Member of the National Centre for Combustion and Aerothermal Technology (NCCAT) and Member of the Rolls-Royce UTC in Combustion System Aerothermal Processes

Specialities:

• Experimental and Theoretical Study of Atomization Processes

Education:

• Bachelor of Technology, College of Engineering Pune, India, 2012
• MS in Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras), India, 2013 to 2015
• PhD, 'Experimental and Semi-analytical Investigation of Droplet Deformation in a Cross-flow' at Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras), India 2015 to present

Past Positions:

• Project Associate at IIT Madras from April 2021 to May 2022
• Research Associate, Loughborough University, 2022 to present

Research Group:

Applied Aerodynamics

Research Interests:

Experimental Fluid Mechanics, Atomization and Sprays, Analytical Modeling, Optical Diagnostics of Sprays

Current Research:

Optical Fuel Spray Measurements

Previous Research:

Experimental and Analytical Investigation of Droplet Deformation during its Secondary Breakup in a Cross-flow

Journal Publications based on PhD thesis:

• Sumit Joshi and Anand T.N.C., Droplet deformation during secondary breakup: Role of liquid properties, Experiments in Fluids, (accepted).
• Sumit Joshi and Anand T.N.C., Droplet deformation in secondary breakup: Transformation from a sphere to a disk-like structure, Int. J. of Multiph. Flow, 146, 103850, (2022).
• Sumit Joshi and Anand T.N.C., Experimental and semi-analytical investigation of droplet deformation in a cross-flow, Atomization Sprays, 29, 841-859, (2019).

Book Chapters:

• Sumit Joshi, Yashodhan Kadam, and Sushrut Ranade, A Parametric Study on the Taylor Analogy Breakup Model. In: Prabu T., Viswanathan P., Agrawal A., Banerjee J. (eds) Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering), 223-230, (2021).

Presentations in Conferences:

• Sumit Joshi, Yashodhan Kadam, and Sushrut Ranade A Parametric Study on the Taylor Analogy Breakup Model, 46th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, December 9-11, Coimbatore, India, (2019).
• Sumit Joshi, Sushrut Ranade, and Anand T.N.C., Secondary Breakup of a Low Viscosity Droplet in a Continuous Air Jet, Droplets, September 16-18, Durham, UK (2019).

Publications in Conference Proceedings:

• Sumit Joshi, Sushrut Ranade, and Anand T.N.C., Breakup of a Surfactant-laden Drop in a Continuous Air Jet Stream, 29th Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems (ILASS-Europe), September 2-4, Paris, France (2019).
• Sumit Joshi and Anand T.N.C., Studies on Secondary Atomization of Molten Gallium Droplets at Nearly CriticalWeber Numbers, 18th Annual Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems (ILASS-Asia), November 6-9, Chennai, India, (2016).
• Sumit Joshi and Anand T.N.C., Studies on Secondary Atomization of Non-Newtonian Molten Droplets, 13th Triennial International Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems (ICLASS), August 23-27, Tainan, Taiwan, (2015).