डॉ. डी. समान्ता
devranjan.samanta@iitrpr.ac.in
Dr. Devranjan Samanta
Assistant Professor
Office: 326, Satish Dhawan Block
PhD 2012, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self Organisation, Goettingen, Germany
Broad Area: Fluid Mechanics
Specialization: Transition in shear flows, Drop dynamics
Research Areas: Drop impact dynamics, non-Newtonian fluid mechanics, transition in shear flows, Low speed aerodynamics.
Work Experience
Oct 2014-Sep 2016 : University of Minnesota Chemical Engineering Department, USA
Oct 2012-Sep 2014 : Okinawa Institute of Science and technology, Fluid dynamics unit, Japan
Selected Publications
S Mishra, D. Samanta and P Dhar “Elasto-hydrodynamics of non-Newtonian droplet collision with convex substrates ”, Physics of Fluids, Vol. 33, Issue 8, 2021
GVVS Prasad, P Dhar and D. Samanta “Magneto-elastic effect in non-Newtonian ferrofluid droplets impacting on superhydrophobic surfaces”, Langmuir, 2021
S. Chakravarty, D. Samanta “Numerical simulation of a 1-D filament mimicking Anguilliform mode of swimming using Discrete Vortex method ”, Physical Review FluidsVol. 6, No. 3 2021
N. Sahoo, G. Khurana, D. Samanta, and P. Dhar “Collisional ferrohydrodynamics of magnetic fluid droplets on superhydrophobic surfaces ”, Physics of Fluids Volume 33, Issue 1, 2021 (Editor’s Pick)
P. Dhar, V. Saini, A. Chattopadhyay and D. Samanta “ Electro-viscoelasticity of agarose based electrorheological fluids”, Physics of Fluids Volume 33, Issue 1, 2021
P. Dhar, S. Mishra, A Gairola, and D. Samanta“Delayed Leidenfrost phenomenon during impact of elastic fluid droplets ”, Proceedings of Royal Society A ,2020
N. Sahoo, G. Khurana, A R Harikrishnan, D. Samanta, and P. Dhar “Interplay of substrate inclination and wettability on droplet impact dynamics ”, European Journal of Mechanics B/Fluids Volume 79, JanuaryFebruary 2020, Pages 27-37
P. Dhar, S. Mishra and D. Samanta “Onset of rebound suppression in non-Newtonian drops post impact on superhydrophobic surface ”, Phys. Rev. Fluids 4, 103303 Published 22 October 2019
S. Guo, D. Samanta,Y. Peng, X. Xu and X. Cheng “Symmetric shear banding and swarming vortices in bacterial superfluids ”, Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences June 25, 2018
D Samanta, F. Ingremeau, R. Cerbus, T. Tuan, P. Chakraborty, W.I. Goldburg and H. Kellay “The scaling of near wall flows in quasi two dimensional turbulent channels”, Physical Review Letters, 113, July, 2014
D. Samanta, Y. Dubief, M. Holzner, C. Schaefer , A. Morozov , C. Wagner and B. Hof “Elasto-inertial turbulence”, Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, June 11, 2013
D. Samanta, J.V. Shreyas and K.R. Sreenivas “Study of flapping flight using discrete vortex method based simulations ”, International Journal of Modern Physics C , 24, 2013
Shreyas JV , D. Samanta and K.R. Sreenivas “Aerodynamics of Bird and Insect Flight”, Journal of the Indian Institute of Science , 91:3, July-Sept. 2011
D. Samanta, A. Lozar and B. Hof “Experimental investigations of laminar turbulent pattern intermittency in pipe flow ”, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 681, 193-204, 2011