अनुसंधान के प्रमुख क्षेत्र (विशेषज्ञ पैनल)

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