EXPERTISE INFORMATION
Research Group
- Structural Mechanics, Concrete Materials and Structural Integrity
Areas of Interest
- Fracture Mechanics of engineering materials and structures, Fatigue analysis of concrete, Theoretical modelling of crack propagation, DIC and AE analysis
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PUBLICATIONS2
DOCTORAL STUDENTSPERSONAL INFORMATION
Sonali Bhowmik
Assistant Professor Grade-II
Civil Engineering
Room Number: CE-207
Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Sundargarh, Odisha, India - 769008
2019
Ph.D.
Structural EngineeringIIT Roorkee
2013
M.Tech
Earthquake EngineeringNIT Silchar
2011
B.Tech
Civil EngineeringNIT Agartala
Teaching Experience
- Structural Engineering, NIT Rourkela, 16 Jun 2020 - Present
- Structural Engineering, NIT Agartala, 07 Jun 2014 - 01 Dec 2014
Post Doctoral Research Experience
- Fatigue analysis of concrete structures, IISc Bangalore, 01 Nov 2019 - 30 Apr 2020
Total Publications: 20
Ram. L. Riyar, D. Durgaprasad, T. Patel, and S. Bhowmik,"Influence of corrosion and reinforcement ratio on fracture performance of lightly reinforced concrete", Progress in Engineering Science, vol.2, no.2, Elsevier 2025, 10.1016/j.pes.2025.100081 Article
Ram. L. Riyar and S. Bhowmik,"Fracture performance study of polypropylene-enforced steel slag concrete", Construction and Building Materials, vol.474, no.141006, Elsevier 2025, 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2025.141006 Article
I. Longkumer, . Mansi, and S. Bhowmik,"Nanoscale insights into concrete fracture via reactive molecular dynamics simulations", Materials Today Communications, vol.44, no.111885, Elsevier 2025, 10.1016/j.mtcomm.2025.111885 Article
. Mansi and S. Bhowmik,"A precise fracture characterization of concrete using a novel approach for fracture process zone size estimation", Engineering Fracture Mechanics, vol.315, no.110839, Pergamon 2025, 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2025.110839 Article
Ram. L. Riyar and S. Bhowmik,"Insights into The Fracture Mechanism of Concrete with Polypropylene Fiber Through Acoustic Emission Technique", in 12th International Conference on Fracture Mechanics of Concrete and Concrete Structures (FraMCoS-12), 12th International Conference on Fracture Mechanics of Concrete and Concrete Structures (FraMCoS-12) 2025, 10.21012/FC12.1328 Inproceedings
- CE1000 : Engineering Mechanics {Theory}
- CE1100 : Engineering Mechanics {Theory}
- CE2001 : Civil Engineering Materials and Construction {Theory}
- CE2201 : Concrete Technology {Theory}
- CE4203 : Advanced Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures {Theory}
- CE1010 : Computer Aided Drawing and Graphics {Practical}
- CE1701 : Engineering Drawing {Practical}
- CE2702 : Building Drawing Practice {Practical}
- CE2705 : Structural Engineering Laboratory {Practical}
- CE2710 : Building Drawing Practice {Practical}
- CE3702 : RC Structures Design Practice {Practical}
- CE3704 : Structural Engineering Laboratory {Practical}
- CE4706 : Computer Aided Design Practice {Practical}
Ph.D. Students [2]
Studies on fatigue and fracture analysis of concrete
Ram Lal RiyarEnrolled: Aug 2021ContinuingSupervisor
Structural Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering
MansiEnrolled: Aug 2021ContinuingSupervisor



