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Suman Chakraborty

	S Chakraborty Ph.D. Professor, Mechanical Engineering
	S Chakraborty joined the Institute in 2002

Contact Addresses

Residence	FA-12, IIT Campus, Kharagpur 721302
Phone (office)	+91 - 3222 - 282990
Phone (residence)	+91 - 3222 - 282991 (IIT Phone)
email	suman @ mech.iitkgp.ernet.in
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Research Areas

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics
Interfacial Phenomena
Transport Phenomena in Materials Processing
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)

Awards & Honours

Scopus Young Scientist Award (2008)

Fellow

Fellow : Indian National Academy of Engineering

Member of Professional Bodies

Member : ASME
Life Member : Indian Society for heat and mass transfer

Current Sponsored Projects

Project Title : Droplet based microfluidics for skin cooling in small form factor computing devices
Principal Investigator : Suman Chakraborty
Co-Principal-Investigators : Sunando DasGupta
Sponsor : INTEL
Project Title : Cell Culture inside Microfluidic Channels with Extended Air-water Interface
Principal Investigator : Suman Chakraborty
Sponsor : DBT
Project Title : A Study Of Microscale Transport Processes Leading To The Development Of A Cooling Strategy For Electronic Components
Principal Investigator : Suman Chakraborty and Sunando DasGupta
Sponsor : DIT
Project Title : Transport Phenomena across Biological Cell Membranes within Microfluidic Lab-on-a-Chip Systems
Principal Investigator : Suman Chakraborty
Sponsor : British Council
Project Title : Rapid DNA Hybridization in Microfluidic Channels
Principal Investigator :
Sponsor : DBT
Project Title : Indo-US Center for Research Excellence in Fabrionics
Principal Investigator :
Sponsor : Indo-US Science and Technology Forum

On-going Consultancy Projects

Project Name : Development of Numerical Models for Emulsion and Nanofluid Heat Transfer
Client : TATA Steel
Consultant :
Project Name : Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow Analysis for Cast Soap Manufacturing Process
Client : ITC
Consultant :
Project Name : Characterization of Surface Roughness for Pressure-Driven and/or Electro-osmotic Liquid Flow in Microchannel
Client : DELPHI
Consultant :
Project Name : Development of a fundamental model for characterizing solidification transport in the mushy region
Client : General Motors
Consultant :

Member, Editorial Board

Editorial Board Member : International Journal of Micro-Nano Scale Transport
Editorial Board Member : International Journal of Micro and Nano Systems
Editorial Board Member : Open Journal of Thermodynamics

Publications: 2009 - 2010

Patterning nanoscale flow vortices in nanochannels with patterned substrates by S. Karkare, A. Kar, A. Kumar, S. Chakraborty Physical Review E, vol. 81, pp.016324 (2010)
Steric Effect and Slip Modulated Energy Transfer in Narrow Fluidic Channels with Finite Aspect Ratios by A. Garai and S. Chakraborty Electrophoresis, vol. 31, pp. 843-849 (2010)
Augmented surface adsorption characteristics by employing patterned microfluidic substrates in conjunction with transverse electric fields by S. Das and S. Chakraborty Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, vol. 8, pp.313-327 (2010)
Interfacial pH-Gradient Induced Micro-Capillary Filling with the Aid of Transverse Electrodes Arrays in Presence of Electrical Double Layer Effects by A. Jain and S. Chakraborty Analytica Chimica Acta, vol. 659, pp. 1-8 (2010)
Energy Transfer through Streaming Effects in Time-Periodic Pressure-Driven Nanochannel Flows with Interfacial Slip by P. Goswami and S. Chakraborty Langmuir, vol. 26, pp. 581-5 (2010)
Heat Transfer Characteristics of Premixed Flame Impinging upwards to Plane Surfaces Inclined with the Flame Jet Axis by G. K. Agarwal, S. Chakraborty, S. K. Som International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, vol. 53, pp.1809-190 (2010)
Probing Nanoantenna-Directed Photothermal Destruction of Tumors using Non Invasive Laser Irradiation by D. DasGupta, G. von Maltzahn, S. Ghosh, S. N. Bhatia, S. K. Das, S. Chakraborty Applied Physics Letters, vol. 95, pp. 933701 (2009)
Hydro-Electrical Energy Conversion in Narrow Confinements in Presence of Transverse Magnetic Fields with Electrokinetic Effects by F. Munshi and S. Chakraborty Physics of Fluids, vol. 21, pp. 122003 (2009)
Modeling of temperature distribution within a dental profile on account of laser irradiation by J. Mukherjee and S. Chakraborty International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, vol. 3, pp. 186-198 (2010)
Effective Viscosity of Nano-scale Colloidal Suspensions by S. Ganguly and S. Chakraborty Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 106, pp. 124309 (2009)
Influence of streaming potential on the transport and separation of charged spherical solutes in nanochannels subject to particle-wall interactions by S. Das and S. Chakraborty Langmuir, vol. 25, pp. 9863- (2009)
Micro-Scale Thermo-Fluidic Transport in Two Immiscible Liquid Layers Subject to Combined Electro-Osmotic and Pressure-Driven Transport by A. Garai and S. Chakraborty International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, vol. 52, pp. 2660-26 (2009)
Entropy Generation Analysis for the Free Surface Turbulent Flow During Laser Material Processing by D. Chatterjee and S. Chakraborty International Journal for Numerical Methods in Heat and Fluid Flow, vol.19, pp.303-328 (2009)
Capillary Filling in Centrifugally Actuated Microfluidic Devices with Dynamically Evolving Contact Line Motion by D. Chakraborty, R. Gorkin, M. Madou, L. Kulinsky, S. Chakraborty Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 105, pp. 084904 (2009)
Reply to the Comment on â€œA generalized langevin formalism of complete DNA melting transition by T. Das and S. Chakraborty Europhysics Letters, vol. 85, pp. 68004 (2009)
Influences of Streaming Potential on Cross Stream Migration of Flexible Polymer Molecules in Nanochannel Flows by T. Das, S. Das, S. Chakraborty Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 130, pp.244904 (2009)
Thermal transport in fluids containing homogeneous microstructures by D. Chakraborty, S. Chakraborty International Journal of Thermal Sciences, vol. 48, pp. 1259-12 (2009)
DSMC Simulations of gas flows through 180 degree hairpin bends in circular micro-ducts by A. Sarkar, S. Chakraborty International Journal of Micro and Nano Systems, vol. 1, pp. 1-8 (2009)
Effects of jet obliquity on hydraulic jumps formed by impinging circular liquid jets on a moving horizontal plate by R. P. Kate, P. K. Das, S. Chakraborty ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, vol. 131, pp.034502 (2009)
Squeeze-flow electroosmotic pumping between charged parallel plates by S. Talapatra and S. Chakraborty International Journal of Fluid Mechanics Research, vol. 36, pp. 460-472 (2009)
Biomicrofluidics: Recent Trends and Future Challenges by T. Das and S. Chakraborty Sadhana, vol. 34, pp. 573-590 (2009)
Design and Optimization of Single-Phase Liquid Cooled Microchannel Heat Sink by L. Biswal, S. Chakraborty, S. K. Som IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies, vol. 32, pp. 876-886 (2009)
Effect of process parameters on laser surface hardening of plain carbon eutectoid steel by S. Mukherjee, S. Chakraborty, I. Manna Computers, Materials & Continua, vol.10, pp. 217-228 (2009)

Publications: 2008 - 2009

Order parameter description of electro-chemical-hydrodynamic interactions in nanochannels by S. Chakraborty Physical Review Letters, vol. 101, pp. 184501 (2008)
Generalization of interfacial electrohydrodynamics in the presence of hydrophobic interactions in narrow fluidic confinements by S. Chakraborty Physical Review Letters, vol. 100, pp. 097801 (2008)
Streaming-field-induced convective transport and its influence on the electroviscous effects in narrow fluidic confinements beyond the Debye-HÃ¼ckel limits by S. Chakraborty and S. Das Physical Review E, vol. 77, pp. 037303 (2008)
Implications of hydrophobic interactions and consequent apparent slip phenomenon on the entrance region transport of liquids through microchannels by S. Chakraborty and K. D. Anand Physics of Fluids, vol. 20, pp. 043602 (2008)
Interfacial Phenomena and Dynamic Contact Angle Modulation in Microcapillary Flows subjected to Electroosmotic Actuation by D. Chakraborty and S. Chakraborty Langmuir, vol 24, pp.9449-9459 (2008)
Anomalous Electrical Conductivity of Nano-Scale Colloidal Suspensions by S. Chakraborty and S. Padhy ACS Nano, vol.2, pp. 2029-2036 (2008)
Micro-Scale Thermo-Fluidic Transport in Two Immiscible Liquid Layers Subject to Combined Electro-Osmotic and Pressure-Driven Transport by A. Garai and S. Chakraborty International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, in press (0)
Capillary Filling in Centrifugally Actuated Microfluidic Devices with Dynamically Evolving Contact Line Motion by D. Chakraborty, R. Gorkin, M. Madou, L. Kulinsky, S. Chakraborty Journal of Applied Physics, accepted (0)
Reply to the Comment on â€œA generalized langevin formalism of complete DNA melting transition by T. Das and S. Chakraborty Europhysics Letters, accepted (0)
Traction Force Microscopy On-Chip: Shear Deformation of Fibroblast Cells by T. Das, T. K. Maiti, S. Chakraborty Lab on a Chip, vol. 8, pp1308-1318 (2008)
Towards a Generalization of Hydrodynamic Boundary Conditions for Flows of Fluids with Homogeneous Internally Rotating Structures by D. Chakraborty and S. Chakraborty Physics Letters A, vol 372, pp5462-5466 (2008)
A generalized langevin formalism of complete DNA melting transition by T. Das and S. Chakraborty Europhysics Letters, vol83, pp48003(1-6) (2008)
Development and fluidic simulation of microneedles for painless pathological interfacing with living systems by S. Chakraborty and K. Tsuchiya Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 103, pp.114701 (2008)
Mass flow-rate control through time periodic electroosmotic flows in circular microchannels by S. Chakraborty, S. Ray Physics of Fluids, vol. 20, pp.083602 (2008)
Transport and Separation of Charged Macromolecules under Nonlinear Electromigration in Nanochannels by S. Das and S. Chakraborty Langmuir, vol. 24, pp7704-7710 (2008)
Induced pressure gradients due to entrance and exit effects in electroosmotically driven flows through nanopores within the continuum regime by S. Chakraborty, S. Padhy Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, vol. 41, pp. 065502 (2008)
Numerical analysis of particle transport during solidification using models based on stochastic differential equation by S. Ganguly and S. Chakraborty Materials Science and Technology, vol. 24, pp.540-546 (2008)
Numerical modeling studies of flow and mixing phenomena in gas stirred steel ladles by S. Ganguly and S. Chakraborty Ironmaking and Steelmaking, vol.35, 524-530 (2008)
Thermal transport in fluids containing homogeneous microstructures by D. Chakraborty, S. Chakraborty International Journal of Thermal Sciences, in press (0)
DSMC Simulations of gas flows through 180 degree hairpin bends in circular micro-ducts by A. Sarkar, S. Chakraborty International Journal of Micro and Nano Systems, accepted (0)
Squeeze-flow electroosmotic pumping between charged parallel plates by S. Talapatra and S. Chakraborty International Journal of Fluid Mechanics Research, accepted (0)
Thermally Developing Electroosmotic Transport of Nanofluids in Microchannels by S. Chakraborty and S. Roy Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, vol. 4, pp. 501-511 (2008)
A Boundary Layer Analysis for Entrance Region Heat Transfer in Vertical Microchannels within the Slip Flow Regime by S. Chakraborty, S. K. Som, Rahul International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, vol.51, pp.3245-3520 (2008)
An investigation on non-circular hydraulic jumps formed due to obliquely impinging circular liquid jets by R. P. Kate, P. K. Das, S. Chakraborty Experimental Thermal Fluid Science, vol32, pp. 1429-1439 (2008)
A Boundary Layer Analysis of Electro-Magneto-Hydrodynamic Forced Convective Transport over a Melting Slab by S. Bose and S. Chakraborty International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, vol51, pp. 5465-5474 (2008)
Modeling of temperature distribution within a dental profile on account of laser irradiation by J. Mukherjee and S. Chakraborty International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, accepted (0)
Semi-Analytical Solution of the Extended Graetz Problem for Combined Electroosmotically and Pressure driven Microchannel Flows with Step-change in Wall Temperature by A. Sharma and S. Chakraborty International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, vol51, pp. 4875-4885 (2008)
Rapid Macromolecular Synthesis in Microfluidic Channels with Oscillating Flaps by R. A. Lambert, S. Das, M. Madou, S. Chakraborty, R. H. Rangel International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, vol51, 4367-4378 (2008)
Effects of jet obliquity on hydraulic jumps formed by impinging circular liquid jets on a moving horizontal plate by R. P. Kate, P. K. Das, S. Chakraborty ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, vol. 131, pp.034502 (2009)
Electrokinetic Separation of Charged Macromolecules in Nanochannels within the Continuum Regime: Effects of Wall Interactions and Hydrodynamic Confinements by S. Das and S. Chakraborty Electrophoresis, vol29, pp. 1115-1124 (2008)
An enthalpy-source based lattice Boltzmann model for conduction dominated phase change of pure substances by D. Chatterjee and S. Chakraborty International Journal of Thermal Sciences, vol. 47, pp. 552-559 (2008)

Publications: 2007 - 2008

Generalization of interfacial electrohydrodynamics in the presence of hydrophobic interactions in narrow fluidic confinements by S. Chakraborty, Physical Review Letters, 100, 097801 (2008)
Streaming-field-induced convective transport and its influence on the electroviscous effects in narrow fluidic confinements beyond the Debye-HÃ¼ckel limits by S. Chakraborty, S. Das, Physical Review E, 99, 094504 (2008)
Implications of hydrophobic interactions and consequent apparent slip phenomenon on the entrance region transport of liquids through microchannels by S. Chakraborty, K. D. Anand, Physics of Fluids, 20, 043602 (2008)
Development and fluidic simulation of microneedles for painless pathological interfacing with living systems by S. Chakraborty, K. Tsuchiya, Journal of Applied Physics, in press (2008)
Induced pressure gradients due to entrance and exit effects in electroosmotically driven flows through nanopores within the continuum regime by S. Chakraborty, S. Padhy, Journal of Physics D, 41, 065502 (2008)
Order parameter modeling of fluid dynamics in narrow confinements subjected to hydrophobic interactions by S. Chakraborty, Physical Review Letters, 99, 094504 (2007)
An enthalpy based hybrid lattice Boltzmann method for modeling solid-liquid phase transition in presence of convective transport by S. Chakraborty, D. Chatterjee, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 592, 155 (2007)
A generalized model for probing frictional characteristics of pressure-driven liquid microflows by S. Chakraborty, T. Das, S. Chattoraj, Journal of Applied Physics, 102, 104907 (2007)
Controlling Microchannel Gas Flow Rates through Time-modulated Pressure Pulsation by S. Chakraborty, A. P. S. Bhalla, Journal of Applied Physics, 102, 114910 (2007)
Wall Effects in Microchannel-based Macromolecular Separation under Electro-Magneto-Hydrodynamic Influences by D. Paul, S. Chakraborty, Journal of Applied Physics, 102, 074921 (2007)
A Generalized Model for Time Periodic Electroosmotic Flows with Overlapping Electrical Double Layers by S. Chakraborty, A. K. Srivastava, Langmuir, 23, 12421 (2007)
Electroosmotically driven capillary transport of typical non-Newtonian bio-fluids in rectangular microchannels by S. chakraborty, Analytica Chimica Acta, 605, 175 (2007)
Thermally Developing Electroosmotic Transport of Nanofluids in Microchannels by S. Chakraborty, S. Roy, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, in press (2008)
A Boundary Layer Analysis for Entrance Region Heat Transfer in Vertical Microchannels within the Slip Flow Regime by S. Chakraborty, S. K. Som, Rahul, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 51, 3245 (2008)
An investigation on non-circular hydraulic jumps formed due to obliquely impinging circular liquid jets by R. P. Kate, P. K. Das, S. Chakraborty, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, in press (2008)
Analytical Solutions for Nusselt Number in Thermally Fully Developed Electroosmotic Flow of a Nanofluid in a Microchannel by P. Kumar, S. Chakraborty, NanoTrends, in press (2008)
A Boundary Layer Analysis of Electro-Magneto-Hydrodynamic Forced Convective Transport over a Melting Slab by S. Bose, S. Chakraborty, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, in press (2008)
Semi-Analytical Solution of the Extended Graetz Problem for Combined Electroosmotically and Pressure driven Microchannel Flows with Step-change in Wall Temperature by A. Sharma and S. Chakraborty, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, in press (2008)
Entropy Generation Analysis for the Free Surface Turbulent Flow During Laser Material Processing by D. Chatterjee and S. Chakraborty, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Heat and Fluid Flow, in press (2008)
Rapid Macromolecular Synthesis in Microfluidic Channels with Oscillating Flaps by R. A. Lambert, S. Das, M. Madou, S. Chakraborty, R. H. Rangel, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, in press (2008)
Towards a generalized representation of surface effects on pressure-driven liquid flow in microchannels by S. Chakraborty, Applied Physics Letters, 90, 034108 (2007)
An experimental investigation on the interaction of hydraulic jumps formed by two normal impinging circular liquid jets by R. P. Kate, P. K. Das, S. Chakraborty, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 590, 355 (2007)
Stochastic convective transport in presence of fragmented dendrites in a solidifying binary melt by S. ganguly, S. Chakraborty, European Physical Journal: Applied Physics, 40, 221 (2007)
Effects of jet obliquity on hydraulic jumps formed by impinging circular liquid jets on a moving horizontal plate by R. P. Kate, P. K. Das, S. Chakraborty, ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, in press (2008)
Thermodynamics of Flame Impingement Heat Transfer by S. K. Som, G. Agarawal, S. Chakraborty, Journal of Applied Physics, 102, 043506 (2007)
Derivations of Extended Navier-Stokes Equations from Molecular Transport Considerations for Compressible Ideal Gas Flows: Towards Extended Constitutive Forms by S. Chakraborty, F. Durst, Physics of Fluids, 19, 088104 (2007)
Electrokinetic Separation of Charged Macromolecules in Nanochannels within the Continuum Regime: Effects of Wall Interactions and Hydrodynamic Confinements by S. Das, S. Chakraborty, Electrophoresis, 29, 1115 (2008)
Hydraulic jumps with corners due to obliquely inclined circular liquid jets by R. P. Kate, P. K. Das, S. Chakraborty, Physical Review E, 75, 056310 (2007)
A theoretical explanation for possible temperature discontinuities across a macroscopically-sharp plane solidification front by S. Chakraborty, F. Durst, Physics Letters A, 366, 1 (2007)
Droplet dynamics in a microchannel subjected to electrocapillary actuation by R. Mittal, S. Chakraborty, Journal of Applied Physics, 101, 104901 (2007)
On use of transverse electrodes for improved DNA hybridization in microchannels by S. Das, S. Chakraborty, AIChE Journal, 53, 1086 (2007)
Analytical investigations on the effects of substrate kinetics on macromolecular transport and hybridization through microfluidic channels by S. Das, K. Subramanian, S. Chakraborty, Colloids and Surfaces B, 58, 203 (2007)
Double layer overlap in AC-electroosmosis by S. Talaptra, S. Chakraborty, European Journal of Mechanics B: Fluids, 27, 297 (2008)
Influences of pressure gradients on freezing Poiseuille-Couette flows by S. Basu, S. Chowdhury, S. Chakraborty, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 50, 4493 (2007)
An enthalpy-source based lattice Boltzmann model for conduction dominated phase change of pure substances by D. Chatterjee, S. Chakraborty, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 47, 552 (2008)
Effect of process parameters on laser surface hardening of plain carbon eutectoid steel by S. Mukherjee, S. Chakraborty, I. Manna, Computers, Materials & Continua, in press (2008)
A generalized mathematical description for comparative assessment of various horizontal polar tube geometries with regard to external film condensation in presence of non-condensable gases by S. Mukhopadhyay, S. K. Som, S. Chakraborty, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 50, 3437 (2007)
Effect of external irreversibilities and variable thermal properties of working fluid on thermal performance of a dual internal combustion engine cycle by A. Ghatak, S. Chakraborty, Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 58, 1 (2007)
Microfluidics Based DNA Hybridization: Mathematical Modeling issues and Future Challenges by S. Chakraborty, Journal of the indian Institute of Science, 87, 95 (2007)
Modelling of Turbulent Molten Pool Convection in Laser Welding of a Cooper-Nickel Dissimilar Couple by N. Chakraborty, S. Chakraborty, International Journal of Heat and Mass transfer, 50, 1805 (2008)
A Generalized Enthalpy-based macro-model for Ternary Alloy Solidification Simulations by S. ganguly, S. Chakraborty, Numerical Heat Transfer B, 91, 293 (0)
Near-wall effects in micro scale Couette flow and heat transfer in the Maxwell-slip regimes by S. Roy, S. Chakraborty, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 3, 437 (2007)
Implications of Solid Phase Interaction Mechanisms on Momentum, Heat and Solute Transport in Semisolid Materials Processing by J. Chowdhury, S. Ganguly, S. Chakraborty, International Journal of Heat and Mass transfer, 50, 2692 (2007)
Effects of Entrance Region Transport Processes on Free Convection Slip Flow in Vertical Microchannels with Isothermally Heated Walls by L. Biswal, S. K. Som, S. Chakraborty, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 50, 12481 (2007)
Thermal Transport Regimes and Generalized Regime Diagrams for High Energy Surface Melting Processes by N. chakraborty, S. Chakraborty, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 38, 143 (2007)
Hydraulic jumps due to oblique impingement of circular liquid jets on a flat horizontal surface by R. P. Kate, P. K. Das, S. Chakraborty, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 573, 247 (2007)
Fluid Flow in a Tundish Optimized through Genetic Algorithms by A. Kumar, S. Chakraborty, N. Chakrabarti, Steel Research International, 78, 515 (2007)
Modelling of a domestic frost-free refrigerator by J. K. Gupta, M. Ramgopal and S. Chakraborty, International Journal of Refrigeration, 30, 311 (2007)

Publications: 2006 - 2007

Order parameter modeling of fluid dynamics in narrow confinements subjected to hydrophobic interactions by S. Chakraborty, Physical Review Letters, in press (0)
An enthalpy based hybrid lattice Boltzmann method for modeling solid-liquid phase transition in presence of convective transport by S. Chakraborty, D. Chatterjee, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, in press (0)
Thermally Developing Electroosmotic Transport of Nanofluids in Microchannels by S. Chakraborty, S. Roy, Microfluidics and nanofluidics, in press (0)
An experimental investigation on the interaction of hydraulic jumps formed by two normal impinging circular liquid jets by R. P. Kate, P. K. Das, S. Chakraborty, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, in press (0)
Stochastic convective transport in presence of fragmented dendrites in a solidifying binary melt by S. Ganguly and S. Chakraborty, European Physical Journal: Applied Physics, in press (0)
Thermodynamics of Flame Impingement Heat Transfer by S. K. Som, G. Agarawal, S. Chakraborty, Journal of Applied Physics, in press (0)
Derivations of Extended Navier-Stokes Equations from Molecular Transport Considerations for Compressible Ideal Gas Flows: Towards Extended Constitutive Forms by S. Chakraborty, F. Durst, Journal of Applied Physics, in press (0)
Electrokinetic Separation of Charged Macromolecules in Nanochannels within the Continuum Regime: Effects of Wall Interactions and Hydrodynamic Confinements by S. Das, S. Chakraborty, Electrophoresis, in press (0)
Towards a generalized representation of surface effects on pressure-driven liquid flow in microchannels by S. Chakraborty, Applied Physics Letters, 90, 034108(1-3) (2007)
Hydraulic jumps with corners due to obliquely inclined circular liquid jets by R. P. Kate, P. K. Das, S. Chakraborty, Physical Review E, 75, 563102007 (1-6) (2007)
A theoretical explanation for possible temperature discontinuities across a macroscopically-sharp plane solidification front by S. Chakraborty, F. Durst, Physics Letters A, 366, 1-6 (2007)
Droplet dynamics in a microchannel subjected to electrocapillary actuation by S. Chakraborty, R. Mittal, Journal of Applied Physics, 101, 104901 (2007)
On use of transverse electrodes for improved DNA hybridization in microchannels by S. Das, S. Chakraborty, AIChE Journal, 53, 1086-1099 (2007)
Analytical investigations on the effects of substrate kinetics on macromolecular transport and hybridization through microfluidic channels by S. Das, K. Subramanian, S. Chakraborty, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 58, 203-217 (2007)
Double layer overlap in AC-electroosmosis by S. Talaptra, S. Chakraborty, European Journal of Mechanics B: Fluids, in press (0)
Influences of pressure gradients on freezing Poiseuille-Couette flows by S. basu, S. Chowdhury, S. Chakraborty, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, in press (0)
An enthalpy-source based lattice Boltzmann model for conduction dominated phase change of pure substances by D. Chatterjee and S. Chakraborty, International Journal of Thermal sciences, in press (0)
Effect of process parameters on laser surface hardening of plain carbon eutectoid steel by S. Mukherjee, S. Chakraborty, I. Manna, Computers, Materials & Continua, accepted (0)
A generalized mathematical description for comparative assessment of various horizontal polar tube geometries with regard to external film condensation in presence of non-condensable gases by S. Mukhopadhyay, S. K. som, S. Chakraborty, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 50, 3436-3447 (2007)
Effect of external irreversibilities and variable thermal properties of working fluid on thermal performance of a dual internal combustion engine cycle by A. Ghatak, S. Chakraborty, Journal of Mechanical engineering, 58, 1-12 (2007)
Microfluidics Based DNA Hybridization: Mathematical Modeling issues and Future Challenges by S. chakraborty, Journal of Indian Institute of Science, 87, 95-114 (2007)
Helicase mediated active DNA unwinding in a stochastic field by T. Das, S. Chakraborty, Applied Physics Letters, 89, 153901(1-3) (2006)
Modelling of Turbulent Molten Pool Convection in Laser Welding of a Cooper-Nickel Dissimilar Couple by N. Chakraborty, S. Chakraborty, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 50, 1805-1822 (2007)
Augmentation of peristaltic microflows through electroosmotic mechanisms by S. Chakraborty, Journal of Physics D, 39, 5356-5363 (2006)
Microchannel flow control through a combined magneto-electro-hydrodynamic transport by S. Chakraborty, D. Pal, Journal of Physics D, 39, 5364-5371 (2006)
A Generalized Enthalpy-based macro-model for Ternary Alloy Solidification Simulations by S. Ganguly, S. Chakraborty, Numerical Heat Transfer B, 51, 293-313 (2007)
Near-wall effects in micro scale Couette flow and heat transfer in the Maxwell-slip regimes by S. roy and S. Chakraborty, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 3, 437-449 (2007)
Implications of Solid Phase Interaction Mechanisms on Momentum, Heat and Solute Transport in Semisolid Materials Processing by J. Chowdhury, S. Ganguly, S. Chakraborty, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 50, 2692-2703 (2007)
Effects of Entrance Region Transport Processes on Free Convection Slip Flow in Vertical Microchannels with Isothermally Heated Walls by L. Biswal, S. K. Som, S. Chakraborty, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 50, 12481-1254 (2007)
Thermal Transport Regimes and Generalized Regime Diagrams for High Energy Surface Melting Processes by N. Chakraborty, S. Chakraborty, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, in press (0)
Augmentation of macromolecular adsorption rates through transverse electric fields generated across patterned walls of a microfluidic channel by S. Das, S. Chakraborty, Journal of Applied Physics, 100, 014098 (1-8) (2006)
Consideration of Slippage Phenomena in Numerical Modelling of Mixing in Gas Stirred Steel Ladles by S. ganguly, V. Singh, S. Chakraborty, ISIJ International, 26, 1731-1733 (2006)
Hydraulic jumps due to oblique impingement of circular liquid jets on a flat horizontal surface by R. P. Kate, P. K. Das, S. Chakraborty, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 573, 247-263 (2007)
Fluid Flow in a Tundish Optimized through Genetic Algorithms by A. Kumar, S. Chakraborty, N. Chakrabarti, Steel research Int, 78, 515-519 (2007)
Towards a more efficient dynamic mesh adaptation methodology for continuum discretization in complex engineering problems by S. Basu, D. DasGupta, S. Chakraborty and M. Walker, Applied Mechanics and Computation, 180, 469-487 (2006)
Distinct Influences of Turbulence in Momentum, Heat and Mass Transfers during Melt Pool Convection in a Typical Laser Surface Alloying Process by N. Chakraborty, S. Chakraborty, European Physical Journal: Applied Physics, 39, 71-89 (2006)
Modelling of a domestic frost-free refrigerator by J. K. Gupta, M. Ramgopal and S. Chakraborty, International Journal of Refrigeration, 30, 311-322 (2007)

Publications: 2005 - 2006

Analytical Solutions for Velocity, Temperature and Concentration Distribution in Electroosmotic Microchannel Flows of a Non-Newtonian Bio-fluid by S. Das and S. Chakraborty, Analytica Chimica Acta, vol. 559, pp. 15-24 (2006)
Analytical solutions for rate of DNA hybridization in a microchannel in presence of pressure-driven and electroosmotic flows by S. Das, T Das and S. Chakraborty, Sensors and Actuators B, vol. 114, pp. 957-96 (2006)
Transport mechanisms of falling crystals detached from the freezing front during solidification of a hypereutectic binary mixture by S. chakraborty and A. Kumar, Physical Review Letters, vol. 95, pp. 024504 (2005)
A hybrid lattice Boltzmann model for solid-liquid phase transition in presence of fluid flow by D. Chatterjee and S. Chakraborty, Physics Letters A, vol. 351, pp. 359-36 (2006)
An enthalpy based lattice Boltzmann model for diffusion dominated solid-liquid phase transformation by D. Chatterjee and S. Chakraborty, Physics Letters A, vol. 341, pp. 320-33 (2005)
Analytical Solutions of Nusselt number for Thermally Fully Developed Flow in Microtubes under a combined action of Electroosmotic forces and imposed Pressure Gradients by S. Chakraborty, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, vol. 49, pp. 810-813 (2006)
Modeling of coupled momentum, heat and solute Transport during DNA hybridization in a microchannel in presence of electro-osmotic effects and axial pressure gradients by S. Das, T. Das, S. Chakraborty, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, vol. 2, pp. 37-49 (2006)
Effective property predictions in multi-scale solidification modeling using homogenization theory by D. Dasgupta, S. Basu, S. Chakraborty, Physics Letters A, vol. 348, pp. 386-39 (2006)
An enthalpy model for simulation of dendritic growth by D. Pal, J. Bhattacharya, P. Dutta and S. Chakraborty, Numerical Heat Transfer B, vol. 50, pp. 59-78 (2006)
Film condensation in presence of non condensable gases over horizontal tubes with progressively increasing radius of curvature in the direction of gravity by S. K. Some and S. Chakraborty, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, vol. 49, pp. 594-600 (2006)
Effect of process parameters on turbulent transport in a laser surface alloying process by D. Chatterjee, N. Chakraborty, S. Chakraborty, Journal of Laser Applications, vol. 18, pp. 138-150 (2006)
Influences of sign of surface tension coefficient on turbulent weld pool convection in a gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) process by N. Chakraborty and S. Chakraborty, Trans. ASME, Journal of Heat Transfer, vol.127, pp. 848-862 (2005)
A new physically-based approach of mass conservation correction in level set formulation for incompressible two-phase flows by S. Majumder and S. Chakraborty, Trans. ASME, Journal of Fluids Engineering, vol. 127, pp. 554-56 (2005)
Large eddy simulation of laser induced surface tension driven flow by D. Chatterjee and S. Chakraborty, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, vol. 36B, pp. 143-14 (2006)
A Generalized Formulation of Latent Heat Functions in Enthalpy-Based Mathematical Models for Multicomponent Alloy Solidification Systems by S. Ganguly and S. Chakraborty, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, vol. 37B, pp. 15-24 (2006)
An entropy generation analysis of turbulent transport in a laser surface alloying process by D. Chatterjee and S. Chakraborty, Materials Science and Technology, vol. 22, pp. 627-633 (2006)
Effects of solutal undercooling on three-dimensional double-diffusive convection and macrosegregation during solidification of a binary alloy by S. Chakraborty and P. Dutta, Numerical Heat Transfer A, vol. 48, pp.261-281 (2005)
Parallel simulation study of a laser surface alloying process by D. Chatterjee, S. Sarkar and S. Chakraborty, Numerical Heat Transfer A, vol. 49, pp.905-922 (2006)
A genetic algorithm-based optimal design of plate fins following minimum entropy generation considerations by R. K. Jha and S. Chakraborty, Proc. IMechE, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, vol. 219, pp. 757-76 (2005)
Numerical simulation of transport phenomena in electromagnetically stirred semi-solid materials processing by J. Chowdhury, S. Ganguly and S. Chakraborty, Journal of Physics D, vol. 38, pp.2869-288 (2005)
On scaling estimations of thermal and flow field in gas stirred ladles by S. Ganguly and S. Chakraborty, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, vol. 36B, pp. 541-54 (2005)

Publications: 2004 - 2005

Analytical investigations on break up of viscous liquid droplets on surface tension modulation during welding metal transfer by S. Chakraborty, Applied Physics Letters, 86 (2005)
Heat Transfer in an evaporating thin liquid film moving slowly along the walls of an inclined microchannel by S. Chakraborty and S. K. Som, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 48 (2005)
Probing Liquation Cracking and Solidification through Modeling of Momentum, Heat and Solute Transport during Welding of Aluminum Alloys by S. Mishra, S. Chakraborty and T. DebRoy, Journal of Applied Physics, 97 (2005)
Dynamics of capillary flow of blood into a microfluidic channel by S. Chakraborty, Lab on a chip, 5 (2005)
Modeling of Turbulent Transport in Laser Surface Alloying by N. Chakraborty, D. Chatterjee and S. Chakraborty, Numerical Heat Transfer A, 46 (2004)
A scaling analysis of turbulent transport in laser surface alloying process by N. Chakraborty, D. Chatterjee and S. Chakraborty, Journal of Applied Physics, 96 (2004)
Numerical Investigation of Chaotic Mixing in Gas Stirred Steel Ladles by S. Ganguly, A. Kumar and S. Chakraborty, ISIJ International, 44 (2004)
A Novel Modeling and Simulation Technique of Photo Thermal Interactions Between Lasers and Living Biological Tissues Undergoing Multiple changes in Ph by R. Dua and S. Chakraborty, Computers in Biology and Medicine, 35 (2005)
A Numerical Investigation on the Role of Bottom Gas Stirring in controlling Thermal Stratification inside Steel Ladles by S. Ganguly and S. Chakraborty, ISIJ International, 44 (2004)
Effects of solid layer thickness and nominal composition on double-diffusive instabilities in the liquid during solidification of a binary alloy coole by S. Chakraborty and P. Dutta, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 47 (2004)
Three Dimensional Modelling of Turbulent Weld Pool Convection in GTAW Processes by N. Chakraborty, S. Chakraborty, and P. Dutta, Numerical Heat Transfer A, 45 (2004)
Studies on Thermal Stratification Phenomenon in LH2 Storage Vessel by S. P. Das, S. Chakraborty and P. Dutta, Heat Transfer Engineering, 25 (2004)
Gas Injection in Steelmaking Vessels: Coupling a Fluid Dynamic Analysis with a Genetic Algorithms based Pareto-optimality by A. Kumar, D. Sahoo, S. Chakraborty and N. Chakraborty, Materials and Manufacturing Processes, 20 (2005)

Some Earlier Publications

Analytical Solutions for Heat Transfer during Cyclic Melting and Freezing of a Phase Change Material used in Electronic and Electrical Packaging by S. Chakraborty and P. Dutta, Trans. ASME, Journal of Electronic Packaging, 125 (2003) 126-133
Double-diffusive convection and macrosegregation during non-equilibrium solidification of binary mixtures, by S. Chakraborty and P. Dutta, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 46 (2003) 2115-2134
Studies On Turbulent Momentum, Heat and Species Transport during Binary Alloy Solidification in a Top-cooled Rectangular Cavity, by S. Chakraborty, N. Chakraborty, P. Kumar, and P. Dutta, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 46 (2003) 1115-1137
Modelling of Turbulent Transport in Arc Welding Pools by N. Chakraborty, S. Chakraborty, and P. Dutta, International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow, 13 (2003) 07/30/04
Studies On Turbulent Momentum, Heat and Species Transport during Binary Alloy Solidification in a Top-cooled Rectangular C by S. Chakraborty, N. Chakraborty, P. Kumar, and P. Dutta, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 46 (2003) 1115-1137
Transport Phenomena in Laser Surface Alloying by S. Sarkar, P. Mohanraj, S. Chakraborty, G. Phanikumar, K. Chattopadhyay and P. Dutta, Journal of Materials Science, 38 (2003) 155-164
A Scaling Analysis of Momentum and Heat Transport in Gas Tungsten Arc Weld Pools by Chakraborty, S Sarkar, S. and Dutta, P, Science and Technology of Welding and Joining, 7 (2002) 88-94
An Analytical Solution for Conduction-dominated Unidirectional Solidification of Binary Mixtures by S. Chakraborty and P. Dutta, Applied Mathematical Modelling, 26 (2002) 545-561
The Effect of Solutal Undercooling on Double-Diffusive Convection and Macro-segregation during Binary Alloy Solidification: A Numerical Investigation, by S. Chakraborty and P. Dutta, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 38 (2002) 895-917
Natural Convection in a two-dimensional enclosure heated symmetrically from both sides by S. P. Das, S. Chakraborty and P. Dutta, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 29 (2002) 345-354
Modelling of Transport Phenomenon in Laser Surface Alloying with Distrubuted Species Mass Source by P. Mohanraj, S. Sarkar, S. Chakraborty, G. Phanikumar, P. Dutta and K. Chattopadhyay, International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 23 (2002) 298-307
A Generalized Object-Oriented Computational Method for Simulation of Power and Process Cycles by N. Chakraborty and S. Chakraborty, Proc. Imech E, Journal of Power and Energy, 216 (2002) 600-606
Rayleigh-Benard Convection during Solidification of a Binary Alloy Cooled from the Top: Experiments and Numerical Simulation by P. Kumar, S. Chakraborty, K. Srinivasan and P. Dutta, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 33B (2002) 605-612
Three Dimensional Computational Modelling of Momentum, Heat and Mass Transfer in Laser Surface Alloying Process by S. Sarkar, P. Mohanraj, S. Chakraborty, and P. Dutta, Numerical Heat Transfer A, 42 (2002) 307-32
A Scaling Analysis of Momentum, Heat and Mass Transfer in Binary Alloy Solidification Problems by S. Chakraborty and P. Dutta, Materials Science and Technology, 18 (2002) 600-606
Numerical Modelling of Heat and Mass Transfer in Laser Surface Alloying: Non-Equilibrium Solidification Effects by S. Chakraborty and P. Dutta, Materials and Manufacturing Processes, 17 (2002) 455-468
Rayleigh-Benard Convection during Directional Solidification of a Binary Solution Cooled from the top by P. Kumar, S. Chakraborty, K. Srinivasan and P. Dutta, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 33B (2002) 605-612
An Analytical Solution for Conduction-dominated Unidirectional Solidification of Binary Mixtures by S. Chakraborty and P. Dutta, Applied Mathematical Modelling, 26 (2002) 545-561
The Effect of Solutal Undercooling on Double-Diffusive Convection and Macro-segregation during Binary Alloy Solidification by S. Chakraborty and P. Dutta, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 38 (2002) 895-917
Natural Convection in a two-dimensional enclosure heated symmetrically from both sides by S. P. Das, S. Chakraborty and P. Dutta, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 29 (2002) 345-354
Modelling of Transport Phenomenon in Laser Laser Surface Alloying with Distrubuted Species Mass Source by P.Mohanraj, S.Sarkar, S.Chakraborty, G.Phanikumar, P.Dutta, and K.Chattopadhya, International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 23 (2002) 298-307
Rayleigh-Benard Convection during Solidification of a Binary Alloy Cooled from the Top: Experiments and Numerical Simulati by P. Kumar, S. Chakraborty, K. Srinivasan and P. Dutta, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 33B (2002) 605-612
Three Dimensional Computational Modelling of Momentum, Heat and Mass Transfer in Laser Surface Alloying Process by S. Sarkar, P. Mohanraj, S. Chakraborty, and P. Dutta, Numerical Heat Transfer A, 42 (2002) 307-326
A Generalized formulation for Evaluation of Latent Heat Functions in Enthalpy-based Macroscopic Models for Convection-Diff by S.Chakraborty and P.Dutta, Metallurgical and Materials Transaction B, 32B (2001) 562-564
A Scaling Analysis of Momentum and Heat Transport in Laser Surface Melting by S.Sarkar, S.Chakraborty and P.Dutta, Lasers in Engineering, 11 (2001) 57-75
Effects of Dendritic Arm Coarsening on Macroscopic Modelling of Solidification of Binary Alloys by S.Chakraborty and P.Dutta, Materials Science and Technology, 17 (2001)
Effect of Constitutional Supercooling on the Numerical Solution of Species Concentration Distribution in Laser Surface All by S. Chakraborty, S. Sarkar and P. Dutta, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 32B (2001) 969-972
Three dimensional computational modelling of momentum, heat and mass transfer in laser surface alloying with distributed m by P. Mohanraj, S. Sarkar, S. Chakraborty and P. Dutta, Int. J of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow, 11 (2001) 576-599
Numerical Modelling of Heat and Mass Transfer in Laser Surface Alloying: Non-Equilibrium Solidification Effects by S. Chakraborty and P. Dutta, ,"Materials and Manufacturing Processe, ,"17","20 ()
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