Aerodynamics Panel

  • Optimization of aerodynamics designs
  • Experimental gas flows
  • Layering and stabilization of flows
  • Shock tubing
  • Optical flow diagnostics, Vortex and computational fluid dynamics
  • Algorithm development
  • Coding for numeracy in gas dynamics

Aerospace Resources Panel

  • Institution of awards for Innovative design & projects
  • Invited Lectures
  • Information Technology for Aerospace Applications
  • Rapid Information flow systems
  • Organizing Workshops, Seminars, training in aeronautics
  • Writing Monographs in aeronautics

Materials & Manufacturing Panel

MATERIALS

  • Feedstock Powder making for Additive Manufacturing
    • Nb/C103 powders
    • Ti alloy powders
    • Al 7XXX and 2XXX alloy powders
    • Inconel superalloy powders
  • Material Characterization and Mechanical Properties
    • Ultra high temperatures
    • Cryogenic temperature
    • High strain rate loading
    • Static and dynamic loading conditions
    • Multiaxial loading
  • Ceramics and Composites
    • SiC based ceramics and composites
    • TiB2 based composites
    • Ceramic cores for aerospace components
    • Ceramic shell making
  • Smart Materials
    • Self healing materials
    • Self reporting materials
    • Self repairing materials
    • Meta materials
    • Technical Textiles
    • Damping materials
    • Thermoelectric materials
    • Self cleaning materials
    • Sensors and actuator materials for SHM
  • Materials & Design
    • AI/ML based design
    • Computational materials design
    • Process modelling and simulation
    • Integrated computational materials design
    • Materials for quantum computing
    • Cellular materials
    • Protective Materials for CBRN threats
    • Radome materials
    • High density materials
  • Development of Mechanical properties database for metals and alloys

MANUFACTURING

  • Surface Engineering
    • Corrosion
    • Nitriding or laser nitriding
    • Laser or shot peening of surfaces
    • Catalytic degradation of surfaces
    • Anti
    • icing paint
    • Surface Coatings
    • Oxidation of refractive alloys
  • Smart Manufacturing
    • Industry 4.0
    • Digitial twin technology
    • Shop floor automation
    • AI/ML for manufacturing
  • Additive Manufacturing
    • AM of Composites
    • AM of SMAs
    • AM of Al alloys
    • AM of high energy materials
  • Advanced Manufacturing
    • Hybrid manufacturing
    • Ti
    • Ni based brazing
    • Insitu characterization of defects during welding
    • Hybrid casting
    • Forming of complex shapes
    • Machining of super alloys, hard ceramics, and extreme materials
    • Sustainable manufacturing
    • Processing of high temperature ceramics
    • Noise/Vibration free manufacturing of gear boxes
  • Micro and Nano Manufacturing
    • Optical component manufacturing
    • Strain wave gears
    • Precision and bulk preform manufacturing
  • Systems and Design Manufacturing
    • Soft robotics
    • Manufacturing of UAV
    • Reliability and Life assessment
    • Aging structures
  • Smart and Intelligent structures
    • Small drones and Swarms
    • Polymer based soft robotics
    • Reverse engineering
    • Adaptive morphing
    • Stealth
    • Structural health monitoring
  • Metrology and Inspection
    • Large volume metrology
  • Developing a Database for Manufacturing

Propulsion Panel

    • Aero Gas Turbine Engines
    • Ramjet Engines
    • Scramjet Engines
    • Variable Cycle Engine
    • Electric / More Electric Engines
    • Distributed propulsion / Blended wing
    • Rocket Propulsion
    • Pulse Detonation Engine
    • Advanced Propulsion Systems for fighter aircrafts, missiles and other aerospace vehicles.
  • Specific Research Areas:
    • Conceptual design, performance prediction & simulation of Gas Turbine Engines
    • Aero-thermo-mechanical design of Turbo-machinery & Combustion systems
    • Structural & aerodynamic testing and analysis
    • Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer Analysis
    • Aerofoil Design for turbine Nozzle Guide Vanes
    • High Power Electric motors/Generators
    • Boltless rotor and stator LP Turbine
    • Advanced / Optimum flame holder Afterburner
    • Blockage - Screech Suppression
    • Turbine blade cooling
  • Specific Thrust Areas pertinent to Gas Turbine Combustors (GTC) are:
    • Sub Idle Performance Modelling of GT Engine
    • Ignition Modelling in GTCs (ANSYS Fluent + Realistic Geometry)
    • Cooling of GTC Liner with Impingement combined with Effusion (Experimental & CHT Based Analyses using ANSYS Fluent)
    • Theoretical Consideration of Boron Based JP10 Slurry / Gel Fuels Combustion in GTCs using Fundamental Thermo Chemical & Physical aspects
    • CFD/CHT Analysis of Combustor using Boron Based JP10 Slurry / Gel Fuels
  • Specific Thrust area pertinent to Gas turbine Compressors:
    • Proposals should be helpful for design methodology of inverse design of airfoils. Capability to create new aerofoil in cascades DCA ,MCA,S-type and C: A data bank of airfoils for transonic Mach numbers, essential for any engine development programme. This data may form the basis and starting point for the design exercise.
    • Active and passive tip clearance control in axial compressor for a gas turbine engine.

Structures Panel

  • Smart structures, 3D Composites, Polymer Matrix Composites and Nano Composites
  • Thermoplastic Composite Technology
  • Digital Twin Technologies
  • Application of AI & ML concepts in aerospace structures design, testing and health assessment
  • Recycling of Composites
  • Damage tolerant design philosophy development for all the critical aerospace systems / components, parts of the engine including hot parts.
  • Design of Radome Structure for Airborne Surveillance Antenna to meet Aerodynamic, Structural & Electromagnetic Functional Requirements
  • Lightning Testing on Antenna Structure as per RTCA-DO-160
  • Bird Strike – Explicit FE & Testing to meet FAR 25 / Equivalent requirements
  • Reliability studies on composite structures - statistical techniques.
  • Dynamic analysis of the rotor systems to simulate the non-linear vibrations and responses.
  • Engine Predictive Health and Life analysis
  • Two way transient Fluid Structure Interaction studies. Aeroelastic effects on Highly loaded Fan and Compressor blisks & Aero-thermo-elasticity of Compressor and Turbine blades.
  • Impact analysis towards assessment of FOD and DOD damages for life and safety of metal & composite engine components. Hard / sand particle impact on Fan blade and its detrimental effect on the life of the blade. Hailstone impact damage assessment on engine.
  • High-fidelity aero-thermal-structural integrated simulations and experimental validation.
  • Active/Adaptive Aero elastic surfaces, Aero Servo Elastic analysis
  • Hybrid structures for improved durability and damage tolerance
  • Onboard Health Monitoring and crack growth measurements
  • Structural Design for high shocks
  • Fatigue Life of aircraft components: Modeling and Testing
  • Hygro-thermal-mechanical fatigue of composite structures and joints
  • Aero-acoustic scattering in case of aero structures
  • Buckling, post-buckling and collapse of composite stiffened panels (static and dynamic (crushing)) subjected to combined loading.
  • Progressive failure analysis of composite structures (multi-scale modeling)
  • Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE) - correlation of manufacturing defects with reduction in strength and stiffness and prognostics
  • Advanced Sensors (FBGs etc) and Technologies for NDE and Structural Health Monitoring (SHM)

Systems & Systems Engineering Panel

  • Systems study Mechanical, Electrical and structures
    • Failure mode analysis(FMECA/FMEA)
    • Sensors identification & optimal locations and correlation of symptoms
    • Trends, Feature identification and sensor data fusion algorithms for diagnostics and prognostics.
    • Methodology to estimate consumed life and Remaining Useful Life(RUL)
  • Test rigs/Model development
    • System/LRU modelling, validation of models with seeding of identified faults
    • LRU test rig development eg bearings ,valves, generators, valves, Gear box
    • Model validation/tuning with test rig data
  • Autonomous aircraft operations
    • Algorithm development, sensor development and Multisensor data fusion for autonomous aircraft operations ,terrain following and autonomous air to air refuelling.
    • Reconfiguration algorithms to cater for sensor failure
    • Coordinated flying of multiple aircraft
      • Path following algorithm development
      • Network centric warfare algorithm development
    • Sensor and avoid algorithm development
  • Algorithm development for automatic target recognition for aircraft applications
    • Multi band image processing(IR &visual)
    • Image tracking and recognition
    • Multi spectral band image fusion and comparison
    • Neural network for learning
  • Algorithm development for target state estimation in dynamic environment using multiple sensors
    • Association & correlation algorithm
    • Tracking and state estimation algorithms
    • Target track formulation and behaviour analysis development
  • Algorithm development for 3D audio voice warning applications
    • Implementation of different DSP function to generate direction of a sound for different head positions.

Unmanned Aero Systems Panel

Design of Unmanned Aero Systems such as Solar UAV, Rotary UAV, Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE), HALE, Unmanned bomber etc.
Aerodynamics - UAV Unsteady aerodynamics, low Reynolds number aerodynamics etc.

Flight Dynamics, Guidance, Control and Navigation

  • Controlling post stall, controlling challenges of low inertia, high wind gusts etc. High speed automatic take-off and Landing (ATOL), Advanced Vertical Take-off and Landing (AVTOL), Precision Landing
  • Swarm operations
  • Network centric control to increase autonomy
  • Sensors and Data Fusion
  • Light weight secure communications, video stability

Avionics, Data-links & Payloads

Aero-Mechanical & Propulsion
  • Light weight Propulsion, reliable operation and ruggedisation
  • Weight efficient stealth structures
  • Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) prognostics
  • Long life micro-power packs
  • Next generation Al-Li alloys
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