RAJEEV KUMAR
rajeev.kumar@mavs.uta.edu
Research Interests
- Computational and Experimental Aerodynamics
- Aerodynamics of Insects and Flapping wings
- Finite Element Methods
- Grid Generation and Adaptation
- Fluid Structure Interaction
- Fluid Turbulence and Turbulence Modeling
Education
- Ph. D., Aerospace Engineering - A least-squares/Galerkin split finite element method for incompressible andcompressible Navier-Stokes equations (University of Texas at Arlington).
- Master of Engineering, Aerospace Engineering - Study of Wortmann FX 63-137 airfoil at low Reynolds numbers (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore)
Publication
Journal/Book Chapter
- Rajeev Kumar, Ryan Randall, DimaSilin and Sergey Shkarayev. Insect-inspiredmicro air vehicles. Chapter in Handbook of Biomimetics and Bioinspiration, 2013.
- Rajeev Kumar, Raymond Chan, Sergey Shkarayev and FabrizioGabbiani. Force Mea-surements on Locusts During Visually-Evoked Collision Avoidance Maneuvors. Interna-tional Journal of Micro Air Vehicles,Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 227-249, 2012.
- Rajeev Kumar and Brian Dennis. Bubble-enriched least-squares finite element methodfor transient advective transport. Differential Equations and Nonlinear Mechanics,Hindawi Publishing Corp, Vol. 2008, Article ID 267454, 2008.
- N Subaschander, S Sundaram and Rajeev Kumar. Drag reduction due to riblets on aGA(W)-2 airfoil. Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 36, No. 5, p. 890, 1999.
Conference
- Rajeev Kumar and Sergey Shkarayev. Instantaneous Forces in Locust Flapping Wings. AIAA Aviation and Aeronautics Forum and Exp., Atlanta, GA, June 16-20, 2014.
- Sergey Shkarayev and Rajeev Kumar. Kinematic and Inertial Effects in Locust Flapping Wings. AIAA Aviation and Aeronautics Forum and Exp., Atlanta, GA, June16-20, 2014.
- Rajeev Kumar and Sergey Shkarayev. Kinematics and aerodynamic responses of locusts in sideslip. 51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, GrapevineTX, January 7-10, 2013.
- Ryan Randall, Rajeev Kumar and Sergey Shkarayev. Bio-inspired design of micro-ornithopters with emphasis on locust hindwings. IMAV 2012, International MicroAir Vehicle Conf. and Competition, Braunschweig, Germany, July 03-06, 2012.
- Rajeev Kumar and Sergey Shkarayev. Effects of yaw angle on aerodynamic response in locusts. AIAA-2012-417, 50th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit,Nashville TN, January 9-14, 2012.
- Rajeev Kumar, DmytroSilin and Sergey Shkarayev. Experimental study of aerodynamic performance of locust and model wings. AIAA-2011-871, 49th AIAA AerospaceSciences Meeting and Exhibit, Orlando FL, January 2-7, 2011.
- Rajeev Kumar and Brian H. Dennis. The least-squares Galerkin split finite element method for buoyancy driven flow. Proceedings of the ASME IDETC/CIE 2010, No. DETC2010-29157, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Aug. 15 - 18, 2010.
- Brian H. Dennis and Rajeev Kumar. A least-squares/Galerkin split finite element method for compressible Navier-Stokes equations. ASME IDETC/CIE 2009, San Diego,CA, USA, Aug. 30 - Sep. 2, 2009.
- Rajeev Kumar and Brian H. Dennis. Unsteady incompressible flow computations with least-squares/Galerkin split finite element method. ASME Early Career TechnicalConference hosted by ASME District E, Arlington, TX, USA, April 17 - 18, 2009.
- Brian H. Dennis and Rajeev Kumar. A least-squares/Galerkin split finite element method for incompressible Navier-Stokes problems. ASME IDETC/CIE 2008, Brooklyn,NY, USA, 3-6, August 2008.
- Brian H. Dennis and Rajeev Kumar. A least-squares/Galerkin finite element method for incompressible and compressible viscous flows. 14th International Conferenceon Finite Elements in Flow Problems, Santa Fe, NM, USA, 26-28, March 2007.
- Brian H. Dennis and Rajeev Kumar. Simulation of electro-magnetic control of highspeed flows. 7th World Congress on Comput. Mech., Los Angeles, CA, 16-22, July2006.
- N B Mathur and Rajeev Kumar. A novel technique for the direct measurements of after body drag in the presence of multi-jet nozzle exhausts. XVI International symposiumon Air Breathing Engines, Cleveland, OH, 31 August - 5 September 2003.
