Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering
Specialization
Liquid atomization, evaporation and combustion, laser-fluid interaction
Research Interests
Evaporation and combustion of fuel droplets, Laser-induced evaporation and atomization of droplets, Pulse laser-induced atomization of droplets, Femtosecond laser-induced bubble dynamics
D. Chaitanya Kumar Rao, V. S. Mooss, Y. N. Mishra, and D. Hanstorp, Controlling bubble generation by femtosecond laser-induced filamentation, Scientific Reports 12, 15742, 2022.
D. Chaitanya Kumar Rao, A.P. Singh, and S. Basu, Laser-induced deformation and fragmentation of droplets in an array. International Journal of Multiphase Flow 148, 103925, 2022.
D. Chaitanya Kumar Rao and S. Basu, Atomization modes for levitating emulsified droplets undergoing phase change. Experiments in Fluids 61, 41, 2020.
D. Chaitanya Kumar Rao, S. Karmakar, S. Basu, Bubble dynamics and atomization mechanisms in burning multi-component droplets. Physics of Fluids 30, 067101, 2018.
D. Chaitanya Kumar Rao, S. Karmakar, S. Basu, Atomization characteristics and instabilities in the combustion of multi-component fuel droplets with high volatility differential. Scientific Reports 7, 8925, 2017.
