An experimental study on various low Re multi-rotor configurations in hover and forward flight to discover and quantify complex flow interaction phenomena, to aid design and optimization of multi-rotor vehicles.

Publications:
(1) Shukla, Dhwanil, Nandeesh Hiremath, Sahaj Patel, and Narayanan Komerath. "Aerodynamic interactions study on low-Re coaxial and quad-rotor configurations." In ASME 2017 IMECE.
(2) Shukla, Dhwanil, Nandeesh Hiremath, and Narayanan M. Komerath. "Low Reynolds number aerodynamics study on coaxial and quad-rotor." In 2018 AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, p. 4118. 2018.
(3) Shukla, Dhwanil, and Narayanan Komerath. "Multirotor Drone Aerodynamic Interaction Investigation." Drones 2, no. 4 (2018): 43.
(4) Shukla, Dhwanil, and Narayanan Komerath. "Rotor–duct aerodynamic and acoustic interactions at low Reynolds number." Experiments in Fluids 60, no. 1 (2019): 20.
(5) Shukla, Dhwanil, and Narayanan Komerath. "Low Reynolds number multirotor aerodynamic wake interactions." Experiments in Fluids 60, no. 4 (2019): 77.
(6) Shukla, Dhwanil, and Narayan Komerath. "Drone scale coaxial rotor aerodynamic interactions investigation." Journal of Fluids Engineering 141, no. 7 (2019): 071106.
(7) Shukla, Dhwanil, and Narayanan Komerath. "An Experimental Investigation of Rotor–Box Aerodynamic Interaction." Journal of Fluids Engineering 141, no. 12 (2019): 121103.