National Institute of Technology Rourkela

राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान राउरकेला

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Faculty Profile

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

Sonali Bhowmik Assistant Professor Grade-II

Civil Engineering

bhowmiksonali@nitrkl.ac.in

20

PUBLICATIONS

2

DOCTORAL STUDENTS

PERSONAL 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 Engineering
IIT Roorkee

2013

M.Tech
Earthquake Engineering
NIT Silchar

2011

B.Tech
Civil Engineering
NIT 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 Riyar
Enrolled: Aug 2021
Continuing
Supervisor
Structural Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering
Mansi
Enrolled: Aug 2021
Continuing
Supervisor