Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Ranjan Bhattacharyya

Ph.D.(Kentucky)

Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Head of the Department, Mechanical Engineering

R Bhattacharyya joined the Institute in 1990

Contact Addresses

Residence	B-210, IIT Campus, Kharagpur 721302
Phone (office)	+91 - 3222 - 282902
Phone (residence)	+91 - 3222 - 282903 (IIT Phone) +91 - 3222 - 277868 (Private Phone)
email	rbmail @ mech.iitkgp.ernet.in
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Research Areas

Nonlinear Elasticity
Vibration
Dynamical Systems

Current Sponsored Projects

Project Title : Suspension and Bogie Technology for High Speed Train
Principal Investigator : A.K.Samataray
Co-Principal-Investigators : R. Bhattacharyya
Sponsor : RDSO
Project Title : Setting up a research and development centre for Damodar Valley Corporation at Kolkata (Phase 1)
Principal Investigator : S.K. RoyChowdhury
Co-Principal-Investigators : R. Bhattacharyya and others
Sponsor : DVC, Kolkata

On-going Consultancy Projects

Project Name : Development of System for monitoring of slow speed running equipment
Client : SAIL, RDCIS, Ranchi - Completed
Consultant : R. Bhattacharyya
Co-consultant(s) : A.K. Samantaray and R. Karmakar

Publications: 2010 - 2011

Bond Graph Modeling of an Internally Damped Nonideal Flexible Spinning Shaft by Samantaray, A.K, Dasgupta, S.S. and Bhattacharyya, R. ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, Vol. 132, pp. 061502 (2010)
Nonlinear dynamic response and its control of rubber components with piezoelectric patches/layers using finite element method by Manna, M. C., Bhattacharyya, R. and Sheikh, A. H. J. Smart Structures and Systems, 6, pp. 889 – 903 (2010)

Publications: 2009 - 2010

Small Amplitude, Free Longitudinal Vibrations of a Load on a Finitely Deformed Stress-softening Spring with Limiting Extensibility by M.F. Beatty, R. Bhattacharyya and S. Sarangi ZAMP, Vol. 60, 971 – 100 (2009)
Sommerfeld Effect in Rotationally Symmetric Planar Dynamical Systems by A.K. Samantaray, R. Bhattacharyya and S.S. Dasgupta International J. Engineering Science, 48, 21 – 36 (2010)
Stability of an Internally Damped non-Ideal flexible Spinning Shaft by S.S. Dasgupta, A.K. Samantaray and R. Bhattacharyya International J. non-Linear Mechanics, 45, 286 – 293 (2010)

Publications: 2008 - 2009

Theoretical and Experimental Investigations on the Active Structural-Acoustic Control of a Thin Plate using a Vertically Reinforced 1-3 piezoelectric Composite. Smart materials and Structures by Ray, M. C., Faye. A., Patra S. and Bhattacharyya, R. Smart materials and Structures, 18 (2009)
Bond Graph Modeling of a Railway Truck on Curved Track. by Banerjee, N., Saha, A. K., Karmakar, R. and Bhattacharyya, R. Simulation Practice and Theory, Vol. 17, pp. 22 – (2009)
Static Analysis of Rubber Components with Piezoelectric Patches using Nonlinear Finite Element by Manna, M. C., Sheikh, A. H. and Bhattacharyya, R. J. Smart Structures and Systems – an International Journal, 5, pp. 23 - 42 (2009)
Effect of stress-softening on the dynamics of a load supported by a rubber string. by Sarangi, S., Bhattacharyya, R. and Beatty M. F. J. Elasticity, 92, pp. 115-149 (2008)

Publications: 2007 - 2008

On the stability of Crandall Gyropendulum by Samantaray, A. K., Bhattacharyya, R. and Mukherjee, A. Physics Letters A, 372, 238 – 243 (2008)

Publications: 2006 - 2007

Some Studies on Rotors with Polynomial Type Non-Linear External and Internal Damping by Samantaray, A. K., Mukherjee, A. and Bhattacharyya, R. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 41,pp. 1007-1015 (2006)
A Compressible Finite Element Model for Hyperelastic Members under Different Modes of Deformation by Manna, M. C., Sheikh, A. H. and Bhattacharyya, R. Structural Engineering and Mechanics - An International Journal, 24, pp. 227-245 (2006)

Publications: 2005 - 2006

An Investigation into the Physics Behind the Stabilizing Effects of Two-Phase Lubricants in Journal Bearings by Samantaray, A.K., Bhattacharyya, R., Mukherjee, A. Journal of Vibration and Control, 12(4), 425-442 (2006)

Some Earlier Publications

Normal mode localisation for a two degree of freedom system with quadratic and cubic non-linearity by R. Bhattacharyya, P Jain and A Nair J. of Sound and Vibration, ()
Harmonic oscillations of non-conservative, asymmetric, two-degree-of-freedom systems by R. Bhattacharyya, A. Mukherjee, A. K. Samantaray Journal of Sound and Vibration, 264 PP 973-980 (2003)

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