Education

    Thesis: Augmentation of Partially-Averaged Navier-Stokes using Non-Linear Eddy Viscosity Closure

    Supervisor: Prof. Sawan S. Sinha (AM Dept. IIT Delhi, India) and Dr. Sunil Lakshmipathy (Jensen Hughes, Canada)

Research Interests:
Data Analysis,  Time Series Analysis, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Turbulence Modeling

Journal Publications

2022

7. Improved Scale-Resolved Predictions of Flow and Heat Transfer Past a Bluff Body using PANS and a Higher-Order Eddy Viscosity Closure, S. Saroha and S.S. Sinha, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, DOI (10.1177/09544100221108609), PDF.

6. Experimental and Computational Investigation of Airwake Aerodynamics of the Generic Aircraft Carrier with Ski-Jump, S. Shukla, S.S. Sinha, S. Saroha, H.H. Khan,  S.N. Singh, Ocean Engineering, DOI (10.1016/j.oceaneng.2022.110902), PDF

2020

5. Evaluation of PANS Methodology with Non-Linear eddy viscosity closure:  Flow Past a Heated Sphere, S. Saroha, K. Chakraborty,  S.S. Sinha, and S. Lakshmipathy,  ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, DOI (10.11151/1.4047233), PDF.

4. An OpenFOAM-based Evaluation of PANS Methodology in Conjunction with Non-Linear Eddy Viscosity in Simulating Flow Past a Heated Cylinder, S. Saroha,  K. Chakraborty, S.S. Sinha, and S.Lakshmipathy,  Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics, DOI (10.36884/jafm.13.05.30894), PDF.

3. An OpenFOAM-Based Extension of Low-Re k-epsilon Model to the Partially-Averaged Navier Stokes (PANS) Methodology for Simulating Separated Flows with Heat Transfer, K. Chakraborty, S. Saroha, and S.S. Sinha, ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, DOI (10.1115/1.4045209), PDF.

2018

2. Evaluation of PANS Method in Conjunction with Non-Linear Eddy Viscosity Closure using OpenFOAM, S. Saroha, S.S. Sinha, and S. Lakshmipathy, International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow, DOI (10.1108/HFF-09-2018-0529), PDF. 

1. Evaluation of Partially-Averaged Navier-Stokes Method in Simulating Flow Past a Sphere, S. Saroha, S.S. Sinha, and S. Lakshmipathy, Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics, DOI (10.29252/jafm.11.05.28758), PDF.


Accepted for Publication

An OpenFOAM-based Evaluation of Various Wall Treatment Strategies in Simulating Separated Flows past Bluff Bodies with Heat Transfer, K. Chakraborty, S. Saroha, S. S. Sinha, and S. Lakshmipathy, Thermophysics & Aeromechanics (scheduled to be published in September 2023)


Conferences 

2020

11. Scale resolving simulations of flow past a heated sphere using non-linear eddy viscosity closure, S. Saroha, K. Chakraborty, S.S. Sinha, and S. Lakshmipathy, March Meeting of American Physical Society  (APS 2020), Session ID P20-03,  March 2020, Denver, CO, USA.

2019

10. Enhancement of PANS with Non-Linear Eddy Viscosity Closure, S. Saroha, K. Chakraborty, S.S. Sinha, and S. Lakshmipathy, 72nd Annual Meeting of American Physical Society’s Division of Fluid Dynamics,  (APS DFD 2019), Session ID L19-04,  November 2019, Seattle, WA, USA.

9. Comparative Study of Linear vs Non-Linear Eddy Viscosity Model for Scale Resolving Simulation of Turbulent Flows, S. Saroha, S.S. Sinha, and S. Lakshmipathy, 4th Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference, American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers (ASTFE), Paper ID 29982, April 2019, Nevada, USA.

8. An OpenFOAM Based Comparison of Near Wall-Modeling Techniques in Simulating Separated Flow Past a Square Cylinder, S. Saroha, K. Chakraborty, S. S. Sinha, and S. Lakshmipathy, 4th Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference, American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers (ASTFE), Paper ID 29987, April 2019, Nevada, USA.

2018

7. An OpenFOAM Based Study of the Influence of Boundary Conditions on Flow Past a Backward Facing Step, S. Saroha, K. Chakraborty, S.S. Sinha, and S. Lakshmipathy, 7th International and 45th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, Paper ID 601, December 2018, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India.

6. Effect of Wall Treatment on the Performance of k-epsilon Model for Separated Flows, Krishnendu Chakraborty, S. Saroha, S.S. Sinha, and S. Lakshmipathy, 7th International and 45th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, Paper ID 428, December 2018, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India.

5. OpenFOAM-based Evaluation of PANS Method with Non-Linear Eddy Viscosity Closure for Separated Turbulent Flows, S. Saroha, S.S. Sinha, and S. Lakshmipathy, 71st Annual Meeting of American Physical Society’s Division of Fluid Dynamics (APS DFD 2018), Session ID D31-06,  November 2018, Atlanta, GA, USA.

4. Bridging Methods of Turbulence for High Reynolds Number Separated Flows past Bluff Bodies, American Society of Mechanical Engineers' International Mechanical Engineering Conference & Exposition (ASME IMECE 2018), S. Saroha, S.S. Sinha, and S. Lakshmipathy, Paper ID 89693, November 2018, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

2017

3. Numerical Investigation of Flow Through A Rotating, Annular, Variable-area Duct, 7th International Conference on Theoretical, Applied, Computational and Experimental Mechanics (ICTACEM 2017), P. Saini, S. Saroha, S. Shukla, and S.S. Sinha, Paper ID 640,  December 2017, Kharagpur, India.

2016

2. Simulation of Separated Flow Past a Sphere with Partially Averaged Navier Stokes Method, S. Saroha, S.S. Sinha, and B. Srinivasan, 6th International and 43rd National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, Paper ID 227, December 2016, MNNIT Allahabad, India.

1. Simulation of flow past an airship, S. Saroha, S.S. Sinha, and B. Srinivasan, 18th Annual Aeronautical Society of India (AeSI) Symposium, August 2016, Bengaluru, India.