- Designation
- Professor
- Department / centre
- Department of Textile Technology
- Institute
- IIT Delhi
- Education
- PhD (Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA)
- hodtextile@iitd.ac.in
- Phone
- 01126591419
- Office address
- TX-126
- Personal web page
- textile.iitd.ac.in/faculty-profile/6
Dr. R. Alagirusamy is a professor in the Department of Textile and Fibre Engineering. He obtained his PhD from Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA in June 1994. Currently, he is the Head of The Department.
Specialisation
- Hybrid Yarns for Composites
- Natural Fibre Composites
- Textile Prefoming for Composites
- Yarn Engineering
Teaching Interest
Composite Technology :
- Short and long fibre composites - Fibre and matrix properties - composite manufacturing technologies: hand layup, vaccuum bagging, compression moulding, filament winding, Resin Transfer Moulding - Textile preforming - Composite properties
Technical Textiles :
- Application of technical textiles in various areas like transportation, geotextiles and construction, filtration, protection against various hazards.
Yarn Manufacture :
- The fundementals of different yarn manufacturing methods - principles of opening, cleaning, carding, twisting, roller drafting, packaging - Yarn structure property relationships - End uses of different types of yarns.