Dr. Seikh Mustafa Kamal

Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Tezpur University
Tezpur, Napaam, Tezpur-784028, Assam, India
Phone: +91 3712 27 5871 (O), +91-8473894159 (M)
E-mail: smkmech@tezu.ernet.in

Research Interests

Stress Analysis
Plasticity
Autofrettage
Theoretical and Experimental Residual Stresses
Computational Solid Mechanics
Finite Element Method
Fatigue and Fracture Processes in Thick-walled Autofrettaged Cylinders
Metal Forming

Education

PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (July 2012-June 2016)

CPI: 9.11/10
Thesis Title: A Theoretical and Experimental Study of Thermal Autofrettage Process
Thesis supervisor: Prof. Uday S. Dixit

B.E., Mechanical Engineering, Jorhat Engineering College, Jorhat, Assam (July 2005-June 2009)

Overall Percentage of Marks: 80.78% (with Honors)

Work Experience

Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tezpur University, Tezpur, September 2016-present.
Teaching Assistant in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Guwahati, July 2012– June 2016.
Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, NITS Mirza (an AICTE approved engineering college), Guwahati, January 2010-July 2012.
Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, GIMT, Guwahati (an AICTE approved engineering college), August 2009-December 2009.

Publications

In International Journals (SCI)

Kamal S.M., Perl M. and Bharali D., 2019, "Generalized Plane Strain Study of Rotational Autofrettage of Thick-walled Cylinders: Part I- Theoretical Analysis," ASME Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, 141(5), pp. 051201-1-051201-11.
Kamal S.M. and Perl M., 2019, "Generalized Plane Strain Study of Rotational Autofrettage of Thick-walled Cylinders: Part II- Numerical Evaluation," ASME Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, 141(5), pp. 051202-1-051202-7.
Kamal S.M., 2018, "Analysis of residual stress in the rotational autofrettage of thick-walled disks," ASME Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, 140(6), pp. 061402-1-061402-10.
Kamal S.M., Dixit U.S., Roy A., Liu Q. and Silberschmidt V.V., 2017, "Comparison of Plane-stress, Generalized-plane-strain and 3D FEM Elastic-plastic analyses of Thick-walled Cylinders Subjected to Radial Thermal Gradient," International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 131, pp. 744-752.
Kamal S.M. and Dixit U.S., 2016, "A Study on Enhanching the Performance of Thermally Autofrettaged Cylinder through Shrink-fitting," ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, 138(9), pp. 094501-1-094501-5.
Kamal S.M. and Dixit U.S., 2016, "A Comparative Study of Thermal and Hydraulic Autofrettage," Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, 30(6), pp. 2483-2496.
Kamal S.M., Barsaikia A.C. and Dixit U.S., 2016, "Experimental Assessment of Residual Stresses Induced by the Thermal Autofrettage of Thick-walled Cylinders," Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design, 51(2), pp. 144-160.
Kamal S.M. and Dixit U.S., 2015, "Feasibility Study of Thermal Autofrettage of Thick-walled Cylinders," ASME Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, 137(6), pp. 061207-1-061207-18.

In Conference Proceedings

Kamal S.M. and Kulsum R., "Parametric Study of Axisymmetric Circular Disk Subjected to Rotational Autofrettage," Second International Conference on Computational Methods in Manufacturing (ICCMM2019), Paper No.: ICCMM2019_091, March 8-9, 2019, IIT Guwahati, India.
Kamal S.M., 2017, "Parametric Study of Axisymmetric Circular Disk Subjected to Rotational Autofrettage," National Conference on Sustainable Mechanical Engineering: Today and Beyond (SMETB2017), March 25-26, 2017, Tezpur University, Tezpur, India.
Kamal S.M. and Dixit U.S., "Fatigue life enhancement of thermally autofrettaged cylinders through shrink-fit," 6th International and 27th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research Conference (AIMTDR2016), December 16-18, 2016, College of Engineering Pune, India.
Kamal S.M., Dixit U.S., Liu Q., Silberschmidt V.V. and Roy A., "Thermo-Elasto-Plastic Finite Element Stress Analysis of Thick-Walled Cylinder and its Comparison with Plane Stress and Plane Strain Analyses," The 12th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM XII) & the 6th Asia-Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics (APCOM VI), July 24-29, 2016, Seoul, South Korea.
Kamal S.M., Borsaikia A.C. and Dixit U.S., "Measurement of Residual Stresses in Thermally Autofrettaged Thick-walled Cylinders," 30th National Convention of Production Engineers and National Seminar on Sustainable Manufacturing, July 18-19, 2015, The Institution of Engineers (India), Tripura State Center, NIT Agartala, India.
Kamal S.M. and Dixit U.S., "Feasibility study of thermal autofrettage process," 5th International and 26th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research Conference (AIMTDR2014), December 12-14, 2014, IIT Guwahati, India.
Dixit U.S. and Kamal S.M., "Developments in autofrettage processes," International Symposium on Aspects of Mechanical Engineering and Technology for Industry (AMETI), December 6-8, 2014, NERIST, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, India (Published as keynote paper).

Book Chapters

Kamal S.M. and Kulsum R., (2019), Parametric Study of Axisymmetric Circular Disk Subjected to Rotational Autofrettage, in Advances in Computational Methods in Manufacturing, Narayanan R.G. et al. (eds.), Springer, Singapore.
Kamal S.M. and Dixit U.S., (2019), Enhancement of Fatigue Life of Thick-Walled Cylinders through Thermal Autofrettage Combined with Shrink-Fit, in Strengthening and Joining by Plastic Deformation, Dixit U.S. and Narayanan R.G. (eds.), Springer, Singapore.
Kamal S.M. and Dixit U.S., (2015), Feasibility Study of Thermal Autofrettage Process, in Advances in Material Forming and Joining, Narayanan R.G. and Dixit U.S. (eds.), Springer, India.

Book

Dixit U.S., Kamal S.M. and Shufen R., (2019), Autofrettage Processes: Technology and Modelling , CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, ISBN: 978-1-13-838854-3.

Edited Proceedings

Gogoi T.K., Dutta P.P. and Kamal S.M. (eds.), Proceedings of the National Conference on Sustainable Mechanical Engineering: Today and Beyond (SMETB2017), March 25-26, 2017, Tezpur University, India., ISBN: 978-93-84388-11-9.

Reviewer

Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, Transaction of ASME
Mechanics Based Design of Structures and Machines, Taylor & Francis
Acta Mechanica Sinica, Springer
Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences, Wiley
Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India): Series C, Springer
International Journal of Design Engineering, Inderscience
IEEE Access

Conference Organiged

Organized a National Conference on ‘Sustainable Mechanical Engineering: Today and Beyond’ at Tezpur University, India during March 25-26, 2017. I was the joint organizing secretary of the conference.

Non-Academic/Administritative Activities

Member of the Central Examination Committee, School of Engineering, Tezpur University, Autumn, 2017.
Member of the Tezpur University Annual Report Committee, 2017-2018.
Member of the Tezpur University Entrance Examination (TUEE) Committee, 2019.
Member, Departmental Research Committee.

Awards/Honors

Received International Travel Support (ITS) from SERB, Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India to attend the 12th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM XII) & The 6th Asia-Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics (APCOM VI), held in Seoul, South Korea during 24th -29th July 2016, under Young Scientist scheme.
Received MHRD, Govt. of India scholarship for pursuing Ph.D. at IIT Guwahati (2012-2016).
First Class Honors in Bachelors of Mechanical Engineering (2009) under Dibrugarh University.