Aerospace Engineering Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Overview

Areas of Research

• Aerospace Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay: Boundary layers stability and control,Separated flows; Bluff  body  wakes; Drag, Jet  flow interactions with obstacles;Shockwave  boundary layer interactions, CFD for compressible  and incompressible with flow with heat transfer,Fluid­structure interaction, Hypersonic Flows; Particle methods for computational simulation  of  unsteady  fluid  flow  problems;  Finite  volume  time domain techniques  in computational electromagnetics; Optimization in aircraft design; Aerospace vehicle stability and control analysis.
• Dynamics & Control: Autonomous mini aerial vehicle, Cooperative control, HILS, Dynamics & Control of flexible Aerospace Vehicles, Spacecraft attitude control and non­linear Dynamics.
• Aerospace   Propulsion: Aero thermodynamic analysis and engine sizing, Axial Flow compressor design and performance analysis;cascade flow analysis;Combustion;CFD of internal flows; Microchannel cooling of gas turbine blades; Thermal signature analysis of aerospace powerplant; Aerothermal studies in hypersonics; Active and passive flow control in turbomachines.
• Aerospace Structures: Mechanics of composite materials and structures; Vibration and Stability; Finite element methods of structural analysis; Aeroelasticity and Aeroservoelasticity; Structural optimization; Smart structures.