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Dr Rajnish N Sharma
PhD Auck, BE(1st
Class Hons) Auck
MAIAA, MASHRAE, MASME, MAWES
■ PHONE: (+64 9) 923 8144 [DIRECT] Ext 88144 [INTERNAL]
■ FAX: (+64 9) 373 7479
■ EMAIL: r.sharma@auckland.ac.nz
■ OFFICE: Faculty
of Engineering Building,
Room 1.1005
■ POSTAL: Mechanical Engineering
Department, The
University of Auckland,
Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand
■ COURIER: Level 9, 20 Symonds St, Auckland, NEW ZEALAND
■ AREAS, THERMOFLUIDS
TEACHING GROUP:
Fundamental
and Applied Fluid Mechanics, Aerodynamics, Heat Transfer, Mass Transfer,
Thermodynamics,
Energy, Introduction To & Applications of CFD.
■ TEACHING:
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MechEng 211 Thermofluids (Course Organiser)
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MechEng 311
Thermal Engineering
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MechEng 712 AeroHydroDynamics (Course Organiser)
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MechEng 713
Energy Technology
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MechEng 715 Building Services (Course Organiser)
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MechEng 731
Engineering design 4M
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MechEng 762
/ 763 Final Year Project in Mechanical and Mechatronics (Project Coordinator)
2012 Project Presentation (29Sep12)
2012 Project Displays (5Oct12) Projects 2013 Information
■ COMMITTEE / SERVICE:
o Member, University
of Auckland Pacific Reference Group (PRG)
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Member, Faculty Equity Committee
■ GENERAL AREAS OF INTEREST:
Fundamental
and Applied Fluid Mechanics, Aerodynamics, Heat Transfer, Mass Transfer,
Thermodynamics,
Energy, Introduction To & Applications of CFD.
■ SPECIFIC AREAS:
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Turbulent Flows / Fluid Dynamics (Jet
turbulence, impingement, synthetic jets, applications)
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Aerodynamics / Industrial Fluid
Mechanics / Vehicle aerodynamics.
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Computational fluid dynamics (modelling
of flows and flow visualisation).
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Renewable Energy (Tidal Energy, Wind
Energy, Energy conversion & conservation).
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Natural ventilation flows
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Refrigeration & air conditioning
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Industrial and process fluid mechanics,
heat and mass transfer
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Wind engineering (wind turbulence,
low-rise buildings, bluff-body aerodynamics, cavity resonance).
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Nanodroplets
■ RESEARCH GROUP MEMBERSHIP:
o Yacht
and Wind Engineering Research Group,
o Computational
Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Research Cluster, and
o Energy
and Fuels Research Group.
■ LABORATORY AFFILIATION:
o Aerodynamics
– Wind Tunnel Laboratories,
o The
CFD – Modelling and Visualisation Lab, and
o Thermodynamics
Laboratory.
■ PIV
systems:
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2D system
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3D
stereoscopic system
■ Wind
tunnels and flumes:
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High-Speed (<50m/s) with force
balances, 700 mm x 700 mm section, for aerodynamics studies
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Boundary Layer Low Speed (<13m/s)
with traversing rig and turntable, 1.8 m x 1.2 m section
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Twisted Flow, 7m x 3.5m adjustable to
3.5m x 3.5m, for yacht, sails, vehicle and general aerodynamic studies at alarge scale
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Small Wind Tunnel (<15m/s) for
aerodynamics studies
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Access to wave and conventional flumes
in the Fluids Laboratory, CEE
■ Probes:
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Cobra probes
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HWA
■ CFD Tools and Resources:
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Access to 15 node, 96 node, and 900+
node clusters including BestGrid
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ANSYS CFX and FLUENT, Other
■ Rigs for fundamental and applied
research:
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Continuous jet rigs, for air and water
studies
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Synthetic jet rigs
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Flat flame combustor
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Refrigerators
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Wind turbine, instrumented, telescopic
and conventional blades
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Tidal turbine, model scale,
instrumented blades
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Other
I provide consulting and advise to
various sections of the community (individuals, industry, other research
organisations,
businesses, developers, and government
departments) on matters such as wind opinions, modelling thermal and fluid
flow
problems,
device testing, quality assurance of testing procedures, system and
component design, and research and development.
Some examples include:
■ Dolphin
Aqualisers Ltd, Wave Device Research and Development, Wave tank testing,
Analytical modelling
■ Fisher
& Paykel Healthcare Ltd,
Quality Assurance of Respirator Testing
■ FeltonMix Ltd,
CFD and Analytical Modelling / Development of Venturi
Shower Mixers
■ Property
Developers (e.g. PlatyPus Group),
Wind Opinion
■ Fiji
Government, Assessment of Provisions of the Fiji Building Code
■ NANODROPLETS, SWIRL NOZZLE
FLOW MODELLING:
Dr Namasivayam.Navaranjan,
Scientist, ENSIS CSIRO-SCION, Rotorua, New
Zealand
■ TURBULENCE:
Professor Andrew Pollard, Queen's
Research Chair in Fluid Dynamics and Multi-scale Phenomena, Queens
University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
■ WIND ENGINEERING / BUILDING
INTERNAL PRESSURE DYNAMICS:
Associate Professor John Ginger, James
Cook University, Townsville, Australia
Associate Professor
Peter Richards, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department,
The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Dr John Holmes, Director JDH Consulting and Editor – Wind and
Structures – An International Journal
Dr Arindam Chowdhary,
Director, Laboratory for Wind
Engineering Research (LWER), International Hurricane Research Center, Florida International University
Dr Girma Bitsuamlak, Laboratory
for Wind Engineering Research (LWER), International Hurricane Research Center, Florida International University
■ SYNTHETIC JETS:
Professor Shinji Honami, Professor in Mechanical
Engineering and Dean of Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo University of
Science, Tokyo, Japan
■ SMART WIND TURBINES:
Associate Professor Udaya
Madawala, Senior Lecturer, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department,
The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
■ WIND
TURBINE BLADE MATERIALS:
Professor Debes
Bhattacharyya, Director, Centre for Advanced
Composite Materials (CACM), The University of Auckland
■ RESIN
FLOW MODELLING IN COMPLEX FIBRE PREFORMS:
Associate Professor
Simon Bickerton, Centre for
Advanced Composite Materials (CACM), The University of Auckland
Dr Piaras Kelly, Department of Engineering Science and CACM, The
University of Auckland
■ UNSTEADY
HYDRODYNAMICS AND FATIGUE OF TIDAL TURBINE BLADES:
Associate Professor
Simon Bickerton, Centre for
Advanced Composite Materials (CACM), The University of Auckland
Professor Richard
Flay, Director, Yacht and Wind
Research Unit (YWRU), The University of Auckland
■ COMBUSTION:
Associate Professor Robert Raine,
Director, Energy and Fuels Research Unit (EFRU, The University of Auckland
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PhD CANDIDATE
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THESIS TITLE / AREA
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COLLABORATION
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COMMENCED
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SUBMITTED
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PASSED
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Tushar Guha
BE 1st Class (Jadavpur),
MTech 1st
Class (IIT Guwahati)
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INTERNAL PRESSURE
IN LOW AND MEDIUM RISE BUILDINGS UNDER HIGH WINDS
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A.Prof
Peter Richards
YWRU
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01 Jan 2008
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23 Dec 2011
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Young-min Shim
BS Mech
(KAIST)
MS Mech
(KAIST)
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TURBULENT STRUCTURES IN SLOT JET
IMPINGING ON A CIRCULAR CYLINDER
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A.Prof
Peter Richards
YWRU
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01 Feb 2008
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Mustahib Imraan
BTech Gold Medal
(USP)
ME 1st Class Hons (Auck)
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INCREASING THE
ENERGY YIELD OF WIND TURBINES USING TELESCOPIC BLADES
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Prof Richard Flay
YWRU
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01 Mar 2008
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Ian Milne
BE 1st Class Hons (Auck)
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UNSTEADY TIDAL TURBINE BLADE LOADS
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A.Prof
Simon Bickerton
CACM
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01 Mar 2009
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Christoph Fischer
BSc (UAS Berlin)
MSc (UAS Berlin)
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INFLUENCE OF SLOT ASPECT
RATIO ON CHARACTERISTICS OF RECTANGULAR SYNTHETIC JETS
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Prof Gordon
Mallinson
CFDV
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01 Mar 2009
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Zerrin Turkeli
BSc Hons
(METU Turkey)
MSc Hons
(Tokyo)
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THE EFFECTS OF PREHEATING ON THE COMBUSTION
CHARACTERISTICS OF A FLAT FLAME MICRO COMBUSTOR
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A.Prof
Robert Raine
EFRU
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01 Jan 2011
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Elinor Swery
BE 1st Class Hons (Auck)
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NUMERICAL
PREDICTION OF COMPLEX FIBRE PREFORMS, FOR ENHANCED PROCESS MODELLING OF
ADVANCED COMPOSITE STRUCTURES
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A.Prof
Simon Bickerton,
Dr Piaras Kelly
CACM
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01 Mar 2012
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Ahmad H A Hamid
BE Hons
(UTM)
MSc (UTM)
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SYNTHETIC JETS FOR FLOW CONTROL
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A.Prof
Peter Richards
YWRU
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01 Xxx 2012
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ME CANDIDATE
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THESIS TITLE / AREA
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COLLABORATION
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COMMENCED
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SUBMITTED
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PASSED
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Danyan Huo
BE (Beijing UCEA)
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NANODROPLETS
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Dr Navayashivam
SCION
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01 Mar 2012
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Itwinder Singh
BTech (Jamia Milia Delhi),
PGDip (Massey)
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THERMOACOUSTIC REFRIGERATION
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01 Mar 2012
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Ankush Bhangoo
BS Mech (Guru Jambd,
Hisar, India)
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CAVITY PRESSURE
DYNAMICS
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01 Mar 2012
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Nikhil Garg
BE (Haryana)
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SLOT SYNTHETIC JET IMPINGEMENT HEAT
TRANSFER FROM CIRCULAR CYLINDER
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01 Jul 2010
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June 2011
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August 2011
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Ankit Trivedi
BE (Bhopal)
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RECYCLABLE WIND
TURBINE BLADES
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Prof D.
Bhattacharyya
CACM
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01 Jul 2008
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June 2009
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2nd
Class Hons
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Avilash Singh
BE 1st Class H
ons (Auck)
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REDESIGN OF TEMPERATURE TEST CHAMBER
AT RAKON
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Prof Shane Xie
MECHATRONICS
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01 Mar 2008
[ Part – time ]
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Dec 2009
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1st Class Hons
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Mustahib Imraan
BTech Gold Medal
(USP)
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SLOT JET
IMPINGEMENT HEAT TRANSFER FROM A CIRCULAR CYLINDER LOCATED BETWEEN
CONFINING WALLS
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01 Mar 2005
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June 2006
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1st
Class Hons
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Siong K Soon
BSc (Salford)
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AERODYNAMICS OF A CIRCULAR CYLINDER
IN THE FLOW FIELD OF A SYNTHETIC JET
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01 Mar 2005
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June 2006
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1st Class Hons
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Sharda S P Rattan
BSc
(USP)
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ANALYSIS OF
TURBULENT WIND RECORDS DURING TROPICAL CYCLONE EVENTS IN FIJI
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■ Sharma, R. N., & Madawala,
U. K. (2011). The concept of a smart wind turbine system. Renewable Energy,
39(1), 403-410. doi:10.1016/j.renene.2011.08.051
■ Guha, T. K., Sharma,
R. N., & Richards, P. J. (2011). Internal pressure dynamics of a
leaky building with a dominant opening. Journal of Wind Engineering and
Industrial Aerodynamics, 99(11), 1151-1161.
■ Milne,
I.A., Sharma R. N., Flay RG, , & Bickerton,
S. (2011). Characteristics of the Onset Flow Turbulence at a Tidal-Stream
Power Site. In Proceedings of the / Presented at 9th European Wave and
Tidal Energy Conference, Southampton, U.K..
■ Shim,
Y.M., Sharma, R.N., & Richards, P.J. (2011). PIV investigation
of the flow structures in the near-exit region issuing from a slot jet. In
Proceedings of the / Presented at 9th International Symposium on Particle
Image Velocimetry, Tsukuba, Japan.
■ Turkeli-Ramadan, Z., Sharma,
R.N., & Yamaguchi, K. (2011). Combustion characteristics of
HEX-Combustor for Ultra Micro Gas Turbine. In Proceedings of the /
Presented at European Combustion Meeting 2011, Cardiff, UK.
■ Imraan, M., Sharma, R.N., & Flay,
R.G.J.F. (2011). Wind Tunnel Testing of a Telescopic Blades Wind Turbine.
In Proceedings of the / Presented at ASME Power 2011, Denver, Colorado,
USA.
■ Imraan, M.5, Sharma,
R. N. (2010) ‘Jet Impingement Heat Transfer from a Circular Cylinder
Located Between Confining Walls’, Journal of Thermophysics
and Heat Transfer, 24(4), 756
- 764
■ Fischer, C.5,
Sharma, R. N., Mallinson, G.D. (2010). Flow visualisation to
identify mechanisms leading to axis-switching of slotted synthetic jets,
17AFMC – 17th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Auckland,
New Zealand, Dec 5-9.
■ Khan,
S., Melville, B., Aaad, Y. S., Sharma, R. N.
and Nokes, R. (2009) ‘Effect of Vertical
Locations of Inlet and Outlet on Hydraulics of Stormwater
Retention Ponds using Numerical Modeling, in
Proceedings of the 33rd International Association of Hydraulic Engineering
& Research (IAHR) Biennial Congress, 9-14 August 2009, Vancouver BC,
Canada
■ Sharma,
R. N. (2008) ‘Internal and Net Envelope Pressures in a Building
having Quasi-static Flexibility and a Dominant Opening’, Journal of Wind
Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, Volume 96, Issues 6-7, June-July
2008, Pages 1074-1083
■ Sharma,
R. N., Chadwick, D., Haines, J. (2008) ‘Aerodynamics of an
intercity bus’, Wind and Structures,
Vol. 11, No. 4 (2008).
■ I.
S. D`eme, N. Navaranjan,
R. N. Sharma, (2008) ‘A Cfd Model For
Atomization Of Wood Fibre Suspension Under High Pressure’ in: 21st Annual
ILASS-Americas Conference, Institute for Liquid Atomization and Spray
Systems, Orlando, Florida, May 18–21, 2008
■ Sharma,
R. N. (2007) ‘Fluid Dynamics Based Analytical Model for Synthetic
Jet Actuation’, AIAA Journal,
45(8), 1841-1847 (View Here)
■ Sharma,
R. N. Maxwell, S., and Tang, X. (2007) ‘Heat Transfer from a
Circular Cylinder with Synthetic Jet Impingement’, Paper Number
AIAA-2007-3901, Proc
of the 39th AIAA Thermophysics
Conference, 25-28 June 2007, Miami, USA
■ Sharma,
R. N., Curtis, S., Naidu, S.R., Morrison, J.R.J., Singh, G.
‘Pressure pulsations inside road vehicles with open windows’, The 5th
International Colloquium on Bluff-body aerodynamics & Applications, Ottawa University, Canada, July
2004
■ Sharma,
R. N. and Richards, P. J. (2003) ‘The Influence of Helmholtz
resonance on internal pressures in a low-rise building’, Journal of Wind
Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 91, 807-828
■ Mentoring:
Students from Pacific Islands and Asia (Voluntary)
■ Community
Service: Hindi Language Classes, Conduct Prayers, Marriage
Celebrant
■ Hobbies: Walking,
Jogging, Table Tennis, Chess
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