MOHAN KUMAR M

Mr. Mohan Kumar did his Graduation in Mechanical Engineering and Masters in Design Engineering. His M.Tech  thesis was on “Two bay Crack arrest analysis of a transport aircraft fuselage stiffened panel “  which was  a study on  the damage tolerance evaluation of the fuselage structural element . He started his career  as a Scientist  in Structural Integrity Division of CSIR-NAL and has career growth line crosses over as a Senior Scientist , Project leader  of several aircraft structural testing activities at NAL.

He has handled projects of various national and international level   in structural testing  of both civil and military  aircraft components  with a budget of over  15 crores .

Presently working as Structural Testing In-charge for ground tests for the structural certification of Transport and Military aircrafts which includes full scale static and fatigue testing of aircraft structures. His particular thrust areas include Life extension of fighter aircrafts and its components, Damage tolerance evaluation of aircraft structures and Fatigue & Fracture studies on advanced composite and metallic materials.

He has to his credit "NAL Excellence award in Design, Development and Project Execution" for successfully executing the Project work titled " Full Scale Structural Testing of Active Antenna Array Unit (AAAU) Version 5" for CABS/EMBRAER (Brazil). He has 4 International journal publications and around 15 national and International conference papers. He has over 25 numbers of project documents pertaining to several testing projects executed

     Specialization and Expertise:

• Structural certification testing of full scale transport unmanned and military aircrafts
• Fatigue & Damage Tolerance Evaluation of aircraft principal and critical structural elements
• Life Extension of Aging Aircraft; through Full Scale Fatigue Tests
• Basic research studies on Composite Materials; Mechanical Properties; Environmental

Current Activities:

• Damage Tolerance tests on LCA wing box for design qualification.
• Fatigue test on LCA Fixed Air-Air refueling probe along with receiving structure
• Fatigue & Damage Tolerance Evaluation of aircraft fuselage principal structural elements

      Miscellaneous:

• Life Member, Aeronautical Society of India
• Life Member, ISAMPE
• Life Member, Indian Science Congress
• Internal auditor for ISO 9001:2000