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Dr. Ananda Babu Arumugam

Dr. Ananda Babu Arumugam

Professor & Head of the Department, Mechanical Engineering (ME)

ananda.babu@sharda.ac.in

About

Dr. Ananda Babu is a Professor and Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering in the School of Engineering and Technology, Sharda University, India.  Dr. Ananda Babu obtained his doctorate from Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore in the area of composite structural dynamics. He obtained his B.E-Manufacturing Engineering in College of Engineering, Guindy, Chennai, and his M.E- Engineering Design in PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore from Anna University. Dr. Ananda Babu worked in Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore about eight years with various designations. He has experience of about thirteen years in both teaching and research. In addition to academics and research, he contributes to program and institutional accreditation works limited to research and outcome-based education. His area of research interest includes dynamics of composite structures, damage modeling, hybrid materials modeling, and failure analysis of structures. He has published more than forty research papers in peer-reviewed international journals with high impact factors. He has authored three monographs in his field. Dr. Ananda Babu has recently completed a SERB-DST-funded project worth INR 24.18 Lakh sanctioned on 25th March 2019. He is currently working on a funded project as a Co-PI collaboration with Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore funded by ARDB, DRDO with Rs 15.6 Lakh. He has also completed the Indo-Egypt joint research project (2016-2018) as Co-PI in Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore sponsored by DST, New Delhi. He has qualified Lifing Specialist Level 1 certified by J.S. Rao, The Vibration Institute of India, 2010. He is the Corporate Member of the Institution of Engineers, India (IEI). He has secured Elite Silver with a 5 % Topper in the course Introduction to Composites conducted by SWAYAM-NPTEL.

Experience
  • Professor, Sharda University, Greater Noida, Jan 2023 - Continuing
  • Associate Professor, Sharda University, Greater Noida, Dec 2017- Dec 2022 
  • Associate Professor, VIT University, Vellore, Oct 2015- Dec 2017
  • Assistant Professor Senior, VIT University, Vellore, Sep 2014-Oct 2015
  • Assistant Professor, VIT University, Vellore, July 2010-Aug 2014
  • Assistant Professor, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology Chennai, July 2009-Apr 2010.
     
Qualification
  • Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore (2011-2015). Thesis title: Dynamic characterization and instability analysis of rotating intact and delaminated tapered composite plates.
  • M.E in Engineering Design from P.S.G College of Technology, Anna University, Coimbatore (2007-2009- CGPA 8.73/10, First Class with Distinction).
  • B.E in Manufacturing Engineering from College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University, Chennai (2002 – 2006- CGPA 6.725/10 First Class). 
  • XII from St. Annes HSS, Tindivanam, Tamilnadu. (2001–2002, Percentage: 89.58 %). 
  • X from St. Annes HSS, Tindivanam, Tamilnadu. (1999 –2000, Percentage: 81.4 %).
     
Award & Recognition

  • Awarded Early Career Research Award by SERB, DST, India on March 2019.
  • Ongoing SERB Funded Projects as PI: 01 (SERB/ECR/2018/000827). 
  • Ongoing ARDB Funded Projects as Co-PI: 01 (ARDB/01/1051968/M/I). 
  • Completed DST Funded Projects as Co PI: 01 (DST/INT/Egypt/P-01/2016).
  • International Journals under SCI and Scopus Indexed : 31
  • International Journals Only Scopus Indexed : 02
  • Journal Papers through International Conferences Scopus Indexed: 07
  • Books/Book Chapter  Published with ISBN: 04
  • Corporate Member in Institution of Engineers, India (IEI)
  • Secured Elite Silver with 5 % Topper in the course Introduction to Composites conducted by SWAYAM-NPTEL in April 2019.
  • Ananda Babu A, Lifing Specialist Level 1 certified by J.S.Rao, The Vibration Institute of India, 2010. 

Research

International Journals

  • Kassa, M.K., Getachew, A., Singh, L.K, Ananda Babu, 2022. Dynamic Bending Characterization of Delaminated Epoxy/Glass Fiber Based Hybrid Composite Plate Reinforced with Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes. J. Vib. Eng. Technol. 10.1007/s42417-022-00556-2 (JCR Impact Factor- 2.33).
  • Kassa, M. K. and A. B. Arumugam, 2022, “Numerical and Experimental Investigation of First Ply Failure Response of MWCNTs/ Epoxy/Glass fiber Hybrid Laminated Tapered Curved Composite Panels” Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science. 10.1177/09544062221085896. (JCR Impact Factor- 1.76).
  • Kassa, M. K., Rajeshkumar S, A. B. Arumugam, 2022, "A finite element based progressive failure analysis of carbon nanotubes/polymer/fiber reinforced laminated composite tapered panels, Fibers and Polymers. (JCR Impact Factor- 2.35).
  • Tilak Rana, Kassa, M. K., A. B. Arumugam, Paul Praveen A, 2022, Influence of MWCNT Fillers on the Elastic Properties of GFRP Hybrid Honeycomb Core: Numerical Study with Experimental Verification, Fibers and Polymers. 23, 1713–1724, 10.1007/s12221-022-4849-x. (JCR Impact Factor- 2.35).
  • Ananda Babu A, Vasudevan R, P. Edwin Sudhagar, 2022, Thermal Buckling Analysis of Tapered Laminated Composite Beam: Numerical and Experimental Investigation, Polymer Composites (JCR Impact Factor- 3.53).
  • Arun Kumar, DM Reddy, Anbumani P, Ananda Babu, 2022, Prediction of influences of size and locations of delamination on dynamic characteristics of laminated composite plate using particle swarm optimization and artificial neural network, 43 (6), 3398-3411, Polymer Composites, 10.1002/pc.26624, (JCR Impact Factor- 3.53).
  • Arumugam, A. B., R. Selvaraj, M. Subramani, and R. B. Vemuluri. 2022. "Damping and Instability Characteristics of Uniform and Non-Uniform Composite Multifunctional Semi-Active Sandwich Structures Under Rotating Environment." Composites Science and Technology 219. 10.1016/j.compscitech.2021.109203(JCR Impact Factor- 9.88).
  • Maneengam, A., M. J. Siddique, R. Selvaraj, I. Kakaravada, A. B. Arumugam, L. K. Singh, and N. Kumar. 2022. "Influence of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Reinforced Honeycomb Core on Vibration and Damping Responses of Carbon Fiber Composite Sandwich Shell Structures." Polymer Composites. doi:10.1002/pc.26522. (JCR Impact Factor- 3.53).
  • Pawgi, A., A. B. Krishna, S. Gupta, P. Praveen A, A. B. Arumugam, and E. Sudhagar P. 2021. "Influence of Graphene Fillers on Vibration Characteristics of Tapered Hybrid GFRP Composite Beams Under Elevated Temperature Condition: Numerical and Experimental Study." JVC/Journal of Vibration and Control. doi:10.1177/10775463211045795. (JCR Impact Factor- 2.63).
  • Arumugam, A. B., M. Subramani, M. Dalakoti, P. Jindal, R. Selvaraj, and E. Khalife. 2021. "Dynamic Characteristics of Laminated Composite CNT Reinforced MRE Cylindrical Sandwich Shells using HSDT." Mechanics Based Design of Structures and Machines. doi:10.1080/15397734.2021.1950550. (JCR Impact Factor- 4.36).
  • Selvaraj, R., M. Ramamoorthy, and A. B. Arumugam. 2021. "Experimental and Numerical Studies on Dynamic Performance of the Rotating Composite Sandwich Panel with CNT Reinforced MR Elastomer Core." Composite Structures, 277. 10.1016/j.compstruct.2021.114560. (JCR Impact Factor- 6.6).
  • Mageshwaran Subramani, Manoharan Ramamoorthy, Ananda Babu Arumugam and Rajeshkumar Selvaraj, Free and Forced Vibration Characteristics of CNT Reinforced Composite Spherical Sandwich Shell Panels with MR Elastomer Core, International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics, 10.1142/S0219455421501364, 2021, (JCR Impact Factor- 2.96).
  • Mesfin Kebede Kassa, Arumugam Ananda Babu, Bending response analysis of agglomerated and wavy MWCNTs/fiber/polymer hybrid laminated tapered curved composite panel, Transactions of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering, 10.1139/tcsme-2021-0084, 2021, (JCR Impact Factor- 1.45).
  • Mesfin Kebede Kassa, Arumugam Ananda Babu, Micromechanical modelling and characterization of elastic behavior of CNT-reinforced polymer nanocomposites: A combined numerical approach and experimental verification, Polymer Composites-05/2020, https://doi.org/10.1002/pc.25622, (JCR Impact Factor- 3.53).
  • A. Paul Praveen, R. Vasudevan, R. Sameer, and A. Ananda Babu, Assessment of Dynamic Properties of Hybrid Ribbon Reinforced Multifunctional Composite Sandwich Plates: Numerical and Experimental Investigation, Thin-Walled Structures – 09/2019, 10.1016/j.tws.2019.106365, (JCR Impact Factor- 5.58).
  • Ananda Babu Arumugam, Vasudevan Rajamohan, Naresh Bandaru, Edwin Sudhagar P, Surajkumar G K, Vibration Analysis of a Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Uniform and Tapered Composite Beams, Archives of Acoustics, 44, 2, pp. 309–320, 2019, 10.24425/aoa.2019.128494 (JCR Impact Factor- 1.04).
  • Paul Praveen A, Vasudevan Rajamohan, Ananda Babu Arumugam, Arun Tom Mathew, Vibration analysis of a multifunctional hybrid composite honeycomb sandwich plate, Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials, 12/2018; DOI: 10.1177/1367549417708437. (JCR Impact Factor- 3.97). 
  • Vimalanand S, Venkatachalam, G, Ananda Babu A, Balamurugan, R: Dynamic characterization of the thickness tapered laminated plant fiber-reinforced polymer composite plates, Advanced Composite Materials, 1568-5519, 05/2018; DOI: 10.1080/09243046.2018.1478606. (JCR Impact Factor- 2.92).
  • Ananda Babu Arumugam, Manoharan R, Vasudevan Rajamohan, Mageshwaran S, Rajesh Kumar S: Dynamic Characterization and parametric instability analysis of rotating magnetorheological fluid composite sandwich plate subjected to periodic in-plane loading, Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials, ‎1099-6362, 03/2018; DOI: 10.1177/1099636216652573. (JCR Impact Factor- - 3.97).
  • Ananda Babu Arumugam, Vasudevan Rajamohan: Dynamic Characterization and Parametric Instability Analysis of Rotating Tapered Composite Plates Under Periodic In-Plane Loading, Iranian Journal of Science and Technology: Transaction on Mechanical Engineering, 2228-6187, (11/2017). DOI: 10.1007/s40997-017-0123-z. (JCR Impact Factor- 1.53).
  • Ananda Babu Arumugam, Vasudevan Rajamohan: Vibration analysis of rotating delaminated non-uniform composite plates, Aerospace Science and Technology, 1270-9638, 01/2017; 60, 172–182. DOI: 10.1007/s12008-016-0364-x. (JCR Impact Factor- 5.46).
  • Ananda Babu Arumugam, Vasudevan Rajamohan: Dynamic instability analysis of rotating delaminated tapered composite plates subjected to periodic in-plane loading. Archive of Applied Mechanics, 1930 – 2018, 07/2016; DOI: 10.1007/s00419-016-1162-4. (JCR Impact Factor- 2.47).
  • A. Ananda Babu, P. Edwin Sudhagar, Vasudevan R: Dynamic characterization of thickness tapered laminated composite plates. Journal of Vibration and Control, 1741-2986, 09/2016; 22(16), 3555 – 3575. DOI: 10.1177/1077546314564588. (JCR Impact Factor- 2.96). 
  • Ramesh Babu Vemuluri, Vasudevan Rajamohan, Ananda Babu Arumugam: Dynamic characterization of tapered laminated composite sandwich plates partially treated with magnetorheological elastomer. Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials, 1099-6362, 06/2016; DOI: 10.1177/1099636216652573. (JCR Impact Factor- - 3.76).
  • P. Edwin Sudhagar, A. Ananda Babu, Vasudevan Rajamohan, P. Jeyaraj: Structural optimization of rotating tapered laminated thick composite plates with ply drop-offs. International Journal of Mechanics and Materials in Design, 1573-8841, 03/2017, 13(1), 85-124; DOI: 10.1007/s10999-015-9319-9. (JCR Impact Factor- 3.56).
  • P. Edwin Sudhagar, A. Ananda Babu, R. Vasudevan, P. Jeyaraj: Vibration analysis of a tapered laminated thick composite plate with ply drop-offs. Archive of Applied Mechanics, 1930 – 2018, 07/2015; 85(7), 969 - 990. DOI: 10.1007/s00419-015-1004-9. (JCR Impact Factor- 2.47). 
  • Ananda Babu Arumugam, Mageshwaran Subramani, Manish Dalakoti, Prakhar Jindald, Rajeshkumar Selvaraj, and Esmail Khalife, Dynamic characteristics of laminated composite CNT reinforced MRE cylindrical sandwich shells using HSDT; Mechanics based design of structures and machines, 10.1080/15397734.2021.1950550, 2021. (JCR Impact Factor- 4.36)

International Journals Scopus Only Indexed

  • Mageshwaran S, Ananda Babu A, Manoharan R: Vibration analysis of carbon fiber reinforced laminated composite skin with glass honeycomb sandwich beam using HSDT, Periodica Polytechnica Mechanical Engineering, 1587-379X, 07/2017, 61(3), 213-224; DOI:10.3311/PPme.9747. 
  • Ananda Babu Arumugam, Arun Pandey, Vasudevan R, Edwin Sudhagar P: Finite element vibration analysis of rotating laminated composite beam with varying cross-section using HSDT, International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing (IJIDeM), 1955-2505, 08/2017; 11(3), 703-712, DOI: 10.1007/s12008-016-0364-x. 

International Conference Papers Published in Scopus Indexed Journals

  • S Chowdhary, B Tafesse, Ananda Babu A, G Muthukumaran, Prediction of influences of MWCNT fillers on the vibration characteristics of laminated hybrid honeycomb core sandwich GFRP composite plate, Materials Today: Proceedings, 2021, 10.1016/j.matpr.2021.05.110.
  • S Chowdhary, B Tafesse, MK Kebede, Ananda Babu Arumugam, Bending behavior of laminated honeycomb core sandwich GFRP composite plate hybrid with MWCNT fillers, AIP Conference Proceedings, 2021, 10.1063/5.0050712.
  • Paul Praveen A, Jatin N V, Raveen S M, Vasudevan R, Ananda Babu A, Edwin Sudhagar P: Comparison of Shear Rigidity of Epoxy and Vinyl Ester Reinforced Hybrid Honeycomb Core, Materials Today: Proceedings, 22P4, (2020), 2378-2385.
  • Mesfin Kebede Kassa, Ananda Babu A, Tilak Rana: Three-phase modelling and characterization of elastic behavior of MWCNT reinforced GFRP composites: A combined numerical and experimental study, Materials Today: Proceedings, (2020) DOI:10.1016/j.matpr.2020.01.152
  • A. Paul Praveen, M. A. Moheez, M. M. Manjunath, A. Ananda Babu, and R. Vasudevan, Evaluation of shear properties of carbon nanotube-reinforced functionally graded honeycomb composite materials, AIP Conference Proceedings 2057, 020067 (2019).
  • B. Naresh, A. Ananda Babu, P. Edwin Sudhagar, A. Anisa Thaslim, R. Vasudevan: Free Vibration Analysis of a Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Composite Beam. Applied Mechanics and Materials, 1662-7482, 07/2014; 592-594, 2051-2055. 
  • Aayush Chandrawanshi, S. Bhaiyat, A. Jain, A. Ananda Babu, P. Edwin Sudhagar,                    R.Vasudevan: Free Vibration Analysis of a Width Tapered Laminated Composite Beam. Applied Mechanics and Materials, 1662-7482, 07/2014; 592-594, 2046-2050.         

Book Chapters

  • Mesfin Kebede, Ananda Babu A, Bhim Singh, Prediction of Thermo-Mechanical Properties of MWCNT-Reinforced GFRP and Its Thermo-Elastic Response Analysis in Laminated Composite Plate", ISBN: 978-981-15-2646-6, Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, Vol. 174, April 2020. (Scopus Indexed)
  • Ananda Babu A, Vasudevan R, P. Edwin Sudhagar, Instability analysis of rotating delaminated tapered composite plates, ISBN: 978-620-2-07747-7, Lap Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany, December 2017.
  • P. Edwin Sudhagar, Ananda Babu A, Vasudevan R,  Structural optimization of rotating tapered laminated composite plates, ISBN: 978-620-2-09518-1, Lap Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany, December 2017. 
  • Muthukumaran G, Ananda Babu A, Maria Antoine Pushparaj C, Thermal and vibration analysis of high-speed motorized spindle, ISBN: 978-3-659-23549-8, Lap Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany September 2012.

Funded Projects

Completed:

  • PI: Ananda Babu A, (Host Institution: Sharda University, Greater Noida)          Project Title: “Mechanical Characterization of Multi-functional CNT Reinforced Hybrid Honeycomb Core and its Failure Response Assessment in Integrated Composite Sandwich Shell Subjected to Combined Loading”, Funding Agency: SERB under ECR Sanction Amount: Rs. 24.18 Lakh Status: Ongoing from 25th March 2019 to 24th March 2022.
  • PI: R Vasudevan (Host Institution: VIT, Vellore) Co-PI: Ananda Babu A, Project title: Nonlinear dynamic characterization of Multifunctional CNT Reinforced Honeycomb Hybrid Core Sandwich Composite Plates under Hygrothermal Environment Funding Agency: ARDB, DRDO, Bangalore Sanction Amount: Rs. 15.6 Lakh Status: Ongoing from 03 Nov 2020 to 02 Nov 2022.
  • PI: S. Devendiran (Host Institution: VIT, Vellore) Co-PI: Ananda Babu A, Project Title: Damping enhancement of laminated composite plate using CNT, Funding Agency: India- Egypt Joint Proposal-DST, Sanction Amount: Rs. 6.5 lakh Status: Completed 7th Oct 2016 – 30th Oct 2018.

Consulting work:

  • Working on the consulting problems through Sharda University- Advance Valves, Noida collaboration. (a) Structural analysis of triple offset butterfly valves at elevated temperature (b) Structural analysis of axial flow check valve at elevated temperature.

Certifications

  • Ananda Babu A, Lifing Specialist Level 1 certified by J.S.Rao, The Vibration Institute of India, 2010.

Area of Interest

  • Dynamics of Composite Structures, 
  • Damage Modelling, 
  • Hybrid Composite Materials Modelling 
  • Failure Analysis of Structures
  • Bio-Inspired composite materials