Anirban Mitra

Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Jadavpur University, Jadavpur, Kolkata - 700 032, India
Phone: +91-9836380537 (M), +91 33 24572663 (O)
Email: amitra@mech.jdvu.ac.in, samik893@gmail.com
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Work Experience:

Positions held Employer/Organization Duration of the

position/work
Assistant Professor, Mechanical National Institute of 09.01.2012 -
Engineering Department Technology Rourkela 02.05.2014
Assistant Professor, Department of Jadavpur University 05.05.2014 -
Mechanical Engineering Present

Academic Qualification:
PhD in Mechanical Engineering (2012) (Specialization: Machine Design)
Jadavpur University, India
Thesis Title: Investigation on Large Displacement Static, Dynamic and Stability
Behaviour of Stiffened Plates

Master of Mechanical Engineering (2008) (Specialization: Machine Design)

Jadavpur University, India [Passed with First Class (87.56%)]
Thesis Title: Adhesive Contact of Rough Surfaces

Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering (2006)

National Institute of Technology, Durgapur [Passed with First Class First
(Hons.) - 83.5 (TCPA)]

Higher Secondary (+2) Examination (2002)

West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education [Passed with First Division
(Star) (89.30%)]

Madhyamik (10th. Standard) Examination (2000)

West Bengal Board of Secondary Education [Passed with First Division (Star)
(91.25%)]

Areas of Research/Interest:

 Nonlinear Vibration
 Structural Dynamics
 Machine Design
 Strength of Materials
 Energy Methods

Professional Membership: Tribology Society of India (TSI: LM 3967)

Publications:
Journal: (12)

1. Prasanta Sahoo, Anirban Mitra and Kashinath Saha, “Elastic-plastic adhesive contact
of rough surfaces using n-point asperity model”, Journal of Physics D: Applied
Physics, 2009, vol. 42, 065302 (13pp). DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/42/6/065302. [SCI,
Impact Factor (2009): 2.083]
2. Prasanta Sahoo, Anirban Mitra and Kashinath Saha, “Adhesive contact of curved
surfaces”, Proceedings of IMechE, Part J, Journal of Engineering Tribology, 2010,
Vol. 224, pp. 439-451. DOI: 10.1243/13506501JET684. [SCI, Impact Factor (2010):
0.721]
3. Prasanta Sahoo, Anirban Mitra and Kashinath Saha, “Elastic adhesive contact of
rough surfaces based on multiple-point asperity model”, Journal of Tribology and
Surface Engineering, 2010, Vol. 2, Issue 1-2, pp. 1-20.
4. Anirban Mitra, Prasanta Sahoo and Kashinath Saha, “Large Amplitude Forced
Vibration Analysis of Crossbeam System through Energy Method”, International
Journal of Engineering, Science and Technology, 2010, vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 113-133.
5. Anirban Mitra, Prasanta Sahoo and Kashinath Saha, “A Multi Asperity Model of
Contact Between a Smooth Sphere and a Rough Flat Surface in Presence of
Adhesion”, Tribology in industry, 2011, Volume 33, No. 1, pp. 3-10. [Impact Factor:
0.917]
6. Anirban Mitra, Prasanta Sahoo and Kashinath Saha, “Large Amplitude Forced
Vibration Analysis of Stiffened Plates under Harmonic Excitation”, International
Journal of Manufacturing, Materials and Mechanical Engineering, 2011, vol. 1(2),
pp. 62-98. DOI: 10.4018/ijmmme.2011040105. [Impact Factor (2011): 0.600]
7. Anirban Mitra, Prasanta Sahoo and Kashinath Saha, “Free vibration Analysis of
Initially Deflected Stiffened Plates for Various Boundary Conditions”, Journal of
Vibration and Control, 2011, vol. 17(14), pp. 2131-2157. DOI:
10.1177/10775463103959732011. [SCI, Impact Factor (2011): 0.863]
8. Anirban Mitra, Prasanta Sahoo and Kashinath Saha, “Large Amplitude Dynamic
Analysis of Stiffened Plates with Free Edges”, Journal of Mechanics of Materials
and Structures, 2011, vol. 6(6), pp. 883-914. [SCI, Impact Factor (2011): 0.675]
9. Anirban Mitra, Prasanta Sahoo and Kashinath Saha, “Large displacement of
crossbeam structures through energy method”, International Journal of Automotive
and Mechanical Engineering, vol. 5(January - June), 2012, 520-544.
10. Anirban Mitra, Prasanta Sahoo and Kashinath Saha, “Nonlinear vibration analysis of
simply supported stiffened plate by a variational method”, Mechanics of Advanced
Materials and Structures, 2013, vol. 20(5), pp. 373-396. DOI:
10.1080/15376494.2011.627640. [SCI, Impact Factor (2013): 0.664]
11. Anirban Mitra, Prasanta Sahoo and Kashinath Saha, “Effect of In-plane Boundary
Conditions on Forced Vibration Analysis of Stiffened Plates with a Free Edge”,
Journal of Vibration and Control. 2013, vol. 19(2), pp. 234-261. DOI:
10.1177/1077546311430106. [SCI, Impact Factor (2013): 4.355]
12. Anirban Mitra, Prasanta Sahoo and Kashinath Saha, “Forced Vibration Analysis of
Cross-Stiffened Plates with Simply Supported Boundary Condition”, Advances in
Vibration Engineering, 2013, vol. 12(3), pp. 303-310. [SCI]
International Conference: (18 + 3 (Accepted))

1. Anirban Mitra, Kashinath Saha and Prasanta Sahoo, “Adhesive Contact of Rough
Surfaces based on n-Point Asperity Model” Proceedings of 6th International
Conference on Industrial Tribology (ICIT), 2008, New Delhi, Paper Number 071,
pp. 1-10.
2. Anirban Mitra, Prasanta Sahoo and Kashinath Saha, “Free and forced vibration
experiments on a crossbeam system” Proceedings of 8th International Conference on
Mechanical Engineering (ICME), 2009, BUET, Dhaka, Paper Number ICME09-
AM-17, pp. 1-6.
3. Anirban Mitra, Prasanta Sahoo and Kashinath Saha, “Large deflection static analysis
of stiffened plates through energy method”, Proceedings of 3rd International
Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering (ICAME), 2010, SVNIT,
Surat, Paper Number DD 10, pp. 392-397.
4. Anirban Mitra, Prasanta Sahoo and Kashinath Saha, “A numerical method for forced
vibration study of stiffened plates through a static analysis”, 1st International
Conference on Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering (ICRAME), 2010, NI
University, Kumaracoil, Nagercoil, Tamilnadu, Paper Number ICRAME-333, pp.
466-474.
5. Anirban Mitra, Prasanta Sahoo and Kashinath Saha, “Large amplitude forced
vibration study of crossbeam system through a static analysis”, International
Conference on Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering (FIME), 2010, NITK,
Surathkal, Paper Number DA-307, pp. 202-209.
6. Anirban Mitra, Prasanta Sahoo and Kashinath Saha, “Large amplitude dynamic
analysis of stiffened plates with free edges”, International conference on
Convergence of Science & Engineering in Education and Research (ICSE), 2010,
Dayananda Sagar Institution, Bangalore, pp. 117 (Book of Abstracts).
7. Anirban Mitra, Prasanta Sahoo and Kashinath Saha, “A multi asperity model for
contact between a smooth sphere and a rough flat in presence of adhesion”, 7th
International Conference on Industrial Tribology (ICIT), 2010, Ispat Bhawan,
Ranchi.
8. Anirban Mitra, Prasanta Sahoo and Kashinath Saha, “Forced vibration analysis of
cross-stiffened plates with simply supported boundary condition”, International
Conference on Vibration Engineering & Technology of Machinery (VETOMAC -
VI), 2010, IIT Delhi, Paper No. 023, pp. 213-222.
9. Anirban Mitra, Prasanta Sahoo and Kashinath Saha, “Effect of in-plane boundary
conditions on dynamic behaviour of stiffened plates”, 55th Congress of the Indian
Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ISTAM) (An International Meet),
2010, NIT Hamirpur, Serial No. 19, pp. 143-149.
10. Anirban Mitra, Prasanta Sahoo and Kashinath Saha, “Large amplitude forced
vibration study of stiffened plates with free edges”, 5th International Conference on
Theoretical, Applied, computational and Experimental Mechanics (ICTACEM),
2010, IIT Kharagpur, Paper ID – 0061, pp. 171-173 (Extended Abstracts).
11. Anirban Mitra, Prasanta Sahoo and Kashinath Saha, “Nonlinear dynamic analysis of
stiffened plates under different loading patterns”, International conference on
emerging Trends in Mechanical Engineering (ICETME), 2011, Thapar University,
Patiala. (Accepted)
12. Anirban Mitra, Prasanta Sahoo and Kashinath Saha, “Theoretical and Experimental
Study on Bending of Simply Supported Overhang Beam”, International Conference
 on Computational Methods in Manufacturing (ICCMM), 2011, IIT Guwahati, Part
C (Design), 65, pp. 420-425.
13. Anirban Mitra, Dipendra Roy, Prasanta Sahoo and Kashinath Saha, “Experimental
study and numerical analysis on vibration characteristics of simply supported
overhang beam under large deformation”, 9th International Conference on
Mechanical Engineering (ICME), 2011, BUET, Dhaka, Paper Number ICME11-
AM-03, pp. 1-6.
14. Anirban Mitra, Prasanta Sahoo and Kashinath Saha, “Static buckling analysis of
stiffened plates through energy method”, 56th Congress of the Indian Society of
Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ISTAM), 2011, SVNIT Surat. (Accepted)
15. Anirban Mitra, Prasanta Sahoo and Kashinath Saha, “Experimental Investigation of
Static Deflection and Loaded Natural Frequencies of Stiffened Plates”, International
Conference on Engineering and Applied Science (EAS 2012), 2012, Colombo,
Srilanka, Paper Number 785-012, pp. 6-13. DOI: 10.2316/P.2012.785-012.
16. Saurabh Kumar and Anirban Mitra, "Determination of Loaded Natural Frequencies of
Axially Functionally Graded Tapered Beams", 58th Congress of the Indian Society of
Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ISTAM), Dec. 18 - 21, 2013, Bengal
Engineering and Science University, Shibpur, Paper No. 58-istam-sm-fp-16. pp. 1-7.
17. Saurabh Kumar and Anirban Mitra, "Large Amplitude Free Vibration Analysis of
Tapered Beams under Different Boundary Conditions", 10th International
Conference on Mechanical Engineering (ICME), Jun. 20 - 21, 2014, BUET, Dhaka,
Paper No. 304.
18. Saurabh Kumar and Anirban Mitra, "Large Amplitude Free Vibration Analysis
Axially Functionally Graded Tapered Rotating Beam by Energy Method", 10th
International Conference on Vibration Engineering & Technology of Machinery
(VETOMAC - X), Sep. 9 - 11, 2014, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
19. Sachin Sahu and Anirban Mitra, “Non-Linear Forced Vibration of Axially
Functionally Graded Tapered Beam with Different End Conditions”, 5th International
Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulation (ICCMS), Dec. 10 – 13,
2014, Chennai, India. (Accepted)
20. Saurabh Kumar, Haraprasad Roy and Anirban Mitra, “Large Amplitude Free
Vibration Analysis of Axially Functionally Graded Plates”, Proceedings of the
ASME 2014 Gas Turbine India Conference (GTINDIA2014), Dec. 15 - 17, 2014,
New Delhi, India. Paper No. GTINDIA2014-8267.
21. Anirban Mitra and Mathpati Virendra, “Axially Functionally Graded Tapered Beams
under Transverse Harmonic Excitation”, 59th Congress of the Indian Society of
Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ISTAM), Dec. 17 - 20, 2014, Alliance
University, Bangalore, India. (Accepted)

Book Chapter:

1. Saurabh Kumar and Anirban Mitra, "Large Amplitude Free Vibration Analysis
Axially Functionally Graded Tapered Rotating Beam by Energy Method",
Mechanisms and Machine Science, 23, pp. 473 – 483, Springer International
Publishing, Switzerland, 2015. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-09918-7_42.
Activities at NIT Rourkela:
Conferences/Short term courses organised:

 Coordinator for national conference on "Advances in Modelling and Analysis of

Aerodynamic Systems (AMAAS - 2013)" organised by the Department of
Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela on 1st and
2nd March, 2013.

 Coordinator for short term course on "Principles and Computational Techniques

in Multibody Dynamics (PCTMD - 2013)" organised by the Department of
Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela during 9th -
13th December, 2013.

Workshops/Training Programmes attended:

Sl. Title Venue Duration

No.
1 TEQIP Workshop on Indian Institute of Technology 30 June – 4 July,
‘Dynamics and Vibrations’ Kanpur 2014 (5 Days)
2 Dynamics and Control in Indian Institute of Technology 6 – 10 May,
State Space (DCSS - 13) Bombay 2013 (5 Days)
3 Nonlinear Waves: Theory and National Institute of Technology 14 – 18 January,
Simulation (NWTS - 2013) Durgapur 2013 (5 Days)

Thesis Supervision: PhD/PG/UG Programme:

UG: 3 (Awarded); PG: 4 (Awarded) + 0 (In Progress); PhD: 1 (In Progress)

Sl. Degree Status Brief Title of Thesis Sole /

No. (Ph.D./ (Degree Principal or
PG/ UG Awarded)/ Co-
Degree) In Supervisor
progress
1. Ph.D. In Vibration and Stability Analysis of Sole-
Progress Structural Elements (Tentative Supervisor
title)
2. PG Degree Analysis of Stiffened Rectangular Sole-
Awarded Plate Supervisor
3. PG Degree Finite Element Based Vibration Co-Supervisor
Awarded and Stability Analysis of
Functionally Graded Rotating
Shaft System under Thermal
Environment
4. PG Degree Non-Linear Forced Vibration of Sole-
Awarded Axially Functionally Graded Supervisor
Tapered Beam with Various End
Conditions
5. PG Degree Non-Linear Forced Vibration Sole-
Awarded Study of Axially Functionally Supervisor
Graded Non-Uniform Beams by
using Broyden Method
6. UG Degree FEM Analysis of Stiffened Plates Sole-
Awarded using ANSYS Supervisor
7. UG Degree FEM Analysis on Circular Sole-
Awarded Stiffened Plates using ANSYS Supervisor
8 UG Degree Pre-stressed Modal Analysis of Sole-
Awarded Non-uniform Beam using ANSYS Supervisor