faculty-profile

Dr. Kumar Sourav

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Assistant 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

UG

Key Publications

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.

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