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Balaram Kundu

Balaram Kundu

D-Index & Metrics

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
38
Citations
3561
World Ranking
2335
National Ranking
61

Overview

Balaram Kundu is affiliated with Jadavpur University in India and has contributed extensively to the field of engineering, focusing primarily on mechanical engineering and its related subfields. Their research spans a range of topics including heat transfer and optimization, thermoelastic and magnetoelastic phenomena, and renewable energy applications.

Their scholarly output covers multiple areas of mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, computational mechanics, mechanics of materials, and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment. Key topics addressed in their work include:

  • Heat Transfer and Optimization
  • Heat Transfer Mechanisms
  • Thermoelastic and Magnetoelastic Phenomena
  • Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems
  • Thermodynamic and Exergetic Analyses of Power and Cooling Systems
  • Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer
  • Infrared Thermography in Medicine

Their research has been published predominantly in journals such as:

  • Energies
  • Case Studies in Thermal Engineering
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer
  • Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Balaram Kundu include:

  • An accurate approach for thermal analysis of porous longitudinal, spine and radial fins with all nonlinearity effects - analytical and unified assessment, 2021, Applied Mathematics and Computation
  • Review and Analysis of Electro-Magnetohydrodynamic Flow and Heat Transport in Microchannels, 2022, Energies
  • Simultaneous estimation of heat generation and magnetic field in a radial porous fin from surface temperature information, 2021, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer
  • Prediction of Heat-Generation and Electromagnetic Parameters from Temperature Response in Porous Fins, 2021, Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer
  • Multi-objective optimization of electrokinetic energy conversion efficiency and entropy generation for streaming potential driven electromagnetohydrodynamic flow of couple stress Casson fluid in microchannels with slip-dependent zeta potentials, 2023, Energy

Frequent collaborators of Kundu's research include Jaideep Dutta, Sujit Saha, Ranjan Das, Se-Jin Yook, and A.K. Bhowmick. This network of coauthors has contributed to a variety of projects within the broader scope of thermal sciences and fluid mechanics.

Best Publications

  • A model on the basis of analytics for computing maximum heat transfer in porous fins

    Balaram Kundu;Balaram Kundu;Dipankar Bhanja;Kwan-Soo Lee

  • An analytical prediction for performance and optimum design analysis of porous fins

    Balaram Kundu;Balaram Kundu;Dipankar Bhanja

  • Thermal analysis of a constructal T-shaped porous fin with radiation effects

    Dipankar Bhanja;Balaram Kundu;Balaram Kundu

  • Performance and optimization analysis of a constructal T-shaped fin subject to variable thermal conductivity and convective heat transfer coefficient

    B. Kundu;D. Bhanja

  • Performance analysis and optimization of elliptic fins circumscribing a circular tube

    B. Kundu;P.K. Das

  • Performance analysis and optimization of absorber plates of different geometry for a flat-plate solar collector: a comparative study

    Balaram Kundu

  • Exact analysis for propagation of heat in a biological tissue subject to different surface conditions for therapeutic applications

    Balaram Kundu

  • Performance and optimization analysis of SRC profile fins subject to simultaneous heat and mass transfer

    B. Kundu

  • Enhancement of heat transfer from a continuously moving porous fin exposed in convective–radiative environment

    Dipankar Bhanja;Dipankar Bhanja;Balaram Kundu;Abdul Aziz

  • Analysis of thermal performance and optimization of concentric circular fins under dehumidifying conditions

    B. Kundu

  • Performance analysis and optimization of straight taper fins with variable heat transfer coefficient

    B. Kundu;P.K. Das

  • Approximate analytic solution for performances of wet fins with a polynomial relationship between humidity ratio and temperature

    B. Kundu

  • Performance and optimum design analysis of longitudinal and pin fins with simultaneous heat and mass transfer: Unified and comparative investigations

    Balaram Kundu

  • Optimum Profile of Thin Fins With Volumetric Heat Generation: A Unified Approach

    B. Kundu;P. K. Das

  • Performance analysis and optimization of annular fin with a step change in thickness

    B. Kundu;P. K. Das

  • Fourier and non-Fourier heat conduction analysis in the absorber plates of a flat-plate solar collector

    Balaram Kundu;Balaram Kundu;Kwan-Soo Lee

  • Heat transfer improvement of a wet fin under transient response with a unique design arrangement aspect

    Balaram Kundu;Ranjan Das;Pramod A. Wankhade;Kwan-Soo Lee

  • Analytic solution for heat transfer of wet fins on account of all nonlinearity effects

    Balaram Kundu;Balaram Kundu;Kwan-Soo Lee

  • A proper analytical analysis of annular step porous fins for determining maximum heat transfer

    Balaram Kundu;Kwan-Soo Lee

  • Simultaneous estimation of heat generation and magnetic field in a radial porous fin from surface temperature information

    Ranjan Das;Balaram Kundu

  • Performance and optimum design analysis of convective fin arrays attached to flat and curved primary surfaces

    B. Kundu;P.K. Das

  • Exact analysis for minimum shape of porous fins under convection and radiation heat exchange with surrounding

    Balaram Kundu;Balaram Kundu;Kwan-Soo Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Kwan-Soo Lee
Kwan-Soo Lee Hanyang University
Ranjan Das
Ranjan Das Indian Institute of Technology Ropar
Somchai Wongwises
Somchai Wongwises King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi
Prasanta Kumar Das
Prasanta Kumar Das Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Ahmet Selim Dalkılıç
Ahmet Selim Dalkılıç Yıldız Technical University
Abdul Aziz
Abdul Aziz King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
Antonio Campo
Antonio Campo The University of Texas at San Antonio
Se-Jin Yook
Se-Jin Yook Hanyang University
Kwok-wing Chau
Kwok-wing Chau Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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