Dr. Koustuv Debnath

Professor 

 

Department of Aerospace Engineering & Applied Mechanics

Academic Qualifications

• PhD (2002)

Contact

Phone

1. Office: +91 33 2668 – 4561 to 63 (Extn. : 277, 649)
2. Mobile: +91 98304 34409

                     koustuv@aero.iiests.ac.in

Area of Research

• Turbulence, Wave dynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Hydraulics, Sediment interactions, Aerodynamics

Recent Publications

1. Hansda, S., Barman, K., Roy, S. and Debnath, K. (2019). “Quantification of turbulent eddies in time-space and frequency domain for wave-current combined flow over side-wall roughness”. Ocean Engineering, 186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2019.05.062
2. Roy, S. , Barman K. and Debnath, K. (2019). “Statistical Analysis of Flow Structures around a Circular Cylinder.” Environmental Processes. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40710-019-00376-9.
3. Singh, S.K., Raushan, P.K. and Debnath, K., (2019). Role of multiple flow stages over submerged structure. Ocean Engineering, 181, pp.59-70.
4. Singh, S.K., Raushan, P.K., Debnath, K. and Mazumder, B.S., (2019). Effect of surface wave on development of turbulent boundary layer over a train of rib roughness. Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, 141(6), p.061101.
5. Barman, K., Roy, S., Das, V.K. and Debnath, K., (2019). Effect of clay fraction on turbulence characteristics of flow near an eroded bank. Journal of Hydrology, 571, pp.87-102.
6. Das, V.K., Roy, S., Barman, K., Debnath, K., Chaudhuri, S. and Mazumder, B.S., (2019). Investigations on undercutting processes of cohesive river bank. Engineering Geology.
7. Roy, S., Ghoshal, S., Barman, K., Das, V.K., Ghosh, S. and Debnath, K., (2019). Modulation of the recirculation region due to magneto hydrodynamic flow. Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal, 22(1), pp.282-293.
8. Roy, S. and Debnath, K., (2019). Impact of Frontal Round Jet on Vortex-synchronization Control around a Cylinder: A Turbulence Perspective. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1139/cjce-2018-0048.
9. Chaudhuri, S., Debnath, K., Roy, S. and Manik, M.K., (2019). Flume study on contraction scour in clay–sand mixed cohesive bed. ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 25(1), pp.79-86.
10. Barman, K., Debnath, K. and Mazumder, B.S., (2019). Turbulence Over Chains of Hemispherical Ribs Under Waves in a Current. Water Resources Research, 55(1), pp.55-75.
11. Roy, S., Das, V.K. and Debnath, K., (2019). Characteristics of intermittent turbulent structures for river bank undercut depth increment. Catena, 172, pp.356-368.

Courses Undertaken

1. Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Machines

2. Flow Through Porous Media

3. Fluid Turbulence I

4. Fluid Turbulence –II

5. Engineering Mechanics

6. Low speed Aerodynamics

7. Hydraulics I

8. Hydraulics II

9. Engineering Drawing