Department of Aerospace Engineering | Indian Institute Of Technology Madras , Chennai
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SriramRengarajan

Associate Professor

PhD, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore Aerospace Engineering

MSc (Engg), Indian Institute of Science Bangalore Aerospace Engineering

BE, Anna University, Chennai Mechanical Engineering

+91- 44- 2257 4020

r.sriram@iitm.ac.in

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  • Shock-Boundary/Shear Layer Interactions, High-speed Flows, Boundary layer separation and unsteadiness, Scramjet intakes and isolators, Flow Control, Experimental Aerodynamics

  • December 2025 - Present: Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering IIT Madras, Chennai- 600036.
  • January 2018 - December 2025: Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering IIT Madras, Chennai- 600036.
  • June 2016 - November 2017: Marie Curie Fellow, Division of Aerospace Sciences, School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom- G12 8QQ.
  • June 2015 - March 2016: Postdoctoral Fellow, Mechanical Engineering, Physical Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia- 23955-6900.
  • September 2013 - May 2015: Research Associate, Laboratory for Hypersonic and Shockwave Research (LHSR), Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India- 560012.

  1. Adaptive detached eddy simulations of incident shock-induced separation

    Author: S. Vayala, N. R. Vadlamani and R. Sriram

    Journal: Physics of Fluids

    Volume: 37

    DOI/Link: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0246043

    Year: 2025

  2. Study of unsteadiness due to 3-D shock-boundary layer interaction in flow over square faced protuberance

    Author: K. Ramachandra, S. Bhardwaj, J. N. Murugan and R. Sriram

    Journal: Shock Waves

    Volume: 33

    DOI/Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00193-023-01156-z

    Year: 2024

  3. Control of bow shock induced three-dimensional separation using bleed through holes

    Author: H. K. Chandra Vamsi, S. Bhardwaj, K. Ramachandra and R. Sriram

    Journal: Physics of Fluids

    Volume: 35

    DOI/Link: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0132358

    Year: 2023

  4. Shock-induced leading edge separation in hypersonic flows

    Author: L. Srinath, R. Sriram, A. Prasad and G. Jagadeesh

    Journal: Journal of Fluid Mechanics

    Volume: 947

    DOI/Link: https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2022.619

    Year: 2022

  5. Surface Roughness Effects On Cavity Flows

    Author: G. Nampally, S. M. Ananth, A. Vaid, N. R. Vadlamani, R. Sriram and K. Kontis

    Journal: Flow, Turbulence and Combustion

    Volume: 109

    DOI/Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10494-022-00345-7

    Year: 2022

  6. S. Bharadwaj, H. C. Vamsi, R. Sriram

    Author: On the scaling of three dimensional shock induced separated flow due to protuberances

    Journal: Physics of Fluids

    Volume: 34

    DOI/Link: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0098487

    Year: 2022

  7. Unsteady pulsating flowfield over spiked axisymmetric forebody at hypersonic flows

    Author: M. I. Sugarno, R. Sriram, S. K. Karthick, G. Jagadeesh

    Journal: Physics of Fluids

    Volume: 34

    DOI/Link: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0075583

    Year: 2022

  8. K. Fujiwara, R. Sriram and K. Kontis

    Author: Experimental investigations on the sharp leading-edge separation over a flat plate at zero incidence using particle image velocimetry

    Journal: Experiments in Fluids

    Volume: 61

    DOI/Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00348-020-03039-w

    Year: 2020

  9. Conceptual design analysis for a two-stage-to-orbit semi-reusable launch system for small satellites

    Author: C. A. Maddock, L. Ricciardi, M. West, J. West, K. Kontis, R. Sriram, D. Evans

    Journal: Acta Astronautica

    Volume: 152

    DOI/Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2018.08.021

    Year: 2018

  10. R. Sriram, L. Srinath, M. K. Devaraj and G. Jagadeesh

    Author: On the length scales of hypersonic shock induced large separation bubbles near leading edge

    Journal: Journal of Fluid Mechanics

    Volume: 806

    DOI/Link: https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2016.591

    Year: 2016

  11. Correlation for Length of Impinging Shock Induced Large Separation Bubble at Hypersonic Speed

    Author: R. Sriram and G. Jagadeesh

    Journal: AIAA Journal

    Volume: 53

    DOI/Link: https://doi.org/10.2514/1.J053271

    Year: 2015

  12. Shock Tunnel Measurements of Surface Pressures in Shock Induced Separated Flow Field using MEMS Sensor Array

    Author: R. Sriram, S. N. Ram, G. M. Hegde, M. M. Nayak and G. Jagadeesh

    Journal: Measurement Science and Technology

    Volume: 26

    DOI/Link: 10.1088/0957-0233/26/9/095301

    Year: 2015

  13. Shock Tunnel Experiments on Control of Shock Induced Large Separation Bubble using Boundary Layer Bleed

    Author: R. Sriram and G. Jagadeesh

    Journal: Aerospace Science and Technology

    Volume: 36

    DOI/Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ast.2014.04.003

    Year: 2014

  14. Film Cooling at Hypersonic Mach Numbers Using Forward Facing Array of Micro-Jets

    Author: R.Sriram and G. Jagadeesh

    Journal: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

    Volume: 52

    DOI/Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2009.02.035

    Year: 2009

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