P. Suresh Kumar

Invited Scientist

Coastal Engineering Research Department

Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute

Ansan, P.O.Box 29, Seoul, 425-600

KOREA

 

E-mail: suresh_bbsr2000@yahoo.com, jaga.suresh@gmail.com

Tel: +82-31-400-7818

 

Personal Details

 

Gender: Male Nationality: Indian Date of Birth: 23 June 1978

 

Marital Status: Single

 

 

Kharagpur, WB, India 2003 – Submitted April 2007

Education

Indian Institute of Technology

Ph.D. in Fluid Structure Interaction – Study of Breakwaters in a Two-Layer Fluid

	Guwahati, Assam, India 2003

 

Indian Institute of Technology

M.Tech in Mechanical Engineering – Fluid and Thermal Science

	Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India 2000

 

Utkal University

B.Tech Mechanical Engineering

 

Research Experience

 

I. PhD Thesis Work – (January 2003 – Expected submission: April 2007)

Department of Ocean Engineering & Naval Architecture

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, WB, India

 

¨      Generalization of single-layer fluid structure interactive model to two-layer systems.

¨      Investigation of surface and internal wave scattering in two-layer fluids.

¨      Evaluation of efficiency of flexible porous breakwaters.

¨      Study of trapping phenomena for surface and internal waves.

¨      The identification and evaluation of fluid density ratio and interface location as two major physical parameters influencing effectiveness of breakwaters.

 

II. M.Tech Major Project Work – (January 2002 – January 2003)

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam, India

 

¨      Experimental investigation for the validity of friction factor correlations in large-hydraulic-diameter ducts.

¨      The identification of incapably of existing correlations in predicting the pressure drop for large-hydraulic-diameter ducts.

¨      Development of new friction factor correlations for large-hydraulic-diameter ducts.

¨      Investigation of heat transfer augmentation in a concentric tube heat exchanger with large-hydraulic-diameter.

¨      Study of flow past twisted tape and wire coil inserts by flow visualization.

 

III. Masters Minor Project – I – (June 2001 – December 2001)

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam, India

 

¨      Evaluation of efficiency of a three bladed Savonius wind turbine rotors.

¨      The identification of optimum blade angle for reduced negative torque, increased RPM and reduced starting problem for twisted bamboo blades.

 

IV. Masters Minor Project – II – (January 2002 – May 2002)

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam India

 

¨      Development of a computer code based on matching technique to analyze the off-design conditions of a gas turbine cycle.

 

Special Fields of Interest

 

¨                  Scattering of Water Waves

¨                  Internal Waves

¨                  Wave Trapping

¨                  Fluid Structure Interaction

¨                  Numerical Modeling of Flow Past Porous and Flexible Structures

¨                  Wave Motion in a Two-Layer Fluid

¨                  Fluid Flow Physics in Large-Hydraulic-Diameter Ducts

¨                  Heat Transfer Augmentation in Heat Exchangers

¨                  Design and Development of Savonius Wind Turbine Blades

¨                  Renewable Energy Technology (Solar and Wind Energy)

¨                  Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)

Course Work

 

Ph.D. (Fluid Structure Interaction)

 

·        Hydro-Elasticity

·        Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)

·        Marine Hydrodynamics

·        Dynamics of Ocean Vehicles

 

M. Tech (Fluids and Thermal Science)

 

Division – First Class (CPI of 9.34 on 10 points scale)

 

·        Conduction and Radiation

·        Fluid Mechanics

·        Waste Heat Recovery

·        Experimental Methods

·        Wind Energy

·        Convective Heat Transfer

·        Jet Propulsion

·        Power Plant Engineering

·        Advanced Engineering Mathematics

 

B. Tech (Mechanical Engineering)

 

Division – First Class (67.5%)

 

Industrial Training

 

·        Study Of Fabrication Work (June 1999 – July 1999)

S. K. Machineries, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India

 

·        Study Of Machines In Mechanical Repair Shop (June 1998 – July 1998)

Rourkela Steel Plant, Rourkela, Orissa, India

 

Hands on Experience with Analytical

and Scientific Instruments

 

• Wind Turbines
• Wind Tunnel
• Reynolds Apparatus for Flow Visualization
• Temperature/Pressure Data Logger
• Measurements Using Thermocouples and Pressure Gages
• Heat Exchangers
• Constant Temperature Bath
• Bomb Calorimeter

 

Computer Skills

 

Operating System : Windows XP/ UNIX and Linux

 

Languages : Fortran-77, C and C++

 

Scientific : MATLAB, MATHEMATICA, AUTOCAD,

ANSYS, Origin, X-Fig, Latex, GnuPlot,

Multidimensional Regression Package,

MS Products

 

AWARDS AND HONORS

 

·        Qualified National Graduate Aptitude Test Exam (GATE) in Engineering conducted by MHRD, India in Mechanical Engineering discipline.

 

·        Received the National Fellowship from MHRD, India during the period July 2001 – December 2002, for Masters Study.

 

·        Received the National Fellowship from MHRD, India during the period January 2003 – till date, for Doctoral Study.

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

Peer Reviewed

 

1. Suresh Kumar, P., and Sahoo, T., (2006). Wave interaction with a flexible porous breakwater in a two-layer fluid. Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, 132 (9), 1007 – 1014.

 

2. Suresh Kumar, P., Manam, S.R., and Sahoo, T., (2007). Wave scattering by flexible porous vertical membrane barrier in a two-layer fluid. Journal of Fluids and Structures, 23 (4), 633 – 647.

 

3. Suresh Kumar, P., Bhattacharjee, J., and Sahoo, T., (2007). Scattering of surface and internal waves by rectangular dikes. Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, ASME, 129 (4), 306 - 317.

 

4. Suresh Kumar, P., (2005). Investigation of laminar flow frictional losses in a large hydraulic diameter pipe and annulus. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (I–Mech–E) Part C, Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 219 (1), 53 – 60.

 

5. Dewan, A., Mahanta, P., Raju, K.S., and Suresh Kumar, P., (2004). Review of passive heat transfer augmentation Techniques. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (I–Mech–E) Part A, Journal of Power and Energy, 218 (7), 509 – 527.

 

6. Saha, U.K., Mahanta, P., Grinspan, A.S., Suresh Kumar, P., and Goswami, P., (2005). Twisted bamboo bladed rotor for Savonius wind turbines. Journal of the Solar Energy Society of India (SESI), 4, 1 – 10.

 

7. Pathak, M., Suresh Kumar, P., and Saha, U.K., (2005). Prediction off–design performance characteristics of a gas turbine cycle using matching technique. International Journal of Turbo and Jet Engines, 22 (2), 103 – 119.

 

Manuscript in Preparation

 

1. Suresh Kumar, P., and Sahoo, T., (2006). Trapping of surface and internal waves by porous and flexible partial barriers in a two-layer fluid. Journal of Applied Mechanics, ASME, (Under Review).

 

Dissertation

 

1. Suresh Kumar, P., (2007). Studies on a class of floating and submerged breakwaters in a two-layer fluid (Doctoral dissertation, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagupur, WB, India, Submitted: April 2007).

 

2. Suresh Kumar, P., (2003). Experimental investigation of heat transfer augmentation in a concentric tube heat exchanger (M.Tech. dissertation, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam, India, 2003).

 

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

 

Presentations

 

1. Suresh Kumar, P., and Sahoo, T., (2005). Wave trapping by porous partial barriers in a two-layer fluid. Proceeding of 15th International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference and Exhibition, Seoul, Korea, 3, 572 – 579.

 

2. Suresh Kumar, P., and Sahoo, T., (2004). Wave past flexible porous breakwater in a two-layer fluid. Proceeding of 3rd Indian National Conference on Harbor and Coastal Engineering, National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa, 457 – 467.

 

3. Suresh Kumar, P., Bhattacharjee, J., and Sahoo, T., (2004). Wave interaction with floating and submerged rectangular dikes in a two-layer fluid. Proceeding of International Conference on Conservation, Restoration, and Management of Lakes and Coastal Wetland, Bhubaneswar, India, Paper No. OR06_02.

 

4. Suresh Kumar, P., Mahanta, P., and Dewan, A., (2004). Study of heat transfer and pressure drop in a large hydraulic diameter annulus. Proceeding of 7th National Heat and Mass Transfer Conference and 6th ISHMT / ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, India, 62 – 66.

 

5. Suresh Kumar, P., Manam, S.R., and Sahoo, T., (2004). Wave scattering by flexible breakwater in a two-layer fluid. Presented in National Workshop on Advances in Fluid Dynamics and Applications, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, India.

 

6. Grinspan, A.S., Suresh Kumar, P., Saha, U.K., and Mahanta, P., (2003). Performance of Savonius wind turbine rotor with twisted bamboo blades. Proceedings of 19th Canadian Congress of Applied Mechanics, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 2, 412 – 413.

 

7. Suresh Kumar, P., Mahanta, P., and Dewan, A., (2003). Study of laminar flow in a large diameter annulus with twisted tape inserts. Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics, and Thermodynamics, Victoria Falls, Zambia, Paper No. KP3.

 

8. Suresh Kumar, P., Mahanta, P., and Saha, U.K., (2002). Emissions characteristics of CNG in automobiles. Proceedings of All India Seminar on Applications of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) as an Automotive Fuel, Guwahati, India, 23 – 30.

 

9. Grinspan, A.S., Suresh Kumar, P., Saha, U.K., Mahanta, P., Rao, D.V.R., and Bhanu, G.V., (2001). Design development and testing of Savonius wind turbine rotor with twisted blades. Proceedings of 28th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, Chandigarh, India, 428 – 431.

 

Posters

 

1. Saha, U.K., Mahanta, P., Grinspan, A.S., Suresh Kumar, P., and Goswami, P., (2002). Vertical axis wind turbine: design, fabrication and experimental study of Savonius rotor made out of bamboo blades. Posture presentation in 18th National Convention of Mechanical Engineers, National Institute of Technology – Rourkela, India.