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M. Deepu




Dr. M. Deepu
Asst. Professor
Department of Aerospace Engineering
Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology
Thiruvananthapuram - 695 022
Phone:0471 2563485 (Off)
Fax:0471 2564806
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 Dr. Deepu  


Education:
  • Ph.D. (NIT Calicut)
  • M.Tech. (Univ. of Kerala)
  • B.Tech. (MG Univ.)


    Area of Research:
    Modeling of turbulent, compressible, reacting flows and heat transfer.


    Courses offered:
    Undergraduate: Heat transfer, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Compressible Fluid Flow, Fluid Mechanics, IC Engines & Gas Turbines and Engineering Graphics.


    Experience:
    • Assistant Professor in Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram (January 2009 -Present).
    • Reader in Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram (March 2008 to January 2009).
    • Senior Lecturer in Department of Mechanical Engineering, NSS College of Engineering, Palakkad, 2006-2008.
    • Lecturer in Department of Mechanical Engineering, NSS College of Engineering, Palakkad, 2001-2006.

    Research work:
    • Computational studies on near injector phenomena of semi- cryogenic and tri-propellant engines.
    • Computational studies on three dimensional supersonic mixing of fuel with air in scramjet combustors.
    • Computational studies on two dimensional supersonic mixing and reaction of hydrogen with air in scramjet combustors.
    • Performance evaluation of new generation IC Engines using vegetable derived fuels.
    • Development of experimental setups for demonstrating fundamental heat transfer concepts.

    Projects:
    • Numerical simulation of turbulent reacting flows in semi cryogenic and tri- propellant engines.
    • Performance evaluation of new generation IC Engines using vegetable derived fuels. Kerala State Council for Science Technology and Environment.

    Selected Publications:
    International Journals
    1. Deepu, M., Gokhale, S. S. and Jayaraj, S.,"Numerical Simulation of Shock-Free Shear Layer Interaction in Reacting Flows", International Journal of Dynamics of Fluids, Vol. 2, No.1, 2006.
    2. Deepu, M., Gokhale, S. S. and Jayaraj, S., “Numerical Simulation of Supersonic Combustion Using Unstructured Point Implicit Finite Volume Method”, Journal of Combustion Society of Japan, Vol. 48, No.144, 2006.
    3. Deepu, M., Gokhale, S. S. and Jayaraj, S., “Numerical modeling of supersonic combustion of hydrogen in the wake region of a strut”, Journal of Aerospace Science and Technologies, Vol.58, No.4, 2006.
    4. Deepu, M., Gokhale, S. S. and Jayaraj, S., “Numerical modeling of scramjet combustor”, Defense Science Journal, Vol. 57, No. 4, July 2007.
    5. Deepu, M. and Gokhale, S. S., “Modeling of supersonic combustion using point implicit finite volume method”, International Journal of Computational Methods, Vol. 4, No.2, 2007.
    6. Praveen Nair, Deepu, M.and Jayachandran, T. "Numerical Simulation of Film Cooling In A Hypersonic Re-Entry Module Using Ausm+-Up Based Finite Volume Flow Solver" International Journal of Dynamics of Fluids, Vol.4, No.2, 2008.
    7. Nair, P., Jayachandran, T., Deepu, M., Puranik B.P. and Bhandarkar, U.V., "Numerical Simulation of Interaction of Sonic Jet with High Speed Flow over a Blunt Body using Solution Mapped Higher Order Accurate AUSM+-UP Based Flow Solver", Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 15-23, 2009.
    International Conferences
    1. Deepu, M., Gokhale, S. S. and Jayaraj, S., “Numerical studies of three dimensional mixing of injection from an unswept ramp into supersonic flow”, International Mach Reflection Symposium cum Shock-Vortex Interaction Workshop, Jeju Islands, Korea, November 2004.
    2. Deepu, M., Gokhale, S. S. and Jayaraj, S., “Modeling of turbulent supersonic reacting shear flows using point implicit finite volume method”, 16th International Symposium on Transport Phenomena,Prague, August 2005.
    3. Deepu, M., Gokhale, S. S. and Jayaraj, S., “Numerical Modeling of Mixing and Reaction Near an Angled Cavity Flame Holder for a Supersonic Combustor”, 5th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, July 2005.
    4. Deepu, M., Gokhale, S. S. and Jayaraj, S., “Numerical Modeling of Scramjet Combustor Flow Field Using Unstructured Point Implicit Finite Volume Method”, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics’ Aerospace Sciences Exhibit, AIAA-2006-1382, January 2006.
    5. M. Deepu, H. D. Kim, and G. Rajesh, “A Numerical Study of Supersonic Hydrogen Combustion Upstream of a Backward-Facing Step,” 12th Asian Congress on Fluid Mechanics, August 2008, Daejon, Korea.
    6. G. Rajesh, H. D. Kim, S. Matsuo, T. Setoguchi, and M. Deepu, “Computational Analysis of the Transient Flows in an Ejector-Diffuser System,” 12th Asian Congress on Fluid Mechanics, August 2008, Daejon, Korea.
    National Journal
    1. Deepu, M., Gokhale, S. S. and Jayaraj, S., “Recent advances in experimental and numerical analysis of scramjet combustor flow fields”, Journal of Aerospace Engineering; Institution of Engineers (India), Vol.88, May 2007.
    National Conferences
    1. Deepu, M., Gokhale, S. S. and Jayaraj, S., “Prediction of Heat Release in Hydrogen-Air Supersonic Mixing Layers Using Point Implicit Finite Volume Method”, ASME-ISHMT conference on Heat and Mass Transfer, IIT Guwahati, January 2006.
    2. Deepu, M., Gokhale, S. S. and Jayaraj, S., “Numerical study of angled injection upstream of an open cavity in to supersonic flow”, 8th Annual CFD Symposium, Bangalore, August 2005.
    3. Deepu, M., Jayaraj, S. and Ramachandran, G., “Numerical Modeling of Staged Transverse Injections Behind a Rearward Facing Step”, XVIII National Conference on I.C. Engines and Combustion, Thiruvananthapuram, December 2003.
    4. Deepu, M., and Sudeep U., “CFD Modeling of scramjet combustor”, National Conference on Vehicle Dynamics, Visakapatnam, 2002.
    Membership in professional bodies:
    • Aeronautical Society of India
    • Combustion Institute (Indian Section)
    • Institution of Engineers (India)
    • Indian Society of Technical Education
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