Lighter-Than-Air Systems Laboratory


Department of Aerospace Engineering



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


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

Conceptual Design and Sizing of Relocatable High-Altitude Long Endurance Solar Powered Hybrid Airship,

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

Trajectory Modeling of Phase Change Lighter-Than-Air Systems for Venus Exploration: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach

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>

Conceptual Design and Sizing of LIDAR Equipped Solar Powered HALE UAV for Coastal Surveillance in India

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)

Conceptual Design and Mission Analysis of Hybrid-Electric Short-Haul Amphibian Aircraft for Sustainable Aviation

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

Re-locatable Aerostat System for Swift Deployment of Communication Equipment in Disaster Struck Zones

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

Conceptual Design, Initial Sizing and Sensitivity Analyses of a High Altitude Airship using revised Volumetric Drag Analyses

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

Feasibility Study of Multi-Disciplinary Design Optimization of a Phase Change Lighter-than Air System for Exploring Venusian Atmosphere

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

Multi-Disciplinary Design Optimization of a Solar-Powered Tri-Lobed Stratospheric Airship Configuration

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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