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+91-870-2464157
ravipeetala@nitw.ac.in
https://wsdc.nitw.ac.in/facultynew/facultyprofile/id/17095
Bio Sketch
Key Notes
- Journal(s): 26
- Conference(s): 24
- Book Chapter(s): 1
- PhD: Current - 4 Awarded - 1
- Event(s) Organized: Workshop - 1
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PUBLICATIONS5
DOCTORAL STUDENTS5
PROJECTS1
PATENTResearch Areas
CFD simulations
Design of Thin-film sensors for hypersonic flow applications
Hypersonic flows
Thermal Management of Li-Battery.
Under Water Detonation and Bubble Dynamics
EDUCATION QUALIFICATION
| Degree | Institute | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Doctor of Philosophy | Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati | 2014 |
| Master of Technology | Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati | 2009 |
| Bachelor of Engineering | Andhra University. | 2006 |
COURSES HANDLED
| Course | L-T-P | Credit | Degree Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Power Plant Engineering(ME16023) | 3-0-0 | 3 | UG, PG |
| Compressible Flows(ME16050) | 3-0-0 | 3 | PG |
| Design of Heat Transfer Equipment(ME16032) | 3-0-0 | 3 | UG, PG |
| Aerodynamics(ME363) | 3-0-0 | 3 | UG |
| Computational Methods in Thermal Engineering(ME16003) | 3-0-0 | 3 | UG, PG |
| Gas Dynamics(ME422) | 3-0-0 | 3 | UG |
| Rocket Propulsion(ME16038) | 3-0-0 | 3 | PG |
| Advanced Fluid Dynamics(ME5101) | 3-0-0 | 3 | PG |
| Thermodynamics for Electrical Engineering(ME182) | 3-0-0 | 3 | UG |
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PUBLICATIONS
Journal(s)
Governorate-Level Techno-Economic Assessment of Parabolic Trough CSP Systems in Syria Using Response Surface Methodology,
By Taha and Ravi K Peetala,
Elsevier ,
Energy for Sustainable Development.,
vol.,
pp.,
2026
Techno-Economic Optimization of Dry-Cooled Parabolic Trough Concentrated Solar Power Systems for Arid Regions ,
By Taha and Ravi K Peetala,
Springer Nature ,
Sādhanā.,
vol.,
pp.,
2026
Techno-Economic Optimization of a PV–Hydro–Battery Hybrid Energy System for Conflict-Affected Rural Electrification in Syria,
By Taha and Ravi K Peetala,
Springer Nature ,
Sādhanā.,
vol.,
pp.,
2026
Multi-Objective Statistical Optimization of Parabolic Trough Collector Systems Using Taguchi, Analysis of Variance and Grey Relational Analysis method,
By Taha and Ravi Peetala,
SAGE,
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy,
vol.,
pp.,
2025
Comparative Techno-Economic Evaluation of Concentrated Solar Power and Photovoltaic Systems in Syria,
By Taha and Ravi K Peetala,
SAGE,
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy,
vol.,
pp.,
2025
Graphene thin film gauges for transient heat flux measurements,
By Sumedh Dongare, Ravi K Peetala, Trushar B Gohil, Pawan Bohane, Ajeet K Srivastav,
Elsevier ,
Thermochimica Acta,
vol.750,
pp.180053,
2025
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.60 (6),
pp.1025-1043,
2024
Design and optimization of thermoelectric generators,
By T Janapati, Ravi Peetala,
Elsevier,
Materials Today: Proceedings,
vol.115,
pp.132-137,
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
Development of reactive flow solver for hypersonic flow applications using OpenFOAM,
By Siva V, A Kane and R Peetala,
Springer Nature Singapore,
Journal of Aerospace Systems,
vol.5(3),
pp.357-366,
2022
Numerical Analysis of High Speed Flow Applications using Various Flux Schemes,
By Mithun Krishnan, Anurag Ray, Ravi Peetala,
Walailak University,
Trends in Sciences,
vol.19(18),
pp.5813-5813,
2022
Transient Heat Transfer Analysis on Composite Solids for Hypersonic Flow Applications,
By Ravi Peetala,
Walailak University,
Trends in Sciences,
vol.19(18),
pp.,
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 modelling of thin film gauge for short duration thermal measurement,
By Akash Jadhav, Kirankumar Nadipata, Ravi Peetala,
Elsevier,
Materials Today: Proceedings,
vol.44,
pp.3070-3074,
2021
Influence of substrate roughness on calibration parameters and thermal performance of thin film gauge,
By A. Jadhav, V.Kulkarni and , Ravi Peetala ,
Springer Berlin Heidelberg,
Heat and Mass transfer,
vol. 56,
pp.2569–2583 ,
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
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
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
Shock wave Boundary Layer Interaction (SWBLI) in hypersonic flow over a Blunt body double wedge configuration,
By Meshram, S., Vayala Siva, and R. K. Peetala. ,
IOP Publishing,
Journal of Physics: Conference Series,
vol.1276,
pp.,
2019
Conjugate Heat Transfer Study in Hypersonic Flows,
By Niranjan Sahoo, Vinayak N Kulkarni and Ravi K. Peetala ,
Springer Berlin Heidelberg,
Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India): Series C ,
vol.99,
pp.151–158.,
2018
Conjugate heat transfer analysis for a finite thickness cylinder in a hypersonic flow,
By Ravi K Peetala, Dipankar Das, Vinayak Kulkarni, Niranjan Sahoo,
Wiley,
Heat Transfer—Asian Research,
vol.45 (2),
pp.163-180,
2016
Prediction of Short Duration Transient Surface Heat Flux Using Various Analytical Techniques,
By Ravi K. Peetala, Niranjan Sahoo and Vinayak N. Kulkarni,
Wiley,
Heat Transfer—Asian Research,
vol.42(6),
pp.530-543,
2013
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
Conference(s)
Statistical Analysis of CSP Plant Design for Water-Scarce Regions Using Taguchi S/N Method and ANOVA Approach
By Taha and Ravi K Peetala,
ICTSE2026,
2026
Numerical Study on Thermal Runaway of Prismatic Lithium- ion cell and its Mitigation Techniques
By Tejeswani and Ravi K Peetala,
ICTSE2026,
2026
Influence of Electrolyte Thickness and Material Selection on Thermo-Mechanical Stress in All-Solid-State Batteries
By Javid and Ravi K Peetala,
ICTSE2026,
2026
Thermochemical Non-Equilibrium Effects on Edney Type IV Shock Interactions in High-Enthalpy Hypersonic Flows
By Anu Priya and Ravi Peetala,
The 35th International Symposium on shock wave (ISSW-34), ,
2025
Numerical Simulation on Cylindrical Lithium-Ion Battery using Hybrid Thermal Management System
By D Teja , Duddela Tejashwini , Ravi Kumar Peetala,
11th International and 51st National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP -2024) ,
2024
Fabrication and Calibration of Heat Flux Sensors Using Recycled Graphene from Dry Cell Batteries and Platinum
By Ravi Peetala and Sumedh D,
8th National Symposium on Shock Waves 2024 (NSSW 8),
2024
Numerical study on thermal runaway in a cell and battery pack at critical heating conditions with variation in heating positions and heating powers
By Duddela Tejashwini , D Teja , Ravi Kumar Peetala,
11th International and 51st National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP -2024) ,
2024
Assessing the Potential of Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Technology for Addressing Energy Challenges in Syria: A Simulation Study Using GREENIUS Software
By Mudar Taha, Ravi K. Peetala, Satya Sekhar Bhogilla,, ,
4th International Conference on Energy, Environment and Storage of Energy (ICEESEN 2024),
2024
Heat Transfer Measurement on Blunt Bodies Using Thin film gauge
By 5. Sumedh Dongare, Ravi Peetala and Trushar B,
8th National Symposium on Shock Waves 2024 (NSSW 8),
2024
Effect of substrate topography on thermal performance and thin film gauge testing parameters for hypersonic applications
By Sumedh, Ravi Peetala, Nidish and Trushar,
International Symposium on Shock Waves 31(ISSW-31),
2023
Unsteady Transient Analysis of Ramp: Investigating SWBLI and Separation Bubble using Transient Model
By Sk. Md Rameez Arhan, R Manikanta, Ravi Peetala,
Proceedings of the 10th International and 50th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP) ,
2023
Transient Heat Transfer Analysis on Coaxial Surface Junction Thermocouples of Types K, E, and J
By Chaganti Apoorvapriya and Ravi Peetala,
International Conference on Futuristic Advancements in Materials, Manufacturing and Thermal Sciences (ICFAMMT 2022),
2022
Numerical study of ramp based shock induced separation control in hypersonic flows
By A Kane and Ravi K. Peetala,
International Conference on Futuristic Advancements in Materials, Manufacturing and Thermal Sciences (ICFAMMT 2022),
2022
Comparative study of numerical convective schemes by simulating non-equilibrium reacting flow over spiked blunt body
By A. A. Ray, and Ravi K. Peetala,
6th National Symposium on Shock Waves (NSSW-2020),
2020
“In-house Fabrication and Calibration of Silver Thin Film Gauge
By Jadhav and Ravi K. Peetala,
Advances in Mechanical Engineering,
2020
Comparative Analysis of Inviscid and Viscous Effects for Flow through a Two Dimensional Scramjet Intake Model
By Anvita Awanikumar Patil, Rahul B Umare, Bharath Chakaravarathy, Aniruddha A Kane, Ravi K Peetala ,
6th National Symposium on Shock Waves (NSSW-2020),
2020
Flow and Geometrical Characterization of Scramjet Intake for Performance Evaluation
By Aniruddha A. Kane and Ravi K. Peetala,
Proceedings of the 25th National and 3rd International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (IHMTC-2019),
2019
Parametric analysis and performance evaluation of 2D scramjet inlet
By Aniruddha A. Kane and Ravi K. Peetala,
Proceedings of the ASME 2019 Gas Turbine India GTIndia2019,
2019
Computational Studies of Shock Wave Boundary Layer Interactions in Hypersonic Flow over Double Cone Geometries
By Vayala Siva and Ravi K. Peetala ,
Computational Studies of Shock Wave Boundary Layer Interactions in Hypersonic Flow over Double Cone Geometries,
2019
Thermal characterization of shock-induced separation in hypersonic flows
By Aniruddha A. Kane and Ravi K. Peetala,
Fifth International Conference on Computational Methods for Thermal Problems ThermaComp2018,
2018
Thermal and Velocity Boundary Layer Studies in Hypersonic Flow over a Finite Thickness of Flat Plate using Conjugate Heat Transfer Analysis
By Ravi Peetala,
Fifth International Conference on Computational Methods for Thermal Problems ThermaComp2018,
2018
Conjugate Heat Transfer Analysis for Hypersonic Flows
By Ravi K. Peetala,
International Symposium on Shock Waves 31(ISSW-31),
2017
Conjugate Heat Transfer Analysis for Composite Solids at Hypersonic Speeds
By Ravi K. Peetala, Vinod Pandey, Vinayak N Kulkarni and Niranjan Sahoo ,
Proceedings of the 22th National and 11th International ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference,
2013
Simple Conjugate Heat Transfer Analysis for Hypersonic Flows
By Ravi K. Peetala, Vinayak N Kulkarni and Niranjan Sahoo ,
International Symposium on Shock Waves 28 (ISSW-28),
2011
Book Chapter(s)
Comparative Finite-Volume Strategies for Thermochemical Nonequilibrium Modeling in High-Enthalpy Hypersonic Flows
By Anu Priya and Ravi K Peetala in
Challenges in High-Enthalpy and Nonequilibrium Shock Studies,
CRC Press ,
Research ,
2026
Patent(s)
Comparative Evaluation of Platinum and Silver Thin-Film Gauges for Transient Heat Flux Measurement Using Laser and Infrared Light Sources (202421056456)
PROJECT / CONSULTANCY
Battery Thermal Management of Electrical Vehicles (Start-up)
Role:
Principal Investigator
Type: Research
Sponsor: MeitY GENESIS , Govt. of India
Project Cost (INR): 500000
Date of Commencement: 31-12-2025
Duration: 24 Months
Status: Ongoing
Type: Research
Sponsor: MeitY GENESIS , Govt. of India
Project Cost (INR): 500000
Date of Commencement: 31-12-2025
Duration: 24 Months
Status: Ongoing
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
Project Cost (INR): 7140000
Date of Commencement: 20-03-2024
Duration: 36 Months
Status: Ongoing
Type: Research
Sponsor: ARDB, Govt. of India, New Delhi
Project Cost (INR): 7140000
Date of Commencement: 20-03-2024
Duration: 36 Months
Status: Ongoing
Design and fabrication of heat flux measurement for hypersonic flow application.
Role:
Principal Investigator
Type: Research
Sponsor: NIT Warangal
Project Cost (INR): 500000
Date of Commencement: 01-05-2024 Date of Completion: 31-05-2026
Duration: 24 Months
Status: Completed
Type: Research
Sponsor: NIT Warangal
Project Cost (INR): 500000
Date of Commencement: 01-05-2024 Date of Completion: 31-05-2026
Duration: 24 Months
Status: Completed
Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI) Studies of Passive Flapping in Fish Propulsion.
Role:
Principal Investigator
Type: Research
Sponsor: TIH IIT Guwahati
Project Cost (INR): 3500000
Date of Commencement: 30-05-2024 Date of Completion: 30-05-2026
Duration: 24 Months
Status: Completed
Type: Research
Sponsor: TIH IIT Guwahati
Project Cost (INR): 3500000
Date of Commencement: 30-05-2024 Date of Completion: 30-05-2026
Duration: 24 Months
Status: Completed
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,
Project Cost (INR): 3590000
Date of Commencement: 30-07-2017 Date of Completion: 30-09-2020
Duration: 38 Months
Status: Completed
Type: Research
Sponsor: Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India,
Project Cost (INR): 3590000
Date of Commencement: 30-07-2017 Date of Completion: 30-09-2020
Duration: 38 Months
Status: Completed
RESEARCH FELLOWS / PhD STUDENTS
Current PhD Students
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
Sowjanya Namani
Area of Research:
Non-Equilibrium studies in Hypersonic Flows
Previous PhD Students
Aniruddha A. Kane (VNIT Nagpur)
(2023)
Area of Research:
Shock wave boundary layer interactions in hypersonic flows.
CONFERENCE / WORKSHOP / SYMPOSIUM / SHORT TERM COURSE / FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME / GIAN
Two-days workshop on “Industrial and Bio-Medical Applications of Shock Waves
05-Dec-2025
→
06-Dec-2025
Event Type:
Workshop
Role: Coordinator
Funding Agency: Self‑sponsored
Role: Coordinator
Funding Agency: Self‑sponsored
AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
2025
ANRF_ International Travel Grant
2014
TUM Research Fund, Germany
ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Member-Convener : Departmental Purchase Committee of Centre of Excellence for Digital Manufacturing and Automation (Continuing from September, 2025)
- 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)
Last updated on March 11, 2026