Faculty of Engineering & Technology - Mechanical Engineering

Research Publications

List of Research Publications during the last five years

1998
• A.Mukhopadhyay and S.Ray, Conjugate Laminar Natural Convection in an Enclosure: Adiabatic and Perfectly Conducting Limits, Journal of Energy, Heat and Mass Transfer, 20(4), 117-125.

• V.Ramamurti and S.Neogy, Effect of Crack on Natural Frequency of Cantilever Plates ¾ Rayleigh-Ritz Solution, Mechanics of Structure and Machines, 28, 131-143.

• P.K.Nag and S.De, Study of Thermodynamic Performance of an IGCC Power Plant, Proceedings of I.Mech.E. Part-A, 212(A2), 89-95.
· S.Sen and A.Sarkar, Effect of Surface Emissivity on Natural Convection and Surface Radiation in a Differentially Heated Square Cavity, Journal of Energy, Heat and Mass Transfer, 20, 25-34.

• A. Karmakar and P.K. Sinha, Finite Element Transient Dynamic Analysis of Laminated Composite Pre-twisted Rotating Plates Subjected to Impact, International Journal of Crashworthiness, 3(4), 379-391

• Ardhendu Bhattacharyya"DecisionSupporting Systems inSelecting Route for Laying Cross Country Petroleum Pipelines"- Proceedings of the 5th Annual Paper Meet, The Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh, Paper No. 31.pp 240-247 Nov 5-7, 1998

• Some Aspects of Austenilic Stainless Wedments in Tungsten Inert Gas Welding at different positions of Welding - P.K. Mandal, Asish Bandyopadhyay - Proc. 18th AIMDR Conf., IIT, Kharagpur, (1998)

• Ardhendu Bhattacharyya"Process recengineering for Effective Implementation of Projects" - Workshop on ASEAn Infrastructural Planing and Managem,ent,AIT, Thailand and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, October 1998

• T.K. Chattopadhyay - Quality improvement by application of fuzzy logic.
All India Seminar on Manufacturing with intelligent system I.E.I, 1998.

• A. Chanda " Materials for Orthopedics Implants: Past and present", Everyman's Science, XXXII (4), 167 (1998)

• P.K. Bose , "Experimental investigation on the performance & exhaust emissions of Ricardo diesel engine with insulated piston head", Published in Work-in-progress in Twenty-Seventh International Symposium on Combustion, Combustion Institute, Pittsburg, 1998, (U.S.A).

1999

• A.Mukhopadhyay and D.Sanyal, A Study of Thin-Flame Quasisteady Sphericosymmetric Combustion of Multicomponent Fuel Droplets: Part-I. Modelling for Droplet Surface Regression and Non-unity Gas-Phase Lewis Number, International Journal of Energy Research, 23(11), 963-977.

• A.Mukhopadhyay and D.Sanyal, A Study of Thin-Flame Quasisteady Sphericosymmetric Combustion of Multicomponent Fuel Droplets: Part-II. Parametric Studies, International Journal of Energy Research, 23(11), 979-987.

• S.K.Mahapatra, S.Sen and A.Sarkar, Interaction of Surface Radiation and variable Property Ntural Convection in a Differentially Heated Square Cavity ¾ A Finite Element Analysis, International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow, 9, 423-443.

• S.K.Mahapatra, S.Sen and A.Sarkar, Analysis of Combined Conduction and Radiation in Absorbing and Emitting Medium within a TwoDimensional Enclosure, Journal of Energy, Heat and Mass Transfer, 21, 23-32.

• S.K.Mahapatra, S.Sen and A.Sarkar, Analysis of Combined Natural Convection and Radiation in an Absorbing, Emitting and Isotropic Scattering Medium within a Square Enclosure by Moment Method, Journal of Energy, Heat and Mass Transfer, 21, 45-56.

• A.Mazumdar, A Numerical Scheme to Predict Turbulent Boundary Layer Characteristics in Favorable Pressure Gradient, Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India), 80.

• S.De and P.K.Nag, Pressure Drop and Collection Efficiency of Cyclone and Impact Separators in a CFB, International Journal of Energy Research, 23(1), 51-60.

• S.De, A.K.Lal and P.K.Nag, An Experimental Investigation on Pressure Drop and Collection Efficiency of Simple Plate-Type Impact Separators, Powder Technology, 106, 192-198.

• L. Hazra et al., Computer Aided Inspection of Drill Point Geometry ( 2nd Report)- A simple Inspection Method using CCD Camera ( In Japanese), Journal of JSPE, 65(5), 736-740.

• L. Hazra et al., Computer Aided Inspection of Drill Point Geometry ( 2nd Report)- A simple Inspection Method using CCD Camera, International Journal of JSPE, 33(4), 340-344.

• Sankar Dhar "Ductile Failure of a Tensile Bar using Gurson Model"; ICOMMONS; IIT KGP, 1999 (N)

• A. Chatterjee, A. Mukhopadhyay and S. Sen - " Conjugate laminar Forced Convection through a Channel withMultiple Flushed heaters on One Wall" - Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer, Dhaka, pp. 84-93, Dec. 1999.

• R.N. Banerjee - "Software Development of Control Charts for data collected in Sub-groups" (N)

• R.N. Banerjee - " Effect of Material Cutting parameters on Dynamic Stability in End milling Process" (N)

• R.N. Banerjee - " Computer Aided Model and harmonic Response Analysis of the Tool Holding Device of Vertical milling machine" (N)

• T.K. Chattopadhyay - "Improved Free Flexural Vibration Analysis of Stiffened Plates".
Journal of Mechanical Behaviour of Materials, vol. 10, No. 2, 1999. London.

• T.K. Chattopadhyay - Software Development of Control Charts for Data Collected in sub-groups Journal of the Institution of Engineers(India), vol.180. May 1999.

• A.K. Mukhopadhyay, A. Chanda, " A New wear model, Journal of materials science letters, 18, 149 (1999).

• P.K. Bose, "Experimental Investigation on Some Performance Parameters of a Diesel Engine Using Ceramic Coating on the Top of the Piston", Published in the Transactions of Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), Paper No. SAE - 970207, (U.S.A).

• P.K. Bose, "Effect of Injection Timing on the Performance and Emissions Characteristics of an Insulated Piston Head Ricardo Diesel Engine", Published in the Proceedings of 5th APISCEU, 1999.

2000

• S.De and P.K.Nag, Effect of Supplementary Firing on the Performance of an IGCC Power Plant, Proceedings of I.Mech.E. Part-A, (In press).

• S.De and P.K.Nag, Temperature and Gas Concentration Profiles in a CFB Combustor Burning an Indian Coal, Proceedings of I.Mech.E. Part-A, (In press).

• S.De and P.K.Nag, Thermodynamic Analysis of a Partial Gasification Pressurised Combustion and Supercritical Steam Combined Cycle, Proceedings of I.Mech.E. Part-A, (In press).

• S.Ray and A.W.Date, A Calculation Procedure for Solution of Incompressible Navier-Stokes Equations on Curvilinear Non-Staggered Grids, Numerical Heat Transfer, Part - B (In Press).

• S.Ray and A.W.Date, Laminar Flow and Heat Transfer Through Square Duct with Twisted Tape Insert, International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow (In Press)

• S.K.Saha and D.K.Mahanta, Thermodynamic Optimisation of Solar Flat Plate Collectors, Renewable Energy,

• S. Ghosal and S,K. Som, Ignition Characteristics of Multi-component Fuel Drop, International Communications. in Heat and Mass Transfer, (Accepted for publication)

• A. Karmakar and P.K. Sinha, Impact Induced Dynamic Falure of Laminated Composite Pre-twisted Rotating Plates, Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology (In Press)

• Subodh Kumar Saha "Linseed based fuels for Diesel Engines" - published in the proceedings of XVI National Conference on IC Engines and Combustion held on 20-22 January, 2000 at Jadavpur University, Calcutta. (N)

• Subodh Kumar Saha"Glass Ceramic Coating An Alternative to Plasma for Internal Combustion Engine Components" accepted for publication in the journal of SAE International, USA, 2000.

• D. Mitra & A. Mazumdar - "Effect of Surface Tension on Coefficient of Discharge of Weirs" - Indian Journals of Physics, 74A (3), pp. 227-229. (N)

• Development of a Low Cost Chain-linked Wire Fencing Machine - N. Pal, Asish Bandopadhya & G. Nandi - Proc. of 7h State Science and Technology Congress, J.U. (2000)

• About the Mechanism and Material Removal Rate in Abrasive Jet Machining - Asish Bandopadhyay & P.K. Pal - Proc. of ICM-2000, BVET, DHAKA.

• Investigation into the performance of a Hydro-copying unit attached to a lathe at different conditions - Asish Bandopadhyay, S.Ghoshal, S.P. Choudhury & S. Banerjee - Proc. of ICM-2000, BUET, DHAKA

• P.K. Bose, "Effect of Compression Ratio on the Performance and Exhaust Emissions of an Insulated Piston Head Diesel Engine Using Vegetable Oil", Published in the XVI National Conference on I.C. Engines and Combustion, held on 20-22 January, 2000.

• P.K. Bose, "Linseed Based Fuels for Diesel Engines", Published in the XVI National Conference on I.C. Engines and Combustion, held on 20-22 January, 2000.

• P.K. Bose, "Effect of Ethanol and Methanol Blends on Performance and Emission Characteristics of a Four-Cylinder Four Stroke S.I. Engine", Published in the XVI National Conference on I.C. Engines and Combustion, held on 20-22 January, 2000.

• P.K. Bose, "Review of Work on the Use of Compressed Natural Gas in Petrol Diesel Engines", Published in the XVI National Conference on I.C. Engines and Combustion, held on 20-22 January,2000.

• P.K. Bose, "Use of Zeolites as Catalysts for the Control of S.I. and C.I. Engines Exhaust Emission", Published in the XVI National Conference on I.C. Engines and Combustion, held on 20-22 January,2000.

• P.K. Bose, "Combustion of Methane-Air in a Vessel of Constant Volume", Published in the XVI National Conference on I.C. Engines and Combustion, held on 20-22 January,2000.

• P.K. Bose, "Effect of Diluent and Eqivalence Ratio on Laminar Burning Velocity for Methane and Propane - Air Combustion", Published in the Indian Chemical Engineering Congress - 2000, 53rd Annual Session of Chemical Engineers, Calcutta, December 18 - 21, 2000.

• P.K. Bose, "Propane and Methane-air Combustion in a Constant Volume Vessel", Accepted in the Journal A.M.S.E., France, 2000.

2001

• Submerged Arc Welding with a mixture of fresh flux and fused slag - A preliminary study on metallographic aspects - S. C. Moi, Asish Bandopadhyay & P.K. Pal - Proc. of National Seminar on Advance of Materials & Processing, IIT, Roorki (2001)

• Effect of flux basicity on microstructure of weldment in submerged Arc welding of Mild Steel - A.K. Bala, Asish Bandopadhyay & P.K. Pal - Proc. of National Seminar on Advance of Materials & Processing, IIT, Roorki (2001)

• Effect of Slag Mix and Some other Parameters on Bead Size through statistical Analysis of Available Data in Submerged Arc Welding of Steel with a Mixture of Frech Flux and Fused Slag - P.K. Pal, A. Bandopadhyay & S. Chakraborti - Proc. of 4th International conference on Mechanical Engineering, Dhaka (2001)

• Combined Effect of Stick-out and Flux Basicity on Weld Bad Geometry and HAZ in Submerged Arc Welding - P.K. Pal, Asish Bandopadhyay & Arabinda Kumar Bala - Proc. of 4th International conference on Mechanical Engineering, Dhaka (2001)

• Study of the Effect of Flux Basicity on Bead Size in Submerged Arc Welding of Mild Steel at Different Levels of Current - P.K. Pal, Asish Bandopadhyay & Arabinda Kumar Bala - Proc. of 4th International conference on Mechanical Engineering, Dhaka (2001)

• On Some Aspects of Submerged Arc Welding with a Mixture of Fresh Flux and Fused Slag P.K. Pal, Asish Bandopadhyay & Arabinda Kumar Bala - Proc. of 4th International conference on Mechanical Engineering, Dhaka (2001)

• A. Mukhopadhyay and D. Sanyal " A Theoretical Study of Quasisteady Sphericosymmetric Combustion of Alcohol Droplets - International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 28(5), 713 -721 (2001).

• A. Mukhopadhyay and D. Sanyal "A Spherical Cell Model for Multicomponent Droplet Combustion in a Dilute Spray", International Journal of Energy Research, 25(14), 1275-1294 (2001).

• A. Mukhopadhyay and D. Sanyal "A Parametric Study of Burning of Multicomponent Droplets in a Dilute Spray", International Journal of Energy Research, 25(14), 1275-1294 (2001).

• T.K. Chattopadhyay - Computer-aided Modal analysis of Knee-type Horizontal Milling Machine.Journal of mechanical Behaviour of materials. 2001, London. (Under press).

• T.K. Chattopadhyay - Development of control chart using Fuzzy sets.
Journal of mechanical Behaviour of materials. 2001, London. (Under press).

2002

• A. Mukhopadhyay and D. Sanyal - " Effects of Droplet Radius Regression and Gas Phase Lewis Number on Sphericosymmetic Combustion of Liquid Droplets - Journal of Energy, Heat and Mass Transfer (in press)

• A. Mukhopadhyay, X. Qin, S. K. Aggar wal and I. K. Puri, On Extension of "Heatline" and "Massline" Concepts to Reacting Flows through Use of Conserved Scalar, ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, 124(4), 791- 799(2002).

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