybrid composites” Materials Today Proceedings,No.5, (2018) 3000–3007, Elsevier Publications.

6. “Longitudinal and transverse compressive properties of alumina nanoparticles filled epoxy/unidirectional glass fiber composite laminate under in-plane loading” No.5 Materials Today: Proceedings 5 (2018) 2921–2927, Elsevier Publications.

7. Experimental Studies on Strength Behaviour of Notched Glass/Epoxy Laminated Composites under Uni-axial and Bi-axial Loading, Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series C - Mechanical, Production, Aerospace and Marine Engineering, November 2017, Springer Series.

8. Damping behavior of hybrid composites- A Review, Journals of Mechanical and Mechanics Engineering, Volume3, Issue 1,March 2017,pp18-31.

9. “Experimental Investigation of modal parameters of pre and post impact damaged composite laminates”, Journal of Mechanical and Mechanics Engineering Volume 3 Issue 3, pp 1-7, 2017.

10. “Identification of Elastic Constants of Polymer based Composites through Vibration Test Data”, Journal of Polymer & Composites, ISSN: 2321-2810, Volume 5, Issue 3, pp 1- 8, 2017 STM Journals.

11. “Effect of Notch diameter and fiber orientation on tensile strength of glass/epoxy laminated composites”, Journal of Mechanical and Mechanics Engineering, Vol 2, Issue 3, Sept 2016, pp 1 – 11.

12. “Enhancement of Directional Tensile Properties of Glass/Epoxy Composite using Alumina Nanoparticles”, Advanced Composites Letters, Vol 25, Issue 1, 2016, pp 16 – 21.

13. “Mid Frequency Structure-Borne Noise Modeling In A Trimmed Automotive Vehicle” Journal of Aerospace Sciences & Technologies, Aeronautical Society of India, Feb 2016.

14. “Modal Analysis and Testing of Honeycomb Sandwich Composites” Proceedings of the 33^rd IMAC, A conference and exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2015 page 237 – 242.

15. “Cutting forces during hard turning for CBN inserts: A Review” – International Journal of Analytical, Experimental and Finite Element Analysis, Issue 3, vol. 3, Sept 2015, pp 119 - 121.

16. “Effect of Damage on the Modal Parameters of Composite Plates” “Journal of Aerospace Engineering & Technology” page 1-10, STM Journals – Division of Elsevier publications, 2014.

17. “Investigation of vibration response analysis of vertical tail fin for unmanned air vehicle”. International journal of IOSR Journal of Mechanical and Civil Engineering (IOSR-JMCE) e-ISSN: 2278-1684,p-ISSN: 2320-334X, Volume 11, Issue 2, pp 30-34. April 2014.

18. “Influence of Nano-modification on the interlaminar shear strength of uni-directional glass fiber reinforced epoxy resin composite” Journal of Minerals & Materials Characterization and Engineering, Scientific Research, USA, Vol. 2, pp 264 – 269. July 2014.

19. “Evaluation of Elastic Constants of A3003 honeycomb core with varying hexagonal cell geometries through finite element approach”, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C : Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, SAGE Publications, Vol 228, issue 10, pp.1689-1700, June 2014.

Publications in National & International Conferences

1. “Neural Network prediction of stress concentration factor for r/d ratios for various cavity dimensions on Round sleeve automotive terminals” 8th IEEE International Conference, CSITSS – 2024
2. “Impact Damage Estimation and Localization in Composite Sandwich Plates Using Deep Learning”, IEEE 5th International Conference on Cybernetics, Cognition and Machine Learning Applications (ICCCMLA), December 2023
3. “Longitudinal and transverse compressive properties of alumina nanoparticles filled epoxy/unidirectional glass fiber composite laminate under in-plane loading” No.5 Materials Today: Proceedings 5, pp 2921–2927, Elsevier Publications, 2018
4. “Experimental studies on the tensile and flexural properties of epoxy-based uni-directional glass/carbon interlayer hybrid composites” AIP Conference Proceedings 2057, 020041, January 2019
5. Finite Element Fatigue Analysis of Sandwich Structure with Hybrid Composites as Facings”, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Springer Series, 2024
6. “A Review on Smart Materials and its Recent Applications”, NATCON.ME 2006, Third National Conference on Mechanical Engineering held at S.I.T, Tumkur, May 2006.
7. “Applications of Nanotechnology – Emerging Trends”, Emerging Trends in Physics, Electronics, and Engineering, National Conference in Physics, Electronics and Engineering Sciences, held at JSS College, Mysore, Sept. 25 – 26, 2006
8. Finite Element Analysis of Composite Springs for Automobile Suspension system”, , ETME, National Conference on Emerging Trends in Mechanical Engineering, held at S.V National Institute of Technology, SURAT, Gujarat, 2007
9. “Finite Element Analysis of Sandwich Beams”, 23^rd National Convention of Mechanical Engineers, Hyderabad, pp 3.41– 3.45, 10 – 12 Sept 2007.
10. “Strength & Stiffness Estimation of Sandwich Panels using Finite Element Analysis”, TEAM TECH 2007, International Conference on Total Engineering Analysis & Manufacturing Technologies, held at J.N.Tata Auditorium, IISc, Bangalore, October 2007
11. “Investigation of Strength and Stiffness Parameters of Metal Matrix Composite using Finite Element Analysis”, ICAMC, International Conference on Advanced Materials and Composites, October 24 – 26 2007, organized by National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIST) at Thiruvanathapuram, 2007.
12. Investigation on ILSS properties of Uni-directional glass fiber/alumina nanoparticles filled epoxy Nano composite at different angles of fiber orientations. 2nd International conference on nanomaterials and technologies (CNT 2014), Procedia, Material Science, Elsevier Publications
13. Evaluation of Tensile, Modal and Fracture Properties of Jute/Epoxy Natural Composites with addition of Silicon –di-oxide as filler material, International conference on recent trends in engineering and materials science, March 2016, Jaipur

Interaction with Outside World

1) Member, Board of Studies, Presidency University

2) Editorial Member, Journal of Minerals and Materials Characterization

Research projects:

Funded Projects

1) Impact testing and impact damage assessment of Sandwich panels for marine applications – Funded by Naval Research Board, New Delhi – Rs. 20.67 Lakhs Project Completed (2009)

2) Static and Impact characteristics of honeycomb sandwich panel for aerospace applications.Funded by Aeronautics Research & Development Board, New Delhi – Rs. 10.68 Lakhs.Project Completed (2012)

3) Analysis & Deformation Behavior of polymer based laminated composites with
different notches under bi-axial loading”. AR & DB, New Delhi Rs.5.55 Lakhs - Project
Sanctioned. (Project Completed in 2016)

4) “Experimental investigation of damage monitoring in Sandwich Structures using vibration
data in Aircraft Applications”. Proposal submitted to AR & DB, New Delhi for Rs.12.70
Lakhs.

5) “Low velocity impact testing and impact damage assessment of Nano-composite sandwich panels” Proposal submitted to DST under Device Development Program for Rs.26.85 Lakhs

6) “Damping Enhancement of Nanocomposites Using Carbon Nanofiber with Polyester Resin” Project submitted to AICTE – Research Promotion Scheme for Rs.21.3 Lakhs

Awards

Best technical paper award on topic “Importance of Tail rotor in a Rotary wing aircraft”, Award instituted by Aeronautical Society of India.