Dr. Rinku Mukherjee

Associate Professor
Aerodynamics and Flow-Physics Laboratory
Applied Mechanics and BioMedical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India - 600036

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Selected Work

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• Flow Control on Wind Turbine Blades
  Acta Mechanica

• Study of Rayleigh-Benard Convection
  International Journal of Thermal Sciences

• Configuration Flight
  European Journal of Mechanics / B Fluids

• Experiments in Transonic Flows
  Journal Of Spacecraft And Rockets

• Post-Stall Prediction
  Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering

• Morphing Technologies
  Aerospace Science and Technology

• 3D Boundary Layer Separation
  Acta Mechanica

• 3D Ground Effect Studies
  Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering

Show and Tell

• Best Poster Award at AMBE Research Palooza 2024 for Hariprasanth Palanivel


• NEW COURSE on DTH(Direct to Home): Dr. Rinku Mukherjee


• PMRF Fellowship for Hariprasanth Palanivel


• Best Paper award at ICTACEM 2021, IIT Kharagpur for Aritras Roy


• AWSAR(Augmenting Writing Skills for Articulating Research)-DST Award in PhD Category, AW/2021/324: Best Stories for Aritras Roy


• Research Excellence Award from CSIR-NAL for Gireesh Yanamashetty


• Best Paper Award at Conference in NYC, USA for Aritras Roy

Presentations/Talks

    AIAA 2022-0711: Aritras Roy

    AIAA 2022-1978: Ravindra Shirsath

    AIAA 2021-1197: Aritras Roy

    AIAA 2021-1995: Vasanth G.

Research Areas: Numerical Analysis, CFD, Experiment

• Applied Aerodynamics
• Unsteady Aerodynamics of Fixed-Wings
• Post-Stall Flow Prediction (Steady & Unsteady)
• Formation Flight
• Experiments to Implement Post-Stall Flow Control
• Wing in ground effect

    CFD Animation of Single Pitching Airfoil

    CFD Animation of Tandem Pitching Airfoils

    Flow past Single Airfoil in Water Tank

    Flow past Tandem Airfoils in Water Tank

    Wake behind a Pitching 3D Wing from Numerical Analysis

• Low-Speed Aerodynamics
• Diamond-Back Morphing Wing with/without slender fuselage
• Rectangular Wing with Airfoil-Shaped Vortex Generators

    Oil Flow Visualization of Flow Past a Wing

• High-Speed Aerodynamics
• Diamond-Back Morphing Wing with/without slender fuselage at transonic and supersonic flows
• Transonic Flows past Bluff-Bodies
• Interaction of Boundary Layers and Shock Waves

    Transonic Flow Past a NASA specified Bluff Body

    Transonic Flow Past a Bluff Body with 20deg nose cone without Spike

    Transonic Flow Past a Bluff Body with 20deg nose cone WITH Spike

• Fundamental Fluid Mechanics
• Boundary Layer Separation (2D and 3D) over wings and Bluff Bodies
• Rayleigh-Benard Convection in Jet-A Fuel

Intellectual Property (IP) Generated

Copyrights Granted

1. Title: NUMERICAL CODE PREDICTING POST-STALL AERODYNAMICS OF 3D WINGS/BLADES USING 'DECAMBERING' AND 'NASCENT VORTEX

   Certificate

   Date: 02/05/2022

   Inventors: Rinku Mukherjee

2. Title: NUMERICAL CODE PREDICTING UNSTEADY AERODYNAMICS OF 3D WINGS/BLADES USING 'DECAMBERING' TECHNIQUE

   Certificate

   Date: 21/04/2022

   Inventors: Rinku Mukherjee and Antony Samuel B.

Patent(s)

1. Indian Patents/Designs

   1. Title: Inverse Out-of-Plane Joined-Wing for Aerial Vehicles

      Registered: Certificate

      Date of Grant: 15/07/2026

      Inventors: Rinku Mukherjee, Shiladitya Bhowmik and Hariprasanth Palanivel

   2. Title: A JOINED WING SYSTEM FOR SUBSONIC AERIAL VEHICLES

      Status: Published

      Date: 14/11/2025

      Inventors: Rinku Mukherjee, Shiladitya Bhowmik and Hariprasanth Palanivel

   3. Title: 3D WINGS OR BLADES WITH AIRFOIL-SHAPED MINIATURE WING ATTACHMENTS

      Granted: Certificate

      Date of Grant: 19/05/2026

      Inventors: Rinku Mukherjee and Hariprasanth Palanivel

   4. Title: EXTERNAL ATTACHMENT TO INCREASE AERODYNAMIC EFFICIENCY OF A WING APPLICABLE FOR AEROPLANES,TURBINES, AND FANS

      Granted: Certificate

      Date of Grant: 16/03/2023

      Inventors: Rinku Mukherjee and Aritras Roy

2. International Application Published under PCT (PATENT COOPERATION TREATY)

   Title: EXTERNAL ATTACHMENT TO INCREASE AERODYNAMIC EFFICIENCY OF A WING APPLICABLE FOR AEROPLANES,TURBINES, AND FANS

   Published: Certificate

   Date: 21/12/2023

   Inventors: Rinku Mukherjee and Aritras Roy