C. Veera Sesha Kumar has obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), Hyderabad, and Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering with specialization in Aerospace Structures from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay. He is currently working as Principal Scientist at Quality Assurance and Airworthiness Division, CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories. He also heads the Design Office at Propulsion Division and is responsible for all mechanical design activities in the Division.
His areas of expertise include structural design and analysis of small gas turbine engine components, detailed design of high speed test rigs, rotor-dynamic analysis of high speed rotating machinery, structural qualification of aircraft components, design and development of wind turbine components and composite structures.
Professional / R&D Experience
- Design and Development of Test rigs for Structural Qualification of SARAS and Tejas Aircraft Components
- Design and Development of Special Purpose Machines such as, 3-Axis Contour Measuring Machine (CMM) and 8-Axis X-Ray Manipulator
- Indigenous Design and Development of Composite Blade for 500 kW Wind Turbine, installed at Coimbatore
- Mechanical Design and Structural Analysis of several Wind Turbine Systems, Structures and Components
- Mechanical Design of High Speed Alternator (4.5 kW) for Laghu Shakthi Engine
- Design and Development of High Speed Test Rigs (upto 60,000 rpm) for Performance Evaluation of Mixed Flow Compressor, HP Turbine, LP Turbine and Alternator of MANIK Engine for NIRBHAY Cruise Missile
- Structural Design and Analysis of 1 kN Small Gas Turbine Engine Components
- Layout Design for 2.75 kN Turbojet Engine for Missile Application
- Indigenous Design and Development of a Blower for Ventilator Applications
- Design and Development of Ground Test Rig for SARAS Aircraft Engine
List of Publications
Journals
- Pavani Udatha, Veera Sesha Kumar, Nithin Nair, Naik, N K., 2012, ‘High Velocity Impact Performance of three-dimensional woven composites’, The Journal of strain Analysis for Engineering Design, Vol 47 (7), pp: 419-431,
- Shaktivesh, Nair N.S, Veera Sesha Kumar, C. and Naik N K., 2013, ‘Ballistic Impact Performance of Composite Targets’, Materials & Design, Vol. 51, pp: 833-846.
- Pandya, K S., Veera Sesha Kumar, C., Nair, N S., Patil, P S. and Naik, N K., 2014, ‘Analytical and experimental studies on ballistic impact behavior of 2D woven fabric composites’, International Journal of Damage Mechanics, Vol. 24(4), pp: 471-511.
- Prathapanayaka R., Vinod Kumar N., Santhosh Kumar S., Veera Sesha Kumar, and Krishnamurthy S. J., 'Design and Development of Three-Bladed Propeller for Micro Air Vehicles', International Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics, Vol. 2, pp: 53-61
Conferences
- Veera Sesha Kumar, Ramachandra H V., Byji Varugheese, Kotresh M., Ramesh Sundaram, Subba Rao M., 2006, ‘Damage Growth Studies on Composite Flap Structures and Fatigue Loading’, 14th National Seminar on Aerospace Structures, VNIT, Nagpur.
- Naik N K., Veera Sesha Kumar, 2011, ‘The Ballistic impact behavior of foam core sandwich structures: Formulation’, International Conference on Composites – Current and Future Trends (ICC-CFT) 2011, IISc, Bangalore.
- Veera Sesha Kumar C., Vijay Tijare, Dilipkumar B A., Janaki Rami Reddy M. and Jayaraman M., ‘Bearing Failure Investigation of Turbomachinery Test Rig’, ASME 2013 Gas Turbine India Conference, IGTI, 2013, NAL, Bengaluru.
- Aravind M, C. V Seshakumar, B.R Pai, H. S. Raghu Kumar, 2015, Experimental Study of Pitch Damping in a Coaxial Model Helicopter, 4th Asian/Australian Rotorcraft Forum, IISc, Bengaluru, November 16 - 18, 2015.
- Prathapanayaka R, Agnimitra S, Balamurugan M, Bala Venkata Ganesh Banda, Veera Sesha Kumar C and Kishor Kumar, ‘Design of Highly Loaded Turbine Stage for Small Gas Turbine Engine’, ASME Turbo Expo 2016: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition, Seoul, South Korea, 2016, Volume 2C: Turbomachinery, doi:10.1115/GT2016-56178,
- Vivek EK, Lakshya Kumar, R Senthil Kumaran, Veera Sesha Kumar C., ‘Improving Structural Integrity of a Centrifugal Compressor Impeller by Blading Optimization’, 6th National Symposium on Rotor Dynamics, CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore, July 2-3, 2019.
- Veera Sesha Kumar C, Vivek EK, Vignesh S, ‘Rotordynamic Analysis and Re-design of a High Speed Test Rig’, 6th National Symposium on Rotor Dynamics, CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore, July 2-3, 2019.
- Satish Kumar S, Lakshya Kumar, Senthil Kumaran R, Veera Sesha Kumar, Shobhavathy MT, ASME 2019 Gas Turbine India Conference, IIT Madras, Chennai, December 5-6, 2019.
Project Documents
- Ramanaiah, B., Veera Sesha Kumar, Byji Varughese, Sudheendra, H N., Sastry, V V S R S., Madhava, M R., 2003, ‘Test Report for the Structural Qualification of MLG (AFT) Door of LCA TD1 / TD2’, NAL PD AC 0306.
- Ramanaiah, B., Veera Sesha Kumar, 2004, ‘Test Report for the Structural Static Testing of LCA Modified Rudder up to Ultimate Load’, NAL PD AC 0405.
- Satyanarayana, C N., Shivaprasad, M V., Shivaprasad S., Jayaraman, M., Veera Sesha Kumar, Venkatasubramanyam, D V., 2009, ‘Ground Resonance Testing of 500 kW Wind Turbine GFRP blade’, NAL PD STTD 0901
- Roshan Antony, Veera Sesha Kumar, Antony Michael, Jayaraman M., 2011, ‘Structural Design Analysis of a 500 kW Wind Turbine’, NAL PD PR 1118.
- Loganathan, Veera Sesha Kumar, Jayaraman M., 2011, ‘Modal Analysis of a 500 kW Wind Turbine’ NAL PD PR 1125.
- Kanakamuthu, Chandran, A. P., Ashoka, B. S., Samay, Jayaraman, M., Veera Sesha Kumar, Seenappa, Manabendra De, Manjunath, M. R, and Isaac, J. J., 2011, ‘Field trials of the NMITLI 500 kW Horizontal-Axis Wind Turbine System’ NAL PD CSMST 1113.
- Veera Sesha Kumar C, Jayaraman M., 2013, ‘Mechanical design of a 4.5 kW High Speed Alternator’, NAL PD-PR/2013/1000
- Veera Sesha Kumar C, Jayaraman M., 2013, ‘Full-scale Structural Testing of 500 kW Wind Turbine Blade’, NAL PD-PR/2013/1001
- Janaki Rami Reddy M, Veera Sesha Kumar C, Emandi Rajesh. Rajeshwari Natarajan, Nitesh Kumar, Dr S Ramamurthy, Dr R Rajendran, Jayaraman M., 2013, ‘Indigenous Development (Phase-I) of High speed Alternator with Rectifier Unit’, PD PR 1304
- Veera Sesha Kumar, C., Jayaraman M., 2014, ‘Structural Testing of 500 kW Wind Turbine Blade Root Connection’, NAL PD-PR/2014/1008
- Veera Sesha Kumar, Janaki Rami Reddy M, Jayaraman M, 2014, ‘Design and Development of Test Rig for High Speed Alternator’, NAL PD-PR/2014/1019
- Veera Sesha Kumar, Janaki Rami Reddy M, Kulasekarapandiyan K, Rajendran R, Jayaraman M, 2015, ‘Test Report for High Speed Alternator of MANIK Engine’, NAL PD-PR/2015/1001
- Prathapanayaka R, Manjunath P, Rajendran R, Monickavasagom Pillai K, Steve Mithran, AJ, Shobhavathy MT, Senthil Kumaran R, Muralidhara HS, Muthu Selvan G, Kishor Kumar, Agnimitra Sunkara NS, Sathiyamoorthy K, Ashfaque Ahmad Khan, Giridhara Babu Y, Ganapuram Venu, Tahzeeb, Hassan Danish, Soumendu Jana, Sadanand S Kulkarni, Veera Sesha Kumar, 2015, ‘Development of 1 kN Small Gas Turbine Engine: Preliminary design report’, NAL PD-PR/2015/1007
- Prathapanayaka R, Vinod Kumar N, Veera Sesha Kumar, Santhosh Kumar S, Agnimitra Sunkara NS, Vivek E K, Narendra Sharma, Krishna Murthy S J, 2015, ‘Defect Investigation of HPT test section bearing failure’, NAL PD-PR/2015/1018
- Prathapanayaka R, Vinod Kumar N, Veera Sesha Kumar, Santhosh Kumar S, Agnimitra Sunkara NS, Vivek E K, Narendra Sharma, 2015, ‘Design and development of test section for HP turbine testing’, NAL PD-PR/2015/1019
- Veera Sesha Kumar C, Vivek E.K., Jayaraman M, 2015, ‘Mechanical Design of Test Section for High Pressure Turbine of Manik Engine’, NAL PD-PR/2015/1021
- Neha D, Raghu G, Vivek E K, Shobhavathy MT, Veera Sesha Kumar, Design of Test Section for High Pressure Ratio Fan with CFC blades, NAL PD-PR/2016/1013
- Lakshya Kumar, Veera Sesha Kumar, 2017, Aero-thermodynamic Design of a Centrifugal Compressor Stage for Un-Manned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) Engine, NAL PD-PR/2017/1006
- Prathapanayaka R, Manjunath P, Muralidhara HS, Soumendu Jana, Monickavasagom Pillai, K, Venkat Iyengar S, Sathiyamoorthy K, Ashfaque Ahmad Khan, Sadanand S Kulkarni, Veera Sesha Kumar, Muthu Selvan G, Jayaprakash C, Balaji Sankar, Tahzeeb Hassan Danish, Lakshya Kumar, Agnimitra Sunkara NS, Vivek E K, A.V.Sudhakara Reddy, 2017, PDR of Design of Turbojet Engine for UCAV, NAL PD-PR/2017/1007
- Emandi Rajesh, Kulasekarapandiyan K, Nidhin,T.O, Janaki Rami Reddy M, Veera Sesha Kumar, 2017, Design Modification of CLOCTER Test Section for Mixed Flow Compressor of MANIK Engine, NAL PD-PR/2017/1012
- Vivek E K, Veera Sesha Kumar, 2017, Design Modification of Test Section for HP Turbine Stage of MANIK Engine, NAL PD-PR/2017/1013
- Shobhavathy MT, Dileepkumar Bhanudasji Alone, Veera Sesha Kumar, Satish Kumar S, Gaddikeri Kotresh, Mukesh V, Janaki Rami Reddy M, Ravi GS, Joseph Arul Raj K, 2017, Development and Testing of a High Pressure Ratio Axial Fan Stage with Non-Metallic Rotor Blades, NAL PD-PR/2017/1019.
- Janaki Rami Reddy M, Emandi Rajesh, Raghu G, Kulasekarapandiyan K, Vivek E K, Veera Sesha Kumar, 2017, Performance Evaluation of High Speed Alternators, NAL PD-PR/2017/1023
- Prathapanayaka R, Manjunath P, Muralidhara HS, Soumendu Jana, Venkat Iyengar S, Sathiyamoorthy K, Ashfaque Ahmad Khan, Senthil Kumaran R, Sadanand S Kulkarni, Veera Sesha Kumar, Vinod Kumar N, Manikandan LP, Muthu Selvan G, Jayaprakash C, Balaji Sankar, Tahzeeb Hassan Danish, Lakshya Kumar, Agnimitra Sunkara NS, Thennavarajan S, Sharath PP, Vivek E K, A.V.Sudhakara Reddy, 2018, Detailed Report on " Design of Turbojet Engine for UCAV, NAL PD-PR/2018/1004
- Lakshya Kumar, Senthil Kumaran R, Veera Sesha Kumar, Vivek E K, Sharath PP, 2018, Design and Optimization of Centrifugal Compressor for NALTJ275 Turbojet Engine, NAL PD-PR/2018/1007
- Prathapanayaka R, Veera Sesha Kumar, Vinod Kumar N, Santhosh Kumar S, Agnimitra Sunkara NS, Narendra Sharma, Vivek E K, 2018, Developmental testing of High Pressure and Low Pressure turbines of an Aero Gas Turbine Engine, NAL PD-PR/2018/1009
- Nidhin,T.O, Kulasekarapandiyan K, Lokesh Naik, Veera Sesha Kumar, Janaki Rami Reddy M, Emandi Rajesh, 2018, Assembly of Mixed Flow Compressor of STFE Engine to CLOCTER Rig, PD-PR/2018/1012
- Emandi Rajesh, Nidhin,T.O, Veera Sesha Kumar, Kulasekarapandiyan K, Lokesh Naik, Janaki Rami Reddy M, , 2018, Testing and Performance Evaluation of Mixed Flow Compressor, PD-PR/2018/1014
- Veera Sesha Kumar, Vivek E K, Raghu G., 2018, Mechanical Design of Test Section for Axial Fan Stage of a Small Turbo Fan Engine, NAL PD-PR/2018/1015
- Veera Sesha Kumar, Vivek E K, 2018, Design of Test Section for Low Pressure Turbine Stage of a Small Turbofan Engine, NAL PD-PR/2018/1017
- Veera Sesha Kumar, Vivek E K, 2019, Structural Analysis of Composite Blade for High Pressure Ratio Axial Fan Stage, NAL PD-PR/2019/1004
- Veera Sesha Kumar C., 2019, Technical note on Modal Analysis for Composite Propeller Shaft-Bearing System of SARAS PT1N, NAL-TN-PR-DDO/2019/01
- Veera Sesha Kumar C., 2019, Technical note on Dynamic Balancing of Composite Propellers of SARAS PT1N, NAL-TN-PR-DDO/2019/02
- Dileepkumar Bhanudasji Alone, Satish Kumar, Veera Sesha Kumar, Shobhavathy, Janaki Rami Reddy, Lakshya Kumar, Sadanand S Kulkarni, Vivek, Ravi, Joseph Arul Raj, 2019, Aerodynamic Testing of High Speed Single Stage Axial Fan (Phase-1), PD-PR/2019/1014
- Veera Sesha Kumar C, Vivek E K, Raghu G and Nirmalkumar G, 2020, “Design and Analysis of SARAS Engine Test Rig with PT1 Yoke Ring”, PD-PR/2020/1003
- Vivek E K, Nirmalkumar G, Raghu G, Veera Sesha Kumar C., 2020, “Finite Element Analysis of SARAS Engine Test Bed with PT2 Yoke Ring”, PD-PR/2020/1004
- Emandi Rajesh, Veera Sesha Kumar, Nirmalkumar G, Nidhin,T.O, Pradeep Kumar B, Alexander Kale, Lokesh Naik, Ananda CM, 2020, “Design and development of Radial Blower for Ventilator Application”, PD-PR/2020/1005
- Veera Sesha Kumar, Raghu G and Nirmalkumar G, 2021, “Structural Design and Analysis of Engine Test Bed Support Structure with PT1N Standard Stub Wing - Engine Mount Assembly”, PD-PR/2021/1003
- Emandi Rajesh, Veera Sesha Kumar, Nidhin,T.O, Nirmalkumar G, Pradeep Kumar B, Alexander Kale and Ananda CM, 2021, “Design and Development of Radial Blower for “SwasthVayu”- A Non-Invasive Ventilator”, PD-PR/2021/1004