Lighter-Than-Air Systems Laboratory


Department of Aerospace Engineering



Email:ltasyslab@aero.iitb.ac.in, Phone: +91-(0)22-2576 4115


Journal Publications

International Journals: Last five years only

Optimisation of Fins to Minimise Directional Instability in Airships

Accepted for AIAA Journal of Aircraft, Accepted, co-authored by Suvarna, S. M., IITB-Monash Research Academy, and Chung, H, Monash University, Australia

Multidisciplinary design approach for solar-powered tri-lobed High-Altitude Long Endurance Stratospheric Airship

Elsevier Energy Conversion and Management, Volume 245, October 2021, 114616 Online Access 19th August 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2021.114616

A Comparative study of Conventional and Tri-lobed Stratospheric Airships

The Aeronautical Journal, UK, Online Access 12th April 2021, https://doi.org/10.1017/aer.2021.24

Research and Advancements in Hybrid Air Vehicles – A Review

Elsevier Journal of Progress in Aerospace Sciences, co-authored by Manikandan, M., corrected proof available online from 16 June 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paerosci.2021.100741

A review of Lighter-than-Air systems for exploring the atmosphere of Venus

Elsevier Journal of Progress in Aerospace Sciences, Vol. 112, Jan 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paerosci.2019.100587

A Study on Wrinkling Characteristics of NBR Material

Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, B. N. Singh et al. (eds.), Recent Advances in Theoretical, Applied, Computational and Experimental Mechanics, pp. 109-117, Springer Nature Singapore Pte. Ltd., 2020

Estimation of volumetric drag coefficient of two-dimensional body of revolution

Technical Note, AIAA Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 56, No. 5, pp. 2080-82, Sep-Oct 2019, https://doi.org/10.2514/1.C034887

Design Optimization of a Tri-lobed Solar Powered Stratospheric Airship

Elsevier Journal of Aerospace Science and Technology, Vol. 91, pp. 255-262, August 2019, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ast.2019.05.016,

Experimental and numerical studies on the effect of elongation rate and temperature on the mechanical behavior of high strength NBR

Plastics, Rubber and Composites, Vol. 48, No. 7, pp. 281-292, July 2019, https://doi.org/10.1080/14658011.2019.1611254

Optimization of the Spanwise Twist of a Flapping Wing for Bird-sized Aircraft using a Quasi-Steady Aerodynamic Model,

International Journal of Aeronautical & Space Sciences, Vo. 20, pp. 571-583, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1007/s42405-019-00154-9

Multi-Objective Multidisciplinary Design Analyses and Optimization of High-Altitude Airships

Elsevier Journal of Aerospace Science and Technology, Vol. 78, Pages 248-259, July 2018, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ast.2018.04.028

Multidisciplinary approach for Solar Area Optimization of High Altitude Airships

Energy Conversion and Management, Elsevier, Vol. 164, pp. 301-310, 2018, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2018.03.009

A multi-node Model for Transient Heat Transfer Analysis of Stratospheric Airships

Advances in Space Research,Elsevier Advances in Space Research, Volume 59, Issue 12, June 2017, pp. 3023-3035, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2017.03.012

Branch & Bound Global-Search Algorithm for Aircraft Ground Movement Optimization

AIAA Journal of Aerospace Information Systems, Vol. 14, No. 6, 2017, pp. 316-326, http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/1.I010344

National Journals

Design and Fabrication of a High Endurance, Cost-Effective, Auto-Stabilised Airship

Annual Technical Volume of Aerospace Engineering Division Board, pp. 66-72, The Institution of Engineers, India, Vol. IV, 2019-20, ISBN 978-81-950662-4-7

Hybrid Airship: More of a Faster Ship Than a Slower Aircraft

Annual Technical Volume of Aerospace Engineering Division Board, pp. 79-86, The Institution of Engineers, India, Vol. IV, 2019-20, ISBN 978-81-950662-4-7

Design and Fabrication of a Test Rig to Determine Helium Permeability Through Fabrics

Journal of Aerospace Sciences and Technologies, The Aeronautical Society of India, Vol. 72, No. 2, pp. 114-120, May 2020

Experimental Investigation of Inflatable Wings for a Hand Launched Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Annual Technical Volume of Aerospace Engineering Division Board, pp. 32-35, The Institution of Engineers, India, Vol. III, 2018-19

CFD analysis of axi-symmetric bodies of revolution using OpenFOAM™

Annual Technical Volume of Aerospace Engineering Division Board, Vol. II, pp. 65-71, The Institution of Engineers, India, 2017-18,

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