Solid Mechanics and Design: Plasticity, Autofrettage, Stress Analysis, Computational Mechanics.
Experimental Stress Analysis
Manufacturing: Metal Forming, Computational Manufacturing, Design for Manufacturing and Assembly
Research Publications (selected five):
Kamal, S.M. and Dixit, U.S. Design of a disk-mandrel assembly for achieving rotational autofrettage in the disk. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 2020. DOI: DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0954406220954890.
Kamal S.M. Estimation of optimum rotational speed for rotational autofrettage of disks incorporating Bauschinger effect. Mechanics Based Design of Structures and Machines, 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15397734.2020.1780608.
Kamal, S.M., Perl, M., and Bharali, D. 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, 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4043591.
Kamal, S.M. and Perl, M. 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, 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4044173.
Kamal S.M. 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, 2018. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4041339.
Papers in Conference Proceedings (selected five):
Kamal S.M. and Aziz Faruque. Estimation of the stresses in rotational autofrettage of thick-walled pressure vessels using von Mises yield criterion. In: Proceedings of the ASME Pressure Vessels & Piping Conference (PVP2021), July 12-16, 2021, Virtual, Online. ASME, 2021.
Kamal, S.M. and Kulsum, R. Parametric study of axisymmetric circular disk subjected to rotational autofrettage. In: Proceedings of the ASME Pressure Vessels & Piping Conference (PVP2021), July 12-16, 2021, Virtual, Online. 2019.
Kamal S.M. An Analytical Study of Rotational Autofrettage of Thick-Walled Disks. In: Proceedings of the ASME Pressure Vessels & Piping Conference (PVP2021), July 12-16, 2021, Virtual, Online. Editors: Gogoi T.K., Dutta P.P. and Kamal S.M. Tezpur University, 2017, pp. 69-74.
Kamal, S. M. and Dixit, U.S. Fatigue life enhancement of thermally autofrettaged cylinders through shrink-fit. In: Proceedings of the ASME Pressure Vessels & Piping Conference (PVP2021), July 12-16, 2021, Virtual, Online. COEP, 2016, pp. 893-896.
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. In: Proceedings of the ASME Pressure Vessels & Piping Conference (PVP2021), July 12-16, 2021, Virtual, Online. 2016.
Other Publications
Book
Dixit, U.S., Kamal, S.M., and Shufen, R. Autofrettage Processes: Technology and Modeling. CRC Press, 2019.
Book Chapter
Kamal, S.M. and Kulsum, R. Parametric study of axisymmetric circular disk subjected to rotational autofrettage. In: Advances in Computational Methods in Manufacturing. Editors: Narayanan, R.G., Joshi, S.N., and Dixit, U.S. Springer, Singapore, 2019,
Kamal, S.M. and Dixit, U.S. Enhancement of fatigue life of thick-walled cylinders through thermal autofrettage combined with shrink-fit. In: Strengthening and Joining by Plastic Deformation. Editors: Dixit, U.S. and Narayanan, R.G. Springer, Singapore, 2019, pp. pp. 1-30.
Kamal, S.M. and Dixit, U.S. Feasibility Study of Thermal Autofrettage Process. In: Advances in Material Forming and Joining. Editors: Dixit, U.S. and Narayanan, R.G. Springer, New Delhi., 2015,
Research Projects
Use of Thermal Autofrettage for Defence Application
PI: Dr. Seikh Mustafa Kamal
Duration: 3 Years (2021-2024)
Funding Agency: ARMREB, DRDO
Project Amount (Rs): 4133726
Status: Ongoing
Patents/Consultancy/Innovations, etc.
Awards/Honours, etc.
International Travel Support (ITS) to attend the 12th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM XII) & The 6th Asia-Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics (APCOM VI), 24-29 July, held in Seoul, South Korea. , 2016, SERB.
Research Fellowship for pursuing Ph.D. at IIT Guwahati , 2012-2016, MHRD, Govt. of India.
First Class Honors in Bachelors of Mechanical Engineering , 2009, Dibrugarh University.