Basanta Kumar Rana
Basanta Kumar Rana
Assistant Professor
Dr. Basanta Kumar Rana has completed his Ph.D. from IIT Kharagpur (2018) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering in the specialization of Thermal Science Engineering and also completed his M.Tech. from IIT Guwahati (2013) in the specialization of Fluids and Thermal Science Engineering. He is having more than two years of teaching experience and more than five years of research experience. He has already taught Engineering Mechanics, Engineering Thermodynamics, Thermodynamics and Hydraulics, Fluid Mechanics, Internal Combustion Engine and Gas Turbine courses to UG students. He is having 8 internal journals and more than 10 conferences papers. His broad area of research is Computational Fluid Dynamics, Two phase flow, Gas-liquid and liquid-liquid flow, heat transfer, Natural and mixed convection flow heat transfer, Interface tracking (VOF method).
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56844982100
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https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=CZNjp3wAAAAJ&hl=en
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Educational Qualification
PhD (IIT Kharagpur)
Research Interests
Computational Fluid Dynamics, Two phase flow, Gas-liquid and liquid-liquid flow, Bubble and drop dynamics, Interfacial dynamics, Heat Transfer, Natural and Mixed Convection Flows
Projects
1. Title of Project: Enhancement of mixing and entrainment in two layer shear flow by employing rotary rollers. Sponsoring Agency: SERB, Govt. of India Amount of Grant in Lakhs (Rs.): 16.70 Role: Principal Investigator
2. Title of Project: Enhancement of mixing through evolution of free surface vortex and subsequent entrainment using swirling disc with supplementary effect of horizontal crossflow. Sponsoring Agency: SERB, Govt. of India Amount of Grant in Lakhs (Rs.): 31.95 Role: Principal Investigator
Administrative Responsibility
Tutor - Mentoring
PhD (IIT Kharagpur)
Research Interests
Computational Fluid Dynamics, Two phase flow, Gas-liquid and liquid-liquid flow, Bubble and drop dynamics, Interfacial dynamics, Heat Transfer, Natural and Mixed Convection Flows
Projects
1. Title of Project: Enhancement of mixing and entrainment in two layer shear flow by employing rotary rollers. Sponsoring Agency: SERB, Govt. of India Amount of Grant in Lakhs (Rs.): 16.70 Role: Principal Investigator
2. Title of Project: Enhancement of mixing through evolution of free surface vortex and subsequent entrainment using swirling disc with supplementary effect of horizontal crossflow. Sponsoring Agency: SERB, Govt. of India Amount of Grant in Lakhs (Rs.): 31.95 Role: Principal Investigator
Administrative Responsibility
Tutor - Mentoring
Journals/Conferences :
Journals:
1. Sahoo, P. C., Senapati, J. R., & Rana, B. K. (2024). Understanding of head-on coalescence of binary drops onto a cylindrical target. Chemical Engineering Science, 290, p.119886.
2. Sahoo, P. C., Senapati, J. R., & Rana, B. K. (2024). Characterization of droplet impact dynamics onto a stationary solid torus. Physics of Fluids, 36(2), p.022117.
3. Panda, S. K., & Rana, B. K. (2024). Interfacial dynamics around a swirling roller in the presence of oppositely imposed horizontal crossflows. ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, 146(1), p.011303.
4. Panda, S. K., & Rana, B. K. (2024). Influence of a Pair of Unequal Rotational Fluxes On Entrained Gaseous Filament. ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, 1-48.
5. Rana, B. K. (2023). Mixed convection heat transfer from swirling open spherical cavity. ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 145(6), 062601.
6. Panda, S. K., & Rana, B. K. (2023). Influence of the immersion ratio of a revolving roller on the film coating and entrainment dynamics. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 62(15), 6285-6300.
7. Panda, S. K., & Rana, B. K. (2023). Characterization of air entrainment using a pair of vertically aligned revolving rollers. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 62(2), 998-1015.
8. Sahoo, P. C., Senapati, J. R., & Rana, B. K. (2022). Computational and analytical investigation of droplet impingement and spreading dynamics around the right circular cone. Langmuir, 38(48), 14891-14908.
9. Rana, B. K. (2023). Thermofluidic analysis around a heated hollow spherical ring immersed in air. Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications, 1-22.
10. Dhabekar, P. P., Sahoo, P. C., Senapati, J. R., & Rana, B. K. (2023). Towards understanding of spreading and detachment during droplet impact onto a hemispherical surface. European Journal of Mechanics-B/Fluids, 100, 52-66.
11. Shah, A., & Rana, B. K. (2023). Numerical investigation of free convection around a pair of vertically-aligned isothermally-heated vertical hollow cylinders. Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications, 1-24.
12. Panda, S. K., & Rana, B. K. (2022). Numerical Simulation and Analytical Prediction on the Development of Entrained Air Filament Caused by the Combined Effect of Rotational Field and Free Stream Flow. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 61(26), 9456-9473.
13. Rana, B. K. (2022). Conjugate steady natural convection analysis around thick tapered vertical pipe suspended in the air. Sādhanā, 47(1), 1-16.
14. Sahoo, P. C., Senapati, J. R., & Rana, B. K. (2022). Numerical observation and analytical formulation of droplet impact and spreading around the thin vertical cylinder. Physics of Fluids, 34(4), 042114.
15. Rana, B. K. (2022). Numerical investigation on free convection from an isothermally heated hollow inclined cylinder suspended in air. Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications, 1-25.
16. Panda, S. K., Rana, B. K., & Kumar, P. (2022). Entrainment in multifluid systems, and rotation induced occurrences. European Journal of Mechanics-B/Fluids.
17. Vakacharla, B. K., & Rana, B. K. (2022). Free Convection Heat Transfer From a Spherical Shaped Open Cavity. ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, 144(9), 092601.
18. Panda, S. K., & Rana, B. K. (2022). Rotational flux influenced cusp entrainment in a viscous pool. Physics of Fluids, 34(10), p.102103.
19. Panda, S. K., & Rana, B. K. (2022). Gaseous entrainment dynamics in a viscous pool due to combined influence of asymmetric rotational field and crossflow of air. ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering. (Accepted for Publication)
20. Rana, B. K., & Senapati, J. R. (2023). Natural convection from an isothermally heated hollow vertical cylinder submerged in quiescent power-law fluids. ASME Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications, 15(2), 021003.
21. Shah, A., & Rana, B. K. (2023). Effect of adiabatic ground on thermofluidic behavior and cooling time analysis from a hollow tube. Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals, 1-22. Panda, S. K., Rana, B. K., & Kumar, P. (2021). Competition of roller rotation and horizontal crossflow to control the free surface cusp-induced air entrainment. Physics of Fluids, 33(11), 112114.
23. Rana, B. K., & Senapati, J. R. (2021). Entropy generation analysis and cooling time estimation for a rotating vertical hollow tube in the air medium. ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, 143(4), 042101.
24. Rana, B. K., Singh, B., & Senapati, J. R. (2021). Thermofluid characteristics on natural and mixed convection heat transfer from a vertical rotating hollow cylinder immersed in air: a numerical exercise. Journal of Heat Transfer, 143(2), 022601.
Journals:
1. Sahoo, P. C., Senapati, J. R., & Rana, B. K. (2024). Understanding of head-on coalescence of binary drops onto a cylindrical target. Chemical Engineering Science, 290, p.119886.
2. Sahoo, P. C., Senapati, J. R., & Rana, B. K. (2024). Characterization of droplet impact dynamics onto a stationary solid torus. Physics of Fluids, 36(2), p.022117.
3. Panda, S. K., & Rana, B. K. (2024). Interfacial dynamics around a swirling roller in the presence of oppositely imposed horizontal crossflows. ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, 146(1), p.011303.
4. Panda, S. K., & Rana, B. K. (2024). Influence of a Pair of Unequal Rotational Fluxes On Entrained Gaseous Filament. ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, 1-48.
5. Rana, B. K. (2023). Mixed convection heat transfer from swirling open spherical cavity. ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 145(6), 062601.
6. Panda, S. K., & Rana, B. K. (2023). Influence of the immersion ratio of a revolving roller on the film coating and entrainment dynamics. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 62(15), 6285-6300.
7. Panda, S. K., & Rana, B. K. (2023). Characterization of air entrainment using a pair of vertically aligned revolving rollers. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 62(2), 998-1015.
8. Sahoo, P. C., Senapati, J. R., & Rana, B. K. (2022). Computational and analytical investigation of droplet impingement and spreading dynamics around the right circular cone. Langmuir, 38(48), 14891-14908.
9. Rana, B. K. (2023). Thermofluidic analysis around a heated hollow spherical ring immersed in air. Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications, 1-22.
10. Dhabekar, P. P., Sahoo, P. C., Senapati, J. R., & Rana, B. K. (2023). Towards understanding of spreading and detachment during droplet impact onto a hemispherical surface. European Journal of Mechanics-B/Fluids, 100, 52-66.
11. Shah, A., & Rana, B. K. (2023). Numerical investigation of free convection around a pair of vertically-aligned isothermally-heated vertical hollow cylinders. Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications, 1-24.
12. Panda, S. K., & Rana, B. K. (2022). Numerical Simulation and Analytical Prediction on the Development of Entrained Air Filament Caused by the Combined Effect of Rotational Field and Free Stream Flow. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 61(26), 9456-9473.
13. Rana, B. K. (2022). Conjugate steady natural convection analysis around thick tapered vertical pipe suspended in the air. Sādhanā, 47(1), 1-16.
14. Sahoo, P. C., Senapati, J. R., & Rana, B. K. (2022). Numerical observation and analytical formulation of droplet impact and spreading around the thin vertical cylinder. Physics of Fluids, 34(4), 042114.
15. Rana, B. K. (2022). Numerical investigation on free convection from an isothermally heated hollow inclined cylinder suspended in air. Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications, 1-25.
16. Panda, S. K., Rana, B. K., & Kumar, P. (2022). Entrainment in multifluid systems, and rotation induced occurrences. European Journal of Mechanics-B/Fluids.
17. Vakacharla, B. K., & Rana, B. K. (2022). Free Convection Heat Transfer From a Spherical Shaped Open Cavity. ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, 144(9), 092601.
18. Panda, S. K., & Rana, B. K. (2022). Rotational flux influenced cusp entrainment in a viscous pool. Physics of Fluids, 34(10), p.102103.
19. Panda, S. K., & Rana, B. K. (2022). Gaseous entrainment dynamics in a viscous pool due to combined influence of asymmetric rotational field and crossflow of air. ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering. (Accepted for Publication)
20. Rana, B. K., & Senapati, J. R. (2023). Natural convection from an isothermally heated hollow vertical cylinder submerged in quiescent power-law fluids. ASME Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications, 15(2), 021003.
21. Shah, A., & Rana, B. K. (2023). Effect of adiabatic ground on thermofluidic behavior and cooling time analysis from a hollow tube. Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals, 1-22. Panda, S. K., Rana, B. K., & Kumar, P. (2021). Competition of roller rotation and horizontal crossflow to control the free surface cusp-induced air entrainment. Physics of Fluids, 33(11), 112114.
23. Rana, B. K., & Senapati, J. R. (2021). Entropy generation analysis and cooling time estimation for a rotating vertical hollow tube in the air medium. ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, 143(4), 042101.
24. Rana, B. K., Singh, B., & Senapati, J. R. (2021). Thermofluid characteristics on natural and mixed convection heat transfer from a vertical rotating hollow cylinder immersed in air: a numerical exercise. Journal of Heat Transfer, 143(2), 022601.