Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Debabrata Sen

Ph.D.(Canada)

Professor, Ocean Engineering & Naval Architecture
Head, Oceans, Rivers, Atmosphere and Land Sciences

D Sen joined the Institute in 1991

Contact Addresses

Residence	A-126, IIT Campus, Kharagpur 721302
Phone (office)	+91 - 3222 - 283786
Phone (residence)	+91 - 3222 - 283787 (IIT Phone) +91 - 3222 - 278077 (Private Phone)
email	deb @ naval.iitkgp.ernet.in
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Research Areas

Free Surface Hydrodynamics
marine hydrodynamics
Dynamics of Marine Vehicles
Wave structure Interactions

Fellow

Institution of Engineers India
Royal Institution of Naval Architects

Member of Professional Bodies

Life Member : Ocean Society of India

Current Sponsored Projects

Project Title : Development of a compositionally graded coating on marine propeller for improving cavitation corrosion resistance
Principal Investigator : J Dutta Majumdar
Co-Principal-Investigators : D Sen
Sponsor : Naval Research Board
Project Title : National Programme in Marine Hydrodynamics
Principal Investigator : D Sen
Co-Principal-Investigators : OP Sha, T Sahoo
Sponsor : Naval research board

On-going Consultancy Projects

Project Name : Consultant for Project `Indigo
Client : Tata Consultancy Services
Consultant : D Sen
Project Name : Hydrodynamic design of high speed light weight torpedo
Client : NSTL,DRDO, Visakhapatnam
Consultant : D Sen
Project Name : Dynamic model and trajectory simulation during entry phase of ALWT
Client : NSTL,DRDO, Visakhapatnam
Consultant : D Sen
Project Name : Development of software for computing added wave resistance
Client : Indian Register of Shipping
Consultant : D Sen
Project Name : Development of class rules
Client : Axsys Technologies Ltd.
Consultant : D Sen
Co-consultant(s) : O P Sha

Member, Editorial Board

Member, Editorial Board : Journal of Ship Technology
Member, Editorial Board : Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment
Member, Editorial Board : International Journal of Vehicle Structures and Systems

Publications: 2010 - 2011

Optimal ship tracking on a navigation route between two ports : a hydrodynamic approach by Panigrahi, J.K., Padhy, C.P., Sen, D., swain, J and Larsen, O J. of Marine Science and Technology, on-line, 9p. (2011)
Quantification Of Uncertainty In Manoeuvring Characteristics for Design Of Underwater Vehicles by Ray, A., Sen, D., Singh, S N and Seshadri, V Transactions of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects, UK, online (2010)

Publications: 2009 - 2010

Manoeuvring studies of underwater vehicles : a review by Ray, A., Seshadri, V., Singh, S.N., and Sen, D Transaction of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects, 150, A3, 21-43 (2009)

Publications: 2008 - 2009

Discrete time-delay control of an autonomous underwater vehicle: theory and experimental results by Kumar, R.P., Kumar, C. S., Sen, D. and Dasgupta, A. Ocean Engineering, 36, 74-81 (2009)
Manoeuvring studies of underwater vehicles : an overview by Ray, A., seshadri, V., Singh, S.N. and Sen, D Intenational Journal of Maritime Engineering, 23pp. (2009)

Publications: 2007 - 2008

Development of a ship weather routing algorithm and its application for Indian coastal sea routes by Chinmaya Prasad Padhy and Debabrata Sen International Journal of Ecology and Development, Vol. 12, no. W09, 59 (2009)
The Simulation of Ship Motions Using a B-Spline Based Panel Method in Time Domain by Datta, R and Sen, D Journal of Ship Research, 51(3), 267-284 (2007)

Publications: 2006 - 2007

A Comparative Study on 3D Wave Load and Pressure Computations for Different Level of Modelling of Nonlinearities by 1. Singh, S P and Sen, D Journal of Marine Structures, Vol. 20, pp.1-24 (2007)
The Simulation of Ship Motions Using a B-Spline Based Panel Method in Time Domain by Datta, R and Sen, D Journal of Ship Research, to appear in Sept. (2007)
Application of Ship-Weather Routing for the North Indian Ocean by Padhy, C P., Sen, D. and Bhaskaran, P K Journal of Natural Hazard, DOI 10.1007/s11069-0 (2007)
Comparison of linear and nonlinear 3D seakeeping computations by Singh, S P and Sen, D Ocean Engineering, vol. 34, pp1683-1881 (2007)
A B-spline solver for the forward speed diffraction problem of a floating Body in time domain by Datta, R and Sen, D Applied Ocean Research, Vol. 28,pp.147-160 (2007)

Publications: 2005 - 2006

Calculation of transverse hydrodynamic coefficients using computational fluid dynamic approach by Tyagi, A. and Sen, D. Ocean Engineering, Vol. 33,pp. 798-809. (2006)
A B-spline based method for radiation and diffraction problems by Datta, R. and Sen, D. Ocean Engineering, available on line (2006)
A B-spline solver for the forward speed diffraction problem of a floating body in time domain by Datta, R. and Sen, D. Applied Ocean Research, available on line (2006)
Comparison of linear and nonlinear 3D seakeeping computations by Singh, S. P. and Sen, D. Ocean Engineering, communicated (2006)
Application of ship-weather routing for the north Indian Ocean by Padhy, C. P. , Sen, D. and Bhaskaran, P. K. Natural Hazards, to appear (2006)

Some Earlier Publications

Time-domain wave diffraction of two-dimensional single and twin hulls by Maity, S, and Sen, D J. Ocean Engineering, 28, 6 PP 639-665 (2001)
Nonlinear heave-radiation forces on two-dimensional mono and twin hulls by Maity, S, and Sen, D J. Ocean Engineering, 28, 8 PP 1031-1052 (2001)
Time-domain computation of large amplitude 3D ship motions with forward speed by Sen, D Ocean Engineering, 29 PP 973-1002 (2002)

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