Krishna Pillai - Associate Professor


Contact Information

Office Address:
EMS 945
3200 North Cramer Street
Milwaukee, WI 53211
Phone: 414-229-6535
Fax: 414-229-6958
Email: krishna@uwm.edu
WWW: http://www.uwm.edu/~krishna/

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 784
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI 53201

 Krishna Pillai
Education

Ph.D. - Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware, 1997
M.Tech. - Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, 1991
B.Tech. - Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, 1988

Research Interests

Flow and Transport in Porous Media (Modeling liquid motion through fiber bed during processing of polymer- and metal-matrix composites, Wicking of liquids in rigid as well as swelling porous substrates, Evaporation of Multicomponent Liquids); Computational fluid mechanics and heat transfer; Rheology of polymers.

Recent Publications

  1. “On Applying an External-Flow Driven Mass Transfer Boundary Condition to Simulate Drying from a Pore-Network Model,” M.R. Shaeri, S. Beyaghi and K.M. Pillai, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, n 57, pp. 331-344, 2013.
  2. “A fast numerical simulation for modeling simultaneous metal flow and solidification in thin cavities using the lubrication approximation,” A. Reikher and K.M. Pillai, Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A, accepted for publication.
  3. “Drying of a Porous Medium with Multiple Open sides Using a Pore-Network Model Simulation,” M.R. Shaeri, S. Beyhaghi and K.M. Pillai, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 39 (2012), pp. 1320-1324 DOI information: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2012.07.022
  4. “A Study on Moisture Absorption and Swelling in Bio-Based Jute-Epoxy Composites,” Masoodi, R. and Pillai, K.M., Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, v 31, n 5, p 285-294, March 2012.
  5. “Mechanical characterization of cellulose nanofiber and bio-derived epoxy composite,” R. Masoodi, R.E. Hajjar, K.M. Pillai, and R. Sabo, Materials and Design, v 36, p 570-576, April 2012.
  6. "A General Formula for Capillary Suction Pressure in Porous Media," R. Masoodi and K.M. Pillai, Journal of Porous Media, 15(8), pp 775-783, 2012.
  7. “Numerical Simulation of LCM Mold-Filling during the Manufacture of Natural Fiber Composites,” R. Masoodi, K.M. Pillai, N. Grahl, and H. Tan, Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, v31, issue 6, March 2012.
  8. “Multiscale Modeling of Unsaturated Flow in Dual-Dcale Fiber Preforms of Liquid Composite Molding I: Isothermal Flows,” Hua Tan and K.M. Pillai, Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, v 43, n 1, pp. 1-13, Jan 2012.
  9. “Multiscale Modeling of Unsaturated Flow in Dual-Dcale Fiber Preforms of Liquid Composite Molding II: Non-isothermal Flows,” Hua Tan and K.M. Pillai, Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, v 43, n 1, p 14-28, Jan 2012.
  10. “Multiscale Modeling of Unsaturated Flow in Dual-Dcale Fiber Preforms of Liquid Composite Molding III: Reactive Flows,” Hua Tan and K.M. Pillai, Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, v 43, n 1, pp. 29-44, Jan 2012.

Recent Conference Papers & Presentations:

  1. An experimental estimation of Liquid Absorption Coefficient for Cellulose Nano-Fiber Films,” A. Javadi, K.M. Pillai and R. Sabo, Proceedings of 11th International Conference on Flow Processes in Composite Materials (FPCM11), Auckland, New Zealand, July 9-12, 2012.
  2. “Investigation of Resin Flow in Woven (Dual-Scale) Jute Fabrics through the Two-Color Experiment,” R. Masoodi, A. Javadi and K.M. Pillai, Proceedings of 11th International Conference on Flow Processes in Composite Materials (FPCM11), Auckland, New Zealand, July 9-12, 2012.
  3. “Coupling Mass Transfer in Inner and Outer Flows while Modeling Drying from a Pore-Network Model,” M.R. Shaeri, S. Beyaghi and K.M. Pillai, a talk presented at 4th International Conference on Porous Media and its Applications in Science, Engineering and Industry, Potsdam (Germany), June 17-22, 2012.
  4. “Experimental and Theoretical Validation of Permeability obtained using the Closure Formulation for Sintered Polymer Wicks,” S. Beyaghi and K.M. Pillai, a talk presented at 4th International Conference on Porous Media (INTERPORE 4), Purdue University, May 14-16, 2012.
  5. “Drying Simulation of a Porous Medium Using a Pore-Network Model with Multiple Open-Sides,” M.R. Shaeri, S. Beyaghi and K.M. Pillai, a talk presented at 4th International Conference on Porous Media (INTERPORE 4), Purdue University, May 14-16, 2012.
  6. “Numerical Simulation of Pressure Infiltration Process for Making Metal Matrix Composites: Effect of Process Parameters,” B. Wang and K.M. Pillai, in CPE: Science and Engineering of Light Metal Matrix Nanocomposites and Composites, the proceedings of 2012 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition, held in Orlando, Florida, March 11-15, 2012.