Assistant Professor

Dr Keerthi Reddy N

Department of Mathematics

Interests

  • Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Methods
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Thermal Management

Education

2016

Bangalore University
India
BSc

2018

Bangalore University
India
MSc

2022

Presidency University
India
PhD

Experience

  • May 2022 to Dec 2024 – Postdoctoral Research Associate – Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), South Korea

Research Interest

  • Numerical simulation of buoyant convection of nanofluids in finite enclosures
  • Computational analysis of fluid flow and heat transfer in porous media
  • Self-pressurisation and thermal stratification of cryogenic fluids in a storage tank

Awards & Fellowships

  • University Rank Holder in Bachelor of Science
  • Recipient of Gold Medal for best performance in Bachelor of Science
  • Qualified JAM – 2016
  • Secured University Rank in Master of Science
  • Recipient of Gold Medal for best academic performance in Master of Science
  • 2022 - Best PhD Thesis Award - Presidency University, India
  • 2022 - CAS Ibri - Best Published Research Award - University of Technology and Applied Sciences – Ibri, Oman
  • 2023 - CAS Ibri - Best Published Research Award - University of Technology and Applied Sciences – Ibri, Oman

Publications

Journal Publications

  • Thumma, T., Al‑Mdallal, Q. M., Dawar, A., Ontela, S., & Reddy, N. K. (2025). “Homotopy and sensitivity analysis on hybrid nanofluid transient flow past a spinning sphere considering heat source and nonlinear thermal radiation: An optimization study”. Alexandria Engineering Journal, 117, 311-324. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aej.2025.01.013
  • Reddy, N. K., Ismail, M., Basha, H. T., & Jang, B. (2024). “Heat transfer analysis of Cu-water nanofluid in a square enclosure using Caputo fractional derivative and machine learning”. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 64, 105481.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2024.105481
  • Reddy, N. K., Swamy, H. K., Sankar, M., & Yoon, A. (2024). “Impact of internal heat generation/absorption on MHD conjugate flow of aqueous-MWCNT nanofluid in a porous annulus”. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 149(13), 7025-7039. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-023-12771-4
  • Reddy, N. K., Swamy, H. A. K., Sankar, M., Yoon, A., & Do, Y. (2024). "Numerical investigation of magnetohydrodynamic convection and entropy generation in an inclined partially porous annulus filled with ferrofluid." Physics of Fluids. vol. 36, p.037135. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0196648
  • Reddy, N. K., Swamy, H. A. K., Sankar, M., & Yoon, A. (2024). “Numerical investigation of nanofluid buoyant flow behavior and heat transfer characteristics in annular-shaped enclosure with internal baffle.” International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow. https://doi.org/10.1108/HFF-09-2023-0524
  • Swamy, H. A. K., Sankar, M., Reddy, N. K. & Do. Y., (2024). “Effect of solid obstacle and thermal conditions on convective flow and entropy generation of nanofluid filled in a cylindrical chamber.” International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow. vol. 34 (1), pp. 231-258. https://doi.org/10.1108/HFF-08-2023-0466
  • Anuvinda, J., Mehta, R., Saha, K., On the depth of generalized binomial edge ideals, Mediterranean Journal of Mathematics, 21 (2024), no. 5, Paper No. 147. (https://doi.org/10.1007/s00009-024-02685-2)
  • Reddy, G. S. K., Ragoju, R., Matta, A., Reddy, N. K. & Yadav, D., (2024). “Dissolution-driven convection in an inclined porous medium with first order chemical reaction.” Journal of Porous Media. 10.1615/JPorMedia.2024051144
  • Reddy, N. K., Nemati, M., Sefid, M. & Mebarak-Oudina, F. (2023). “Computational thermal performance analysis on MHD combined convection, Entropy generation of non-Newtonian nanofluid under the impact of heat absorption/generation.” Journal of Nanofluids. vol. 12(8), p. 2381-2399. https://doi.org/10.1166/jon.2023.2107
  • Swamy, H. A. K., Sankar, M., Reddy, N. K. & Do. Y., (2023). “Optimization of entropy generation and thermal mechanism of MHD hybrid nanofluid flow in a sinusoidally heated porous cylindrical chamber.” Case studies in Thermal Engineering. vol. 51, p. 103615. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2023.103615
  • Reddy, G. S. K., Ragoju, R., Reddy, N. K. & Edla, D. R. (2023). “Dissolution-driven convection of a power - law fluid in a porous medium in the presence of chemical reaction.” Heat Transfer. vol. 53 (1), pp. 3-15. https://doi.org/10.1002/htj.22937
  • Reddy, N. K., Swamy H. A. K., Sankar, M. & Jang, B. (2023). “MHD convective flow of Ag-TiO 2 hybrid nanoliquid in an inclined porous annulus with internal heat generation.” Case studies in Thermal Engineering. vol. 42, p. 102719. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2023.102719
  • Reddy, N. K., Sivaraj, R., Sankar, M. & Swamy, H. A. K. (2023). “Unsteady buoyant convection of nanofluid in a porous annulus: Impacts of size and location of thermal source-sink pairs.” International Journal of Ambient Energy. https://doi.org/10.1080/01430750.2023.2181865
  • Swamy H. A. K., Reddy, N. K., Sankar, M. & Peddinti, P. R. T. (2023). “Conjugate heat transfer of aqueous hybrid nanoliquid between coaxial cylinders subjected to magnetic field.” International Journal of Thermofluids, vol. 17, p. 100299. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijft.2023.100299
  • Reddy, N. K. & Sankar, M. (2023), "Buoyant heat transfer of nanofluids in a vertical porous annulus: a comparative study of different models." International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow. https://doi.org/10.1108/HFF-03-2022-0179
  • Reddy, N. K., Sankar, M. & Jang, B. (2022). "Impact of thermal source-sink arrangements on buoyant convection in a nanofluid-filled annular enclosure." ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, vol. 144(11), p. 112601. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4055146
  • Swamy, H. A. K., Sankar, M., Reddy, N. K. & Al-Manthari, M. S. (2022). “Double diffusive convective transport and entropy generation in an annular space filled with alumina-water nanoliquid.” European Physical Journal Special Topics, vol. 231, pp. 2781 – 2800. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjs/s11734-022-00591-w
  • Swamy, H. A. K., Sankar, M. & Reddy, N. K. (2022). “Analysis of entropy generation and energy transport of Cu - water nanoliquid in a tilted vertical porous annulus.” International Journal of Applied and Computational Mathematics, vol. 8 (10), pp. 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40819-021-01207-y
  • Sankar, M., Reddy, N. K. & Do, Y. (2021). “Conjugate buoyant convective transport of nanofluids in an enclosed annular geometry.” Scientific Reports, vol. 11, 17122. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-96456-8
  • Reddy, N. K., Swamy, H. A. K. & Sankar, M. (2021). “Buoyant convective flow of different hybrid nanoliquids in a non-uniformly heated annulus.” European Physical Journal Special Topics, vol. 230(5), pp. 1213-1225. http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjs/s11734-021-00034-y
  • Girish, N., Sankar, M. & Reddy, N. K. (2021). “Analysis of fully developed mixed convection in open-ended annuli with viscous dissipation.” Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, vol. 143, pp. 503 - 521. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-019-09120-9
  • Reddy, N. K., Swamy, H. A. K., Sankar, M., Do. Y., & Yoon, A. (2025). “Integrating machine learning with numerical simulations of magneto-convective flow and irreversibility dynamics in a partially porous cavity with hot blocks.” Case Studies in Thermal Engineering. (Submitted)

Book Chapters

  • Kiran, S., Keerthi Reddy, N., Sankar, M. & Do, Y. (2021). “Computational analysis of conjugate buoyant convective transport in an annulus.” In: Rushi Kumar B., Sivaraj R., Prakash J. (Eds.) Advances in Fluid Dynamics. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Springer, Singapore, 889 - 905. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4308-1_68.
  • Mebarek-Oudina, F., Keerthi Reddy, N. & Sankar, M. (2021). “Heat source location effects on buoyant convection of nanofluids in an annulus.” In: Rushi Kumar B., Sivaraj R., Prakash J. (Eds.) Advances in Fluid Dynamics, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Springer, Singapore, 923 - 937. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4308-1_70.
  • Sankar, M., Swamy, H. A. K., Mebarek-Oudina, F. & Reddy, N. K. (2024). “Second law analysis of magneto-thermosolutal convection and energy transport in nanoliquid filled annulus.” In proceedings of International Conference on Energy and Material Sciences, November 2022, Skikda, Algeria (Accepted for publication).

International and National Conference Publications

  • Reddy, N. K., Harthikote, N., Sankar, M. and Swamy, H. A. K. (2022). “Hybrid Nanofluid Flow and Thermal Transport Analysis in a Vertical Annular Enclosure: Effect of Linear and Uniform Heating”. In proceedings of International conference on Recent Developments in Mathematics, August 2022, Dubai, UAE (Accepted for publication).
  • Swamy, H. A. K., Sankar, M., Reddy, N. K. & Sudheendra, S. R. (2021). “Heat transfer and second law analysis of Ag-water nanoliquid in a non-uniformly heated porous annulus”. In proceedings of International Conference on Frontiers in Industrial and Applied Mathematics held at Punjab - India, Springer proceedings in Mathematics and Statistics.
  • Vinay, C. V., Viswanath, S., Sankar, M. & Reddy, N. K. (2024). “Influence of non- uniform heating on buoyant convection of nanofluid in an inclined parallelogrammic porous enclosure.” In proceedings of International conference on Recent Developments in Mathematics, August 2022, Dubai, UAE (Accepted for publication).
  • Reddy, N. K. & Sankar, M. (2020). " Buoyant convective transport of nanofluids in a non-uniformly heated annulus." Journal of Physics: Conference Series, vol. 1597, p.012055.

Contact Details

  • E-mail id: keerthi.r@srmap.edu.in
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