Areas of Interest:
Bearing lubrication, Tribological elements design, Engine tribology, Lubrication in metal forming
Education
- Ph.D. (BHU)
Academic/Industrial Experience
- Professor, Dept. of Mech. Engineering, IIT Delhi (January 2017 - till date)
- Associate Professor, Dept. of Mech. Engineering, IIT Delhi (December 2010-December 2016)
- Assistant Professor, ITMMEC, IIT Delhi (June 2002-November 2010)
Selected Publications
- V. Bhardwaj, R. K. Pandey, V. K. Agarwal, Experimental investigations for tribo-dynamic behaviours of conventional and texture raced ball bearings using fresh and MoS2 blended greases, Tribology International, 2017, http://doi.org/10.1016 /j.triboint.2016.12.028.
- Shipra Aggarwal, R. K. Pandey, Frictional and load carrying behaviours of micro-textured sector shape pad thrust bearing incorporating the cavitation and thermal effects, Lubrication Science, 2017, DOI: 10.1002/ls.1367.
- J. N. Panda, J. Bijwe, R. K. Pandey, Attaining high tribo-performance of PAEK composites by selecting right combination of solid lubricants in right proportions, Composite Science and Technology, 2017, Vol. 144, pp. 139-150.
- F. Rahmani, J. K. Dutt, R. K. Pandey, Performance behaviours of elliptic bore journal bearings lubricated with solid granular particles, Particuology , 2016, Vol. 27, pp. 51-60.
- U. Sudeep, N. Tandon, R. K. Pandey, Comparisons of tribological and vibration behaviours of textured point contacts of bearing steel lubricated with oil and grease under starved lubrication, ASME Journal of Tribology, 2016, Vol. 138, pp. 031504-1-12.
- U. Sudeep, N. Tandon, R. K. Pandey, Vibration studies of lubricated textured point contacts of bearing steels due to surface topographies: simulations and experiments, Tribology International, 2016, Vol. 102, pp. 265-274.
- J. N. Panda, J. Bijwe, R. K. Pandey, Role of treatment to graphite particles to increase the thermal conductivity in controlling tribo-performance of polymer composites, Wear, 2016, Vol. 360-361, pp. 87-96.