Numerical analysis of turbulence effects on heat transfer in an elliptical tube enhanced with teardrop-shaped protrusions. Implemented unsteady k-ω SST turbulence model in Ansys Fluent. Achieved a 75% increase in Nusselt number and a maximum PEC of 1.14 across Reynolds numbers 5,000–30,000.
Published at HTFF-2023, London · Under review at ASME J. Thermal Sci. Eng. Appl., 2026.
Led aerodynamics and structures work for IIT Madras's hyperloop team at European Hyperloop Week 2022 (Top 5 globally). CFD simulations to prevent choking effects in reduced-pressure environments led directly to a granted Indian patent (No. 587506, April 2026). Also optimised the composite aeroshell using FEA.
Studied bubble nucleation during pool boiling at varying wall superheat temperatures. Implemented the VOF multiphase model coupled with a Standard k-ε viscous model and enhanced wall treatment to capture bubble growth and departure behaviour.
Built two CFD solvers from scratch. A C implementation of the lid-driven cavity problem using streamfunction-vorticity formulation, and a MATLAB solver for turbulent channel flow using Prandtl's one-equation turbulence model. Both validated against benchmark data.
Implemented the Ansys MSMD battery module to simulate thermal behaviour of Li-ion cells under natural convection. Simultaneously designed a compact 60V 30Ah LFP battery pack in SOLIDWORKS optimised for e-scooter foot space (Geliose Mobility internship).
Mid-fidelity CFD simulations for a drone aerodynamics project using OpenFOAM — covering mesh generation, solver configuration, and validation. Running large-scale parallel computations on HPC clusters, and processing results in ParaView to develop reduced-order models (ROM).