- Experimental Aerodynamics
- CFD and High performance computing
- Transition and Turbulence
- Hypersonic Aerodynamics
- Microfluidics
- Acoustics
- Wind energy and design
- Fluid-Structure interactions
- Design & Control
- Missile Guidance & Control
- Flight Testing
- Instrumentation & Parameter Estimation
- Unmanned & Autonomous Air Vehicle
- Space Dynamics
- Experimental and computational Combustion
- Emissions
- Intake Aerodynamics
- Internal Flow Control (Active & Passive)
- Flow Diagnostics
- Turbo machinery
- Thrust vectoring
- Electric propulsion
- Liquid atomization and spray combustion
- Material Characterization
- Composite Materials and Smart Structures
- Structural Dynamics and Stochastic Modeling
- Aeroelasticity
- Helicopter Theory (Dynamics & Aerodynamics)
- Structural Design & Optimization
- Damage Modeling
- Design and Dynamics of Autonomous Micro and Mini Air Vehicles
- Multiscale models of solids and fluids
- Computational material modeling
- Reduced/ lower order models of fluids problems
- Machine learning and artificial intelligence
- Composites including multi-functional composites, sandwich structures
- Metamaterials including acoustic metamaterials
- Plasticity, fatigue, fracture and damage of high-temperature alloys
- Uncertainty quantification and reliability analysis
- Optimization and inverse models
- FSI: aeroelasticity, aerothermoelasticity, flutter
- Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
- Finite Element Method (FEM)
- Theoretical and computational aeroacoustics (CAA)
- Wave mechanics
- High Speed Flows
- Turbomachinery
- Acoustics and Noise
- Multiphase Flows
- Heat Transfer
- Fire Dynamics
- Detonation & Explosions
- High Speed Flows
- Flow-Acoustics Coupling
- Fluid-Structure Interaction
- Energy Harvesting
- Turbulence Modeling: DNS, LES, Hybrid RANS/LES
- Combustion and Flame Dynamics
- Spray modeling
- Turbo-machinery Flows
- Lattice Boltzmann Modeling
- Flow Control
Faculty
Ashoke De, Professor
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- Unsteady aerodynamics, high – α aerodynamics
- Flow control on airfoils, wings, and other bodies
- Bluff body flows
- Vortex dynamics
- Decelerator aerodynamics
- Transition & turbulence
- Jets
Faculty
Alakesh Chandra Mandal, Associate Professor
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Kamal Poddar, Professor
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+91-512-2597293, 7843 (O)/ 8723 (R)
- Gas Dynamics - experimental and theoretical investigation
- Rarefied flows
- Applied Gas Dynamics and High speed jets
- Sudden expansion problems
- Active and passive control of jets and base flows
- Supersonic, Transonic and subsonic Aerodynamics
Faculty
Arun Kumar Perumal, Assistant Professor
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- Parameter Identification
- Design and Control
- Space Dynamics
- Missile Guidance and Control
- Flight testing
- Unmanned and Autonomous Air Vehicles (UAV)
- Development and validation of aerodynamic parameter estimation techniques using flight data
- High angle of attack aerodynamics
- Estimation of concentration of trace gases and pollutants
- Validation and calibration of IMU’s
- GPS Receiver Testing, GPS/INS Navigation
Faculty
A. K. Ghosh, Professor & Former Head
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+91-512-2597716 (O) / 8221 (R)
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G.M.Kamath, Associate Professor
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Subrahmanyam Saderla, Assistant Professor
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0512-259-2009 (Office, HSAL-05)
- Decelerator Aerodynamics
- Development of High Lift Devices
- Unsteady and High Angle of Attack Aerodynamics
- Transport Aircraft Studies Including Development of Airfoils
- Missile Aerodynamics
- Helicopter Aerodynamics
- Aerodynamics of Road Vehicle
- Wind Effect on Structures
- Aerodynamics of Wind Power Devices
- Bridge Aerodynamics
- Computational Aeroelasticity, dynamics and vibration, mini-helicopter design and fabrication
- Stochastic analysis, design and analysis of fastener systems (for Indian Railways)
- Smart structure modeling and analysis
- Composite structure analysis and design, homogenization, generalized damage mechanics.
Faculty
C. S. Upadhyay, Professor
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P. M. Mohite, Professor
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+91-512-259-6024 (O) / 6024
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Pritam Chakraborty, Assistant Professor
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+91-512-259-7951 (O)
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Tanmoy Mukhopadhyay, Assistant Professor
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- Stabilized finite element methods
- Unsteady aerodynamics
- Laminar separation bubbles on airfoils
- Shape optimization of airfoils
- Linear stability analysis
- Buzz instability in air intakes
- Aerodynamics of sport balls and shuttle cock
- Bluff body flows
- Fluid-Structure Interactions
- High performance computing
Faculty
Sanjay Mittal, Professor
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+91-512-2597906, 6603 (O)/ 8702, 1132 (R)
https://home.iitk.ac.in/~smittal
- Experimental study on compressible vortex rings: Flow velocity measurements in circular and non-circular vortex rings using Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV), Time-Resolved PIV (TRPIV) and Hotwire. Flow visualization using high speed Schlieren system in supersonic flow.
- Aeroacoustics of supersonic vortices during evolution and interaction.
- Impinging jet flow studies for GSLV MK-III. Flow and acoustic field during initial startup, interaction with the reflected shock and interaction with the deflector.
Faculty
Debopam Das, Professor
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+91-512-259-7227 (O)/ 8578 (R)
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- Design and fabrication of MAVs/UAVs
- Hover capable VTOL/STOL vehicles
- Development of NAAVIK (Navigation for Autonomous Aerial Vehicles by IIT Kanpur)
- Cross platform auto-pilot system for fully autonomous indoor and outdoor navigation for UAVs/MAVS
- Helicopter Aeromechanics
- Helicopter inverse simulation for loads prediction
- Morphing rotor concept
- Geometrically exact beam formulation
- Comprehensive analysis for helicopter design
- Vertical Axis wind turbine design for urban application
Faculty
Abhishek, Associate Professor
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+91-512-259-7515 (O), 6259 (L)
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Gelled Jet A1 Propellant Spray Combustion
- Scope of Studies
- Develop and characterize Jet A1 based gelled propellant formulation
- Achieve atomization of highly viscous non-Newtonian gel propellant in an air-assist atomizer
- Unravel breakup mechanisms and spray characteristics
- Discover distinguishing features of gel propellant spray flames
Faculty
D. P. Mishra, Professor
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+91-512-2597125 (O) / 8695 (R)
https://www.iitk.ac.in/aero/dpm/index.htm
- Modeling of High Speed and Non-equilibrium Gas Flows
- Rarefied Gas Dynamics using Direct Simulation Monte-Carlo (DSMC) Approach
- Development and Implementation of Particle based Approaches
- Micro/nano-fluidics using Particle based Approach
- Numerical Simulation of Granular Flows using Discrete Element Method (DEM)
- Simulation of Dusty-Gas Flows using CFD-DEM or DSMC-DEM based Approach
- Planetary Landing and Reentry Flow Simulation in Particle Framework
- Study of Gas-Surface Interactions, Pyrolysis Kinetics and Surface Chemistry using Molecular Dynamics Approach
- Experimental and Numerical Simulation of Jet Flows and Plug Nozzles
- Heat Transfer and Thermal Management of Aerospace Systems
Faculty
Rakesh Kumar, Associate Professor
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+91-512-259-6301 (O)/ 5524 (R)
https://home.iitk.ac.in/~rkm
- Unsteady Gas Dynamics
- Flow control
- Bluff body flows
- Vortex dynamics
- Granular Flows
Facility available:
Low-speed wind tunnel, Time-Resolved-PIV, 2D-2C PIV, Stereo-PIV, PXI-system, Manometer, Hotwire anemometry, etc
Faculty
Sanjay Kumar, Professor
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+91-512-2596768
Alakesh Chandra Mandal, Associate Professor
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+91-512-259-7062 (O)
- Gas turbine combustion
- Solar thermal energy
- Gas-particle flows
- Nano energetics
- Thermal management of aerospace systems
- Thermo-fluids diagnostics
- Vortex shedding combustors
- Entropy driven instabilities
- Azimuthal instability in annular combustors
Faculty
Vaibhav Arghode, Assistant Professor
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+91-512-259-6294 (O)
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Sathesh Mariappan, Associate Professor
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+91-512-259-6331 (O)
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- Rocket and Gas Turbine Propulsion
- Combustion
- Liquid Atomization
- Turbo-machinery
- Intake and Nozzle Flows
- Electric Propulsion
- Flow Physics and Flow Control
- Aeroacoustics
- Fluid Structure Interaction
- Fire Dynamics and Suppression
Faculty
Abhijit Kushari, Professor & Head
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+91-512-2597126 (O) / 8536 (R)
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- Planetary Entry Studies – Convective & Radiative heat transfer
- Hypersonic Shock-Wave Boundary Layer Interaction (H-SWBLI)
- Scramjet Propulsion – External and internal flows
- High Enthalpy Test Facility Development
- Shock Waves – Shock focusing & shock interaction with complex media
Faculty
Mohammed Ibrahim Sugarno, Assistant Professor
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- Futuristic Propulsion Technologies Including High-speed Propulsion Systems and Detonation-based Engines
- Supersonic Combustion
- Detonation and Explosion Physics
- Gas Turbine Combustion Including Emissions
- Flame Spread and Fire Dynamics
- Soot Formation and Oxidation
- Combustion Generated Functional Nanoparticles
- Chemical Kinetics (Jet Fuel, Biofuel and Liquid Hydrocarbon Fuel Combustion Chemistry, Green Fuels)
- Flame Synthesis (Carbon Nanotubes, Graphene, Quantum Dots, Nanomedicine, etc.)
- Renewable and Sustainable Energy
Faculty
Ajay Vikram Singh, Assistant Professor
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+91-512-2592006 (O)
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- Attitude Determination and Control System Simulator for Small Satellites
- Control for Spacecraft Rendezvous and Docking
- Robotic Manipulator for On-orbit servicing
- Aircraft Control System Design
- Non-Linear and Adaptive Controls for Aerospace Systems
- Hybrid Actuators for Satellite Attitude Control
- Conceptual and Architectural Design Approaches for Space Systems
Faculty
Dipak Kumar Giri, Assistant Professor
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+91-512-259 7107
https://sites.google.com/view/dipakgiri