Dr. Lokendra Kumar

Assistant Professor

Email : lokendra.kumar@jiit.ac.in

Education

Ph.D. (IIT Roorkee), NET-2000, GATE-2001(Percentile Score 90.56, All India Rank 82)

Biography

8 years of teaching and research

Interest Area(s)

Computational Fluid Dynamics, Numerical Methods, FEM, Mesh Free Methods

Publication

International Journals

1. Parul Saxena and Lokendra Kumar, “Flow of a viscous fluid through different porous structures embedded in porous medium”, Accepted for publication in Journal of Porous Media.
2. Parul Saxena and Lokendra Kumar, “A study of the effect of magnetic field on the rotation of a heated impervious disk in a second grade fluid bounded by a porous”, Accepted for publication in International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics.
3. Parul Saxena and Lokendra Kumar, “A study of the effect of permeability of rocks in Tsunami generation and propagation by seismic faulting using linearized shallow –water wave theory”, Science of Tsunami Hazards (ISSN: 8755-6839), Vol. 31, No. 1, 62-81, 2012.
4. Lokendra Kumar, Rama Bhargava and Bani Singh, “Finite element solution of the effect of radiation on free convection flow of a MHD thermomicropolar fluid over a vertical plate” Int. J. of Appl. Math and Mech., Vol. 7, No. 13,  91-111 (2011).
5. Lokendra Kumar, Bani Singh, Lokesh Kumar and Rama Bhargava, “Finite element solution of MHD flow of micropolar fluid towards a stagnation point on a vertical stretching sheet” Int. J. of Appl. Math and Mech., Vol. 7, No. 3,  14-30 (2011).
6. Kumar, L., “Finite element analysis of combined heat and mass transfer in hydromagnetic micropolar flow along a stretching sheet”, Computational Materials Science, Volume 46, Issue 4, 841-848, 2009. [Indexed in SCOPUS,  Impact Factor: 1.549]
7. Kumar, L., Bhargava, R. and Takhar, H. S., “Finite element solution of mixed convection on a moving vertical cylinder with suction in a moving micropolar fluid medium”, Meccanica, An International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (AIMETA), 63-78, 2006. [Indexed in SCOPUS,  Impact Factor: 0.604]
8. Kumar, L., Bhargava, R., Bhargava P. and Takhar, H. S., “Finite element solution of mixed convection micropolar fluid flow between two vertical plates with varying temperature”, Archives of Mechanics, 57, no. 4, 251-264, 2005. [Indexed in SCOPUS, Impact Factor: 0.519]
9. Bhargava, R., Kumar, L., Takhar, H. S. and Agarwal, R. S., “Quasilinearization of mixed convection micropolar flow near stagnation point with suction”, International Journal of Heat and Technology, 22, no.1, 103-112, 2004. [Indexed in SCOPUS]
10. Bhargava, R., Agarwal, R. S., Kumar, L. and Takhar, H. S., “Finite element study of mixed convection micropolar flow in a vertical circular pipe with variable surface conditions”, International Journal of Engineering Science, 42, 13-27, 2004. [Indexed in SCOPUS, Impact Factor: 1.366]
11. Bhargava, R., Kumar, L. and Takhar, H. S., “Finite element solution of mixed convection micropolar flow driven by a porous stretching sheet”, International Journal of Engineering Science, 41, 2161-2178, 2003. [Indexed in SCOPUS, Impact Factor: 1.366]
12. Bhargava, R., Kumar, L. and Takhar, H. S., “Mixed convection from a continuous surface in a parallel moving stream of a micropolar fluid”, Heat and Mass Transfer, 39, 407- 413, 2003. [Indexed in SCOPUS,  Impact Factor: 0.873]
13. Bhargava, R., Kumar, L. and Takhar, H. S., “Numerical solution of free convection MHD micropolar fluid flow between two parallel porous vertical plates”, International Journal of Engineering Science, 41, 123-136, 2003. [Indexed in SCOPUS, Impact Factor: 1.366]
14. Bhargava, R., Agarwal, R. S., Kumar, L. and Takhar, H. S., “Numerical solution for the mixed convection flow of a micropolar fluid past a continuously moving plate”, International Journal of Heat and Technology, Vol. 20, no. 2,  23-30, 2002. [Indexed in SCOPUS]

International/National Conferences

1. Lokendra Kumar, G. Swapna and Bani Singh, “Finite difference solution of the mixed convection flow of MHD micropolar fluid past a moving surface with radiation effect", Proceedings of the 4th WSEAS International Conference on Finite Differences - Finite Elements - Finite Volumes - Boundary Elements (F-and-B’11), Paris, France, ISBN: 978-960-474-298-1, ISSN: 2223-3679, pp. 41-46, April 28-30, 2011.
2. Lokendra Kumar, “Finite element solution of natural convection boundary layer flow of MHD thermomicropolar fluid over a vertical plate”, Proceedings of the 37th  National and 4th International Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, IIT Madras, Chennai, India,  ISBN: 978-81-910-571-1-9, pp. 1-10 (FMFP10 - HT - 05), Dec. 16-18, 2010.

Attended/Abstract Published

1. Diksha Gupta, Lokendra Kumar and Bani Singh, “Stagnation-point flow of micropolar fluid over a stretching/shrinking sheet with melting and radiation effects” Book of abstract pp. 20, National Conference on Modeling, Computational Fluid Dynamics and Operations Research (NCMOC -2012) February 4-5, 2012, Department of Mathematics, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, Rajasthan.
2. Diksha Gupta, Lokendra Kumar and Bani Singh, “Numerical solution of the effect of thermal radiation on the flow of micropolar fluid over a shrinking sheet”, Book of abstract pp. 15, International Conference on Advances in Modeling, Optimization and Computing (AMOC -2011) December 5-7, 2011, Department of Mathematics, IIT Roorkee.
3. G. Swapna, Lokendra Kumar and Bani Singh, "Effect of the Radiation on the stagnation flow of MHD micropolar fluid towards a heated surface with suction", Book of abstract pp. 19-20, International Conference on Advances in Modeling, Optimization and Computing (AMOC -2011) December 5-7, 2011, Department of Mathematics, IIT Roorkee.
4. Participated in the workshop on “Wavelets and its Applications in Signal Processing” organized by Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, JIIT Noida, April 20, 2011.
5. Diksha Gupta, Lokendra Kumar and Bani Singh, “Numerical solution of the mixed convection micropolar fluid past a continuously moving plate in the presence of radiation”, National Symposium on Application of Various Techniques in Fluid  Dynamics, organized by Department of Mathematics, B.S.N.V. Post Graduate College, Lucknow in Association with National Science Network (NSN), page 26, February 10-12, 2011.
6. Participated in the workshop on “Intensive Workshop on Microwave Tubes” organized by Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, JIIT Noida, November 27, 2010.
7. Participated in the workshop on “Advanced Computing and Software Tools” organized by Department of Mathematics, JIIT Noida, October 30, 2010. 
8. Participated in the Study Group Meeting on Industrial Problems (SGMIP - 2009) held at IIT Roorkee from 16th-21st March 2009.
9. Kumar, L., “Finite element solution of heat and mass transfer in a hydromagnetic flow of a micropolar fluid past a stretching sheet”, IMS Conference, Dec 2007 held in University of Pune.
10. Kumar, L. and Bhargava, R., “Numerical techniques for the solution of the mixed convection flow of a micropolar fluid past a continuously moving plate with variable surface conditions” in the Indo-Australian workshop held on 12th to 14th April 2007 in the department of mathematics IIT Roorkee.
11. Participated in the conference ICMB held at IIT Kanpur during 19th – 21st February 2004.
12. Bhargava, R., Kumar L. and Takhar, H.S., “Study of mixed convection micropolar flow applicable to circular devices”, ICIWIM, Dec 2002 held in IIT Bombay.
13. Bhargava, R., Agarwal, R.S. and Kumar, L., “Finite element solution to free convection micropolar fluid flow in a circular pipe”, CONIAPS-V, April 2002 held in Bundelkhand University Jhansi.
14. Bhargava, R. and Kumar, L., “Quasilinearization to mixed convection micropolar flow near a stagnation point with suction”, NSMMA, Dec 2001 held in IIT Madras.

Professional Projects / Professional Achievements

1. Guided four M.Tech Dissertations
2. Guiding two Ph.D Candidates
3. Guiding one Post Doctoral Research Fellow
4. Reviewer of various International Journals
5. Life Member of Indian Mathematical Society.
6. Life Member of National society of fluid mechanics and fluid power