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Dr.
S. Santhakumar
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Professor
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ASE
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Department of Aerospace Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai, 600036
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+91-44-2257
4006 / 8030 (Office)
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ssk@ae.iitm.ac.in
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Education: |
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- B.Tech,
IIT Madras, 1969
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M.S., IIT Madras, 1973
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Ph.D., IIT, Madras, 1986
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Professional
Experience: |
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- Professor, IIT Madras;
18-12-96 to till date
- Associate Professor
, IIT Madras; 22-01-91 to 17-02-96
- Assistant Professor,
IIT Madras; 31-07-85 to 21-01-91
- Lecturer, IIT, Madras;
11-05-72 to 10-05-85
- Associate Lecturer,
IIT, Madras; 01-01-72 to 10-05-72
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Areas
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- Aerodynamics
- Flight
mechanics
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Instrumentation
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Most
recently taught courses at IIT Madras and elsewhere: |
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Under
Graduate
- Measurements
& Testing
- Aircraft
Design
- Aircraft
Design Practice
- Aerodynamics
I
- Flight
Dynamics I
- Flight
Dynamics II
- Gas
Dynamics
- Experimental
Methods in Aerospace and Gas Dynamics
- Introduction
to Space Technology
- Introduction
to Design
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Aircraft Systems
- Gas
Dynamics Laboratory
- Flight
Testing
Graduate
- Fundamentals of Aeronautical
Engineering – I
- Transonic aerodynamics
- Helicopter aerodynamics
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Awards: |
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Research
Interests: |
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Current
Research: |
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Most
recently published papers: |
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In Refereed Indian Journals
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S. Santhakumar, "Transonic
flow over a single wedge", Journal
of Aero. Soc. of India, Vol.40, No.4, pp
293-296, November - December 1988.
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Laxminarayan L. Raja, A. K. Sreekanth,
S. Santhakumar, "Internal
gas dynamics analysis of a compressed gas
launcher", Journal
of Aero. Soc. of India, Vol.42, No.4, pp
305-308, November
1990.
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A.
K. Sreekanth, S. Santhakumar, T. S. Chennabasavan,
"Development of a low cost launcher
for projectile studies", Journal of
Aero. Soc. of India, Vol.45, No.1, pp 84-90,
February 1993.
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S. Paneerselvam, P. Soundararajan,
S. Santhakumar, "Aerodynamic
Design of Unguided submunition for achieving
required dispersion", Journal
of Aero. Soc. of India, Vol.47, No.4, November
1995, pp.159-165.
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Panneerselvam, C. Vasantharaj, M. A. Ramaswamy,
S. Santhakumar, "Separation
dynamics of Nose Petal of a Missile",
Journal of Aero. Soc.
of India, Vol. 47, No. 4, November 1995,
pp.200-204.
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Santhakumar, Sp. Balamurugan, "Preliminary
Experiments in a Adaptive Wall Wind Tunnel",
Journal of Aero. Soc.
of India, Vol.48, No.1, February 1996, pp.18-22.
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Panneerselvam, P. Soundararajan, S. Santhakumar,
"Aerodynamic Characteristics of a Body
Configuration with Split Flaps", Journal
Aero. Soc. of India, Vol.48, No.1, February
1996, pp.23-33.
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S. Santhakumar, Anand Madhavan,
Kulkarni Nilesh Vijay, "Trajectory
Simulation of a Thrust Controlled, SFRJ
propelled, cannon launched Projectile",
Journal
of Aero. Soc. of India, Vol. 50, No. 2,
May 1998, pp.93-99.
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Achyutha, H., Radhakrishna, K.,
Santhakumar, S., "An experimental
Facility to investigate blast loading on
structures",Journal of Institution of Engineers (India) Part
CV, Vol. 80, pp.30 - 32, May 1999.
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H. Maeda, S. Santhakumar, T. Setoguchi,
M. Takao and K. Kaneko, "Performance
of Impulse Turbine with Self-Pitch-Controlled
Guide Vanes for Wave Power Conversion (Effect
of Guide Vane Support Geometry)", Journal of Institution of Engineers (India), Part
MC, Vol. 82 , April 2001, pp. 24 - 29.
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T.
Setoguchi, S. Santhakumar, M. Takao, T.
H. Kim and K. Kaneko, “A
Performance Study of a radial turbine for
Wave Energy Conversion”, I. Mech E,
Part A, Journal
of Power and Energy, Vol. 216, No. A1, 2002,
pp.15-22.
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Refereed Foreign Journals
- Vombatkere,
S. G., Santhakumar, S. and Radhakrishnan,
R., "Some Effects of Blade
Profile and Geometry on Windmill Tower Loads",
Journal of Civil Engineering for Practising
and Design Engineers, Vol. 5, pp 171-182,
1986.
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Santhakumar, S., "Effective
use of Transonic Stabilisation Law in Calibration
of Pressure probes", Mech. Res. Comm.
Vol. 20, No. 4, pp 329-333, July - August
1993.
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Balakrishnan, S. R., and Santhakumar,
S., "Fuzzy modelling considerations
in an aero gas turbine engine start cycle",
Journal of Fuzzy Sets and Systems.
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Balakrishnan, S. R., and Santhakumar,
S., (1996), "A fuzzy logic
approach in the control of a twin spool
aircraft gas turbine engine under development",
Proceedings of Institution. of Mechanical
Engineers, Vol. 210, 1996, pp. 273-281.
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Maeda,
H., Santhakumar, S., Setoguchi, T., Takao,
M., Kinoue, Y., Kaneko, K., "Performance
of an impulse turbine with fixed guide vane
for wave power conversion", Renewable
Energy, 17, pp. 533-547, 1999.
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D. Das and S. Santhakumar,
"An Euler Correction method for computing
two-dimensional unsteady transonic flows",
Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society,
February 1999, pp.85-94.
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Setoguchi, M. Takao, Y. Kinoue, K. Kaneko,
S. Santhakumar, M. Inoue, "Study
on an Impulse Turbine for Wave Energy Conversion",
International Journal of Offshore and Polar
Engineering, Vol.10, No.2, June 2000, pp.145-152.
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T. Setoguchi, S. Santhakumar, M.
Takao, T. H. Kim, K. Kaneko, "Effect
of Guide Vane Shape on the performance of
a Wells Turbine" Renewable Energy,
Vol. 23 (2001), pp. 1-15.
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T. Setoguchi, S. Santhakumar, H,
Maeda, M. Takao, K. Kaneko, "A
Review of Impulse Turbines for Wave Energy
Conversion", Renewable Energy, Vol.
23 No. 2 (2001 – 5), pp. 261-292.
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T. H. Kim, T. Setoguchi, M. Takao,
K. Kaneko, S. Santhakumar, “Study
of Turbine with self pich-controlled blades
for Wave energy conversion”, Int.
J. Therem. Sci. 41 (2002), pp.101-107.
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T. Setoguchi, S. Santhakumar, M.
Takao, T. H. Kim and K. Kaneko,
“A performance study of a radial turbine
for wave energy conversion”, Proceedings
Institution of Mechanical Engineers (I Mech.
E.), Journal of Power and Energy, Proceedings
PART A, Vol. 216, Special Issue, 2002, pp.15-22.
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T. Setoguchi, S. Santhakumar, M.
Takao, T. H. Kim, K. Kaneko, “A
modified Wells Turbine for Wave Energy Conversion”
Renewable Energy, Vol.28, No.1, pp.79-91,
2002.
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Setoguchi, M. Takao, S. Santhakumar, K.
Kaneko, “Effects of Reynolds
Number and Hub-to-Tip Ratio on Performance”,
To appear in Journal of Offshore Mechanics
and Arctic Engineering.
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Short
term courses conducted: |
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Future
plans: |
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Details
of major sponsored research projects: |
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Name
of Project: Development of low
cost launcher
Sponsored by: ARDB
Period: 1982 - 88
Amount: Rs. 6.90 lakhs
Co-ordinators: A. K. Sreekanth
(Retired) and T. S. Chennabasavan (Department
of Mechanical Engieneering)
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Name
of Project: Experimental techniques
for studying high velocity Missile impact
on concretestructures
Sponsored by: IRDF, IIT(M)
Period: 1992 - 93
Amount: Rs. 0.564 lakhs
Co-ordinators: Dr. V. Paramasivam,
Civil Engineering Department
- Name of Project:
Development of self-correcting wind tunnel
Technology
Sponsored by: ARDB
Period: 1992 - 95
Amount: Rs. 6.65 lakhs
- Name of Project:
Preliminary design study of a hypersonic air
breathing flying test bed
Sponsored by: VSSC
Period: 1993 - 94
Amount: Rs. 4.18 lakhs
Co-ordinators: HOD and other
faculty Members
- Name of Project:
Escape from Military aircraft at very high
Mach number
Sponsored by: ARDB
Period: 1989 - 95
Amount: Rs. 5.45 lakhs
- Name of Project:
Duct losses in oscillatory flow
Sponsored by: Wave Energy
Project
Period: 1994 - 95
Amount: Rs. 2.06 lakhs
- Name of Project:
Performance calculation for wells turbine
Sponsored by: Wave Energy
Project
Period: 1994 - 95
Amount: Rs. 0.12 lakhs
- Name of Project:
Duct Optimization and Automatic Pitch control
forWaver Power Generator
Sponsored by: NIOT
Period: 1996 - 98
Amount: Rs. 7.50 lakhs
- Name of Project:
Refurbishing of Oscillatory Flow Rig
Sponsored by: NIOT
Period: 1998 - 2000
Amount: Rs. 5.20 lakhs
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Details
of major consultancy projects: |
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- Name
of Project: Design and Development
of a plough
Sponsored by: TAFE
Period: 1972
Amount: Rs. 0.01 lakhs
Co-ordinators: Dr. A. Krishnan
and Mr. K. Balaraman (Retired, Department
of Aerospace Engineering)
- Name
of Project: Jet efflux studies of
LD Nozzles
Sponsored by: SAIL, Ranchi
Period: 1987 - 88
Amount: Rs. 0.655 lakhs
Co-ordinators: Dr. A. K.
Sreekanth (Retired, Department of Aerospace
Engineering)
- Name
of Project: Calibration of Stuttgart
type Probes
Sponsored by: BHEL, Hyderabad
Period: 1992
Amount: Rs. 0.49 lakhs
Co-ordinators: Dr.
Job Kurian
- Name
of Project: Pitch calibration of
Probes
Sponsored by: BHEL, Hyderabad
Period: 1992
Amount: Rs. 0.47 lakhs
- Name
of Project: Aerodynamics and structural
Performance of airfoils with mountings
Sponsored by: Best &
Crompton
Period: 1993 - 97
Amount: Rs. 6.00 lakhs
Co-ordinators: Dr.
E. G. Tulapurkara, Dr. G. Subramanian,
Dr. A. Krishnan
- Name
of Project: Analysis and model testing
of ALH Helicopter with EFG
Sponsored by: HAL, Bangalore
Period: 1993 - 96
Amount: Rs. 22.25 lakhs
Co-ordinators: Mr. P. Sambandam,
Dr. R. L. Roychowdhry (OEC)
- Name
of Project: Selection of Aircraft
Sponsored by: A. F. Ferguson
& Company
Period: 1995 - 96
Amount: Rs. 0.05 lakhs
- Name
of Project: Total Design consultancy
for Transonic Test Section Design
Sponsored by: DRDL, Hyderabad
Period: 1996 - 97
Amount: Rs. 0.50 lakhs
- Name
of Project: Low Speed Test of Configurations
at High Angle of attack
Sponsored by: DRDL, Hyderabad
Period: 1998 - 2000
Amount: Rs. 3.75 lakhs
Co-ordinators: Prof. P. A.
Aswatha- narayana (Department of Applied Mechanics)
- Name
of Project: Failure Analysis and
Energy consideration in a Sugar Mill
Sponsored by: Dharani Sugars
Period: 1999
Amount: Rs. 0.50 lakhs
Co-ordinators: Prof. S. Krishnan
(Department of Aerospace Engineering), Prof.
K. Gopinath (Department of Mechanical Engineering)
- Name
of Project: Transonic Tunnel Development
Sponsored by: DRDL
Period: 1999
Amount: Rs. 2.88 lakhs
- Name
of Project: Development of software
for Aerodynamics of Air-breathing Missiles
Sponsored by: DRDL
Period: 2001 - 02
Amount: Rs. 6.288 lakhs
Co-ordinators: S.
C. Rajan
- Name
of Project: Flow characterisation
of Advantium Oven
Sponsored by: General Electric,
India
Period: 2002
Amount: Rs. 0.25 lakhs
- Name
of Project: System Flow and Fan curve
For GE-make Microwave Oven
Sponsored by: General Electric,
India
Period: 2002
Amount: Rs. 0.375 lakhs
- Name
of Project: Aerodynamic Analysis
and Design of Grid Fins
Sponsored by: DRDL
Period: 2002
Co-ordinators: S.
C. Rajan
- Name
of Project: Aero-bridge-Failure Analysis
of Axle of Wheel Boggie Assembly
Sponsored by: AAI, Chennai
Period: 2003
Amount: Rs. 0.21 lakhs
Co-ordinators: Prof. K. Gopinath
(Department of Mechanical Engineering), Principal
Investigator
Educational
Consultancy Project
- Name
of Project: Aero-bridge-Failure Analysis
of Axle of Wheel Boggie Assembly
Sponsored by: AAI, Chennai
Period: 2003
Amount: Rs. 0.21 lakhs
Co-ordinators: Prof. K. Gopinath
(Department of Mechanical Engineering), Principal
Investigator
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Memberships
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- Fellow of
the Aeronautical Society of IndiaMember, FMFPS
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