• Nuclear safety (LOCA)
• Two phase flow and Heat transfer
• Measurement and Instrumentation
• Refrigeration and Air- conditioning

Internation Journals

SCIE/ESCI Journals

1. Raushan Kumar, Chandranshu Kumar Singh, Anurag Singh, Mushtaque Momin, Mukesh Sharma*, 2026, Numerical study on thermal behaviour and moderator boiling in two nuclear channels of IPHWR 220 Mwe reactor at different heat inputs during loss of coolant accident (LOCA), Annals of Nuclear Energy, 226, pp. 111847, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2025.111847.
2. Shivam Raj, Apurb Ayush Topno, Kumar Piyush Aman, Mushtaque Momin, Subodh Kumar Yadav, Mukesh Sharma*, 2025, Investigation of thermo-mechanical behaviour of 220MWe IPHWR channel under accdiental scenario (LOCA), Annals of Nuclear Energy,  222, pp. 111604, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2025.111604.
3. Ashutosh kumar & Mukesh Sharma, 2025, “Effect of liquid-liquid flows on flow pattern, pressure drop, wall shear drop, and strain rate drop through sudden contraction and expansion pipe coupled with return bend: A CFD analysis”, Experimental and Computational Multiphase Flow, 07, pp 109-120. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42757-023-0169-7.
4. Mushtaque Momin & Mukesh Sharma*, 2025, “Flow regime and volume fraction of kerosene-water flows through an inclined macro-channel tube coupled with return bend – An experimental approach”, Alexandria Engineering Journal, 123, pp 55-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aej.2025.03.055.
5. Prabhat R. Mahto, Anil C. Mahato, Mukesh Sharma*, Paritosh Mahata & Jay P. Tripathi, 2025 “Vibration Harvesting Techniques for Rotating System: An Overview”. J. Vib. Eng. Technol. 13, 27 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42417-024-01712-6
6. Ashutosh kumar & Mukesh Sharma*, 2024, “Design of sudden contraction return bend pipe for the measurement of holdup and fouling characteristics: a CFD analysis” International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing (IJIDeM), 18, pp 253–263. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12008-023-01463-w
7. Soham Mahindar, Mushtaque Momin and Mukesh Sharma*, 2024, “Effect of Oil Viscosities on Pressure Drop and Flow Characteristics in Sudden Contraction Horizontal Tube During Oil–Water Flows”, Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-024-09547-9.
8. Rooturaj Swain, Aman Singh, Tanmay Gocher, Faisal Rahmani, Anil C. Mahato, and Mukesh Sharma*, 2024, “Numerical study on the effect of moderator depletion on thermal behaviour of fully voided 220 MWe IPHWR channel during LOCA”, Nuclear Engineering and Design, 419,pp. 112970. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2024.112970.
9. Mushtaque Momin, Faisal Rahmani, Emad Makki, Mukesh Sharma*, Jayant Giri, T. Sathish, 2024, “The Impact of 180^o Return Bend Inclination on Pressure Drop Characteristics and Phase Distribution During Oil-Water Flow”, Heliyon, 10, pp.  e24251. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e24251
10. Mushtaque Momin, Soham Mahindar, Faisal Rahmani, and Mukesh Sharma*, 2024, “Numerical studies on the oil film thickness in the case of stratified flow with different oil-water flow combinations through sudden contraction tube”, Journal of Fluids Engineering, ASME, 146, pp. 031401-1. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4064007
11. Ishan Kashyap, Sidharth Kumar, Anil C Mahato, Arkadeb Mukhopadhyay and Mukesh Sharma*, 2022, “Numerical Investigations on boiling of moderator during PT/CT contact in 220 MWe IPHWR under postulated accidental scenario”, Nuclear Engineering and Design, 397, pp. 111920. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2022.111920.
12. Ishan Kashyap, Sidharth Kumar, Saurav Kumar Singh and Mukesh Sharma*, 2023, “Numerical Investigation on Heat Flux variation in fuel bundle over fully voided concentric channel of IPHWR under severe accidental scenario”, Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering applications, ASME., 146(3), pp. 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4055071.
13. Mukesh Sharma*, Ravi Kumar, P. Majumdar, and Deb Mukhopadhyay, 2018, “Effect of Eccentricity of Pressure Tube on Circumferential Temperature Distribution of PHWR Fuel Bundle under Postulated Accident Condition,” Nuclear Engineering and Design, 331, pp.  274–281. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2018.03.008.
14. Mukesh Sharma*, Ravi Kumar, P. Majumdar, and Deb Mukhopadhyay, 2019, “Effect of PT/CT Contact on the Circumferential Temperature Distribution over a Fully Voided Nuclear Channel of IPHWR,” Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 51 (5), pp. 1314–1321. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.net.2019.03.017.
15. S. Datta, M. Sharma*, A.K. Das, 2014, “Investigation of upward climbing motion of a droplet over an inclined surface using electrowetting,” Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 53, pp. 6685-6693. https://doi.org/10.1021/ie500798b.
16. M. Sharma*, P. Ravi, S. Ghosh, G. Das, P.K. Das, 2011, “Studies on low viscous oil–water flow through return bends,” Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 35, pp. 455-469. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2010.11.007.
17. M. Sharma*, P. Ravi, S. Ghosh, G. Das, P.K. Das, 2011, “Hydrodynamics of lube oil–water flow through 180° return bends,” Chemical Engineering Science, 66, pp. 4468-4476. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2011.04.031.

Scopus

1. Ashutosh Kumar & Mukesh Sharma, 2023, “Effect of time step in return Bend Upstream & Downstream Flow for Bubbly Flow Pattern and Pressure Drop Characteristics: A CFD analysis” Journal of Harbin Engineering University, 44(12), pp. 546 – 558. https://harbinengineeringjournal.com/index.php/journal/article/view/2204
2. Mukund Kumar, Satish Kumar and Mukesh Sharma, 2023, “Numerical Simulation of Two-phase Flow in U-bend Pipe” Nano World Journal, 9 (S4), pp. S69-S72. https://doi.org/10.17756/nwj.2023-s4-012.

List of International Conferences

1. Ishan Kashyap, Sidharth Kumar, Saurav Kumar Singh and Mukesh Sharma, “Numerical Investigation on Heat Flux variation in fuel bundle over fully voided concentric channel of IPHWR,” AIP Conference Proceedings, 2863, Issue 1, id.020015, pp.  8 (ICTFSD 2022), 22-23 March.
2. Mushtaque Momin and Mukesh Sharma, “Flow Regimes and Flow Patterns for Kerosene - Water Flow Through 15^o Inclined Return Bend,” AIP Conference Proceedings, 2863, Issue 1, id.020020, (ICTFSD 2022), 22-23 March. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0155443.
3. Soham Mahindar, Mushtaque Momin and Mukesh Sharma, “Numerical Investigation of Oil-Water Two Phase Flow Through Sudden Contraction Tube”, Proceedings of the 9th International and 49th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, (FMFP) December 14-16, 2022, IIT Roorkee, Roorkee-247667, Uttarakhand, India. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-6074-3_46.
4. Ashutosh Kumar and Mukesh Sharma, “Numerical Simulation on kerosene- water flow through Sudden Contraction pipe,” International Conference on Thermo-Fluids and System Design (ICTFSD 2022), 22-23 March.
5. Mukund Kumar, Shivam Kumar and Mukesh Sharma, “CFD simulation of kerosene oil - water flow through U-bend pipe,” Proceedings of International Conference on Energy Conversion and Thermo-fluid Systems (i-CONECTS 2021), November 19-20, 2021, NIT Jaipur, Jaipur-302017, Rajasthan, India
6. Ketan Ajay, Mukesh Sharma, Ravi Kumar, Deb Mukhopadhyay, P Majumdar, Akhilesh Gupta, “Variation of total emissivity of fuel pin of IPHWR with temperature,” Proceedings of the 24^thNational and 2^ndInternational ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (IHMTC-2017), December 27-30, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad, India.
7. M. Sharma, A.K. Das, R. Kumar, “An investigation of droplet motion over an inclined surface using electrowetting,” Proceedings of the 22^thNational and 11^th International ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, December 28-31, IIT Kharagpur, India.
8. P. Ravi, M. Sharma, S. Ghosh, G. Das, P.K. Das, “Effects of return bends on kerosene-water flow through a horizontal pipe,” 7^th International Conference on Multiphase Flow ICMF 2010, Tampa, FL USA.
9. P.Ravi, Mukesh Sharma, Sumana Ghosh, Gargi Das and Prasanta Kumar Das, “Effect of return bends on lube oil-water flows through a horizontal pipe,” CHEMCON 2009, Vishakhapatnam.
10. P.Ravi, Mukesh Sharma, Sumana Ghosh, Gargi Das and Prasanta Kumar Das, “Effect of return bends on kerosene-water flows through a horizontal pipe,” Young researchers conference, 2009, Mumbai.

1. "LIQUID-LIQUID FLOW THROUGH HORIZONTAL NON-UNIFORM CROSS-SECTION TUBES COUPLED WITH RETURN BEND"

           Role: PI           

           Funded by : AICTE-TEQIP III 

           Sanctioned amoumt : 2091000 Rs

2. “DEVELOPMENT OF MULTI-LAYERED LEAD FREE ELECTROLESS NI-B COATING WITH HIGH WEAR RESISTANCE, THERMAL STABILITY AND CORROSION RESISTANCE FOR TRIBOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS”.

           Role: CO-PI

Funded by: SERB-CRG (CRG/2022/001441)

           Sanctioned Amount: Rs.3795264.00