Peer-Reviewed Publications
Prasanth P Nair, Abhilash Suryan, Vinod Narayanan, Effect of upstream injection and pylon downstream of the cavity on the mixing characteristics, Physics of Fluids, 2024, AIP. (Accepted on 17/01/2024)
Lissen Sam, Idithsaj P. T., Prasanth P Nair, Abhilash Suryan, Vinod Narayanan, Prospects for scramjet engines in reusable launch applications: A review, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2023, Elsevier, 48(92), pp. 36094-36111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.05.341
Prasanth P Nair, Abhilash Suryan, Vinod Narayanan, Effect of passive strut angle on the vortical structures and mixing characteristics of scramjet combustor, Physics of Fluids, 2023, AIP, 35(6), p. 066111. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0151676
Sandeep Soman, Abhilash Suryan, Prasanth P Nair, Marie Ritter, Heuy Dong Kim, Study on Control of Unsteadiness and Flow Asymmetry in Linear Aerospike Nozzles, Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 2022, AIAA, 60(1), pp. 326–338. https://doi.org/10.2514/1.A35488
Prasanth P Nair, Abhilash Suryan, Vinod Narayanan, Modal analysis of mixing characteristics in scramjet combustor with passive struts, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2022, Elsevier, 47(81), pp. 34656-34675. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2022.08.061
Prasanth P Nair, Vinod Narayanan, Abhilash Suryan, Heuy Dong Kim, Prediction and visualization of supersonic nozzle flows using OpenFOAM, Journal of Visualization, 2022, Springer, 25(6), pp. 1227-1247. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12650-022-00856-5
Martin Raju, Rakesh Narayana Sarma, Abhilash Suryan, Prasanth P Nair, Sandro Nižetić, Investigation of optimal water utilization for water spray cooled photovoltaic panel: A three-dimensional computational study, Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 2022, Elsevier, 51, p. 101975. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2022.101975
Prasanth P Nair, Vinod Narayanan, Abhilash Suryan, Combustion efficiency improvement for scramjet combustor with strut based flame stabilizer using passive techniques, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2021, Elsevier, 46(80), pp. 40054-40072. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2021.09.224
Sandeep Soman, Abhilash Suryan, Prasanth P Nair, Heuy Dong Kim, Computational Investigation of Flow Characteristics in a Linear Plug Nozzle with Base Bleed, Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 2021, AIAA, 58(6), pp. 1786–1798. https://doi.org/10.2514/1.A34992
Johny George, Prasanth P Nair, Sandeep Soman, Abhilash Suryan, Heuy Dong Kim, Visualization of Flow through Planar Double Divergent Nozzles by Computational Method, Journal of Visualization, 2021, Springer, 24, pp. 711–732. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12650-020-00729-9
Prasanth P Nair, Amsha S, Abhilash Suryan, Sandro Nizetic, Investigation of flow characteristics in scramjet engine combustor towards improvement of combustion efficiency, International Journal of Energy Research, 2020, Wiley, 45, pp. 231–253. https://doi.org/10.1002/er.5257
Prasanth P Nair, Abhilash Suryan, Heuy Dong Kim, Computational Study on Reducing Flow Asymmetry in Over-expanded Planar Nozzle by Incorporating Double Divergence, Aerospace Science and Technology, 2020, Elsevier, 100, p. 105790. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ast.2020.105790
John Paul P, Prasanth P Nair, Abhilash Suryan, Joe Paul Martin M., Heuy Dong Kim, Numerical Simulation on Optimization of Pintle Base Shape in Planar Expansion Deflection Nozzles, Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 2020, AIAA, 57(3), pp. 539–548. https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/1.A34559
Prasanth P Nair, Abhilash Suryan, Heuy Dong Kim, A Study of Conical Aerospike Nozzles with Base-bleed and Free-stream Effects, Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 2019, AIAA, 56(4), pp. 990–1005. https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/1.A34256
Prasanth P Nair, Abhilash Suryan, Heuy Dong Kim, Computational Study on Flow through Truncated Conical Plug Nozzle with Base Bleed, Propulsion and Power Research, 2019, Elsevier, 8(2), pp. 108-120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jppr.2019.02.001
Prasanth P Nair, Abhilash Suryan, Heuy Dong Kim, Computational study of performance characteristics for truncated conical aerospike nozzles, Journal of Thermal Science, 2017, Springer, 26(6), pp. 483-489. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11630-017-0965-0
International Conferences
Abishek Sarkar, Prasanth P Nair, Vinod Narayanan, Numerical Simulation of Airfoil-Vortex Interaction in Tandem Airfoils, 2024 AIAA SciTech Forum, January 08-12, 2024, Orlando, Florida, USA. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2024-2334
Prasanth P Nair, Abhilash Suryan, Vinod Narayanan, Computational Study of Injection Infront of the Cavity with Pylon Placed Downstream, 14th Asian Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference, October 30-November 2, 2023, HAL Management Academy, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Prasanth P Nair, Vinod Narayanan, Numerical simulation of the effect of different divergent angle of pylon, Aerospace Europe Conference 2023 (Joint 10th EUCASS - 9th CEAS Conference), July 9-13, 2023, Lausanne, Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.13009/EUCASS2023-659
Prasanth P Nair, Vinod Narayanan, Effect of Injection Method on the Pylon Placed Downstream of the Cavity, AIAA Aviation 2023 Forum, June 12-16, 2023, San Diego, California, USA. (Virtual presentation) https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2023-4137
Prasanth P Nair, Vinod Narayanan, Numerical study on the effect of the pylon downstream of the cavity-based scramjet combustor, 8th Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference, March 26-29, 2023, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA. https://doi.org/10.1615/TFEC2023.aer.046452
Prasanth P Nair, Vinod Narayanan, Numerical study on the effect of equivalence ratio in passive strut configuration, AIAA SciTech 2023 Forum, January 23-27, 2023, National Harbor, Maryland, USA. (Virtual presentation) https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2023-1645
Prasanth P Nair, Abhilash Suryan, Vinod Narayanan, Numerical study on the effect of divergent angle of passive struts on the mixing of scramjet combustor, 9th Asian Joint Workshop on Thermophysics and Fluid Science (AJWTF2022), November 27-30, 2022, Utsunomiya-shi, Tochigi, Japan.
Prasanth P Nair, Vinod Narayanan, Mixing characteristics of scramjet combustor with passive struts using data-driven modal decomposition technique, 14th European Fluid Mechanics Conference-EFMC14, September 13-16, 2022, Athens, Greece.
Prasanth P Nair, Vinod Narayanan, Mixing enhancement of strut based flame stabilizer for scramjet combustor using passive techniques, 74th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, November 21-23, 2021, Phoenix Convention Center - Phoenix, Arizona, USA. https://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/DFD21/Session/E03.7
Sandeep Soman, Prasanth P Nair, Abhilash Suryan, A Study on the Flow Physics of Altitude Adaptive Nozzles, Topical Problems of Fluid Mechanics 2021 (TPFM), 17 - 19 February 2021, Prague, Czech Republic. https://doi.org/10.14311/TPFM.2021.016
Sandeep Soman, Prasanth P Nair, Akhil Sivadas, Abhilash Suryan, Numerical Parametric Study of a Linear Plug Nozzle, 16th Asian Congress of Fluid Mechanics (ACFM), 13-17 December 2019, JNCASR Bengaluru, India. (Poster Presentation)
Prasanth P Nair, Johny George, Abhay Mohan, Abhilash Suryan, Heuy Dong Kim, Computational Study of Planar Double Divergent Nozzles for Reduction of Side load and Flow Asymmetry, International Society for Air Breathing Engines (ISABE 2019), 22-27 September 2019, ISABE-2019-24209, Canberra, Australia.
Joe Paul, John Paul, Prasanth P Nair, Abhay Mohan, Abhilash Suryan, Heuy Dong Kim, Numerical Analysis of effects of Pintle Shape on Flow in Planar Expansion-Deflection Nozzles, International Society for Air Breathing Engines (ISABE 2019), ISABE-2019-24353, 22-27 September 2019, Canberra, Australia.
Prasanth P Nair, Abhilash Suryan and Heuy Dong Kim, Computational Study on Planar Nozzles with Different Divergence Angle Using OpenFOAM, 14th International Symposium on Experimental Computational Aerothermodynamics of Internal Flows, 8-11 July 2019, Gdansk, Poland.
Abhilash Suryan, Sandeep E, Prasanth P Nair, Heuy Dong Kim, Study of Flow Characteristics of Supersonic Flow through Pipe Bends, International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Optimization (ICAMeO-19), 13-15 June 2019, Trivandrum, Kerala, India. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5120215
Sandeep Soman, Johny George, Prasanth P Nair, Abhilash Suryan, Numerical Study of Flow Through Planar Double Divergent Nozzles, International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Optimization (ICAMeO-19), 13-15 June 2019, Trivandrum, Kerala, India. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5120193
Prasanth P Nair, Abhilash Suryan, Renju Chandran, A Numerical Study on Planar Nozzles with Different Divergence Angle, The 7th Asian Joint Workshop on Thermophysics and Fluid Science, 21-24 November 2018, AJWTF7-39, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.
Prasanth P Nair, Abhilash Suryan, Heuy Dong Kim, Numerical analysis of flow characteristics in an annular conical plug nozzle with truncation, 6th Asian Symposium on Computational Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow, December 10-13, 2017, ACSHT-2017-087, IIT Madras, Chennai, India
Prasanth P Nair, Abhilash Suryan, Heuy Dong Kim, Numerical Analysis of Truncated Plug Nozzle with Base Bleed, 10th International Conference on Computational Heat, Mass and Momentum Transfer, 28 May-1 June 2017, 160140, Seoul, South Korea.
Prasanth P Nair, Abhilash Suryan, Heuy Dong Kim, Computational Study of Flow through Truncated Aerospike Nozzles, 13th International Symposium on Experimental Computational Aerothermodynamics of Internal Flows, 7-11 May 2017, ISAIF13-S-052, Okinawa, Japan.
National Conferences
Prasanth P Nair, Vinod Narayanan, Abhilash Suryan, Shock Induced Mixing in Strut Based Flame Stabilizer for Scramjet Combustor, 6th National Symposium on Shock Waves, 26-28 February 2020, NSSW-2020-26, IIT Madras, Chennai, India.
Prasanth P Nair, Abhilash Suryan, Numerical Study on Base Pressure for 20% and 40% Aerospike Nozzles, 18th National Conference on Technological Trends, 21-22 July 2017, NCTT-2017-45, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.
Prasanth P Nair, Abhilash Suryan, Numerical Analysis of Flow through Aerospike Nozzles, 1st National Aerospace Propulsion Conference, 15-17 March 2017, NAPC-2017-091, IIT Kanpur, Kanpur, India.
Book Chapters
Prasanth P Nair, Abhilash Suryan, Renju Chandran, A Numerical Study on Planar Nozzles with Different Divergence Angle, In book: Recent Asian Research on Thermal and Fluid Sciences, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore, 19 February 2020, pp. 133-146. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1892-8_12
Padman R. Bijoy, C. V. Muraleedharan, Prasanth P Nair, Abhilash Suryan, Estimation of Shear-Induced Blood Damage in Artificial Heart Valve Components, In book: Recent Asian Research on Thermal and Fluid Sciences, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore, 19 February 2020, pp. 447-465. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1892-8_35