Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, Volume 6: Select Proceedings of FMFP 2022 (Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering)

This book comprises select peer-reviewed proceedings of the 9th International and 49th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP 2022). This book brings together scientific ideas and engineering solutions put forth by researchers and practitioners from academia and industry in the important and ubiquitous field of fluid mechanics. The contents of this book focus on fundamental issues and perspective in fluid mechanics, measurement techniques in fluid mechanics, computational fluid and gas dynamics, instability, transition and turbulence, fluid-structure interaction, multiphase flows, microfluidics, bio-inspired fluid mechanics, aerodynamics, turbomachinery, propulsion and power and other miscellaneous topics in the broad domain of fluid mechanics. This book is a useful reference to researchers and professionals working in the broad field of mechanics.

Prof. Krishna Mohan Singh is Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee. His research interests include the areas of computational mechanics, development of novel parallel algorithms, meshfree methods, shape and topology optimization, fluid dynamics, DNS/LES of turbulent flows, CAE, computer-aided analysis and design of thermo-fluid and multi-physics systems, computational fluid dynamics, modeling and simulation of flow and heat transfer in turbomachines, transport and energy systems.

Prof. Sushanta Dutta is Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee. His research interests are in the areas of experimental fluid mechanics, experimental heat transfer, optical measurement techniques, active and passive control of flow field, wake dynamics, turbulence study, Schlieren, HWA, PIV, LCT, PSP, microfluidics and heat transfer augmentation using phase change material.

Prof. Sudhakar Subudhi is Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee. His research interests are in the area of experimental heat transfer and fluid mechanics, heat transfer enhancement of natural and forced convection in water/nanofluids, natural ventilation and unconventional energy systems.

Dr. Nikhil Kumar Singh is Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee. His broad research interests include direct numerical simulations of two-phase flows and phase change, computational fluid dynamics and heat transfer, numerical methods and turbulent flows.