Specialization

Solid Mechanics, Mechanical Vibration, Wave Mechanics, Elastodynamics

Email

pankaj.kumar@thapar.edu

Specialization

Mechanical Waves and Vibration, Dynamics

Biography

Pankaj Kumar, PhD (IIT Kharagpur, India), M.Tech (IIT Delhi, India), BE (CSVTU Bhilai, India) and is presently an Assistant Professor at Mechanical Engineering Department of Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology (Deemed to be University), Patiala. He joined the department in August 2020. He has published 56 International Journal papers and 22 conference papers.  He has published 09 research articles (including conference proceedings). Pankaj Kumar has been an active researcher in the field of waves and mechanical vibrations, emphasizing vibration-induced motion.

Academic Profile

• Ph.D. in Machine Design, Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur, India
• M.Tech. in Design Engineering, Applied Mechanics, IIT Delhi, India
• B.E. in Mechanical Engineering, CSVTU Bhilai, India, (Honours)

Teaching and Industrial Experience

• Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala, India
  • August 2020-Contd

Research Interests

• Elastic Waves
• Elastodynamics, Viscoelasticity and Wave Induced Motion
• Mechanical Vibration and Ultrasonics
• Solid Mechanics and dynamics
• Finite Element Analysis

Publications in Peer Reviewed International Journals (04)

• Kumar P., DasGupta A., Bhattacharyya R., “Interaction of waves with a sliding viscoelastic layer”. Waves in Random and Complex Media, Taylor & Francis, (2021), DOI: 10.1080/17455030.2021.1989080.
• Kumar P., DasGupta A., Bhattacharyya R., “Creeping motion characteristics due to bulk wave excitation in an elastic half-space”. Ultrasonics, ScienceDirect, 96, pp. 232–239 (2019).
• Kumar P., DasGupta A., Bhattacharyya R., “Wave induced sliding at the interface between a layered elastic medium and a half-space”. Meccanica, Springer, 53(13), pp. 3399–3413 (2018).
• Kumar P., DasGupta A., Bhattacharyya R., “On the surface motion characteristics in a single layered half-space excited by bulk waves”. Acta Mechanica, Springer 228(9), pp. 3329–3344 (2017).

Conference Papers (22)

• Nayak A., Tripathi JP., Dewangan S., Kumar P., “Comparative analysis between aluminium and steel based bicycle crank using numerical simulation”, In: Materials Today: Proceedings, 63, 453-461, (2022), DOI: 10.1016/j.matpr.2022.03.448.
• Kumar P., “Propagation of viscoelastic waves in moving half-space”, In: Proceedings of 26th International Congress on Sound and Vibration (ICSV26) held at Montréal, Canada, July 2019.

• Kumar P., DasGupta A., Bhattacharyya R., “Contact problem of an elastic bulk wave interacting imperfectly with a rigid base”, In: Proceedings of 26th International Congress on Sound and Vibration (ICSV26) held at Montréal, Canada, July 2019.
• Kumar P., DasGupta A., Bhattacharyya R., “Analytical studies of imperfect interface subjected to elastic bulk wave”. In: Proceedings of 25th International Congress on Sound and Vibration (ICSV25) held at Hiroshima, Japan, July 2018.
• Kumar P., DasGupta A., Bhattacharyya R., “Propagation of viscoelastic waves in a single layered medium with a free surface”,  In: Proceedings of 13th International Conference on Vibration Problems (ICOVP13) held at IIT Guwahati, India, December 2017.

Courses of Interest

• Solid Mechanics
• Mechanics of Deformable Bodies
• Machine Design
• Kinematics and Dynamics of Machine
• Engineering Mechanics
• Vibration Analysis

Foreign Visits

Awards and Honours

• MOE, Doctoral Fellowship (2013-2019, IIT Kharagpur)
• MOE, Research Fellowship (2010-2012, IIT Delhi)
• Institute Travel Grant (2018, 2019, IIT Kharagpur)
• Open-House Design Project (February 2012, IIT Delhi) (Featured in Times of India, Hindustan Times, The Indian Express)