IITKGP

Kiran Vijayan

Assistant Professor Grade-I

Ocean Engg and Naval Architecture

+91-3222-281782

kiran.vijayan@naval.iitkgp.ac.in

Research Areas

Dr. Kiran Vijayan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture, IIT Kharagpur.  His broad area of research is structural dynamics. Work mainly on vibration related problems. 
Education:
BTech Mechanical Engineering: NSS College of Engineering, Calicut University
MS Ocean Engineering: IIT Madras
PhD Department of Engineering University of Cambridge
Work Experience:
GE India : Engineer Wind turbine
Post Doc Swansea University
Research interests:
Offshore structural dynamics: Vibration of complex structures, Vibration Damping
Drilling vibration
Rotordynamics
Frictionally-excited vibration
Energy harvesting and Smart structures

  • Non-linear modal interactions during rub-impact of a rotating flexible shaft Vijayan K., Friswell M. I., Amaroju K. By Journal of Vibration and Control - (2022)
  • Shock transmission in a coupled beam system K. Vijayan, J. Woodhouse By Journal of Sound and Vibration 332 (16) 3681-3695 (2013)
  • Identification of stiffness and damping of the weld in stiffened plates using model updating Shrivastava K., Vijayan K. , Arora V. By Marine Structures - (2022)
  • Bio-inspired aquatic propulsion using piezoelectric effect Bhamra N. S., Vijayan K. , Nagarajan V. By Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures 3 1-9 (2021)
  • Stochastic Dynamics of veering modes in a symmetric coupled system Likhit P., Vijayan K. By Ships and Offshore Structures - (2021)
  • Shock transmission through universal joint of cutter suction dredger Barik C. R., Vijayan K. , Sha O. P. By Ocean Engineering Volume 233, - (2021)
  • Non-linear energy harvesting from coupled impacting beams. K. Vijayan, M. I. Friswell, H. H. Khodaparast and S. Adhikari By International Journal of Mechanical Sciences. Volumes 96-97 101-109 (2015)
  • Drillstring-Borehole Interaction: Backward Whirl Instabilities and Axial Loading K Vijayan, N Vlajic & MI Friswell By Meccanica - (2017)
  • Microstructural influence on damping for Friction stir welded Aluminum plates Vijayan K., Jothi S. , Pal A. By Procedia Structural Integrity - (2019)
  • Shock amplication, curve veering and suppression using damping K. Vijayan, J. Woodhouse By Journal of Sound and Vibration 333 (5) 1379-1389 (2014)

Principal Investigator

  • Propeller Shaft Instabilities and Mode Localization in Propeller Blades
  • Structural Health Monitoring and Shipbuilding Technology for Inland and Coastal Vessels

Co-Principal Investigator

  • Development of Bio-Mimetic Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (BAUV) for Maritime Surveillance (Phase I) Naval Research Board (NRB)
  • Fabrication of Impact-tolerant hybrid composite for naval applications Naval Research Board

Ph. D. Students

Amaroju Kartheek

Area of Research: Vibration

Chinmaya Ranjan Barik

Area of Research: drilling vibration

Kshitij Rakesh Shrivastava

Area of Research: Marine structural dynamics

Navinder Singh Bhamra

Area of Research: Fluid structure interaction