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Vinod Narayanan
Assistant Professor
 
B.Tech.: Mahatma Gandhi University, 1995
M.Tech.: University of Kerala, 1999
Ph.D.: Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, 2005

Email: vinod @ iitgn.ac.in
Phone: +91-79-23972324
Fax: +91-79-23972622
 
Research Interest
  • Flow instabilities and transition to turbulence
  • Compressible fluid flow
  • Convective heat transfer

Work Experience
  • Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, India (May 2010 -Onwards)
  • Scientist , Metacomp Technologies Pvt Ltd., Chennai (Dec 2008 to May-2009)
  • Post-doc, Dept of Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Santa Barbara, USA (May 2007 to August-2008)
  • Post-doc , Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, INDIA, Braunschweig, Germany (Oct 2005 to April-2007)
Selected Recent Publications
  • N. Vinod and R. Govindarajan, 2004, "Pattern of breakdown of laminar flow into turbulent spots," Physical Review Letters, 93, 114501.

  • N. Vinod and R. Govindarajan, 2005, "Instabilities and Transition in Boundary Layers," Pramana - Journal of Physics, Vol.64, No.3.

  • N. Vinod and R. Govindarajan, 2007, "Signature of laminar instability in the transitional boundary layer", Journal of Turbulence, Vol. 8, pp 1-17.

 

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