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Overview

Partha P. Sarkar is affiliated with Iowa State University in the United States. Their research focuses on multiple areas within engineering and environmental science, especially relating to the dynamics of wind effects on structures and fluid mechanics.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Engineering
  • Environmental Science

Within these areas, their work extends into specific subfields such as:

  • Environmental Engineering
  • Computational Mechanics
  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Aerospace Engineering

The primary research topics that characterize their contributions are:

  • Wind and Air Flow Studies
  • Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis
  • Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Vibration and Dynamic Analysis
  • Seismic and Structural Analysis of Tall Buildings
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research

The scientist has a record of publications in several academic venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Engineering Structures
  • Journal of Structural Engineering
  • Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Fluids and Structures

Among recent peer-reviewed papers authored or co-authored by Partha P. Sarkar are:

  • Aeroelastic model tests to study tall building vibration in boundary-layer and tornado winds, 2020, Engineering Structures
  • Analytical Approach to Characterize Tornado-Induced Loads on Lattice Structures, 2020, Journal of Structural Engineering
  • Wind-induced response characteristics of a yawed and inclined cable in ABL wind: Experimental- and numerical-model based study, 2020, Engineering Structures
  • Effects of roof geometry on tornado-induced structural actions of a low-rise building, 2020, Engineering Structures
  • Verification of DES for flow over rigidly and elastically-mounted circular cylinders in normal and yawed flow, 2020, Journal of Fluids and Structures

Their frequent collaborators include:

  • Alice Alipour
  • Fangwei Hou
  • Smrithi Preetha Hareendran
  • Behrouz Shafei
  • Mohammad Jafari

Best Publications

  • Design, construction and performance of a large tornado simulator for wind engineering applications

    Fred L. Haan;Partha P. Sarkar;William A. Gallus

  • Identification of aeroelastic parameters of flexible bridges

    Partha P. Sarkar;Nicholas P. Jones;Robert H. Scanlan

  • Tornado-induced wind loads on a low-rise building

    F. L. Haan;Vasanth Kumar Balaramudu;P. P. Sarkar

  • Experimental measurement and numerical simulation of an impinging jet with application to thunderstorm microburst winds

    Anindya Sengupta;Partha P. Sarkar

  • Dynamic wind loads and wake characteristics of a wind turbine model in an atmospheric boundary layer wind

    Hui Hu;Zifeng Yang;Zifeng Yang;Partha Sarkar

  • Transient loads on buildings in microburst and tornado winds

    Anindya Sengupta;Fred L. Haan;Partha P. Sarkar;Vasanth Balaramudu

  • Comparative and sensitivity study of flutter derivatives of selected bridge deck sections, Part 1: Analysis of inter-laboratory experimental data

    Partha P. Sarkar;Luca Caracoglia;Frederick L. Haan;Hiroshi Sato

  • Flow visualization of conical vortices on flat roofs with simultaneous surface pressure measurement

    D. Banks;R.N. Meroney;P.P. Sarkar;Z. Zhao

  • A new technique for identification of eighteen flutter derivatives using a three-degree-of-freedom section model

    Arindam Gan Chowdhury;Partha P. Sarkar

  • System identification for estimation of flutter derivatives

    Partha P. Sarkar;Nicholas P. Jones;Robert H. Scanlan

  • CFD simulations of the flow field of a laboratory-simulated tornado for parameter sensitivity studies and comparison with field measurements

    Le Kuai;Fred L. Jr. Haan;William A. Jr. Gallus;Partha P. Sarkar

  • An experimental study of a high-rise building model in tornado-like winds

    Zifeng Yang;Partha Sarkar;Hui Hu

  • Influence of incident wind turbulence on pressure fluctuations near flat-roof corners

    F. Wu;P.P. Sarkar;K.C. Mehta;Z. Zhao

  • Identification of eighteen flutter derivatives of an airfoil and a bridge deck

    Arindam Gan Chowdhury;Partha P. Sarkar

  • Characterization of the wind loads and flow fields around a gable-roof building model in tornado-like winds

    Hui Hu;Zifeng Yang;Partha Sarkar;Fred Haan;Fred Haan

  • Full-Scale Measurements to Investigate Rain–Wind Induced Cable-Stay Vibration and Its Mitigation

    R. Scott Phelan;Partha P. Sarkar;Kishor C. Mehta

  • NEW IDENTIFICATION METHODS APPLIED TO THE RESPONSE OF FLEXIBLE BRIDGES TO WIND.

    Partha P Sarkar

  • Finite element analysis of interaction of tornados with a low-rise timber building

    Hephzibah Thampi;Vinay Dayal;Partha P. Sarkar

  • A novel elastic suspension system for wind tunnel section model studies

    P.P. Sarkar;A.G. Chowdhury;T.B. Gardner

  • Performance-based design with life-cycle cost assessment for damping systems integrated in wind excited tall buildings

    Laura Micheli;Alice Alipour;Simon Laflamme;Partha Sarkar

  • Near-ground tornado-like vortex structure resolved by particle image velocimetry (PIV)

    Wei Zhang;Wei Zhang;Partha P. Sarkar

Frequent Co-Authors

Hui Hu
Hui Hu Iowa State University
Robert H. Scanlan
Robert H. Scanlan Johns Hopkins University
Nicholas P. Jones
Nicholas P. Jones Pennsylvania State University
Sri Sritharan
Sri Sritharan Iowa State University
William A. Gallus
William A. Gallus Iowa State University
Filippo Ubertini
Filippo Ubertini University of Perugia
Luca Caracoglia
Luca Caracoglia Northeastern University
Gregory A. Kopp
Gregory A. Kopp University of Western Ontario
Horia Hangan
Horia Hangan University of Western Ontario
Matthew R. Balme
Matthew R. Balme The Open University

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