Dr. Kamal Krishna Bera
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Academic Qualifications
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Examination |
Board / University |
Year |
Subjects |
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PhD |
IIT Bombay |
2019 |
Structural Engineering |
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MTech |
IIT Roorkee |
2014 |
Structural Dynamics |
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BE |
Jadavpur University |
2008 |
Construction Engineering |
Employment Profile
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Job Title |
Employer |
From |
To |
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Assistant Professor |
NIT Trichy |
May 2020 |
ongoing |
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Assistant Manager |
Reliance Infra. Ltd. |
August 2008 |
May 2012 |
UG and PG Courses
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Undergraduate (UG) |
Postgraduate (PG) |
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Analysis of Indeterminate Structures |
Structural Dynamics [4] |
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Elementary Structural Dynamics [4] |
Finite Element Analysis of Structural Members [2] |
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Construction Techniques and Equipment |
Matrix Methods of Structural Analysis [3] |
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Engineering Mechanics |
Stability of Structures |
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Advanced Structural Analysis |
Bridge Engineering |
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Basics of Civil Engineering [3] |
CAD in Structural Engineering |
Academic/Administrative Responsibilities
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Position |
Faculty/Department/Centre/Institution |
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Lab In-Charge (Strength of Materials) |
Department of Civil Engineering |
August 2025 |
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Anti-ragging committee representative |
Department of Civil Engineering |
June 2022 |
July 2022 |
Journal Publications
| Author (s) | Title | Journal | DOI | Year | |
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K. K. Bera |
Efficacy of optimized negative stiffness and inerter-assisted TMDs in bridge deck flutter control |
ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics |
2026 |
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Vishal D. Sonkusare, K. K. Bera |
Simultaneous vibration suppression and energy harvesting in wind turbine blades using optimized electromagnetic tuned mass dampers |
Energy |
2026 |
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A. Das, K. K. Bera, P.V. Malaji, A. Banerjee |
Simultaneous band gap and energy harvesting in a metabeam with periodically attached electromagnetic resonators |
Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics |
2026 |
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A. Banerjee, K. K. Bera, S. Adhikari |
Meta-dissipation: A framework for quantifying energy dissipation in dissipative discrete periodic metamaterials |
Applied Physics Letters |
2025 |
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A. Banerjee, K. K. Bera |
Characteristic impedance and energy transmission through generalized damped 1D monocouple metamaterial |
Journal of Sound and Vibration |
2025 |
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A. Das, A. Mukherjee, K. K. Bera, A. Banerjee |
Nonlinear eigenvalue solver for spectral element of beam structures: An exponential matrix polynomial approximation with weighted residual method |
Computers and Structures |
2025 |
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S. Sen, A. Das, K. K. Bera, A. Banerjee |
Influence of flexure-torsion coupling on wave propagation in 2D thin-walled lattice |
International Journal of Solids and Structures |
2025 |
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Vishal D. Sonkusare, K. K. Bera |
Edgewise vibration control of wind turbine blades using negative stiffness TMDs |
International Journal of Mechanical Sciences |
2025 |
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A. Das, K. K. Bera, A. Banerjee |
Wave propagation in thin-walled mono-symmetric metabeam with periodically placed piezoelectric sensor and actuator |
Physics Letters A |
2025 |
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Vishal D. Sonkusare, K. K. Bera |
Performance evaluation of a lever-assisted optimized tuned mass damper inerter in mitigating edgewise vibration of wind turbine blade |
Engineering Structures |
2025 |
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A. Bhatt, K. K. Bera, A. Banerjee |
Wave dispersion in a damped beam supported by cubic nonlinear springs: A multiscale freewave approach |
Physical Review E |
2024 |
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A. Banerjee, K. K. Bera, S. Adhikari |
Enhanced damping and bandwidth in roton-like dispersion of a beyond nearest neighbor periodic chain |
Physics Letters A |
2024 |
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S. Biswas, A. Banerjee, K. K. Bera |
An analytical and experimental investigation into overall dissipation of flexural mode in a periodically damped beam |
Mechanics of Materials |
2024 |
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A. Das, K. K. Bera, A. Banerjee |
Emergence of metadamping in thin-walled mono-symmetric metabeam: Homogenization approach |
International Journal of Mechanical Sciences |
2024 |
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A. Das, K. K. Bera, A. Banerjee |
Investigation on metadamping and energy dissipation in thin-walled mono-symmetric metabeam |
Engineering Structures |
2024 |
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Vishal D. Sonkusare, K. K. Bera |
Control of edgewise vibration of a pre-twisted rotating beam with shunted piezoelectric tuned mass damper |
Structures |
2024 |
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K. K. Bera, S. Biswas, A. Banerjee |
Optimized piezo-shunted metadamping towards the high-stiff high-damped metamaterial |
Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures |
2024 |
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A. Das, A. Banerjee, K. K. Bera |
Bending-bending-torsion coupled wave propagation in thin-walled asymmetric metabeam: An analytical and experimental analysis |
Thin-Walled Structures |
2024 |
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A. Banerjee, K. K. Bera, A. K. Singha |
Enhanced vibration control using non-reciprocal piezoelectric beam having sensing and actuating bimorph: Spectral element formulation |
Composite Structures |
2023 |
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A. Banerjee, K. K. Bera |
Wave propagation in mass-in-mass Duffing type non-linear metamaterial implementing Jacobi’s elliptic balance method |
International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics |
2023 |
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K. K. Bera, G. Aravind, A. Banerjee |
Vibration control of a pre-twisted rotating beam with nonlinear bi-stable attachments |
Structures |
2023 |
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A. Das, A. Banerjee, K. K. Bera |
Bending-torsion coupled wave in thin-walled mono-symmetric metabeam: A non-dimensional analysis |
European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids |
2023 |
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T. Chatterjee, K. K. Bera, A. Banerjee |
Machine Learning Enabled Quantification of Stochastic Active Metadamping in Acoustic Metamaterials |
Journal of Sound and Vibration |
2023 |
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K. K. Bera, A. Banerjee |
A consistent dynamic stiffness matrix for flutter analysis of bridge decks |
Computers and Structures |
2023 |
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K. K. Bera, A. Banerjee |
Active Metadamping: A phenomenon of damping enhancement in metamaterial via feedback control |
Journal of Sound and Vibration |
2022 |
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A. Banerjee, K. K. Bera |
Emergence of non-reciprocity in metabeam exploiting piezoelectric sensing and actuation |
International Journal of Mechanical Sciences |
2022 |
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A. Baxy, K. K. Bera, R. Prasad, A. Banerjee |
Enhanced attenuation band in active 2D mass-in-mass metamaterial using static output feedback |
Waves in Random and Complex Media |
2022 |
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K. K. Bera, N. K. Chandiramani |
An element-dependent multiple lag rational function approximation for aeroelastic analysis of cable bridge |
Applied Mathematical Modelling |
2022 |
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K. K. Bera, A. Banerjee |
Ultra-wide bandgap in active metamaterial from feedback control |
Journal of Vibration and Control |
2021 |
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K. K. Bera, N. K. Chandiramani |
Controlling flutter of a cable-stayed bridge with output feedback-driven winglets |
Journal of Wind Engineering & Industrial Aerodynamics |
2020 |
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K. K. Bera, N. K. Chandiramani |
Aeroelastic flutter control of a bridge using rotating mass dampers and winglets |
Journal of Vibration and Control |
2020 |
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K. K. Bera, N. K. Chandiramani |
Flutter control of bridge deck using experimental aero derivatives and LQR-driven winglets |
ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering |
2019 |
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K. K. Bera, N. K. Chandiramani |
Bridge deck flutter control using winglets and static output feedback |
ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control |
2018 |
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Book Publications
| Title | Authors | Publisher | DOI | Year | |
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An Introduction to Waves in Mechanical Periodic Structures and Metamaterials |
A. Banerjee, K. K. Bera |
CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group |
2025 |
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Conference Publications
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Vishal D. Sonkusare, K. K. Bera, Investigation of Optimized LTMDI Configurations for Suppressing Edgewise Blade Vibrations. Proceedings of ICOVP & WMVC 2025. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, 296-306, Springer, Cham. Lisbon, Portugal, September 2-5, 2025.
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Vishal D. Sonkusare, K. K. Bera, Control of Edgewise Vibration of Wind Turbine Blade Using Time-Varying Internal Tensile Force, Proceedings of the ASME 2025 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition – India, V005T10A052, Hyderabad, India. September 10–13, 2025.
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R. S. Priya, K. K. Bera, Aerodynamic Response of Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Using QBlade, International Conference on Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure, 148-160. Springer, NIT Durgapur, December 5-6, 2025.
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K. K. Bera, N. K. Chandiramani, Active control of flutter of a cable-stayed bridge using winglets, 64th Congress of Indian Society of Applied and Theoretical Mechanics (ISTAM 2019), IIT Bhubaneswar, December 9-12, 2019.
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K. K. Bera, N. K. Chandiramani, Flutter control of a cable-stayed bridge using winglets and output feedback, The 25th International Congress on Sound and Vibration (ICSV25), Vol. 2, 631-638, Hiroshima, Japan, July 8-12, 2018.
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K. K. Bera, N. K. Chandiramani, Flutter suppression of bridge deck section using winglets and rotating mass damper, The 25th International Congress on Sound and Vibration (ICSV25), Vol. 2, 639-646, Hiroshima, Japan, July 8-12, 2018.
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K. K. Bera, N. K. Chandiramani, Flutter suppression of bridge deck section with controllable winglets using output feedback, Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE2017), V04BT05A044, Tampa, Florida, USA, November 3-9, 2017.
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K. K. Bera, N. K. Chandiramani, Flutter suppression of bridge deck section with controllable winglets driven by LQR control, Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE2017), V04BT05A049, Tampa, Florida, USA, November 3-9, 2017.
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K. K. Bera, N. K. Chandiramani, Time domain flutter speed analysis of cable stayed bridge, Proceedings of 12th International Conference on Vibration Problems (ICOVP 2015), 144, 917-927, IIT Guwahati, Assam, India, December 14-17, 2015.
Major R&D Projects
| Title | Role | Scheme, Funding Agency | Total Amount | Duration | Status | |
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Vibration Control of Wind Turbine Blade |
PI |
Startup Research Grant (SRG), SERB |
18.15 lakhs |
2 years |
Completed |
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Design of Metamaterial-Based Low-Frequency Vibration Isolation Platform |
Co-PI |
Naval Research Board (NRB), DRDO |
72.04 lakhs |
3 years |
Ongoing |
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Damped Non-Hermitian Lattice Metamaterials with Flexoelectric and Piezoelectric Coupling for Wave Localization and Energy Harvesting |
Co-PI |
Advanced Research Grant (ARG), ANRF |
95.62 lakhs |
3 years |
Ongoing |
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Supervision of PhD Students
| Research Scholar | Thesis Title | Role | Status | Duration |
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Vishal D. Sonkusare |
Vibration Control of Wind Turbine Blades |
Supervisor |
Viva voce: 17/07/2026 |
2021 - 2026 |
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Arindam Das (IIT Delhi) |
Wave Propagation and Metadamping in Thin-walled Beam Structures |
Co-Supervisor |
Ongoing |
2022 - |
Supervision of MTech Students
Completed: 17
In-progress: 3
Invited Lectures
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Invited Lecture for IGSTC Workshop on "Vibro-acoustic Metamaterial" at Civil Engineering, IIT Delhi, September 23 – September 26, 2024.
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Invited Lecture for Workshop on "Metamaterials: Fundamentals and Applications" at Civil Engineering, IIT Delhi, March 23 – March 25, 2024.
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Training of officers to NHIDCL/NHAI/MoRTH at the Humphrey bridge work in Andaman, August 28 – September 01, 2023.
Participation in Workshops/ Symposia/ Conferences/ Colloquia /Seminars/ Schools, etc
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Date (s) |
Title of Activity |
Level of Event (International/ National/ Local) |
Role (Participant/ Speaker/ Chairperson, Paper presenter, Any other) |
Event Organized by |
Venue |
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November 14-15, 2025 |
National Conference on Wind Engineering (NCWE 2025) |
National |
Presenter |
Department of Applied Mechanics, VNIT Nagpur |
VNIT Nagpur |
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December 4-6, 2024 |
International Conference on Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure (ICSRI 2024) |
International |
Presenter, Session Chair |
Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Durgapur |
NIT Durgapur |
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December 18 – 20, 2019 |
Advanced course on Wind Loads and Effects on Structures |
National |
Participant |
CSIR-SERC |
Chennai |
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November 3 – 9, 2017 |
International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE2017) |
International |
Presenter, Session Co-organizer (session 5-6-2: Structural Control) |
American Society Of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) |
Tampa, Florida, USA |
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December 14 – 17, 2015 |
12th International Conference on Vibration Problems (ICOVP 2015) |
International |
Presenter |
Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Guwahati |
IIT Guwahati |
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June 22 – 26, 2015. |
Short-term course on Principles of Vibration Control |
National |
Participant |
IIEST Shibpur |
Shibpur, Howrah |
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August 11 – 22, 2008 |
Induction Level Training on Thermal Power Plant |
National |
Participant |
National Power Training Institute |
Faridabad |
Membership of Learned Societies
| Types of membership (ordinary member/Honorary Member/Life Member) | Organization | Membership No. with date |
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Life Member |
The Institute of Engineers (India) |
M-1672120 (03 Dec, 2019) |
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Life Member |
Indian Society for Wind Engineering (ISWE) |
ISWE-M/959832 (06 Feb, 2026) |