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Ellora Padhi
Assistant Professor
ellora.padhi[at]wr.iitr.ac.in
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Research
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Publications
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Honours and Awards
Honors
Memberships

Teaching Engagements
Teaching Engagements

Students
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Associate Scholars

Miscellaneous
Events
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Administrative Positions
Miscellaneous
Research Interests
Turbulence in open channel flow, Fluvial hydraulics, Scour prevention around hydraulic structures, River training and sediment transport management.
BioSketch
Educational Details
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
2020
Ph.D., Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering
National Institute of Technology Rourkela
2014
M. Tech, Water Resources Engineering
Biju Pattanaik University of Technology
2010
B. Tech (Hons.), Civil Engineering
Professional Background
 Assistant Professor
18 Jan 2021 - 25 Apr 2024
Shiv Nadar Institutions of Eminence, Delhi-NCR
 Research Associate
23 Dec 2019 - 22 Dec 2020
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Visiting Researcher
02 May 2016 - 01 Aug 2016
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Università della Calabria, Italy
Research
Projects
TOPIC START DATE FIELD DESCRIPTION FINANCIAL OUTLAY FUNDING AGENCY OTHER OFFICERS
A novel hybrid approach for the design of stilling basin to counter the downstream local scour 01 Nov 2022 Hydraulic Structure Role PI 21 lakhs Startup Research Grant (SRG), SERB




Publications
  • Dey S, Ali SZ and Padhi E (2018) Advances in analytical modeling of suspended sediment transport. Journal of Hydro-Environment Research, 20(June), 110–126
  • Padhi E, Penna N, Dey S and Gaudio R (2018) Hydrodynamics of water-worked and screeded gravel beds: A comparative study. Physics of Fluids, 30(8), 085105
  • Padhi E, Penna N, Dey S and Gaudio R (2018) Spatially-averaged dissipation rate in flows over water-worked and screeded gravel beds. Physics of Fluids, 30(12), 125106
  • Padhi E, Penna N, Desai V R, Dey S and Gaudio R (2019) Water-worked gravel bed: State-of-the-Art Review. Water, MDPI, 11(4), 694
  • Padhi E, Penna N, Dey S and Gaudio R (2019) Near-bed turbulence structures in waterworked and screeded gravel-bed flows. Physics of Fluids, 31(4), 045107
  • Dey S, Ali SZ and Padhi E (2019) Bedload transport from analytical and turbulence phenomenological perspectives. International Journal of Sediment Research, 34(6), 509–530
  • Dey S, Ali SZ and Padhi E (2019) Terminal fall velocity: the legacy of Stokes from the perspective of fluvial hydraulics. Proceedings of Royal Society A, 475(2228), 1–33
  • Padhi E, Ali SZ, and Dey S (2019) Mechanics of bed particle saltation in turbulent wall-shear flow. Proceedings of Royal Society A, 475(2230), 1–13
  • Padhi E, Dey S, Penna N, Gaudio R (2020) Conditional Turbulence Characteristics in Water-Worked and Screeded Gravel-Bed Flows. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 146 (2), 04019052 
  • Dey S, Paul P, Fang H and Padhi E (2020) Hydrodynamics of flow over two-dimensional dunes. Physics of Fluids, 32(2), 025106  
  • Dey S, Ali SZ and Padhi E (2020) Hydrodynamic Lift on Sediment Particles at Entrainment: Present Status and its Prospect. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 146 (6), 03120001
  • Penna N, Padhi E, Dey S and Gaudio R (2020) Structure functions and invariants of the anisotropic Reynolds stress tensor in turbulent flows over water-worked gravel beds. Physics of Fluids, 32(5), 055106
  •  Dey S, Paul P and Padhi E (2020) Conditional spatially-averaged turbulence and dispersion characteristics in flow over two-dimensional dunes. Physics of Fluids, 32(6), 065106
  • Dey S, Paul P, Ali SZ and Padhi E (2020) Reynolds stress anisotropy in flow over two-dimensional rigid dunes. Proceedings of Royal Society A, 476(2242), 1-23
  • Penna N, Padhi E, Dey S and Gaudio R (2021) Statistical characterisation of unworked and water-worked gravel-bed roughness structures. Journal of Hydraulic Research, 59 (3), 420–436
  • Penna N, Padhi E, Dey S, Gaudio R (2022) Response of Reynolds stresses and scaling behavior of high-order structure functions to a water-worked gravel-bed surface and its implication on sediment transport. International Journal of Sediment Research, 37(1), 1–13
  • Chauhan V, Padhi E, Chavan R, Singhal GD (2023) A review of bridge scour mitigation measures using flow deflecting structures, ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 1–14
  • Agrawal N and Padhi E (2024) Impacts of bed roughness and orientation on hydraulic jump: A review. Water Science and Engineering, Elsevier
  • Chauhan V, Padhi E, Chavan R, Singhal GD (2024) Leveraging Macro Roughness and Tapered Submerged Vanes for Riverbed Dredging to Enhance Inland Navigation Fairway Development. Journal of Ecohydraulics, (Submitted)
  • Agrawal N and Padhi E (2024) Impacts of bed roughness and submergence on hydraulic jump. Environmental Fluid Mechanics (Submitted)
Publications

 

Govil A, Chaturya T, Singhal G D, and Padhi E (2024) Scour Reduction Around a Pier using Splitter Plates: A numerical Study. (Accepted in River Flow 2024, Liverpool, United Kingdom)

Agrawal N and Padhi E (2024) Efficiency of Submerged Jumps on Corrugated Rough Beds for Energy Dissipation: Experimental and Computational Insights. 4th International Conference on River Corridor Research and Management, Vol. 1, Guwahati, India

Chauhan V, Padhi E and Singhal G D (2023) Bridge Pier Scour Mitigation with Submerged Vanes and a Triangular Prism in Hydro International 2023, Warangal, India.

Chaturya T, Maurya A, Padhi E and Khaple S K (2023) Effect of splitter plate on the turbulent flow characteristics. Proceedings of IAHR world congress 2023, Vienna, Austria.

Padhi E and Agrawal N (2022) Investigation on near bed flow features over a water worked gravel bed. Proceedings of ISHS 2022, Roorkee, India.

Agrawal N and Padhi E (2022) Bank scour protection using spur dyke in a meandering channel under low flow velocity. Proceedings of ISHS 2022, Roorkee, India.

Padhi E, Penna N, Dey S, and Gaudio R (2019) Hydrodynamics of water-worked and screeded gravel-bed flows. Proceedings of International School of Hydraulics 2019, Łack, Poland

Padhi E, Penna N, Gaudio R, Desai VR and Dey S (2018) Turbulent kinetic energy flux and budget in a water-worked gravel bed. Proceedings of River Flow 2018, Lyon, France, 40, 05006

Penna N, Padhi E, Dey S and Gaudio R (2017) Flow over a water-worked bed. Proceedings of Thirty-Seventh International Association for Hydraulic Research World Congress, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 623–632

 

 

Honors And Awards
Honors
International School of Hydraulics
2019
Best Paper Presentation award
International travel scheme
2019
Young Scientist Scholarship
NIT Rourkela
2014
Institute Silver Medal
MemberShips
International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR)
01 Aug 2022 - Present
Member
Indian School of Hydraulics (ISH)
01 Dec 2022 - Present
Member
Students
Associate Scholars
Nishank Agrawal
Shiv Nadar Institutions of Eminence, Delhi NCR
Hydraulic structure
Miscellaneous
Invited talks

1. Invited lecture on Short-Term Training Program on Hydro-Climatic Extremes, Hydraulics, and Groundwater Modelling organized by the Centre of Excellence in Water Management, MANIT Bhopal, from 10 June to 14 June, 2024, at NIT Bhopal.

2. Invited lecture on online short-term program ‘Research Trends and Future Scope in Civil Engineering by the Department of Civil Engineering, from 09 Sep to 13 Sep 2024, at NIT Jamshedpur.