Publications
International Conferences, Last five years only
Methodology for Obtaining an Optimized Baffled Airfoil for an Inflatable Wing,
32nd International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 06-10 September 2021, Shanghai, China, co-authored by Mistri, S. R., Yerramalli, C. S., and Guha, A, IIT Bombay
AIAA-2021-2990, AIAA AVIATION Forum and Exposition, 2–6 August 2021, Washington, D.C. USA, Published Online: 28 Jul 2021, https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2021-2990, co-authored by Uddin N., IIT Bombay
Surrogate Based Aerodynamic Shape Optimization of Tri-lobed Hybrid Airship Envelope
AIAA-2021-2989, AIAA AVIATION Forum and Exposition, 2–6 August 2021, Washington, D.C. USA, Published Online: 28 Jul 2021, https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2021-2989, co-authored by Manikandan, M., IIT Bombay
Aerodynamic Analysis of ZHIYUAN-1 Airship using OpenFOAM® d
IAA-2021-2987, AIAA AVIATION Forum and Exposition, 2–6 August 2021, Washington, D.C. USA, Published Online: 28 Jul 2021, https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2021-2987, co-authored by Tripathi, M., IIT Bombay, and Gupta, P., MIT Manipal
A Methodology for Sizing of a Mini-Aerostat System
AIAA-2021-2986, AIAA AVIATION Forum and Exposition, 2–6 August 2021, Washington, D.C. USA, Published Online: 28 Jul 2021, https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2021-2986, co-authored by Bagare, S., and Joshi, A. S., IIT Bombay
AIAA-2021-2985, AIAA AVIATION Forum and Exposition, 2–6 August 2021, Washington, D.C. USA, Published Online: 28 Jul 2021, https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2021-2985, co-authored by Babu, K. M., and Gulawani, S. S., IIT Bombay
Study of Distributed Architectures for Multi-Disciplinary Optimization using OpenMDAO
ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of Aerospace Systems (AeroBest 2021), Lisbon, Portugal, (Online), July 21-23, 2021/p>
International Symposium on Aircraft Technology, MRO & Operations, 28-30 June 2021, Budapest, Hungary, (Online)
Sizing and Mission Analysis of Multirole Short-Haul All-Electric Seaplane for Sustainable Aviation
Proceedings of 2020 IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Computer Science and Data Engineering (CSDE), pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/CSDE50874.2020.9411375, 2020, Co-authored by Uddin, N., and Singh, D. (Awarded the Best Paper Prize)
Proceedings of International Symposium on Sustainable Aviation, 9th to 12th November 2020, University Putri Malaysia
Design, Fabrication and Testing of an Aerostat System for Last Mile Communication
AIAA 2019-2979, Proceedings of AIAA Aviation and Aeronautics Forum and Exposition, Dallas, Texas, 17-21 June 2019
Analytical Modeling of Baffled Inflatable Wing for Failure Prediction
Paper AIAA 2019-3366, Proceedings of AIAA Aviation and Aeronautics Forum and Exposition, Dallas, Texas, 17-21 June 2019
Design Methodology of a Small Unmanned Airship with Optimized Fins
019 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS) Atlanta, GA, USA, pp. 1136-1142, June 11-14, 2019, co-authored by Suvarna, S., and Chung, Hoam, Monash University, Australia
4th World Congress on Disaster Management, 29 Jan-1 Feb 2019, IIT Bombay
Conceptual Design and Sizing of a Wing-Tip Extension Mechanism for HALE UAV
rd Biennial International Conference on Nascent Technologies in Engineering (ICNTE 2019), Navi Mumbai, India, 4-5January, 2019
Numerical Investigation of Laminar to Turbulent Boundary Layer Transition over Airship Envelopes
7th International Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power Conference, Mumbai, 10-12 December 2018, co-authored by Magar, A. and Kiran Babu, K M, ADCET, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India
CFD analysis of axisymmetric bodies of revolution using OpenFOAM™
Paper AIAA 2018-3334, Proceedings of AIAA Aviation and Aeronautics Forum and Exposition, Atlanta, GA, USA during 26-29 June 2018
A comparative evaluation of actuation methods for telescopic span extension of HALE UAV
Proceedings of International Conference on Theoretical, Applied, Computational and Experimental Mechanics (ICTACEM-2017), December 28- 30, 2017, Kharagpur, India
Aerostat for avian deterrence in agricultural practices
Proceedings of 11th International Airship Convention and Regatta of the Airship Association held at Bedford, UK, 19-21 October 2017
Shape Optimization of a Multi-Element Airship Envelope for maximizing Payload
Proceedings of International Conference & Expo on Agriculture & Veterinary Sciences: Research and Technology, Hyderabad, India, 23-25 October 2017
Conventional and Multi-lobed Lifting-body Hybrid Airships: A Comparative Study in Sizing
Proceedings of 11th International Airship Convention and Regatta of the Airship Association held at Bedford, UK, 19-21 October 2017, co-authored by Khurana, P., IIT Bombay and Manikandan, M., MIT Manipal
Multi-functional tether for hot air aerostats
Proceedings of 11th International Airship Convention and Regatta of the Airship Association held at Bedford, UK, 19-21 October 2017, co-authored by Raina, A. Kolloch, M., Münch, P., Reimer, V. and Gries, T., Institut für Textiltechnik, RWTH, Aachen, Germany
Conceptual Design of Non-Body-of-Revolution type Stratospheric Airship
Proceedings of 11th International Airship Convention and Regatta of the Airship Association held at Bedford, UK, 19-21 October 2017
Feasibility study of a Hot-Air Tethered Aerostat System
Proceedings of 11th International Airship Convention and Regatta of the Airship Association held at Bedford, UK, 19-21 October 2017
Conceptual Design of a Full-Scale Hot Air Aerostat System,
Proceedings of 11th International Airship Convention and Regatta of the Airship Association held at Bedford, UK, 19-21 October 2017, co-authored by Raina, A., and Gries, T, Institut für Textiltechnik, RWTH, Aachen, Germany.
Design and Development of an Easily Deployable Indoor Finless Airship
Proceedings of 11th International Airship Convention and Regatta of the Airship Association held at Bedford, UK, 19-21 October 2017, IIT Bombay
A Smartphone Operated Indoor Autonomous Airship
Proceedings of 11th International Airship Convention and Regatta of the Airship Association held at Bedford, UK, 19-21 October 2017
Conceptual Sizing of a Long Range Transport Aircraft
Proceedings of XXIV International Conference of Italian Association of Aeronautics and Astronautics, held at Palermo & Enna, Italy, 18-22 September 2017
Studies in Telescopic Span Morphing of HALE UAV
Proceedings of 8th International Conference on Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, (ICMAE 2017) held in Prague, Czech Republic, 22-25 July 2017
Critical Review of Helium Purification Techniques for Lighter-than-Air Systems
Proceedings of 23rd AIAA Lighter-Than-Air Systems Technology Conference, held as part of 2017 AIAA Aviation and Aeronautics Forum and Exposition in in Denver, Colorado, 5-9 June 2017.
Design and Development of an Indoor Autonomous Airship
Proceedings of 23rd AIAA Lighter-Than-Air Systems Technology Conference, held as part of 2017 AIAA Aviation and Aeronautics Forum and Exposition in in Denver, Colorado, 5-9 June 2017, co-authored by Manas. B., NTU Singapore
System Identification Approach for a Tethered Airship
Proceedings of 23rd AIAA Lighter-Than-Air Systems Technology Conference, held as part of 2017 AIAA Aviation and Aeronautics Forum and Exposition in in Denver, Colorado, 5-9 June 2017, co-authored by Santos, J. S. A., Stevanovic, S. & Kondak, K., DLR, Germany, Holzapfel, F., TUM, Germany, and Góes, L.C.S., ITA Brazil
Surrogate Based Shape Optimization of Stratospheric Airship Envelopes
Proceedings of 23rd AIAA Lighter-Than-Air Systems Technology Conference, held as part of 2017 AIAA Aviation and Aeronautics Forum and Exposition in in Denver, Colorado, 5-9 June 2017
Guidance, Navigation and Control Algorithm for a Tethered Airship
Proceedings of 23rd AIAA Lighter-Than-Air Systems Technology Conference, held as part of 2017 AIAA Aviation and Aeronautics Forum and Exposition in in Denver, Colorado,5-9 June 2017, co-authored by Stevanovic, S., DLR, Germany, Santos, J. S. A., ITA Brazil, Kondak, K., DLR, Germany, Holzapfel, F., TUM, Germany, and Góes, L.C.S., ITA Brazil
An Elevated Balloon-Kite Hybrid (Helikite) platform for Surveillance
Proceedings of 23rd AIAA Lighter-Than-Air Systems Technology Conference, held as part of 2017 AIAA Aviation and Aeronautics Forum and Exposition in in Denver, Colorado, 5-9 June 2017
Design and Fabrication of a Winch for Aerostat
Proceedings of 23rd AIAA Lighter-Than-Air Systems Technology Conference, being held as part of 2017 AIAA Aviation and Aeronautics Forum and Exposition held in Denver, Colorado, 5-9 June 2017, co-authored by Shah, H., Katare, B., Rane, V., Chawda, U., and Sonawane, B., SJCET, Palghar, Maharashtra, India
Design of Glider and Low Variability Model Launcher for Teaching Principles of Flight to Students
Proceedings of 17th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference, held as part of 2017 AIAA Aviation and Aeronautics Forum and Exposition in in Denver, Colorado, 5-9 June 2017, co-authored by Kerimani, Chandraouli, V, and Ghate, D., IIST, Thiruvananthapuram
Proceedings of 57th Israel Annual Conference on Aerospace Sciences, Tel-Aviv &Haifa, Israel, March 15-16, 2017, co-authored by Subhani, S., Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
Design of a Tethered Aerostat System for Animal and Bird Hazard Mitigation
International Conference on Recent Advances in Aerospace Engineering (ICRAAE-2017), Karunya University, Coimbatore, 3-4 March 2017, co-authored by Mahto, N., RVCE Bengaluru, Bajoria, A., MIT Manipal and Chaitanya Kumar, B., IIT Bombay
National Conferences
A review of UAV configurations for exploration of Mars
2nd National Conference on Innovation Global trends in Technology, Architecture and Management, 4th to 6th May 2021
Proceedings of 3rd National Conference on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization (NCMDAO-3), 21st to 25th October 2020
Multi-objective Design Optimization of Hybrid-Powered Airship with Tri-lobed Envelope
3rd National Conference on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization (NCMDAO-3), 21st to 25th October 2020
Conceptual Design Optimization of a High-Altitude-Airships having a Tri-lobed Envelope
Proceedings of the 2nd National Conference on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization (NCMDAO-2), In Salagame, R. R., Ramu, P., Narayanaswamy, I., Saxena, D. K., eds., Advances in Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization, ISBN 978-981-15-5431-5, 2020,
Design and Fabrication of a High Endurance, Cost-Effective, Auto-Stabilised Airship,
resented at 33rd National Convention of Aerospace Engineers, Pune, 16-17 Nov 2019
Hybrid Airship: More of a Faster Ship, than a Slower Aircraft,
Presented at 33rd National Convention of Aerospace Engineers, Pune, 16-17 Nov 2019, co-authored by Bagare, S
A Generic Approach for Geometry Generation of Multi-Lobed Airship Envelopes
Presented at 33rd National Convention of Aerospace Engineers, Pune, 16-17 Nov 2019
Design and Fabrication of Pluto-X Controlled Indoor Nonrigid Airship
Presented at 33rd National Convention of Aerospace Engineers, Pune, 16-17 Nov 2019
Design of Portable Winching System for Tethered Aerostat
Presented at 33rd National Convention of Aerospace Engineers, Pune, 16-17 Nov 2019
Design and Fabrication of an Indoor Tethered Aerostat System
Presented at 33rd National Convention of Aerospace Engineers, Pune, 16-17 Nov 2019
8th Symposium on Applied Aerodynamics and Design of Aerospace Vehicles (SAROD- 2018), Bengaluru, November 29-December 1, 2018,
Simulation of Autonomous Airship on ROS-Gazebo Framework
5th Indian Control Conference, 9th to 11th January 2019, IIT Delhi
Design and Fabrication of an Indoor Tethered Aerostat System
Presented at 33rd National Convention of Aerospace Engineers, Pune, 16-17 Nov 2019
Establishing the efficacy of OpenFOAM™ for carrying out CFD analysis of aerostat envelopes,
Proceedings of National Conference on Aerial Delivery & Airborne Surveillance Systems (ADASS) 2017, ADRDE, Agra, 10th October 2017, co-authored by Kiran Babu, K. M, and Magar, A, ADCET Sangli
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