Civil - Chaitali Ray

Chaitali Ray

Chaitali Ray
Associate Professor, Civil Engineering

B. E.
M. Tech (Structural Engg)
PhD (Structural Engg)

Contact Addresses

	Residence	Superintendent's Quarter, Pandya Hall,B.E.S.U. Campus., Howrah-711103
	Phone (office)	+91 - 33 - 2668 – 4561(ext-664)
	Mobile
	email	chaitali@civil.becs.ac.in, chaitalirayjana@yahoo.com

Research Areas

Fibre reinforced composite materials
Laminated FRP Structures
Finite element modelling of FRP bridges
Experimental analysis of hybrid laminates
Hygrothermal analysis of FRP structures and other laminated structures
Wind turbine blade
Failure analysis of laminated plates
Structural dynamics

Recent Publication

Publication
- Ray Chaitali (1994). “Finite element static analysis of laminated stiffened plates”.Proceedings 39th ISTAM Congress at Visakhapatnam and awarded best paper.
- Satsangi S. K. and Ray C. (1994). “Application of 3D beam element for longitudinal strength analysis of ships”. Proceedings 9th ISTAM Congress at Visakhapatnam.
- Ray C. and Satsangi S. K (1996) “Finite element analysis of laminated hat stiffened plates”. Journal of Reinforced Plastic and Composites, vol. 15, no. 12, pp. 1174-1193
- Ray Chaitali (1997). “Buckling analysis of laminated box stiffened structures under axial and shear loads”. Proceedings SHOT Conference, IIT Kharagpur.
- Satsangi S. K. and Ray C. (1998) “Structural analysis of ships’ stiffened panels in bending”.International Shipbuilding Progress, vol. 45, no. 442, pp. 181-195.
- Ray C. and Satsangi S. K (1998) “Geometric nonlinear analysis of composite hat stiffened plates”. Journal of Reinforced Plastic and Composites, vol. 17, no. 14, pp. 1264-1280.
- Ray C. and Satsangi S. K (1999) “Laminated stiffened plates – a first ply failure analysis”. Journal of Reinforced Plastic and Composites, vol. 18, no. 12, pp. 1061-1076.
- Prusty B. G., Ray C. and Satsangi S. K (2000) “Analysis of composite stiffened panels for ship structures”. Proceeding Structural Engineering Convention, Mumbai.
- Prusty B. G., Ray C. and Satsangi S. K (2001) “First ply failure analysis of stiffened panels- a finite element approach”.Composite Structures, vol. 51, pp. 73-81.
- Prusty B. G., Ray C. and Satsangi S. K (2001) “First ply failure analysis of laminated panels under transverse loading”. Journal of Reinforced Plastic and Composites, vol. 20, no. 8, pp 671-684.
- Ray Chaitali (2002) “Hygrothermal effect on free vibration of laminated composite plates by finite element method” Proceedings SHOT Conference, IIT Kharagpur
- Ray C. and Pal P.(2002) “Progressive failure analysis of laminated composite plates by finite element method”. Journal of Reinforced Plastic and Composites. Vol. 21, no. 16, pp. 1505-1513.
- Ray C., Prusty B. G. and Satsangi S. K (2004) “Free vibration analysis of composite hat stiffened panels by finite element method”. Journal of Reinforced Plastic and Composites, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 533-547.
- Ray C. (2004) “An investigation on the effect of fibre weight fraction on buckling of laminated composite plates”. Journal of Reinforced Plastic and Composites, vol. 23, no. 9, pp. 951-957.
- Garai J. and Ray C. (2005) “Initial failure analysis of laminated composite plates under humid condition”. Journal of Reinforced Plastic and Composites, vol. 24, no. 11, pp. 1203-1212.
- Ray Chaitali and Dey Mithu (2007) “Failure analysis of laminated composite plates under linearly varying temperature”. Journal of Reinforced Plastic and Composites, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 99-107.
- Ray Chaitali and Dey Mithu (2007), “Effect of fibre volume fraction on first ply failure load of composite laminates under combined temperature and pressure”, Proceedings 52nd ISTAM Congress (An International meet) at Bangalore.
- Ray Chaitali (2008), Comments to the paper “A new approach for the large deflection finite element analysis of isotropic and composite plates with arbitrary oriented stiffeners" by Roberto Ojeda, B. Gangadhara Prusty, Norman Lawrence and Giles Thomas”. Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, online publication, 15th August.
- Chaitali Ray and Gautam Debnath (2008). Thermal analysis of hybrid composite laminated plates of arbitrary shapes by finite element method. Proceedings 53rd ISTAM Congress (An International meet) at Hyderabad.
- Chaitali Ray and Somnath Majumder (2010). Dynamic analysis of stiffened laminated plates with various stiffener configuration. Proceedings 55th ISTAM Congress (An International meet) at Hamirpur, Dec18-21.
- Nilanjana Sen and Chaitali Ray (2012). Thermal buckling safety assessment of laminated plates with optimum fibre weight fraction. International Symposium on Engineering under Uncertainty:Safety Assessment and Management. January4 to 6.
- Bibekananda Mandal and Chaitali Ray (2012). Shear buckling capacity of laminated stiffened plates with diverse stiffener configurations" accepted for presentation in the 57th ISTAM Congress (An International meet) at Pune, December 17to 20.
- Somnath Majumder, Bibekananda Mandal, Sriparna Dey and Chaitali Ray (2012). Static and free vibration analysis of laminated orthotropic plates using FEM and B3 spline finite strip method" accepted for presentation in the 57th ISTAM Congress (An International meet) at Pune, December 17to 20, 2012.
- Somnath Majumder and Chaitali Ray (2012). Time history analysis of laminated composite plates under triangular pulse loads. 4th International conference on recent advances in composite materials at Goa, February 18 to 21, 2013.
- Bibekananda Mandal and Chaitali Ray (2012). "Thermal and mechanical bending analysis of laminated FRP bridge deck". 4th International conference on recent advances in composite materials at Goa, February 18 to 21, 2013.
- C. Ray and S. Majumder (2013). "Time history analysis of failure index of laminated composite plates under pulse loading". Proceedings Indian Concrete Journal, 4th International workshop PROTECT 2013, Mysore, 26th-27th August, 2013.
Book
- Contribution to the International Edition of the Book "Introduction to Finite elements in Engineering, by T. Chandrupatla and A. D. Belegundu, 4th edition, Pearson Publishing Co. 2012.

Courses Undertaken

At the Undergraduate level
- Even Semester
  - Design of Steel Structures for 6th semester B. E. course(1999-2001, 2009-12)
  - Structural Engineering Project for 8th semester B. E. course (2001-2008)
  - Structural Engineering for 8th semester B. Arch course (1999-2005)
  - Theory of Structures for 6th semester B. E. course (2002)
  - Model Analysis of Structures for 8th semester B. E., Elective subject (2002-07)
- Odd Semester
  - Design of Structures for 7th semester B. E. course (1999-2005)
  - Design of Structures I for 5th Semester BE course (2007-2008)
  - Structural Engineering for 7th Semester B Arch Course (2007)
  - Design of RC structures for 5th semester BE course (2008-09)
  - Surveying for 3rd Semester B. E. (2004-05)
  - Structural analysis III for 7th Semester (Since2010)
  - Structural Engineering Project for 7th semester B. E. course (2012-2013)

At the Postgraduate level
- Theory of Plates and Shells (2000-01) –Regular & Evening Course
- Optimization of Structures (2000-2007) – Regular & Evening Course
- Numerical Methods in Structural Analysis (since2007) – Regular Course
- Numerical methods and computer programming for MSc (Physics) (2003)
- Engineering Elasticity and Plasticity (Since 1999) – Regular & Evening Course
- Advanced Structural Analysis (2000-2002) –Evening Course
- Experimental Stress Analysis (2007-2008) – Evening Course

Department of Civil Engineering, BESU, Shibpur - 7111 03, INDIA

IIEST, Shibpur

Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur

(Formerly Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur)

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