Bio-sketch
Dr. Vivek Kumar is currently an Assistant Professor in Department of Mechanical Engineering at Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology (NSUT), Delhi. Previously, Dr. Kumar had served as Assistant Professor in Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pandit Deendayal Energy University Gandhinagar, Gujarat (2019-2021) and Galgotias University (2013-2015). He received his B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from C.R State college of Engineering Murthal, Sonipat. He had also worked as Design Engineer in Machine Building (MBD) of ISGEC Yamunanagar from 2007 to 2010. There his primary responsibilities were design of transmission system and structural frame of Mechanical presses. He did Masters in Design of Mechanical Equipment from Mechanical Engineering Department at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi in 2013. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee in 2019. He has also assisted his Ph.D. supervisor in various sponsored/consultancy projects collaborated between IIT Roorkee and state agencies such as BHEL Haridwar, RDSO Lucknow etc. Dr. Kumar’s research is focus on modeling and advanced simulations of fluid film bearings, non-Newtonian lubricants and smart lubricants. Recent thrusts have centered on application of smart lubricants, bionic and textured surfaces in fluid film bearings. His research works draw heavily on expertise in simulation of fluid film bearing, smart lubricants and structures, structure-property relationships in fluid flows, numerical techniques for highly non-linear systems. Dr. Kumar has been regularly publishing research articles in peer reviewed journals of international repute.
Areas of Interest
Tribology/Fluid Film Bearings, Smart Lubricants and Structures, Textured surface Bearings, non-Newtonian Lubricants, Rotor-dynamic Analysis of Bearings.
Publications:
International Journals:
- Vivek Kumar and Satish C. Sharma, "Combined influence of couple stress lubricant, recess geometry and method of compensation on the performance of hydrostatic circular thrust pad bearing", Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology, 231.6 (2017):716-733.
- Vivek Kumar and Satish C. Sharma, "Study of annular recess hydrostatic tilted thrust pad bearing under the influence of couple stress lubricant behaviour", International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering,11.4 (2017):344-369.
- Vivek Kumar and Satish C. Sharma, "Dynamic characteristics of compensated hydrostatic thrust pad bearing subjected to external transverse magnetic field", Acta Mechanica, 229.3 (2018):1251-1274.
- Vivek Kumar and Satish C. Sharma, "Influence of dimple geometry and micro-roughness orientation on performance of textured hybrid thrust pad bearing", Meccanica, 53.14 (2018) :3579-3606.
- Vivek Kumar and Satish C. Sharma, "Finite element method analysis of hydrostatic thrust pad bearings operating with electrically conducting lubricant", Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology, 232.10(2018):1318-1331.
- Vivek Kumar and Satish C. Sharma, "Magneto-hydrostatic lubrication of thrust bearings considering different configurations of recess", Industrial Lubrication and Tribology, 71.7(2019): 915-923.
- Vivek Kumar and Satish C. Sharma, " Effect of geometric shape of micro-grooves on the performance of textured hybrid thrust pad bearing ", Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, 44.11 (2019): 508:1-24.
- Vivek Kumar, Satish C. Sharma and Kuldeep Narwat, " Influence of micro-groove attributes on frictional power loss and load-carrying capacity of hybrid thrust bearing", Industrial Lubrication and Tribology, 72.5 (2019): 589-598.
- Vivek Kumar, Satish C. Sharma, and Kuldeep Narwat. "Analysis of control flow valve compensated thrust bearing considering thrust pad flexibility." Jurnal Tribologi 25 (2020): 45-58.
- Vivek Kumar, Vatsalkumar Ashokkumar Shah, Kuldeep Narwat, and Satish C. Sharma. "Dynamic Performance of an Externally Pressurized Porous Thrust Bearing Employing Different Pocket Shape." Tribology Online 15.5 (2020): 380-387.
- Vivek Kumar and Satish C. Sharma. "Performance analysis of rough surface hybrid thrust bearing with elliptical dimples." Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology, 235.6 (2021):1101-1113.
- Vivek Kumar, Vatsalkumar Ashokkumar Shah, Simran Jeet Singh, Kuldeep Narwat, and Satish C. Sharma. "Rotor-dynamic performance of porous hydrostatic thrust bearing operating under magnetic field." Industrial Lubrication and Tribology, 73.2 (2021), pp. 350-357.
Patents:
- Vivek Kumar, Simran Jeet Singh, Rikkin Acharya, Ingit Upendrakumar Trivedi Keychain with Hand Hygiene Tool. IN Patent (23084), Application Number: 336492-001 (2021).
- Vivek Kumar, Simran Jeet Singh, Sopan Kane, Vinay Vakharia. Rotary Oscillator for Revolute Joints of the Suspension Linkage. IN Patent (23084), Application Number: 336495-002 (2021).
- Simran Jeet Singh, Vivek Kumar, Rikkin Acharya, Kunjan Patel, Shubham Mishra, Neha Baraya, Dhruv Chaudhry. Robot for Hospital Disinfection. IN Patent (15213), Application Number: 332428-001 (2021).
- Simran Jeet Singh, Vivek Kumar, Sopan Kane, Vinay Vakharia. A novel mechanism to harvest electrical energy from revolute joints of suspension linkages. IN Patent (17305), Application Number: 333630-001 (2021).
- Vivek Kumar, Simran Jeet Singh, Rikkin Acharya, Ingit Upendrakumar Trivedi. Handy Surface Distancing Key Holder. IN Patent (23125), Application Number: 336545-001 (2021).
Book Chapter Publications:
- Vivek Kumar, Vatsalkumar Ashokkumar Shah, Kuldeep Narwat and Satish C. Sharma. Effect of Non-Newtonian Behavior of Lubricant on Performance of Externally Pressurized Thrust Bearing. Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering (ISBN: 978-981-15-7711-6), Springer, Singapore.
- Vivek Kumar, Kush Shrivastava, Kuldeep Narwat and Satish C. Sharma. “Performance of Hydrodynamic Journal Bearing Operating with Shear-Thinning Lubricants. Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering (ISBN: 978-981-15-7711-6), Springer, Singapore.
- Vivek Kumar, Vatsalkumar Ashokkumar Shah, Kuldeep Narwat and Satish C. Sharma. Squeeze Film Operation of Thrust Bearing Operating with Shear-Thinning Lubricants. Advances in Mechanical and Materials Technology (ISBN: 978-981-16-2794-1), Springer, Singapore.
- Vivek Kumar, Kush Shrivastava, Kuldeep Narwat and Satish C. Sharma. Influence of Number of Lobe on Dynamic Performance of Hydrodynamic Journal Bearing. Advances in Mechanical and Materials Technology (ISBN: 978-981-16-2794-1), Springer, Singapore.
Conferences:
- Vivek Kumar and Satish C. Sharma. Performance of Circular Recessed Hydrostatic Tilted Thrust Pad Bearing Operating with Couple Stress Lubricant. National Tribology Conference (NTC) 2016, 8 - 10 December 2016, IIT (BHU) Varanasi, India, 2016.
- Vivek Kumar and Satish C. Sharma. Dynamic characteristics of hydrostatic thrust pad bearing operating with micropolar lubricant. 9th International Conference on Industrial Tribology (ICIT-2017), December 6-9,2017, Kolkata, India, 2017.
- Satish C. Sharma and Vivek Kumar. Performance of hydrostatic thrust pad bearings operating with electrically conducting lubricant. International conference STLE 2018, Minneapolis May 20-24, 2018.
- Vivek Kumar and Satish C. Sharma. Elastohydrostatic Lubrication of Control Flow Valve Compensated Thrust Bearing. 10th International Conference on Industrial Tribology (ICIT-2019), December 1-4, 2019, IISc Bangalore, India. (2nd in Best paper award)
- Vivek Kumar, Vatsalkumar Ashokkumar Shah, Kuldeep Narwat and Satish C. Sharma. Effect of non-Newtonian Behavior of Lubricant on Performance of Externally Pressurized Thrust Bearing. 2nd International Conference on Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering (RAME 2020), September 18-19, 2020, DTU New Delhi.
- Vivek Kumar, Kush Shrivastava, Kuldeep Narwat and Satish C. Sharma. Performance of Hydrodynamic Journal Bearing Operating with Shear-Thinning Lubricants. 2nd International Conference on Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering (RAME 2020), September 18-19, 2020, DTU New Delhi.
- Vivek Kumar, Vatsalkumar Ashokkumar Shah, Kuldeep Narwat and Satish C. Sharma. Squeeze Film Operation of Thrust Bearing Operating with Shear-Thinning Lubricants. 1st International Conference on Energy, Materials Sciences and Mechanical Engineering (EMSME - 2020), October 30th -November 01st, 2020, NIT New Delhi.
- Vivek Kumar, Kush Shrivastava, Kuldeep Narwat and Satish C. Sharma. Influence of Number of Lobe on Dynamic Performance of Hydrodynamic Journal Bearing. 1st International Conference on Energy, Materials Sciences and Mechanical Engineering (EMSME - 2020), October 30th -November 01st, 2020, NIT New Delhi.