Current areas of interest
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs): UAV design. Path planning, navigation, guidance, and control towards making UAVs autonomous.
Publications
- Bhadran, A., Manathara, J.G., & Ramakrishna, P.A.,
Soft landing of a hybrid rocket thruster powered platform: Hardware-in-the-loop simulation,
International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences, August 2024. doi:10.1007/s42405-024-00810-9 [Graphical abstract]
- Krishna, P. R. & Manathara, J. G.,
Period-multiplying bifurcations in the gravitational field of asteroids,
Aerospace, 11(4), Article number 316, April 2024. doi:10.3390/aerospace11040316 [Graphical abstract] [Blog entry]
- Kedarisetty, S. & Manathara, J.G.,
Performance assessment framework for multirotor UAV microgravity platforms,
Microgravity Science and Technology, 35(52), September 2023. doi:10.1007/s12217-023-10074-9 [Graphical abstract] [Blog entry]
- Kedarisetty, S. & Manathara, J.G.,
Novel empirical models for estimating aerodynamic coefficients of small UAV propellers,
Aerospace Systems, February 2023. doi:10.1007/s42401-023-00203-y [Graphical abstract] [Blog entry]
- Bhadran, A., Manathara, J.G., & Ramakrishna, P.A.,
Thrust control of lab-scale hybrid rocket motor with wax-aluminum fuel and air as oxidizer,
Aerospace, 9(9), September 2022, Article number 474. doi:10.3390/aerospace9090474 [Graphical abstract] [Blog entry]
- Kedarisetty, S. & Manathara, J.G.,
Acceleration control of a multi-rotor UAV towards achieving microgravity,
Aerospace Systems, 2(2), December 2019, pp. 175–188. doi:10.1007/s42401-019-00031-z [Graphical abstract] [Blog entry] [Press release]
