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Mr. Shirsendu Sikdar
Ph.D. Scholar
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
shisu.iitkgp@gmail.com

 

 

His research included a combined theoretical, numerical and experimental study on the guided wave (GW) propagation mechanism in Honeycomb Composite Sandwich Structure (HCSS) in the presence of high-density (HD) core and damages/ disbonds/ delaminations.

   

The fundamental contributions from his research work are the extensive studies on higher-order wave modes, identification of HD-core and disbond regions in the same sandwich structure and the development of a fast and efficient global matrix method based 2D semi-analytical model of GW propagation in an anisotropic layer on a semi-infinite medium.

 

Webpages

Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Shirsendu_Sikdar2

 

Orchid:
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6897-0247

Research Interest

  • Ultrasonic guided wave propagation

  • Damage/discontinuity detection

  • Damage mitigation in RCC structures

  •  Structural prognosis

  •  Uncertainty assessment

  •  Analysis of sandwich composite structures

  •  Damage modeling of composite structures

  •  NDT & SHM

 

Background

 
Degree Dissertation Institute Year
Ph.D. Health Monitoring of a Honeycomb Composite Sandwich Structure Using Ultrasonic Guided Wave Propagation  IIT Bombay 2012-onwards
M.Tech An Experimental and Numerical Study on the Use of FRP Wraps for Damage Mitigation in Reinforced Concrete (RCC) Slabs Subjected to Impact Load IIT Kharagpur 2011
B.E. Design and Analysis of a Pre-stressed Concrete Slab on an Underground Car Parking Launch  Jadavpur University 2009
 

Publications

  • Sikdar, S. and Banerjee, S., (2016), Identification of disbond and high density core region in a honeycomb composite sandwich structure using ultrasonic guided waves. Composite Structures, 152, 568–578.

  • Sikdar, S. and Banerjee, S., (2016), Guided Wave Propagation in a Honeycomb Composite Sandwich Structure in Presence of a High Density Core.  Ultrasonics, 71, 86-97.

  • Sikdar, S., Banerjee, S. and Ashish, G., (2015), Ultrasonic guided wave propagation and disbond identification in a honeycomb composite sandwich structure using bonded piezoelectric wafer transducers. Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 27(3), 1767-1779.

  • Sikdar, S. and Banerjee, S., (2016), Study of Guided Wave Propagation in a Honeycomb Composite Sandwich Plate in Presence of a High-density Core Region Using Surface-bonded Piezoelectric Sensors. Journal of Vibration Engineering & Technologies, 4(5), 431-438.

  • Sikdar, S. and Banerjee, S., (2016), Ultrasonic Guided Wave based Identification of High-density Core zones in a Honeycomb Composite Sandwich Structure using Piezoelectric Transducers. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, (submitted).

  • Sikdar, S., and Banerjee, S., 2014. ‘Wave Propagation in a Honeycomb Composite Sandwich Structure in the Presence of High-Density Core Using Bonded PZT-Sensors’. Vibration engineering and technology of machinery, Mechanisms and machine science. Volume 23, pp 619-628.

  • Sikdar, S., and Banerjee, S., 2015. ‘Ultrasonic guided wave propagation and detection of high density core region in a honeycomb composite sandwich structure using embedded piezoelectric transducer’. 8th Workshop NDT in Progress 2015, Prague, Czech Republic, October 12 – 14, 2015.

  • Sikdar, S., Banerjee, S., and Subhani, S.M., 2013. ‘Detection of Disbond in a Honeycomb Composite Sandwich Structure Using Ultrasonic Guided Waves and Bonded PZT Sensors’ Proceedings of the 14th Asia Pacific Conference on non-destructive testing (APCNDT), Mumbai, India, 18-22 November, Paper ID 139, 2013.

  • Sikdar, S., and Banerjee, S., 2016. ‘Guided Lamb wave based multi-level disbond detection in a honeycomb composite sandwich structure8th Symposium for NDT in Aerospace, to be held in Bangalore, India, 3-5 November, 2016.

 

 

 

 

Structural Health Monitoring and Retrofitting Laboratory

 

Prof. Sauvik Banerjee, Department of Civil Engineering,  IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, Email- sauvik@civil.iitb.ac.in, Tel: +91-22-25767343.