DESIGNATION

Professor Department of Aerospace Engg., IITM & Coordinator, NCCRD

BIOGRAPHY
CURRENT RESEARCH INTEREST

Laser diagnostics, Solid propellants and Computational combustion, Combustion and Propulsion, Combustion instability, Solid Pyrolysis, Combustion fluid Dynamics,

CONTACT
OFFICE

1st floor, NCCRD

PERSONAL HOME PAGE
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

1. Sampath, R. and Chakravarthy, S. R., “Proper Orthogonal and Dynamic Mode Decompositions of Time-Resolved PIV of Confined Backward-Facing Step Flow,” Experiments in Fluids (accepted), 2014.
   
2. Gurram, N. and Chakravarthy, S. R., “Experimental Investigation of Cellular Instability in Ammonium Perchlorate (AP) and Fine AP-Binder Mixtures,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute (accepted), 2014.
   
3. Balbudhe, K., Roy, A., and Chakravarthy, S. R., “Computer Modelling of Nano-Aluminium Agglomeration During the Combustion of Composite Solid Propellants,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute (accepted), 2014.
4. Ignatius, J. K., Sathiyavageeswaran, S., and Chakravarthy, S. R., “Scale-Model Hot-Flow Simulation of Aeroacoustic Field and Suppression by Water Injection during Launch Vehicle Lift-off,” AIAA Journal (accepted), 2014.
   
5. Mulla, I. A. and Chakravarthy, S. R., “Flame Speed and Tangential Strain Measurements in Widely Stratified Partially Premixed Flames Interacting with Grid Turbulence,” Combustion and Flame (in press), 2014.
   

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

• Post Doctoral Fellow, Georgia Tech, 1996
• Visiting Faculty, IIT, Madras, 1997                                                                                                                                                    
• Assistant Professor, IIT, Madras, 1998

AWARDS

 Awards

AFFILIATIONS

Combustion Institute

PROJECTS

1. Optimizing Gasification of High Ash Content Coals for Electricity Generation
2. Combustion dynamics modelling and experiments in a single nozzle rig 
3. Characterisation of the fuel film and spray ensuing from a dual-orifice swirter
4. Low Emission, fuel-flexible combustion systems to enable decentralised power generation using renewable local supplies
5. Development of Two-Line Planar Laser Induced Fluorescence Technique for Non-Intrusive Diagnostics of Temperature in Gas Turbine Type Combustors
6. Development and Characterization of Solid Propellants to Mitigate
7. An experimental and computational study of screech in afterburners
8. Experimental characterization of flow field in a fuel – air premixer using optical measurement techniques.
9. Development of a non-intrusive gas monitoring system for biomass gasifier unit

List of Students

1. Akhilesh Kumar Sahu
2. Aravind IB
3. Aritra Chakraborty
   
4. Bedabrata Sanyal
5. Chetankumar Vegad
6. David Bhatt
7. Gnanaprakash
8. Joel Varun Vasanth
   
9. Jopaul
10. Lakshmi
11. Nikhil Ashokbhai Baraiya
12. Rahul Duttaroy
13. Rajesh N
14. Rajesh Katreddy
15. Rajesh Ramakrishnan
16. Ramakrishnan M
    
17. Ramgopal
18. Rolex Ranjith
19. Sathiyamoorthy
20. Shanmugadas
21. Shyam Kumar
22. Sreekar Gomatam
23. Thirumoorthy
24. Trinath Gaduparthi
25. Varghese Thanickal
26. Vickiram Balaji
27. Vijayakumar
28. Vikram Ramanan

1. Ashwin Kannan
2. Azim Hashmi
3. Baladandayuthapani
4. M. Bharath
5. Deepika V
   
6. Ganesan
7. Hariharan
8. Jacob Thekkekara
9. Kaliprasad
10. Karthikeyan R
    
11. Manuprasad
12. Preethi R S
    
13. Rajendra Rajak
    
14. Ramakrishnan
15. Sriram P Kalathoor
16. Sumit Sarma
17. Venu

1. Balaji V
2. Pradheep R
   

1. Akanksha Baranwal 
2. PG Athul
3. Avinash Sahoo
4. Deepak Kandasamy
5. Rohit Grover
   
6. Supreeth Sultanpur
7. Sukruth Somappa
8. Vinoth K

1. Karthik Chandrasekhar
2. Vivek