Recent Trends In Applied Aerodynamics And Design: (sarod - 2007)

These are the proceedings of SAROD - 2007 which was held in November 2007 at Thiruvananthapuram. The contributions in the book focus on the state-of-the-art technology in the area of aerospace vehicle design. The present volume is a collection of a large spectrum of topics ranging from preliminary design to multidisciplinary design optimisation presented at SAROD-2007. It includes contributions from leading researchers, aerodynamicists of all the major aerospace vehicle design programs currently pursued in India and abroad. The volume includes thirteen completed invited papers, thirty-three full length contributed papers and 20 poster papers received from leading aerodynamicists from India and abroad. Papers on aerodynamics of aircrafts, missiles, launch vehicles, UAVs are also included. Wind tunnel testing of scaled models, computational fluid dynamics, simulation studies, flight mechanics and fluid structure coupling aspects are covered. Future prospects as envisaged by leading aerodynamicists are also presented.