சி. எஸ். ஐ. ஆர். - கட்டமைப்பு பொறியியல் ஆராய்ச்சி நடுவம்

Professional Background

• Principal Scientist, CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre – November 2021-present
• Senior Scientist, CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre – November 2016-October 2021
• Scientist, CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre – November 2011-October 2016
• Assistant Professor, Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) – January 2020 – present
• IGSTC Post-Doctoral Researcher, Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems, Oldenburg, Germany - June 2022 to June 2023

Areas of Scientific Interest

• Bluff body aerodynamics
• Numerical simulation of flow around structures/structural components using Computational Fluids Dynamics (CFD)
• Aeroelastic phenomena in long-span bridges and tall RC chimneys
• Improved stochastic methods for studies on fluctuating pressures from wind tunnel pressure measurements on structures
• Aerodynamics of wind turbines

Awards & Honours

• Awarded the prestigious DST-Indo-German Science and Technology Centre (IGSTC) Post-Doctoral Industrial Fellowship-2021 to carry out R&D at Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems, Oldenburg, Germany for a duration of 12 months - Duration: June 2022 to June 2023.
• Inducted as a member of a Task of International Energy Agency (IEA) Wind Technology Collaboration Programme (TCP) for global wind energy research collaboration, with active working group involving eight countries.
• Received “Best Masters Thesis Award” in the field of Wind Engineering by Indian Society for Wind Engineering (ISWE)
• Received “Springer Best Paper Award” for the paper titled “Estimation of peak factors for tall buildings subjected to wind induced pressures” at the Tenth Structural Engineering Convention (SEC-2016)
• Received gold medals for being yearly topper of the civil engineering department at undergraduate level, Anna University
• Received “Best Project” and “Best mini-project” awards of the civil engineering department at undergraduate level, Anna University
• Certificate of merit by C.B.S.E., for outstanding academic performance in a subject (top 0.01%) in Class X, 2003

Foreign exposure

• Visited Germany as DST-Indo-German Science and Technology Centre (IGSTC) Post-Doctoral Industrial Fellow during 2022-2023
• Visited Glasgow, United Kingdom to present a paper in Wind Energy Science (WESC-2023)
• Visited Seoul, South Korea to present a paper in 2011 World Congress on Advances in Structural Engineering and Mechanics

Professional Society Membership

• Indian Society for Wind Engineering (ISWE) – Life Member

Recognitions

• Reviewer for several SCI journals

Publications

Journals

• Keerthana, M and Harikrishna, P (2022), “Numerical investigations on the effect of mean incident wind on flutter onset of bridge deck section”, Structural Engineering and Mechanics, Vol. 82, No. 4, May 2022, pp. 517-542, DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/sem.2022.82.4.517.
• Subbulakshmi. A., Verma, M., Keerthana, M., Sasmal, S., Harikrishna, P. and Kapuria, S (2022), “Recent advances in experimental and numerical methods for dynamic analysis of floating offshore wind turbines — An integrated review”, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol. 164, August 2022, 112525. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2022.112525.
• Keerthana, M., and Harikrishna, P (2022), “Pressure and force measurement-based investigations on aerodynamic characteristics of a trapezoidal section”, Materials Today: Proceedings, Vol. 65, No. 2, 2022, pp. 520-526. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2022.03.076.
• Keerthana, M and Harikrishna, P (2017), “Wind tunnel investigations on aerodynamics of a 2:1 rectangular section for various angles of wind incidence”, Wind and Structures, Vol. 25, No. 3, Sep 2017, pp. 301-328 DOI: 10.12989/was.2017.25.3.301.
• Keerthana, M and Harikrishna, P (2017), “Hermite model based estimation of peak factors for tall buildings subjected to wind induced pressures”, Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol. 44, No. 3, August - September 2017, pp. 203-213.
• Keerthana, M., Selvi Rajan, S., Harikrishna, P., Ramesh Babu, G., Abraham, A and Chitra Ganapathi, S (2017), “Wind tunnel testing of long span cable stayed bridge models”, IABSE The Bridge and Structural Engineer, Vol. 47, No. 4, December 2017, pp. 77-83.
• Keerthana, M., and Harikrishna, P (2014), “Numerical Simulation of lock-in effect of a 2-D rectangular section under forced oscillations”, Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol. 41, No. 1, April – May 2014, pp. 18-25.
• Keerthana, M., and Harikrishna, P (2013), “Application of CFD for assessment of galloping stability of rectangular and H sections”, Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research, Vol 72, July 2013, pp. 419-427.
• Keerthana, M., Sriramkrishnan, M., Velayutham, T., Abraham, A., Selvi Rajan, S. and Parammasivam, K. M (2012), “Aerodynamic analysis of a small horizontal axis wind turbine using CFD”, Journal of Wind and Engineering, Vol. 9, No. 2, July 2012, pp. 14-28.
• Keerthana, M., Jaya, K. P., Selvi Rajan, , Thampi, H., and Ravi Sankar., R (2011), “Numerical studies on evaluation of aerodynamic force coefficients of cable-stayed bridge deck”, Journal of Wind and Engineering, Vol. 8, No. 2, July 2011, pp. 19-29.
• Bharathi Priya, C., Keerthana, M., Verma, M. and Banjara, N, K (2011), “Design of steel channel tension members-proposal to IS 800:2007”, Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol. 38, No. 2, June – July 2011, pp. 122–130.

Book Chapters

• Keerthana, M., and Harikrishna, P., “Improved ERA based identification of flutter derivatives of a thin plate.”, Advances in Structural Engineering, Ed. V. Matsagar, Springer India, New Delhi, 2015, pp.1431-1443.
• Keerthana, M., and Harikrishna, P., “Estimation of Peak Factors for Tall Buildings Subjected to Wind-Induced Pressures,”, Recent Advances in Structural Engineering, Vol 2, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Vol 12, Ed. Rama Mohan Rao, A., Ramanjaneyulu, K, Springer, Singapore, pp. 173-184. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0365-4_15)

Book Chapters

• Keerthana, M., and Harikrishna, P., “Improved ERA based identification of flutter derivatives of a thin plate.”, Advances in Structural Engineering, Ed. V. Matsagar, Springer India, New Delhi, 2015, pp.1431-1443.
• Keerthana, M., and Harikrishna, P., “Estimation of Peak Factors for Tall Buildings Subjected to Wind-Induced Pressures,”, Recent Advances in Structural Engineering, Vol 2, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Vol 12, Ed. Rama Mohan Rao, A., Ramanjaneyulu, K, Springer, Singapore, pp. 173-184. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0365-4_15)

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