Dr. Amit Kumar Rai

Dr. Amit Kumar Rai
Assistant Professor
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Assistant Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Calicut, NIT Campus P.O., Kerala PIN -673 601, India
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D-7B, Staff Quarters, National Institute of Technology Calicut, NIT Campus P.O., Kerala PIN -673 601, India
Ph.D.: IIT Kanpur (Solid Mechanics and Design), Ph.D. thesis title: Nonlinear Vibrations of Thin Isotropic and Polar Orthotropic Circular Plates Under Moving Point Loads.
M.Tech.: MNNIT Allahabad (Applied Mechanics) M.Tech. thesis title: Optimized Trajectory Planning for The Biped Robot.
B.Tech.: KNIT Sultanpur (Mechanical Engineering)
Educational Qualifications
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Ph.D.: IIT Kanpur (Solid Mechanics and Design), Ph.D. thesis title: Nonlinear Vibrations of Thin Isotropic and Polar Orthotropic Circular Plates Under Moving Point Loads.
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M.Tech.: MNNIT Allahabad (Applied Mechanics) M.Tech. thesis title: Optimized Trajectory Planning for The Biped Robot.
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B.Tech.: KNIT Sultanpur (Mechanical Engineering)
Journals
1. Rai, Amit K., and Shakti S. Gupta. "Nonlinear vibrations of a thin isotropic circular plate subjected to moving point loads." Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science 235.20 (2021): 4900-4912.
2. Rai, Amit K., and Shakti S. Gupta. "Nonlinear vibrations of a polar-orthotropic thin circular plate subjected to circularly moving point load." Composite Structures 256 (2021): 112953.
3. Rai, Amit K., "Harmonic response analysis of a circular plate subjected to moving point loads using Green’s function approach." Journal of Vibration and Control (2024): 1-16, https://doi.org/10.1177/10775463241288300.
Conferences
1. Amit K Rai, Shakti S. Gupta, Vibration of simply supported circular plate subjected to moving point
loads (ICTAM, Montreal Canada-2016).
2. Amit K Rai, Shakti S. Gupta, Vibration of orthotropic circular plate under moving point load
(IWCEM, Crown Plaza, Jaipur - 2017)
3. Amit K Rai, Shakti S. Gupta, Internally damped vibration of circular plate under sinusoidal moving
point load (UNSTAM, Chicago, USA - 2018).
4. Amit K Rai, Shakti S. Gupta, Nonlinear vibration of circular plate under moving point loads
(USNCCM, Austin, Texas, USA. - 2019).
5. Amit K Rai, Dynamic analysis of rattleback on the vibrating platform (INCAM, NIT Warangal - 2024).
Professional Experience
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Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering ITSEC, Greater Noida Jan 2011 - July 2011
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Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering in VIET Ghaziabad Aug 2011 - Oct 2012
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Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering in GCET Greater Noida Nov 2012 - Jun 2014.
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Sr. Project Scientist in the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering IIT Kanpur Feb 2020 - Oct 2020.
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Temporary Faculty in the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering IIEST Shibpur, Howrah since 27th Oct 2020 to 31st Jul 2022.
Vibrations of Beams, Plates Shells and membranes
Nonlinear dynamics
Composite materials
Functionally graded materials
Computational mechanics
UG Theory courses:
1. Design of machine elements
2. Machine design II
3. Introduction to finite element methods
4. Solid mechanics
5. Numerical methods
6. Design of power transmission elements
PG Theory courses:
1. Theory of vibrations
2. Fracture mechanics
3. Advanced solid mechanics
Lab courses:
1. CAD/CAM
2 Mechanical Workshop
3. Seminar