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Dr. Kumar Sourav

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Associate Professor

Mechanical Engineering

IIT(ISM) Dhanbad

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Fluid-Structure Interactions; Low Reynolds number flow; Biomimetics; Energy Harvesting; FSI of robotic systems, Battery Thermal Management System

Fluid-Structure Interactions; Bluff-body dynamics; Unsteady Aerodynamics

Educational
Qualifications
(From Highest)

2020

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from IIT(ISM) Dhanbad

2014

M.Tech. in Fuel Engineering from IIT(ISM) Dhanbad

2012

B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from CSVTU, Bhilai

Professional
Experience

2022

Postdoctoral Fellow at Clemson University, USA, from 2022-01-17 to 2024-01-16.

2020

Institute Postdoctoral Fellow at IIT Madras, from 2020-12-29 to 2021-12-28.

2014

Assistant Professor at Sityog Institute of Technology, Aurangabad, Bihar, from 2014-08-14 to 2014-12-11.

Student
Supervision

1

Ph.D

4

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Key Publications

Venu, I., Sourav, K.*, and Devi, N.P., 2026. Flow redistribution and convective heat transfer enhancement in confined air flows induced by triangular vortex generators. Physics of Fluids 38, 073611.

Kumar, D., Sourav, K.*, and Shah, C.L., 2026. Damping-controlled Lock-in and Smooth Lockout in Vortex-Induced Vibrations of Tandem Diamond Cylinders. Ocean Engineering 363, 126761.

Venu, I., Sourav, K.*, and Devi, N.P., 2026. Enhancing Air-Cooled Li-Ion Battery Pack Performance via Transverse Cell Spacing. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress 76, 104803.

Shah, C.L., Sourav, K., and Sarkar, S., 2024. Dynamic Coupling of Wing Mechanics and Aerodynamics in Dipteran-Inspired Flapping Wing Systems. Physics of Fluids 36, 097164.

Kumar, D., Sourav, K.*, and Sen, S., 2024. Exploring Kinematic Stability of Vortex Structures: A Topological Approach to Fluid Flow Around Staggered Square Cylinders. Physics of Fluids 36, 073605

Sourav, K., and Tallapragada, P., 2024. Vortex-shedding and bistability in cylinder-flexible plate assembly in a channel. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 278, 109411.

Sourav, K., Majumdar, D. and Sarkar, S., 2024. Cross-flow vortex-induced vibrations of a circular cylinder under stochastic inflow at low Reynolds number. Ocean Engineering 273, 116724.

Rodwell, C., Sourav, K., and Tallapragada, P., 2024. Feel the Force: From Local Surface Pressure Measurement to Flow Reconstruction in Fluid-Structure Interaction. Physics of Fluids 36, 013606.

Sourav, K., and Tallapragada, P., 2023. Deciphering the Influence of Shape on Vortex-Induced Vibrations: Insights from Diamond and Equilateral Triangle Cylinder Simulations. Physics of Fluids 35, 103608.

Kumar, D., and Sourav, K.*, 2023. Vortex-induced vibrations of tandem diamond cylinders: A novel lock-in behavior. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 255, 108463.

Sourav, K., Yadav, P. K., Tallapragada, P., and Kumar, D., 2022. Simultaneous streamwise and cross-stream oscillations of a diamond oscillator at low Reynolds numbers. Physics of Fluids 34, 063601.

Yadav, P. K., Sourav, K., Kumar, D. and Sen, S., 2021. Flow past a diamond-section cylinder at low Reynolds numbers. Physics of Fluids 33, 053611.

Sourav, K. and Sen, S, 2020. Determination of the transition mass ratio for onset of galloping of a square cylinder at the least permissible Reynolds number of 150. Physics of Fluids 32, 063601.

Sourav, K., Kumar, D. and Sen, S., 2020. Vortex-induced vibrations of an elliptic cylinder of low mass ratio: Identification of new response branches. Physics of Fluids 32, 023605.

Sourav, K., Kumar, D. and Sen, S., 2020. Undamped transverse-only VIV of a diamond cylinder at low Reynolds numbers. Ocean Engineering 197, 106867.

Sourav, K. and Sen, S., 2019. Transition of VIV-only motion of a square cylinder to combined VIV and galloping at low Reynolds numbers. Ocean Engineering 187, 106208.

Kumar, D., Sourav, K. and Sen, S., 2019. Steady separated flow around a pair of identical square cylinders in tandem array at low Reynolds numbers. Computers & Fluids 191, 104244.

Kumar, D., Sourav, K., Yadav, P. K. and Sen, S., 2019. Understanding the secondary separation from an inclined square cylinder with sharp and rounded trailing edges. Physics of Fluids 31, 073607.

Kumar, D., Sourav, K., Sen, S. and Yadav, P. K., 2018. Steady separation of flow from an inclined square cylinder with sharp and rounded base. Computers & Fluids 171, 29–40.

Sourav, K. and Sen, S., 2017. On the response of a freely vibrating thick elliptic cylinder of low mass ratio. Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics 10(3), 899–913.

Awards and Honors / Achievements

award

MHRD Research Assistance-ship for M.Tech. for 2 years

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MHRD Research Assistance-ship for Ph.D. for 5 years

Project

Best Technical Paper Award

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IIT Madras Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship for 1 year

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Clemson University, USA Postdoctoral Fellowship for 2 years

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