Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
Dr. Ritwik Maiti
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
PhD (IIT Kharagpur)
Contact Address
Permanent Address NA
Local Address TA10 BIT Mesra Ranchi-835215
Phone (Office) 0651-2275444 Ext 4470
Phone Residence NA
Email Id ritwik.maiti@bitmesra.ac.in
Joined Institute on : 1-Sep-2021

  Work Experience
 
Teaching : 1 Years

Research : 3 Years

Individual: 4 Years

  Professional Background

Research Fellow (2018-2021), Fluid Mechanics Research Group, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore

Research Associate (2017-2018), Geotechnical Engineering Research Group, Department of Civil & Structural Engineering, University of Sheffield UK

  Research Areas
 

Experimental Fluid Dynamics

Granular Flows; Granular Segregation; Geophysical Flows

Discrete Element Model

  Publications
 

Ritwik Maiti, G. Das & P. K. Das, 2023. Self organization of granular flow by basal friction variation – natural jump, moving bore and flying avalanche AICHE, 69:1-15. DOI: 10.1002/aic.17943

Danielle S Tan and Ritwik Maiti, 2022. “General Feasibility of Physical Models of Tree Branches”, Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 5, 1-5.        doi: 10.3389/ffgc.2022.835930

Ritwik Maiti, G. Das & P. K. Das, 2017. Granular drainage from a quasi-2D rectangular silo through two orifices symmetrically and asymmetrically placed at the bottom. Physics of Fluids, 29, pp.1-17. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4996262

Ritwik Maiti, G. Das & P. K. Das, 2016. Experiments on eccentric granular discharge from a quasi-two-dimensional silo. Powder Technology, 301, pp.1054–1066. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2016.07.054

Ritwik Maiti, S. Meena, G. Das & P. K. Das, 2016. Flow field during eccentric discharge from quasi-two- dimensional silos–extension of the kinematic model with validation. AIChE Journal, 62, pp.1439–1453. DOI 10.1002/aic.15149

Ritwik Maiti, S. Ghosh & S. De, 2013. Cracking of tar by steam reforming and hydrogenation. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 3(2), pp.103–111. DOI 10.1007/s13399-012-0065-z

 

Book Chapter

Ritwik Maiti, G. Das & P. K. Das, 2017. A qualitative assessment of different regimes during concentric and eccentric discharge a silo. In Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power – Contemporary Research. Springer, pp. 1617–1626. Print ISBN 978-81-322-2741-0.

 

Conference proceedings

Ritwik Maiti, & D. S. Tan, 2020. Effect of Particle Insertion Rate and Angle of Insertion on Segregation in Gravity-driven Chute Flow. In AIP conference proceeding 2284, 020003https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0027677

 

International Conferences

Ritwik Maiti, & D. S. Tan, 2019. Minimization of granular segregation by volumetric particle addition during gravity driven chute flow at different inclinations and different base roughnesses. In Sustainable development in Mechanical Engineering, Malaysia-Singapore Research Symposium, Singapore, 5th November.

Ritwik Maiti, & D. S. Tan, 2019. Effect of Particle Insertion Rate and Angle of Insertion on Segregation in Gravity-driven Chute Flow. In 4th International Conference on The Science and Engineering of Materials, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 26-28 August.

Ritwik Maiti, G. Das & P. K. Das, 2016. On the motion of a single air spout through a quasi- two dimensional granular bed. In International Conference on Multiphase flow, Firenze, Italy, 22-27 May.

Ritwik Maiti, G. Das & P. K. Das, 2015. Evolution of injected air stream in granular bed [video file]. Gallery of Fluid motion at the 68th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Boston, Massachusetts November 22-24, 2015.

        Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz_too-BFJs.

Ritwik Maiti, G. Das & P. K. Das, 2014. A qualitative assessment of different regimes during concentric and eccentric discharge a silo. In In International Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, IIT Kanpur, 12-14 Dec.

Ritwik Maiti, S. K. Sardar, G. Das & P. K. Das, 2013. An investigation on flow pattern and velocity fields in a two dimensional flat bottomed rectangular silo with central and off-centre discharge. In International Conference on Powder, Granule and Bulk Solids: Innovations and Applications,Thapar University, Patiala, India, 28-30 November. pp. 1–9.

Ritwik Maiti, G. Das & P. K. Das, 2013. Pattern formation during outflow of granular material from a narrow rectangular conduit. In 8th International Conference on Multiphase Flow, Jeju, Korea, May 26-31. pp. 1–6.

  Current Sponsored Projects
 

Granular segregation in chute flows

Funding agency- BIT Mesra