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Dr Sourish Banerjee

Name :	Dr Sourish Banerjee
Position :	Lecturer (Structural Design)
Section :	Faculty of Engineering and Surveying Agricultural, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Office :	Z417
Location :	Toowoomba Campus
Phone :	+61 7 4631 1325
Extension :	1325
E-mail :
Qualifications :	BEng Jadavpur MEng Bengal Eng C PhD Southampton

Professional Memberships

Reviewer Polymer Engineering and Science
Revewer Composites A (Applied Science & Manufacturing)
Reviewer Journal of Materials Chemistry

Research Interests

Computational (Finite Element Analysis)/theoretical modelling and experimental investigation of the mechanical behaviour of advanced composite structures, biocomposites, cellular materials and sandwich panels,
Material development and optimal design for applications,
Dynamic behaviour of cellular structures and composites

Recent Research Outcomes

Three most recent :

S. Banerjee and D. Bhattacharyya (2011), 'Optimal design of sandwich panels made of wood veneer hollow cores', Composites Science & Technology, 71(4), 425-432, 2011. doi: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2010.12.011.

S. Banerjee, M. Battley and D. Bhattacharyya (2010), 'Shear strength optimisation of reinforced honeycomb core materials', Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, 17(7), 542-552, 2010. doi:10.1080/15376490903398714.

S. Banerjee and A. Bhaskar (2009), 'Applicability of the effective medium theory to the dynamics of cellular beams', International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 51(8), 598-608. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2009.06.001.

Most notable :

1) Modelling of hollow core profiles and its manufacturing processes

Book chapter

S. Rao, S. Banerjee, K. Jayaraman and D. Bhattacharyya (2010), 'Compressive behaviour of fibre reinforced honeycomb cores', The IUTAM Symposium on Multi-functional Material Structures and Systems, Eds. B. Dattaguru, S. Gopalkrishnan and V.K. Aatre, IUTAM Book Series, Vol: 19, Springer Publication, ISBN: 978-90-481-3770-1.

Refereed journal publications

S. Banerjee and D. Bhattacharyya (2011), 'Optimal design of sandwich panels made of wood veneer hollow cores', Composites Science & Technology, 71(4), 425-432, 2011. doi: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2010.12.011.

S. Banerjee, M. Battley and D. Bhattacharyya (2010), 'Shear strength optimisation of reinforced honeycomb core materials', Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, 17(7), 542-552, 2010. doi:10.1080/15376490903398714.

S. Banerjee, W. Yan and D. Bhattacharyya (2008), 'Modelling of heat transfer in Rotational Moulding', Polymer Engineering and Science, 48(11), 2188-2197. doi:10.1002/pen.21164.

2) Vibration of cellular materials

S. Banerjee and A. Bhaskar (2009), 'Applicability of the effective medium theory to the dynamics of cellular beams', International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 51(8), 598-608. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2009.06.001.

S. Banerjee and A. Bhaskar (2007), 'The use and limitations of continuum modes for response calculations of cellular structures', Journal of Sound and Vibration, 302(3), 457-470. doi: 10.1016/j.jsv.2006.09.032.

S. Banerjee and A. Bhaskar (2005), 'Free vibration of cellular structures using continuum modes', Journal of Sound and Vibration, 287(1-2), 77-100. doi: 10.1016/j.jsv.2004.10.051.

S. Banerjee and A. Bhaskar (2003), 'Vibration of beams made up of cellular materials', Materials Science Forum, Modern Practice in Stress and Vibration Analysis, 440-4, 337-344, 2003. doi: 10.4028/0-87849-928-8.337

Currently Teaching Courses/Programs

CIV4508 Structural Design II (Examiner)
CIV3505 Structural Analysis (Assistant Examiner)
CIV2503 Structural Design I (Assistant Examiner)

MEC2402 Stress Analysis (Assistant Examiner)
ENG8803 Mechanics and Technology of Fibre Composites (Assistant Examiner)
CIV3907 Civil Systems Practice (Examiner)

ENG4104 Engineering problem Solving IV (Assistant Examiner)

Teaching Experience

Tertiary : 3 years