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JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

  1. Jothish, S., Mukesh, S. K., Nambiar, A. M., and Rajendran, S. (2026). Toward a Ship Simulator
    Using Advanced Multisensor Fusion for Maritime Navigation and Environmental Awareness.
    Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, 148(3), 031401.

  2. Vijith, P. P., and Rajendran, S. (2026). Coupled Hydroelastic Responses of Horizontal Bending
    and Torsion of a Flexible Large Ship Using a Time Domain Method. Ocean Engineering, 354,
    124761.

  3. Malviya, A., Rajendran, S., & Zhou, X. (2026). Transfer Learning for Deep Reinforcement
    Learning-Based Path Following of Autonomous Surface Vessels. Journal of Marine Science and Application, 1-17.

  4. Nambiar, A., Rajendran, S., and Ambat, S. K. (2026). An Explainable Context-Adaptive Fusion
    and Expert-in-the-Loop Evaluation Framework for Underwater Sonar Image Classification. The
    Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 159(2), 1583–1598.

  5. Vijay Kumar, V., Shahin, K., Rajendran, S., Rajeev, A., Lal Lazar, P. J., and Ramakrishna,
    S. (2025). Impact Behaviour of Carbon Epoxy Composite with PAN Nanofiber Reinforcement.
    International Journal of Protective Structures.

  6.  Malineni, V. S. K., and Rajendran, S. (2025). On the Performance of a Data-Driven Backward
    Compatible Physics-Informed Neural Network for Prediction of Flow Past a Cylinder. Journal of
    Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, 147(4).

  7.  Vijith, P. P., Rajendran, S., Wang, S., and Guedes Soares, C. (2025). Numerical Assessment of
    Wave-Induced Motions and Rigid Bending and Torsional Loads Acting on Large Slender Ships in Various Operating Conditions Using a 2D Time Domain Method. Ocean Engineering, 335, 121524.

  8.  Babu, N., and Rajendran, S. (2024). Numerical Investigation of Triadic Interactions During
    Wave Propagation Over a Submerged Bar Using a Fully Nonlinear Numerical Wave Tank. Ocean Engineering, 311, 118968.

  9. Peddamallu, P., Rajendran, S., Saripilli, J., and Zhou, X. (2024). Coupling a Time-Domain Code
    with a RANS Solver for Slamming Analysis. Ships and Offshore Structures, 1–14.

  10.  Sivaraj, S., Dubey, A., and Rajendran, S. (2023). On the Performance of Different Deep Reinforcement Learning Based Controllers for the Path-Following of a Ship. Ocean Engineering, 286, 115607.

  11.  Vijith, P. P., and Rajendran, S. (2023). Hydroelastic Effects on the Vertical Bending Moment of
    a Container Ship in Head and Oblique Seas. Ocean Engineering, 285, 115385.

  12. Sandeepkumar, R., Rajendran, S., Mohan, R., and Pascoal, A. (2022). A Unified Ship Manoeuvring Model with a Nonlinear Model Predictive Controller for Path Following in Regular Waves. Ocean Engineering, 243, 110165.

  13.  Sivaraj, S., Rajendran, S., and Prasad, L. P. (2022). Data Driven Control Based on Deep QNetwork Algorithm for Heading Control and Path Following of a Ship in Calm Water and Waves. Ocean Engineering, 259, 111802.

  14. Paramesh, S., and Rajendran, S. (2021). A Unified Seakeeping and Manoeuvring Model with
    a PID Controller for Path Following of a KVLCC2 Tanker in Regular Waves. Applied Ocean
    Research, 116, 102860.

  15. Patil, N., and Rajendran, S. (2021). A Time-Domain Method for Analyzing the Ship Roll
    Stabilization Based on Active Fin Control. Ocean Systems Engineering, 11(3), 275–299.
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  16. Rajendran, S., Fonseca, N., and Guedes Soares, C. (2017). Estimation of Short and Long Term
    Probability Distributions of Wave Induced Loads Acting on a Cruise Vessel in Extreme Seas.
    Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering.

  17. Rajendran, S., Fonseca, N., and Guedes Soares, C. (2016). Body Nonlinear Time Domain Calculation of Vertical Ship Responses in Extreme Seas Using a 2nd Order Froude-Krylov Pressure. Applied Ocean Research, 54, 39–52.

  18. Rajendran, S., Fonseca, N., and Guedes Soares, C. (2016). A Numerical Investigation of the Flexible Vertical Response of an Ultra Large Containership in High Seas Compared with Experiments. Ocean Engineering.

  19. Rajendran, S., and Guedes Soares, C. (2016). Numerical Investigation of the Vertical Response
    of a Containership in Large Amplitude Waves. Ocean Engineering, 123, 440–451.

  20. Rajendran, S., Fonseca, N., and Guedes Soares, C. (2016). Prediction of Vertical Responses of a
    Container Ship in Abnormal Waves. Ocean Engineering, 119, 165–180.

  21. Rajendran, S., Fonseca, N., and Guedes Soares, C. (2016). Prediction of Extreme Motions
    and Vertical Bending Moments on a Cruise Ship Comparing with Experimental Data. Ocean
    Engineering, 127, 368–336.

  22. Rajendran, S., Fonseca, N., and Guedes Soares, C. (2016). Effect of Bow Flare on the Vertical
    Ship Responses in Abnormal Waves and Extreme Seas. Ocean Engineering, 124, 419–436.

  23. Klein, M., Clauss, G., Rajendran, S., Guedes Soares, C., and Onorato, M. (2016). Peregrine
    Breathers as Design Waves for Wave-Structure Interaction. Ocean Engineering, 128, 199–212.

  24. Rajendran, S., Fonseca, N., and Guedes Soares, C. (2015). Simplified Body Nonlinear Time
    Domain Calculation of Vertical Ship Motions and Wave Loads in Large Amplitude Waves. Ocean Engineering, 107, 157–177.

  25. Rajendran, S., Fonseca, N., and Guedes Soares, C. (2015). Effect of Surge Motion on the Vertical Responses of Ship in Waves. Ocean Engineering, 96, 125–138.

CONFERENCE PAPERS

  1. Sharma, D., Rajput, K. S., Dubey, A., and Rajendran, S. (2025). Formation Control of Heterogeneous
    Vehicles. In OCEANS 2025-Great Lakes, IEEE, pp. 1–7.

  2. Akula, A., and Rajendran, S. (2025). Optimization of Path Following for Autonomous Surface
    Vehicles Using Reinforcement and Imitation Learning. In International Conference on Offshore
    Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Vol. 88926, V003T06A075, ASME.

  3. Mohan, V. B., and Rajendran, S. (2025). Design, Optimization, and Control of a Hydrofoil
    System for High-Performance Marine Vessels. In International Conference on Offshore Mechanics
    and Arctic Engineering, Vol. 88964, V007T15A002, ASME.

  4. Malviya, A., and Rajendran, S. (2025). Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Collision Avoidance
    and Path Following of Autonomous Surface Vehicles. In 2025 IEEE Underwater Technology
    (UT), IEEE, pp. 1–6.

  5. Basha, K., Nambiar, A., and Rajendran, S. (2025). A Novel Context-Adaptive Fusion of Shadow
    and Highlight Regions for Efficient Sonar Image Classification. In OCEANS 2025-Great Lakes,
    IEEE, pp. 1–7.

  6. Varghese, S. S., Rajendran, S., & Ebenezer, D. (2025). Development of standardized tools for ship hull optimization. International Conference on Ocean Engineering (ICOE 2025), Elsevier.

  7. Thiagarajan, V. L., Samad, A., and Rajendran, S. (2024). Challenges in Numerical Simulation of Hydrokinetic Turbines. In ISOPE Pacific/Asia Offshore Mechanics Symposium, ISOPE.

  8. Babu, N., and Rajendran, S. (2024). Nonlinear Wave and Fixed Body Interaction in the Presence of Uniform Currents Using a Potential Flow-Based Numerical Wave Tank. In ISOPE Pacific/Asia Offshore Mechanics Symposium, ISOPE.

  9. Thirumurugan, V., Rajendran, S., and Somayajula, A. S. (2024). Static Obstacle Avoidance With Path Following of ASVs by Using Twin Delayed Deep Deterministic Policy Gradients. In International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Vol. 87844, V006T08A039, ASME.

  10. Vijith, P. P., Rajendran, S., and Zhou, X. (2024). Investigation of Hydrodynamic Effects on Large Floating Structure Using a 2D-Time Domain Hydrodynamic Solver Based on Strip Theory. In International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Vol. 87837, V05BT06A033, ASME.

  11. SA, V., Saha, N., and Rajendran, S. (2024). Analysis of the Dynamic Responses of a Barge-Type Platform With Multiple Wind Turbines. In International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Vol. 87851, V007T09A009, ASME.

  12. Malineni, V. S. K., Rajendran, S., and Mitra, K. (2023, June). A Surrogate Model Based on Physics Informed Neural Networks for Predicting Wake Flow Past a Cylinder. In OCEANS 2023–Limerick, IEEE, pp. 1–10.

  13. Zhou, X., Xu, C., Wang, X., Lu, G., Rajendran, S., and Xin, P. (2023). An Adaptive Control Method for Ship Path Tracking Accounting for Ship-Ship Hydrodynamic Interaction. In 2023 IEEE 11th International Conference on Computer Science and Network Technology (ICCSNT), IEEE, pp. 466–473. 

  14. Vijith, P. P., Rajendran, S., Wang, S., and Guedes Soares, C. (2023). Numerical Investigation of Rigid Body Loads Acting on an Ultra Large Containership in High Sea States. In Advances in the Collision and Grounding of Ships and Offshore Structures, CRC Press, pp. 405–412.

  15. Dubey, A. C., Gajapathy, R., & Rajendran, S. (2021, September). An experimental and numerical investigation on the autopilot design of a KVLCC2 tanker. In OCEANS 2021: San Diego–Porto (pp. 1-6). IEEE.

  16. Peddamallu, P., Menon, A. K., & Rajendran, S. (2021). On the water entry problem of 2D wedges and bow flare section. In Developments in Maritime Technology and Engineering (pp. 305-318). CRC Press.

  17. Rajendran, S., & Ameer Hassan, A. S. (2021). Surf-riding and Broaching—A Numerical Investigation on the Vulnerability of Ships. In Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference in Ocean Engineering (ICOE2019) (pp. 493-500). Springer, Singapore.

  18. Paramesh, S., & Rajendran, S. (2020, October). Numerical investigation of the manoeuvring motions and trajectory tracking of a KVLCC2 tanker using PID controller in regular waves. In Global Oceans 2020: Singapore–US Gulf Coast (pp. 1-6). IEEE.

  19. Vijith, P. P., & Rajendran, S. (2020, August). Horizontal and Torsional Modes of an Ultra Large Container Ship (ULCS). In International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (Vol. 84386, p. V06BT06A039). American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

  20. Rajendran, S., & Guedes Soares, C. (2019). Effect of Slamming and Green Water on Short-Term Distribution of Vertical Bending Moment of a Containership in Abnormal Waves. In Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference in Ocean Engineering (ICOE2018) (pp. 333-345). Springer, Singapore.

  21. Wang, S., Rajendran, S., & Guedes Soares, C. (2018, June). Investigation of bottom slamming on ships in irregular waves. In International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (Vol. 51326, p. V11AT12A018). American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

  22. Rajendran, S. and Guedes Soares, C. Short term statistics of hydroelastic loads of a containership in head and oblique seas, Proceedings of the 36th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering OMAE 2018-77486, June17-22, 2018, Madrid, Spain.

  23. Wang, S., Rajendran, S and Guedes Soares, S. Investigation of bottom slamming of ships in irregular waves, Proceedings of the 36th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering OMAE 2018-77900, June17-22, 2018, Madrid, Spain.

  24. Rajendran, S. and Guedes Soares, C. Effect of slamming and green water on short term distribution of vertical bending moment of a containership in abnormal waves, 4th International Conference in Ocean Engineering, ICOE 2018-234, Feb 18-21, 2018, Chennai, India.

  25. Rajendran, S. and Guedes Soares, C.Numerical Investigation of Parametric Rolling of a Container ship in Regular and Irregular Waves, Proceedings of the 36th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering OMAE 2017-62490, June25-30, 2017, Trondheim, Norway.

  26. Rajendran, S., Fonseca, N., and Guedes Soares, C., 2015, Calculation of Vertical Bending Moment Acting on an Ultra Large Containership in Large Amplitude Waves, Proceedings of the 34th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, OMAE 2015-42405

  27. Rajendran, S., Fonseca, N., and Guedes Soares, C., 2015, Calculation of Short Term Load Distribution of a Cruise Vessel in Extreme Seas Using a Bodynonlinear Time Domain Method With Second Order Froude Krylov Pressure, Proceedings of the 34th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, OMAE 2015-42406

  28. Rajendran, S., Fonseca, N., and Guedes Soares, C., 2014, Prediction of ship responses in large amplitude waves using a body nonlinear time domain method with 2nd order Froude Krylov Pressure, Proceedings of the 33rd International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, OMAE 2014-24698

  29. Rajendran, S., Fonseca, N., and Guedes Soares, C., 2014, Analysis of vertical bending moment on an ultra large containership induced by extreme head seas, Proceedings of the 33rd International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, OMAE 2014-24602

  30. Rajendran, S., Fonseca, N., and Guedes Soares, C., 2013, Estimation of Short Term Probability Distributions of Wave Induced Loads Acting on a Cruise Vessel in Extreme Seas. Proceedings of the 32nd International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, OMAE 2013-11638

  31. Rajendran, S., Fonseca, N. and Guedes Soares, C., 2012, Experiment and Time Domain Method Comparison for the Responses of a Container Ship induced by the Three Sisters abnormal waves, Marine Technology and Engineering. C. Guedes Soares et al. (Ed.), Taylor & Francis, UK:, pp.223-230.

  32. Rajendran, S., Fonseca, N., and Guedes Soares, C., 2011, Time Domain Comparison With Experiments For Ship Motions And Structural Loads on a Container Ship in Abnormal Waves, Proceedings of the ASME 30th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, OMAE 2011, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

  33. Pessoa, J., Fonseca, N., Rajendran, S., and Guedes Soares, C., Experimental Investigation Of the First and Second Order Wave Exciting Forces on a Restrained Body in Long crested Irregular Waves, Proceedings of the ASME 30th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, OMAE 2011, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

  34. Rajendran.S, Kim,C.H. and Kwon, S.H., 2011 UNIOM for Vertical Motion of a Structure in High Seas, 21st International Offshore and Polar Engineering, ISOPE 2011 , Maui, Hawaii, USA

  35. Kim, C.H. and Rajendran.S.,Vertical Response of Offshore Structures Affected by Sea Severities, Proceedings of Eighteenth (2008) International Offshore and Polar Engineering , ISOPE 2008, Vancouver , BC, Canada

BOOK CHAPTERS

  1. Rajendran, S., Fonseca, N., and Guedes Soares, C , 2017, Vertical wave loads acting on a cruise ship in head, oblique and following regular waves, Proceedings of the 6th International Conference On Marine Structures (Marstruct 2017), 8-10 May 2017, Lisbon, Portugal Edited by C. Guedes Soares and Y. Garbatov
     

  2. Rajendran, S., Fonseca, N., and Guedes Soares, C , 2011, Experiment and Time Domain Method Comparison for the Responses of a Container Ship induced by the Three Sisters abnormal waves, Marine Technology and Engineering. C. Guedes Soares et al. (Ed.), Taylor & Francis, UK:, pp.223-230.

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