Ravi Kumar

About

Ravi Kumar is a PhD Research Scholar in Aerospace Engineering at IIT Madras, specializing in aerodynamics and computational fluid dynamics. His research focuses on smooth camber-morphing wings, high-Reynolds-number 2D, 3D aircraft aerodynamics, and CFD-based performance prediction. He is experienced with ANSYS Fluent, SU2, OpenFOAM, XFoil, XFLR and MATLAB/Python workflows, and has published in leading aerospace journals while presenting at major international conferences.

Employment

• American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Reviewer
  2023 - 2023
• Indian Institute of Technology Madras Ph.D. Research Scholar
  2020 - 2026
• Chegg Subject Matter Expert
  2020 - 2021
• Six Red Marbles Subject Matter Expert
  2020 - 2020
• Sanden Vikas Private Limited Manager (PGET)
  2019 - 2019
• Unacademy Plus Educator
  2018 - 2020
• Tata Consultancy Services
  2016 - 2016

Education

• Indian Institute of Technology Madras Ph.D.
  2020 - 2024

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (11)

• Lift augmentation with corrugated-skin airfoils at a high Reynolds number
  Sādhanā 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s12046-026-03358-4
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• Aerodynamic investigations of a low-drag rectangular wing with discontinuous and seamless smooth camber-morphed flaps
  Aerospace Science and Technology 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.ast.2026.111879
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• Estimation of Aerodynamic Characteristics of Wing–Tail Configurations With Control Surfaces Using 2D Numerical Predictions
  AIAA AVIATION 2026 Forum 2026 DOI: 10.2514/6.2026-4276
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• Numerical Investigations of Camber-Morphed Flap-Elevator Systems in Trimmed Flight
  Journal of Aircraft 2026 DOI: 10.2514/1.C038739
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• Aerodynamic Investigation of Seamless and Discrete Camber-Morphed Flaps: A CFD Study for High-Lift Flight
  European Conference for Aero-Space Sciences 2025 DOI: 10.13009/EUCASS2025-276
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• Numerical Investigations of Camber-Morphed and Hinged Flap-Elevator Systems for a UAV in Trimmed Flight
  European Conference for Aero-Space Sciences 2025 DOI: 10.13009/EUCASS2025-277
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• Lift augmentation with continuous camber morphing: effect of Reynolds number and airfoil thickness
  Sādhanā 2025 DOI: 10.1007/s12046-025-02857-0
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• Aerodynamic Impacts of Convergent Slot Implementation on Hinged and Morphed NACA 0012 Airfoil Operating at a High Reynolds Number
  Defence Science Journal 2025 DOI: 10.14429/dsj.75.19883
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• Aerodynamic Impacts of Convergent Slot Implementation on Hinged and Morphed NACA 0012 Airfoil Operating at a High Reynolds Number
  Defence Science Journal 2025 DOI: 10.14429/dsj.19883
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• Numerical Investigation of the Trailing Edge Morphing using Corrugated Skin at a High Reynolds Number for NACA 0012 and NACA 64(1)-612 Airfoils
  AIAA AVIATION 2023 Forum 2023 DOI: 10.2514/6.2023-4088
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