Dr. Sudhakar Yogaraj

Designation : Associate Professor (Program Chair)

Broad Area of Expertise : Mechanical Engineering

Email : sudhakar{at}iitgoa.ac.in

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Address : F-4, Academic Block A

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Educational Qualifications

  1. PhD. Institute for Computational Mechanics, Technical University of Munich, Germany
  2. MS. Department of Applied mechanics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras
  3. B.E. Aeronautical Engineering, Anna University, India

Areas of Research

Computational mechanics, Fluid-structure interaction, Bio-inspired fluid dynamics, and Passive flow control


Courses Taught

Mechanics of Materials (ME210)

Fluid Mechanics (ME201)

Statics and Dynamics (ME103)

Mechanics of Materials (ME210)

Computational Heat and Fluid Flow (ME605)

Turbulent flows (ME625)


Professional Appointments

  1. Postdoctoral researcher in Linne FLOW centre, KTH Mechanics (April 2016-March 2018)
  2. Scientist/Engineer 'SC', Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) (Feb. 2010-Feb. 2011)

Recent Publications

  1. D. Raghunathan, Y. Sudhakar. Non-homogeneous anisotropic bulk viscosity for acoustic wave attenuation in weakly compressible methods, Journal of Computational Physics:519 (2024) 113434.
  2. H. Bodhanwalla, D. Raghunathan, Y. Sudhakar. A general pressure equation based method for incompressible two-phase flows, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids:96 (2024) 1653–1679.
  3. V. N. Kuchibhotla, S. K. Sahoo, Y. Sudhakar. A method to extract macroscopic interface data from microscale rough/porous wall flow fields, Physics of Fluids:35 (2023) 102111.

Recognition and Awards

  1. Ramanujan fellowship from SERB (Since Nov. 2018)
  2. Marie Sklodowska-Curie individual fellowship from European commission (April 2016-March 2018)
  3. Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher fellowship awarded by the European Commission (Mar.2011-Dec.2013)

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