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Department of Aerospace Engineering
     
Salih A., Ph.D.
Professor
 
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Education
  • Ph.D. (IIT Bombay / IIT Kharagpur)
  • M.Tech. (IIT Madras)
  • B.Tech. (NIT Calicut)

Experience
  • Professor : Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram (Since July 2017).
  • Associate Professor : Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram (2011-2017).
  • Assistant Professor : Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram (2008-2011).
  • Sr. Lecturer : National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli (1997-2008).
  • Lecturer : National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli (1991-1997).
  • Design Engineer : Crompton Greaves Hydro-Division, Chandigarh (1989-1991).

Research Work / Area

Numerical simulation of multiphase flows, level set methods, bubble and drop simulations, sloshing dynamics, simulation of waterhammer phenomena, Rayleigh-Benard convection.


Teaching Interest

At IIST

  • Undergraduate: Fluid Mechanics, Engineering Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Advanced Fluid Mechanics, Gas Dynamics, Thermodynamics.
  • Master’s: Advanced Fluid Mechanics, Computational Fluid Dynamics.

At NIT Trichy

  • Undergraduate: Engineering Graphics, Fluid Mechanics, Gas Dynamics, Hydraulic Machinery, Heat Transfer, Turbomachines, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Finite Element Method.
  • Master’s: Advanced Fluid Mechanics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Finite Element Method.
Journals: 
  1. S. Karmarkar, D. K. Agarwal, G. Tomar, and A. Salih. (2025). "Mathematical Model for Simulating the Effect of Interface Motion on Ullage Pressure in a Cryogenic Propellant Tank." Interfacial Phenomena and Heat Transfer 13 (2). https://doi.org/10.1615/InterfacPhenomHeatTransfer.2025055092
  2. Risha Raju, K. Joseph, K. Prabhakaran, and A. Salih. (2024). “Experimental Investigation of Mass Transfer and Pressure Drop in NH3 SCR Over Self-Supporting Cu-ZSM-5 Foam.” Reaction Chemistry & Engineering,  9,  2120-2134. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3RE00533J
  3. Venkatesh N., Deepak Kumar Agarwal, A. Salih, S. Sunil Kumar. (2024). “Effect on cryogenic feed line thermal mass distribution and orientation on chill-down performance.” Cryogenics. 138, 103781.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cryogenics.2024.103781
  4. Jatin Jangra, Vishruti Gohel, A. Salih, Vishesh Aggarwal, Pankaj Priyadarshi. (2023). “CFD Study on Water Impact of Spent Stage on Floats Using Overset Grid and Volume of Fluid Approach” Journal of Aerospace Sciences and Technologies. 25(2), 190-202. https://doi.org/10.61653/joast.v75i2.2023.61
  5. Venkatesh N., Deepak Kumar Agarwal, A. Salih, S. Sunil Kumar. (2023). “Chilldown of Cryogenic feed lines– An insight into the influence of feed line orientation and massflux” Cryogenics. 130, 103644. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cryogenics.2023.103644
  6. V. R. Adarsh, M. Deepu, and A. Salih. (2022). “The Effect of Curvature on the Heat Transfer Performance of Regenerative Cooling Passages for a High-Area Ratio-Nozzle.” Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications. 14(10). https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4054211
  7. Risha Raju, Gomathi N., K. Prabhakaran, K. Joseph, and A. Salih. (2022). “Selective catalytic reduction of NO over hierarchical Cu ZSM-5 coated on an alumina foam support.” Reaction Chemistry & Engineering. 7, 929-942. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2022/re/d1re00505g
  8. Jishnu Chandran R. and A. Salih. (2021). “The Adaptive Damping Technique: Improving the Simulation Accuracy of Hydraulic Transients.” International Journal of Mathematical, Engineering and Management Sciences. 6(6), 1553-1564. https://doi.org/10.33889/IJMEMS.2021.6.6.092
  9. Jishnu Chandran R. and A. Salih. (2021). “Development of a benchmark solution in compressible liquid flows: analytical solution to the water shock tube problem.” Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10973-021-10871-7
  10. Risha Raju, Jishnu Chandran R., A. Salih, and K. Joseph. (2020). “Numerical analysis of mixing chamber non-uniformities and feed conditions for optimal performance of urea SCR.” Reaction Chemistry & Engineering, 5, 2236-2249. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0RE00269K
  11. Jishnu Chandran R. and A. Salih. (2020). “A comparative performance analysis of HLLC and AUSM+-up Riemann Solvers.” Cankaya University Journal of Science and Engineering, 17(2), 108-117. https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/cankujse/issue/57636/787003
  12. R. J. Chandran, R. Raju, and A. Salih. (2020). “An adaptively-damped compressibleliquid model for non-cavitating hydraulic surges.” International Journal of Engineering - Transactions A: Basics. 33(10), 2047-2056. http://www.ije.ir/article_115330_567d96b157642ab7d79a16f0533ec5ed.pdf
  13. Jishnu Chandran R. and A. Salih. (2020). “A Pressure-based Compressible-Liquid Flow Model for Computation of Instantaneous Valve Closure in Pipes.” Science and Technology Journal. 7(2), 60-66. https://mzu.edu.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/7.pdf
  14. Vijayan, S., P. Wilson, K. Prabhakaran, A. Salih, and K. Joseph. (2019). “Preparation of ceramic foam spheres by injection molding of emulsions.” Journal of Asian Ceramic Societies, 8(1), 21-28. https://doi.org/10.1080/21870764.2019.1695558
  15. Jishnu Chandran R. and A. Salih. (2019). “A modified equation of state for water for a wide range of pressure and the concept of water shock tube”, Fluid Phase Equilibria, 483, 182-188. doi.org/10.1016/j.fluid.2018.11.032
  16. Rahul Anand, P. R. Ajayalal, Vikash Kumar, A. Salih, and K. Nandakumar. (2016). “Spray and Atomization Characteristics of Gas-centered Swirl Coaxial Injectors”, International Journal of Spray and Combustion Dynamics, 9(2), 127-140. doi.org/10.1177/1756827716660225
  17. Yalagach, A. and A. Salih. (2016). “Study of Vortex Breakdown in a Cylindrical Cavity with a Rotating Endwall”, International Journal of Fluid Mechanics Research, 43, No. 3, 189-205. doi:10.1615/InterJFluidMechRes.v43.i3.10
  18. Agarwal, D., Basu, P., Tharakan, T. J., and Salih, A. (2014). “Prediction of Gas-Core Vortices during Draining of Liquid Propellants from Tanks”, Aerospace Science and Technology, 32, issue 1, 60-65. doi.org/10.1016/j.ast.2013.12.001
  19. Salih, A. and S. Ghosh Moulic. (2013). “A Mass Conservation Scheme for Level Set Method Applied to Multiphase Flows”, International Journal for Computational Methods in Engineering Science and Mechanics, 14, issue 4, 271-289. doi:10.1080/15502287.2012.711991
  20. Basu, P., D. Agarwal, T. J. Tharakan, and A. Salih. (2013). “Numerical Studies on Air-Core Vortex Formation during Draining of Liquids from Tanks”, International Journal of Fluid Mechanics Research, 40, No.1. doi:10.1615/InterJFluidMechRes.v40.i1.30
  21. Salih, A. and S. Ghosh Moulic. (2010). “Numerical Simulation of Buoyancy-Driven Bubble Motion Using Level Set Method”, International Journal for Computational Methods in Engineering Science and Mechanics, 11, issue 4, 211-229 (2010). doi:10.1080/15502287.2010.483242
  22. Salih, A. and S. Ghosh Moulic, “Some Numerical Studies of Interface Advection Properties of Level Set Method”, Sadhana, Indian Academy of Sciences, 34, Part 2, 271-298 (2009). doi:10.1007/s12046-009-0013-1
  23. Salih, A. and S. Ghosh Moulic. (2006). “A Level Set Formulation for the Numerical Simulation of Impact of Surge Fronts”, Sadhana, Indian Academy of Sciences, 31, 697-707. doi:10.1007/BF02716889
 
Conference Proceedings:
  1. Ashish Shinde, Amit Singh, and A. Salih. (2024). “CFD Analysis of Supersonic Combustion of Hydrogen Flow in Scramjet Combustor with Strut Injector”, 10th Symposium on Applied Aerodynamics and Design of Aerospace Vehicles & SPICES Workshop -SAROD 2024, Thiruvananthapuram, December 12-14.
  2. Deep Kant Raj, Anant Singhal, Jophy Peter, Salih A., Deepak K. Agrawal. (2024). “Investigation of flow features in a vertical cryogenic feedline during non-flow conditions”, 29th National Conference on Cryogenics and Superconductivity (NCCS-29), New Delhi, November 26-29.
  3. Sajid Momin, Pradeep Kumar, P., and A. Salih. (2024). “Numerical simulation of cryogenic fluid sloshing in propellant tank and influence of damping with ring baffles under forced excitations”, Proceedings of the 10th World Congress on Mechanical, Chemical, and Material Engineering (MCM’24), Paper No. HTFF 270, Barcelona, Spain, August 22-24.
  4. Venkatesh N., Deepak Kumar Agarwal, A. Salih, and S. Sunil Kumar. (2024). “Experimental investigation of flow structure and heat transfer in cryogenic vertical flows”, 2nd International Conference on Fluid, Thermal and Energy Systems (ICFTES’24), NIT Calicut, June 06-08.
  5. Venkatesh N., Anant Singhal, A. Salih, and S. Sunil Kumar. (2024). “CFD simulations on cryogenic feed line with different orientations”, International Conference on Advances in Aerospace and Energy Systems, Paper No. IAES-2024-648, Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (ISRO), April 04-06.
  6. Sourabh Karmarkar, Deepak Kumar Agarwal, Gaurav Tomar, and A. Salih. (2024). “Mathematical model for simulating the effect of Interface motion on ullage pressure in a cryogenic propellant tank”, International Conference on Advances in Aerospace and Energy Systems, Paper No. IAES-2024-354, Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (ISRO), April 04-06.
  7. Venkatesh N., Deepak Kumar Agarwal, A. Salih, and S. Sunil Kumar. (2023). “Experimental investigation on influence of thermophysical properties and coatings on cryogenic feed line chilldown performance”, 27th National and 5th International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, Poster Presentation, IIT Patna, December 14-17.
  8. Venkatesh N., Anant Singhal, Deepak Kumar Agarwal, A. Salih, and S. Sunil Kumar. (2023). “Studies to investigate the effect of feed line orientation on chill-down performance of cryogenic feed lines”, 5th ISSE National Conference (INAC-05) on “Systems Approach for Self-Reliance in Advanced Technologies (SASAT-2023)”, Indian Society of Systems for Science and Engineering Hyderabad Chapter, DRDO, ISRO, and University College of Engineering, Osmania University, March 24-25.
  9. Jishnu Chandran R., Risha Raju, A. Salih, and Senthil Kumar Arumugam. (2022). “Accurate Compressible Flow Modelling of Liquid Shock Tube Problems”, 9th International and 49th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, FMFP2022–Paper No. 9609, IIT Roorkee, December 14-16.
  10. Jatin Jangra, Vishruti Gohel, Vishesh Aggarwal, A. Salih, and Pankaj Priyadarshi (2022). “Cfd Study on Water Impact of Spent Stage on Floats Using Overset Grid and Volume of Fluid Approach”, Proceedings of 23rd Annual CFD Symposium, CFD Division (AeSI) and ADA, Bangalore, August 11-12.
  11. Risha Raju, Jishnu Chandran R., and A. Salih. (2019). "Numerical Modelling of NOx Reduction on Cu-ZSM 5 Foam Reactor", 25th National and 3rd International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, IHMTC-2019, IIT Roorkee, December 28-31.
  12. Jishnu Chandran R. and A. Salih. (2018). “Equivalence of Density-Based and a Customized Pressure-Based Approach for Compressible Modelling of Instant Valve Closure in Irrigation Pipes”, 7th International and 45th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, FMFP2018-Paper No. 238, IIT Bombay, December 10-12.
  13. Jishnu Chandran R. and A. Salih. (2017). “Water Shock Tube Simulation with Tait Equation of State”, 24th National and 2nd International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (IHMTC-2017), BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad, India, December 27-30.
  14. Jishnu Chandran R. and A. Salih. (2016). “A Comparative Study of AUSM Scheme with Some Common Finite Difference Schemes in Solving One-Dimensional Shock-Tube Problem”, 6th International and 43rd National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, FMFP2016-Paper No. 88, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, December 15-17.
  15. Rahul Anand, P. R. Ajayalal, K. Nandakumar, and A. Salih, “Parametric Study on the Performance of Gas Centered Swirl Coaxial (GCSC) Injectors”, 24th National Conference on I.C. Engines and Combustion, Dehradun, 30 Oct - 1 Nov (2015).
  16. Tambe, S. and A. Salih, “Numerical Study of Liquid Sloshing with Experimental Validation”, 6th Symposium on Applied Aerodynamics and Design of Aerospace Vehicles, SAROD 2013, Hyderabad, November 21-23 (2013).
  17. Tharakan, T. J., P. Basu D. Agarwal, and A. Salih, “Computational Investigations into Gas-Core Vortex Formation during Draining of Liquid from a Tank”, FMFP2011, 38th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, December 15-17 (2011).
  18. Soni, K., K. Sankaranarayanasamy, A. Salih, and A. K. Das, “Modeling of Tank Fires”, Proc. National Conference on PETROSAFE 2007, Kochi, Kerala, April 23-25, (2007).
  19. Renjith, V. R., G. Madhu, and A. Salih, “Explosion Modeling of Hazardous Materials Stored in Udyogamandal Industrial Area – A Case Study”, Proc. National Conference on PETROSAFE 2007, Kochi, Kerala, April 23-25 (2007).
  20. Salih, A. and S. Ghosh Moulic, “Simulation of Rayleigh-Taylor Instability Using Level Set Method”, 3rd International and 33rd National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, NCFMFP2006–1303, IIT-Bombay, December 07-09 (2006).
  21. Salih, A. and S. Ghosh Moulic, “A Level Set Method for Simulation of Coalescence of Droplets”, Proc. ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Orlando, Florida, USA, ASME Publications, 261, 723-732 (2005). doi:10.1115/IMECE2005-79507
  22. Salih, A. and S. Ghosh Moulic, “Oscillation of a Liquid Drop in a Zero-Gravity Environment – A Benchmark Problem for Two-Phase Flow Computations”, Proc. 2nd International Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, FMFP2002, IIT-Roorkee, December 12-14 (2002).

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