Sumit Sunil Tambe
Aerodynamics
Aerodynamics Email: Office room number: AE150
ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2628-4051
https://sites.google.com/view/aerosumit/home?authuser=0
Education
PhD, Aerospace Engg, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), The Netherlands, 2017-2022.
MSc, Aerospace Engg, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), The Netherlands, 2015-2017.
BTech, Aerospace Engg, Indian Institute of Space science and Technology (IIST), Thiruvananthapuram, India, 2009-2013.
Experience
INSPIRE Faculty Fellow, Aerospace Engg, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, 2023-
IoE Post-doctoral fellow, Aerospace Engg, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, 2022-2023.
Scientist/Engineer-SC, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Bangalore, 2013-2015.
Research Interests
Rotating- and stationary-boundary layer transition, Instability, Flow control, Vortex generators, Experimental aerodynamics, PIV, Infrared Thermography, POD, Schlieren.
Research Statement
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Current Projects
[Ongoing] DST INSPIRE Faculty Fellowship, 2023-2028.
Publications
Journal
Tambe S., Schrijer F., Gangoli Rao A. & Veldhuis L., An experimental method to investigate coherent spiral vortices in the boundary layer over rotating bodies of revolution, Experiments in Fluids, 60(7), 115 (2019), https://doi.org/10.1007/s00348-019-2756-8
Tambe S., Schrijer F., Gangoli Rao A. & Veldhuis L., Boundary layer instability over a rotating slender cone under non-axial inflow, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 910, A25 (2021), https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2020.990
Tambe S., Schrijer F. & van Oudheusden B., Relation Between Geometry and Wake Characteristics of a Supersonic Microramp, AIAA Journal, (2021) https://doi.org/10.2514/1.J059868.
Tambe S., Schrijer F., Veldhuis L. & Gangoli Rao A. Spiral instability modes on rotating cones in high Reynolds number axial flow, Physics of Fluids, 34, 3(2022)), https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0083564
Tambe S. Schrijer F., Gangoli Rao A. & Veldhuis L. Instability of the Rotating-cone-boundary layer in Axial Inflow: Effect of Cone-angle, AIAA Journal, (manuscript accepted), 2023 https://research.tudelft.nl/en/publications/instability-of-the-rotating-cone-boundary-layer-in-axial-inflow-e
Thesis
Tambe S. S., Boundary-layer instability on rotating cones: an experiment-based exploration, Doctoral dissertation, TU Delft, 2022, 189p. https://research.tudelft.nl/en/publications/boundary-layer-instability-on-rotating-cones-an-experiment-based-
Tambe S. S., Effect of geometry on the downstream flow topology of micro ramps in supersonic turbulent boundary-layer: an experimental study. MSc thesis, TU Delft, 2017 http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:9138f993-8022-4595-b272-ec711fc77694
Conference
Tambe S., Bartolomé Oseguera U., Gangoli Rao A., Performance of a Low Speed Axial Fan Under Distortion: An Experimental Investigation, Turbo Expo: Power for Land, Sea, and Air 84065, V02AT32A040, 2020, Virtual Conference.
Tambe S. Schrijer F., Gangoli Rao A. & Veldhuis L., Coherent vortex structures over a rotating spinner under non-axial inflows at low Reynolds number, 54th 3AF International Conference on Applied Aerodynamics, 2019, Paris, France.
Tambe S., Schrijer F. & van Oudheusden B., Effect of geometry on the downstream flow topology of a micro ramp in a supersonic turbulent boundary layer: an experimental study, 7th European Conference For Aeronautics And Space Sc
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