Research Interests

Worked on Large Eddy Simulation (LES) of a confined planar jet opening in a rectangular channel under Prof. Manaswita Bose in order to determine the critical Reynolds number for laminar-turbulent transition regime in the flow. The work was presented in the Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP) conference.

Worked on numerical simulation, validation of the solver using experimental data and parametric analysis of hydraulic structure namely Tidal Current Acceleration Structure (TCAS) using different turbulence models. The work undertaken under Prof. Majid Mohammadian and published in JRSE.

This work is based upon the study of the dispersion of pollutants in the urban street canyon of Kathmandu (Baghbazar). Experimental visualization and numerical work are carried out to understand the behavior of the flow considering the environmental conditions of Kathmandu.

Worked on thermal modeling and analysis of the High-Altitude-Long-Endurance (HALE) solar aircraft's propulsion system under the guidance of Er. Craig Mascarenhas (James G. Anderson lab), Harvard University. This is a collaborative effort between Harvard University and MIT to build the Stratospheric Airborne Climate Observatory System (SACOS).

This project involves the experimental setup of the Kelvin Helmholtz Instability in the Aerodynamics Lab of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Pulchowk Campus. This project demonstrates the effect of the shear layer that results in instability.

This research is on the aerodynamic drag analysis of the super-pressure balloons and zero-pressure balloons in the stratosphere using LES.