P. S. Goswami and V. Kumaran, Channel flow of a turbulent gas-particle suspension, J. Fluid Mech., submitted.
P. S. Goswami and V. Kumaran, Experimental studies on the channel flow of a turbulent gas-particle suspension, in preparation, J. Fluid Mech., in press.
K. A. Reddy, and V. Kumaran, Dense granular flow down an inclined plane: A comparison between the hard particle model and soft particle simulations, Phys. Fluids, 22, 113302, (2010).(PDF)
K. A. Reddy, and J. Talbot, V. Kumaran, Dynamics of sheared inelastic dumbbells, J. Fluid Mech., 660, 475-498, (2010).(PDF)
P. S. Goswami and V. Kumaran, Particle dynamics in a turbulent particlegas suspension at high Stokes number. Part 1. Velocity and acceleration distributions, J. Fluid Mech., 646, 59-90, (2010).(PDF)
P. S. Goswami and V. Kumaran, Particle dynamics in a turbulent particlegas suspension at high Stokes number. Part 2. The fluctuating-force model, J. Fluid Mech., 646, 91-125, (2010).(PDF)
P. P. Chokshi and V. Kumaran, Stability of the plane shear flow of dilute polymeric solutions, Phys. Fluids, 21, 014109, (2009).(PDF)
K. A. Reddy, V. Kumaran and J. Talbot, Orientational ordering in sheared inelastic dumbbells, Phys. Rev. E,80, 031304, (2009).(PDF)
K. A. Reddy and V. Kumaran, Structure and dynamics of a twodimensional sheared granular flow, Phys. Rev. E, 79, 061303, (2009).(PDF)
V. Kumaran, Dynamics of dense sheared granular flows. Part I: Structure and diffusion, J. Fluid Mech.632, 109-144, (2009).(PDF)
V. Kumaran, Dynamics of dense sheared granular flows. Part II: The relative velocity distribution, J. Fluid Mech., 632, 145-198, (2009).(PDF)
V. Kumaran, Dynamics of a dilute sheared inelastic fluid. I. Hydrodynamic modes and velocity correlation functions, Phys. Rev. E, 79, 011301, 2009.(PDF)
V. Kumaran, Dynamics of a dilute sheared inelastic fluid. II. The effect of correlation, Phys. Rev. E, 79, 011302, 2009.(PDF)
V. Kumaran, Mesoscale description of an asymmetric lamellar phase, J. Chem. Phys., 130, 224905, (2009).(PDF)
A. Debnath, K. G. Ayappa, V. Kumaran and P. Maity, The Influence of Bilayer Composition on the Gel to Liquid Crystalline Transition J. Phys. Chem. B, 113, 10660-10668, (2009).(PDF)
V. Kumaran, Y. K. V. V. N. Krishna Babu and J. Sivaramakrishna, Multiscale modeling of lamellar mesophases, in press, J. Chem. Phys., 130, 114907, (2009).(PDF)
P. P. Chokshi and V. Kumaran, Weakly nonlinear stability analysis of a flow past a neo-Hookean solid at arbitrary Reynolds numbers, Phys. Fluids, 20, 094109, (2008).(PDF)
P. P. Chokshi and V. Kumaran, Weakly nonlinear analysis of viscous instability in flow past a neo-Hookean surface, Phys. Rev. E, 77, 056303, (2008).(PDF)
A. V. Orpe, V. Kumaran, K. A. Reddy and A. Kudrolli, Fast decay of the velocity autocorrelation function in dense shear flow of inelastic hard spheres, Europhys. Lett., 84, 64003, (2008).(PDF)
V. Kumaran, Dense granular flow down an inclined plane: from kinetic theory to granular dynamics, J. Fluid Mech., 599, 121-168, (2008).(PDF)
P. P. Chokshi and V. Kumaran, Stability of the flow of a viscoelastic fluid past a deformable surface in the low Reynolds number limit, Phys. Fluids, 19, 014103, (2007).(PDF)
P. P. Chokshi and V. Kumaran, Stability of the viscous flow of a polymeric fluid past a flexible surface, Phys. Fluids,19, 034102, (2007).(PDF)
K. A. Reddy and V. Kumaran, Applicability of constitutive relations from kinetic theory for dense granular flows, Phys. Rev. E, 76, 061305, (2007).(PDF)
P. Chokshi and V. Kumaran, Stability and transition in the flow of polymer solutions, Sixth IUTAM Symposium on Laminar-Turbulent Transition, R. Govindarajan (ed), Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 2006.
V. Kumaran, The constitutive relation for the granular flow of rough particles, and its application to the flow down an inclined plane. Constitutive relations, J. Fluid Mech., 561, 1-42, (2006).(PDF)
V. Kumaran, Granular flow of rough particles in the high Knudsen number limit, J. Fluid Mech., 561, 43-72 (2006).(PDF)
V. Kumaran, Velocity autocorrelations and viscosity renormalisation in sheared granular flows, Phys. Rev. Lett., 96, 258002, (2006).(PDF)
V. Senthil Kumar and V. Kumaran, Voronoi neighbor statistics of homogeneously sheared inelastic hard disks and hard spheres, Phys. Rev. E, 73, 051305, (2006).(PDF)
V. Senthil Kumar and V. Kumaran, Bond-orientational analysis of hard-disk and hard-sphere structures, J. Chem. Phys., 124, 204508, (2006).(PDF)
V. Kumaran, Kinetic theory for the density plateau in the granular flow down an inclined plane, Europhys. Lett., 73, 1-7, (2006).(PDF)
V. Kumaran, Kinetic model for sheared granular flows in the high Knudsen number limit, Phys. Rev. Lett., 95, 108001-108004, (2005).(PDF)
V. Senthil Kumar and V. Kumaran, Voronoi Cell Volume Distribution and Configurational Entropy of Hard Spheres, J. Chem. Phys., 123, 114501-114513, (2005).(PDF)
V. Senthil Kumar and V. Kumaran, Voronoi Neighbor Statistics of Hard Disks and Hard Spheres, J. Chem. Phys., 123, 074502-074511, (2005).(PDF)
M. Bose, U. U. Kumar, P. R. Nott and V. Kumaran, The Brazil nut effect and excluded volume attraction in vibro-fluidised granular mixtures, Phys. Rev. E, Phys. Rev. E 72, 021305-021313, (2005).(PDF)
RM Thaokar and V. Kumaran, Weakly nonlinear analysis of the electrohydrodynamic instability of a charged membrane, Physical Review E (Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics), 66 (5), 51913-1-10, (2002). (PDF)
V. Shankar and V. Kumaran, Stability of wall modes in fluid flow past a flexible surface, Physics of Fluids, 14 (7), 2324-2338, (2002). (PDF)
R. Muralikrishnan and V. Kumaran, Experimental Study of the Instability of the Viscous Flow Past a Flexible Surface, Physics of Fluids, 14 (2), 775-780, (2002). (PDF)
K. Asokan , TR Ramamohan and V. Kumaran, A novel approach to computing the orientation moments of spheroids in simple shear flow at arbitrary Peclet number, Physics of Fluids, 14 (1), 75-84, (2002). (PDF)
V. Kumaran, Effect of surface charges on the curvature moduli of a membrane, Physical Review E (Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics), 64 (5), 051922/1-9, (2001). (PDF)
RM Thaokar and V. Shankar and V. Kumaran, Effect of tangential interface motion on the viscous instability in fluid flow past flexible surfaces, European Physical Journal B, 23 (4), 533-550, (2001). (PDF)
P. Sunthar and V. Kumaran, Characterization of the stationary states of a dilute vibrofluidized granular bed, Physical Review E (Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics), 64 (4), 041303/1-12, (2001). (PDF)
V. Kumaran , SK. Jariwala, and S. Hussain, Rheology of a lamellar liquid crystalline phase using the lattice Boltzmann simulation technique, Chemical Engineering Science, 56 (19), 5663-5673, (2001). (PDF)
V. Kumaran, Electrohydrodynamic instability of a charged membrane, Physical Review E (Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics), 64 (1), 011911/1-8, (2001). (PDF)
V. Shankar and V. Kumaran, Weakly nonlinear stability of viscous flow past a flexible surface, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 434, 337-354, (2001). (PDF)
V. Kumaran, Hydrodynamic modes of a three-dimensional sheared granular material, Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 293 (3-4), 385-404, (2001). (PDF)
V. Kumaran, Hydrodynamic modes of a sheared granular flow from the Boltzmann and Navier�Stokes equations, Physics of Fluids, 13 (8), 2258-2268, (2001). (PDF)
V. Shankar and V. Kumaran, Asymptotic analysis of wall modes in a flexible tube revisited, European Physical Journal B, 19 (4), 607-622,(2001). (PDF)
V. Kumaran, Instabilities due to Charge-Density-Curvature Coupling in Charged Membranes, Physical Review Letters, 85 (23), 4996-4999, (2000). (PDF)
V. Kumaran, Anomalous behavior of hydrodynamic modes in the two dimensional shear flow of a granular material, Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 284 (1-4), 246-264, (2000). (PDF)
V. Kumaran, Classification of instabilities in the flow past flexible surfaces, Current Science, 79 (6), 766-773, (2000). (PDF)
V. Kumaran, Spontaneous motion of droplets during the demixing transition in binary fluids, Journal of Chemical Physics, 112 (24), 10984-91, (2000). (PDF)
V. Kumaran and R. Muralikrishnan, Spontaneous Growth of Fluctuations in the Viscous Flow of a Fluid past a Soft Interface, Physical Review Letters, 84 (15), 3310-3313,(2000). (PDF)
V. Shankar and V. Kumaran, Stability of fluid flow in a flexible tube to non-axisymmetric disturbances, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 407, 291-314, (2000). (PDF)
V. Kumaran, Asymptotic solution of the Boltzmann equation for the shear flow of smooth inelastic disks, Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 275 (3-4), 483-504, (2000) (PDF)
P. Sunthar and V. Kumaran, Behavior of lower-order moments in a dense vibrofluidized granular material, Physical Review E, 63(1), 011508-011518, (2000). (PDF)
V. Kumaran, Effect of convection and viscoelasticity on spinodal decomposition in fluids, in Structure and dynamics of materials in the mesoscopic domain , eds M. Lal, R. A. Mashelkar, B. D. Kulkarni and V. M. Naik, Imperial College Press - The Royal Society, (1999). (PDF)
Geetha Basappa, Suneel, V. Kumaran, Prabhu R. Nott, Sriram Ramaswamy, V. M. Naik, Deleep Rout, Structure and Rheology of the Defect - gel States of Pure and Particle - dispersed Lyotropic Lamellar Phases, Euro. Phys. J. B , 12 , 269 - 276, (1999).(PDF)
P. Sunthar and V. Kumaran, Temperature scaling in a dense vibro - fluidised granular material, Phys. Rev. E , 60 , 1951 - 1955, (1999). (PDF)
V. Kumaran, Non - equilibrium stationary states of a particle in a gravitational field driven by a vibrating surface, Phys. Rev. Lett. , 82 , 3248, (1999).(PDF)
V. Kumaran, Velocity distribution for a dilute vibro fluidised bed, Phys. Rev. E , 59 , 4188, (1999). (PDF)
V. Shankar and V. Kumaran, Stability of non - parabolic flows in a flexible tube, J. Fluid Mech. , 395 , 211 - 236, (1999). (PDF)
V. Kumaran, Droplet Interaction in the spinodal decomposition of a fluid, J. Chem. Phys. , 109 , 7644 - 7650, (1998). (PDF)
V. Kumaran, Microscopic analysis of the coarsening of a random interface in a fluid, J. Chem. Phys. , 109 , 3240 - 3244, (1998). (PDF)
V. Kumaran, Asymptotic analysis of wall modes in a flexible tube, Euro. Phys. J. B 4 , 519 - 527, (1998). (PDF)
V. Kumaran, Effect of convective transport on droplet spinodal decomposition in a fluid, J. Chem. Phys. , 109 , 2437 - 2441, (1998).(PDF)
V. Kumaran, Kinetic theory for a vibro fluidised bed, J. Fluid Mech. , 364 , 163 - 185, (1998). (PDF)
V. Kumaran, Temperature of a granular material fluidised by external vibrations, Phys. Rev. E , 57 (5), 5660 - 5664, (1998).(PDF)
V. Kumaran and L. Srivatsan, Stability of fluid flow past a membrane, Euro. Phys. J. B , 2 , 259 - 266 (1998). (PDF)
V. Kumaran, Stability of wall modes in a flexible tube, J. Fluid Mech. , 362 , 1 - 15, (1998).(PDF)
V. Kumaran, Coarsening of random interfaces in the spinodal decomposition of a fluid, J. Chem. Phys. , 108 (7), 3038 - 3044, (1998). (PDF)
V. Kumaran, Stability of fluid flow in a flexible tube at intermediate Reynolds number, J. Fluid Mech. , 357 , 123 - 140, (1998).(PDF)
V. Kumaran, Effect of collisional interactions on the properties of particulate suspensions, in Dynamics of Complex Fluids , eds M. J. Adams, R. A. Mashelkar, J. R. A. Pearson and A. R. Rennie, Imperial College Press - The Royal Society, (1997).(PDF)
L. Srivatsan and V. Kumaran, Flow induced instability of the interface between a fluid and a gel, J. Phys. II (France) , 7 , 947 - 963, (1997).
V. Kumaran, Velocity distribution function for a dilute granular material in shear flow, J. Fluid Mech. , 340 , 319 - 341, (1997). (PDF)
V. Kumaran and G. H. Fredrickson, Early stage spinodal decomposition in viscoelastic fluids, J. Chem. Phys. , 105 , 8304 - 8313, (1996).(PDF)
V. Kumaran, Stability of an inviscid flow in a flexible tube, J. Fluid Mech. , 320 , 1 - 17, (1996).(PDF)
V. Kumaran, Effect of dynamical assymmetry on the viscosity of a random copolymer melt, J. Chem. Phys. , 104 , 3120 - 3133, (1996).(PDF)
V. Kumaran, Stability of the flow of a fluid through a flexible tube at high Reynolds number, J. Fluid Mech. 302 , 117-139, (1995).(PDF)
V. Kumaran, Stability of the viscous flow of a fluid through a flexible tube, J. Fluid Mech., 294 , 259 - 281, (1995). (PDF)
V. Kumaran, Effect of fluid flow on the fluctuations at the surface of an elastic medium. J. Chem. Phys., 102 , 3452 - 3460, (1995).(PDF)
V. Kumaran, G. H. Fredrickson and P. Pincus, Flow induced instability at the interface between a fluid and a gel at low Reynolds number, J. Phys. France II, 4, 893 - 911, (1994). (PDF)
V. Kumaran and G. H. Fredrickson, Critical dynamics of random copolymer melts, Physica A, 204, 378 - 398, (1994). (PDF)
V. Kumaran, Spontaneous formation of vesicles by weakly charged membranes, J. Chem. Phys., 99, 5490 - 5499, (1993).(PDF)
V. Kumaran, Hydrodynamic interactions in flow past grafted polymers, Macromolecules, 26, 2464 - 2469, (1993).(PDF)
V. Kumaran, Surface modes on a polymer gel of finite thickness, J. Chem. Phys., 98, 3429 - 3438, (1993).(PDF)
V. Kumaran, H.-K. Tsao and D. L. Koch, Velocity distribution functions for a bidisperse, sedimenting particle - gas suspension. Int. J. Multiphase Flow, 19, 665 - 681, (1993). (PDF)
V. Kumaran and D. L. Koch, Properties of a bidisperse particle - gas suspension. Part 1. Collision time small compared to viscous relaxation time. J. Fluid Mech., 247, 623 - 642, (1993). (PDF)
V. Kumaran and D. L. Koch, Properties of a bidisperse particle - gas suspension. Part 2. Viscous relaxation time small compared to collision relaxation time. J. Fluid Mech., 247, 643 - 660, (1993). (PDF)
V. Kumaran and D. L. Koch, The effect of hydrodynamic interactions on the average properties of a bidisperse suspension of high Reynolds number, low Weber number bubbles. Phys. Fluids A, 5, 1123 - 1134, (1993). (PDF)
V. Kumaran and D. L. Koch, The rate of coalescence in a suspension of high Reynolds number, low Weber number bubbles. Phys. Fluids A, 5, 1135 - 1140, (1993). (PDF)