Phanindra Paravastu

Projects


Mountains

Particle-based simulation of fluid-structure interaction

Fluid-structure interaction (FSI) is a phenomenon widespread in science and engineering, ranging from biomedical to aeronautics applications among many others. In spite of this great relevance, FSI models have struggled to account for two aspects:

1. Incorporating structural failure.
2. Incorporating complex contitutive behavior of the solid.

We have developed a novel particle-based framework to model FSI problems that can incorporate both the above aspects with ease.

Lights

Learning interaction force in particle simulations using deep learning

Particle-based simulations involve treating a domain (solid or a fluid for instance) as a bunch of particles that are interacting with each other in a certain fashion. Upon training with particle trajectory data, the proposed ANN learns the interaction force.

Nature

Does nature always prefer a least resistance path? - An experiment

There are many controversial hypotheses regarding the teleological nature of the universe, i.e. the universe evolves with an end goal in mind. We explore one such hypothesis.

Mountains

Estimating the life of ball bearings in electric drives

Ball bearings in electric drives are subject to electric erosion, which causes small pits on the surface. This reduces the life of the ball bearings.

Mountains

Exploring fractal-inspired heat exchanger geometries

Heat exchangers are widely used in various industries. We explore novel heat exchanger geometries inspired by space filling fractal curves.