Dr. P. Rajesh Kanna
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Dr. P. Rajesh Kanna

Professor
Velammal College of Engineering and Technology, India

Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Fluid Thermal Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India

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Area of Interest:

Physical Science Engineering
100%
Mechanical Engineering
62%
Fluid Dynamics
90%
CFD
75%
Heat Transfer
55%

Research Publications in Numbers

Books
0
Chapters
1
Articles
73
Abstracts
1

Selected Publications

  1. Kanna, R.P., M. Sivasubramanian and M. Uthayakumar, 2017. Numerical investigation of forced convection heat transfer from square cylinders in a channel covered by solid wall-conjugate situation. FME Trans., 45: 16-25.
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  2. Kanna, P.R., M. Sivasubramanian, P.M. Prabu and M. Uthayakumar, 2017. Numerical simulation of steady flow and forced convection heat transfer from two offset square cylinders placed in a channel. Arabian J. Sci. Eng., 42: 1795-1815.
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  3. Kalidasan, K. and P.R. Kanna, 2017. Natural convection on an open square cavity containing diagonally placed heaters and adiabatic square block and filled with hybrid nanofluid of nanodiamond-cobalt oxide/water. Int. Commun. Heat Mass Transfer, 81: 64-71.
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  4. Sivasubramanian, M., P.R. Kanna, S. Rajesh and M. Uthayakumar, 2016. Experimental investigation on heat transfer enhancement from a channel with square blocks and identification of most influencing parameters using Taguchi approach. Proc. Inst. Mech. Eng. Part C: J. Mech. Eng. Sci., 230: 3253-3266.
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  5. Muthukannan, M., P.R. Kanna, S. Jeyakumar and A. Bajpai, 2016. Flow field and heat transfer investigation of a confined laminar slot air jet on a solid block. J. Applied Fluid Mech., 9: 1679-1694.
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  6. Kolsi, L., K. Kalidasan, A. Alghamdi, M.N. Borjini and P.R. Kanna, 2016. Natural convection and entropy generation in a cubical cavity with twin adiabatic blocks filled by aluminum oxide-water nanofluid. Numer. Heat Transfer Part A: Applic., 70: 242-259.
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  7. Kalidasan, K., R. Velkennedy and P.R. Kanna, 2016. Natural convection heat transfer enhancement using nanofluid and time-variant temperature on the square enclosure with diagonally constructed twin adiabatic blocks. Applied Thermal Eng., 92: 219-235.
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  8. Kalidasan, K. and P.R. Kanna, 2016. Effective utilization of MWCNT-water nanofluid for the enhancement of laminar natural convection inside the open square enclosure. J. Taiwan Inst. Chem. Eng., 65: 331-340.
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  9. Sivasubramanian, M., P.R. Kanna, M. Uthayakumar and P. Ganesan, 2015. Experimental investigation on heat transfer enhancement from a channel mounted with staggered blocks. Arabian J. Sci. Eng. 10.1007/s13369-015-1570-8.
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  10. Ramanathan, S., M.R. Thansekhar, P.R. Kanna and S.S. Narayanan, 2015. Analysis of the fluid flow in 3D symmetric enlarged channel. Applied Mech. Mater., 813-814: 652-657.
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  11. Prabu, P.M., M. Sivasubramanian, P.R. Kanna, M. Uthayakumar and K.P. Padmanaban, 2015. Numerical investigation of forced convection heat transfer from offset square cylinders placed in a three dimensional confined channel. Applied Mech. Mater., 813-814: 729-735.
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  12. Kanna, P.R., J. Taler, V. Anbumalar, A.V.S. Kumar, A. Pushparaj and D.S. Christopher, 2015. Numerical investigation of conjugate heat transfer from sudden expansion using nano fluid. Numerical Heat Transfer Part A, 67: 75-99.
  13. Kalidasan, K., R. Velkennedy and P.R. Kanna, 2015. Laminar natural convection inside the open, forward-facing stepped rectangular enclosure with a partition and time-variant temperature on the stepped top wall. Int. Commun. Heat Mass Transfer, 67: 124-136.
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  14. Prakash, M.A., K. Mayilsamy and P.R. Kanna, 2014. Numerical simulation of two dimensional laminar wall jet flow over solid obstacle. Applied Mech. Mater., 592: 1935-1939.
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  15. Muthukannan, M., P.R. Kanna, A. Bajpai and S. Jeyakumar, 2014. Numerical investigation on the fluid flow characteristics of a laminar slot jet on solid block mounted on a horizontal surface. Arabian J. Sci. Eng., 39: 8077-8098.
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  16. Mohammed, H.A., A.A. Al-Aswadi, H.I. Abu-Mulaweh, A.K. Hussein and P.R. Kanna, 2014. Mixed convection over a backward-facing step in a vertical duct using nanofluids-buoyancy opposing case. J. Comput. Theor. Nanosci., 11: 860-872.
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  17. Kanna, P.R., V. Anbumalar, M. Krishnakumar, A. Ramakrishnan, S.A. Pushparaj and A.S. Kumar, 2014. Numerical investigation of mixed convection heat transfer from block mounted on a cavity. Arabian J. Sci. Eng., 39: 9187-9204.
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  18. Kalidasan, K., R. Velkennedy and P.R. Kanna, 2014. Numerical investigation on natural convection inside the side ventilated square enclosure with vertical mid-partition. Numerical Heat Transfer Part A: Applic., 66: 1389-1418.
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  19. Kalidasan, K., R. Velkennedy and P.R. Kanna, 2014. Buoyancy enhanced natural convection inside the ventilated square enclosure with a partition and an overhanging transverse baffle. Int. Commun. Heat Mass Transfer, 56: 121-132.
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  20. Gavara, M. and P.R. Kanna, 2014. Three-dimensional study of natural convection in a horizontal channel with discrete heaters on one of its vertical walls. Heat Transfer Eng., 35: 1235-1245.
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  21. Gavara, M. and P.R. Kanna, 2012. Study of conjugate natural convection between vertical coaxial rectangular cylinders. Int. Commun. Heat Mass Transfer, 39: 904-912.
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  22. Christopher, D.S., P.R. Kanna, G.R. Madhusudhana, P. Venkumar and H.A. Mohammed, 2012. Numerical investigation of heat transfer from a two-dimensional sudden expansion flow using nanofluids. Numerical Heat Transfer Part A: Applic., 61: 527-546.
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  23. Christopher, D.S., G.R. Madhusudhana, P. Venkumar, P.R. Kanna and H.A. Mohammed, 2012. Numerical investigation on laminar forced convection flow due to sudden expansion using nanofluids. J. Comput. Theor. Nanosci., 9: 1-11.
  24. Sivasamy, A., V. Selladurai and P.R. Kanna, 2010. Mixed convection on jet impingement cooling of a constant heat flux horizontal porous layer. Int. J. Thermal Sci., 49: 1238-1246.
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  25. Sivasamy, A., V. Selladurai and P.R. Kanna, 2010. Jet impingement cooling of a constant heat flux horizontal surface in a confined porous medium: Mixed convection regime. Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 53: 5847-5855.
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  26. Chern, M.J., P.R. Kanna, Y.J. Lu, I.C. Cheng and S.C. Chang, 2010. A CFD study of the interaction of oscillatory flows with a pair of side-by-side cylinders. J. Fluids Struct., 26: 626-643.
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  27. Raja, K.K., M.K. Das and P.R. Kanna, 2009. Numerical study of mixed convection in a two-dimensional laminar incompressible offset jet flow. Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 52: 1023-1035.
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  28. Noor, D.Z., P.R. Kanna and M.J. Chern, 2009. Flow and heat transfer in a driven square cavity with double-sided oscillating lids in anti-phase. Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 52: 3009-3023.
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  29. Kanna, P.R. and M.K. Das, 2009. Effect of geometry on the conjugate heat transfer of wall jet flow over backward-facing step. J. Heat Transfer, 131: 1-7.
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  30. Kanna, P.R. and M.K. Das, 2008. Heat transfer study of two-dimensional laminar incompressible offset jet flows. Int. J. Thermal Sci., 47: 1620-1629.
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  31. Sivasamy, A., V. Selladurai and P.R. Kanna, 2007. Numerical simulation of two‐dimensional laminar slot‐jet impingement flows confined by a parallel wall. Int. J. Numerical Methods Fluids, 55: 965-983.
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  32. Raja, K.K., P.R. Kanna and M.K. Das, 2007. Numerical simulation of mixed convection in a two-dimensional laminar plane wall jet flow. Numerical Heat Transfer Part A: Applic., 52: 621-642.
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  33. Raja, K.K., M.K. Das and P.R. Kanna, 2007. Transient study of buoyancy-assisted mixed convection in laminar plane wall jet flow. Int. Commun. Heat Mass Transfer, 34: 809-819.
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  34. Kanna, P.R. and M.K Das, 2007. Conjugate heat transfer study of two-dimensional laminar incompressible wall jet over backward-facing step. J. Heat Transfer, 129: 220-231.
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  35. Das, M.K. and P.R. Kanna, 2007. Application of an ADI scheme for steady and periodic solutions in a lid-driven cavity problem. Int. J. Numerical Methods Heat Fluid Flow, 17: 799-822.
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  36. Kanna, P.R. and M.K. Das, 2006. Heat transfer study of two-dimensional laminar incompressible wall jet over backward-facing step. Numerical Heat Transfer Part A: Applic., 50: 165-187.
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  37. Kanna, P.R. and M.K. Das, 2006. Conjugate heat transfer study of backward-facing step flow-a benchmark problem. Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 49: 3929-3941.
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  38. Kanna, P.R. and M.K. Das, 2006. A short note on the reattachment length for BFS problem. Int. J. Numerical Methods Fluids. 50: 683-692.
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  39. Kanna, P.R. and M.K. Das, 2006. A short note on the entrainment and exit boundary conditions. Int. J. Numerical Methods Fluids, 50: 973-985.
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  40. Kanna, P.R. and M.K. Das, 2005. Numerical simulation of two-dimensional laminar incompressible offset jet flows. Int. J. Numerical Methods Fluids, 49: 439-464.
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  41. Kanna, P.R. and M.K. Das, 2005. Conjugate heat transfer study of two-dimensional laminar incompressible offset jet flows. Numerical Heat Transfer Part A: Applic., 48: 671-691.
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  42. Kanna, P.R. and M.K. Das, 2005. Conjugate forced convection heat transfer from a flat plate by laminar plane wall jet flow. Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 48: 2896-2910.
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