Publications

Droplets & Interfaces

Kumar, G. Upadhyay, R Bhardwaj, 

Coupled dynamics of a droplet impact on flexible, hydrophilic cantilever beam

Langmuir, 

2023


L. Mahato and R. Bhardwaj

Joint effect of air flow and substrate wettability on evaporation of a sessile droplet on a solid surface  

Results in Surfaces and Interfaces

2023 


M. K. Thakur#, S. Chatterjee#, R. Bhardwaj. 

Self-assembly and sorting of graphene nanoplatelets and spherical colloidal particles via sessile droplet evaporation in saturated alcohol vapor

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 

2023 

(#equal contributors)

M. Kumar, R. Bhardwaj 

Finite-Element Method based Solver for an Evaporating Sessile Droplet on a Heated Surface

Sadhana – Academy Proceedings of Engineering Sciences, 

2023


Y. Narayan, S. Chatterjee, A. Agrawal, R. Bhardwaj, 

Effectiveness of N95 Mask in Preventing COVID-19 Transmission,

Transactions of INAE, 

2023


S. Chatterjee, R. Bhardwaj. 

A brief review on Optical Interferometry Techniques for Characterization of a Thin Liquid Film on a Solid Surface

Sadhana – Academy Proceedings of Engineering Sciences, 

2023


P. G Bange, G. Updhayday, N. D. Patil, R. Bhardwaj, 

Isothermal and non-isothermal spreading of a viscous droplet on a solid surface in total wetting condition,

Physics of Fluids,

2022

(This article was selected as Editor's pick)


Y. Narayan, S. Chatterjee, A. Agrawal, R. Bhardwaj, 

Assessing effectiveness and comfortability of a two-layer cloth mask with a HEPA insert to mitigate COVID-19 transmission

Physics of Fluids - Letters

2022

(This article was selected as Featured Article and AIP Scilight release).


S. Chatterjee, J S Murallidharan, R. Bhardwaj,

Size-dependent dried colloidal deposits and particles sorting via sessile droplet spreading in a saturated alcohol vapor environment

Langmuir

Vol. 38(19), p 6128–6147, 2022 

ScienceX coverage


N. D. Patil, J. Shaikh, A Sharma, R. Bhardwaj, 

Droplet Impact Dynamics over a Range of Capillary Numbers and Surface Wettability: Assessment of Moving Contact Line Models and Energy Budget Analysis, 

Physics of Fluids, 

2022


B. Kumar, S. Chatterjee, A. Agrawal, R. Bhardwaj, 

Evaluating a Transparent Coating on a Face Shield for Repelling Airborne Respiratory Droplets

Physics of Fluids, 

Vol. 33, p 111705 , 2021.

ScienceX coverage


G. Upadhyay, R. Bhardwaj, 

Colloidal deposits via capillary bridge evaporation and particles sorting thereof 

Langmuir, 

Vol.  37(41), p 12071–12088, 2021 

ScienceX coverage


S. Behera, R. Bhardwaj, A. Agrawal. 

Effect of co-flow on fluid dynamics of a cough jet with implications in spread of COVID-19

Physics of Fluids – Letters

Vol. 33, p 101701, 2021

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This article was selected as Featured article and for AIP press releaseAll news sources are here.

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Image from this paper was selected as cover art for October 2021 issue of Physics of Fluids. This image was also selected as Calendar of Covers for Physics of Fluids. 

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S. K. Agnihotri, M-R. Raveshi, R. Bhardwaj, A. Neild, 

Microvalves for Integrated Selective Droplet Generation, Splitting and Merging on a Chip

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

 Vol. 25, Article number: 88, 2021.


R. Bhardwaj, A. Agrawal. 

Analysis of Second Wave of COVID-19 in Different Countries

Transactions of INAE, 

accepted, 2021


S. Chatterjee, J S Murallidharan, A. Agrawal, R. Bhardwaj. 

How coronavirus survives for hours in aerosols,  

Physics of Fluids – Letters

Vol. 33, pp 081708, 2021. 


S. Chatterjee, J S Murallidharan, A. Agrawal, R. Bhardwaj. 

A review on coronavirus survival on impermeable and porous surfaces, 

Sadhana- Academy Proceedings of Science, 2021, 

(Invited review article)


S. Chatterjee, J S Murallidharan, A. Agrawal, R. Bhardwaj. 

Designing Antiviral surfaces to suppress the spread of COVID-19

Physics of Fluids – Letters

Vol. 33, pp 052101, 2021.

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This article was selected as Featured Article and for AIP press release.  All news sources are here.

AIP press release  Phys.org  

Hindustan Times     News Medical    TechBriefs

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S. Chatterjee, M Kumar, J S Murallidharan, R. Bhardwaj. 

A review on the evaporation of sessile droplets on solid surfaces under different experimental conditions

Advances in Multiphase Flows (Editors: A. De, A Gupta), 

Begell House, 2021. 

(Invited book chapter). 


G. Upadhyay, V. Kumar, R. Bhardwaj, 

Bouncing Droplets on an Elastic, Superhydrophobic Cantilever Beam

Physics of Fluids,

Vol. 33, pp 042104, 2021.

(This article was selected as Editor’s pick).

 

A. Agrawal, R. Bhardwaj,

Probability of COVID-19 infection by cough of a normal person and a super-spreader 

Physics of Fluids (Letters),

Vol. 33, pp 031704, 2021.

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This article was selected as Featured Article and mentioned in the following media releases

 All India Radio: English (From 5.40 min ) Hindi (From 7.26 min ) Marathi (From 4.48 Minutes) 

English story link   Marathi story link   Hindi story link

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S. Chatterjee, J S Murallidharan, A. Agrawal, R. Bhardwaj

Why coronavirus survives longer on impermeable than porous surfaces

Physics of Fluids – Letters, 

Vol 33, pp 021701, 2021 

This article was selected as Featured Article and for AIP press release

AIP press release  Phys.org 

VuMedi talk  AIP showcase  Loksatta


J. Shaikh, N. D. Patil, A. Sharma, R. Bhardwaj, 

Effect of Droplet Size and Surface Tension on the Droplet Coalescence over a Liquid Pool

SN Applied Sciences, 

Vol. 3, Article number: 292 (2021) 


R. Bhardwaj, A. Agrawal

How coronavirus survives for days on surfaces, 

Physics of Fluids (Letters),

Vol. 32, p 111706, 2020 

This article was selected as Featured Article and for AIP press release

All news sources are here.


A. Dash, P. G Bange, N. D. Patil, R. Bhardwaj, 

An Image Processing Method to Measure Droplet Impact and Evaporation on a Solid Surface

Sadhana-Academy Proceedings of Sciences, 

Vol 45, Article no. 287, 2020.


A. Agrawal, R. Bhardwaj. 

Reducing chances of COVID-19 infection by a cough cloud in a closed space

Physics of Fluids – Letters

Vol. 32, p 101704, 2020

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This article was selected as Featured Article and for AIP press release.  Summary by Phys.orgTimes of India story  The Hindu  Republic world  U.S.news  All other news sources are here.

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M. Kumar, R. Bhardwaj, 

A finite-element model for computing fluid flow inside a sessile evaporating droplet on a solid surface 

arXiv:2009.03188, Sep 2020


R. Bhardwaj, A. Agrawal

Tailoring surface wettability to reduce chances of infection of COVID-19 by a respiratory droplet and to improve effectiveness of personal protection equipment  [BibTex]

Physics of Fluids (Letters), 

Vol. 32, p 081702  2020

(This article was selected as Featured Article and for AIP press release).  News at Phys.org


S. Chatterjee, M Kumar, J S Murallidharan, R. Bhardwaj. 

Evaporation of initially heated sessile droplets and the resultant dried colloidal deposits on substrates held at ambient temperature

Langmuir,  Vol 36(29), pp 8407–8421, 2020. 

Videos in this paper: Video 1  , Video 2

[arXiv]


R. Bhardwaj, A. Agrawal

Likelihood of survival of coronavirus in a respiratory droplet deposited on a solid surface 

Physics of Fluids (Letters), Vol. 32, p 061704, 2020. 

This article was selected as Featured Article and for AIP press releaseThis article was covered by several international and national media outlets. See the coverage here.   [arXiv] [PubMed]


M. Kumar, R. Bhardwaj, K. C. Sahu, 

Wetting dynamics of a water droplet on a micro-pillar surface with radially varying pitch

Langmuir,  Vol. 36 (19) p 5312–5323, 2020 


S. K. Agnihotri, M-R. Raveshi, R. Bhardwaj, A. Neild, 

Microfluidic Valves for Selective On-chip Droplet Splitting at Multiple Sites

Langmuir, Vol. 36(5), pages 1138-1146, 2020


M. Kumar, R. Bhardwaj, 

Wetting characteristics of Colocasia esculenta (Taro) leaf and a bioinspired surface thereof

Scientific reports, Vol. 10, Article number 935, 2020.  

ScienceX coverage


M. Kumar, R. Bhardwaj, K. C. Sahu, 

Coalescence dynamics of a droplet on a sessile droplet

Physics of fluids, Vol. 32, pages 012104, 2020. 


L. K. Malla, R. Bhardwaj, A. Neild, 

Colloidal deposit of an evaporating sessile droplet on a non-uniformly heated substrate

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects,

Volume 584, pages 124009, 2020  [arXiv]


M-R. Raveshi, Agnihotri S. K., M. Sesen, Bhardwaj R., Neild A.,

Selective Droplet Partitioning Using Single Layer Microfluidic Valves,

Sensors & Actuators: B. Chemical, Volume 292, pp 233-240, 2019.


Shaikh J., Sharma A, Bhardwaj R.,

On sharp interface dual-grid level-set method for two-phase flow simulation,

Numerical Heat Transfer-B, Vol. 75(1), pp 67-91, 2019.


Agnihotri S. K., M-R. Raveshi, Bhardwaj R., Neild A., 

Droplet breakup at the entrance to a bypass channel in a microfluidic system

Physical Review Applied, Volume 11, pages 034020, 2019.


Patil N. D., Bhardwaj R.,

Recent Developments on Colloidal Deposits Obtained by Evaporation of Sessile Droplets on a Solid Surface,

Journal of Indian Institute of Science, Volume 99(1), pp 143–156, 2019.

(Invited review article) [arXiv]


Kumar M., Bhardwaj R., K. C. Sahu, 

Motion of a Droplet on an Anisotropic Micro-grooved Surface,

Langmuir, , Volume 35(8), pages 2957-2965, 2019.


Malla L.K., Bhardwaj R., Neild A.,

Analysis of Profile and Morphology of Colloidal Deposits obtained from Evaporating Sessile Droplets,

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volume 567, pages 150-160, 2019. [arXiv

In news: Decoding dried stains


Patil N. D., Bhardwaj R., Sharma A,

Self-sorting of bi-dispersed colloidal particles near contact line of an evaporating sessile droplet,

Langmuir, Volume 34 (40), pages 12058–12070, 2018

(Cover page article). [arXiv]


Bhardwaj R., 

Analysis of an Evaporating Sessile Droplet on a Non-Wetted Surface

Colloid and Interface Science Communications, Volume 24, pages 49-53, 2018.

[arXiv] (One of the most downloaded article in last 90 days, reported by journal website in Aug 2018).


Kumar M. and Bhardwaj R., 

A Combined Computational and Experimental Investigation on Evaporation of a Sessile Droplet on a Heated Substrate

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Volume 122, pages 1223-1238, 2018. [arXiv]


Shaikh J., Sharma A, Bhardwaj R.

On Comparison of the Sharp-Interface and Diffuse-Interface Level Set Methods for 2D Capillary or/and Gravity induced Flows,

Chemical Engineering Science, Volume 176, Pages 77-95, 2018. 


Bange P. G., N D Patil, and R. Bhardwaj., 

Impact dynamics of a droplet on a heated surface, 

Proceedings of the 5th International Conference of Fluid Flow, Heat and Mass Transfer (FFHMT'18), Niagara Falls, Canada, 2018, 

Paper No. 129.  DOI: 10.11159/ffhmt18.129.


Malla L.K., Patil N. D., Bhardwaj R., Neild A., 

Droplet Bouncing and Breakup during Impact on Microgrooved Surface

Langmuir, Vol. 33 (38), pp 9620–9631, 2017. [arXiv]


Patil N. D., Sharma A and Bhardwaj R,

Level set method based simulations for impact dynamics of a droplet on a solid substrate

Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering,  Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power: Contemporary research, Proceedings of the 5th International and 41st National Conference on FMFP 2014, (Eds: Saha et al.).

pp 1141-1149, Springer India, 2017.


Patil N. D., Bange P. G., Bhardwaj R., Sharma A,

Effects of Substrate Heating and Wettability on Evaporation Dynamics and Deposition Patterns for a Sessile Water Droplet Containing Colloidal Particles

Langmuir, Vol. 32 (45), Pages 11958–11972, 2016

[arXiv]


Patil N. D., Gada V. H., Sharma A, Bhardwaj R., 

On Dual-Grid Level-Set Method for Contact Line Modeling during Impact of a Droplet on Hydrophobic and Superhydrophobic Surfaces

International Journal of Multiphase Flow, Vol. 81, Pages 54–66, 2016. 

Animations in this paper: Video 1, Video 2, Video 3, Video 4


Shaikh J., Sharma A, Bhardwaj R., 

On Sharp-Interface Level-Set Method for Heat and/or Mass Transfer induced Stefan Problem

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 96, Pages 458–473, 2016.

(This paper was awarded “Computational Talent Prize” for year 2016 given by Shell Inc. India)


Patil N. D., Bhardwaj R., Sharma A, 

Droplet impact dynamics on micropillared hydrophobic surfaces

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, Vol. 74, Pages 195–206, 2016

[arXiv], High-speed visualization videos in this paper: Video 1, Video 2


Bange P. G. and Bhardwaj R. 

Computational Study of Bouncing and Non-bouncing Droplets Impacting on Superhydrophobic Surfaces

Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics, Volume 30(3), Pages 211-235, 2016

[arXiv], Computer animations in this paper: Animation 1, Animation 2, Animation 3, Animation 4


Shaikh J, Bhardwaj R, Sharma A.,

A Ghost Fluid based Sharp Interface Level Set Method for Evaporating Droplet

Procedia IUTAM, Vol. 15 pp 124 – 131, 2015.


Hurth C., Bhardwaj R., Andalib S., Frankiewicz C., Dobos A., Attinger D., and Zenhausern F.,

Biomolecular interactions control the shape of stains resulting from drying droplets of complex fluids,

Chemical Engineering Science, Vol. 137, pp 398–403, 2015.


Patil N. and Bhardwaj R., 

Evaporation of a Microdroplet on a Hydrophobic Substrate,

Int J of Micro-Nano Scale Transport, Vol. 5 (2), 51-58, 2014


Xiao J, Bhardwaj R and Attinger D,

Manufacturing self-assembled coatings of micro- and nano-particles by controlled evaporation of drops and thin films

Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optics and Photonics, Conference on Micro- and Nanotechnology Sensors, Systems, and Applications III., Orlando, FL, 2011 (Edited by George et al.), 

Vol. 8031, pp. 80310X,  doi:10.1117/12.884552, 


Bhardwaj R, Fang X, Somasundaran P and Attinger D, 

Self-assembly of colloidal particles from evaporating droplets: role of the pH and proposition of a phase diagram

Langmuir, Vol 26 (11), pp 7833-7842, 2010. [arXiv]


Bhardwaj R, Longtin JP and Attinger D, 

Interfacial temperature measurements, high-speed visualization and finite-element simulations of droplet impact and evaporation on a solid surface

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol 53, pp 3733-3744, 2010. [arXiv]


Bhardwaj R, Fang X and Attinger D, 

Pattern formation during the evaporation of a colloidal nanoliter drop: a numerical and experimental study

New Journal of Physics, Vol 11, pp. 075020, 2009 

(This paper was selected as the NJP Best of 2009). [arXiv]


Bhardwaj R and Attinger D, 

Non-isothermal wetting during impact of millimeter size water drop on a flat substrate: numerical investigation and comparison with high speed visualization experiments,

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, Vol. 29, pp. 1422-1435, 2008. [arXiv]


Bhardwaj R, Longtin JP and Attinger D, 

A numerical investigation on the influence of liquid properties and interfacial heat transfer during microdroplet deposition onto a glass substrate

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 50, pp. 2912-2923, 2007. [arXiv]


Fluid-Structure Interaction & CFD 

S. Shukla, A. Sharma, A. Agrawal, R. Bhardwaj, 

Fish-inspired oscillating and/or undulating hydrofoil in a free stream flow: A review on thrust generation mechanisms,

Journal of IISc, 

2024


S. Shukla, A. Sharma, A. Agrawal, R. Bhardwaj, 

Hydrodynamics and propulsion of a hydrofoil undergoing leading-edge pitching and traveling wave-based surface-undulation

Physics of Fluids, 

2024


R. Mishra, R. Bhardwaj, M. C. Thompson, 

Three-dimensional transition of the flow past an elastically mounted circular cylinder

Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 

2024


S. Giri, V. Karthik, A. Agrawal, R. Bhardwaj, 

Measurements of flow-induced vibration of a flexible splitter plate mounted on a cylinder in free stream flow

Physics of Fluids, 

2024.


G. Sharma, R. Bhardwaj, 

Flow-induced vibrations of elastically-coupled tandem cylinders,

Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 

2023.


A. K. Pandey, G. Sharma, R. Bhardwaj, 

Flow-induced reconfiguration and cross-flow vibrations of an elastic plate and implications to energy harvesting

Journal of Fluids and Structures, 

2023

(One of the most downloaded article in last 90 days, reported by journal website in Dec 2023)


H. Garg, A. Kundu, A. K. Soti, R. Bhardwaj, 

Immersed Boundary Method based Fluid-Structure-Thermal Interaction solver with Conjugate Heat Transfer

Sadhana – Academy Proceedings of Engineering Sciences, 

2023


A. Kumar, R. Bhardwaj, S. S. Joshi, 

A thermal model of drilling a titanium alloy (Ti-6Al-4V) Under Different Cooling Techniques, 

Journal of Micromanufacturing, 

2023.



S. Shukla, A. Sharma, A. Agrawal, R. Bhardwaj, 


Flow over a hydrofoil subjected to traveling wave-based surface undulation: Effect of phase difference between surface waves and wave number, 


Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics, 


2023



S. Mallah, S. Behera, A. Sharma, A. Agrawal, R. Bhardwaj

Improving indoor air ventilation by a ceiling fan to mitigate COVID-19 transmission, 


Transactions of INAE,


2023



A. Patel, R. Bhardwaj, 

Propulsive performance of an ellipsoid foil undergoing interlinked pitching and heaving

Physics of Fluids, 

2022.


S. Shukla, N. Thekkethil, A. Sharma, A. Agrawal, R. Bhardwaj, Hydrodynamics study on a traveling wave-based undulating surface of a hydrofoil in a free-stream flow

Physical Review Fluids, 

2022.


R. Bahadursha, R. Bhardwaj, A. Bhattacharya, 

Energy Extraction Via Vortex-Induced Vibrations: The Effect of Spring Bistability

Journal of fluids and Structures, 

Vol 114, p 103708, 2022

(One of the most downloaded article in last 90 days, reported by journal website in Nov 2022).


A. Kumar, R. Bhardwaj, S. S. Joshi, 

Coolant flow in Drilling titanium considering two Phase boiling,

 International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 

2022.


A. Kumar, R. Bhardwaj, S. S. Joshi, 

Thermal Analysis of Drilling in Titanium under Flood and Cryogenic Cooling using Coupled CFD and FEM

Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 

Vol 81, p 605-623, 2022


R. Mittal and R. Bhardwaj, 

Immersed boundary methods for thermofluids problems

Annual Review of Heat Transfer, 

Vol 24, p 33-70, 2022


G. Sharma, A. K. Pandey, R. Bhardwaj, 

Effect of Shape of Afterbody and Frontbody on Flow past a Stationary Cylinder at Re = 100

Physics of Fluids, 

Vol. 34, p 063065, 2022 


G. Sharma, H. Garg, R. Bhardwaj, 

Flow-Induced Vibrations of Elastically-mounted C- and D-section Cylinders

Journal of Fluids and Structures, 

Volume 109,  p 103501 , 2022

ScienceX coverage

(One of the most popular article in last 3 years, reported by journal website in Feb 2024)


N. B. Darbhamulla,, R. Bhardwaj

Flow-Induced Vibrations of Circular Cylinder in Tandem Arrangement with D-section cylinder at low Reynolds Number, 

Physics of Fluids

Vol. 33, pp 053606 2021.

(This article was selected as Editor’s pick).


R. Bahadursha, R. Bhardwaj, A. Bhattacharya, 

Numerical Simulation of Vortex Induced Vibration With Bistable Springs: Consistency with the Equilibrium Constraint

Journal of Fluids and Structures 

Vol 103, pp 103280, 2021. 

[arXiv]


G. Sharma, R. Bhardwaj, 


An immersed boundary method based fluid-structure interaction solver with applications in energy harvesting.  


Proceedings of 14th World Congress on Computational Mechanics WCCM-ECCOMAS2020, 


Volume 1500 - Fluid-structure Interaction, Contact and Interfaces, DOI: 10.23967/wccm-eccomas.2020.062,  2021,



S A Manjunathan and R. Bhardwaj, 

Computational Analysis of Thrust Generation by an Elastic Plate Undergoing Active Pitching and Large-Scale Flow-Induced Deformation, 

Chapter 3 in Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power - Proceedings of FMFP 2019, (Eds: Prabu et al.) 

Springer Singapore, eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-0698-4, 2021


R. Mishra, R. Bhardwaj, S. Kulkarni, M. C. Thompson, 

Vortex-induced vibration of a circular cylinder on a non-linear viscoelastic support

Journal of Fluids and Structures

Vol 100, pp 103196, 2021. 

(One of the most downloaded article in last 90 days, reported by journal website in Feb 2021)

(One of the most popular article in last 90 days, reported by journal website in Nov 2022) 

(One of the most popular article in last 3 years, reported by journal website in Feb 2024)



R. Bahadursha, R. Bhardwaj, A Bhattacharya, 

Vortex Induced Vibrations With Bistable Springs,

Lecture Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Multidisciplinary Design, Flow Structure Sound Interaction and Control- Proceedings of the 5th FSSIC Symposium (Eds. Braza et al.), 

Springer Singapore, ebook ISBN: 978-981-334-960-5, 2021.


H. Garg, A. K. Soti, R. Bhardwaj

Thermal Buoyancy Induced Suppression of Wake-Induced Vibration

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Vol 118, p 104790, 2020.


V. Kumar, H. Garg, G. Sharma, R. Bhardwaj, 

Harnessing flow-induced vibration of a D-section cylinder for convective heat transfer augmentation in laminar channel flow

Physics of Fluids, Vol 32, pp 083603 (2020) .

(This article was selected as Featured Article)


S. A. Manjunathan, R. Bhardwaj, 

Thrust generation by pitching and heaving of an elastic plate at low Reynolds number

Physics of Fluids, Vol. 32, p073601, 2020.


R. Bhardwaj, 

A predictive model for the evolution of COVID-19, 

Transaction of Indian National Academy of Engineering, 

Vol 5, pages133–140, 2020.  [medRxiv]


A. K. Kundu, A. K. Soti, H. Garg, R. Bhardwaj, M. C. Thompson. 

Computational modeling and analysis of flow-induced vibration of an elastic splitter plate using a sharp-interface immersed boundary method

SN Applied Sciences, Vol. 2, Article no. 1110, 2020. [arXiv]


R. Mishra, A. K. Soti, R. Bhardwaj, S. Kulkarni, M. C. Thompson, 

Transverse vortex-induced vibration of a circular cylinder on a viscoelastic support at low Reynolds number

Journal of Fluids and Structures, Vol. 95, pp 102997, 2020. 


R. Bhardwaj, 

Recent Developments on Employing Sharp-interface Immersed Boundary Method for Simulating Fluid-Structure Interaction Problems

in "Immersed Boundary Method - Development and Applications (Editors: S. Roy, A. De, E. Balaras), Springer Nature, 2020. 

(Invited review article).  


A. Kumar, S. S. Joshi, R. Bhardwaj, 

Thermal Modeling of Drilling Process in Titanium Alloy (Ti-6Al-4V),

Machining Science and Technology

DOI: doi.org/10.1080/10910344.2019.1698607, 2020.


Kumar A., R. Bhardwaj, Joshi S. S., 

A Finite-element heat Transfer Model for Orthogonal Cutting, Advances in Materials & Processing Technologies, 

Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies,

DOI: 10.1080/2374068X.2020.1741059, March 2020.


Garg H., Soti A. K., Bhardwaj R.,

Vortex-Induced Vibration and Galloping of a Circular Cylinder in Presence of Cross-Flow Thermal Buoyancy,

Physics of Fluids, Volume 31, pages 113603, 2019.


Bahadursha R, Bhardwaj R. Bhattacharya A.,

Lock-in regimes for vortex-induced vibration of a cylinder attached to a bistable spring,

Journal of Fluids and Structures, Volume 91, pages 102697, 2019.

(One of the most downloaded article in last 90 days, reported by journal website in Nov. 2019).


Garg H., Soti A. K., Bhardwaj R.,

Vortex-Induced Vibration of a Cooled Circular Cylinder,

Physics of Fluids, Vol 31, pages 083608, 2019.


Mishra R, Kulkarni S., Bhardwaj R. Thompson M.,

Response of a Linear Viscoelastic Splitter Plate attached to a Cylinder in Laminar Flow

Journal of Fluids and Structures, Volume 87, Pages 284-301, 2019.


Soti A. K., Zhao J., Thompson M., Sheridan J., Bhardwaj R., 

Damping effects on vortex-induced vibration of a circular cylinder and implications for power extraction

Journal of Fluids and Structures, Volume 81, pages 289-308, 2018.

(One of the most downloaded article in last 90 days, reported by journal website in Aug. 2018).

(One of the most cited article in JFS since 2018, reported by journal website in Feb 2021).



Garg H., Soti A. K., Bhardwaj R., 

A Sharp Interface Immersed Boundary method for Vortex Induced Vibration in presence of Thermal Buoyancy

Physics of Fluids, Vol. 30, pp 023603, 2018 

(This article was selected as Editor’s pick).

Erratum of this paper.


A. Bhati, R. Sawanni, K. Kulkarni, R. Bhardwaj, 

Role of Skin Friction Drag during Flow-Induced Reconfiguration of a Flexible Thin Plate

Journal of Fluids and Structures, Volume 77, Pages 134–150, 2018. 

[arXiv]


Bhardwaj, R and Sharma A.,

Immersed boundary method for Fluid-Structure Interaction,

CRC Handbook of Thermal Engineering (Editor: R. P. Chhabra),

CRC Press (Taylor Francis), November 2017, ISBN 9781498715270. (Invited review article). 


Bailoor S., Annangi A, Seo J. H., Bhardwaj R, 

A Fluid-Structure Interaction Solver for Compressible Flows with Applications in Blast Loading on Thin Elastic Structures

Applied Mathematical Modelling, Vol. 52, Pages 470-492, 2017

[arXiv]


Thompson K. A., R. Bhardwaj, Nguyen T. D., 

Development of an Anatomically Accurate Finite Element Human Ocular Globe Model for Blast-Related Fluid-Structure Interaction Studies,

Report No. ARL-TR-7945, US Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, 2017.


Notghi B, Bhardwaj R, Bailoor S., Zeigler K, Weaver A., Stitzel J., Nguyen T. D.,

Biomechanical evaluations of injury risk for blast loading,

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Vol. 139, Page 081010, 2017.


Soti A. K., Thompson M., Sheridan J., Bhardwaj R.,

Harnessing Electrical Power from Vortex-Induced Vibration of a Circular Cylinder,

Journal of Fluids and Structures, Vol. 70, Pages 360–373, 2017[arXiv]


Kundu A. K., Soti A. K. Bhardwaj R., Thompson M.,

The Response of an Elastic Splitter Plate Attached to a Cylinder to Laminar Pulsatile Flow,

Journal of Fluids and Structures, Vol. 68, Pages 423–443, 2017[arXiv], , Computer animations in this paper: Animation 1, Animation 2


Notghi B, Bhardwaj R, Nguyen T. D,

Biomechanical evaluations of injury risk for blast loading,

Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 57 (12), 2016, pp 6396. [PubMed]


Joshi R. U., Soti A, Bhardwaj R, 

Numerical study of Heat Transfer Enhancement by Deformable Twin Plates in Laminar Heated Channel flow

Computational Thermal Sciences, Vol. 7, pp 1-10, 2015. [arXiv]


Bailoor S, Bhardwaj R, Nguyen TD,

Effectiveness of Eye armor during blast loading,

Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, Volume 14, Issue 6 (2015), Page 1227-1237. [PubMed]


Nguyen T. D., Notghi B, R. Bhardwaj, 

Computational Model of the Eye for Primary and Secondary Blast Trauma

Report number ADA631916, 

U.S. Army Medical Research and Material Command, Fort Detrick, Maryland, 2015.


Soti A. K., Bhardwaj R., Sheridan J. 

Flow-induced deformation of a flexible thin structure as manifestation of heat transfer enhancement

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 84, pp 1070-1081, 2015

Computer animation in this paper: Animation [arXiv]


Bhardwaj R, Zeigler K, JH Seo, and KT Ramesh, Nguyen TD, 

A Computational Model of Blast Loading on Human Eye, 

Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology,, Vol. 13 (1), pp 123-140, 2014. 

[PubMed]


Bhardwaj R, Zeigler K and Nguyen TD,

Blast Wave Reflections On The Human Eye,

Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 

Vol. 53 (14), pp 4960-4960, 2012.


Bhardwaj R and Mittal R, 

Benchmarking a Coupled Immersed-Boundary-Finite-Element Solver for Large-Scale Flow-Induced Deformation

AIAA Journal, 

Vol 50 (7), pp. 1638-1642, 2012.


Mittal R, Zheng X, Bhardwaj R, Seo JH, Xue Q and Beilamowicz S, 

Towards A Simulation-Based Tool for the Treatment of Vocal Fold Paralysis

Frontiers in Computational Physiology and Medicine, 

Vol 2, Article 19, 2011.