PAPERS/REPORTS

Papers in Conference Proceedings

International Conferences

Conceptual Design of High Altitude Aerostat for Studying Snow Patterns

International Symposium on Snow and Avalanches: Processes & effects of global climatic change ISSA 09. April 2009. Co Authored by Amool A Raina, Project Engineer, IIT Bombay

Enhanced methodology for arriving at the baseline specifications of a non-rigid airship

18th AIAA Lighter-Than-Air (LTA) Systems Technology Conference, Washington, USA, May 2009*. Co Authored by Amool A Raina, Project Engineer, IIT Bombay

Conceptual Design of an Airship using Knowledge Based Engineering

18th AIAA Lighter-Than-Air (LTA) Systems Technology Conference, Washington, USA, May 2009*. Co Authored by Amool A Raina, Project Engineer, IIT Bombay, Ravindra Joshi, Dual Degree Student, Aerospace Engineering Department, IIT Bombay

Design, Fabrication and Operation of Remotely Controlled Airships in INDIA

18th AIAA Lighter-Than-Air (LTA) Systems Technology Conference, Washington, USA, May 2009*. Co Authored by Amool A Raina, Project Engineer, IIT Bombay, Mr. Y.P. Jahagirdar, Research Institute for Model Aeronautics, Ahmednagar, India

Low Cost Trans-River Aerial-Ferry Using A Novel LTA System

18th AIAA Lighter-Than-Air (LTA) Systems Technology Conference, Washington, USA, May 2009*. Co Authored by Amool A Raina and Sourav Banerjee, Project Engineer, IIT Bombay

Low Cost Wireless Internet Access for Rural Areas using Tethered Aerostats

IEEE Region 10 Colloquium and 3rd international Conference on Industrial and information Systems, Kharagpur, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal, India, December 2008*. Co Authored by Amool A Raina, Project Engineer, IIT Bombay, P. Bilaye, V. N. Gawande, Dual Degree Students Electrical Engineering Department IIT Bombay, U. B. Desai, Professor, Electrical Engineering Department, IIT Bombay

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Design and Fabrication of an Aerostat for Wireless communication in Rural Areas

7th AIAA/ATIO Conference and 17th Lighter-Than-Air Technology Convention, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, September 2007 Co-Authored by Amol C. Gawale, Project Engineer, IIT Bombay, P. Bilaye, V. N. Gawande, Dual Degree Students Electrical Engineering Department IIT Bombay, U. B. Desai, Professor, Electrical Engineering Department, IIT Bombay.

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Multidisciplinary Shape Optimization of Aerostat Envelopes

7th AIAA/ATIO Conference and 17th Lighter-Than-Air Technology Convention, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, September 2007 Co-Authored by C. Vijayram, Sr. Engineer - Advanced Engineering, Ashok Leyland, Chennai, India

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Precision Navigation of Airborne Vehicles Using Pseudolites Mounted on Stratospheric Airships

7th AIAA/ATIO Conference and 17th Lighter-Than-Air Technology Convention, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, September 2007 Co-Authored by C. Burrichandu, M. Tech. Student, IIT Bombay.

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An MDO approach to shape optimization of aerostat envelopes

2nd AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization specialist conference, Newport , Rhode Island, May 2006, Co-authored by C. Vijay Ram M-tech. Student, IIT-Bombay.

A Generic Methodology For Determination Of Drag Coefficient Of An Aerostat Envelope Using CFD

5th AIAA\ATIO and 16th Lighter-Than-Air Systems Technology Conference and Balloon Systems Conference, September 2005, Crystal City, Arlington, USA, Co-authored by Sagar M. Kale and Pankaj Joshi, Project Engineer, IIT Bombay.

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Multidisciplinary Optimization of Airship Envelope Shape

10th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, Albany, New York, 30th August - 1st September 2004 Co-authored by Tushar Kanikdale and A. G. Marathe, IIT Bombay.

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Initial Sizing and Sensitivity Analyses of Stratospheric Airships for Psuedolite Based Precision Navigation System

AIAA 5th ATIO and16th Lighter-Than-Air Systems Tech. and Balloon Systems Conferences, Arlington, Virginia, September , 2005. Co-authored by Mr. Amol C. Gawale, Project Engineer, IIT Bombay.

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Structural Design Of Mooring Mast For Remotely Controlled Airship

5th International Convention of The Airship Association, Oxford, England, August 2004 Co-authored by Mr. Sagar M. Kale, Project Engineer, IIT Bombay.

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Design Studies Of A Powerplant System Of Non-Rigid Airship

5th International Convention of The Airship Association, Oxford, England, August 2004 Co-authored by Mr. Amol C. Gawale, Project Engineer, IIT Bombay.

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A Methodology For Determination Of Baseline Specifications Of A Non-Rigid Airship

AIAA 3rd Aviation Technology, Integration and Operations (ATIO) Forum, November 2003, Denver, USA.

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National Conferences

Design and Shape Optimization of Aerostat Envelopes

Continuing Education Program on Lighter than Air Vehicle technology, December 2007, Agra, India. Co-Authored by Amool A Raina, Project Engineer, IIT Bombay

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Design, Fabrication and Field Testing of an Aerostat system

National Seminar on Strategic applications of LTA Systems at High Altitudes, (SALTA-07), October 2007, Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment, Manali, India. Co-authored by Amool Raina and Amol C Gawale, Project Engineer, IIT Bombay

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Critical Review of Global Regulations for Certification and Operation of Airships

National Seminar on Strategic applications of LTA Systems at High Altitudes, (SALTA-07), October 2007, Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment, Manali, India. Co-authored by Amol C. Gawale, Project Engineer, IIT Bombay.

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An MDO approach to shape optimization of Aerostat Envelopes

Dreams Conference, March-2007, Bangalore, India, Co-authored by C. Vijay Ram, Ashok Leyland, Chennai, India.

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Critical Technologies For Development Of Stratospheric Airships

Strategies and Action Plan for development of Stratospheric Airship Technologies, June, 2005, Aerial Delivery R&D Establishment, Agra

A Critical Review Of Global Regulation For Certification And Operation Of Airships

National Seminar on Military Aircraft Airworthiness, August, 2004, Co-authored by Amol C. Gawale, Project Engineer, IIT Bombay.

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Structural Design Of Mooring Mast For Remotely Controlled Airship

55th Annual General Meeting of The Aeronautical Society of India, Bangalore, December, 2003 Co-authored by Mr. Sagar M. Kale, Senior Undergraduate Student, YCCE, Nagpur

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Design Studies Of A Powerplant System Of Non-Rigid Airship

55th Annual General Meeting of The Aeronautical Society of India, Bangalore, December, 2003 Co-authored by Mr. Amol C. Gawale, Project Engineer, IIT Bombay.  

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Design, Fabrication And Flight Testing Of Remotely Controlled Airship

National Conference on LTA Technologies, Aerial Delivery R&D Establishment, Agra, October 2002. Co-authored by Mr. Amol C. Gawale, Project Engineer, IIT Bombay.

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A Comparative Evaluation Of Operation Of Airships And Helicopters In Uttaranchal

National Conference on LTA Technologies, Aerial Delivery R&D Establishment, Agra, October 2002. Co-authored by Mr. Ryan P. Gazder, Sr. Undergraduate Student, IIT Bombay.

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Airships As A Low Cost Alternative To Communication Satellites

National Conference on LTA Technologies, Aerial Delivery R&D Establishment, Agra, October 2002. Co-authored by Mr. Sandeep Relekar, Project Engineer, Program on Airship Design & Development, IIT Bombay.

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Estimation Of Aerodynamic Characteristics Of Un-Symmetrically Finned Bodies Of Revolutions

28th Fluid Mechanics & Fluid Power Conference, Chandigarh, India, December 2001. Co-authored by Mr. Praveen Gill, Sr. Undergraduate Student, IIT Bombay, and Mr. Sandeep Malik, Scientist ADRDE, Agra.

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Post Graduate Theses Supervised


Modeling and Simulation Plan for Precision Navigation based on Pseudolites mounted on Statospheric Airships

Burri Chandu, MTech Project, 2007.

Shape Optimization of Aerostat Envelopes

C. Vijay Ram, MTech Project, 2006.

Controller Design for a Remotely Controlled Airship

Akshat Goyal , MTech Project, 2006.

Optimization of Airship Envelope Shape using Computational Fluid Dynamics

Tushar Sham Kanikdale, MTech Project, 2004.

Development of a control system for remotely controlled non-rigid airship

Devendra Khitoliya, MTech Project, 2001.

PROGRAM ON AIRSHIP DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT

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