VIVEKANANDAN N

Dr. VIVEKANANDAN N

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Academic Career Length

10Years (2017-Present)

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18 October 2023 in Communications in Mathematics and Applications
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KRKannan Rajeswari
Kannan Rajeswari
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S. R. Vispute
RKReena Kharat
Reena Kharat
DSDipti Salunkhe
Dipti Salunkhe
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VIVEKANANDAN N
The most frequent ailment in diabetics that can cause blindness is diabetic retinopathy. It takes time for the clinician to recognize the stage of diabetic retinopathy and report the findings. As a result, the suggested paper takes little time to analyse and is highly helpful in outlining the stages of the condition look for a way to categorise. This essay compares and contrasts various research papers and methodologies. Convolutional and pooling layers can be utilized to boost accuracy, and ReLU can be employed as an activation function, according to the methods we suggested. In this study, fully connected layers which are also useful for classification are proposed. There are numerous indicators of retinal injury, including the fovea, optic nerve head, effusions, blood vessels, hemorrhages, and ocular micro aneurysms. Classification, pre-processing, feature extraction, segmentation, and detection are among the difficulties. The purpose of this research is to use convolutional neural networks to identify diabetic retinopathy (CNN). We compared various CNN architecture models and found that pre-processing can raise model accuracy by up to 5%.



15 October 2025 in Building and Environment
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VIVEKANANDAN N
RKRajeswari K
Rajeswari K

4 March 2026 in SSRN Electronic Journal
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KRKannan Rajeswari
Kannan Rajeswari
SSSanjay P. Salve
Sanjay P. Salve
Informal and low-income housing in hot climates commonly uses corrugated galvanized iron (GI) sheet roofs that absorb intense solar radiation and rapidly transmit heat indoors, worsening thermal discomfort and heat-stress risk. This study investigates a low-cost, construction-ready retrofit: a 20° pitched ventilated double-tin roof with a continuous air cavity and inlet–outlet vent rows designed to enhance buoyancy-driven heat removal using readily available materials. A combined modelling–measurement framework is implemented, integrating (i) on-site diurnal ambient temperature and global solar irradiance recorded during outdoor testing, (ii) steady peak-load CFD with conjugate heat transfer and solar/long-wave radiation to resolve cavity thermo-fluid mechanisms, (iii) transient whole-zone EnergyPlus simulations using Typical Meteorological Year (TMY) weather to predict diurnal indoor response, and (iv) a 1:3 scale outdoor prototype for validation against a single-sheet baseline.CFD results indicate buoyancy-dominated ventilation in the cavity (Rayleigh number on the order of 10⁵), producing a stable stratified thermal field and a coherent upward draft that removes absorbed heat before it reaches the indoor-facing sheet. The coupled CFD–EnergyPlus analysis predicts meaningful reductions in inward heat flux and indoor operative temperature relative to a conventional single-layer GI roof, with the largest benefits occurring during peak solar hours. Outdoor prototype measurements under summer exposure in Pune, India corroborate the mechanism and magnitude of roof-surface temperature reduction, and show stronger indoor cooling during periods of wind assistance, consistent with wind–buoyancy interaction in naturally ventilated roof cavities. A parametric gap-width study identifies a practical optimum range for cavity height, beyond which additional widening yields diminishing returns. Overall, the results provide experimentally supported design guidance for a scalable, low-cost ventilated GI roof solution to mitigate overheating in climate-vulnerable housing.

10 July 2026 in Building Services Engineering Research & Technology
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VNVIVEKANANDAN N
VIVEKANANDAN N
KRKannan Rajeswari
Kannan Rajeswari
SSSanjay Prakash Salve
Sanjay Prakash Salve
Informal housing in hot climates commonly uses corrugated galvanized iron (GI) sheet roofs, which absorb intense solar radiation and rapidly transmit heat indoors, causing thermal discomfort and elevated heat-stress risk. This study evaluates a low-cost, construction-ready retrofit: a 20° pitched ventilated double-tin roof with a continuous air cavity and distributed inlet–outlet vents to enhance buoyancy-driven heat removal. A multi-scale modelling–measurement framework integrates peak-load CFD with conjugate heat transfer and radiative effects to resolve cavity airflow, transient EnergyPlus simulations using Typical Meteorological Year (TMY) data to predict diurnal indoor response, and validation using a 1:3 scale outdoor prototype under summer conditions in Pune, India. Results show buoyancy-dominated ventilation within the cavity (Rayleigh number ≈ 1.3 × 10 5 ), forming a stable upward flow that removes absorbed heat before it reaches the indoor-facing sheet. Compared to a single-layer GI roof, the system reduces inward heat flux by 30–35% and lowers indoor operative temperature by up to 6.2°C (4–6°C average). Experiments confirm roof-surface temperature reductions of 14–17°C and enhanced indoor cooling (8–12°C) under wind-assisted conditions. An optimal cavity gap of 6–10 cm is identified. The study provides experimentally validated design guidance for scalable, low-cost passive cooling in climate-vulnerable housing. Practical application: This study provides construction-ready guidance for improving thermal comfort in buildings with corrugated GI roofs, commonly used in low-cost housing. The proposed ventilated double-skin roof system uses simple materials and passive airflow to reduce indoor heat gain without mechanical cooling. The identified optimal cavity gap (6–10 cm) and quantified performance improvements enable practitioners, engineers, and builders to implement an effective, low-cost retrofit strategy. The findings are directly applicable to building design and refurbishment in hot climates, particularly in resource-constrained settings where energy-efficient and affordable cooling solutions are required. The thermal performance reported in this study corresponds to newly installed GI sheets. In practical applications, dust accumulation, surface weathering, and oxidation may gradually increase solar absorptivity over time, leading to higher outer-sheet temperatures and some reduction in cooling effectiveness. Nevertheless, the underlying buoyancy-driven ventilation mechanism remains active and may partially compensate for the increased solar heat gain through enhanced natural airflow within the cavity. Periodic cleaning or the use of reflective coatings could help maintain long-term thermal performance in dusty environments.