The global thrust towards the development of hypersonic cruise systems for various applications is leading towards slender configurations with lifting and control surfaces which are thin and complaint and face […]
Autonomous agents are increasingly being used to solve many tasks, deemed complex by humans, with ease and effectiveness. Two such applications are in defense scenarios and in coverage. This thesis, […]
Aluminium alloy AA2219 is a precipitation hardenable wrought alloy with copper as a major alloying element. Large-volume propellant tanks of space launch vehicles are manufactured by joining AA2219 aluminium alloy […]
The laminar to turbulent boundary layer transition onset has perplexed fluid dynamics community irrespective of the flow regime under which the phenomenon is probed. The complexity of the problem is […]
The dynamic behavior of structural components over broad frequency ranges, particularly thick beams under different constraints, is important in many engineering applications where reduced dimensional modeling is required for design. […]
The transonic Mach number regime is a critical phase in the atmospheric ascent of launch vehicles, where aerodynamic loads peak due to the combined effects of high freestream dynamic pressure […]
In this modern era, Space is vital for a Nation’s prosperity and without space, many critical functions would simply stop working. The increasing number of satellite launches in recent times, […]
Autonomous vehicles, such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), are at the forefront of technological innovation and are widely used across various applications. As these vehicles […]
The current work examines how process-induced defects influence the compressive behavior of composite structures. The defects analyzed include wrinkles at the macroscale and fiber misalignment at the microscale. Uni-directional carbon […]
A scramjet, i.e., a supersonic combustion ramjet, is an air-breathing engine that enables sustained atmospheric flight in the hypersonic regime. It consists broadly of four key components: the air intake, […]
The performance and reliability of structural components in advanced engineering applications, such as turbine discs in aeroengines, are critically influenced by their microstructural characteristics, particularly the crystallographic texture. Texture controls […]
Air intake system supplying air to the aircraft’s propulsion system is an important part of the aircraft. In modern military aircraft, air intake ducts are bent due to stealth and […]
