National Institute of Technology Rourkela

राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान राउरकेला

ଜାତୀୟ ପ୍ରଯୁକ୍ତି ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠାନ ରାଉରକେଲା

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Faculty Profile

EXPERTISE INFORMATION

Research Group
  • Thermo-Fluid Flow: [Thermal Engineering Division]
Areas of Interest
  • Industrial and Environmental Fluid Mechanics

Kaustav Chaudhury Assistant Professor Grade-I & Vice President TE (Student Activity Center)

Mechanical Engineering

chaudhuryk@nitrkl.ac.in

0661 - 246 2535

29

PUBLICATIONS

1

SPONSORED PROJECTS

5

DOCTORAL STUDENTS

3

CONTINUING EDUCATION

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Kaustav Chaudhury

Assistant Professor Grade-I

Mechanical Engineering

Room Number: ME-131

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

2016

Ph.D.
Fluid Mechanics (Mechanical Engineering)
IIT Kharagpur

2011

M.Tech
Thermal Science and Engineering (Mechanical Engineering)
IIT Kharagpur

2009

B.E
Mechanical Engineering
Jadavpur University

Teaching Experience
  • Thermo-Fluid Flow: [Thermal Engineering Division],  NIT Rourkela,   26 Feb 2018 - Present
Industrial Experience
  • Modelling and Simulation (CFD),  Schlumberger,   09 Jan 2017 - 14 Feb 2018

Thermo- hydraulic characteristics of instant heater faucets: Performance rating and design optimization. SERB
  • Principal Investigator
  • 36
  • Completed   Sponsored

Total Publications: 29

A. Vasa and K. Chaudhury,"The vortex structures of the mean turbulent flow field in a 90-degree bend pipe", European Journal of Mechanics - B/Fluids, vol.98, pp.21-31, Elsevier 2023, 10.1016/j.euromechflu.2022.11.004       Article

A. Kumar and K. Chaudhury,"The fixed points and the manifolds in a second order Stokes wave", Physics of Fluids, vol.35, no.3, pp.037105, AIP Publishing, March 2023, 10.1063/5.0139906       Article

S. Rout, R. K. Sahoo, and K. Chaudhury,"Measurement of the thermal diffusivities of insulating materials using boiling water", Physics of Fluids, vol.35, no.7, pp.077102, AIP Publishing 2023, 10.1063/5.0152832       Article

K. Chaudhury and A. Vasa,"Frictional loss in bend pipes: numerical simulation and data driven modeling", Sadhana, vol.48, no.186, Springer Nature, August 2023, 10.1007/s12046-023-02236-7       Article

S. Rout, R. K. Sahoo, and K. Chaudhury,"On temperature characteristics of a cover plate placed over a boiling water container", in Proceedings of the 27th National and 5th International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference December 14-17, 2023, IIT Patna, Patna-801106, Bihar, India, pp.179-184, ISHMT Digital Library 2023, 10.1615/IHMTC-2023.300       Inproceedings

3D Printing: State-of-Art and Future Prospects (3DP-2023) Mechanical Engineering (Workshop)
Realizing Key-Enablers to Achieve the 21st Century Vision in Academies: In the Context of Indian Technical Institutions (RKE-21CVA 2023) Mechanical Engineering (Workshop)
Additive Manufacturing: Knowledge and Skill Development towards Industry 4.0 (AM-KSD 2023) Mechanical Engineering (Workshop)

  • ME2302 : Fluid Mechanics {Theory}
  • ME3303 : Fluid Dynamics and Hydraulic Machines {Theory}
  • ME352 : Hydraulic Machines and Fluid Power {Theory}
  • ME361 : Introduction to Transport Phenomena {Theory}
  • ME4361 : Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Machinery {Theory}
  • ME6336 : Gas Dynamics and Free Molecular Flow {Theory}
  • ME3371 : Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Machinery Laboratory {Practical}
  • ME372 : Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Machines Laboratory {Practical}
  • ME6371 : Computational Fluid Flow Laboratory {Practical}

Ph.D. Students [4]
Industrial and Environmental Fluid Mechanics
Adarsh Vasa
Enrolled: Jul 2018
Continuing
Supervisor
THERMAL ENGINEERING
Anjanee Kumar
Enrolled: Jan 2020
Continuing
Supervisor
THERMAL AND CRYOGENIC ENGINEERING
Sunil Rout
Enrolled: Jan 2020
Continuing
Supervisor
THERMO HYDRAULIC CHARACTERISTICS OF INSTANT HEATER FAUCETS: PERFORMANCE RATING AND DESIGN OPTIMIZATI
Suvechha Hota
Enrolled: Jan 2022
Continuing
Supervisor
Executive Ph.D. Students [1]
Rheology and Performance Analysis of Drilling Fluids
Pawan Kumar
Enrolled: Jan 2021
Continuing
Supervisor

Awards And Honours
  • Indian Institute of Mineral Engineers (IIME) Best Paper Award on Beneficiation, for the paper titled “Swirling Flow Hydrodynamics in Hydrocyclones”, published in “Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research” [54, 522 (2015), doi: 10.1021/ie503307x],   2017