Event
AE Seminar - Rajneesh Singh
Thursday, March 3, 2016
3:00 p.m.
2164 Glenn Martin Hall - DeWalt Seminar Room
Thomas Hurst
301 405 0190
thurst@umd.edu
Vehicle Aeromechanics Research at ARL: Challenges and Opportunities Two main goals of the vehicle aeromechanics research at ARL are to increase Vertical Take Off and Landing (VTOL) vehicle speed (or range) without degradation of hover efficiency and improve maneuverability in complex environments. The presentation will focus on the current efforts under ARL’s Sciences for Maneuver Campaign to discover, innovate, and transition technologies to enable vehicle platforms and subsystems for the future Army. This includes efforts on analytical, experimental, and High Performance Computing (HPC) simulations to advance coaxial rotor technology, tilt-rotor aeroelastic stability, and Continuous Trailing Edge Flap (CTEF) technology for individual blade control. A brief overview of efforts to explore methods and tools for quantitative assessment of technology impacts on rotorcraft performance, cost, reliability, and overall effectiveness will be presented. The presentation will also highlight opportunities for the UMD to collaborate with ARL through a newly established Open Campus initiative and other existing mechanisms.
Dr. Rajneesh Singh is leading a team of engineers and scientists in the Vehicle Technology Directorate (VTD) of the US Army Research Laboratory (ARL) at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. His team conducts research on exploiting HPC-based computational tools and methods for rotorcraft aeromechanics and developing technologies for Army’s aerial vehicle systems. His job responsibilities include establishing and executing collaborative research efforts with other DoD agencies, industry and academic institutions. He was awarded the 2014 Army Modeling and Simulation Award for his contributions in applying the Helios and other computational tools in support of the Joint Multi Role (JMR) program. Prior to joining VTD/ARL in November 2009, Dr Singh worked for about 10 years in the Aerodynamics group at the General Motors Tech Center in Michigan. He pioneered a coupled CFD and mesh morphing approach for automotive shape optimization and applied principles of Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) for CFD-based multi-disciplinary robust design optimization of automotive cooling system. He was awarded GM’s highest R&D award for contributions in expanding CFD applications in vehicle design process. Dr Singh obtained PhD from the Aerospace Engineering Department at the University of Maryland at College Park and BS from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.
