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Dr. Rajesh Senthil Kumar T.

Assistant Professor ( Sl. Gd.), Department of Aerospace Engineering, School of Engineering, Coimbatore

Qualification: BE, M.Tech., Ph.D
t_rajesh@cb.amrita.edu
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Research Interest: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Design, Low speed Aerodynamics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Dynamic Stall, Energy harvesting, Flapping wing aerodynamics, Modelling and Simulation, Flight testing
Date of Joining: 01/07/2009
Nature of Association: Regular

Bio Publications Subject Taught Projects Areas of Interest FDP / Workshops/Invited Talks Conferences
Bio

Rajesh Senthil Kumar T. currently serves as Assistant Professor ( Selection Grade) at the Department of Aerospace Engineering, School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore Campus. His areas of research include CFD and Aircraft Design.

Education

  • July 2009: Master of Technology in Engineering Design (CGPA-8.5)
    Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, India
  • May 2007: Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering (Percentage-82%)
    Maharaja Engineering College, Avinashi, Affiliated to Anna University, India

Teaching Experience

  • July 2009 -Present: Assistant Professor (Sr. Gr.), Department of Aerospace Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
    Coimbatore
Publications

Journal Article

Year : 2020

Aerodynamic performance estimation of camber morphing airfoil for small unmanned aerial vehicle

Cite this Research Publication : Rajesh Senthil Kumar T., BalajeeRamakrishnananda,, Soorya, V., and Dr. Sivakumar V., “Aerodynamic performance estimation of camber morphing airfoil for small unmanned aerial vehicle”, Journal of Aerospace Technology and Management, Vol. 12. 2020.

Publisher : Journal of Aerospace Technology and Management

Year : 2019

Aerodynamic Performance Estimation of Camber Morphing airfoils for Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Cite this Research Publication : R. Senthil Kumar.T, .Sivakumar, V., Dr. Balajee Ramakrishnananda, and Soorya.S, V., “Aerodynamic Performance Estimation of Camber Morphing airfoils for Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle”, Journal of Aerospace Technology and Management (Accepted), 2019.

Publisher : Journal of Aerospace Technology and Management (Accepted)

Year : 2019

Numerical Analysis of Discrete Element Camber Morphing Airfoil in the Reynolds Number of Conventional Flyers

Cite this Research Publication : Rajesh Senthil Kumar T., Nikitha Narayanaprasad, Yashmitha Kumaran, Sivakumar, V., and Dr. Balajee Ramakrishnananda, “Numerical Analysis of Discrete Element Camber Morphing Airfoil in the Reynolds Number of Conventional Flyers”, In: Chandrasekhar U., Yang LJ., Gowthaman S. (eds) Innovative Design, Analysis and Development Practices in Aerospace and Automotive Engineering (I-DAD 2018), Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, pp. 187-193, 2019.

Publisher : Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, In: Chandrasekhar U., Yang LJ., Gowthaman S. (eds) Innovative Design, Analysis and Development Practices in Aerospace and Automotive Engineering (I-DAD 2018), Pleiades Publishing

Year : 2018

Availability and affordability of essential medicines for diabetes across high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries: a prospective epidemiological study.

Cite this Research Publication : C. K. Chow, Ramasundarahettige, C., Hu, W., AlHabib, K. F., Avezum, A., Cheng, X., Chifamba, J., Dagenais, G., Dans, A., Egbujie, B. A., Gupta, R., Iqbal, R., Ismail, N., Keskinler, M. V., Khatib, R., Kruger, L., Kumar, R., Lanas, F., Lear, S., Lopez-Jaramillo, P., McKee, M., Mohammadifard, N., Mohan, V., Mony, P., Orlandini, A., Rosengren, A., Vijayakumar, K., Wei, L., Yeates, K., Yusoff, K., Yusuf, R., Yusufali, A., Zatonska, K., Zhou, Y., Islam, S., Corsi, D., Rangarajan, S., Teo, K., Gerstein, H. C., and Yusuf, S., “Availability and affordability of essential medicines for diabetes across high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries: a prospective epidemiological study.”, Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol, vol. 6, no. 10, pp. 798-808, 2018.

Publisher : Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol

Year : 2017

Numerical Investigation of Two Element Camber Morphing Airfoil in Low Reynolds Number Flows

Cite this Research Publication : Rajesh Senthil Kumar T., Dr. Sivakumar V., Dr. Balajee Ramakrishnananda, Arjhun, A. K., and , “Numerical Investigation of Two Element Camber Morphing Airfoil in Low Reynolds Number Flows”, Journal of Engineering Science and Technology, vol. 12, pp. 1939-1955, 2017.

Publisher : Journal of Engineering Science and Technology, Taylor's University,

Year : 2017

Aerodynamics of Discrete Location Camber Morphing Airfoils in Low Reynolds Number Flows

Cite this Research Publication : Rajesh Senthil Kumar T., Balaramraja, V., and Dr. Sivakumar V., “Aerodynamics of Discrete Location Camber Morphing Airfoils in Low Reynolds Number Flows”, Indian Journal of Science and Technology, vol. 10, no. 10, pp. 1-13, 2017.

Publisher : Indian Journal of Science and Technology,

Year : 2015

Investigation of aerodynamic performance of MAV with Tubercles

Cite this Research Publication : Rajesh Senthil Kumar T., Parvathi M. K., Eswar S., Devi P. L., and Deepak P., “Investigation of aerodynamic performance of MAV with Tubercles”, International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, vol. 10, no. 9, pp. 14502-14506, 2015.

Publisher : International Journal of Applied Engineering Research

Year : 2015

Computational Study of the Aerodynamics of the Gliding Snake Chrysopelea Paradisi

Cite this Research Publication : Vigneshwaran Krishnamurthy, Nithyalakshmi Venkatraman, Nandita Nurani Hari, Akshay Varaparla, Dr. Balajee Ramakrishnananda, and Rajesh Senthil Kumar T., “Computational Study of the Aerodynamics of the Gliding Snake Chrysopelea Paradisi”, International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, vol. 10, no. 9, pp. 14476-14479, 2015.

Publisher : International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, Research India Publications

Conference Paper

Year : 2024

Dynamic Stall of a Pitching Airfoil: Comparative Study with ONERA and OpenFOAM

Cite this Research Publication : Ramachandran, S., Micheal, A.F.S., Rajarathinam, G., Lakshmanan, D., Thangeswaran, R.S.K., Thangavel, S. (2024). Dynamic Stall of a Pitching Airfoil: Comparative Study with ONERA and OpenFOAM. In: Singh, S., Ramulu, P.J., Gautam, S.S. (eds) Recent Advances in Aerospace Engineering. MRAE 2023. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-1306-6_29

Publisher : Springer

Year : 2024

Non-linear Controller for a Drone with Slung Load

Cite this Research Publication : Manalathody, Abhishek & Krishnan, Kishoor & Subramanian, Jisnu & Thangavel, Sakthivel & Thangeswaran, Rajesh. (2024). Non-linear Controller for a Drone with Slung Load. 10.1007/978-981-97-1306-6_18.

Publisher : Springer link

Year : 2023

An Aerodynamic Model for Gliding Snake-Bots.

Cite this Research Publication : Aich, H., Akella, S.P., Ramakrishnananda, B., Kumar, T.R.S. (2023). An Aerodynamic Model for Gliding Snake-Bots. In: Karakoc, T.H., Le Clainche, S., Chen, X., Dalkiran, A., Ercan, A.H. (eds) New Technologies and Developments in Unmanned Systems. ISUDEF 2022. Sustainable Aviation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-37160-8_6

Publisher : Springer

Year : 2023

Sizing of Inter-City electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft

Cite this Research Publication : Thangeswaran, R. S. K., Ramakrishnananda, B., Ganesan, A. K. A., Srikanth, R., Sankaran, R., Patnaik, S., & Sekar, S. P. (2023, June). Sizing of Inter-City electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft. In AIP Conference Proceedings (Vol. 2766, No. 1). AIP Publishing.

Publisher : AIP Publishing

Year : 2022

Aerodynamic Effects of Airfoil Shape on Tandem Airfoil Configuration in Low-Reynolds-Number Transonic Flows

Cite this Research Publication : Vinodh, N., Sridhar, A., Sreekanth, P. A., Srinivasan, N., Vetrrivel, S. K., Ramakrishnananda, B., & Kumar, T. R. S. (2022, May). Aerodynamic Effects of Airfoil Shape on Tandem Airfoil Configuration in Low-Reynolds-Number Transonic Flows. In International Symposium on Unmanned Systems and The Defense Industry (pp. 229-233). Cham: Springer International Publishing.

Publisher : Springer link

Year : 2021

Aerodynamic Analysis of Manta Ray-Inspired Micro-air Vehicle Wing Planforms

Cite this Research Publication : Subramanian, D., Revanth, J.A., Vasagan, G.A., Ramnarendran, P.S., Thangeswaran, R.S.K., Ramakrishnananda, B. (2021). Aerodynamic Analysis of Manta Ray-Inspired Micro-air Vehicle Wing Planforms. In: Gascoin, N., Balasubramanian, E. (eds) Innovative Design, Analysis and Development Practices in Aerospace and Automotive Engineering. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6619-6_33

Publisher : Springer link

Year : 2020

Passive flow control strategies for low Reynolds number airfoils

Cite this Research Publication : Kumar, T.R.S., Kolluri, M.P., Subramaniyan, V.G. and Sripathi, A.D., 2020, October. Passive flow control strategies for low Reynolds number airfoils. In IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering (Vol. 954, No. 1, p. 012002).

Publisher : IOP Science

Year : 2019

Effects of cross-sectional shapes on the aerodynamic characteristics of bio-inspired airfoils

Cite this Research Publication : Naveen Bharath Raj Thirumurugan, Naveen Kumar Gnanaprakasam, Jayanth Suresh, Balajee Ramakrishnananda, Rajesh Senthil Kumar Thangeswaran, Neeraj Srinivas, Sowmya Ravichandran"Effects of cross-sectional shapes on the aerodynamic characteristics of bio-inspired airfoils", international conference on applied mechanics and optimisation (icameo-2019)

Publisher : AIP Conference Proceedings

Year : 2019

Turn Control in Wings Inspired by Flying Snakes

Cite this Research Publication : S. P., R, K. Ramana, Saroj Harikrishn Gopi, Dr. Balajee Ramakrishnananda, and Rajesh Senthil Kumar T., “Turn Control in Wings Inspired by Flying Snakes”, International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Optimisation Published as AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 2134. American Institute of Physics Inc., MBCET, Thiruvananthapuram, 2019.

Publisher : International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Optimisation Published as AIP Conference Proceedings

Year : 2019

A Genetic Algorithm Approach to Design Aerofoils for Small Wind Turbines

Cite this Research Publication : Saran Kumar Komari, Annapoorna Sreekumar, Dr. Balajee Ramakrishnananda, and Rajesh Senthil Kumar T., “A Genetic Algorithm Approach to Design Aerofoils for Small Wind Turbines”, International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Optimisation Published as AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 2134. American Institute of Physics Inc., MBCET, Thiruvananthapuram, 2019.

Publisher : International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Optimisation 2019, ICAMeO 2019, Published as AIP Conference Proceedings, American Institute of Physics Inc., Volume 2134, Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology (MBCET)

Year : 2019

Effect of temperature on the aerodynamics of airfoil in low Reynolds number flow

Cite this Research Publication : A. V. M. Kumar, Rajendrakumar, N., Gogineni, P. C., Gopan, N., and Rajesh Senthil Kumar T., “Effect of temperature on the aerodynamics of airfoil in low Reynolds number flow”, AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 2134. American Institute of Physics Inc., MBCET, Thiruvananthapuram, p. 020010 , 2019.

Publisher : International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Optimisation 2019, ICAMeO 2019; AIP Conference Proceedings, American Institute of Physics Inc

Year : 2019

Aerodynamic benefits of flexible morphing airfoil for SUAV

Cite this Research Publication : Rajesh Senthil Kumar T., V, S., Thayalan K, Parthasarathi A, and Dr. Sivakumar V., “Aerodynamic benefits of flexible morphing airfoil for SUAV”, in International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Optimisation 2019, ICAMeO 2019, AIP Conference Proceedings , Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology (MBCET), Thiruvananthapuram, India, 2019, vol. 2134, 1 vol.

Publisher : International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Optimisation 2019, ICAMeO 2019, AIP Conference Proceedings

Year : 2019

Aerodynamic Characteristics of Avian Airfoils

Cite this Research Publication : Rajesh Senthil Kumar T., Shriram, S. V., G. Pranay chowdary, Sagar, J. T. S. V., and Dr. Balajee Ramakrishnananda, “Aerodynamic Characteristics of Avian Airfoils”, International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Optimisation Published as AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 2134, 1 vol. American Institute of Physics Inc., MBCET, Thiruvananthapuram, 2019.

Publisher : International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Optimisation 2019, ICAMeO 2019, Published as AIP Conference Proceedings, American Institute of Physics Inc

Year : 2017

Modeling Non-Equilibrium Glides in Flying Snakes

Cite this Research Publication : Saroj Harikrishn Gopi, Divyendu Kishore Valappil, Dr. Balajee Ramakrishnananda, Rajesh Senthil Kumar T., and Viswesh Sujjur Balaramraja, “Modeling Non-Equilibrium Glides in Flying Snakes”, 2017 International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communications and Informatics (ICACCI). Manipal, 2017.

Publisher : 2017 International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communications and Informatics (ICACCI)

Year : 2017

Computational Study of Effects of Icing on Wind Turbine Airfoil Performance

Cite this Research Publication : Prasanth Kowsik K, Thamizharasan K, Anjana L, Gokul Krishnan R, Dr. Balajee Ramakrishnananda, and Rajesh Senthil Kumar T., “Computational Study of Effects of Icing on Wind Turbine Airfoil Performance”, in 44th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP-2017), Amritapuri, Kollam, India, 2017.

Publisher : 44th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP-2017)

Year : 2016

Modelling the Undulation Patterns of Flying Snakes

Cite this Research Publication : Viswesh Sujjur Balaramraja, S. Sankrityayan, E., Sivagurunathan, S. Coimbatore, Dr. Balajee Ramakrishnananda, and Rajesh Senthil Kumar T., “Modelling the Undulation Patterns of Flying Snakes”, International Conference on Advances in Computing. Communications and Informatics (ICACCI-2016), Jaipur, India, 2016.

Publisher : International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communications and Informatics (ICACCI-2016)

Year : 2015

Simulation of Flow Past a Wing Inspired by Flying Snakes

Cite this Research Publication : Vertika Saxena, Dr. Balajee Ramakrishnananda, and Rajesh Senthil Kumar T., “Simulation of Flow Past a Wing Inspired by Flying Snakes”, Fourth International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communications and Informatics (ICACCI-2015). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., Kochi, pp. 720-725, 2015.

Publisher : Fourth International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communications and Informatics (ICACCI-2015)

Year : 2015

Computational Study of the Aerodynamics of the Gliding Snake Chrysopelea Paradisi

Cite this Research Publication : Dr. Balajee Ramakrishnananda, Vigneshwaran Krishnamurthy, Nithyalakshmi Venkatraman, Nandita Nurani Hari, Akshay Varaparla, and Rajesh Senthil Kumar T., “Computational Study of the Aerodynamics of the Gliding Snake Chrysopelea Paradisi”, in 1st International Conference on Advanced Engineering and Technology for Sustainable development (ICAETSD - 2015), Karpagam College of Engineering, Coimbatore, 2015, vol. 5.

Publisher : 1st International Conference on Advanced Engineering and Technology for Sustainable development (ICAETSD - 2015)

Conference Proceedings

Year : 2019

Reynolds Number Effects on Wings Inspired by Flying Snakes

Cite this Research Publication : Divyendu Kishore Valappil, Zakir, F., Ravindran, J., Dr. Balajee Ramakrishnananda, and Rajesh Senthil Kumar T., “Reynolds Number Effects on Wings Inspired by Flying Snakes”, International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Optimisation (Presented as Poster Presentation). MBCET, Thiruvananthapuram, 2019.

Publisher : International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Optimisation (Presented as Poster Presentation)

Year : 2018

Numerical Analysis of Discrete Element Camber Morphing Airfoil in the Reynolds number of Conventional Flyers

Cite this Research Publication : R. Senthil Kumar.T, Nikitha Narayanaprasad, Yashmitha Kumaran, .V, S., and Dr. Balajee Ramakrishnananda, “Numerical Analysis of Discrete Element Camber Morphing Airfoil in the Reynolds number of Conventional Flyers”, 3rd International Conference on Innovative Design, Analysis and Development Practices in Aerospace and Automotive Engineering. Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, 2018.

Publisher : 3rd International Conference on Innovative Design, Analysis and Development Practices in Aerospace and Automotive Engineering, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai .

Year : 2014

Design and Development of Flapping Wing MAV

Cite this Research Publication : Rajesh Senthil Kumar T., R. Narayan, A., S. Girish, S., Sarath, M. R., and Ananthakrishnan, V., “Design and Development of Flapping Wing MAV”, 6th Symposium on Applied Aerodynamics and Design of Aerospace Vehicles (SAROD 2013). Hyderabad, 2014.

Publisher : 6th Symposium on Applied Aerodynamics and Design of Aerospace Vehicles (SAROD 2013)

Year : 2011

Design,Testing and Analysis of a Vertical Axis Wind Turbine

Cite this Research Publication : Rajesh Senthil Kumar T., Ananth, R., Nair, C., Das, V., and Ravindran, V., “Design,Testing and Analysis of a Vertical Axis Wind Turbine”, Symposium on Applied Aerodynamics and Design of Aerospace Vehicle. Bangalore, 2011.

Publisher : Symposium on Applied Aerodynamics and Design of Aerospace Vehicle

Year : 2011

Design and Analysis of Micro Propeller and Wing Planform for Micro Flyers

Cite this Research Publication : Rajesh Senthil Kumar T., Karthick, C., Krithika, R., Naveen, B., Sudhaa, J., and Vimalraj, A., “Design and Analysis of Micro Propeller and Wing Planform for Micro Flyers”, 5th Symposium on Applied Aerodynamics and Design of Aerospace Vehicles (SAROD 2011). Bangalore, 2011.

Publisher : SAROD 2011

Subject Taught
SI. NO. TOPIC
1 Aircraft Design
2 Computational Fluid dynamics/Aerospace
3 Computational Aerodynamics
4 Computational Methods
5 Manufacturing Processes
SI. NO. TOPIC
6 Advanced CFD
7 Heat Transfer
8 Mechanics of Fluids
9 Fundamental of Aerodynamics
10 Optimization Techniques
Projects
Projects Guided
  • B.Tech: 15 Batches + 2 (Current Batches)
Project Experience
  • Ph. D., Amrita School of Engineering (On-going)
    • Working in “Studies on Morphing wings”
      • To explore the feasibility of using camber morphing between existing airfoils based on their common geometric features using two different methods:
        • Discrete element method and beam like bending method.
        • Identify the best method to morph an airfoil into another airfoil.
      • Develop a theoretical model and perform computational validation of the model for the continuous morphing wing based on the identified camber morphing approach
Areas of Interest
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics / Aerodynamics
  • Aerodynamics
  • Optimization Techniques
  • Conceptual Design of Aircraft
  • Micro Aerial vehicles(Fixed/Flapping), Micro-propellers
  • Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Aerodynamics
FDP / Workshops/Invited Talks
FDP / Workshops/
  • FDP on “Drone Application” in IISc-Bangalore
  • Online workshop on “Machine Learning in Fluid Dynamics” conducted by NPTEL
Invited Talks 
  • “Lecture on Panel methods” in Faculty Development Programme on computational Fluid Dynamics at Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore, June 2011.
  • “Software Workshop for Wind Energy” in Faculty Development Programme conducted in Department of Electrical Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, July 2012.
Other Activities
  • Academic Mentor for the “Team Amazons”-a team of 5 students, for the international competition organized by Airbus “Fly your ideas” (2012-2013).
Conferences
  • 2nd International Conference on “Modern Research in Aerospace Engineering”, organized by Amity Institute of Aerospace Engineering, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh.
  • International Symposium on Unmanned Systems and The Defence Industry, Spain
  • International Conference On Innovative Design, Analysis & Development Practices In Aerospace & Automotive Engineering: I-dad’22
  • International Conference On Applied Mechanics And Optimisation (Icameo-2019)
  • International Conference On Innovative Design, Analysis & Development Practices In Aerospace & Automotive Engineering: I-dad’18
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