Nagarajappa,B.Shri.

Area of Expertise

Expertise in impact and crashworthiness in testing and data analysis for high velocity impact tests like bird/ice impact testing on aircraft structures, low velocity impact testing for energy absorption studies, sled testing, high strain rate material characterization using Split Hopkinson pressure bar, whole body vibration studies for safety and comfort of occupants and airbags/seat belts testing. He has Contributed to the major national programs of ISRO, DRDO, ADA, HAL and CSIR-NAL and external sponsored from BELL Helicopters, Honeywell, GE Aviation and GE Global research, UTC Aerospace, Team Indus etc.

Research Interests

Impact and crashworthiness studies

Academic_Qualification

M Tech in Mechanical Engineering

Professional Experience

High velocity impact testing using air guns, Low velocity impact testing using drop towers, Crashworthiness studies using sled test facility and high strain rate test material characterization using split Hopkinson pressure bar. Use of high-speed cameras, data acquisition system and experimental data analysis.

Publication (ORCID ID/ Googal Scholar ID/ IRINS ID/ Vidwan ID

"Publications:
Journals: 1No, Work is published in Newspapers (The Hindu & Times of India) in 2016
Conference papers: More than 15 Nos.
Internal project documents: More than 25Nos"

Awards and Honors

"Awards and appreciations for his contribution:
1. The “Special Certificate of Merit and Appreciation” Award is awarded for the year 2009-10 in the category of “Technology Shield for Outstanding Group Achievement”
For “Successful Completion of Iron Bird Drop Test including Development of a Test Rig and on schedule completion”.
2. Appreciation shield from Honeywell on successfully completing bird ingestion testing on HTF7000fan.

3. 17th June 2022 -""The CSIR - NAL Technology Shield for Outstanding Group Achievement was awarded to HANSA - NG Team and the Shield was presented on 5th June, 2022 on the occasion of CSIR - NAL Foundation Day. The Director, CSIR - NAL has decided to award all the Team members of HANSA - NG with a memento on Monday, the 20th June, 2022. Dr. Shekhar C. Mande, Former DG, CSIR presented the memento to the team members of HANSA – NG."