Dr. Rajan Kumar

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Advanced Aero-propulsion Laboratory

Florida State University, USA.

Assistant Professor

Email: rkumar@fcaap.com

Qualifications

2000-2005 Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, India.

1998-2000 M.Sc., Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, India.

1988-1992 B.Sc., Aeronautical Engineering, Punjab Engineering College, India.

Publications (selected)

1. "Experimental Characterization of Shock Boundary Layer Interactions Along a Cone Cylinder Flare at Mach 2, 4 and 5" 2024 ▪ RAJAN KUMAR; Jonas Gustavsson; Alexandre R. Berger; Tyler Ince-Ingram;
2. "Optimization of Microjet Control for Supersonic Impinging Jet Using Genetic Algorithm" 2023 ▪ Farrukh Alvi; RAJAN KUMAR; Fernando Zigunov; MyungJun Song; Serdar Seçkin; Yousef Saleh;
3. "Effect of Swept Shockwave Boundary-Layer Interaction Strength on Surface Skin Friction" 2022 ▪ AIAA Journal, Farrukh Alvi; RAJAN KUMAR; Lee J. Mears; Andrew Baldwin; Jonathan W. Naughton;
4. "Effect of relative jet momentum in supersonic dual impinging jets" 2022 ▪ Experiments in Fluids, Farrukh Alvi; RAJAN KUMAR; Vikas N. Bhargav; Yogesh Mehta;
5. "Dynamics and Response to Control of Single and Dual Supersonic Impinging Jets", 2022 ▪ AIAA Journal, Farrukh Alvi; RAJAN KUMAR; Prabu Sellappan; Vikas N. Bhargav; MyungJun Song; Serdar Seçkin;
6. "Dynamics and Response to Microjet Control of Dual Supersonic Impinging Jets" 2022 ▪ AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum, Farrukh Alvi; RAJAN KUMAR; Prabu Sellappan; Vikas N. Bhargav; MyungJun Song; Serdar Seçkin;
7. "Effect of Relative Momentum and Temperature on the Aeroacoustic Characteristics of Dual Impinging Jets" 2021 ▪ AIAA AVIATION 2021 FORUM, Farrukh Alvi; RAJAN KUMAR; Vikas N. Bhargav; Yogesh Mehta;
8. "Effects of Reynolds Number on Swept Shock-Wave/Boundary-Layer Interactions" 2021 ▪ AIAA Journal, Farrukh Alvi; RAJAN KUMAR; Lee J. Mears; Andrew Baldwin;
9. "Experimental Characterization of Supersonic Single- and Dual-Impinging Jets" 2021 ▪ AIAA Journal, Farrukh Alvi; RAJAN KUMAR; Prabu Sellappan; Vikas N. Bhargav; MyungJun Song;
10. "Active Flow Control of Single and Dual Supersonic Impinging Jets using Microjets" 2021 ▪ AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum, Farrukh Alvi; RAJAN KUMAR; Prabu Sellappan; Vikas N. Bhargav; MyungJun Song; Serdar Seçkin;
11. "Material Characterization of a Flat Plate with Shock Impingement: from Continuum to Atomistic Scale" 2020 ▪ AIAA AVIATION 2020 FORUM, RAJAN KUMAR; William S. Oates; Jingfan Wang;
12. "Spatially resolved mean and unsteady surface pressure in swept SBLI using PSP" 2020 ▪ Experiments in Fluids, Farrukh Alvi; RAJAN KUMAR; M. Y. Ali; Lee J. Mears; Andrew Baldwin;
13. "Unsteady Characteristics of Resonant Supersonic Dual Impinging Jets" 2020 ▪ AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum, Farrukh Alvi; RAJAN KUMAR; Prabu Sellappan; Vikas N. Bhargav; MyungJun Song;

Profile Details

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