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Dr J Jatavallabhula

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow | College of Science, Engineering and Technology
School of Engineering | Department: Mechanical Engineering

Email: jatavjk@unisa.ac.za
Campus: Florida
Building: Phapha Building
Office: E002

  • Doctor of Philosophy (Mechanical Engineering)
  • Master of Technology (CAD/CAM)
  • Bachelor of Technology (Mechanical Engineering)

  • Fatigue analysis, finite element analysis, machine design

  • Fatigue Analysis
  • Welding
  • Finite Element Analysis

  1. Jagadesh Kumar Jatavallabhula, Vasudeva Rao Veeredhi, Efficacy of friction stir welded joints under fatigue loading: a critical review, Tuijin Jishu/Journal of Propulsion Technology, ISSN: 1001-4055, Vol. 45, Issue 2, 2024. (Scopus)
  2. Deviation analysis of reverse engineered freeform surface with rapid prototyping, AIP Conference Proceedings, November 2023. (Scopus & Web of Science)
  3. Effect of Al2TiO5 powder coating on the tribological, corrosion and mechanical properties of AISI 316L stainless steel, Materials Research Express, Vol. 10, Issue 6, June 2023. (SCI & Scopus)
  4. Gamification technique in engineering education to improve learnability, Journal of Engineering Education Transformations, Vol. 33, 2020. (Scopus)
  5. Impact of high-velocity oxy-fuel ZrO2 coating on corrosion resistance and fatigue life of AISI 316L austenitic stainless steel, Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 2019, 2019. (SCI & Scopus)
  6. Impact of notch geometry on the pressure bearing capacity of AISI 316L austenitic stainless steel under fatigue loading, Universal Journal of Mechanical Engineering, Vol. 7, Issue 6, pp. 336–347, 2019. (Scopus)
  7. Effect of volume discounts on optimal transportation cost, International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering, Vol. 8, Issue 8, pp. 472–474, 2019. (Scopus)
  8. Response prediction of reverse engineered freeform surface by design of experiments, Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Sciences, Vol. 12, Issue 4, pp. 4231–4242, 2018. (ESCI & Scopus)
  9. Corrosion fatigue of welded joints in marine and naval structures: A review, International Journal of Mechanical and Production Engineering Research and Development, Vol. 7, Issue 6, pp. 155–162, 2017. (Scopus)
  10. Design considerations of Radomes: A review, International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Technology, Vol. 8, Issue 3, pp. 42–48, 2017. (Scopus)
  11. A novel approach to compute Gaussian curvature deviation using reverse engineering technique, International Journal of Mechanical and Production Engineering Research and Development, Vol. 6, Issue 5, pp. 17–24, 2016. (Scopus)
  12. A critical review on agricultural robots, International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Technology, Vol. 7, Issue 4, pp. 183–188, 2016. (Scopus)
  13. Application of dual response and tolerance analysis approaches for robust design of spot welding process, International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Technology, Vol. 7, Issue 1, pp. 05-10, 2016. (Scopus)
  14. Experimental investigation on reverse engineering techniques employing response surface methodology for freeform surfaces, Chapter 2, Advanced manufacturing and material science, Lecture notes on multidisciplinary industrial engineering, Springer International, pp. 11-20, 2018. (Scopus)

  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow

  • Patents
    Title of the invention         : Method for Computing Gaussian Curvature Deviation
    Country                             : IndiaApplication No.                 : 201741035554 A
    Date of filing application   : 06-O
    ct-2017
    Publication date                : 13-Oct-2017
    Date of grant                     : 02-May-2023
    Patent No.                         : 430956
    Short Biography
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Mechanical, Bioresources and Biomedical Engineering since February 2024.
  • 8+ years of experience in academia where I am involved in teaching courses like Robotics, Finite Element Method, CAD/CAM, C Language, Python & Research Methodology to undergraduate and postgraduate students of Mechanical Engineering.
  • 7+ years of software development experience where I worked with different clients to automate their processes and workflows using Microsoft technologies.