Recent Advances in Theoretical, Applied, Computational and Experimental Mechanics

B. N. Singh is a HAL Chair Professor and former Head of Aerospace Engineering Department and currently Dean (HR) at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, India. Prof. Singh has more than 25 years of teaching and research experience. His work focuses on aerospace composite structures and its uncertainty quantification and he has developed several stochastic and deterministic mathematical models and their applications in aerospace structural components made of smart composites. Prof. Singh  has published more than 130 papers in reputed journals and more than 85 conference papers.  Arnab Roy is a Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at IIT Kharagpur. His research areas include the development of high accuracy Navier Stokes solvers for LES and DNS for incompressible flows- studies on bluff bodies, jets and associated instabilities, reaction control system jets in supersonic cross flow, low Reynolds number airfoils forfixed wing UAV/ MAV applications and Particle Image Velocimetry for flapping wing aerodynamic studies. He has published 3 book chapters, 38 research papers in reputed journal and conferences Dipak Kumar Maiti is Professor and Former Head, Department of Aerospace Engineering at IIT Kharagpur, prior to which he has worked at ADA Bangalore and Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Bombay. His research interest include  aeroelastic analysis of smart lifting, surface analysis of smart landing gear, structural health monitoring and FE analysis of smart multidirectional composites. He has authored over 80 international journal papers, over 70 conference papers and 50 technical reports related to various projects.

• Theme 1: Fluid Mechanics.- Experimental and Computational Aerodynamics.- Experimental and Computational Fluid Mechanics.- Seepage Flow.- Computational Mechanics.-Computational Methods.- biomechanics.- Bio inspired mechanics.- Aeroacoustics.- Hydrodynamics.- Turbulence.- LES.- Shock-Boundary Layer Interactions.- Active and Passive Flow Controls.- Fluid-structure interaction.- High Enthalpy Flows and Hypersonic Aerodynamics.- Theme 2: Solid Mechanics.-Classical Mechanics.- Composite Materials and Structure.-Computational Mechanics.- Computational Methods.- Damage Mechanics.- Fracture Mechanics.- Functionally Graded Materials.- Fuzzy Logic.- Genetic Algorithms and Neural Networks.- Modelling and Simulation.-  Nano mechanics.- Nonlinear Mechanics.- Optimization.- AI and Expert Systems.-Smart Materials.- Structures and Systems.- Structural Dynamics.- Aeroelesticity.- Terramechanics.- Uncertainty Quantification.- Theme 3: Flight Mechanics and Control.-Space/Orbital Mechanics.- Unmanned Aerial Vehicle.- Micro Aerial Vehicle.- AI and Expert Systems.- Fuzzy Logic.- Genetic Algorithms and Neural Networks.- Satellite-Based Navigation Systems.- Theme 4: Propulsion.- Turbomachinery, Aerodynamics of gas turbine components.- Development and Testing of Gas Turbine Systems.- Heat Transfer.- Gas turbine blade cooling.- Rotor dynamics.- Performance Analysis and Advanced Cycles.- Droplet and Spray.