Current areas of interest
Dynamics, guidance, and control towards making aerospace vehicles autonomous. Design of unmanned aerial vehicles.
Publications
- Joseph, A., Manathara, J.G., & Ramakrishna, P.A.,
Throttle-controlled internal combustion engines as propulsion and control units for high endurance quadrotors: A feasibility study,
Aerospace Science and Technology, Volume 168, Part B, 110867, 2026 (September 2025). doi:10.1016/j.ast.2025.110867 [Graphical abstract] [Blog entry]
- Swaminathan, B. & Manathara, J.G.,
Learning aircraft spin dynamics from measurement data using Hankel DMDc with error in variables,
Aerospace, 12(9), 816, September 2025. doi:10.3390/aerospace12090816 [Graphical abstract] [Blog entry]
- Kedarisetty, S. and Manathara, J.G.,
Multirotor Microgravity Platforms,
In A. Grau and R. Munguia (Eds.), Advances in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles - New Trends and Applications - Big Issues Solved with Drone Technology, IntechOpen, April 2025. doi: 10.5772/intechopen.1010030 [Read online]
- Bhadran, A., Manathara, J.G., & Ramakrishna, P.A.,
Soft landing of a hybrid rocket thruster powered platform: Hardware-in-the-loop simulation,
International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Volume 26, pages 1800–1812, 2025 (August 2024). doi:10.1007/s42405-024-00810-9 [Graphical abstract] [Blog entry] [Media Coverage] [Linkedin Post]
- Krishna, P. R. & Manathara, J. G.,
Period-multiplying bifurcations in the gravitational field of asteroids,
Aerospace, 11(4), 316, April 2024. doi:10.3390/aerospace11040316 [Graphical abstract] [Blog entry]
- Kedarisetty, S. & Manathara, J.G.,
Performance assessment framework for multirotor UAV microgravity platforms,
Microgravity Science and Technology, Volume 35, article number 52, 2023 (September 2023). doi:10.1007/s12217-023-10074-9 [Graphical abstract] [Blog entry]
- Kedarisetty, S. & Manathara, J.G.,
Novel empirical models for estimating aerodynamic coefficients of small UAV propellers,
Aerospace Systems, Volume 6, pages 457–471, 2023 (February 2023). doi:10.1007/s42401-023-00203-y [Graphical abstract] [Blog entry]
- Bhadran, A., Manathara, J.G., & Ramakrishna, P.A.,
Thrust control of lab-scale hybrid rocket motor with wax-aluminum fuel and air as oxidizer,
Aerospace, 9(9), 474, September 2022. doi:10.3390/aerospace9090474 [Graphical abstract] [Blog entry]
- Kedarisetty, S. & Manathara, J.G.,
Acceleration control of a multi-rotor UAV towards achieving microgravity,
Aerospace Systems, Volume 2, pages 175–188, 2019 (October 2019). doi:10.1007/s42401-019-00031-z [Graphical abstract] [Blog entry] [Press release]
