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Prof. Nikhil Jacob

Prof. Nikhil Jacob
Assistant Professor (On Contract)
Qualifications:
  • B.Tech., Mechanical Engineering, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Kottayam, 2017
  • M.Tech., Thermal Engineering (Internal Combustion Engines and Turbomachinery), Government Engineering College, Thrissur, 2020
nikhilrit48@gmail.com

  • High-speed flow through micro-fluidic devices
  • Shock waves at microscales and Mach 5 SCRAM jet engines
  • Aerodynamics and thermal analysis
  • Fluid flow, heat transfer, Thermal Science and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)

  • Nikhil Jacob and V. Lijo, Numerical Investigation on the Dynamic Shock Wave Reflections Caused by High Frequency Oscillations, 15th International Symposium on Computational And Aerothermodynamics of Internal Flows, January 2023.
  • Nikhil Jacob, Leo AJ and V. Lijo, Dynamics of Unsteady Shock Wave Reflections using Overset Mesh Approach, 24th International Shock Interaction Symposium (SIS 2022) – January 2022.
  • Manoj PJ, Nikhil Jacob, Sumesh Babu CV, Leo AJ and V. Lijo, Numerical Study of Fabri-Choking Assisted Secondary Flow Bypass to Enhance the Entrainment of a Supersonic Ejector, 24th International Shock Interaction Symposium (SIS 2022) – January 2022.
  • Leo AJ, Manoj PJ, Nikhil Jacob, Sumesh Babu CV and V. Lijo, Numerical Evaluation of the Performance of Supersonic Exhaust Diffuser with and without Ejected Mass, 24th International Shock Interaction Symposium (SIS 2022) – January 2022.
  • Sumesh Babu CV, Manoj PJ, Nikhil Jacob, Leo AJ and V. Lijo, Numerical Investigations on the Effect of Unsteady Generator Pressure on Supersonic Ejector, 24th International Shock Interaction Symposium (SIS 2022), IIT Madras – October 2022.
  • Vincent Lijo, Alvin Alex and Nikhil Jacob, Unstart Phenomena Induced by Forced Excitation in a Dual-mode Scramjet, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Government Engineering College Thrissur, Virtual Conference November 2021.
  • Nikhil Jacob and V. Lijo, Response of a Choked Microchannel to a Downstream Large Amplitude Pressure Disturbance, Proceedings of the 26th National and 4th International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, December 2021.
  • Nikhil Jacob, Numerical Simulation of an Impulse Wave Propagation in a Choked Straight Microchannel, 6th National Symposium on Shock Waves, IIT Madras, Chennai January 2020.