Fluid & Thermal Science

16 years

Earlier works:Code developoments in :Natural convection heat transfer problems,melting and solidifiaction using enthalpy porosity approach,interface modelings(Level set method)
Current Work:Heat sink design and modifications suitable for electronic component coolings
Future interests:Thermal management of EV Battery,micro channel heat sinks

1. "Performance enhancement of a slotted fin heat sink: An Experimental and Computational investigation" funded by OSHEC(Odisha State Higher Education Council)

International Publications

1. Manoj Kumar Dash, Santosh Kumar Senapati and Aurovinda Mohanty,"Natural Convection Around Three Horizontal Cylinders in Vertical Array: A Numerical Approach", Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer,https://doi.org/10.2514/1.T6925
2. Mohanty, Aurovinda, Santosh Kumar Senapati, Viplove Ranjan Ganguly, and Manoj Kumar Dash. “Computation of Natural Convection Heat Transfer from an Infrared Suppression Device (IRS) with Multiple Louvered Cylindrical Funnels.” Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications, (2024), 1–17. doi:10.1080/10407782.2024.2328763.
3. Rahul Ray, Aurovinda Mohanty*, Pandab Patro, Santosh Kumar Senapati"Performance improvement of a heat sink with triangular slotted and interrupted fins: A computational study",Applied Thermal Engineering,Volume 230, Part B, 2023,DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2023.120783
4. Aurovinda Mohanty, Santosh Kumar Senapati and Manoj Kumar Dash, “Cooling Characteristic of an Infrared Suppression Device with Single Perforated Funnel: A Computational Fluid Dynamics Approach”, Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications; 2023, Volume 15, issue1, Pages: 1-10.DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4055263.
5. Vikrant Chandrakar, Arnab Mukherjee, Jnana Ranjan Senapati and Aurovinda Mohanty, “Entropy Generation Study of Turbine Exhaust Gas Through an Infrared Suppression Device”, Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, 2021, Pages: 1-12. https://doi.org/10.2514/1.T6411
6. Rahul Ray, Aurovinda Mohanty*, Pandab Patro and Kartik Tripathy, “Performance enhancement of heat sink with branched and interrupted fins”, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, Volume 133,2022, Pages: 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2022.105945
7. Vikrant Chandrakar, Arnab Mukherjee, Jnana Ranjan Senapati and Aurovinda Mohanty, “Conjugate free convection with surface radiation from real-scale IRS system with multiple conical funnels: A numerical analysis”, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, Volume 134, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2022.106004
8. Vikrant Chandrakar, Jnana Ranjan Senapati & Aurovinda Mohanty, “Conjugate heat transfer due to conduction, natural convection, and radiation from a vertical hollow cylinder with finite thickness, Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications, 2020,Pages: 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1080/10407782.2020.1847524
9. Ashok K. Barik, Arouvinda Mohanty, Jnana R. Senapati, Mohamed M. Awad, “Constructural design of different ribs for thermos-fluid performance enhancement of a solar air heater (SAH)”, International Journal of Thermal Science, Volume 160, 2020, Pages: 1-14. https://doi.org/10.2514/1.T6411
10. Ajay Gupta, Gautam, Satyabrata Sahoo, Aurovinda Mohanty, “ Perforamance evaluation of porous fin with prescribed tip temperature: An analytical and numerical approach”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Volume 156, 2020 Pages: 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2020.119736
11. Aurovinda mohanty, Santosh Kumar Senapti and Sukanta K. Dash, “Natural convection cooling of an Infrared suppression device (IRS) with conical funnels- a computational approach”, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, Volume 118, 2020, Pages: 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2020.104891
12. Ghoshdastidar P S, Kabelac S and Mohanty A, Numerical modeling of atmospheric pool boiling by the coupled map lattice method, Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, Part C, Feb 2004, Pages195-05,doi:https://doi.org/10.1243/095440604322886946
13. Mohanty A, Dash S K, Roy S, Natural convection cooling of an infrared suppression (IRS) device with cylindrical funnels, International journal of thermal sciences, Volume 141, July 2019, Pages 103-113,doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2019.03.032

International Conferences

1. Ray R., Mohanty A. and Patro P., Effect of interruption on a shrouded fin heat sink: A numerical study, Proceedings of the 9th International and 49th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP) December 14-16, 2022, organized by IIT Roorkee-247667, Uttarakhand, India
2. Ray R., Mohanty A. and Patro P., Performance enhancement of Heat sinks with secondary fins, Proceedings of ISME20 Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering May19-21,2022, organized by department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT, Ropar, India.
3. Karmakar S. and Mohanty A., 2D Numerical Analysis of Natural Convection in Vertical Fins on Horizontal Base, In proceeding of the 2nd International conference on Numerical Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow, NHTFF-2018, 19-21st Jan, 2018, organized by department of Mathematics, NIT Warangal, India.
4. Dash A. and Mohanty A., Amathematical study on optimum wall-to-wall thickness in solar chimney-shaped channel using CFD, In proceeding of the 2nd International conference on Numerical Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow, NHTFF-2018, 19-21st Jan, 2018, organized by department of Mathematics, NIT Warangal, India.
5. Biswal G., Mohanty A., Numerical analysis of natural convection in a partially open square cavity with multiple heat source. In proceedings of the International Conference on Innovations in Thermo-Fluid Engineering and Science, ICITFES-2020, 10-12th Feb, 2020, organised by department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Rourkela, India.
6. Mohanty A, Pujahari A, Computational Study of Effect of Mixed Convection on a Heat Generating Electronic Chip in a Square Enclosure, Twelveth International Conference on Thermal Engineering: Theory and ApplicationsFebruary 23-26, 2019, Gandhinagar, India

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• Financially contributing to sick and needy people to the best of my capabilty