Dr. Rajesh Yadav

Assistant Professor - Selection Grade

BE (Aeronautical Engineering), The Aeronautical Society of India, New Delhi

Ph.D. (Aerospace Engineering), University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun

Qualified GATE 2006  

Qualified GATE 2009   

Area of Specialization:

Aerodynamics, Compressible Flows, Hypersonic Flows, Aerothermodynamics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Numerical Simulations

Research & Publications:

SCI Indexed Journal Publications:

  • Vijay Patidar, Rajesh Yadav and Sudhir Joshi.“Numerical investigation of the effect of stagger on the aerodynamic characteristics of a Busemann biplane”, Aerospace Science and Technology, Vol. 55, August 2016, Pages 252–263,doi:10.1016/j.ast.2016.06.007IF:1.75, H-index: 49, SJR: 0.816.
  • Rajesh Yadav and Ugur Guven."Aerodynamic Heating of a Hypersonic Projectile with Forward-Facing Ellipsoid Cavity at Nose", Journal of Spacecrafts and Rockets, Vol. 52, No. 1, Pages157-165, doi: 10.2514/1.A32605.IF:0.716, H index: 55, SJR: 0.74, Citations:08
  • Rajesh Yadav and Ugur Guven, “Aerothermodynamics of a hypersonic vehicle with a forward-facing parabolic cavity at nose”, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Vol. 228, No. 10, Pages 1863-1874, 2014. IF: 0.653, H-index: 27, SJR: 0.494, Citations: 05
  • Rajesh Yadav, U. Guven, “Aerothermodynamics Of Generic Reentry Vehicle With A Series Of Aerospikes At Nose”, Acta Astronautica, Volume 96, March–April 2014, Pages 1-10. IF: 1.1, H-index: 43, SJR: 0.726, SNIP: 1.237, Citations: 09
  • Rajesh Yadav and U. Guven, “Aerothermodynamics of a Hypersonic Projectile with a Double-Disk Aerospike”, Aeronautical Journal, Vol. 117, No.1195, 2013. IF: 0.537, H-index: 31, SJR: 0.430, Citations:01

Refereed International Conference Papers:

  • Yadav R., Khan M. F. and Minglani, D., Aerothermodynamics of a Blunt Airfoil with a Flow-through Duct for Hypersonic Flight, 5th International and 41st National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, IIT Kanpur, Kanpur, 2014.
  • Khan M. F., Yadav R., Quadri Z. A., Anwar S. F., Numerical Study of the Cavity Geometry on Supersonic Combustion with Transverse Fuel Injection, 5th International and 41st National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, IIT Kanpur, Kanpur, 2014
  • Yadav, R., & Ugur, G., Aerothermodynamics of a generic reentry vehicle with a series of aerospikes at the nose. 63rd International Astronautical Congress. Naples, Italy, 2012.Indexed in: Scopus
  • Yadav, R., & Ugur, G., Aerothermodynamics of the hemispherical cylindrical blunt vehicle with a flow-through duct. 63rd International Astronautical Congress. Naples, Italy, 2012. Indexed in: Scopus
  • Yadav, R., Guven, U., Velidi, G., & Sunderaj, K., Effect of eccentricity on the heat transfer rates of a reentry vehicle with a concave windward surface. 63rd International Astronautical Congress. Naples, Italy, 2012. Indexed in: Scopus
  • Yadav, R., Guven, U., & Bhat, S., Effect of Nose Cavity on the Heat Transfer Rates to the Surface of an Aeroshell Descending Through Martian Atmosphere. 63rd International Astronautical Congress. Naples, Italy, 2012. Indexed in: Scopus
  • Yadav, R., Guven, U., Velidi, G., & Sunderaj, K., Effect of nose cavity on the heat fluxes to reentry vehicle in Titan's atmosphere. 63rd International Astronautical Congress. Naples, Italy, 2012. Paper ID: 12886. Indexed in: Scopus
  • Vignesh V., Sampath Emani, Ugur Guven, Gurnadh Velidi, and Rajesh Yadav, Numerical Simulation of Aerodynamic Lift of a Clark Y Airfoil with Vortex Generators, International Conference on Modeling, Optimization and Computing, Coimbatore, 2012

Refereed National Conference Papers:

  • Sudhir Joshi, Rajesh Yadav, Ugur Guven and Ramesh Repaka, Numerical Analysis of Flowfield over a Flat and Triangular Aerodisk Spiked Blunt Body at Mach 6.2. Symposium on Applied Aerodynamics and Design of Aerospace Vehicles, SAROD 2015, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, December 2015.
  • Ramesh Repaka, Sudhir Joshi, Rajesh Yadav, Adarsh Baboo Gupta, Prakash S Kulkarni, Ugur Guven, Flow Field Computations over Hemispherical, Flat Triangular Disk Spiked Blunt Body at Mach Number 6, 17th Annual CFD Symposium, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, August 2015.
  • Garima Sharma, Rajesh Yadav, and Prakash S Kulkarni, Numerical Simulation of the Effect of a Flow-Through Duct on the Aerodynamic Heating and Drag of a Blunt Body, 17th Annual CFD Symposium, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, August 2015.
  • Bhatia H., Waghela G., Badri M. A., Yadav R., and Kulkarni P.S., Comparative Study of varying Mach No. over Symmetric Airfoil with Flow-through various Channel Designs, 16th Annual CFD Symposium, Bangalore, 2014

Books Edited:

  • Editor: Proceedings of the 24th National Conference on IC Engines and Combustion, Vol. I, 2015, ISBN: 978-93-84869-89-1
  • Editor: Proceedings of the 24th National Conference on IC Engines and Combustion, 2015, Vol. II, ISBN: 978-93-84869-89-1

Book Chapters (Scopus Indexed):

  • Yadav R., Khan M. F. and Minglani, D., Aerothermodynamics of a Blunt Airfoil with a Flow-through Duct for Hypersonic Flight, Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power- Contemporary Research, Springer India, 2016 Indexed in: SpringerLink, Scopus.
  • Khan M. F., Yadav R., Quadri Z. A., Anwar S. F., Numerical Study of the Cavity Geometry on Supersonic Combustion with Transverse Fuel Injection, Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power- Contemporary Research, Springer India, 2016. Indexed in: SpringerLink, Scopus.

Membership of Professional Bodies:

Life Member of the Aeronautical Society of India

Life Member of the Combustion Institute-India Section