International Journal of Aerospace Sciences

The International Journal of Aerospace Sciences (IJAS) is an international bi-monthly peer-reviewed journal designed to be of wide range of interest and use to all those concerned with research in aerospace sciences and their applications in research establishments, industry and universities. IJAS publishes original papers, review articles related to all fields of aerospace research. Before submission of your article(s) to the International Journal of Aerospace Sciences, please e-mail an article abstract (less than 150 words) with the first and last name of all authors, their affiliations, and the corresponding author's e-mail address to the Editor-In-Chief, Dr. Amir S. Gohardani via the e-mail address: Dr.Amir.Shahram.Gohardani.IJAS@Gmail.com. Kindly, await an approval confirmation from the Editor-In-Chief before submitting your article into the electronic manuscript tracking and peer review system.


Ram P. Bharti

Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Aerospace Sciences

Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India

Research Areas

Computational Fluid Dynmics (CFD): FVM, LBM, Meshless Method; Microuidics, Bio-uidics, MEMS; Blu_ bodies ow, Non-Newtonian uid ow, Electrokinetic ow; Development of algorithms for non-Newtonian ow simulation

Education

2006Ph.D.Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
2002M.Tech.Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
2000B.Tech.Chemical Engineering, Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering & Technology, Longowal, India

Experience

2009 - PresentAssistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India
2007- 2009Post-Doctoral Research Fellow - Computational Fluid Dynamics (2 years) Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Melbourne, Australia
2007Senior Project Associate(3 months), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India

Academic Achievement

2007 - 2009 Post Doctoral Research Fellowship, University of Melbourne, Australia
2006 - 2007 Cash Award (INR 20,000) for publications by students, IIT Kanpur, India
2002 - 2006 MHRD Fellowship during Ph.D., IIT Kanpur, India
2002 - 2002 MHRD Fellowship during M.Tech., IIT Bombay, India

Membership

IAO Certi_ed Faculty Member (2012). International Accreditation Organization, Houston, USA
Member, International Association of Engineers (IAENG)
Member, IAENG Society of Chemical Engineering
Member, IAENG Society of Scienti_c Computing
Member, Alumni Association, Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering & Technology, Longowal
Member, Alumni Association, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai
Member, Alumni Association, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur

Publications: Journals

[1]  J.D. Berry, M.R. Davidson, R.P. Bharti and D.J.E. Harvie. Effect of wall permittivity on electroviscous flow through a contraction. Biomicrofluidics, 5(4), 044102 (17 pages) (2011)
[2]  M.R. Davidson, R.P. Bharti and D.J.E. Harvie. Electroviscous effects in a Carreau liquid flowing through a cylindrical microfluidic contraction . Chemical Engineering Science, 65(23) 6259-6269 (2010).
[3]  V.K. Patnana, R.P. Bharti and R.P. Chhabra. Two dimensional unsteady forced convection heat transfer in power-law fluids from a heated cylinder. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 53(19-20) 4152-4167 (2010).
[4]  A.T. Srinivas, R.P. Bharti and R.P. Chhabra. Mixed convection heat transfer from a cylinder in power-law fluids: effect of aiding buoyancy. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 48(21) 9735-9754 (2009).
[5]  V.K. Patnana, R.P. Bharti and R.P. Chhabra. Two dimensional unsteady flow of power-law fluids over a cylinder. Chemical Engineering Science 64(12) 2978-2999 (2009).
[6]  R.P. Bharti, D.J.E. Harvie and M.R. Davidson. Electroviscous effects in steady fully develope flow of power-law liquid through a cylindrical microchannel. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow 30(4) 804-811 (2009).
[7]  M.R. Davidson, R.P. Bharti, P. Liovic and D.J.E. Harvie. Electroviscous effects in low Reynolds number flow through a microfluidic contraction with rectangular cross-section. International Journal of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering 3(2) 63-67 (2009).
[8]  R.C. Patil, R.P. Bharti and R.P. Chhabra. Forced convection heat transfer in power-law liquids from a pair of cylinders in tandem arrangement. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 47(23) 9141-9164 (2008).
[9]  R.P. Bharti, D.J.E. Harvie and M.R. Davidson. Steady flow of ionic liquid through a cylindrical microfluidic contraction-expansion pipe: Electroviscous effects and pressure drop. Chemical Engineering Science 63(14) 3593-3604 (2008).
[10]  R.C. Patil, R.P. Bharti and R.P. Chhabra. Steady flow of power-law liquids over a pair of cylinders in tandem arrangement. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 47(5) 1660-1683 (2008).
[11]  R.P. Bharti, P. Sivakumar and R.P. Chhabra. Forced convection heat transfer from an elliptic cylinder to power-law fluids. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 51(7-8) 1838-1853 (2008).
[12]  R.P. Bharti, R.P. Chhabra and V. Eswaran. Effect of blockage on heat transfer from a cylinder to power-law liquids. Chemical Engineering Science 62(7) 4729-4741 (2007).
[13]  R.P. Bharti, R.P. Chhabra and V. Eswaran. Two-dimensional steady Poiseuille flow of power-law fluids across a circular cylinder in a plane confined channel: wall effects and drag coefficient. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 46(11) 3820-3840 (2007).
[14]  P. Sivakumar, R.P. Bharti and R.P. Chhabra. Steady flow of power-law fluids across an unconfined elliptic cylinder. Chemical Engineering Science 62(6) 1682-1702 (2007).
[15]  R.P. Bharti, R.P. Chhabra and V. Eswaran. Steady forced convection heat transfer from a heated circular cylinder to power-law fluids. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 50(5-6) 977-990 (2007).
[16]  R.P. Bharti, R.P. Chhabra and V. Eswaran. A numerical study of the steady forced convection heat transfer from an unconfined circular cylinder. Heat and Mass Transfer 43(7) 639-648 (2007).
[17]  P. Sivakumar, R.P. Bharti and R.P. Chhabra. Effect of power-law index on critical parameters for power-law flow across an unconfined circular cylinder. Chemical Engineering Science 61(18) 6035-6046 (2006).
[18]  R.P. Bharti, R.P. Chhabra and V. Eswaran. Steady flow of power-law fluids across a circular cylinder. Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering 84(4) 406-421 (2006).
[19]  N. Mangadoddy, Ram Prakash and R.P. Chhabra. Forced convection in cross flow of power law fluids over a tube bank. Chemical Engineering Science 59(11) 2213-2222 (2004).

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums

[1]  M.R. Davidson, R.P. Bharti and D.J.E. Harvie. Electroviscous effects in steady flow of a shear-thinning Carreau liquid through a microfluidic contraction. Proceedings of 2nd South-East European Conference on Computational Mechanics (SEECCM 2009). Pages 1-10. Published by National Technical University of Athens(Rhodes). An IACM-ECCOMAS Special Interest Conference. M. Papadrakakis, M. Kojic, V. Papadopoulos (Eds.) Rhodes, Greece, June 22-24 2009.
[2]  R.P. Bharti, D.J.E. Harvie and M.R. Davidson. Fully Developed flow of power-law fluid through a cylindrical microfluidic pipe: pressure drop and electroviscous effects. Proceedings of the ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Conference (FEDSM2008), Volume 1, Part A, Pages 223-232, 2009. 2008 ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Conference (FEDSM2008): 7th Symposium on Transport Phenomena in Manufacturing Processes, Jacksonville, Florida, USA. August 10-14, 2008. (Paper No.: FEDSM2008-55128).
[3]  R.C. Patil, R.P. Bharti and R.P. Chhabra. Forced convection in cross flow of power-law fluids over a pair of circular cylinder in tandem arrangement. Proceedings of the ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Conference (FEDSM2008), Volume 1, Part A, Pages 207-215, 2009. 2008 ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Conference (FEDSM2008): 7th Symposium on Transport Phenomena in Manufacturing Processes, Jacksonville, Florida, USA. August 10-14, 2008. (Paper No.: FEDSM2008-55056).
[4]  M.R. Davidson, R.P. Bharti, P. Liovic and D.J.E. Harvie. Electroviscous effects in low Reynolds number flow through a microfluidic contraction with rectangular cross-section. Proceedings of World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology (PWASET), Volume 30, Pages 256-260, 2008. 5th International Conference on Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer and Thermodynamics (FMHT 2008), July 4-6, 2008. Paris, France.
[5]  P. Sivakumar, R.P. Bharti and R.P. Chhabra. Steady power-law flow over a circular cylinder. Recent Advances in Computational Mechanics and Simulations, Vol. II, Paper No. 170, Pages 1254-1260. Proceedings of 2nd International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulations (ICCMS-06), IIT Guwahati-781039, India, December 8-10, 2006. (Edited by D. Maity & S. K. Dwivedy; Published by I.K. Int. Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, India).
[6]  R.P. Bharti, R.P. Chhabra and V. Eswaran. Forced convection heat transfer to non-Newtonian fluids from a heated circular cylinder. Proceedings of 58th Annual Session of the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (CHEMCON 2005), IIT Delhi, New Delhi, India, December 14-17, 2005.
[7]  R.P. Bharti, A.K. Dhiman, S.D. Dhole, R.P. Chhabra and V. Eswaran. Steady flow and forced convection heat transfer to non-Newtonian power-law fluids from heated complex geometries. 55th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference (CSChE 2005), Toronto, Ontario, Canada, October 16-19, 2005.