Experimental study of flow-induced pipe vibrations with guided end conditions

Shankarachar M. Sutar is a senior scientist at the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR) in Hyderabad, India. He has more than 20 years of research and development experience in mechanical systems design, process plant equipment design and CAD/CFD in structural/piping analysis. He received a BE degree in mechanical engineering from Gulbarga University in Karnataka, India and an MTech degree in design and production engineering from NIT in Durgapur, India. He is pursuing a PhD from Osmania University on the topic of vibration and instability of elastically restrained pipe/carbon nanotube conveying fluid.

M. Radhakrishna is a chief scientist and head of the mechanical design and engineering group at CSIR. He has more than 25 years of experience in the mechanical design of process equipment, design and analysis of piping systems, detailed and project engineering of process plants, design audit of components conforming to ASME Division 2 requirements, and process safety management of chemical plants. His research interests include the dynamics of pipes and expansion bellows. He has also developed theoretical models that compute vibrations of pipes and bellows for different boundary conditions considering pressure, welding, temperature and velocity effects. Dr. Radhakrishna holds a PhD in mechanical engineering from Osmania University, an MS degree in mechanical engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University and a BS degree in mechanical engineering from Osmania University.

P. Ramesh Babu is an associate professor at the mechanical engineering department at Osmania University. He has more than 20 years of teaching experience in mechanical engineering and two years of industrial research and development experience in mechanical engineering. He holds a PhD in mechanical engineering from IIT Khragpur, an MS degree in mechanical engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University and a BS degree in mechanical engineering from Andhra University.