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Supratik Mukhopadhyay
PhD (University of Bristol)
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Research Interest
Mechanics of composites, Theory of Damage and failure, Numerical simulation of strain localization and fracture, Finite element method, Meshindependent and mesh-free methods, Numerical simulation of manufacturing processes.
Office
Office address: FB-360, IIT Kanpur
Education
PhD, Aerospace Engineering,
University of Bristol
2016
M.Tech., Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur
2011
B.E, Production Engineering,
Jadavpur University, 2009
Teaching Area
Served as a teaching instructor for the UG students in the academic year 2017-18 in the Aerospace Engineering Department, University of Bristol and was responsible for the course on ‘Fatigue and Creep of materials’.
Selected Publications
Mukhopadhyay S, Jones M.I, Hallett S.R, Tensile failure of laminates containing an embedded wrinkle; numerical and experimental study, Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 77 (2015), 219-228.
Mukhopadhyay S, Jones M.I, Hallett S.R, Compressive failure of laminates containing an embedded wrinkle; experimental and numerical study, Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 73 (2015), 132-142.
Mukhopadhyay S, Nixon-Pearson O.J, Hallett S.R, An experimental and numerical study on fatigue damage development in laminates containing embedded wrinkle defects, International Journal of Fatigue, 107(2018), 1-12.
Tao C, Mukhopadhyay S, Zhang B, Kawashita L.F, Qiu J, Hallett S.R, An improved delamination fatigue cohesive interface model for complex three dimensional multi-interface cases, Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 107 (2018), 633-646.
Xie N, Smith R, Mukhopadhyay S, Hallett S.R, A numerical study on the influence of composite wrinkle defect geometry on compressive strength, Materials and Design, 140 (2018), 7-20.
Gong Y, Zhang B, Mukhopadhyay S, Hallett S.R, Experimental study on delamination migration in multidirectional laminates under mode II static and fatigue loading, with comparison to mode I, Composite Structures, 201(2018), 683-698.
Awards & Fellowships
Queens school of Engineering, University of Bristol Award:
Commendation letter for being selected among the 10 best PhD thesis submitted in 2015-16 in the Engineering faculty
Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), UK Award:
Kenneth Harris James Prize for best journal paper in 2015 in the aerospace division of IMechE
IIT Kharagpur Awards:
University silver medal for being selected as the best student in order of merit among the outgoing M.Tech students in Mechanical Engineering Department in 2010-2011
B.M Belgaumkar memorial prize for highest CGPA among M.Tech students in Mechanical Engineering department in 2010-2011
Badri Narayan Singh memorial prize for highest CGPA after 4th Semester among all students in M.Tech in Mechanical Engineering Department in the year 2010-2011
Jadavpur University Awards:
University gold Medal for standing first in order of merit among B.E students of Production Engineering in batch 2005-2009
Indu-Bhusan Putatunda memorial award for highest CGPA in 2nd year University examination in the year 2007
Professional Experience
Assistant Professor,Department of Mechanical Engineering,IIT KanpurDuration: November 2018 - Present
Post-Doctoral Research Associate,University of Bristol,Duration: November 2015 - October 2018
Conferences and Workshops
- Mukhopadhyay S, Jones M I, Hallett S R, Modelling out-of-plane fibre waviness: tension and compression tests, Composites 2013, Azores, Portugal.
- Smith R A, Mukhopadhyay S, Lawrie A, Roldo G, Application of ultrasonic NDT to aerospace composites, 5th international symposium on NDT in Aerospace, 2013, Singapore.
- Mukhopadhyay S, Kawashita L F, Hallett S R, A mesh-independent simplified cohesive segment method to model matrix cracking in composites, CFRAC 2015, Paris, France.
- Mukhopadhyay S, Hallett S R, Fatigue of out-of-plane fibre waviness defects; experimental and numerical study. International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM), 2015, Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Mukhopadhyay S, Kawashita L F, Hallett S R, Mesh independent matrix crack model for laminates with embedded wrinkle defects, Composites 2015, Bristol, UK.
- Mukhopadhyay S, Hallett S R Alleviating mesh orientation bias in modelling matrix cracks in composites, CFRAC, Nantes, France, 2017.