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Prof. Chilukoti Hari Krishna

Assistant Professor Gr-I

Department of Mechanical Engineering

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Room No: B257 +91-870-2462320 chk@nitw.ac.in Bio Sketch

    Key Notes

    • Journal(s): 21
    • Conference(s): 1
    • PhD: Current - 2

    22

    PUBLICATIONS

    2

    DOCTORAL STUDENTS

    1

    PROJECT

    Research Areas

    Evaporation, Phase change materials
    Interfacial phenomenon, 2D materials,
    Nanoscale heat transfer, Mass transfer, Molecular dynamics
    EDUCATION QUALIFICATION
    Degree Institute Year
    Doctor of Philosophy Tohoku University 2014
    Master of Technology IIT Guwahati 2010
    Bachelor of Technology Acharya Nagarjuna University 2008
    COURSES HANDLED
    Course L-T-P Credit Degree Level
    Vehicle Body & Safety Systems(ME56021) 3-0-0 3 PG
    Advanced Heat and Mass Transfer(ME16005) 3-0-0 3 UG, PG
    Design and Optimization of Thermal Systems(ME16054) 3-0-0 3 UG, PG
    Non-Conventional Energy Sources(ME411) 3-0-0 3 UG
    Design of Heat Transfer Equipment(ME16032) 3-0-0 3 UG, PG
    Thermal Machines(ME306) 3-0-0 3 UG
    Experimental Methods in Thermal Engineering(ME5104) 3-0-0 3 PG
    Design of Heat Transfer Equipment(ME5166) 3-0-0 3 UG, PG
    Vehicle Body Engineering(ME5503) 3-0-0 3 PG
    Rocket Propulsion(ME5169) 3-0-0 3 PG
    Design and Optimization of Thermal Systems(ME5152) 3-0-0 3 PG
    Refrigeration Technology(ME5111) 3-0-0 3 PG
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    PUBLICATIONS
    Journal(s)
    Molecular dynamics study of structure and mass transport at liquid n-Eicosane/hBN interfaces, By Sai Charan Ravula and Hari Krishna Chilukoti, Taylor & Francis, Molecular Simulation, vol.51, pp.1-16, 2025
    Predicting thermophysical properties of alkanes and refrigerants using machine learning algorithms, By Kiran Rathod, Sai Charan Ravula, Prasanna Sai Chandra Kommireddi, Rahul Thangeda, Gota Kikugawa, Hari Krishna Chilukoti, Elsevier, Fluid Phase Equilibria, vol.578, pp.114016, 2024
    Suppressing the rebound of impacting droplets from solvophobic surfaces by polymer additives: polymer adsorption and molecular mechanisms, By Eunsang Lee, Hari Krishna Chilukoti, Florian Müller-Plathe, Royal Society of Chemistry, Soft Matter, vol.17, pp.6952-6963, 2021
    Rebound suppression of a droplet impacting on a supersolvophobic surface by a small amount of polymer additives, By Eunsang Lee, Hari Krishna Chilukoti, Florian Müller-Plathe, American Chemical Society, ACS Macro Letters, vol.10, pp.192-196, 2021
    Effect of Defects on the Interfacial Thermal Conductance between n-Heneicosane in Solid and Liquid Phases and a Graphene Monolayer, By Tianhang Zhou, Hari Krishna Chilukoti, Zhenghao Wu, Florian Müller-Plathe, American Chemical Society, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, vol.125, pp.14149-14162, 2021
    Sequence-engineering polyethylene–polypropylene copolymers with high thermal conductivity using a molecular-dynamics-based genetic algorithm, By Tianhang Zhou, Zhenghao Wu, Hari Krishna Chilukoti, Florian Müller-Plathe, American Chemical Society, Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, vol.17, pp.3772-3782, 2021
    A molecular dynamics study on the thermal rectification effect at the solid-liquid interfaces between the face-cented cubic (FCC) of gold (Au) with the surfaces of (100), (110) and (111) crystal planes facing the liquid methane (CH4), By A.R.b. Saleman, H.K. Chilukoti, G. Kikugawa, and T. Ohara, Taylor & Francis, Molecular Simulation, vol.45, pp.68-79, 2019
    Thermal Energy Transport across the Interface between Phase Change Material n-Heneicosane in Solid and Liquid Phases and Few-Layer Graphene, By Hari Krishna Chilukoti, Tianhang Zhou, Vikram Reddy Ardham, Michael C Böhm, Florian Müller-Plathe, American Chemical Society, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, vol.123, pp.29192-29202, 2019
    Application of reverse nonequilibrium molecular dynamics to the calculation of the mutual diffusion coefficient of alkane mixtures, By Hari Krishna Chilukoti, Florian Müller-Plathe, Hua Yang, American Chemical Society, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol.122, pp.9210-9217, 2018
    A molecular dynamics study on the thermal energy transfer and momentum transfer at the solid-liquid interfaces between gold and sheared liquid alkanes, By A.R.b. Saleman, H.K. Chilukoti, G. Kikugawa, M. Shibahara and T. Ohara, Elsevier, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, vol.120, pp.273-288, 2017
    A molecular dynamics study on the thermal transport properties and the structure of the solid-liquid interfaces between Face Centered Cubic (FCC) crystal planes of gold in contact with linear alkane liquids, By A.R.b. Saleman, H.K. Chilukoti, G. Kikugawa, M. Shibahara and T. Ohara, Elsevier, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, vol.105, pp.168-179, 2017
    Mass transport and structure of liquid n-alkane mixtures in the vicinity of α-quartz substrate, By H.K. Chilukoti, G. Kikugawa and T. Ohara, The Royal Society Of Chemistry, RSC Advances, vol.6, pp.99704-99713, 2016
    Structure and mass transport characteristics at the intrinsic liquid–vapor interfaces of alkanes, By Hari Krishna Chilukoti, Gota Kikugawa, Taku Ohara, American Chemical Society, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol.120, pp.7207-7216, 2016
    Self-diffusion coefficient and structure of binary n-alkane mixtures at the liquid-vapor interfaces, By H.K. Chilukoti, G. Kikugawa and T. Ohara, American Chemical Society, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol.119, pp.13177-13184, 2015
    Local thermal transport of liquid alkanes in the vicinity of α-quartz solid surfaces and thermal resistance over the interfaces: A molecular dynamics study, By H.K. Chilukoti, G. Kikugawa, M. Shibahara and T. Ohara, American Physical Society, Physical Review E, vol.91, pp.052404, 2015
    Structure and transport properties of liquid alkanes in the vicinity of α-quartz surfaces, By H.K. Chilukoti, G. Kikugawa and T. Ohara, Elsevier, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, vol.79, pp.846-857, 2014
    Analysis of radiative transport in a 2-d cylindrical participating medium subjected to collimated radiation, By S.C. Mishra, R. Singh, P. Agarwal and H.K. Chilukoti, Elsevier, Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A, vol.66, pp.884-903, 2014
    A molecular dynamics study on transport properties and structure at the liquid–vapor interfaces of alkanes, By Hari Krishna Chilukoti, Gota Kikugawa, Taku Ohara, Elsevier, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, vol.59, pp.144-154, 2013
    Analysis of radiative transport in a cylindrical enclosure - An application of the modified discrete ordinate method, By S.C. Mishra and H.K. Chilukoti, Elsevier, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, vol.112, pp.1065-1081, 2011
    Analysis of conduction and radiation heat transfer in a 2-D cylindrical medium using the modified discrete ordinate method and the lattice Boltzmann method, By S.C. Mishra, H.K. Chilukoti and M.Y. Kim, Elsevier, , Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A, vol.60, pp.254-287, 2011
    Lattice Boltzmann method and modified discrete ordinate method applied to radiative transport in a spherical medium with and without conduction, By S.C. Mishra, H.K. Chilukoti and M.Y. Kim, Elsevier, Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A, vol.58, pp.852-881, 2010
    Conference(s)
    Investigation of thermal resistance and heat conduction at α-quartz-liquid alkane interfaces using nonequilibrium molecular dynamics simulations By H.K. Chilukoti, G. Kikugawa, M. Shibahara and T. Ohara, 15th International Heat Transfer Conference, 2014
    PROJECT / CONSULTANCY
    Understanding And Manipulating Heat Transfer Over The Interface Between Polymers And Hexagonal Boron Nitride: Investigation Using Molecular Dynamics Simulation
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Type: Research
    Sponsor: DST
    Project Cost (INR): 13.4
    Date of Commencement: 22-12-2021   Date of Completion: 21-12-2023
    Duration: 24 Months
    Status: Completed
    RESEARCH FELLOWS / PhD STUDENTS
    Current PhD Students
    HN Manjunath
    Area of Research: Heat Transfer
    Sai Charan Ravula
    Area of Research: Heat transfer
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