DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED MECHANICS
& BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING Indian Institute Of Technology Madras

Abhijit Chaudhuri

Professor

Ph.D., Water Resource and Environmental Engineering (Department of Civil Engineering) – Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, Karnataka, India

M.S., Structural Engineering (Department of Civil Engineering) – Bengal Engineering and Science University Howrah, West Bengal, India

B.E., Bengal Engineering and Science University Howrah, West Bengal, India

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abhijit[.]chaudhuri[at]iitm.ac.in

 Research Interest

  • Couple thermo-chemical process modeling in geothermal systems.
  • Geomechanical deformation during reservoir cooling.
  • Multiphase flow in porous medium and viscous instability.
  • CO2 sequestration by dissolution and structural trapping.
  • Parameter estimation and conditional stochastic subsurface hydrology.
  • Desalination by reverse osmosis in rotor dynamic system.
  • Fluid structure interaction.
  • Water wave interaction and instability.

 Office Location

   FMB-209, Fluid Mechanics Building,
   Department of Applied Mechanics & Biomedical Engineering,
   IIT Madras, Chennai - 600036.
   Office: +91 44 2257 4074
   Residence: +91 44 2257 4052
   Email: abhijit.chaudhuri@iitm.ac.in

 July 2016 - Present

  Associate Professor

  Department of Applied Mechanics : Fluid Mechanics Group – Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai-36

 July 2010 - July 2016

  Assistant Professor

  Department of Applied Mechanics : Fluid Mechanics Group – Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai-36

 February 2007 - May 2010

  Post Doctoral Research Associate

  Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering – University of Colorado, Boulder, CO-80309, USA

 Three months in summer of 2007 to 2010

  Post Doctoral Research Associate

  Earth and Environmental Science group – Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, USA

 June to September 2006

  Research Scholar (after submission of thesis)

  Geosciences Environnement Toulous – UMR 5563 14, Avenue Edouard Belin, Toulouse, France

 Referred International Journal

  • A. Uppu, A. Chaudhuri, S.P. Das, “Numerical modeling of particulate fouling and cake-enhanced concentration polarization in roto-dynamic reverse osmosis filtration systems”, Desalination, 468, 114053, 2019.
  • P. Prabu, S.M. Bhallamudi, A. Chaudhuri, S.A. Sannasiraj, Numerical investigations for mitigation of tsunami wave impact on onshore buildings using sea dikes, Ocean Engineering, 187, 106159, 2019.
  • R. Vishnudas, A. Chaudhuri, “Effects of polymer dispersion and adsorption on immiscible and miscible viscous instabilities during chemical enhanced oil recovery”, Journal of Porous Media, 22(6):663–679, 2019.
  • M. Singh, A. Chaudhuri, S. P Chu, P. H. Stauffer, R. J. Pawar, “Analysis of evolving capillary transition, gravitational fingering, and dissolution trapping of CO2 in deep saline aquifers during continuous injection of supercritical CO2”, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control 82, 281 – 291, 2019.
  • A. Chaudhuri, H.-J. Hendricks Franssen, M. Sekhar, “Iterative filter based estimation of fully 3D heterogeneous fields of permeability and Mualem-van Genuchten parameters”, Advances in Water Resources 122, 340 – 354, 2018.
  • S.N. Pandey, V. Vishal, A. Chaudhuri, Geothermal reservoir modeling in a coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical-chemical approach: A review, Earth-Sciences Reviews 185, 1157 – 1169, 2018.
  • A. Chaudhuri, R. Vishnudas, “A systematic numerical modeling study of various polymer injection conditions on immiscible and miscible viscous fingering and oil recovery in a five-spot setup”, Fuel 232, 431–443, 2018.
  • S.N. Pandey, A. Chaudhuri, “The effect of heterogeneity on heat extraction and transmissivity evolution in a carbonate reservoir: A thermo-hydro-chemical study”, Geothermics 69, 45-54, 2017.
  • R. Vishnudas, A. Chaudhuri, “A comprehensive numerical study of immiscible and miscible viscous fingers during chemical enhanced oil recovery”, Fuel 194, 480-490, 2017.
  • S.N. Pandey, A. Chaudhuri, S. Kelkar, “A coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical modeling of fracture aperture alteration and reservoir deformation during heat extraction from a geothermal reservoir”, Geothermics 65, 17-31, 2017.
  • A. Chaudhuri, A. Jogdand, “Permeate flux decrease due to concentration polarization in a closed roto-dynamic reverse osmosis filtration system”, Desalination 402, 152-161, 2017.
  • V. R. Sandeep, A. Chaudhuri, S. Kelkar, Permeability and Flow Field Evolution Due to Dissolution of Calcite in a 3-D Porous Rock Under Geothermal Gradient and Through-Flow, Transport in Porous Media, 112: 39–52, 2016.
  • A. Vuddagiri, P. Halder, A. Samad and A. Chaudhuri, “Flow Analysis of Airfoil Having Different Cavities on Its Suction Surface,” Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics, 2016, 16(2): 67-77, 2016.
  • A. Jogdand and A. Chaudhuri, Modeling of concentration polarization and permeate flux variation in a roto-dynamic reverse osmosis filtration system, Desalination, 375, 54-70, 2015.
  • S.N. Pandey, A. Chaudhuri, H. Rajaram and S. Kelkar, Fracture transmissivity evolution due to silicadissolution/precipitation during geothermal heat extraction, Geothermics, 578, 111 – 126, 2015.
  • P Rangaraj, A. Chaudhuri and S. Gupta, The use of polynomial chaos for parameter identification from measurements in nonlinear dynamical systems, Z. Angew. Math. Mech. 95(12), 1372–1392, 2015.
  • S.N. Pandey, A. Chaudhuri, S. Kelkar, V.R. Sandeep and H. Rajaram, Investigation of permeability alteration of fractured limestone reservoir due to geothermal heat extraction using three-dimensional thermo-hydro-chemical (THC) model, Geothermics 51, 46 – 62, 2014.
  • Thittai, A.K., Galaz, B., and Ophir, J.: Visualization of HIFU-induced lesion boundaries by axial-shear strain elastography: A feasibility study, Ultras. Med. Biol., 37(3), 426-433, 2011.
  • A. Chaudhuri, M. Sekhar, M. Descloitres, Y. Godderis, L. Ruiz, J.J. Braun, Constraining complex aquifer geometry with geophysics (2-D ERT and MRS measurements) for stochastic modelling of groundwater flow, Journal of Applied Geophysics 98, 288 – 297, 2013.
  • A. Chaudhuri, H. Rajaram, and H. Wiswanathan, Early-stage hypogene karstification in a mountain hydrologic system: A coupled thermohydrochemical model incorporating buoyant convection, Water Resour. Res., 49, 5880–5899, doi:10.1002/wrcr.20427, 2013.
  • A. Chaudhuri, H. Rajaram, and H. Viswanathan, Fracture alteration by precipitation resulting from thermal gradients: Upscaled mean aperture-effective transmissivity relationship, Water Resour. Res., 48, W01601, doi:10.1029/2011WR010983, 2012.
  • H. Rajaram, W. Cheung, A. Chaudhuri, Natural analogs for improved understanding of coupled processes in engineered earth systems: Examples from karst system evolution, Current Science, Vol. 97(8), 1162—1176, 2009.
  • A. Chaudhuri, H. Rajaram, H. Viswanathan, G. Zyvoloski and P. Stauffer, Buoyant convection resulting from dissolution and permeability growth in vertical limestone fractures, Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L03401, doi:10.1029/2008GL036533, 2009.
  • A. Chaudhuri, H, Rajaram and H. Viswanathan, Alteration of fractures by precipitation/dissolution in gradient reaction environments computational results and stochastic analysis, Water Resources Research, Vol. 44, W10410, doi:10.1029/2008WR006982, 2008.
  • A. Chaudhuri and M. Sekhar, Modeling of solute transport in a heterogeneous porous medium using stochastic finite element method: Effects of random source conditions, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, Vol. 56(5), 557—586, 2008.
  • A. Chaudhuri and M. Sekhar, Stochastic finite element method for analysis of transport of nonlinear sorbing solutes in 3-D heterogeneous porous media, Water Resources Research, Vol. 43, W07442, doi:10.1029/2006WR004892, 2007.
  • A. Chaudhuri and M. Sekhar, Analysis of biodegradation in a 3-D heterogeneous porous medium using nonlinear stochastic finite element method, Advances in Water Resources, Vol. 33(3), 589—605, 2007.
  • A. Chaudhuri and M. Sekhar, Stochastic modeling of solute transport in 3-D heterogeneous media with random source condition, Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, Vol. 21(2), 159—173, 2006.
  • A. Chaudhuri and S. Chakraborty, Reliability of linear structures with uncertainty in parameters under non-stationary earthquake, Structural Safety, 28(3), 231—246, 2006.
  • A. Chaudhuri and M. Sekhar, Stochastic finite element method for probabilistic analysis of flow and transport in a 3-D heterogeneous porous formation” Water Resources Research, Vol. 41, W09404, doi:10.1029/2004WR003844, 2005.
  • A. Chaudhuri and M. Sekhar, Probabilistic analysis of pollutant migration from a landfill using stochastic finite element method, ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Vol. 131(8), 1042—1049, 2005.
  • A. Chaudhuri and M. Sekhar, Analytical solutions for macrodispersion in 3-D heterogeneous porous medium with random hydraulic conductivity and dispersivity, Transport in Porous Media, Vol. 58 (3), 217—241, 2005.
  • A. Chaudhuri and S. Chakraborty, Sensitivity evaluation in seismic reliability analysis of structures, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 193, 59—68, 2004.
  • A. Chaudhuri and S. Chakraborty, Reliability evaluation of 3-D frame subjected to non-stationary earthquake. Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 259(4), 797—808, 2003.

 Book Chapter

  • A. Chaudhuri, R. Vishnudas, Modelling of phase behaviours, viscous instabilities and oil recovery during different types of surfactant-polymer flooding in five-spot setup”, Deep Rock Mechanics: From Research to Engineering, Editor: Heping Xie, Jian Zhao, P G Ranjith, CRC Press, 453 – 462, 2018.
  • A. Chaudhuri, A. Chakrawal, P. Naigaonkar, H.-J. H. Franssen, and M. Sekhar, “Estimation of permeability field from sparse measurements of local permeability and water table fluctuations”, Deep Rock Mechanics: From Research to Engineering, Editor: Heping Xie, Jian Zhao, P G Ranjith, CRC Press, 181 – 190, 2018.
  • S. Chakraborty, and A. Chaudhuri, Time dependent seismic reliability analysis of structure with uncertain system parameter, Reliability Engineering Advances, Editor: Gregory I. Hayworth, Nova Science Publishers, 2009.

 Other publications

  • A. Chaudhuri and E. Byrne (2010) Appendix to “Experimental evidence of stable wave patterns on deep water”, by D.M. Henderson, H. Segur and J.D.Carter, J. Fluid Mech., 658, 247—278.

 Conference Proceedings

  • M. Singh and A. Chaudhuri, “Buoyancy driven flow, mixing and dissolution trapping of supercritical CO2 in deep aquifer”, International Conference on Geomechanics, Geo-energy and Geo-resources, IC3G 2016, Melbourne, Australia.
  • A. Chaudhuri, S. N. Pandey, Aperture alteration pattern in silicate and carbonate reservoirs during cold water injection and heat extraction. European Geothermal Workshop 2015, Strasbourg, France.
  • S. N. Pandey, A. Chaudhuri, A coupled Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical modeling of aperture closing and opening during heat extraction from fractured geothermal reservoir. European Geothermal Workshop 2015, Strasbourg, France.
  • S. Agrawal and A. Chaudhuri, Forced and free oscillations of a circular cylinder in an elliptic trajectory, INCAM, Chennai, India, 2013.
  • P. Gandhi, S. Vengadesan and A. Chaudhuri, Numerical simulation of wave effects on a cylinder placed close to the free surface, NCMFP, Surat, India, 2012.
  • A. Chaudhuri, M. Sekhar, Prediction of uncertainty of solute transport in heterogeneous porous media under random recharge, Civil Engineering in New Millennium: Opportunity and Challenges, Howrah, India, 2007.
  • A. Chaudhuri and M. Sekhar, Modeling of solute transport in a heterogeneous porous medium with a random source using stochastic finite element method, Computational Methods in Water Resources XVI, International Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2006.
  • A. Chaudhuri, S. Chakraborty and S. K. Sarkar, Integrated reliability evaluation of uncertain structure under non-stationary earthquake, International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability, Rome, Italy, 2005.
  • A. Chaudhuri, M. Sekhar, M. Descloitres and A. Legchenko, Stochastic modeling combined with geophysical investigations for groundwater fluxes at watershed scale in the weathered gneissic formations of South India, ModelCARE, The Hague, The Netherlands, 2005.
  • S. Chakraborty, and A. Chaudhuri, Stochastic dynamic analysis of structure under generalized fully non-stationary earthquake model, 13th World Conferences on Earthquake, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, 2004.
  • A. Chaudhuri and M. Sekhar, Numerical modeling of solute transport in heterogeneous porous media using upscaling of flow and transport parameters, International Conference on Hydraulic Engineering: Research and Practice, Roorkee, India, 2004.
  • A. Chaudhuri, S. Chakraborty and S.K. Sarkar, “Sensitivity evaluation in seismic reliability analysis of structure”, Conference ISET, Roorkee, India, 2002.
  • A. Chaudhuri, S. Chakraborty and B. Bhattacharyya, Sensitivity analysis of structures subjected to random earthquake, Structural Engineering Convention, Roorkee, India, 2001.
  • A. Uppu, A. Chaudhuri, S.P. Das, “Numerical modeling of decline in performance of roto-dynamic RO system”, 9th International Water Association (IWA) Membrane Technology Conference & Exhibition for Water and Wastewater Treatment and Reuse (IWA-MTC 2019), June 2019, Toulouse, France.
  • A. Mishra, R. Haese, A. Chaudhuri, “The impact of intraformational baffles on carbon mineralization in CO2 storage reservoirs”, InterPore2019, May 2019, Valencia, Spain.
  • M. Singh, A. Chaudhuri, P. H. Stauffer, R. J. Pawar, “Nonisothermal modeling of CO2 dissolution trapping in deep saline aquifers”, InterPore2019, May 2019, Valencia, Spain.
  • M. Singh, A. Chaudhuri, S. Chu, P. H. Stauffer, R. J. Pawar, “A coupled two-phase flow and transport model for CO2 dissolution trapping in saline aquifer stimulated by gravitational instability”, European Geopgysical Union Meeting, Vienna, Austria, April 2018.
  • H. Rajaram and A. Chaudhuri, Reaction-permeability feedbacks and pattern formation in fractures, Grand Challenges in Geological Fluid Mechanics, SantaFe, USA, September 2015.
  • A. Chaudhuri and A. Jogdand, Concentration polarization in a closed roto-dynamic reverse osmosis filtration system, 2nd International Conference on Desalination using Membrane Technology, Singapore, 26-29 July 2015.
  • S.N. Pandey, A. Chaudhuri, S. Kelkar, A Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical modeling of fracture opening and closing due to heat extraction from geothermal reservoir, European Geopgysical Union Meeting, Vienna, Austria, April 2015.
  • S.N. Pandey, A. Chaudhuri, S. Kelkar and H. Rajaram, Transmissivity reduction of fracture due to silica precipitation in variable aperture fractures. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, December 2013.
  • S. Agrawal and A. Chaudhuri, Investigating the effects of controlled biaxial harmonic oscillation on the wake dynamics of a circular cylinder. 9th European Fluid Mechanics Conference (EFMC9), Rome Italy, 2012.
  • A. Chaudhuri, H. Rajaram and H. Viswanathan Coupled thermo-hydro-chemical (THC) modeling of hypogene karst evolution in a prototype mountain hydrologic system, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, December 2011.
  • A. Chaudhuri, H. Rajaram and H. Viswanathan, Fracture alteration by precipitation and dissolution resulting from thermal gradients, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, December 2009.
  • A. Chaudhuri, H. Rajaram, H. Viswanathan, G. Zyvoloski and P. Stauffer, Computational investigation of fundamental mechanisms contributing to fracture dissolution and the evolution of hypogene karst systems, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, December 2009.
  • A. Chaudhuri, H. Rajaram and H. Viswanathan, Stochastic analysis of precipitation/ dissolution and aperture alteration in variable aperture fractures under gradient-reaction conditions, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, December 2007.
  • M. Sekhar, A. Chaudhuri, S. Fleury and M. Descloitres, Stochastic modeling of groundwater flow in saprolite of a gneissic watershed, International Conference IAHR-GW2006 on Groundwater in Complex Environment, Toulouse, France, June 2006.

 Review of Research Articles

  • Water Resources Research
  • Geophysical Research Letter
  • Fuel
  • Journal of Membrane Science
  • Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources
  • Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments
  • Computers and Geosciences
  • Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
  • Geothermics
  • Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
  • Journal of Hydrogeology
  • Applied Energy
  • Journal of Geophysical Research
  • Water Management
  • International Journal of Numerical Methods in Fluids
  • Advances in Water Resources
  • Acta Geophysica
  • Journal of Earth System Science
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section A: Physical Sciences

  Ph.D

   Current
  • Prabu Peter, Topic: Tsunami wave and structure interaction and mechanism of energy dissipation. (Co-guide: Prof. B. S. Murty, Registered in Civil Engineering Department of IIT Madras)
  • Mrityunjay Singh, Topic: Density driven fingering and dissolution trapping of CO2 in saline aquifer.
  • S. Rahul, Topic: Modeling of oil and gas hydrate exploration in reservoir.
  • Achyut Mishra, Topic: Sub-seismic heterogeneity and CO2 trapping, upscaling. (Co-guide: Prof. Ralf Haese, Registered in Registered in University of Melbourne)
   Past
  • Sachhida Nand Pandey, Thesis title: Transmissivity evolution during heat extraction from geothermal reservoirs due to chemical and mechanical effects.
  • Vishudas R., Thesis title: Topic:A comprehensive study of viscous fingering during chemical enhanced oil recovery.

  M.S

   Current
  • Ashish Uppu, Topic: Concentration polarization affected by membrane fouling and scaling in roto-dynamic RO system, (Co-guide: Prof. Shyama Prasad Das, Registered in Mechanical Engineering Department of IIT Madras)
  • Swapnil Kar, Topic: Flow through fractured rock and hydraulic fracturing
  • Nitikesh Prakash, Topic: Structural integrity of RO membrane under high fluid stress and pressure
   Past
  • Rangaraj P, Thesis title: The use of polynomial chaos for parameter identification from measurements in dynamical systems, (Co-guide: Prof. Sayan Gupta, Applied Mechanics Department of IIT Madras)
  • Saurav Agrawal, Thesis title: Numerical investigation of cylinder wake and its synchronization with controlled and free oscillation

 M Tech / Dual Degree

   Current
  • Devineni Ramanjaneyulu, Topic: Design of a compact and portable RO based desalination system powered by wave energy, (Co-guide: Prof. Abdus Samad, Registered in Ocean Engineering Department of IIT Madras).
  • Karthikeyan R, Topic: Design of a flap type wave energy harvester and hydraulic system to provide energy for desalination, (Co-guide: Prof. Abdus Samad, Registered in Ocean Engineering Department of IIT Madras)
   Past
  • Sandeep V.R., Thesis title: Topic: Pattern formation in limestone aquifer under various geothermal conditions
  • Anoop Jogdand,Thesis title: CFD analysis of a roto-dynamic based reverse osmosis system used for desalination.
  • Praveer Naigaonkar, Thesis title: Permeability estimation from the data of water table during pumping drawdown using Ensemble Kalman filter.
  • Prageeth Prakash, Thesis title: CFD analysis of flow induced motions of immersed and floating bodies.
  • Neten Dharan, Thesis title: Numerical analysis of wave-structure interaction on floating tunnel and reduction of hydrodynamic forces on it using floating breakwater

 List of Courses Taught

  • Engineering Mechanics (AM1100)
  • Foundations of Fluid Mechanics (AM2530)
  • Advanced Fluid Mechanics (AM5530)
  • Computational Techniques in Applied Mechanics (AM5600)
  • Flow and Transport in Heterogeneous Porous Media (AM5114)
  • Theory of free surface wave motion (AM 6011)

 Funded Research Projects

  • Exploratory Research Project
    Title : Experimental Investigation of Fouling and Scaling Characteristics of a Rotody-namic Reverse Osmosis System for Water Purification.
    Agency : C & SR (IITM).
    Co-Investigator : Shyama Prasad Das Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Madras Chennai- 600036, TAMIL NADU.
    Duration : One year.
  • DST VAJRA Fellowship
    Title: VAJRA Visiting Faculty - Dr.Ranjith Pathegama Gamage.
    Agency : Department of Science and Technology.
    Duration : April 2018 – April 2021.
  • DST Fastrack Project

    Title: Stochastic modeling of transport in heterogeneous porous media during bioremediation of groundwater.
    Agency : Department of Science and Technology.
    Duration : August 2012 – February 2016.

  • New Faculty Seed Gran.t
    Title: Long term behavior of geothermal systems under different energy related engineering interventions.
    Agency : IC & SR (IITM).
    Duration : September 2010 – September 2014

 Competitive Honors/Awards

 2006 - 2007

  Prof. N. S. Govinda Rao Medal

  Prof. N. S. Govinda Rao Medal for the year 2006-2007 by the Council of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore for the best thesis award of the year in the                Department of  Civil Engineering at the Institute.