BALAMURUGAN G DR

Dr Balamurugan Gopalsamy  has obtained Bachelors (1991) and Master Degrees (1995) in Mechanical  Engineering from College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University, Chennai. He completed PhD (2011) in Mechanical Engineering from NIT, Duragpur under German DAAD Sandwitch  Program , RWTH, Aachen, Germany.  He worked as Research Engineer at Fraunhofer Institute of Production Technology, Aachen, Germany. He joined CSIR in February, 1997 and He is presently Principal Scientist at NAL, Bangalore. He is Group Head, Mechanical Systems Design Group of Structural Technologies Division.   His main area of Interest are Mechanical Design (Radomes, Wind tunnel Models etc), Aircraft Landing Gear Design, Air craft Mechanical Systems Design.  He has jointly established facilities for lab scale test like Servo Hydraulic Actuation System test rig and Six Degrees of motion platform for liquid slosh simulation and 3D printing facility for functional prototyping, concept demonstration and constructing low speed wind tunnel models. He has more than 25 publications in international refereed journals and conferences in addition to numerous invited lectures from Engineering colleges. He has 3 patents to his credit and one is an international patent. He has published more than 30 internal technical write ups/ publications at NAL.

He is a reviewer for several international SCI journals viz i) International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Springer Edition,  London, ii)International Journal of Mechanics and Materials in Design, Springer Publication. iii) Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B, Journal of   Engineering   Manufacture. He received Best Innovation award from CSIR-CMERI in 2003 and German DAAD Fellowship in 2004.

Dr Balamurugan  is nominated as member  for Board of Studies(Academic)  in   Crescent University, Chennai and Dr Mahlalingam College of Engineering , Pollachi, Coimbatore.  He is an Expert Member:- Review of CARS Projects at DRDO-GTRE, Bangalore. He is a Member, Wing Door and Shutter Mechanism Sub-Committee, Nirbhay,DRDO-ADE  and as Member for Critical Design Review Committee, Technology Demonstrator Engine Fuel  Control Systems, GTRE,Bangalore. He is presently guiding 2 PhD scholars at NAL.

6.       Publications

SCI Journal papers (Selected)

1) Bala Murugan Gopalsamy, Biswanath Mondal, Sukamal Ghosh, Kristian Arntz,Fritz
Klocke “Investigations on hard machining of Impax Hi Hard tool steel”
International Journal of Material Forming, Springer,Paris
Published Vol.2;3 pp.145-165, September 2009/
DOI: 10.1007/s12289-009-0400-5  Impact factor: 1.978

2) Bala Murugan Gopalsamy, Biswanath Mondal, Sukamal Ghosh
“Optimisation of machining parameters
for hard machining : Grey relational theory approach and ANOVA”
International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology,Springer,London
Published Volume 45, Numbers 11-12,pp 1068-1086 / December 2009, DOI: 10.1007/s00170-009-2054-3 Impact factor: 2.209

3) Bala Murugan Gopalsamy, Biswanath Mondal, Sukamal Ghosh, Kristian Arntz,Fritz
Klocke “Experimental investigations while hard machining of DIEVAR
tool steel (50 HRC)”

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology,Springer,London
Published:15 May 2010, DOI: 10.1007/s00170-010-2688-1  Vol:51 pp, 853–869
2010 Impact factor: 2.209

4) Bala Murugan Gopalsamy, Biswanath Mondal, Sukamal Ghosh
“Taguchi method and ANOVA: An approach for process parameters optimisation of
 hard machining while machining hardened steel”
 Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research,
 Published:Vol.68, August 2009, pp.686-695 Impact factor: 0.557

5) Mahesh Kadam, Balamurugan Gopalsamy , Aditya A. Bujurke, Keertivardhan M. Joshi, “Estimation of static burst pressure in unflawed high pressure cylinders using nonlinear FEA”, [J]. Thin-Walled Structures, 2017, DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2017.05.022

 Impact factor: 2.829
 

Patent (Selected)

1) AN UNIVERSAL MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING AND/OR

     RECONDITIONING OF PROCESSORS LIKE CTC TEA ROLLERS (Indian Patent) )

     Patent No. 227141, Date of Publication of Granted Patent: 23/01/2009
    Journal No. 04/2009.

2) AN AUTOMATIC MACHINE FOR CHASING AND MILLING OF CTC TEA   

    ROLLWERE (Indian Patent)

    Application No. : 394/DEL/2006, Date of filing of Application: 13/02/2006

    Publication Date : 26/02/2010, Journal No. - 9/2010.  

7. Facilities working on

Servo Hydraulic Actuation System test rig

Six degrees of freedom motion platform

3D printing facility using polymers

8. Techniques working on

Mechanical Design by Strength of Material Approach 

Mechanism synthesis and Force Analysis

 Hydraulic and multi body dynamic Co-Simulation model

Aircraft Mechanical System Simulation