Dr. Ram Prakash Bharti

Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
The University of Melbourne, Parkville 3010, VIC, Australia 		E-mail: Click here
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:: Academic Profile ::
  • Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering)
 2007       Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, India
  • M.Tech. (Chemical Engineering)
 2002 Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, India
  • B.Tech. (Chemical Engineering)
2000 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering & Technology (SLIET), Longowal, India.
  • Diploma (Chemical Technology)
 1997 Government Polytechnic Budaun (Board of Technical Education, Lucknow) India.

:: Research Interests ::
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Microfluidics, Biofluidics
  • Hydrodynamics and Heat Transfer
  • Bluff bodies flow, Non-Newtonian fluids flow, Electrokinetic flow
  • Algorithm development for non-Newtonian flow simulation

:: Professional Experience ::

  • May 2007 - Present:
        Post-Doctoral Research Fellow. Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Australia. [Mentor: A/Prof. Malcolm R Davidson]
  • Jan 2007 - April 2007:
   Senior Project Associate. Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kanpur, India [Mentor: Prof. Vinayak Eswaran]
  • 2002-2006:
   Doctoral Student/Teaching Assistant. Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Kanpur, India [Ph.D. Supervisors: Profs. Raj P Chhabra & Vinayak Eswaran]
  • 2000-2002:
   Masters Student/Teaching Assistant. Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Bombay, India [M.Tech. Supervisors: Profs. Hemant Nanavati & K. Moudgalya]

:: Research Fellowships/ Awards ::

 
  • 2007 - 2009:
        Post-doctoral research fellowship at University of Melbourne, Australia.
  • 2006:
   Cash award for research publications 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.

:: Outside Seminars ::

  • National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune, India (Nov. 7, 2006).

:: List of Publications :: [16: International Journals; 7: Conferences (Abstracts/Proceedings)]

(A) Refereed International Journals

2009
  1. A.T. Srinivas, R.P. Bharti and R.P. Chhabra. Mixed convection heat transfer from a cylinder in power-law fluids: Effect of aiding buoyancy. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, xx(xx), in press 2009, xxxx-xxxx. DOI:10.1021/ie801892m
  2. V.K. Patnana, R.P. Bharti and R.P. Chhabra. Two-dimensional unsteady flow of power-law fluids over a cylinder. Chemical Engineering Science, 64(12), 2978-2999, 2009.
  3. 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, 30(4), 804-811, 2009.
2008
  1. M.R. Davidson, R.P. Bharti, P. Liovic and D.J.E. Harvie. Electroviscous effects in low Reynolds number flow through a microfluidic contraction with rectangular cross-section. International Journal of Fluid and Thermal Engineering, 1(2) 62-66, 2008.
  2. 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. PDF (1.3MB)
  3. 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. PDF (866KB)
  4. 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. PDF (1.8MB)
  5. 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. PDF (1.0MB)
2007
  1. 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. PDF (1.2MB)
  2. 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 Research, 46(11), 3820-3840, 2007. PDF (1.5MB)
  3. P. Sivakumar, R.P. Bharti and R.P. Chhabra. Steady flow of power-law fluids across an unconfined elliptic cylinders. Chemical Engineering Science, 62(6), 1682-1702, 2007. PDF (3.1MB)
  4. 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. PDF (1.4MB)
  5. 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. PDF (460KB)
2006
  1. 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. PDF (377KB)
  2. 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. PDF (2.3MB)
2004
  1. 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. PDF (333KB)
(B) Conferences (*Presented by)
  1. M.R. Davidson*, R.P. Bharti and D.J.E. Harvie. Electroviscous effects in steady flow of a shear-thinning Carreau liquid through a microfluidic contraction. 2nd South-East European Conference on Computational Mechanics (SEECCM 2009). An IACM-ECCOMAS Special Interest Conference. M. Papadrakakis, M. Kojic, V. Papadopoulos (Eds.) Rhodes, Greece, 22-24 June 2009.
  2. R.P. Bharti*, D.J.E. Harvie and M.R. Davidson. Fully Developed Flow of Power-law Fluid through a Cylindrical Microfluidic Pipe: Pressure Drop and Electroviscous Effects. ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Conference(FEDSM2008), 7th Symposium on Transport Phenomena in Manufacturing Processes, August 10-14, 2008. Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
  3. R.C. Patil, R.P. Bharti* and R.P. Chhabra. Forced Convection in Cross Flow of Power-law Fluids over a Pair of Circular Cylinder in Tandem Arrangement. ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Conference (FEDSM2008), 7th Symposium on Transport Phenomena in Manufacturing Processes August 10-14, 2008. Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
  4. M.R. Davidson, R.P. Bharti, P. Liovic and D.J.E. Harvie. Electroviscous effects in low Reynolds number flow through a microfluidic contraction with rectangular cross-section. FMHT 2008: 5th International Conference on Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer and Thermodynamics July 4-6, 2008. Paris, France. Proceedings of World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology (PWASET), Volume 30, Pages 256-260, July 2008.
  5. P. Sivakumar, R.P. Bharti* and R.P. Chhabra. Steady power-law flow over a circular cylinder. Recent Advances in Computational Mechanics and Simulations, Vol. II, Paper No. 170, Pages 1254-1260, Proceedings of 2nd International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulations (ICCMS-06), IIT Guwahati-781039, India, December 8-10, 2006.
  6. R.P. Bharti*, R.P. Chhabra and V. Eswaran. Forced convection heat transfer to non-Newtonian fluids from a heated circular cylinder. CHEMCON 2005: 58th Annual Session of the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, IIT Delhi, New Delhi, India, December 14-17, 2005.
  7. R.P. Bharti, A.K. Dhiman, S.D. Dhole, R.P. Chhabra and V. Eswaran. Steady flow and forced convection heat transfer to non-Newtonian power-law fluids from heated complex geometries. CSChE 2005: 55th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, October 16-19, 2005.
(C) Theses
  1. Ram Prakash, "Steady Flow of Incompressible Power-Law Fluids across a Circular Cylinder: A Numerical Study". Ph.D. Thesis,  Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India. Dec 2006. Download Thesis (PDF, 25.7 MB)
  2. Ram Prakash, "Monte Carlo Analysis of Molecular Weight Distribution of Vinyl Acetate Emulsion Polymers". M.Tech. Thesis, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India. Jan 2002.