IITKGP

Mechanical Engineering

Faculty

Partha Pratim Bandyopadhyay, IIT Kharagpur

Partha Pratim Bandyopadhyay

Professor

Mechanical Engineering

+91-3222-282950

ppb@mech.iitkgp.ac.in

Awards and Accolades

Personal Webpage Bio Sketch

Research Areas

 

We run an active, well equipped and well-funded research group on surface technology. We have a modern Metco 80 kW plasma spray facility, DPV and Accuraspray particle monitors. We also have in house facilities for SEM, XRD, higt temperature Tribometry, scratch test, ball milling, surface profiling, standard optical and stereo microscopy. For other facilities like FE-SEM, HR-TEM, FIB, micro-CT we use the institute central facilities. So far thirteen PhDs and around 25 MTechs have graduated from this laboratory. Presently, 7 PhD candidates and two postdocs are working in this group. Four of our graduates (PhD) have joined the faculty of IITs across India. One has been offered a tenured scientist postion in Nat. Inst. Adv. Ind. Sc. & Tech Tsukuba, Japan. Our alumni are also present in NIT, DRDO and BIT. Currently we are running a number of sponsored projects.  We regularly publish articles in peer reviewed journals of repute, e.g., Materials & Design, J Eur ceramic Soc., Surface and Coatings Technology, Wear, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, etc.

At present we are working on a number of areas of current research interest. For example, thermally sprayed self lubricated thermally coatings. In addition, we have started working on problems of direct industrial relevance like coating of aero-engine compressor discs. We are also working on a fundamental coating research area like splat-substrate interaction.

Areas of active research interest are listed below.

Coatings for aero-engine

Carbon nanotube reinforced thermally sprayed coatings

Particle temperature and velocity as primary parameters in thermal spraying

Splat-substrate interaction

Thermally sprayed lubricated coatings

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      Completed Projects

      Principal Investigator

      • CNT reinforced Cr3C2-Ni-Cr coating to enhance the wear resistance of stage five and six aero-engine compressor discs upto 700 C ARDB, DRDO
      • Plasma sprayed coatings to tune the thermo-optical properties of spacecraft components Indian Space Research Organisation
      • Thermal spray coatings for EMI/EMC shielding of infrared windows/domes RESEARCH CENTRE IMARAT

      Co-Principal Investigator

      • Analysis of Sample Using SEM and XRD, optical microscopy, micro-machining, mechanical, tribological, metallurgical characterisation facility etc. VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS/CENTRES OF IIT KHARAGPUR AND OUTSIDE INSTITUTIONS
      • Analysis of Samples Using SEM and XRD, optical microscopy, micro-machining, mechanical, tribological, metallurgical characterisation facility etc. Various Govt./Industrial/Private Organization
      • Thermal Sprayed Heat Resistant Coatings for Thrust Chambers of Semi-Cryogenic Rocket Engines KCSTC, ISRO, IIT KHARAGPUR CELL
      Alumni members

      Ph. D. Students

      Kumar Sawrav

      Area of Research: Effect of relative humidity and dew point on welding

      Nidhi Sharma

      Area of Research: Surface Engineering for Thermal Control in Spacecraft

      Saba Tasleem

      Area of Research: Thermal Spray of Composite Coatings

      Sibasish Ghara

      Area of Research: Thermally sprayed coating

      Sourav Adhikary

      Area of Research: thermally sprayed coating

      Subham Sarkar

      Area of Research: Thermally sprayed coatings

      Vivekananda Pal

      Area of Research: thermally sprayed tribological coatings

      MS Students

      Kingshuk Saha

      Area of Research: Plasma sprayed optical coatings