Dr. Pranab Kumar Kundu


Dr. Pranab Kumar Kundu

Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj, India-211004
E-mail: pranabk[at]mnnit[dot]ac[dot]in
Telephone: 0532 227 1512(O) 9433887700(M)

Research Publications


Books:

Sarkar, S., & Kundu, P. K. (2016). Engineering Mechanics, Matrix Educare Pvt. Ltd., Kolkata 700006, India. ISBN 978-93-80221-01-4 (Pages 640), 14th Revised Edition, July 2016.
Sarkar, S., & Kundu, P. K. (2017). Engineering Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics, Matrix Educare Pvt. Ltd., Kolkata 700006, India. ISBN 978-93-80221-21-2 (Pages 670), 14th Revised Edition, February 2017.
Sarkar, S., & Kundu, P. K. (2017). Thermal Power Engineering (Revised ed.). Matrix Educare Pvt. Ltd., Kolkata 700006, India. ISBN 978-93-80221-45-8 (Pages 459), Revised Edition, February 2017.

Book Chapter:

Mukhopadhyay, M., Chatterjee, S., Kundu, P. K., & Das, S. (2019). Effect of dressing infeed on alumina wheel during grinding Ti–6Al–4V under varying depth of cut. In M. Shunmugam & M. Kanthababu (Eds.), Advances in forming, machining, and automation (pp. 551-560). Lecture Notes on Multidisciplinary Industrial Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9417-2_46
Kundu, P. K., Rai, B. R., & Mukhopadhyay, M. (2020). Experimental Investigation on the Effect of Grinding Infeed and Pass Counts on Grindability of Mild Steel. In V. Sharma, U. Dixit, K. Sørby, A. Bhardwaj, & R. Trehan (Eds.), Manufacturing Engineering. Lecture Notes on Multidisciplinary Industrial Engineering (pp. 211-219). Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4619-8_16
Mullick, S. H., DasGupta, D., & Kundu, P. K. (2023). Entropy generation inside a tilted air-saturated porous quadratic enclosure. In S. Bhattacharyya, S. Verma, & A. R. Harikrishnan (Eds.), Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (Vol. 3, pp. 509-514). Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6270-7_85
Mullick, S.H., Ghosh, A.P., DasGupta, D., Kundu, P.K. (2023). Comparative Study between Step and Sinusoidal Temperature Profiles During Natural Convection Inside a Square Enclosure Heated from Bottom. In: Bhattacharyya, S., Verma, S., Harikrishnan, A.R. (eds). Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (Vol. 3). Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, vol. 10, pp. 523-528. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6270-7_87

Journals:

1. Kundu, P. K., Chakraborty, S., & DasGupta, S. (2011). Experimental investigation of enhanced spreading and cooling from a micro-grooved surface. Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 11(4), 489-499. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10404-011-0814-5 (SCI)
2. Kundu, P. K., Mondal, S., Chakraborty, S., & DasGupta, S. (2015). Experimental and Theoretical Evaluation of On-Chip Micro Heat Pipe. Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, 19(1), 75-93. https://doi.org/10.1080/15567265.2014.1003342 (SCI)
3. Mondal, P. K., Gaikwad, H., Kundu, P. K., Wongwises, S. (2017). Effect of thermal asymmetries on the entropy generation analysis of a variable viscosity Couette–Poiseuille flow. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, 231(5), 1011–1024. https://doi.org/10.1177/0954408916688234 (SCI)
4. Mukhopadhyay, M., & Kundu, P. K. (2018). Development of a simple and efficient delivery technique for grinding Ti-6Al-4V. International Journal of Machining and Machinability of Materials, 20(4), 345-357. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMMM.2018.10013115 (Scopus)
5. Mukhopadhyay, M., & Kundu, P. K. (2018). Laser dressing of grinding wheels – a review. International Journal of Mechatronics and Manufacturing Systems, 11(2/3), 167-181. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMMS.2018.10013117 (Scopus)
6. Mukhopadhyay, M., & Kundu, P. K. (2018). Optimization of dressing infeed of alumina wheel for grinding Ti-6Al-4V. Materials and Manufacturing Processes, 33(13), 1453–1458. https://doi.org/10.1080/10426914.2018.1453164 (SCI)
7. Mukhopadhyay, M., Kundu, P. K., & Das, S. (2018). Experimental investigation on enhancing grindability using alkaline based fluid for grinding Ti-6Al-4V. Materials and Manufacturing Processes, 33(16), 1775–1781. https://doi.org/10.1080/10426914.2018.1476759 (SCI)
8. Mukhopadhyay, M., & Kundu, P. K. (2018). Performance Evaluation of Conventional Abrasive Wheels for Grinding Ti-6Al-4V. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 377, 012043. https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/377/1/012043 (Scopus)
9. Mukhopadhyay, M., Kundu, P. K., Chatterjee, S., & Das, S. (2019). Impact of Dressing Infeed on SiC Wheel for Grinding Ti-6Al-4V. Materials and Manufacturing Processes, 34(1), 54–60. https://doi.org/10.1080/10426914.2018.1532588 (SCI)
10. Kaushik, P., Mondal, P. K., Kundu, P. K., & Wonwises, S. (2019). Rotating electroosmotic flow through a polyelectrolyte-grafted microchannel: An analytical solution. Physics of Fluids, 31(2), 022009-1 – 022009-12. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5086327. (SCI)
11. Mukhopadhyay, M., & Kundu, P. K. (2019). Evaluating Application Potentiality of Unconventional Fluids for Grinding Ti-6Al-4V using Alumina Wheel. Materials and Manufacturing Processes, 34(10), 1151–1159. https://doi.org/10.108/10426914.2019.1615086 (SCI)
12. Mukhopadhyay, M., & Kundu, P. K. (2019). Enhancing Grindability of Ti-6Al-4V Applying Ecological Fluids under SQL using SiC Wheel. Springer Nature Applied Sciences, 1, 600. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-019-0616-z (SCI)
13. Rai, B. R., Mukhopadhyay, M., & Kundu, P. K. (2019). Evaluating the grinding ratio and surface quality of Ti-6Al-4V under varying grinding pass count and depth of cut, Journal of Physics, 1240, 012143. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1240/1/012143 (Scopus)
14. Mukhopadhyay, M., & Kundu, P. K. (2020). Improving Grindability of Ti-6Al-4V using an Economic and Environmental Friendly Drop by Drop Delivery Technique. Material Today: Proceedings, 27(3), 2081-2085. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2019.09.072. (Scopus)
15. Mullick, S. H., Kumar, A., & Kundu, P. K. (2020). Numerical Study of Natural Convection Inside a Square Cavity with Non-uniform Heating from Top. Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India): Series C, 101, 1043–1050. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40032-020-00618-y (Scopus)
16. Ghorai, A., Mukhopadhyay, M., Kundu, P. K., & Das, S. (2019). Experimental Investigation on Enhancing Grindability of Ti-6Al-4V Under Varying Coolant Concentration. Journal of Association of Engineers (I), 89(1&2), 47–56. https://doi.org/10.22485/jaei/2019/v89/i1-2/185674
17. Dewan, P. R., Kundu, P. K., & Phipon, R. (2020). Powder mixed electric discharge machining – A review. AIP Conference Proceedings, 2273, 050075 (1-34). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0025268 (Scopus)
18. Mukhopadhyay, M., & Kundu, P. K. (2021). Ecological and economical processing of Ti-6Al-4V with an augmentation in grindability. Sadhana, 46, 196. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12046-021-01732-y (SCI)
19. Mullick, S. H., Dasgupta, D., & Kundu, P. K. (2022). Numerical study on natural convection and entropy generation inside a fluid-saturated square porous enclosure with non-uniform heating from top. Journal of Porous Media, 25(1), 83-102. https://doi.org/10.1615/JPorMedia.2021039355 (SCI)
20. Mullick, S. H., Dasgupta, D., & Kundu, P. K. (2022). Numerical examination on natural convection and entropy formation inside air-saturated porous enclosure to create thermally active region with periodic heating/cooling. Journal of Porous Media, 25(9), 29–50. http://doi.org/10.1615/JPorMedia.2022042356 (SCI)
21. Mullick, S. H., Dasgupta, D., & Kundu, P. K. (2022). Influence of lower period of heating and high buoyancy inside fluid saturated porous enclosure on transient natural convection. Sadhana, 47, 149. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12046-022-01917-z (SCI)
22. Mullick, S. H., Dasgupta, D., & Kundu, P. K. (2022). Numerical investigation on natural convection inside closed cavity to create thermally active region with periodic heating/cooling. International Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 147, 13861–13878. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-022-11688-8 (SCI)
23. Mukhopadhyay, M., & Kundu, P. K. (2023). Finding Optimum Cutting Conditions for Augmented Grindability of Ti-6Al-4V. Materials and Manufacturing Processes, 38(12), 1561-1571. https://doi.org/10.1080/10426914.2022.2149789 (SCI)
24. Dewan, P. R., & Kundu, P. K. (2022). On titanium powder mixed electric discharge machining of Nimonic C-263. Journal of Institution of India Series-D. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40033-022-00427-w (Scopus)
25. Mullick, S. H., Ghosh, A. P., DasGupta, D., Kushwaha, D., & Kundu, P. K. (2023). Comparative Study between Step and Sinusoidal Temperature Profiles during Natural Convection inside a Square Enclosure Heated from Bottom. International Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 148, 2815–2830. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-022-11907-2 (SCI)
26. Mullick, S. H., Majumdar, S., DasGupta, D., & Kundu, P. K. (2023). "Numerical Study on Natural Convection Inside Quadratic Enclosure with Uniform or Non-uniform Heating from Below." NanoWorld Journal, 9(Supplement 1), S266-S271. https://doi.org/10.17756/nwj.2023-s1-052 (Scopus)
27. Kumar, S., Shahi, P., Chaubey, S., Mullick, S. H., & Kundu, P. K. (2023). Numerical Analysis of Thermo-fluid Properties Inside a Food Processing Unit. NanoWorld Journal, 9(S1), S302-S307. https://doi.org/10.17756/nwj.2023-s1-059 (Scopus)
28. Dewan, P. R., & Kundu, P. K. (2023). Optimizing Process Parameters for EDM of Nimonic C-263 under Green Dielectric. Sādhanā, Accepted for publication (SCI)

Conference Proceedings:

P. K. Kundu, S. Das, S. Sinha, P. P. Chowdhury, “On Grinding Wheel Performance in Dry and Wet Conditions” – Proc. 4th Int. Conf. On Mech. Engg., Dec.26-28, 2001, Mech. Engg. Dept., BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Vol. IV, Sec. V, pp. 19-24.
Kundu, P. K., Chaudhuri, S. P., & Chakraborty, S. (2002). Computational Modelling of Heat Transfer and Mass Transfer in Laser Surface Melting. In Proceedings of the 4th Workshop on Application of Laser in Mechanical Industry (WALMI), February 22-24, 2002, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.
Kundu, P. K., Chaudhuri, S. P., & Chakraborty, S. (2002). Cutting of Mild Steel Specimens in CO2 Laser. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Manufacturing (pp. 519-526). Industrial & Production Engineering Department, BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Vol. I.
Mullick, S. H., DasGupta, D., & Kundu, P. K. (2019). Transient heat transfer analysis during natural convection at high Ra number and small period of heating from bottom wall. ISHMT Digital Library. Begel House Inc., pp. 545-550. https://doi.org/10.1615/IHMTC-2019.920
Mullick, S. H., Kaushik, P., Mondal, P. K., & Kundu, P. K. (2019). Entropy Generation in a Viscoelastic Fluid Squeezed and Extruded Between Two Parallel Plates. ISHMT Digital Library, Begel House Inc., pp. 581-585. https://doi.org/10.1615/IHMTC-2019.980
Kundu, P. K., Chaudhuri, S. P., & Chakraborty, S. (2002). Study on Temperature During Cutting of Low Carbon Steel Specimens in CO2 Laser. In Proceedings of the 20th AIMTDR Conference, December 13-15, 2002, Department of Production Engineering, BIT Mesra, Ranchi (pp. 349-354).
Mukhopadhyay, M., & Kundu, P. K. (2017). Laser Assisted Conditioning of Aluminium Oxide Grinding Wheel using Nd:YAG Laser: A Review. In Proceedings of the National Conference on Advanced Functional Materials Processing & Manufacturing, February 2-3, 2017, CMERI Durgapur (pp. 63-66).
Mullick, S. H., DasGupta, D., & Kundu, P. K. (2021). Entropy Generation inside a Tilted Air Saturated Porous Quadratic Enclosure. In Proceedings of the 48th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP 2021) held during 27th-29th December, 2021 at BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, Rajasthan, India.
Mullick, S. H., Ghosh, A. P., DasGupta, D., & Kundu, P. K. (2021). Comparative Study between Step and Sinusoidal Temperature Profiles during Natural Convection inside a Square Enclosure Heated from Bottom. In Proceedings of the 48th National Conference on FLUID MECHANICS AND FLUID POWER (FMFP 2021). BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, Rajasthan, India.
Mullick, S. H., DasGupta, D., & Kundu, P. K. (2021). Influence of Central Angle on Buoyancy Driven Thermal Flow Behaviours inside a Circular Porous Enclosure Heating from below. In 26th National and 4th International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (IHMTC 2021), December 17-20, 2021, IIT Madras, Chennai-600036, Tamil Nadu, India (pp. 1101-1106). http://doi.org/10.1615/IHMTC-2021.1670
Mullick, S. H., Majumdar, S., DasGupta, D., & Kundu, P. K. (2022). Numerical Study on Natural Convection inside Quadratic Enclosure with Uniform or Non-Uniform Heating from Below. Innovations in Mechanical and Materials Engineering (IMME 2022), November 4-6, 2022, MNNIT Allahabad, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh 211004.
Kumar, S., Shahi, P., Chaubey, S., Mullick, S. H., & Kundu, P. K. (2022). Numerical Analysis of Thermo Fluid Properties inside a Food Processing Unit. In Proceedings of Innovations in Mechanical and Materials Engineering (IMME 2022), November 4-6, 2022, MNNIT Allahabad, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh 211004.
Dewan, P. R., & Kundu, P. K. (2022). Experimental analysis of aluminum PMEDM of Nimonic C-263. Paper presented at the 5th Indian Conference on Applied Mechanics (INCAM), NIT Jamshedpur, India, November 11-13, 2022.
Dewan, P. R., & Kundu, P. K. (2022). Effect of titanium powder mixed dielectric during EDM of Nimonic C-263. Paper presented at the 5th Indian Conference on Applied Mechanics (INCAM), NIT Jamshedpur, India, November 11-13, 2022.
Mullick, S. H., Kushwaha, D., DasGupta, D., & Kundu, P. K. (2022). Numerical examination of entropy formation during natural convection inside a square enclosure heated non-uniformly from top. In Proceedings of the 9th International and 49th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP 2022) (pp. 1-6). IIT Roorkee, Roorkee-247667, Uttarakhand, India.