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Dr Srinarayana Nagarathinam

ARC Postdoctoral Fellow - Industry

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Selected grants

2010

  • Design tools for optimising data centre layout to minimise energy usage; Groenhout N, Nagarathinam S, Behnia M, Armfield S, Groenhout N; Australian Research Council (ARC)/Linkage Projects (LP).
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Selected publications

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Journals

  • Fakhim, B., Behnia, M., Armfield, S., Nagarathinam, S. (2011). Cooling solutions in an operational data centre: A case study. Applied Thermal Engineering, 31(14-15), 2279-2291.
  • Nagarathinam, S., Williamson, N., Armfield, S., Lin, W. (2010). Line fountain behavior at low-Reynolds number. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 53(9-10), 2065-2073.
  • Nagarathinam, S., Armfield, S., Lin, W. (2009). Impinging plane fountains in a homogeneous fluid. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 52(11-12), 2614-2623.
  • Nagarathinam, S., Armfield, S., Lin, W. (2009). Laminar plane fountains impinging on a ceiling with an opposing heat flux. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 52(19-20), 4545-4552.
  • Nagarathinam, S., McBain, G., Armfield, S., Lin, W. (2008). Height and stability of laminar plane fountains in a homogeneous fluid. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 51(19-20), 4717-4727.
  • Williamson, N., Nagarathinam, S., Armfield, S., McBain, G., Lin, W. (2008). Low-Reynolds-number fountain behaviour. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 608, 297-317.

Conferences

  • Nagarathinam, S., Fakhim, B., Behnia, M., Armfield, S. (2012). A Comparative Study of Raised-Floor and Hard-Floor Configurations in an Air-Cooled Data Centre. Thirteenth Intersociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems (ITherm 2012), Piscataway, NJ, USA: (IEEE) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
  • Fakhim, B., Nagarathinam, S., Behnia, M., Armfield, S. (2012). Analysis of Exergy Destruction in Data Centres. Thirteenth Intersociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems (ITherm 2012), Piscataway, NJ, USA: (IEEE) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
  • Fakhim, B., Nagarathinam, S., Behnia, M., Armfield, S. (2012). Exergy-based Performance Metrics to Evaluate Irreversibility in Data Centre Environment Airspace. Seventh International Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics (ICCFD7), Hawaii: ICCFD.
  • Fakhim, B., Nagarathinam, S., Behnia, M., Armfield, S. (2011). A Second Law Approach to the Thermal Management of Raised Floor Data Centres. 7th International Conference on Computational Heat and Mass Transfer (ICCHMT 2011), Turkey: International Centre for Applied Thermodynamics (ICAT).
  • Fakhim, B., Nagarathinam, S., Behnia, M., Armfield, S. (2011). Rack Level Thermal-flow Analysis of Data Centres. 9th Australasian Heat and Mass Transfer Conference - 9AHMTC, Melbourne, Australia: Australasian Fluid and Thermal Engineering Society (AFTES).
  • Fakhim, B., Nagarathinam, S., Naimo, M., Behnia, M., Armfield, S. (2011). The Effect of Room Configuration on Thermal Performance of Data Centres with Detailed Rack Models. Eighth International Conference on Flow Dynamics, Tohoku, Japan: GCOE Institute of Fluid Science, Tohoku University.
  • Zafaranloo, A., Fakhim, B., Nagarathinam, S., Behnia, M. (2011). The Impact of Air-Conditioner Supply Temperature on the Flow Distribution and Operational Cost of Raised Floor Data Centres. 7th International Conference on Computational Heat and Mass Transfer (ICCHMT 2011), Turkey: International Centre for Applied Thermodynamics (ICAT).
  • Fakhim, B., Nagarathinam, S., Wong, S., Behnia, M., Armfield, S. (2010). Addressing Thermal Challenges in Design of Data Centres. ASME 2010 10th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis (ESDA2010), Istanbul, Turkey: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
  • Nagarathinam, S., Armfield, S., Behnia, M., Lin, W. (2010). Critical Froude number for transition from a steady to an unsteady plane fountain injected into a homogeneous fluid. 17th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Auckland, New Zealand: University of Auckland.
  • Fakhim, B., Nagarathinam, S., Behnia, M., Armfield, S. (2010). Effect of under-floor blockages and perforated tile openings on the performance of raised-floor data centres. 17th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Auckland, New Zealand: University of Auckland.
  • Fakhim, B., Behnia, M., Armfield, S., Nagarathinam, S. (2010). Heat Transfer and Air-Flow Analysis of a Non-Uniformly Cooled Data Centre. 7th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics (HEFAT 2010), Turkey: HEFAT.
  • Nagarathinam, S., Komiya, A., Armfield, S., Behnia, M., Maruyama, S. (2008). Laminar Plane Free-fountains in a Homogeneous Fluid. Fifth International Conference on Flow Dynamics (ICFD5), Korea: Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers (KSME).
  • Komiya, A., Williamson, N., Nagarathinam, S., Behnia, M., Armfield, S., Maruyama, S. (2008). Visualization of Upwelled Saline Flow and its Transition Behaviour from Steady to Oscillatory regimes. The 19th International Symposium on Transport Phenomena (ISTP-19), Iceland: University of Iceland, Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science.
  • Williamson, N., Nagarathinam, S., Armfield, S., McBain, G., Lin, W. (2007). Characterisation of Low Reynolds Number Fountain Behaviour. 16th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference AFMC 2007, Australia: University of Queensland.
  • Nagarathinam, S., Armfield, S., Lin, W. (2007). Numerical Simulation of Free-fountains in a Homogeneous Fluid. 16th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference AFMC 2007, Australia: University of Queensland.
  • Nagarathinam, S., Lin, W., McBain, G., Armfield, S. (2006). Direct Simulation Of Impinging Plane Fountains In A Homogeneous Fluid. 13th International Heat Transfer Conference IHTC 2006, Connecticut, USA: Begell House Inc.

2012

  • Nagarathinam, S., Fakhim, B., Behnia, M., Armfield, S. (2012). A Comparative Study of Raised-Floor and Hard-Floor Configurations in an Air-Cooled Data Centre. Thirteenth Intersociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems (ITherm 2012), Piscataway, NJ, USA: (IEEE) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
  • Fakhim, B., Nagarathinam, S., Behnia, M., Armfield, S. (2012). Analysis of Exergy Destruction in Data Centres. Thirteenth Intersociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems (ITherm 2012), Piscataway, NJ, USA: (IEEE) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
  • Fakhim, B., Nagarathinam, S., Behnia, M., Armfield, S. (2012). Exergy-based Performance Metrics to Evaluate Irreversibility in Data Centre Environment Airspace. Seventh International Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics (ICCFD7), Hawaii: ICCFD.

2011

  • Fakhim, B., Nagarathinam, S., Behnia, M., Armfield, S. (2011). A Second Law Approach to the Thermal Management of Raised Floor Data Centres. 7th International Conference on Computational Heat and Mass Transfer (ICCHMT 2011), Turkey: International Centre for Applied Thermodynamics (ICAT).
  • Fakhim, B., Behnia, M., Armfield, S., Nagarathinam, S. (2011). Cooling solutions in an operational data centre: A case study. Applied Thermal Engineering, 31(14-15), 2279-2291.
  • Fakhim, B., Nagarathinam, S., Behnia, M., Armfield, S. (2011). Rack Level Thermal-flow Analysis of Data Centres. 9th Australasian Heat and Mass Transfer Conference - 9AHMTC, Melbourne, Australia: Australasian Fluid and Thermal Engineering Society (AFTES).
  • Fakhim, B., Nagarathinam, S., Naimo, M., Behnia, M., Armfield, S. (2011). The Effect of Room Configuration on Thermal Performance of Data Centres with Detailed Rack Models. Eighth International Conference on Flow Dynamics, Tohoku, Japan: GCOE Institute of Fluid Science, Tohoku University.
  • Zafaranloo, A., Fakhim, B., Nagarathinam, S., Behnia, M. (2011). The Impact of Air-Conditioner Supply Temperature on the Flow Distribution and Operational Cost of Raised Floor Data Centres. 7th International Conference on Computational Heat and Mass Transfer (ICCHMT 2011), Turkey: International Centre for Applied Thermodynamics (ICAT).

2010

  • Fakhim, B., Nagarathinam, S., Wong, S., Behnia, M., Armfield, S. (2010). Addressing Thermal Challenges in Design of Data Centres. ASME 2010 10th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis (ESDA2010), Istanbul, Turkey: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
  • Nagarathinam, S., Armfield, S., Behnia, M., Lin, W. (2010). Critical Froude number for transition from a steady to an unsteady plane fountain injected into a homogeneous fluid. 17th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Auckland, New Zealand: University of Auckland.
  • Fakhim, B., Nagarathinam, S., Behnia, M., Armfield, S. (2010). Effect of under-floor blockages and perforated tile openings on the performance of raised-floor data centres. 17th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Auckland, New Zealand: University of Auckland.
  • Fakhim, B., Behnia, M., Armfield, S., Nagarathinam, S. (2010). Heat Transfer and Air-Flow Analysis of a Non-Uniformly Cooled Data Centre. 7th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics (HEFAT 2010), Turkey: HEFAT.
  • Nagarathinam, S., Williamson, N., Armfield, S., Lin, W. (2010). Line fountain behavior at low-Reynolds number. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 53(9-10), 2065-2073.

2009

  • Nagarathinam, S., Armfield, S., Lin, W. (2009). Impinging plane fountains in a homogeneous fluid. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 52(11-12), 2614-2623.
  • Nagarathinam, S., Armfield, S., Lin, W. (2009). Laminar plane fountains impinging on a ceiling with an opposing heat flux. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 52(19-20), 4545-4552.

2008

  • Nagarathinam, S., McBain, G., Armfield, S., Lin, W. (2008). Height and stability of laminar plane fountains in a homogeneous fluid. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 51(19-20), 4717-4727.
  • Nagarathinam, S., Komiya, A., Armfield, S., Behnia, M., Maruyama, S. (2008). Laminar Plane Free-fountains in a Homogeneous Fluid. Fifth International Conference on Flow Dynamics (ICFD5), Korea: Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers (KSME).
  • Williamson, N., Nagarathinam, S., Armfield, S., McBain, G., Lin, W. (2008). Low-Reynolds-number fountain behaviour. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 608, 297-317.
  • Komiya, A., Williamson, N., Nagarathinam, S., Behnia, M., Armfield, S., Maruyama, S. (2008). Visualization of Upwelled Saline Flow and its Transition Behaviour from Steady to Oscillatory regimes. The 19th International Symposium on Transport Phenomena (ISTP-19), Iceland: University of Iceland, Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science.

2007

  • Williamson, N., Nagarathinam, S., Armfield, S., McBain, G., Lin, W. (2007). Characterisation of Low Reynolds Number Fountain Behaviour. 16th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference AFMC 2007, Australia: University of Queensland.
  • Nagarathinam, S., Armfield, S., Lin, W. (2007). Numerical Simulation of Free-fountains in a Homogeneous Fluid. 16th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference AFMC 2007, Australia: University of Queensland.

2006

  • Nagarathinam, S., Lin, W., McBain, G., Armfield, S. (2006). Direct Simulation Of Impinging Plane Fountains In A Homogeneous Fluid. 13th International Heat Transfer Conference IHTC 2006, Connecticut, USA: Begell House Inc.
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