Faculty details

Prof.Sukanta Chakraborty

Designation: Associate Professor

Department: Civil Engineering

Email: sukanta[at]iitism[dot]ac[dot]in

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Personal Page: Under Construction

Research Interest: • Computational Mechanics • Impact Dynamics • Damage and Fracture of Materials • Composite Constitutive Modelling • Mesh-less Numerical Techniques

Teaching

  • UG Level TheoryStructural Analysis, Solid Mechanics, CAD for Civil Engineering, Engineering Graphics
  • UG Level Laboratory: Engineering Graphics, Solid Mechanics, Design of Concrete Structures
  • PG level Theory: Elasticity and Plasticity, Advanced Design of Structures, Finite Element Method, Theory of Plates and Shells
  • PG level Laboratory: CAD Laboratory, Structural Analysis Laboratory 
 

Academics

Position

  • Associate Professor at Department of Civil Engineering (Jul 2024-till date), Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), Dhanbad, INDIA
  • Assistant Professor at Department of Civil Engineering (June 2015-June 2014), Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), Dhanbad, INDIA

Awards and Honors

Publications

List Of Research Publications (only in Peer-reviewed Journals)

Sarkar S, Chakraborty S and Nayak S. "Identification of optimum reinforcement detailing using tuned CDP parameters in RC beam under drop-weight impact." Engineering Failure Analysis, 146, (2024), pp. 107116.

Khan D, and Chakraborty S. "Axisymmetric model for Taylor impact test and estimation of metal plasticity using nonlinear deformation profile." Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, 45(3), (2023), pp. 128.

Bharadwaj A and Chakraborty S. "Numerical investigation on effect of randomized mesoscopic heterogeneity in stochastically located arbitrary shaped aggregates in impact response of reinforced concrete." Engineering Failure Analysis, 141, (2022), pp. 106691.

Sahu A, Chakraborty S and Dey T. "Performance evaluation of sustainable recycled aggregate concrete with colloidal nano-silica." European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering, 26(15), (2022), pp. 7878-7898.

Sahu A, Dey T and Chakraborty S. “Influence of nano silica on mechanical and durability characteristic of mortar made by partial replacement with recycled fine aggregate.” Silicon, 13, (2021), pp. 4391-4405.

Islam MRI, Chakraborty S, Shaw A. “On Consistency and Energy Conservation in Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics.” International Journal for Numerical methods in Engineering, 116(9), (2018), pp. 601-632.

Islam MRI, Chakraborty S, Shaw A, Reid S.“A computational model for failure of ductile material under impact.” International Journal of Impact Engineering, 108, (2017), pp. 334-347.

Chakraborty S, Islam MRI, Shaw A, Ramachandra LS, Reid SR.“A computational framework for modelling impact induced damage in ceramic and ceramic-metal composite structures. ”Composite Structures, 164, (2017), pp. 263-276.

Sahu A, Dey T and Chakraborty S. “Study on the Interfacial Transition Zones of Recycled Aggregate Concrete.” Indian Journal of Science and Technology, 9-47 (2016), pp. 1-6.

Chakraborty S and Shaw A. “Prognosis for Ballistic Sensitivity of Pre-Notch in Metallic Beam through Mesh-less Computation Reflecting Material Damage.”International Journal of Solids and Structure, 67-68 (2015), pp. 192-204.

Chakraborty S, Shaw A and Banerjee, B. “An axisymmetric model for Taylor impact test and estimation of metal plasticity.” Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 471(2015),doi = 10.1098/rspa.2014.0556.

Shaw A, Reid SR, Roy D and Chakraborty S. “Beyond classical dynamic structural plasticity using mesh-free modelling techniques.” International Journal of Impact Engineering, 75 (2015), pp. 268 – 278.

Chakraborty S and Shaw A. “Crack Propagation in Bi-material System via Pseudo-Spring Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics.” International Journal for Computational Methods in Engineering Science and Mechanics, 15-3 (2014), 294-301.

Chakraborty S and Shaw A. “A pseudo-spring based fracture model for SPH simulation of impact dynamics.” International Journal of Impact Engineering, 58 (2013), pp. 84 – 95.

Papers in conference abstract volumes / presented

Bharadwaj A and Chakraborty S (2020), “A numerical approach to model heterogeneity of concrete in RC beam subjected to impact loading.” 1st Online International Conference on Recent Advances in Computational and Experimental Mechanics 2020 (ICRACEM), Kharagpur – INDIA, 4-6 September 2020.

Sarkar S, Lama A, Chakraborty S and Nayak S (2019), “Effect of Drop Weight and Drop Height on Impact Behaviour of Reinforced Concrete Beam.” 7thInternational Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulation (ICCMS2019), Mandi - INDIA, 11-13 December 2019.

Jain V, Kumar R and Chakarbarty S (2019), “Non-linear Dynamic Response and Dynamic Buckling of Isotropic Imperfect Thin Plates.” International conference on nonlinear solid mechanics (ICoNSoM2019), Roma-Italy, 20-23 June 2019.

Chakraborty S and Dey T. (2017)Mesh-less simulation of crack propagation in Functionally Graded Materials (FGM) subjected to impact loading.” 20th International Conference on Composite Structures (ICCS20), Paris-France, 4-7 September 2017.

Dey T and Chakraborty S. (2017)Dynamic instability analysis of FGM cylindrical shell panels subjected to parabolic edge loading and thermal environment.” 20th International Conference on Composite Structures (ICCS20), Paris-France, 4-7 September 2017.

Sahu A, Dey T and Chakraborty S. (2016), “Study on the Interfacial Transition Zones of recycled aggregate concrete.” 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Built Environment (organized by ASCE-ICES), Vellore – INDIA, 10-12 March, 2016.

Rusdie MI, Chakraborty S and Shaw A. (2014) “Evaluation of metal plasticity by optimization on mathematical model of Taylor impact test.” Structural Engineering Convention (SEC), IIT Delhi - INDIA, 22-24 December 2014.

Rusdie MI, Chakraborty S and Shaw A. (2014) “Numerical simulation of adiabatic shear plugging.” 5thInternational Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulation (ICCMS),Chennai - INDIA, 10-13 December 2014.

Chakraborty S and Shaw A. (2014) “Numerical Modelling of Dynamic Crack Growth past an Inclusion.” International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences(ICCES’14), Changwon, Korea, June 12 - 17, 2014.         

Chakraborty S and Shaw A. (2012) “Damage in Brittle Solids via Pseudo-Spring Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics.” 4thInternational Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulation (ICCMS), IIT Hyderabad - INDIA, 10-12 December 2012.

            Chakraborty S, Mondal SB, Guchhait S and Pandey AD. (2010)  “Influence of Train Speed on Fatigue characteristics of a Steel Girder Railway Bridge.” 14th  Symposium on Earthquake Engineering (SEE), IIT Roorkee -INDIA, 17-19 December 2010.

Chakraborty S and Pandey AD. (2010) “Soil-Structure interaction effects on fatigue life of a long span Railway steel truss bridge.” 14th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering (SEE), IIT Roorkee - INDIA, 17-19 December 2010.

Projects & Activities

Sponsored Research Projects (External Funded)

Sl. No.

Name of all PI/Co-PI etc.

Sponsoring Authority

Topic/ Field

Sanctioned Amount(Rs.)

1.

PI: S. Chakraborty

DST-SERB

Dynamic Crack Kinking from Aggregate-Mortar Interface of Concrete Sub-Structural System

28,70,450/-

2.

PI: S.K. Panda, Co-PI: T. Dey, S. Chakraborty and Ramachandra L.S.

SPARC-MHRD

Nonlinear vibrations and instability analysis of composite structural elements through advanced shear-deformation theories and homogenization based damage model.

49,91,220/-

3.

PI: S.K. Das, Co-PI: S. Nayak, S. Chakraborty and R. Sarkar

DST

Funding of Improvement of S&T Infrastructure (FIST)- Level 1

2,20,00,000/-

4.

PI: S. Chakraborty

DST-SERB

Assessing tsunami vulnerability of low-rise structures by SPH modelling

29,74,400/-

Membership of Scientific Societies

  • American Society of Civil Engineering – Member (ID: 10786945)
  • Indian Society of Earthquake Technology – Life Member
  • Institute of Engineers (India) – Member

Guidance

  1. Dr. A. Sahu: (Jointly with Dr. T. Dey) “Sustainable Development of Concrete using Recycled Coarse and Fine Aggregates.”
  2. Dr. S. Sarkar: (Jointly with Dr. S. Nayak) “Low velocity impact performance of concrete and composite sub-structural members using ANN based application with optimal FEA generated data.”
  3. Dr. A. Bharadwaj: “A numerical framework for damage assessment of RC structure considering three-phase mesoscopic heterogeneity under quasi-static and impact loading.”
  4. Mr. M. Sharma:                    Ongoing
  5. Mr. Mujahid Alam:               Ongoing
  6. Mr. Deepak Kumar Das:       Ongoing
  7. Mr. Rohit Raj:                       Ongoing
  8. Mr. Dabeer Answer Danish: Ongoing