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Dr.(Mrs.) I.U. Atthanayake

B.Sc.Eng.(Hons)(Peradeniya), Mphil(UOM) , PhD(Warwick)

Senior Lecturer (G I)

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Iresha Atthanayake’s research interests lie in the general area of fluid mechanics, rotational fluids and molecular communication. She is a senior lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. She graduated from University of Peradeniya- Sri Lanka in 2003 and she has completed her MPhil at University of Moratuwa in 2013. She obtained her PhD from the University of Warwick in the UK. Dr Atthanayake has 16 years of teaching experience and currently she teaches DMX3401 – Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, DMX5206 – Fluid Mechanics, and DMX6304 Computational Fluid Mechanics for undergraduate students.

Areas of Specialization

Fluid Dynamics, Fluid Machinery, Particle Image velocimetry(PIV), Molecular Communication

Research Interests

Rotating flows, Swirling jets, Water turbines, Molecular communication

Programme/Course Coordination

DMX3401 Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics
DMM5206 Fluid Mechanics
DMX6204 Computational Fluid Dynamics

Publications in non-indexed journals

Formation–breakdown cycle of turbulent jets in a rotating fluid

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-fluid-mechanics/article/formationbreakdown-cycle-of-turbulent-jets-in-a-rotating-fluid/9D6BD27AC396806023D6582FEE365073

Analytical study on flow through a Pelton turbine bucket using boundary layer theory

http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.362.9417&rep=rep1&type=pdf

Experimental molecular communications in obstacle rich fluids

https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3233216

Dynamic variability of axisymmetric, round jet in a rotating reference frame

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Iresha_Atthanayake/publication/303749522_Dynamic_variability_of_axisymmetric_round_jet_in_a_rotating_reference_frame/links/57503ee908aefe968db72711.pdf

Behaviour of an axi-symmetric jet in the rotating reference frame

https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.759703

Effect of blade friction on performance of Micro-Hydro pelton turbines: mathematical modeling and experimental verification

http://dl.lib.mrt.ac.lk/handle/123/10664

Pulsation of an axisymmetric jet in the presence of background rotation

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Iresha_Atthanayake/publication/318209798_PULSATION_OF_AN_AXISYMMETRIC_JET_IN_THE_PRESENCE_OF_BACKGROUND_ROTATION/links/595cd845a6fdcc8623299804/PULSATION-OF-AN-AXISYMMETRIC-JET-IN-THE-PRESENCE-OF-BACKGROUND-ROTATION.pdf

Mathematical Model for the Effect of Blade Friction on the Performance of Pelton Turbine

https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/ijfms/4/4/4_4_396/_article/-char/ja/

University research awards – 2021

University research awards – 2022

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