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 Associate Professor & PIC (Physical Education)

Chemical Engineering

sahuak@nitrkl.ac.in

0661 - 246 2257

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CONTINUING EDUCATION

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Akhilesh Kumar Sahu

Associate Professor

Chemical Engineering

Room Number: CH-228

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

PhD (IIT Kanpur)

Numerical Study of Coating Flows on Non-Flot Discrete Objects SERB
  • Principal Investigator
  • 36
  • Completed   Sponsored

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Total Publications: 24
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A. K. Sahu and S. Kumar,"Thin-liquid-film flow on a topographically patterned rotating cylinder", Physics of Fluids, vol.26, no.4, AIP Publishing, April 2014, 10.1063/1.4869208       Article

P. K. Rao, A. K. Sahu, and R. Chhabra,"Momentum and heat transfer from a square cylinder in power-law fluids", International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, vol.54, no.1-3, pp.390-403, Elsevier, January 2011, 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2010.09.032       Article

P. K. Rao, C. Sasmal, A. K. Sahu, C. R. P, and E. V,"Effect of power-law fluid behavior on momentum and heat transfer characteristics of an inclined square cylinder in steady flow regime", International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, vol.54, no.13-14, pp.2854-2867, Elsevier, June 2011, 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2011.03.013       Article

A. K. Sahu, R., and V. Eswaran,"The effect of a blockage on forced convection heat transfer from a heated square cylinder to power-law fluids", Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications, vol.58, no.8, pp.641-659, Taylor & Francis, December 2010, 10.1080/10407782.2010.516696       Article

P. K. Rao, A. K. Sahu, and R.,"Flow of newtonian and power-law fluids past an elliptical cylinder: A numerical study", Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, vol.49, no.14, pp.6649-6661, ACS Publications, June 2010, 10.1021/ie100251w       Article

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}
  • 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}

Ph.D. Students [4]
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 :  2022
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
Thesis Submitted
Supervisor
Synthesis of inorganic porous framework based hybrid materials for effective energy and environment applications
Debabrata Panda
Enrolled: Jan 2020
Continuing
Co-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]
A Numerical Study of Thin Liquid Film Flow over a Topographically Patterned Rotating Cylinder
Shaleka Agrawal
Graduated :  2016
Supervisor
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 :  2018
Supervisor