gskumar

▌ Dr. Suresh Kumar Govindarajan


 

Professor

DOE 304

gskumar@iitm.ac.in

+91 44 22574814

Research Homepage


Research Areas


Trying to understand the behavior of fluid flow in a fractured reservoir as against the conventional classical porous medium, where we do a have reasonable understanding in describing fluid flow, especially at the macroscopic scale. However, in a fractured/carbonate reservoirs, it is extremely difficult to deduce a reasonable REV, which in turn, poses a great challenge in deducing the mean value of the dependent variable of interest (spatial and temporal distribution of pressure and saturation profiles). In this context, investigations are being carried out in order to capture the anomalies associated with a fractured/carbonate reservoirs with reference to the single continuum hypothesis of a classical porous medium.


PRO Attainments


2004 – Doctor of Philosophy
IISc (Bangalore)

 

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2012

Natarajan, N; Kumar, G Suresh: Evolution of fracture permeability due to co-colloidal bacterial transport in a coupled fracture-skin-matrix system. Geoscience Frontiers, 3 (4), pp. 503-514, 2012, ISSN: 16749871. (Type: Journal Article | Links | BibTeX)

2011

Joshi, A; Kumar, G S: Simulation of optimal peak oil production rate in a fractured reservoir during miscible CO2 flooding. 1 , 2011, ISBN: 9781618390929. (Type: Conference | Links | BibTeX)

Natarajan, N; Kumar, G S: Numerical Modeling and Spatial Moment Analysis of Thermal Fronts in a Coupled Fracture-Skin-Matrix System. Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 29 (4), pp. 477-491, 2011, ISSN: 09603182. (Type: Journal Article | Links | BibTeX)

Natarajan, N; Kumar, G Suresh: Numerical modeling of bacteria facilitated contaminant transport in fractured porous media. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 387 (1-3), pp. 104-112, 2011, ISSN: 09277757. (Type: Journal Article | Links | BibTeX)

2010

Natarajan, N; Kumar, G Suresh: Radionuclide and colloid co-transport in a coupled fracture-skin-matrix system. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 370 (1-3), pp. 49-57, 2010, ISSN: 09277757. (Type: Journal Article | Links | BibTeX)

2009

Kumar, G S: Influence of sorption intensity on solute mobility in a fractured formation. Journal of Environmental Engineering, 135 (1), pp. 1-7, 2009, ISSN: 07339372. (Type: Journal Article | Links | BibTeX)

2008

Kumar, G S; Sekhar, M; Misra, D: Time-dependent dispersivity of linearly sorbing solutes in a single fracture with matrix diffusion. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 13 (4), pp. 250-257, 2008, ISSN: 10840699. (Type: Journal Article | Links | BibTeX)

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Work Experience

24th July 2015 - Current

Professor
Department of Ocean Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036 INDIA.


1st June 2010 – 24th July 2015

Associate Professor
Department of Ocean Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036 INDIA.


16th May 2007 – 31st May 2010

Assistant Professor
Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036 INDIA.


June 2006 - May 2007

Assistant Professor
IIT – Guwahati


June 2005 - May 2006

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada


Nov 2003 - June 2005

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, USA