National Institute of Technology Rourkela

राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान राउरकेला

ଜାତୀୟ ପ୍ରଯୁକ୍ତି ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠାନ ରାଉରକେଲା

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EXPERTISE INFORMATION

Research Group
  • Transport Processes
Areas of Interest
  • Thin-film dynamics, Interfacial fluid mechanics, Non-Newtonian flows, Computational fluid dynamics

Akhilesh Kumar Sahu
अखिलेश कुमार साहू Associate Professor

Chemical Engineering

sahuak@nitrkl.ac.in

0661 - 246 2257

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5

DOCTORAL STUDENTS

1

CONTINUING EDUCATION

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Akhilesh Kumar Sahu

Associate Professor

Chemical Engineering

Room Number: CH-118

Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Sundargarh, Odisha, India - 769008

PhD (IIT Kanpur)

Design of Micro cryogenic coolers for phased array receiver. ISRO
  • Co-Investigator
  • 36
  • Running   Sponsored
Numerical Study of Coating Flows on Non-Flot Discrete Objects SERB
  • Principal Investigator
  • 36
  • Completed   Sponsored

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Total Publications: 31
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P. K. Mohanty, R. Bharti, and A. K. Sahu,"Influence of solvent viscosity ratio on the creeping flow of viscoelastic fluid over a channel confined circular cylinder", Physics of Fluids, vol.36, no.7, pp.073103, AIP Publishing, July 2024, 10.1063/5.0211603       Article

C. Routa and A. K. Sahu,"Effect of topographical pattern on vortex shedding and heat transfer phenomena in power-law fluid flow around a rotating cylinder", Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A, Taylor and Francis 2024, 10.1080/10407782.2024.2334005       Article

D. Panda, A. K. Sahu, and K. Gangawane,"Eutectic phase change composites with MXene nanoparticles for enhanced photothermal absorption and conversion capacity", Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, vol.272, no.1, pp.112911, Elsevier, August 2024, 10.1016/j.solmat.2024.112911       Article

D. Panda, A. K. Sahu, and K. Gangawane,"Effect of molar concentration and drying methodologies on monodispersed silica sol for synthesis of silica aerogels with temperature-resistant characteristics", Materials Science and Engineering: B, vol.299, pp.117062, Elsevier, January 2024, 10.1016/j.mseb.2023.117062       Article

D. Panda, A. K. Sahu, and K. M. Gangawane,"A state of the art and prospective of hybrid aerogel", Hybrid Aerogels, ch.1, pp.1, De Gruyter, June 2024, 10.1515/9783111252001-001       Inbook

A National conference on Recent Trends in Fluid Dynamics Research (RTFDR-21) Chemical Engineering (Conference)

  • CH3215 : Processing and Handling of Materials {Theory}
  • CH420 : Computational Fluid Dynamics {Theory}
  • CH421 : Simulation Modeling and Optimization Techniques in Chemical Process {Theory}
  • CH4312 : Optimization Techniques in Process Design {Theory}
  • CH4313 : Computational Fluid Dynamics {Theory}
  • CH6101 : Advanced Fluid Dynamics {Theory}
  • CH621 : Advanced Fluid Dynamics {Theory}
  • CH2171 : Fluid Dynamics Laboratory {Practical}
  • CH2172 : Fluid Dynamics Laboratory {Practical}
  • CH272 : Fluid Dynamics Laboratory {Practical}
  • CH4373 : Computational Fluid Dynamics Laboratory {Practical}
  • CH471 : Process Plant Simulation Laboratory – I {Practical}
  • CH472 : CFD Laboratory {Practical}
  • CH474 : Process Plant Simulation Laboratory - II {Practical}
  • CH6372 : Computational Transport Phenomena Laboratory {Practical}
  • EA2170 : Self-Defense {Practical}

Ph.D. Students [4]
Synthesis of Inorganic Porous Framework based Hybrid Materials for Effective Energy and Environment Applications
Debabrata Panda
Enrolled: Jan 2020
Graduated :  Sep 2024
Co-Supervisor
Numerical Investigation of Power-law Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer around a Rotating Patterned Cylinder in Laminar Flow Regime
Chinu Routa
Enrolled: Jan 2017
Graduated :  Jul 2024
Supervisor
Numerical Investigation of Power-law Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer Over a Rotating Elliptic Cylinder in Laminar Flow Regime
Deepak Kumar
Enrolled: Jul 2016
Graduated :  Jan 2023
Supervisor
Computational Fluid dynamics
Nicky Pattnaik
Enrolled: Jan 2023
Continuing
Supervisor
Executive Ph.D. Students [1]
Heat Transfer, CFD
Md. Sharique Aman
Enrolled: Nov 2020
Continuing
Supervisor
M.Tech by Research Students [2]
Numerical Study of Power-law Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in a Channel with Periodically Upper and Lower Walls Mounted Obstacles
Swayam Prabha Misra
Graduated :  Aug 2018
Supervisor
A Numerical Study of Thin Liquid Film Flow over a Topographically Patterned Rotating Cylinder
Shaleka Agrawal
Graduated :  Jun 2017
Supervisor