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Prof. Ravi Kumar Peetala

PhD (Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati)

Associate Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Room No: MED-664   +91-870-2464157
ravipeetala@nitw.ac.in
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Research Areas

 CFD simulations 

 Design of Thin-film sensors for hypersonic flow applications 

 Hypersonic flows 

 Thermal Management of Li-Battery. 

  • Courses Handled
  • Research IDs
  • Selected Publications
  • Project/Consultancy
  • Current PhD Students
  • Awards and Accolades
  • Additional Responsibilities
  • Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machines Laboratory(CE234)
  • Computational Methods in Thermal Engineering(ME16003)
  • Comprehensive Viva Voce(ME6147)
  • Dissertation Work Part - A(ME6149)
  • Gas Dynamics(ME422)
  • Engineering Drawing(ME1161)
  • Compressible Flows(ME16050)
  • Rocket Propulsion(ME16038)
  • Dissertation Work Part - B(ME6199)
  • CFD Laboratory(ME356)
  • Advanced Fluid Dynamics(ME5101)
  • Engineering Graphics(ME103)
  • Thermodynamics for Electrical Engineering(ME182)
  • ORC ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7122-8905
  • SCOPUS ID: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=36239356500
  • Google Scholar ID: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=wTq4BIQAAAAJ&hl=en


  • Transient Heat Flux Assessment Using a Platinum Thin Film Sensor for Short-Duration Applications, By Sumedh Dongare, Ravi K. Peetala, Trushar B. Gohil, Nidhish Agrawal, Akash Jadhav, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Heat and Mass transfer, vol., pp., 2024
  • Numerical study of hypersonic thermochemical nonequilibrium flows, By Aniruddha Kane and Ravi Peetala, ASME, ASME: Journal of Fluids Engineering, vol.144(8), pp.081207-1-15, 2022
  • Investigation of pressure feedback technique to control ramp based SWBLI, By A Kane , R Peetala and Kulkarni, Pergamon, Acta Astronautica, vol.201, pp.482-495, 2022
  • Numerical study of ramp-based shock-induced separation control in hypersonic flows., By A Kane and R Peetala , Begell House Inc., International Journal of Fluid Mechanics Research, vol.49 (5), pp.25–37, 2022
  • Shock wave boundary layer interactions in hypersonic flows over a double wedge geometry by using conjugate heat transfer., By Ravi K. Peetala, Vinayak N Kulkarni and Niranjan Sahoo, Wiley, Journal of Heat Transfer, vol.50(1), pp.801-817, 2021
  • Numerical Investigation of the Transient Nature of a Laminar Separation Bubble in Hypersonic Flow, By Aniruddha Kane and Ravi K Peetala, Pleiades Publishing, Journal of Fluid Dynamics, vol.55 (4), pp.511–524 , 2020
  • Impact of Shock Wave Boundary Layer Interaction on the Internal Flow and Performance of Scramjet Intake, By Aniruddha Kane , Ravi K Peetala and V. Kulkarni, Pleiades Publishing, Journal of Fluid Dynamics, vol.55( 4), pp.511–524, 2020
  • Multi-walled carbon nano-tubes for performance enhancement of thin film heat flux sensors, By A. Jadhav, Ravi Peetala and V.Kulkarni , Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Heat and Mass transfer, vol.56, pp.1537–1549, 2019
  • Transient Surface Heating Rates from the Thick Film Sensor Using Inverse Analysis, By Niranjan Sahoo and Ravi K. Peetala , Pergamon, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, vol.54, pp.1297–1302, 2011
  • Transient Temperature Data Analysis for a Supersonic Flight Test, By Niranjan Sahoo and Ravi K. Peetala , ASME, ASME: Journal of Heat Transfer , vol.132(8), pp., 2010

Development of in-House three-dimensional non-equilibrium solver for hypersonic flow applications

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor ARDB, Govt. of India, New Delhi
  • Duration 36 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 7100000
  • Status Ongoing

Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI) Studies of Passive Flapping in Fish Propulsion.

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor TIH IIT Guwahati
  • Duration 24 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 3500000
  • Status Ongoing

Design and fabrication of heat flux measurement for hypersonic flow application.

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor NIT Warangal
  • Duration 12 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 500000
  • Status Ongoing

Design and fabrications of thin-film sensors for hypersonic flow applications

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India,
  • Duration 38 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 3590000
  • Status Completed


Miss. Duddela Tejashwini

  • Area of Research: Thermal Management of Li-Ion Battery

Mr. Mudar Taha

  • Area of Research: Solar Energy

Mr. Rajesh Kumar

  • Area of Research: Hypersonic flows
  • Faculty Advisor (Continuing from July, 2024)
  • Faculty Advisor of Mental Health and Wellness team (February, 2024 - November, 2024)
  • Asset Tagging Faculty Coordinator (January, 2023 - January, 2025)