Salini S. Nair

snairsalini@gmail.com
Room 212, Composites Technology Centre
Department Of Aerospace Engineering
IIT Madras

Education

• Ph.D. (M.S. + Ph.D.), Aerospace Engineering, IIT Madras, 2013 - 2021
• B.Tech, Instrumentation and Control Engineering, NSS College of Engineering, Palakkad, 2008 - 2012

Research Interests

• Analysis of aeromechanical instabilities in helicopters.
• Design of stability augmentation system for rotorcraft.
• Influence of dynamic inflow on helicopter dynamics and stability.
• Analysis of the effect of ground proximity (static and dynamic) on helicopter handling qualities.

Publications

• Salini S. Nair and Ranjith Mohan. Analysis and control of aeromechanical instabilities in helicopters. In ASME 2015 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, November 2015.
• Salini S. Nair and Ranjith Mohan. Effect of rotor wake on aeromechanical instabilities in helicopters. In 4th Asian/Australian Rotorcraft Forum. American Helicopter Society, November 2015.
• Salini S. Nair, Ranjith Mohan, and Gopal Gaonkar. Influence of dynamic inflow states on coupled rotor fuselage modes. In AHS 72nd Annual Forum and Technology Display. American Helicopter Society, May 2016.
• Salini S. Nair and Ranjith Mohan. Detection and control of ground resonance using phase of fuselage attitude rates. In 42nd European Rotorcraft Forum. American Helicopter Society, September 2016.
• Vellingiri Ramanujam R, Salini S. Nair, and Ranjith Mohan. An investigation of lift augmentation in forced pitching and flapping rotor. In 5th Asian/Australian Rotorcraft Forum. American Helicopter Society, November 2016.
• Salini S. Nair, Ranjith Mohan, and Gopal Gaonkar. Influence of dynamic inflow states on coupled rotor fuselage modes. Journal of the American Helicopter Society, 62(4), 2017.
• Salini S. Nair, Cibin Joseph, and Ranjith Mohan. An evaluation of ground effect modelling for rotors in hover. In 6th Asian/Australian Rotorcraft Forum and Heli Japan, November 2017.
• Salini S Nair, Akshay Ramachandran, Bittesh Pandey, Rohith M and Ranjith Mohan. Effect of ground proximity on the regressive lag mode during ground resonance: An experimental study. In 75th Annual Forum and Technology Display. Vertical Flight Society, May 2019.
• Salini S Nair, Haradev G.S, and Ranjith Mohan. Ground Resonance: Nonlinear modeling and analysis. In Advances in Control and Optimization of Dynamical Systems, February 2020.