Overview
- Describes an inexpensive and easily implementable method to fabricate silica aerogel composites with superior thermal insulation and mechanical properties
- Includes MATLAB codes that can be utilized to create interactive composition-property plots
- Presents detailed analysis of experimental results using theoretical models and numerical simulations
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Engineering Materials (ENG.MAT.)
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About the authors
He has been a faculty in the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, since 2000, currently serving under Aerospace Engineering cluster with Materials and Structures as the focus area.
His research interests encompass aerogel composites, nano-engineered composites, microwave curing, manufacturing of thick composites, damages in braided and filament wound composites, and hygrothermal effects on composites. He looks into applications of composites for impact resistance, thermal insulation, and acoustic damping.
He is an area editor for an Elsevier Journal and serves as reviewer for a number of international journals. He has more than 120 international journal and conference papers, 1 book, 1 applied patent and 5 book chapters to his publication list.
Mahesh Sachithanadam received his Bachelors’ Degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Newcastle, Australia, in 2010, with Class 1 Honors. He worked previously as a Military Expert (Engineer) in the Republic of Singapore Armed Forces (RSAF). He is currently pursuing PhD on aerogel composites under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Sunil Chandrakant Joshi from the School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Mahesh has been working on aerogel composites for his PhD and has presented his work on “A New Phenomenon of Compressive Strain Recovery in Gelatin-silica Aerogel Composites with SDS”, “Brittle to Ductile Transitions in Silica Aerogel Behaviour with Post Synthesis Binding Treatment” and “High strain recovery with improved mechanical properties of gelatin–silica aerogel composites post-binding treatment” at various forums. Mahesh also coauthored a pending patent titled “Compressibility, Strain Recovery and Hydrophobicity in Silica Aerogel Composites” (TD/181/13) with his supervisor. Currently he is compiling his thesis.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Silica Aerogel Composites
Book Subtitle: Novel Fabrication Methods
Authors: Mahesh Sachithanadam, Sunil Chandrakant Joshi
Series Title: Engineering Materials
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0440-7
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-0438-4Published: 25 January 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-9163-6Published: 31 March 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-0440-7Published: 13 January 2016
Series ISSN: 1612-1317
Series E-ISSN: 1868-1212
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 139
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations, 72 illustrations in colour
Topics: Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Materials, Materials Engineering, Polymer Sciences