The Ohio State University

Professor
Chairperson

B.Tech. 1970, Aeronautical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
M.S. 1971, Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
Ph.D. 1976, Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University

Room N 350C
201 W. 19th Ave.
Columbus, OH 43210

614-292-0503

Email: srinivasan.3

Research

Major research interest include modeling and control of dynamic systems in a variety of applications. Specific applications of interest include control of processes and machinery involved in cold rolling, injection molding, and machining; automotive powertrain control; control of mechanical systems including robots; and fluid power control.

Selected Publications

1. "State-Space Methods for Dynamic Systems Analysis," K. Srinivasan, Chapter 17, pp. 717 – 756, in Mechanical Engineers’ Handbook, Third Edition, Instrumentation, Systems, Controls, and MEMS, Editor: Meyer Kutz, John Wiley & Sons Inc., New Jersey, 2006
2. "Implementation of On-Line Clutch Pressure Estimation for Stepped Automatic Transmisssions," S. Watechagit and K. Srinivasan, Proceedings of the 2005 Automatic Control Conference, pp. 1607 - 1612, Portland, Oregon, June 2005
3. "Contouring Control of Stewart Platform Based Machine Tools," D. Garagic and K. Srinivasan, Proceedings of the 2004 American Control Conference, pp. 3831 – 3838, Boston, Massachusetts, July 2004
4. "Adaptive Friction Compensation for Stewart Platform Machine Tool Structures", D. Garagic and K. Srinivasan, IFAC Journal of Control Engineering Practice, Vol. 12, pp. 1451 – 1464, 2004
5. "Application of Nonlinear Adaptive Control Techniques to an Electrohydraulic Velocity Servomechanism", D. Garagic and K. Srinivasan, IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, volume 12, issue 2, pp. 303 – 314, March 2004
6. Kinematic and Dynamic Analysis of Stewart Platform-Based Machine Tool Structures, Harib, K., and Srinivasan, K., Volume 21, No. 5, pp. 541-554, Robotica, October 2003
7. "Optimal engine-transmission control of neutral-idle clutch application," Quan Zheng, K. Srinivasan, and G. Rizzoni, pp 463-472, JSAE Review, Vol. 22, No. 4, Oct. 2001
8. "Dynamic Modeling and Controller Design for a Piezoelectric Actuation System Used for Machine Tool Control," P.Mayhan, K.Srinivasan, S.Watechagit, and G.Washington, Journal of Smart Material Systems and Structures, Vol. 11, No. 10, pp. 771 – 780, 2000
9. "Transmission Shift Controller Design Based on a Dynamic Model of Transmission Response," Q.Zheng, K. Srinivasan, and G.Rizzoni, IFAC Journal of Control Engineering Practice, vol. 7, pp. 1007 – 1014, July 1999
10. "Machine Tool Feed Drives and Their Control - A Survey of the State of the Art," K.Srinivasan and T.-C.Tsao, 75th Anniversary Issue of the ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, vol.119, pp.743-748, November 1997