Springer Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering: Select Proceedings of ICRAME 2020 (Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering)

This book presents the select proceedings of the International Conference on Recent Advancements in Mechanical Engineering (ICRAME 2020). It provides a comprehensive overview of the various technical challenges faced, their systematic investigation, contemporary developments, and future perspectives in the domain of mechanical engineering. The book covers a wide array of topics including fluid flow techniques, compressible flows, waste management and waste disposal, bio-fuels, renewable energy, cryogenic applications, computing in applied mechanics, product design, dynamics and control of structures, fracture and failure mechanics, solid mechanics, finite element analysis, tribology, nano-mechanics and MEMS, robotics, supply chain management and logistics, intelligent manufacturing system, rapid prototyping and reverse engineering, quality control and reliability, conventional and non-conventional machining, and ergonomics. This book can be useful for students and researchers interested in mechanical engineering and its allied fields. From the Back Cover This book presents the select proceedings of the International Conference on Recent Advancements in Mechanical Engineering (ICRAME 2020). It provides a comprehensive overview of the various technical challenges faced, their systematic investigation, contemporary developments, and future perspectives in the domain of mechanical engineering. The book covers a wide array of topics including fluid flow techniques, compressible flows, waste management and waste disposal, bio-fuels, renewable energy, cryogenic applications, computing in applied mechanics, product design, dynamics and control of structures, fracture and failure mechanics, solid mechanics, finite element analysis, tribology, nano-mechanics and MEMS, robotics, supply chain management and logistics, intelligent manufacturing system, rapid prototyping and reverse engineering, quality control and reliability, conventional and non-conventional machining, and ergonomics. This book can be useful for students and researchers interested in mechanical engineering and its allied fields. About the Author Prof. K.M. Pandey obtained B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from BHUIT, Varanasi now known as IIT BHU in 1980. Dr. Pandey also did M.Tech in Heat Power from the same institute in 1987. Prior to joining REC Silchar, Dr. Pandey served in BIT Mesra, Ranchi, as associate lecturer for a period of 3 years and 6 months. Dr. Pandey did his PhD in mechanical engineering in 1994 from IIT Kanpur. He has published and presented more than 325 papers in international and national journals and conferences. Dr. Pandey has also served in Colombo Plan Staff College Manila, Philippines, in the year 2002 as faculty consultant seconded by Government of India. Currently, he is working as professor in department of mechanical engineering of National Institute of Technology, Silchar, Assam, India. He has also served the department in the capacity of head for two terms of 3 years. He has also served as member of Board of Governors of BIT Silchar for two terms. His research interest areas are combustion, high speed flows, technical education, heat transfer, internal combustion engines, human resource management, gas dynamics and numerical simulations in CFD area from commercial softwares. Dr. Pandey has got more than 70 SCI-indexed journal papers and more than 150 research articles are indexed in Scopus. His h-index in Scopus is 17; and 23 in google scholar. He has guided 14 students for PhD and 89 students for M.Tech so far. Prof. R.D. Misra received his B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Jorhat Engineering College under Dibrugarh University in 1991, M.Tech. in Energy Studies from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi in 1996, and Ph. D. in Thermal Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee in 2004. He has joined as faculty in Mechanical Engineering in the National Institute of Technol