IITKGP

Research Areas

  • Multiphase flow and complex fluids
  • Fluid Dynamics, Interfacial Phenomena
  • Heat Transfer and Thermal Science
  • Rheology, Complex Fluid, Viscoelasticity
  • Microfluidics and microscale transport
All details regarding the research and academics pursued by our group can be found in my personal website (hosted via Google sites). Our research group is known as the Hydrodynamics and Thermal Multiphysics Lab (HTML). Our research is largely curiosity-driven, and the broad areas are listed in the website. Please click on the 'Personal Website' icon at the top-right of this page to view the site. You may also go to the webpage link directly - https://sites.google.com/site/pdhar1990/
Thank you.
  • Oscillatory soluto-thermal convection-driven evaporation kinetics in colloidal nanoparticle-surfactant complex fluid pendant droplets by Harikrishnan A., Dhar P. , Gedupudi S. , Das S. Physical Review Fluids - (2018)
  • Augmenting the Leidenfrost temperature of droplets via nano-bubble dispersion by Varaprasad G., Sharma H. , Nirmalkar N. , Dhar P. , Samanta D. Langmuir - (2022)
  • Thermo-capillarity in microfluidic binary systems via phase modulated sinusoidal thermal stimuli by Agrawal S., Das P. , Dhar P. Physics of Fluids - (2022)
  • Micro-imbibition electro-magneto-hydrodynamics of viscoelastic fluids with interactive streaming potential by Roy A., Dhar P. Journal of non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics - (2022)
  • Magneto-elastic effect in non Newtonian ferrofluid droplets impacting on superhydrophobic surfaces by Varaprasad G., Samanta D. , Dhar P. Langmuir - (2021)
  • Interplay of electro-thermo-solutal advection and internal electrohydrodynamics governed enhanced evaporation of droplets by Jaiswal V., Dhar P. Proceedings of the Royal Society A - (2019)
  • Onset of rebound suppression in non-Newtonian drops post-impact on superhydrophobic surfaces by Dhar P., Mishra S. , Samanta D. Physical Review Fluids - (2019)
  • Electromagnetic field orientation and characteristics governed hydrodynamics within pendent droplets by Dhar P., Harikrishnan A. , Jaiswal V. Physical Review E - (2018)
  • Magnetohydrodynamics and magnetosolutal effect governed evaporation dynamics in paramagnetic salt solution pendent droplets under field stimuli by Jaiswal V., Dwivedi R. , Harikirshnan A. , Dhar P. Physical Review E - (2018)

Principal Investigator

  • Development of benchtop Droplet-Electro-Magneto-Coalescence-Rheometry and Tensiometry (DEM-CoRT) and Capillary-Breakup-Magneto-Electro-Filament-Extensional-Rheometry (CaB-ME-FER) platforms for microfluidic end utilities Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF)
  • Probing variant classes of nanofluid transformer oils for enhanced dielectric breakdown strengths and insulation caliber CENTRAL POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Ph. D. Students

Abhishek Kumar Jaiswal

Area of Research: Microscale transport phenomena

Apurba Roy

Area of Research: Microfluidics

Deep Narayan Patel

Area of Research: Interfacial thermofluidics

Dibyendu Maji

Area of Research: Multi-phase thermo-fluidics

Gaurab Sarkar

Area of Research: Microscale transport phenomena

Gaurav Shakya

Area of Research: Two phase flow

Jayanta Sutradhar

Area of Research: Microhydrodynamics

Karishma Shaikh

Area of Research: Multiphase Flow Dynamics

Md Sultan

Area of Research: Microhydrodynamics

Neeladri Sekhar Bera

Area of Research: Microhydrodynamics

Rohit Roy

Area of Research: Microscale transport phenomena

Samrat

Area of Research: Flow through deformable confinements

Sk Sahidul Islam

Area of Research: Microscale thermofluidics

Utsab Pal

Area of Research: Microscale transport phenomena