ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

We take this opportunity to express our deep sense of gratitude and sincere thanks to
our guide Mr. MUJEEB PASHA, Asst. Prof , Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Vemana I T, Bengaluru, for his meticulous guidance, words of advice, continuous support
throughout the investigation.
We shall remain ever grateful to Dr. VIJAYASIMHA REDDY, Professor and HoD,
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vemana I T, Bengaluru, who suggested this topic,
gave valuable advice, supervised the work from the first to the last and encouragement during
the completion of the our course.
We would thank Dr. T. YELLA REDDY, Professor and former Principal

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I T, Bengaluru, for his support and who is the guiding force for the dept. of Mechanical
Engineering, Vemena I T.
We express our gratitude to Dr. P GIRIDHARA REDDY, beloved Principal,
Vemana I T, Bengaluru, for their continuous support and encouragement during the
completion of our course.
I would like to thank Mr. BISHESHWAR HAORONGBAM, Doctoral research
scholar, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru for his help in FE analysis work.
We are especially thankful to Mr. K CHANDRA KUMAR and Mr. R VENKATESH
Instructors, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vemana I T, Bengaluru, for the valuable
instructions and assistance to carry out the experiments in the laboratories.
We express our profound thanks to all our respected and beloved teaching and nonteaching faculties of Mechanical Engineering Department, Vemana I T, Bengaluru, for their
constant support and guidance.
We are grateful to our Parents for their moral support and encouragement throughout.
Finally we gratefully acknowledge all our friends and well-wishers whose contributions have
been invaluable to complete this work successfully.
AKSHAY KUMAR P
ANANDA V
RAJESH B.V
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