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Publications in Journals

 

1.    Tethered Aerostat Systems for Agricultural Application in India, Annual Technical Volume of Aerospace Engineering Division Board, pp. 82-88, The Institution of Engineers, India, 2015-16.


2.   Design and Fabrication of a Portable Semirigid Airship, Annual Technical Volume of Aerospace Engineering Division Board, pp. 45-53, The Institution of Engineers, India, 2015-16, co-authored by Loharkar, S. A., and Kshirsagar, A., IIT Bombay.


3.   Design and Fabrication of Slipstream Deflection Mechanism for a Remotely Controlled Airship, Annual Technical Volume of Aerospace Engineering Division Board, pp. 39-44, The Institution of Engineers, India, 2015-16, co-authored by Kapse, P. S., Ahire, D., Borhade, G. and Murugkar, M., KKWIEER, Nasik, India.


4.   Branch & Bound Global-Search Algorithm for Aircraft Ground Movement Optimization, AIAA Journal of Aerospace Information Systems, http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/1.I010344, 19th July 2016, co-authored by Godbole, P., and Ranade, A., IIT Bombay.


5.   Design, Fabrication and Testing of Mooring Masts for Remotely Controlled Indoor and Outdoor Airships, Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India): Series C, Mechanical, Production, Aerospace and Marine Engineering, Springer, Volume 97, Issue 2, pp. 257-277, April 2016, ISSN: 2250-0545, Co-authored by Bhardwaj, U and Syed, K., IIT Bombay. 


6.   Conceptual Design Sizing and Thermal Analysis of an Alerting System for Manned Airships, Journal of Aerospace Sciences and Technology, Vol. 66, No. 4, pp. 267-281, November 2014, co-authored by Bhardwaj, U., IIT Bombay.


7.    An Emergency Deflation Device for Remotely Controlled Airships, The Journal of The Airship Association, No. 185, pp. 11-16, September 2014, co-authored by Vivek, P., and Sharma V., IIT Bombay.   


8.    Enhanced Model for Terminal Airspace Capacity Estimation, Journal of Aerospace Sciences and Technologies, The Aeronautical Society of India, Vol. 66, No. 3, August 2014, Co-authored by Bagg, D., Sharma, K., and Chaugule, V., IIT Bombay.


9.    Design, Fabrication And Flight Demonstration of A Remotely Controlled Airship For Snow Scientists, Journal of Aerospace Technology and Management (JATM), Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 19-27, January-March 2014, doi: 10.5028/jatm.v6i1.313, ISSN 2175-9146, São José dos Campos, Brazil.


10.  Conceptual Sizing and Multicriteria Optimization of UAV for snow studies, Journal of Aerospace Sciences and Technology, Vol. 65, No. 3, pp. 262-272, August 2013, co-authored by Dineshkumar, M., IIT Bombay.


11.  Evaluation of the assumed-transition-point criterion in context of RANS simulations around Lighter-Than-Air vehicles, AIAA Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 50, No. 2, pp. 450-456, March 2013, doi: 10.2514/1.C031880, Co-authored by Suman, S., Texas A&M University, USA and Lakshmipathy, S., DLR, Germany.


12.  Cognitive Workload of Air Traffic Controllers in Area Control Centre of Mumbai Enroute Airspace, Journal of Psychosocial Research, July-Dec 2012, co-authored by Taukari, A., K. J. Somaiya College, Mumbai.


13.  Winged Aerostat Systems for better station keeping for aerial surveillance, Advanced Materials Research, Vols. 433-440, pp. 6871-6879, January 2012, co-authored by Kanoria, A., Sardar Vallabhbhai Institute of Technology, Vasad, India.


14.  An Architecture Using Lighter-Than-Air Platforms for Retail Power Beaming and Communications, Journal of Low Power Electronics, Vol. 8, No. 3., pp. 261–269, June 2012, co-authored by Komerath, N. M., School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA and Kar, A., College of Optics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA.


15.  Optimal Aircraft Conflict Resolution in Free Flight Using Simulated Annealing and Genetic Algorithms, Journal of Aerospace Sciences and Technologies, Vol. 64, No. 2, pp. 97-107, May 2012, The Aeronautical Society of India, co-authored by Chaugule, V., IIT Bombay and Gomez, S, Institute for Research in Applied Mathematics & Systems, National University of Mexico, Mexico.


16.  Improving the Aerospace Capstone Design Experience Through Simulation Based Learning, International Journal of Engineering Education Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 492-500, 2012, co-authored by Butler, Wh. M, Department of Engineering Education, Virginia Tech, USA, Terpenny, J., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, USA, Goff, R. M., Department of Engineering Education, Virginia Tech, USA and Steinhauer, H. H., Department of Freshmen Engineering, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, USA.


17.  A Comparative Study of Cognitive Strategies Used to Resolve Air Traffic Conflict between Air Traffic Controllers and General population using Eye Tracking Machine, Journal of Psychosocial Research, July-Dec 2010, co-authored by Taukari, A., K. J. Somaiya College, Mumbai, and Amit Kumar Garg, IIT Bombay.


18.   Dynamic Stability Analysis of a Tethered Aerostat, Accepted for publication in AIAA Journal of Aircraft. Co-authored by Mr. A. Rajani, and Prof. Sudhakar, IIT Bombay.  


19.    Multi-disciplinary Shape Optimization of Aerostat Envelopes, Technical Note, AIAA Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 47, No. 3, May-June 2010. Co-authored by Mr. C. Vijayram, IIT Bombay. 

 

20.   A Comparative Study of Cognitive Strategies Used to Resolve Air Traffic Conflict between Air Traffic Controllers and General population using Eye Tracking Machine, Journal of Psychosocial Research, to appear in July-Dec 2010, co-authored by Dr. A. Taukari, Asst. Prof., Department of Psychology, K. J. Somaiya College, Mumbai, and Amit Kumar Garg, IIT Bombay. 

 

21.   Comparison of blowby characteristic of Conventional and Winged aerostats”, Communications in Aerospace System Design & Engineering, Vol.1, No. 1, online journal, www.casde.org, co-authored by Mr. A. Kanoria, SVIT Vasad, India, 2010. 

 

22.   Design of an Aerostat Recovery Device (ARD) in case of Accidental Breakage of Tether, Communications in Aerospace System Design & Engineering, Vol.1, No. 1, online journal, www.casde.org, co-authored by Mr. C. S. Bhat, BITS Pilani, India, 2010. 

 

23.   Constraint Analysis of a Transport Aircraft using Optimization, Communications in Aerospace Systems Design & Engineering, Vol. 1, No. 1, online journal, www.casde.org, co-authored by Mr. K. Moolchandani, PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh, India, 2010. 

 

24.   A methodology for arriving at the baseline specifications of a non-rigid airship, Technical Note, AIAA Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 45, No. 6, Nov-Dec 2008. 

 

25.   Constraint Analysis and Initial Sizing of a Transport Aircraft by Simulated Annealing, Journal of Iranian Aerospace Society, Vol 2, No. 2, June 2005, pp. 43-47 

 

26.   Flow Visualisation of an Upper Surface Blown Unmanned Aircraft, Journal of the Aeronautical Society of India, Vol. 52, No. 4, November 2000, pp. 239-245. Co-authored by Prof. S. D. Sharma, IIT Bombay. 

 

27.  Aircraft Configuration And Flight Profile Optimization Using Simulated Annealing, Aircraft Design, Vol. 2, 1999, pp. 239-255, Elsevier Science Limited, UK, Co-authored by Prof. J. P. Fielding, Cranfield University, UK. 

 

28.  A Model For Estimation Of Airport Related Costs Of Commuter And Regional Aircraft, Journal of The Aeronautical Society of India, Vol. 51, No. 2, May 1999, pp. 83-92. 

 

29.  CRISTO: A Code For Integrated Synthesis And Trajectory Optimization Of Commuter And Regional Aircraft, Paper 975542, Journal of Aerospace, Section 1, Transactions of SAE, pp 1504-1514, ISBN 0-7680-0296-6. Also presented at the AIAA/SAE World Aviation Congress, Anaheim, CA, USA, October 1997. Co-authored by Profs. J. P. Fielding and J. Snow of College of Aeronautics, Cranfield University, UK. 

 

30.  Economic Parameters In The Conceptual Design Optimization Of An Air-Taxi Aircraft, AIAA Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 32, No. 4, July-August 1995 pp. 696-702. Co-authored by Mr. S. D. Gogate, IIT Bombay and Mr. P. Arora, Tata Consultancy Services, India. 

 


Papers in Conference Proceedings

International Conferences 

 

Accepted for presentation 

 

1. Design-Build-Fly Projects of Lighter-Than-Air Systems for Enhanced Learning of Aircraft Design Principles, Proceedings of First Seminar of Asian Workshop on Aircraft Design and Education (AWADE 2016), pp. 70-79, Nanjing, PRC, 8-11 October 2016.


2. Modeling and Simulation of Highly Flexible Structures, Proceedings of 6th International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulation (ICCMS 2016), Mumbai, India, 27 June-1 July 2016, co-authored by Pawar, V. and Guruprasad, P. J., IIT Bombay.


3. Modeling Transient Heat Transfer in Stratospheric Airships, AIAA-2016-4222, Proceedings of 16th AIAA   Aviation Technology Integration and Operations Conference, Washington, DC, USA, 13-17 June 2016, co-authored by Alam, M. I.,  IIT Bombay.


4. Stability Augmentation System for a Tethered Airship, AIAA-2016-4224, Proceedings of 16th AIAA Aviation Technology Integration and Operations Conference, Washington, DC, USA, 13-17 June 2016, co-authored by Santos, J, and Goes, L., ITA Brazil, Stevanovic, S, Kondak, K., and Holzapfel, F., DLR.


5. Dynamic Simulation of Breakaway Aerostat With Emergency Deflation Valves, AIAA-2016-4225, Proceedings of 16th AIAA   Aviation Technology Integration and Operations Conference, Washington, DC, USA, 13-17 June 2016, co-authored by Kshirsagar, A. and Bodi, K, IIT Bombay.


6. Design and Construction of a Remotely Controlled Semi-Rigid Airship, Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Innovative Design and Development of Aeronautical and Automobile Engineering (IDAD 2016), 22-24 February 2016 at Avadi, Tamil Nadu, India, co-authored by Mistri, S. R., Jaiswal, M. K., and Dharawath, P., IIT Bombay. 


7. A Spring-activated Quick-response Mechanism for Legs of a Mooring Mast: Conceptual Design and Analysis, Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Innovative Design and Development of Aeronautical and Automobile Engineering (IDAD 2016), 22-24 February 2016 at Avadi, Tamil Nadu, India, co-authored by Bhardwaj, U. and Syed, K., IIT Bombay.   


8. Design and Flight Testing of an Autonomous Airship, AIAA-2015-3352, Proceedings of 22nd Lighter-Than-Air Systems Technology Conference, 22-26 June, Dallas, TX, USA, co-authored by Santos, J, Garcia, D., Cunha, M. L., and Goes, L., ITA Brazil.


9. A Simplified Thermal Model for Design of Stratospheric Airships, Proceedings of the 10th International Convention of Airship Association, 17-19 April 2015, Friedrichshafen, Germany, co-authored by Bichkar, O. V., IIT Bombay.


10. An Improved Methodology for Multidisciplinary Design Analysis and Optimization of High Altitude Airship Configurations, Proceedings of the 10th International Convention of Airship Association, 17-19 April 2015, Friedrichshafen, Germany, co-authored by Alam, M. I., IIT Bombay.


11. Design and Development of a Semi Rigid Remotely Controlled Airship, Proceedings of the 10th International Convention of Airship Association, 17-19 April 2015, Friedrichshafen, Germany, co-authored by Kshirsagar, A., and Sharma V., IIT Bombay.


12. Design of an Autonomous Control System for an Indoor Airship, Proceedings of the 10th International Convention of Airship Association, 17-19 April 2015, Friedrichshafen, Germany, co-authored by Vivek, P., and Dharawath, P., IIT Bombay.


13. Design of a Tethered Aerostat System for providing Wireless Communications in a University Campus, Proceedings of the 10th International Convention of Airship Association, 17-19 April 2015, Friedrichshafen, Germany, co-authored by Jadhwar, J. H., and Sharma V., IIT Bombay.


14. Challenges in Inflatable Wings for Morphing UAV, Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Innovative Research Techniques in Mechanical, Aeronautical, Management and Electrical Systems (IRTMAMES-2015), 12-13 February 2015, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, co-authored by Dusane, C. and Wani, A., IIT Bombay.


15. Conceptual Design of Oblate Spheroid Aerostat, Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Innovative Research Techniques in Mechanical, Aeronautical, Management and Electrical Systems (IRTMAMES-2015), 12-13 February 2015, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, co-authored by Jadhwar, J. H., IIT Bombay.


16. An Enhanced Thermal Model for Stratospheric Balloons at Floating Condition, Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Innovative Research Techniques in Mechanical, Aeronautical, Management and Electrical Systems (IRTMAMES-2015), 12-13 February 2015, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, co-authored by Bichkar, O. V., IIT Bombay.


17. Aerodynamic Analysis of Bodies of Revolution, Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Innovative Research Techniques in Mechanical, Aeronautical, Management and Electrical Systems (IRTMAMES-2015), 12-13 February 2015, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, co-authored by Aitawadekar, P. S., IIT Bombay.


18. Sizing of Stratospheric Airships for Space Based Applications, Proceedings of International Space Conference (ISC-2015), 8-9 January 2015, Amity University, Noida, co-authored by Subhani, Sk. and Alam, M. I., IIT Bombay.


19. Multidisciplinary Shape Optimization of Stratospheric Airships, Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Theoretical, Applied, Computational and Experimental Mechanics, December 29- 31, 2014, Kharagpur, India, co-authored by Alam, M. I., and Subhani, S, IIT Bombay.


20. Modeling of Biomimetic Unmanned Aerial Airship, Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Recent Advances in Design, Development and Operation of Micro Air Vehicles (ICRAMAV-2014), Hyderabad, 5-7 November 2014, co-authored by Alney, U, IIT Bombay.


21. An improved methodology for Aerofoil Shape Optimization using Surrogate Based Design Optimization, Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Engineering Optimization (EngOpt2014), Lisbon, Portugal, 8-11 September 2014, co-authored by Rajaram, D., IIT Bombay.


22. 2-D Shape Optimization of Aerostat Envelopes Using Kriging, Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Engineering Optimization (EngOpt2014), Lisbon, Portugal, 8-11 September 2014, co-authored by Paul, S. and Patil, D. A., IIT  Bombay.


23. Material Characterization of Envelope Fabrics for Lighter-Than-Air Systems, International Colloquium on Materials, Manufacturing and Metrology, ICMMM 2014, 8-9 August, 2014, IIT Madras, Chennai, India, co-authored by Sonawane, B. S., Fernandes, M. A. F., and Pant, V., IIT Bombay.


24. Wrinkling Behaviour of Thin Walled Envelope Structures: A Review, International Colloquium on Materials, Manufacturing and Metrology, ICMMM 2014, 8-9 August, 2014, IIT Madras, Chennai, India, co-authored by Pawar, V. S., Murlikrishna V. M., Ajaykumar, Guruprasad, P. J., IIT Bombay.  


25. Morphing Aircraft Design including Engine parameters using Genetic Algorithm, AIAA 2014-2723, Proceedings of 14th AIAA Aviation Technology Integration and Operations Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 16-20 June 2014, co-authored by Sainadh, A. Ch., IIT Bombay.


26. Branch & Bound Global-Search Algorithm for Aircraft Ground Movement Optimization, AIAA 2014-2155, Proceedings of 14th AIAA Aviation Technology Integration and Operations Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 16-20 June 2014, co-authored by Godbole, P., and Ranade, A., IIT Bombay.


27. Design and Field Trials of a Payload Recovery Device for Tethered Aerostats, In International Conference on Innovative Design, Analysis and Development Practices in Aerospace and Automotive Engineering (I-DAD 2014), 22-24 February 2014, Bajpai, R. P; Chandrasekhar, U.; Arankalle, A. R. (eds.), Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, pp. 79-84, ISBN 978-81-322-1871-5, Springer India, co-authored by Sharma, N., Mukhopadhyay, A., Sharma, V. and Milind, M., IIT Bombay. DOI: 10.1007/978-81-322-1871-5_12


28. SoPTAS: Solar Powered Tethered Aerostat System, 1st International Conference on Non-Conventional  Energy (ICONCE 2014), 16-17 January 2014, Kalyani, West Bengal, India, co-authored by Gajra, K, IIT Bombay.


29. Conceptual Design and Analyses of High Altitude Airship, Proceedings of International Conference on Safety By Design; Recent Trends in Design & Manufacturing, ICSBD-2013, 16-17 August 2013, Pallakad, Kerala, India,  Co-authored by Alam, M. I., IIT Bombay.


30. Design and Fabrication of Fins for Indoor and Outdoor Airships, Proceedings of First International Conferences on Emerging Trends in Engineering Technology, IC(ET)22013, 4-5 October 2013, Munnar, Kerala, India, co-authored by Motiwala, N. I., and Yelve, N. P., IIT Bombay. 


31. Conceptual Design and Sizing of an Amphibian Transport Aircraft,  AIAA-2013-4303, Proceedings of 2013 Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference and International Powered Lift Conference, Los Angeles, California, 12-14 August, 2013, co-authored by Bendarkar, M. V., and Eberhardt, D. S., IIT Bombay.


32. An Artificial Neural Network Residual Kriging Based Surrogate Model for Shape and Size Optimization of a Stiffened Panel, AIAA-2013-1689, Proceedings of 54th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, 8 - 11 April 2013, Boston, Massachusetts, USA., co-authored by M. R. Sunny, S. B. Mulani, S. Sanyal, and R. K. Kapania, Virginia Tech., Blacksburg, VA, USA.


33. Design and Fabrication of Mooring Masts for Remotely Controlled Indoor and Outdoor Airships, AIAA-2013-1376, Proceedings of 20th AIAA LTA Systems Technology Conference, 25-27 March 2013, Daytona Beach, FL, USA. Co-authored by Syed, K., and Bhardwaj, U.


34. A Methodology for Conceptual Design and Optimization of a High Altitude Airship, AIAA-2013-1363, Proceedings of 20th AIAA LTA Systems Technology Conference, 25-27 March 2013, Daytona Beach, FL, USA. Co-authored by Alam, M. I., IIT Bombay.


35. Dynamic Simulation of Breakaway tethered Aerostat including Thermal effects, AIAA-2013-1341, Proceedings of 20th AIAA LTA Systems Technology Conference, 25-27 March 2013, Daytona Beach, FL, USA. Co-authored by Krishna, R., and Bodi, K., IIT Bombay.


36. Controller Design for an Outdoor Autonomous Airship, AIAA-2013-1301, Proceedings of 20th AIAA LTA Systems Technology Conference, 25-27 March 2013, Daytona Beach, FL, USA. Co-authored by Potdaar T., and Sinha, A., IIT Bombay.


37. Surrogate Based Design Optimization of Aerostat Envelope, AIAA-2013-1298, Proceedings of 20th AIAA LTA Systems Technology Conference, 25-27 March 2013, Daytona Beach, FL, USA. co-authored by Mehta, D. , IIT Bombay.


38. Design Fabrication and Flight testing of a Non-rigid Indoor Airship, AIAA-2013-1297, Proceedings of 20th AIAA LTA Systems Technology Conference, 25-27 March 2013, Daytona Beach, FL, USA. Co-authored by Bansal, G., Bhardwaj, U., Jain, N., Mulay S., and Sawardekar, S., IIT Bombay.


39. Design, Fabrication & Testing of Outdoor Autonomous Airship, AIAA-2013-1296, Proceedings of 20th AIAA LTA Systems Technology Conference, 25-27 March 2013, Daytona Beach, FL, USA. co-authored by Khan, I. A., Motiwala, N. I., Mulay, S. and Sharma, V., IIT Bombay.


40. A Methodology for Conceptual Sizing of a Tethered Aerostat, AIAA-2013-1274, Proceedings of 20th AIAA LTA Systems Technology Conference, 25-27 March 2013, Daytona Beach, FL, USA. Co-authored by Kapoor, A., PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh.


41. Conceptual Approach for Design, Fabrication and Testing of Indoor Remotely Controlled Airships, Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Dalian, China, Advanced Materials Research, Xianghua Liu, Kaifeng Zhang and Mingzhe Li, (eds.), Vols. 690-693, pp. 3390-3395, March 2013, co-authored by Motiwala, N. I., Yelve, N. P., and Khan, I. A., and Narkhede, B. E.

2012  (03)


42. Optimization of surface movement of aircraft using Bacterial Foraging algorithm, Proceedings of International Symposium on Combinatorial Optimization 2012, University of Oxford, 17- 19 September 2012, Co-authored by A. Baijal, Senior Undergraduate Student, School of Electrical Engineering, VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.


43. CFD Investigations of Some Airship Envelope Shapes, Proceedings of 9th International Airship Convention & Exhibition of The Airship Association, Ashford, England, 20 -23 June 2012, co-authored by A. Chakraborty and S. Shenoy, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal, India.


44. Conceptual Sizing and Design of a Lenticular Aerostat, Proceedings of 9th International Airship Convention & Exhibition of The Airship Association, Ashford, England, 20 -23 June 2012, co-authored by A. A. Kanoria, Department of Aerospace Engineering, College of Aeronautics, Cranfield University, UK, and T. K. Shah, Aeronautical and Automobile Engineering Department, MIT Manipal, India.


45. Application of Partially-averaged Navier-Stokes (PANS) method to simulate turbulent flow around an airship, IUTAM Symposium on Bluff Body Flows (Blubof2011), 12-16 December 2011, IIT Kanpur, India, Co-authored by S. Suman, Texas A&M University, USA and S. Lakshmipathy, DLR, Germany.


46. Application of Lighter-Than-Air Platforms for Power Beaming, Generation and Communications, International Symposium on Electronic System Design (ISEED-2011), 19-21 December 2011, Kochi, India, co-authored by Komerath, N.M., School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA and Kar, A., College of Optics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA.


47. Antenna Considerations for Retail Beamed Power Delivery in India, International Symposium on Electronic System Design (ISEED-2011), pp. 206-211, 19-21 December 2011, Kochi, India, co-authored by Komerath, N.M., School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA and Kar, A., College of Optics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA.


48. An Imaging, Communications and Beamed Power Architecture for First Responders, Proceedings of International Conference on Wireless Technologies for Humanitarian Relief (ACWR2011), Amrita University, Kollam, India, December 18-21, 2011, co-authored by Komerath, N. M., School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA and Kar, A., College of Optics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA.


49. Design of a Portable Mooring Mast with Drag Force Measuring Device for Remotely Controlled Airships, AIAA-2011-6833, Proceedings of 11th Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference and 19th Lighter-Than-Air (LTA) Technology Conference, 20th to 22nd Sep 2011, Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Virginia, USA. Co-authored by A. Goyal and D. Pandey, University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India.


50. Evaluation of the fixed-transition-point assumption in context of aerodynamic computations over LTA vehicles, AIAA-2011-6872, Proceedings of 11th Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference and 19th Lighter-Than-Air (LTA) Technology Conference, 20th to 22nd Sep 2011, Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Virginia, USA. Co-authored by S. Suman, Texas A&M University, USA and S. Lakshmipathy, DLR, Germany.


51. Design-Build-Fly of OSIRCA: Oblate Spheroid Indoor Remotely Controlled Airship, AIAA-2011-6914, Proceedings of 11th Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference and 19th Lighter-Than-Air (LTA) Technology Conference, 20th to 22nd Sep 2011, Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Virginia, USA. Co-authored by Kanagaraj, K. and Kamalraj, K., Saravanan, A., Krishnan, G. and Devarajan, B., Hindustan College of Engineering, Chennai, India.


52. Methodology for Conceptual Sizing of Green Airship Configurations for Various Missions, AIAA-2011-6915, Proceedings of 11th Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference and 19th Lighter-Than-Air (LTA) Technology Conference, 20th to 22nd Sep 2011, Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Virginia, USA, Co-authored by R. Allen, D. Botchway, J. Cox, A. Grassi, R. Hodgson, C. Hudson, and W. Scruggs, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA.


53. Remotely Controlled Airship for Aerial Surveillance: From Concept to Reality in under a month, AIAA-2011-6916, Proceedings of 11th Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference and 19th Lighter-Than-Air (LTA) Technology Conference, 20th to 22nd Sep 2011, Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Virginia, USA, Co-authored by V. Chaugule, IIT Bombay, and  Y. P. Jahagirdar, Research Institute for Model Aeronautics, Ahmednagar, India.


54. Design of a Payload Recovery Device in case of accidental breakage of tether of an aerostat, AIAA-2011-7022, Proceedings of 11th Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference and 19th Lighter-Than-Air (LTA) Technology Conference, 20th to 22nd Sep 2011, Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Virginia, USA, Co-authored by C. Bhat, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Zuarinagar, India.


55. Comparative Analysis of Three Concepts for Aerostat Based Electrical Power Generation System, AIAA-2011-7023, Proceedings of 11th Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference and 19th Lighter-Than-Air (LTA) Technology Conference, 20th to 22nd Sep 2011, Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Virginia, USA, Co-authored by G. Civalier, C. Fridley, J. Li, J. Seabe, A. Stanciu, M. Willey, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA.


56. Comparison of Conventional and Winged Aerostats for Monitoring of Avalanche Parameters, AIAA-2011-7024, Proceedings of 11th Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference and 19th Lighter-Than-Air (LTA) Technology Conference, 20th to 22nd Sep 2011, Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Virginia, USA, Co-authored by A. Kanoria, Sardar Vallabhbhai Institute of Technology, Vasad, India and K. Bhandari, IIT Bombay.


57. Enhanced Model For Terminal Airspace Capacity Estimation, Proceedings of International Conference on Operations and Management Sciences, (ICOMS-11), Nagpur, India, 28th - 29th January, 2011, co-authored by D. Bagg, IMT, Nagpur, Chaugule, V., Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and Sharma, K., IIT Bombay.


58. Conceptual Sizing of a Regional Transport Aircraft for India, Proceedings of 49th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, 4th -7th January 2011, Orlando, FL, USA. Co-authored by D. Rajpal, PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh.


59. Multi-criteria Optimization of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for Snow studies over Himalayas, 13th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, 13th -15th September 2010, Fort Worth, Texas, Co-authored by M. Dineshkumar, IIT Bombay. 

 

60. Multidisciplinary Optimization of Aerostat Envelope Shape, 13th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, 13th -15th September 2010, Fort Worth, Texas, Co-authored by J. Shah, NITK Surathkal and A. Mour, IIT Bombay 

 

61. Multidisciplinary design optimization studies of a UCAV, 10th AIAA Aviation, Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference, 13th -15th September 2010, Fort Worth, Texas, Co-authored by A. Sathe, IIT Bombay. 

 

62. Local precision navigation system based on pseudolites mounted on a swarm of UAVs, 10th AIAA Aviation, Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference, 13th -15th September 2010, Fort Worth, Texas, Co-authored by V. Chaugule, IIT Bombay. 

 

63. Trade-off between facility utilization and service level of an airline MRO, 10th AIAA Aviation, Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference, 13th -15th September 2010, Fort Worth, Texas, Co-authored by T. Sanyal, and N. Rangaraj, IIT Bombay. 

 

64. A Two-Level Scheme for Network Selection and Schedule Optimization of Cargo Airlines, 10th AIAA Aviation, Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference, 13th -15th September 2010, Fort Worth, Texas, Co-authored by F. Maul, TU Munchen and M. Agrawal, IIT Bombay. 

 

65. Generation of Optimized Routes and Schedules for Surface Movement of Aircraft on Taxiways, 10th AIAA Aviation, Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference, 13th -15th September 2010, Fort Worth, Texas, Co-authored by P. Gupta and H. Subramanium, IIT Bombay. 

 

66. Investigation of Strategies used by Air Traffic Controllers to reduce Cognitive Workload, 10th AIAA Aviation, Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference, 13th -15th September 2010, Fort Worth, Texas, Co-authored by K. Sharma, Airports Authority of India. 

 

67. Design Fabrication and Operation of Low Cost Remotely Controlled Airship, 18th AIAA Lighter-Than-Air Systems Technology Conference, Seattle, Washington, USA, 4th–7th May 2009, Co authored by A. Gawale, A. A. Raina, IIT Bombay and Y. Jahagirdar, RIMA, Ahmednagar. 

 

68. Low Cost Trans-river Aerial Ferry, 18th AIAA Lighter-Than-Air Systems Technology Conference, Seattle, Washington, USA, 4th–7th May 2009, Co-authored by S. Banerjee, A. A. Raina, Project Engineer, IIT Bombay. 

 

69. Conceptual Design of an Airship using Knowledge Based Engineering, 18th AIAA Lighter-Than-Air Systems Technology Conference, Seattle, Washington, USA, 4th–7th May 2009, Co-authored by R. Joshi, and A. A. Raina, IIT Bombay. 

 

70. Dynamic Stability Analysis of a Tethered Aerostat, 18th AIAA Lighter-Than-Air Systems Technology Conference, Seattle, Washington, USA, 4th–7th May 2009, Co-authored by A. Rajani and K. Sudhakar, IIT Bombay. 

  

71. Optimal Collaborative Airborne Separation in Free Flight, Proceedings of the IISc Centenary International Conference and Exhibition on Aerospace Engineering (ICEAE 2009), 18th-22nd May 2009, IISc, Bangalore, India. Co-authored by Mr. Vishal Chaugule, IIT Bombay and Dr. S. Gomez, National University of Mexico. 

 

72. Airships for connecting remote communities in the lower Himalayas, invited talk delivered at 6th International Forum on Air Transport in Remoter Regions, 28th -30th April 2009, Bergen, Norway. 

 

73. Optimum Configuration Design for an unmanned aerial vehicle for snow cover evaluation, Proceedings of International Symposium on Snow & Avalanches (ISSA-09), 6-10 April 2009, Manali, India. Co-authored by Mr. Kansal, J., and Dr. Sarwade, R. N., SASE, Chandigarh. 

 

74. Conceptual Design Of A High Altitude Aerostat For Study Of Snow Pattern, Proceedings of International Symposium on Snow & Avalanches (ISSA-09), 6-10 April 2009, SASE, Manali, India. Co-authored by Raina, A. A., and K. M. Bhandari, IIT Bombay. 

 

75. Low Cost Wireless Internet Access for Rural Areas using Tethered Aerostats, Proceedings of 2008 IEEE Region 10 Colloquium and the Third International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems, 8th -10th December 2008, IIT Kharagpur, Co-authored by A. A. Raina, P. Bilaye, V. N. Gawande, and U. B. Desai, IIT Bombay. 

 

76. Design and Fabrication of an Aerostat for Wireless Communication in Remote Areas, Proceedings of AIAA 7th AIAA Aviation, Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference and 17th Lighter-Than-Air Systems Technology Conference, September 2007, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, Co-authored by A. Gawale, Project Engineer, IIT Bombay. 

 

77. Multidisciplinary Shape Optimization of Aerostat Envelopes, Proceedings of AIAA 7th AIAA Aviation, Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference and 17th Lighter-Than-Air Systems Technology Conference, September 2007, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, Co-authored by C. Vijayram, Sr. Engineer - Advanced Engineering, Ashok Leyland, Chennai, India. 

 

78. Precision Navigation of Airborne Vehicles Using Pseudolites Mounted on Stratospheric Airships, Proceedings of AIAA 7th AIAA Aviation, Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference and 17th Lighter-Than-Air Systems Technology Conference, September 2007, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, Co-authored by B. Chandu, IIT Bombay. 

 

79. Investigation of Strategies for Optimal Collaborative Airborne Separation in Free Flight Proceedings of AIAA 7th AIAA Aviation, Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference and 17th Lighter-Than-Air Systems Technology Conference, September 2007, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, Co-authored by V. Chaugule, IIT Bombay. 

 

80. Airline network optimization and the application of Grey Theory, Proceedings of AIAA 7th AIAA Aviation, Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference and 17th Lighter-Than-Air Systems Technology Conference, September 2007, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, Co-authored by A. Singh, IIT Bombay. 

 

81. Application of control systems techniques for airport capacity optimization, Proceedings of 11th World Conference on Transport Research (WCTR), 24-28 June 2007, WC Berkeley, USA. Co-authored by A. Rai, IIT Bombay. 

 

82. Life Cycle Cost Modelling of Fighter Aircraft, Invited presentation in International Seminar on Trends in Product Life cycle Modelling, Simulation & Synthesis (PLMSS-06), 18-20 December 2006, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. 

 

83. A methodology for determination of profitable range of operations of short-haul transport aircraft, Proceedings of ATRS-2006 World Conference of Air Transport Research Society, 26-28 May 2006, Nagoya, Japan. Co-authored by S. Choudhuri, IIT Bombay and A. Singh, IIT Bombay. 

 

84. Improved model for estimation of terminal airspace capacity, Proceedings of ATRS-2006 World Conference of Air Transport Research Society, 26-28 May 2006, Nagoya, Japan. Co-authored by D. Bagg, IIT Bombay. 

 

85. Evaluation of air network for short-haul travel - A case study based on heuristic approach, Proceedings of ATRS-2006 World Conference of Air Transport Research Society, 26-28 May 2006, Nagoya, Japan. Co-authored by B. Kodanda, NAL Bangalore. 

 

86. Generic Methodology for Determination of Drag Coefficient of an Aerostat envelope using CFD, Proceedings of AIAA 16th Lighter-Than-Air Systems Technology Conference and Balloon Systems Conference, September 2005, Arlington, USA. Co-authored by S. M. Kale and P. Joshi, IIT Bombay. 

 

87. Developing an air traffic complexity metric for Indian en-route airspace using a simulation model of controller workload, Proceedings of AIAA 16th Lighter-Than-Air Systems Technology Conference and Balloon Systems Conference, September 2005, Arlington, USA. Co-authored by A. Majumdar, and O. W. Ochieng, Imperial College London and K. Sharma, AAI, Mumbai. 

 

88. FALCCM: A fighter aircraft LCC model for Indian conditions, Proceedings of AIAA 16th Lighter-Than-Air Systems Technology Conference and Balloon Systems Conference, September 2005, Arlington, USA. Co-authored by V. Ev. Jayakrishnan, ADA, Bangalore. 

 

89. Multidisciplinary optimization of airship envelope shapes, Proceedings of 10th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, 30th August - 1st September 2004, Albany, New York. Co-authored by T. Kanikdale and A. G. Marathe, IIT Bombay. 

 

90. Structural Design of Mooring Mast for Remotely Controlled Airship, Proceedings of 5th International Convention of the Airship Association, August 2004, Oxford, England. Co-authored by S. M. Kale, IIT Bombay. 

 

91. Design Studies of a Power plant System of Non-Rigid Airship, Proceedings of 5th International Convention of The Airship Association, August 2004, Oxford, England. Co-authored by A. C. Gawale, IIT Bombay. 

 

92. Emerging Issues and Current Trends in Short haul Air Transportation, Proceedings of ATRS-2004, World Conference of Air Transport Research Society, July 2004, Istanbul, Turkey. Co-authored by B. Kodanda, NAL Bangalore. 

 

93. Structural Design of Mooring Mast For Remotely Controlled Airship, 5th International Convention of The Airship Association, Oxford, England, August 2004, Co-authored by Mr. S. M. Kale, Project Engineer, IIT Bombay. 

 

94. Design Studies Of a Power plant System of Non-Rigid Airship, 5th International Convention of The Airship Association, Oxford, England, August 2004, Co-authored by Mr. A. C. Gawale, Project Engineer, IIT Bombay. 

 

95. Emerging Issues and Current Trends in Short haul Air Transportation, Accepted for presentation at ATRS-2004, World Conference of Air Transport Research Society, July 2004, Istanbul, Turkey. 

 

96. Application of Stochastic Optimization Techniques in Aircraft Conceptual Design, Keynote Address delivered at AERO-2004, 2nd International conference of the Iranian Aerospace Society, February 2004, Isfahan, Iran. 

 

97. 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. 

 

98. Modern Developments in Short-Haul Air Transportation, Keynote Address delivered at AERO-2000, 1st International conference of the Iranian Aerospace Society, December 2000, Tehran, Iran. 

 

99. Constraint Analysis And Initial Sizing Of A Transport Aircraft By Simulated Annealing, Proceedings of AERO-2000, 1st International conference of the Iranian Aerospace Society, December 2000, Tehran, Iran. 

 

100. On Generating Optimum Configurations Of Commuter Aircraft Using Stochastic Optimization Techniques, Proceedings of the Second On-line World conference on Soft Computing in Engineering Design and Manufacturing, June 1997. Co-authored by Ir. C. M. Kalker-Kalkman, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands. 

 

101. Optimization of Regional Aircraft Configurations from Passengers Perspective, Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Congress of Aeronautical Sciences, September 1996, Sorrento, Italy. 

 

102. Optimal Trajectory And Configuration Of Commuter Aircraft With Stochastic And Gradient Based Methods, Proceedings of the 9th European Congress on application of Mathematics in Industry, June 1996, Copenhagen, Denmark. Co-authored by Ir. C. M. Kalker-Kalkman, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands. 

 

103. Application Of Stochastic Techniques For Aircraft Conceptual Design And Optimisation, Proceedings of the First World Congress on Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimisation, May-June 1995, Goslar, Germany. 

 

104. Incorporation of Some Cost and Economic Parameters in the Conceptual Design & Optimization of an Air-Taxi Aircraft. Proceedings of the 5th AIAA / USAF / NASA / ISSMO Conference on Multi-disciplinary Design and Optimization, September 1994, Florida, USA. Co-authored by Mr. S. D. Gogate, IIT Bombay and Mr. P. Arora, Tata Consultancy Services. 

 

105. Flow visualisation of a USB unmanned aircraft, Proceedings of the CEAS European Forum on High Lift & Separation Control, Bath, June 1994, UK, co-authored by Prof. S.D. Sharma, IIT Bombay 

 

National Conferences 

 

1. Design and Fabrication of an Indoor R.C. Airship for Autonomous Control, Proceedings of 29th National Convention of Aerospace Engineers and National Seminar on " Aerospace Engineering: Innovative Practices and Future Trends", November 27 and 28, 2015, Chennai, India, co-authored by Dusane, C, and Wani, A, IIT Bombay.


2. Structural Features of Inflatable Wings for Morphing UAVs, Proceedings of XVIII National Seminar on Aerospace Structures, Nagpur, 15-17 December 2014, co-authored by Wani, A. and Dusane, C.


3. A Model for Predicting Tensile and Fatigue Failure of an Aerostat Tether, Proceedings of  XVIII National Seminar on Aerospace Structures, Nagpur, 15-17 December 2014, co-authored by More, Y., Guha, A., and Trivedi, S.


4. Shape Optimization of Envelope of High Altitude Airship, National Level Conference on Advances in Aerial/Road Vehicle and its Application, MIT, Manipal, 18 - 19 July, 2014, Co-authored by Sk. Subhani, IIT Bombay.


5. Design and Fabrication of Biomimetic Airship, National Level Conference on Advances in Aerial/Road Vehicle and its Application, MIT, Manipal, 18 - 19 July, 2014, Co-authored by A. Udaykumar, IIT Bombay.


6. Conceptual Sizing of a Remotely Controlled Airship with Oblate Spheroid Envelopes, National Level Conference on Advances in Aerial/Road Vehicle and its Application, MIT, Manipal, 18 - 19 July, 2014, Co-authored by R. Kruthika, IIT Bombay.


7. Leak Testing of Envelopes of LTA Systems, National Level Conference on Advances in Aerial/Road Vehicle and its Application, MIT, Manipal, 18 - 19 July, 2014, Co-authored by M.A.F Fernandes, N. P. Yelve, IIT Bombay.


8. Design and Fabrication of a Thrust Vectoring System for an Indoor Airship, National Level Conference on Advances in Aerial/Road Vehicle and its Application, MIT, Manipal, 18 - 19 July, 2014, Co-authored by S. Mohan, IIT Bombay.


9. Design Fabrication and Deployment of a Tethered Aerostat System for Aerial Surveillance, National Level Conference on Advances in Aerial/Road Vehicle and its Application, MIT, Manipal, 18 - 19 July, 2014, Co-authored by N. Sharma, R. Sehgal and R. Sehgal, NIT Hamirpur.


10. Modelling and Simulation of a payload recovery device for aerostats in case of accidental breakage of tether, Proceedings of 1st National Conference on Innovations in Mechanical Engineering, SIT, Lonavala, 19-20 April, 2012. Co-authored by T. K. Reddy, and C. G. Sesha Narayanan.  


11. Design and Fabrication of a Mast for Outdoor Remotely Controlled Airship, Proceedings of 1st National Conference on Innovations in Mechanical Engineering, SIT, Lonavala, 19-20 April, 2012. Co-authored by K. Syed. 


12. Numerical Investigation of Ridge Ice on NACA 23012 Airfoil at high subsonic speeds, 25th National Convention of Aerospace Engineers, 4-5 November 2011, Mesra, Ranchi, Co-authored by J. Shah, NITK Suratkhal, Karnataka.


13. Design of a Mast with drag measuring device for a remotely controlled airship, Seminar on 'New Vistas in Aviation and Aerospace', 24th National Convention of Aerospace Engineers, 13-14 November 2010,   Jaipur, Co-authored by A. Goyal and D. Pandey, UIET, Panjab University, Chandigarh.


14. Conceptual Design Studies of a Regional Transport Aircraft for India, Seminar on 'New Vistas in Aviation and Aerospace', 24th National Convention of Aerospace Engineers, 13-14 November 2010,   Jaipur , Co-authored by D. Rajpal, PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh.


15. Application of Airships for Anti-Submarine Warfare, National Seminar on Emerging Technologies for Anti-Submarine Operations, 17-18 Nov 2009, ASW School, Southern Naval Command, Kochi, India. 

 

16. Cognitive Workload Assessment of ATC Units: A case study in Mumbai Enroute airspace, National Seminar on ATM-Airlines-Airports Strategies to meet Safety, Economic and Environmental Challenges, 20-21 October, 2009, New Delhi. 

 

17. Evaluation of High Altitude Unmanned Aerial Vehicle using RDS-Professional, Proceedings of the AEROTECH 2008 National Seminar on Recent Advances in Aerospace Technologies, Maintenance and Optimization, 14-15 November 2008, Chandigarh. Co-authored by M. S. Rodrigues, IIT Bombay and A. Munshi, TIET, Patiala. 

 

18. A Methodology For Airport Sizing And Estimation Of Costs For Infrastructure, Proceedings of 21st National Convention of Aerospace Engineers on Infrastructure Development and Augmentation for Ground and Flight Testing of Aerospace Vehicle and Airport Services, 16th-17th November 2007, IIT Kanpur. Co-authored by A. Sharma and T. Thampy, IIT Bombay. 

 

19. Multi-disciplinary Shape Optimization of Aerostat Envelopes, Keynote Address delivered at National Seminar on Strategic Applications of Lighter-Than-Air (LTA) vehicles at High Altitudes (SALTA-07), 12th-13th October 2007, SASE, Manali. 

 

20. Design, Fabrication and Field Testing of an Aerostat system, Proceedings of National Seminar on Strategic Applications of Lighter-Than-Air (LTA) vehicles at High Altitudes (SALTA-07), 12th-13th October 2007, SASE, Manali. Co-authored by A. A. Raina, and A. Gawale, IIT Bombay. 

 

21. Design, Fabrication and Field testing of Winch for Aerostat, Proceedings of National Seminar on Strategic Applications of Lighter-Than-Air (LTA) vehicles at High Altitudes (SALTA-07), 12th-13th October 2007, SASE, Manali. Co-authored by K. Bhandari, N. Wanjari, S. Kadam, G. Sequeira, BATU, Lonere. 

 

22. A Critical Review of Global Regulations for Certification and Operation of Airships, Proceedings of National Seminar on Strategic Applications of Lighter-Than-Air (LTA) vehicles at High Altitudes (SALTA-07), 12th-13th October 2007, SASE, Manali. Co-authored by A. C. Gawale, IIT Bombay. 

 

23. An MDO Approach to Shape Optimization of Aerostat Envelopes, DREAMS Conference, John Welch Technology Center, March 2007, Bangalore Co-authored by C. Vijayram, IIT Bombay. 

 

24. A Methodology for Estimation of Capacity of Terminal Airspace, National Systems Conference, 16-17 December 2005, IIT Bombay, Mumbai. Co-authored by D. Bagg, IIT Bombay. 

 

25. Critical Technologies for development of Stratospheric airships, National Conference on Strategies and Action Plan for development of Stratospheric Airship Technologies, June 18, 2005, Aerial Delivery R&D Establishment, Agra 

 

26. Computer Based Models for evaluating ATM Systems & Concepts, National Seminar on Synergizing ATC-Airports-Airlines to Meet Contemporary Challenges In Civil Aviation, November 1 & 2, 2004, New-Delhi. 

 

27. A Critical Review of Global Regulation for Certification and Operation of Airships, National Seminar on Military Aircraft Airworthiness, August 20-21, 2004, Co-authored by Mr. A. C. Gawale, IIT Bombay.  

 

28. GIMTEP, A Generic Interpolation Model For Parametric Sizing Of Turboprop Engine Performance, 55th Annual General Meeting of The Aeronautical Society of India, Bangalore, December 17-18, 2003. 

 

29. Structural Design Of Mooring Mast For Remotely Controlled Airship, 55th Annual General Meeting of The Aeronautical Society of India, Bangalore, December 17-18, 2003, Co-authored by Mr. S.M. Kale, YCCE, Nagpur. 

 

30. Design Studies Of a Power plant System of Non-Rigid Airship, 55th Annual General Meeting of The Aeronautical Society of India, Bangalore, December 17-18, 2003, Co-authored by Mr. A. C. Gawale, IIT Bombay. 

 

31. 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. A. C. Gawale, IIT Bombay. 

 

32. 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. R.P. Gazder, IIT Bombay. 

 

33. 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. S. Relekar, IIT Bombay 

 

34. Estimation of Aerodynamic Characteristics of Un-Symmetrically Finned Bodies of Revolutions presented at the 28th Fluid Mechanics & Fluid Power Conference, Chandigarh, India, December 2001. Co-authored by Mr. P. Gill, IIT Bombay, and Mr. S. Malik, ADRDE, Agra. 

 

35. Flow Visualization of an Upper Surface Blown Unmanned Aircraft Configuration, Proceedings of the National Aerodynamics Conference of The Aeronautical Society of India, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, India, June 1999. Co-authored by Prof. S. D. Sharma, IIT Bombay. 

 

36. Land And Water Based Microlight Aircraft For Hobby Flying, Proceedings of the National Seminar on Aerodynamic and Mechanical Decelerators and Inflatable Systems, Aerial Delivery R&D Establishment, April 1999, Agra. Co-authored by Mr. S. D. Gogate, IIT Bombay. 

 

37. Estimation Of Airport Related Costs Of Commuter And Regional Aircraft, Proceedings of the Technical Session of the 49th Annual General Meeting of The Aeronautical Society of India, Mumbai, January 1998. 

 

38. Flow Visualization of an Upper Surface Blown Cruise Missile, Proceedings of the 19th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, December 1992, Bombay, India. 

 

39. Preliminary Feasibility Study Of An Upper Surface Blown Regional Transport Aircraft, Technical Session of 43rd Annual General Meeting of The Aeronautical Society of India, December 1991, Hyderabad 

 

40. Preliminary Aerodynamic Design Studies of Stretching of a Turboprop Commuter Aircraft, Presented at 5th National Conference on Aerodynamics, June 1990, Pune. Co-authored by Prof. K. A. Damodaran, Aerospace Engineering Department, IIT Madras. 

 

41. Periodical Flight Testing Of A Multi-Role Supersonic Combat Aircraft, Presented at the 1st National Seminar on Flight Testing, 1990, ASTE, Bangalore. 

 

42. Computerized Weapon Integration Analysis System For Multi-Role Combat Aircraft, Proceedings of the National Conference on Application of Computers in Engineering, April 1990, Amravati, India.  


Books / Chapters in Books

 

Transportation of goods and passengers to remote areas using airships, Chapter in G. Williams and S. Brathen, eds., Air Transport Provision in Remoter Regions, Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2010. (in press). 

 

Soft Computing in Engineering Design and Manufacturing, P. Chawdhry, R. Roy, and R. K. Pant, eds., Springer Verlag London Limited, ISBN 3-540-76214-0, 1998

 

 


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