Welcome to the group of Prof Sudarshan Kumar

Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Bombay, Powai Mumbai, INDIA 400 076

► Publications in international refereed journals

2009

► Aiwu Fan, Sergey Minaev, E. Sereshchenko, R. Fursenko, Sudarshan Kumar, W Liu and Kaoru Maruta, ''Experimental and numerical investigations of flame pattern formations in a radial microchannel,'' Proceedings of Combustion Institute. Vol. 32, 3059-3066 (2009).

 

2008

► Aiwu Fan, Sergey Minaev, Sudarshan Kumar, W Liu and Kaoru Maruta, ''Regime diagrams and characteristics of flame patterns in radial microchannels with temperature gradients,'' Combustion and Flame Vol. 153(3) 479-489 (2008).

► Sudarshan Kumar, Kaoru Maruta, S. Minaev and R. Fursenko, ''Appearance of target and quasi-steady-spiral flame patterns in radial microchannels with rich methane-air mixtures,'' Physics of Fluids, Vol. 20, 024101 (2008).

 

2007

► Aiwu Fan, S Minaev, Sudarshan Kumar, W Liu and K Maruta, ''Experimental study on flame pattern formation and combustion completeness in a radial microchannel,'' Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, Vol. 17, 2398-2406 (2007) ''PDF-file''.

► Sudarshan Kumar, P. J. Paul and H. S. Mukunda, ''Prediction of flame liftoff height of diffusion/partially premixed jet flames and modeling of flameless combustion burners,'' Combustion Science and Technology, Vol. 179(10), 2219-2253 (2007).

► Sudarshan Kumar, K. Maruta, S. Minaev, ''Experimental investigations on the combustion behavior of methane-air mixtures in a new micro-scale radial combustor configuration,'' Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, Vol. 17, 900-908 (2007) ''PDF-file''.

► Sudarshan Kumar, Kaoru Maruta and S. Minaev, ''Pattern formation of flames in radial microchannels with lean methane-air mixture,'' Physical Review-E 75, 016208 (2007).

► Sudarshan Kumar, Kaoru Maruta, S. Minaev, ''On the formation of multiple rotating pelton-like flame structures in radial microchannels with lean methane-air mixtures,'' Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 31, 3261-3268 (2007).

► S. G. Kim, T. Yokomori, N. I. Kim, S. Kumar, S. Maruyama, K. Maruta, ''Flame behavior in heated porous sand bed,'' Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 31, 2117-2124 (2007).

 

 

2005

► Menezes V, S. Kumar, K. Maruta, Reddy K. P. J. and Takayama K., ''Hypersonic flow over a multi-step afterbody,'' Shock Waves, Vol. 14(5-6), 421-424(2005).

► Sudarshan Kumar, P. J. Paul and H. S. Mukunda, ''Investigations of the Scaling Criteria for a Mild Combustion Burner,'' Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 30, 2613-2621 (2005).

 

2002

► Sudarshan Kumar, P J Paul, H S Mukunda, ''Studies on a new High Intensity-Low emission burner,'' Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 29, 1131-1137 (2002).

 

Journal impact factors (2007) (selected journals)

Proceedings Combustion Institute: 2.65

Physical Review E: 2.483

Combustion and Flame: 2.18

Journal of Micromechanics and microengineering: 1.93

Physics of Fluids: 1.78

Combustion Science and Technology: 0.984

 

Articles in international and national conferences and other general articles 

1. Sudarshan Kumar, A. Fan, S. Minaev,  K, Maruta, “Effect of wall temperature gradient on the stability of cylindrical flames,” Proceedings of Combustion Institute, WiPP 12-19 (2008), McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

2. Karan Govil, and Sudarshan Kumar, ''Analysis of non-recoverable stall and other instabilities using Moore Greitzer model,'' 44th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, 20 - 23 July (2008.

3. S. Rajkumar, A. Dudi, Sudarshan Kumar, I N Namboothiri, ''Synthesis and evaluation of polycyclic high energy density fuels,'' The 235th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 6-10, 2008.

4. A. Fan, S. Minaev, Sudarshan Kumar, W. Liu, K. Maruta, ''Pattern transitions from traveling flames to rotating Pelton like flames in a radial microchannel,'' Seventh International symposium on Advanced Fluid Information and Fourth International symposium on Transdisciplinery Fluid Integration, Sendai, Japan, December 14-16, 2007.

5. Sudarshan Kumar, A. Fan, S. Minaev, K. Maruta, ''Numerical analysis of heat transfer for an externally heated radial microchannel,'' Fourth International conference on Flow dynamics, Sendai Japan, September 26-28, 2007.

6. A. Fan, S. Minaev, S. Kumar, W. Liu, K. Maruta, ''On the transition from a circular flame to a traveling flame in a radial microchannel,'' Fourth International conference on Flow dynamics, Sendai Japan, September 26-28, 2007.

7. S. Minaev, R. Fursenko, N. Bakirova, S. Kumar and K. Maruta, ''Modeling of traveling structures in radial microchannels with a wall temperature gradient,'' Proceedings of 6th Asia Pacific conference on Combustion, Nagoya, Japan, 20-23 May 2007.

8. Sudarshan Kumar, K. Maruta and S. Minaev, ''Formation of spiral and radial flame propagation modes in radial microchannels with premixed methane-air mixtures,'' 44th Japanese combustion symposium, Hiroshima Japan Dec. 2006.

9. Sudarshan Kumar, K. Maruta and S. Minaev, ''Appearance of spiral flame patterns in radial microchannels with premixed methane-air mixtures,'' Eighth National Conference on Air Breathing Engines and Aerospace Propulsion, Pune India, Dec. 2006.

10. Sudarshan Kumar, S. Hasegawa, A. Mukhopadhyay, S. S. Minaev and Kaoru Maruta, ''Combustion characteristics of methane/air mixtures in radial microchannels,'' (2005) 43rd Japanese combustion symposium, Tokyo Japan.

11. Minaev S., Fursenko R., Maruta K., and Kumar S., ''Modeling of spiral wave patterns in radial microchannels,'' Fifth International colloquium on pulsed and continuous detonations, Moscow, Russia, July 3-7, 2006.

12. Sudarshan Kumar, K. Maruta and S. S. Minaev, ''Pattern formation of flames in radial microchannels,'' Second International Conference on Flow Dynamics, 16- 18th Nov. (2005) Sendai, Japan..

13. K. Maruta, Sudarshan Kumar, S. Aizumi, N. I. Kim, T. Yokomori, S. Minaev, ''Fundamental and applicational studies on Micro-combustion,'' (2005), Fifth International Symposium on Advanced Fluid Information (AFI-2005) - IFS-JAXA Joint Symposium - Dec 8-9, 2005, Sendai, Japan.

14. S. G. Kim, T. Yokomori, S. Kumar, A. Mukhopadhyay, N. I. Kim, S. Maruyama and  Kaoru Maruta, ''Unsteady flame behavior in a packed bed,'' (2005), 43rd Japanese Combustion Symposium, Tokyo, Japan.

15. S. G. Kim, S. Kumar, T. Yokomori, N. I. Kim, S. Maruyama and Kaoru Maruta, ''Unsteady behavior and flame response in a packed bed,''  (2005) The Second International Conference on Flow Dynamics, Sendai Japan (pp 3-6).

16. Sudarshan Kumar, P. J. Paul and H. S. Mukunda, ''Low Emission Combustion: Role of Computations and Experiments,'' First Indian CFX Users Conference, 4th- 5th Dec. 2002 Bangalore, India.

17. Sudarshan Kumar, P J Paul, H S Mukunda, ''High Intensity-Low emission Burners, Insights through Experiments and Computations,'' International Workshop on Modern Advances in Combustion, IIT Madras 31st Aug.-1st Sept. 2001.

18. Sudarshan Kumar, ''Reducing the NOx Emissions from Gas fired Furnaces,'' CFX-Update, Vol. 21, AEA Technology UK.

19. Sudarshan Kumar, P J Paul, H S Mukunda, ''Studies on a Valve-less Pulsejet Engine,'' Proceedings of 5th National Conference on Air-Breathing Engines, 375-385, Interline Publishing Bangalore, 2000.

 

 

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