| Post: | Lecturer in Experimental Thermofluid Mechanics (Engineering and Design) |
| Location: | Thermo-Fluid Mechanics Tf010 |
| Email: | V.Kanjirakkad@sussex.ac.uk |
Telephone numbers | |
| Internal: | 8488 |
| UK: | (01273) 678488 |
| International: | +44 1273 678488 |
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Biography
| 2011- | : | Lecturer in Experimental Thermo-Fluid Mechanics, University of Sussex |
| 2011 | : | Senior Research Fellow, Osney Laboratory, University of Oxford (St Anne’s College) |
| 2007-10 | : | Research Associate, Whittle Laboratory, University of Cambridge |
| 2005-07 | : | Senior Aerothermal Engineer, Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery Ltd., Lincoln |
| 2005 | : | Ph.D., Turbine Aerodynamics and Cooling, Whittle Laboratory, University of Cambridge (Girton College) |
| 2000 | : | M.Sc., Boundary Layer Transition, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore |
| 1997 | : | B.Tech., Mechanical Engineering, University of Kerala, Trivandrum |
Dr. Kanjirakkad is currently based at the Thermo-Fluid Mechanics Research Centre (TFMRC)
Role
| Academic Tutor/Advisor |
| Module Convenor |
| Principal Investigator |
- Experimental Aerodynamics/Heat transfer
- Turbomachinery mainstream/blade Aerodynamics and Cooling
- Rotating Cavity Flows and Swirling Flows
- Turbulence and Boundary Layer Transition
- Flow Instrumentation
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- Advanced Turbomachinery (Year 4)
- Design and Manufacturing Processes (Year 2)
- Engineering Design (Year1)
Student Consultation
Tuesdays: 3.00 to 5.00 pm
Aslanidou, Ioanna, Rosic, Budimir, Kanjirakkad, Vasudevan and Uchida, Sumiu (2013) Leading edge shielding concept in gas turbines with can combustors. Journal of Turbomachinery, 135 (2). 021019-021027. ISSN 0889-504X
Aslanidou, Ioanna, Rosic, Budimir, Kanjirakkad, Vasudevan and Uchida, Sumiu (2012) Leading edge shielding concept in gas turbines with can combustors. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2012: Turbine Technical Conference and Exposition, 11-15th June, 2012, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Lehmann, Knut, Kanjirakkad, Vasudevan and Hodson, Howard (2011) Aerodynamic and Aerothermal Investigation of the Flow Around an HPT Rotor Shroud: PIV Measurements. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2011: Turbine Technical Conference and Exposition, 6-10th June, 2011, Vancouver, Canada .
Lehmann, Knut, Kanjirakkad, Vasudevan and Hodson, Howard (2011) Aerodynamic and aerothermal investigation of the flow around an HPT rotor shroud: heat transfer and cooling effectiveness. In: Heat Transfer, Parts A and B. ASME Conference Proceedings, 5 . American Society of Mechanical Engineers, New York, pp. 1375-1384. ISBN 9780791854655
Kanjirakkad, Vasudevan, Thomas, Richard, Hodson, Howard, Janke, Erik, Haselbach, Frank and Whitney, Chris (2008) Passive shroud cooling concepts for HP turbines: experimental investigations. Journal of Turbomachinery, 130 (1). 011017. ISSN 0889-504X
Janke, Erik, Haselbach, Frank, Whitney, Chris, Kanjirakkad, Vasudevan, Thomas, Richard and Hodson, Howard (2006) Passive Shroud Cooling Concepts for HP Turbines: CFD Based Design Approach. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2006: Power for Land, Sea, and Air, 8-11th May, 2006, Barcelona, Spain.
Kanjirakkad, Vasudevan, Thomas, Richard, Hodson, Howard, Janke, Erik, Haselbach, Frank and Whitney, Chris (2006) Passive Shroud Cooling Concepts for HP Turbines: Experimental Investigations. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2006: Power for Land, Sea, and Air, 8-11th May, 2006, Barcelona, Spain.
K P, Vasudevan, J, Dey and A, Prabhu (2001) Spot propagation characteristics in laterally strained boundary layers. Experiments in Fluids, 30 (5). pp. 488-491. ISSN 0723-4864
K P, Vasudevan and J, Dey (2000) Transition zone in constant pressure converging flows. Current Science, 79 (6). pp. 821-828. ISSN 0011-3891
Vasudevan, K P, Dey, J and Prabhu, A (1999) Transition Zone in a Constant Pressure Converging Flow. In: Proceedings of the eighth Asian congress of fluid mechanics. International Academic Publishers, Beijing, China, pp. 792-794. ISBN 7800034593