Sessions

Keynote Lectures

• New Exciting Ideas In Old Areas
• Somatosensory Computation for Man-Machine Interface from Motion Capture Data and Musculoskeletal Human Model

Memorial Lectures

• Recent Developments in Structural Design Aspects of Aircraft Engines
• Running with Stability
• Deformation And Heat Transfer Effects In A Spring-Suported Tilting-Pad Thrust Bearing

Robotics

• Design And Fabrication Of Computer Controlled Four-Wheeled Mobile Platform
• Robot Safety Analysis Methods
• Vibration Isolation Using A Multi-Axis Robotic Platform
• Kinematics And Dynamics Of Tethered Space Manipulators
• Gravity-Balancing Of Spatial Robotic Manipulators
• Whole Arm Enveloping Manipulation of Polygonal Objects
• Attribute Based Specification, Comparison And Selection Of A Robot
• Object Oriented Bond Graph Modeling Of Space Robots
• Optimum Grasp has equal friction angles
• ROBO-Sloth: A Rope-Climbing Robot

Mechanisms and Manipulators

• Optimal Design Of Mechanism For Stirrup Making Machine - A Computer Approach
• Modeling And Implementation Of Multi-Dimensional Force Communicating Devices
• Modeling And Simulation Of Very Small In-Parallel Wrench Sensor Cum Manipulator (SCM)
• Analytical Determination of Principle Twosts in Serial, Parallel and Hybrid Manipulators using Dual Vectors and Matrices
• Simulation Of Software For Four-Bar Function Generator Mechanism
• The Study Of Five-Bar Mechanism With Variable Topology
• Inverse Dynamics Of 2-Dof Planar Parallel Manipulators With Prismatic Actuators
• Design And Fabrication Of A Gripper For Grasping Irregular Objects
• Issues In Geometric Synthesis Of Mechanisms
• Synthesis Of Circuit Breaker Mechanisms Based On Mechanical Logic Gates

Mechatronics

• Microcontroller Based Walking Robot
• Design Of A Modular Mechatronic Wheelchair
• Stepper Motors Controller
• A Quasi-Static Modelling Approach Of Airborne Power Systems
• Condition Monitoring Of Nylon And Glass Filled Nylon Gears
• An Example Of An Open Robot Controller - For Easily Building Up Robot Systems
• Status Review On Neural / Fuzzy Logic Techniques For Induction Motor Condition Monitoring
• Active Mouse for Physical Man-Machine Interaction
• Control of joint of a low cost robot
• Design Of A Robust Self Excited Biped Walking Mechanism
• Frequency Response Of Critical Components Of A Hydraulic Servovalve
• Implementation Of A Heuristic Walk Plan For A Four Legged Walking Machine

Noise and Vibration

• Effect Of Vehicle Vibration On Human Body - Rit Experience
• Wavelet Analysis And Envelope Detection For Rolling Element Bearing Fault Diagnosis - A Comparative Study
• Noise Attenuation Of Diesel Engine With Different Types Mufflers
• Analysis Of Independent Suspension Linkages
• Stability And Unbalance Response Of Rotor Bearing System
• Active Suspensions For Tracked Vehicles
• Estimation Of Linearised Fluid Film Coefficients In A Rotor Bearing System Subjected To Random Excitation
• Monitoring The Machine Elements In Lathe Using Vibration Signals
• Vehicle Chassis Analysis: Load Cases & Boundary Conditions For Stress Analysis
• Effect Of Plating And Temperature On Torque Load Bearing Capacity Of Shrink Fitted Assemblies
• Dynamic Design Of Drilling Machine Using Direct Method Based Updated Fe Model
• A Tool For Developing Fe Meshes For Folded Airbags

Dynamics

• On-Line Balancing Of Rotors
• Structural Dynamic Modification Studies Using Updated Finite Element Model
• Modified SSTD method to account for harmonic excitations during Operational Modal Analysis
• Experimental Investigation Of Stresses, Noise & Flow In Centrifugal Fan Impeller
• A Qualitative Study Of The Effect Of Fatigue Damage Growth On Helicopter Rotor Blade Modal Parameters
• Life Prediction Under Multiaxial Fatigue
• Vibration Analysis Of Cantilever Shaft With Transverse Cracks
• Effect Of Rubbing Forces Due To Centrifugal Loading On Rotor Blades
• Experimental Study Of Friction Under Different Variables On A Piston-Cylinder Assembly A-Case Study
• Vibration Analysis of Coupled Structures using Impedance Coupling Approach
• Study Of On-Center Handling Behaviour Of A Vehicle
• Electrostatic Effects On The Dynamics Of Torsional Micromirrors For Optical Applications

Machines

• Designing Machine Tool Structures With Epoxy Concrete
• Dynamics Of 2-Dof Regenerative Chatter During Turning
• Design And Development Of A Composite Roll For Hot Rolling Application
• A Generalised Approach In Identifying Control Link Tolerances And Its Effect On Design Tolerances Of Mechanism using Instantaneous Center
• Machine Tool Failure Data Analysis For Condition Monitoring Application
• Iterative Learning Control Scheme For Manipulators
• Remote Monitoring And Distributed Real-Time Control Via Ethernet
• Development Of A Power Re-Circulating Gear Test Rig
• Text Coded Marker For Video-Graphic Motion Analysis Of Mechanisms
• Failure Analysis Of Journal Bearings Of Tyre Moulding Press
• Developmental Study On Rolling Contact Fatigue Test Rig
• Micro-Machines For 3D Micro-Parts

Analysis

• A Computerised Methodology For Rating Of Simple Jointed Planar Kinematic Chain
• Kinematics of Wheeled Mobile Robots on Uneven Terrain
• Comparative Study Of Tool Wear Estimation In Drilling
• Bending Geometry Factor For Profile Corrected Involute Gear Tooth With Trochoidal Fillet
• In-Vivo Estimation Of Unknown Upper-Limb Kinematic Parameters
• Fretting Wear Failures In Bearing Steel EN31 Mated Against Structural Steel EN 24
• Optimization Of Journal Bearing Groove Geometry Using Genetic Algorithm
• Exact 2D Benchmark Solution and Assessment of ID Theories of Hybrid Beams with Damping under Arbitrary Harmonic Loads
• Application Of Solid Modeling In Virtual Manufacturing Of Spur Gear
• Identification Of Crack Location In A Rotor-Bearing System Using Wavelet Transforms
• Meshing Analysis Of Teeth Of Harmonic Drives : A Computer Based Approach

Rural & Textile

• Design Of Fly Wheel And Modified Cam For Manually Energized Black Smith Forge Hammer For Rural Artisans
• Development Of Jute Machines By Reverse Engineering Technique Using Cad -A Case Of Breaker Card
• Some Considerations in Designing Autolevelling System for conventional Drawframes (Textile Machinery)
• Exact Solutions For Static Analysis Of Piezoelectric Fiber Reinforced Composites (PFRC) Integrated Sandwich Plates
• Use Of Hoeken's And Pantograph Mechanisms For Carpet Scrapping Operations
• Design And Development Of Carpet Looms
• Double Roller Cotton Ginning Machine: Its Drawbacks And Possible Modifications
• Design Of Medium Duty Mechanical Press For Ginnery
• Optimal Design of Front Line Loader Attachment for Tractors
• NMC Charkha: A Design Analysis from Technological Considerations
• Grassroots Innovations And The Educational Sector: Bridging The Knowledge And Value Divide