PROJECT NO.

01 (Hydrodynamics Panel) TITLE OF THE PROJECT: Numerical Simulation of turbulence and transition for flow around arbitrary shaped underwater bodies. NAME OF THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Dr. Sekhar Majumdar NAME OF INSTITUTE: DATE OF COMMENCEMENT: DATE OF COMPLETION: AIM/OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT: - To formulate stability theory for the laminar boundary layer around an ax symmetric body steadily translating through fluid in a direction parallel to its axis. - To develop spectral code to solve the ensuing stability equations in order to estimate up to what stream wise extent laminar flow can be expected on a given ax symmetric body. The scope of the project has been expanded to include - To develop a model of the axisymmetric transition zone, and - Comparison of approaches to non-parallel stability solutions. solutions. SCOPE OF THE PROJECT: - Simulation of stability and transition for flow past ax symmetric bodies. - Numerical simulation of turbulent flow using unsteady Reynolds averaged navier stokes and large eddy simulation methodology. ACHIEVEMENTS: - Formulated a stability theory for laminar boundary laser around ax symmetric body - Solved the mean flow equation & developed spectral code - Developed model & code for prediction of transitional intermittency on ax symmetric body studied 02 different approvals for solving nonparallel stability problem in 2-D boundary layer LIKELY APPLICATION OF THE OUTCOME: Outcome of projects can be implemented in designing the underwater body. --NAL Bangalore Aug 1998 Dec 2003

PROJECT NO. 02 (Hydrodynamics panel) TITLE OF THE PROJECT: Development of finite element analysis capability for harmonic and transient exterior acoustics including fluid structure interaction with application to ships and underwater vehicle. NAME OF THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: -Prof. C P Vendhan & Dr. S K Bhattacharya -P NAME OF INSTITUTE: DATE OF COMMENCEMENT: DATE OF COMPLETION: Indian Institute of Technology, Madras Mar 1998 Mar 2002

AIM/OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT: -To predict noise, generated signals by underwater vehicle. -To compute the shock response of underwater structure. - To investigate new & better FE methods logins for this class of problems - Numerical study and practical problems related to ships & underwater vehicle. SCOPE OF THE PROJECT: - Finite element formulation of sound radiation & scattering by vibrating bodies in frequency and time domain. - Development of radiation boundary operating infinite element context and study of their efficacy in modeling truncation boundary of infinite fluid - Study of un-symmetric equation solver and its use in transient & harmonic problems - Development of coupled shell-fluid interaction problem using most general un-symmetric pressure displacement formulation and its solution. - Investigation of critical transient problems. - Connection for solver to commercially available pre and post processor. - Treatment of anisotropy sound absolving medium in FE formation - Study of floating structure and underwater structures operating near the free surface considering free surface effect and FE formation of sound propagation in porous media ACHIEVEMENTS: Example problems of following undertaken for solving:

- Exterior spherical shell-fluid interaction, harmonic pulsating sphere, interior spherical shell-fluid interaction. - Infinite circular cylindrical radiator - Infinite elliptical cylindrical radiator - Circular Cylindrical steel shell fluid interaction LIKELY APPLICATION OF THE OUTCOME: - Reservoir behind a dam under earthquake load slashing of liquids in flexible tanks, blast/explosion, load on structure, sound radiation from elastic structures. -Transient radiation of acoustic waves by flexible obstacle SUGGESTION FOR FUTURE WORK, IF ANY: -Noise known surface displacement pattern which is embedded in an acoustic medium of infinite extent fields of use like ultrasonic non destructive evaluation of flows in structural pasts, sonar & underwater acoustics, geo physics, control of radiation, medical uses of ultrasound for diagnostic purposes.

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(Hydrodynamics panel)

TITLE OF THE PROJECT: Development in Computational methods for free surface Naval Hydrodynamics problems and study of bow wake breaking & bow vortices generation. NAME OF THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Dr. Debabrata Sen NAME OF INSTITUTE: DATE OF COMMENCEMENT: DATE OF COMPLETION: IIT Kharagpur APR 1998 JUL 2002

AIM/OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT: -Fundamental developments in computational methods based on a boundary integral formulation and Rankine Sources for a class of free-surface problem. -Study of bow-wave breaking & the mechanism involved in generation of bow vortices by suitable computational scheme. SCOPE OF THE PROJECT: -Formulation of class of problems and their solutions, development of 2D & 3D low order panel methods, development of higher order solutions and application of these for simplified problems for which closed form solutions are available. ACHIEVEMENTS: -A suit of boundary integral solvers for 2D & 3d applications developed and applied to solve problems for a no. of geometrics. -The main solver required the discretized form of the geometry and imposed boundary conditions. This was made an integral part for the 2D program and 3D Problem. -Algorithm extended to solve the problem of an oscillating free surface piercing body using the developed solver. LIKELY APPLICATION OF THE OUTCOME: -The present level of development of codes can be used only for some elementary problems of interest (such as determining added masses of submerged bodies like torpedoes and submarines). -Likely end users : NSTL, Shipyard design personnel and Marine classification Societies such as IRS.

PROJECT NO. 4

(Hydrodynamics panel)

TITLE OF THE PROJECT: Unsteady effects in Hydrodynamics. NAME OF THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Prof. J H Arakeri NAME OF INSTITUTE: DATE OF COMMENCEMENT: DATE OF COMPLETION: AIM/OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT: To address main issues in unsteady flow like: -Transition to turbulence under unsteady conditions. -The mechanism of UBLS & Reynolds number effects in UBLS -Effects of turbulence in UBLS & Viscous effects in added mass calculations. SCOPE OF THE PROJECT: Experimentation on: -Special unsteady flow water channel facility -Effects of turbulence on UBLS in a free surface water tunnel -Developing UBLS criterion for turbulent boundary layers ACHIEVEMENTS: -Experiments performed with two types of bodies: bluff with a large adverse pressure gradient and other a small angle diffuser having a mild pressure gradient. -A new body fabricated having curvature in the joint of the straight and diffuser section, which reduces pressure gradient at that location. This was done to get rid of the problem of separation vortex seen in most of the cases in leading edge. SUGGESTION FOR FUTURE WORK, IF ANY: -More experimentation needed with different types of bodies and piston motions. -Study of solid-fluid interaction problems with freely moving bodies. -Quasi-steady stability analysis of the inflectional velocity profile. --IISc., Bangalore APR 1998 JUN 2002

PROJECT NO. 5

(Sonar & Signal Processing Panel)

TITLE OF THE PROJECT: Transient Signal Detection using Wavelet Transform (for Sonar Signal Processing). NAME OF THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: NAME OF INSTITUTE: DATE OF COMMENCEMENT: DATE OF COMPLETION: Prof. Bindu Chandna & Prof. Vikram M Gadre IIT Bombay, Mumbai APR 1998 DEC 2001

AIM/OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT: -To explore the use of time-frequency transforms, namel, Wave let transform & Wave packet transform for detection of transient signals. SCOPE OF THE PROJECT: -Exploration of the use of Gabort , short Time Fourier and Wave let transform in the detection of transient signals. -Investigation of the use of Wave let packet decomposition. -Performance comparison of these techniques in terms of ROCs. -Validation of techniques against actual data. ACHIEVEMENTS: -Explored the detection schemes based on Wave let Transforms, Wave packet Transforms and a new scheme NMTI Wave packet developed by the PIs. -Observed that on simulated signals, NMTI Wave packet scheme outperforms the other schemes. -Detailed study of Data reduction in transient detection undertaken. -Explored the aspect of using more than one significant transform coefficients in the transient detection. -Testing of all schemes on real Sonar signals undertaken and analysed the effect of dispersion & scattering on transient detection. LIKELY APPLICATION OF THE OUTCOME: -Processing of biomedical images. -Monitoring and automatic diagnosis of machinery. SUGGESTION FOR FUTURE WORK, IF ANY: -Development of Software simulation packages for the modeling and analysis of transients using modern signal analysis tools, particularly Wavelet methods, with application to Sonar Signal processing.

PROJECT NO. 06 (Sonar & Signal Processing panel) TITLE OF THE PROJECT: Development of optimal passive tracking algorithm for multiple maneuvering targets. NAME OF THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Shri Vijay Kumar Chakka INVESTIGATOR: NAME OF INSTITUTE: DATE OF COMMENCEMENT: DATE OF COMPLETION: AIM/OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT: SCOPE OF THE PROJECT: To provide advance algorithm for solving the problem in all constituent fields of the tracking process and unified solution. solution. ACHIEVEMENT: - Extension of DOA estimation for circular arrays and DMUSIC algorithms for identification of source/multi paths - Development of Data Association Algorithm, integrated target tracking system & prediction using extended Kalman Filter, Unscented Filter Beam forming & computationally efficient prediction filter-unscented Kalman Filter - Performance Comparison of Integrated target tracking system using different prediction filter - Development of integrated target tracking system for launching of guided missile using prediction filter & modified APNG law LIKELY APPLICATION OF THE OUTCOME: -For passive tracking of targets (Ships & Aero planes) SUGGESTION FOR FUTURE WORK, IF ANY: -High speed microprocessor floating point type processors to be used for precise result. REC, Tiruchirapalli Mar 1998 Dec 2001

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PROJECT NO. 07 (Sonar & Signal Behaviour Panel) TITLE OF THE PROJECT: Studies on Ambient Noise Structure and Acoustic scattering from objects in the presence of Ambient Noise. NAME OF THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Dr. AG Pathak NAME OF INSTITUTE: DATE OF COMMENCEMENT: DAT OF COMPLETION: AIM/OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT: -To study the noise processes and their physical origins at selected points around the India coast and to carry out theoretical studies to understand the interaction of random noise field with scatterers of arbitrary shape. ACHIEVEMENTS: - Portable data acquisition system tested and ambient noise data collected from different sites around Indian cost - More than zero data sets at various locations completely analyzed in frequency domain. - Database with VB (as front end) & MS-ACCESS (as back end) created to analyze parametric dependence of date, wind spread, time & depth dependence etc. quantified. - Detailed acoustical recording of shrimp ( Aepheus Malabaicus ) made. - Pseudo-images of a sphere of a sphere obtained for isotropic & directional noise LIKELY APPLICATION OF THE OUTCOME: -Ambient noise structure and acoustic scattering can be taken account IU the future coastal survey. SUGGESTION FOR FUTURE WORK, IF ANY: - Use of surface buoys equipped with necessary equipment for long term monitoring . Low frequency is to be used in noise measurement. Database of the relevant field to be improved by collecting info from concern loss. Snapping shrimp (Alphenus Malabarius) to study the biology & acoustic as it contributes to a NIOT, Chennai Mar 1998 Mar 2001

few coastal sites. Statistical energy analysis techniques for noise & elastic scatters can be approached study in last spots to be done. - Noise measurement should include low frequency range also - Database can be improved & expended with other labs (NSTL, NPOL etc.)

PROJECT NO. 08 (Materials Panel) TITLE OF THE PROJECT: Smart Materials and Devices with Electrostriction and polar properties. properties. NAME OF THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Prof. TRN Kutty NAME OF INSTITUTE: DATE OF COMMENCEMENT: DATE OF COMPLETION: AIM/OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT: - Build up a research group on ferroelectrics/ electrostrictive and polar materials processing and devices. - Development of materials with electrostrictive and polar properties in the form of (a) bulk ceramics (b) thin films and (c) glass ceramic composites. SCOPE OF THE PROJECT: -To investigate the electrostrictive and polar materials as a part of the smash structures with functionality of the both sensors as well as actuated. actuated. ACHIEVEMENTS: - Novel gel-carbonate precipitate technique developed for preparation of elctrostrictive & piezoelectric materials - Preparative methods modified to eliminate formation of intermediate phase, particularly pyrochlore & niobats - Characterization & the electrostriction parameter correlated with the chemical constituents as well as the processing parameters. - Fabrication of thin solid films of perovskite lead magnesium nitrate & its solid solutions accomplished by the sol-gel method - Investigation of utilization of electrostrictive ceramics as built-in damage-sensing diagnostics within the Laminar composites. - Tunable vibration/strain sensor also fabricated from ceramics based on lead magnesium niobate-lead titanate solid solutions LIKELY APPLICATION OF THE OUTCOME: - Development of sensors out actuators. Wings and control surface of aircrafts, submarine shells and surfaces helicopter blades. IISc, Bangalore May 1998 May 2002

- Modification in the development effects of Wings & control surfaces of aircraft, submarine shell, helicopter blades etc - Precision space structure with electrostrictive actuators possible for accurate placements & control SUGGESTION FOR FUTURE WORK, IF ANY: - Fabrication of Single Crystal Specimens and epitaxial layers of electrostrictive materials such as lead zinc niobate-lead titanate and related composition will be highly promising. - Fabrication of single crystal specimens & epitexial layer of electrostrictive materials (e.g. lead zinc niobate-lead titanate) & related compositions would prove to be highly promising.

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PROJECT NO. 10 (Materials Panel) TITLE OF THE PROJECT: Development of flame composites. resistant thermosetting matrices for

NAME OF THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Prof. Veena Choudhary NAME OF INSTITUTE: DATE OF COMMENCEMENT: DATE OF COMPLETION: AIM/OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT: -The main objective of the project is to develop non-halogen flame resistant low smoke emitting (FRLS) thermosetting matrices (such as epoxies, polyesters and vinyl esters) for composites. SCOPE OF THE PROJECT: To improve the technique for flame & thermal resistance of epoxy polymers for extending their application in electronic material. material. ACHIEVEMENTS: - Evaluation of commercially available flame retardants/FR) (Hostaflam TPAP - To & Amgard AP) - Evaluation of thermal mechanical & flaming characteristics of curved DGEBA-diglycidyl ether of bisphenol. - Observed that mechanical properties of neat resin surfaces and glass fibre reinforced laminates decreased magically upon incorporation of Hostle. - Thermal stability of defended on the concentration of the agent LIKELY APPLICATION OF THE OUTCOME: Product can be used to electronic materials, pipes & conductors IIT Delhi Mar 1998 Sep 2001

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11 (Materials Panel)

Polymerization of Aramid Polymers under Programmed Shear Flow Conditions PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR INSTITUTE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT: DATE OF COMPLETION: : Prof. DV Khakhar, Deptt of Chemical Engg : IIT Bombay Mar 98 Dec 02

AIM/OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT: To arrive at new reactor design for the polymerization of rod like polymers, by obtaining fundamental understanding of the role of orienting shear flow on polymerization kinetics and determination of optical shear histories for specific molecular weight distributions, & product properties SCOPE OF THE PROJECT Detailed experimentation on polymerization Theoretical Analysis Experimental studies using different shear histories

ACHIEVEMENTS: Detailed experimentation carried out on polymerization of PPTA in the NMP-CaCl2 system in a non-stirred reactor Computational code extended to the case of simple shear flow & results generated to study effect of different parameters of process Polymerization reactions carried out in the rheometer-reactor system. Polymers produced characterized by means of inherent viscosity measure weight distribution measured for related samples.

PROJECT NO. 12 (Materials Panel) TITLE OF THE PROJECT: Laser ultrasonic topographic imaging of composition. NAME OF THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Dr NN Kishore NAME OF INSTITUTE: DATE OF COMMENCEMENT: DATE OF COMPLETION: AIM/OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT: -To improve the performance on structural members makes the monitoring and classification of defects, inhomogenities and damage an important consideration for an optimum utilization of material. SCOPE OF THE PROJECT: To develop Laser ultrasonic topographic imaging equipment ACHIEVEMENTS: - The algorithm is capable of reconstructing defects in unidirectional composite materials by considering ray bending - A bend of ray is clearly observed while pressing through defects. These & curved ray path are considered for correcting the fixed value in the text interaction. The RMS error, which is a measure of the accuracy of reconstruction, is forwarded to be considerably higher for initial guesses, which are for away from the actual values. A prior knowledge of the material properties as an initial guess yield good results. - The investigators have developed an automated ultrasonic C-scan system, in which the acquisition system comprises of a high resolution ultrasonic flow detector and a high speed A-D converter cord. LIKELY APPLICATION OF THE OUTCOME: 3-D ultrasonic imaging for full volume characterization of damage in import composite laminates. Such quantified images can be used to an assess the residual life of the component. IIT Kanpur Mar 1998 Mar 2003

PROJECT NO.13

(MATERIALS PANEL)

TITLE OF THE PROJECT: Design and development of Fibre Reinforced Composite ship Propeller Shaft NAME OF THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR -Prof. K Gupta & Dr. SP Singh Deptt of Mechanical Engineering NAME OF INSTITUTE: DATE OF COMMENCEMENT: DATE OF COMPLETION: AIM/OBJECTIVES: Development of Design procedure for the composite propeller shaft, by including the effect of propeller weight & sea environment conditions, apart from torque and axial thrust Development of a FE analysis based programme for dynamic status analysis of composite shaft Development of a software package (VC++) for fatigue analysis and design of the composite shaft Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi Mar 1998 Dec 2001

SCOPE OF THE PROJECT: Designing of composite ship propeller shaft subjected to combined loading, requiring calculation of optimal thickness of each layer by controlling its fibre angle. Development of requisite complete design soft wave in VC++

ACHIEVEMENTS: A test facility set up to test composite shafts. It is a general purpose facility & can be used for testing of rotating shafts Development of design methodology & software based on that, for the composite propeller shaft

SUGGESTED END USE Developed Software can be used for design of a composite ship propeller shaft

LIKELY APPLICATION Manufactures of small ships & boats who use composite propeller shaft

SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE WORK: Development of FE based design software which would permit intricate modeling of complex features of propeller shaft Validation of design of composite propeller shaft through field tests

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PROJECT NO. 14 (Scientific Computing Panel) TITLE OF THE PROJECT: Methodology of heterogeneous implementations of real-time embedded system for vision/image processing. NAME OF THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Prof. M Balakrishnan NAME OF INSTITUTE: DATE OF COMMENCEMENT: DATE OF COMPLETION: IIT Delhi Jul 1998 Sep 2002

AIM/OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT: Automated Synthesis of embedded system SCOPE OF THE PROJECT: - To provide a methodology for automatic synthesis of embedded systems - To carry out Hardware, Software and interface synthesis along with real time operating system - Methodology to provide framework for fast system level decision space exploration based on stochastic methods. ACHIEVEMENTS: - A framework centered around SUIF as the intermediate format, has been defined. - The following have been developed & implemented: 1. Algorithm for hardware-software partitioning based on dynamic programming 2. A tool to estimate performance of various processor 3. A methodology to estimate h/o implementation cost of part of the application 4. A methodology for estimating the interface costs for given architecture & mode of communication 5. A customized kernel synthesizer for application like collision detection, tracking & motion segmentation 6. Other features line AC-to-VHDL translator, framework for integrating all necessary tools, ASIP Synthesis, Stochastic model based Simulator and Synthesis of VLIW ASIP based embedded multiprocessor architecture LIKELY APPLICATION OF THE OUTCOME: -Embedded System designing ---

PROJECT NO. 15 (Scientific Computing Panel) TITLE OF THE PROJECT: A general purpose system partitioner and its application to the given value problems of large scale physical system. NAME OF THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Prof. H Narayanan NAME OF INSTITUTE: DATE OF COMMENCEMENT: DATE OF COMPLETION: AIM/OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT: -To build a general purpose system partitioner & use it in the parallel computation of large scale physical system. -To exploit sparsity of the variable - system constraint relation through partitioning and to always follow the rule to deal with constraint the way they appear naturally. SCOPE OF THE PROJECT: -Building a general purpose large scale system partitioner using ideas from sub-modular function theory. -To develop a macro level parallel algorithm for computing the Eigen values and Eigen vectors of Electrical network. ACHIEVEMENTS: -The partitioner has been built. The architecture is robust and implementations have not crashed. -A robust version of the parallel dc analyzer built. Experiments conducted using Pentium III 800 MHz 256 RAM machine successfully. IIT Bombay, Mumbai JUL 1998 JUN 2002

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PROJECT NO. 16 (Sonar & Signal Behaviour Panel) TITLE OF THE PROJECT: Development of Tools for characterization and analysis of system which are invariant to a group of transformation and their application to Sonar Signal Processing. NAME OF THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: NAME OF INSTITUTE: DATE OF COMMENCEMENT: DATE OF COMPLETION: AIM/OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT: -Characterisation of Linear-Scale-Invariant, Scale-Rotation-Invariant and Scale-Translation-Invariant systems and extending theory to general Group-invariant Systems. -Characterisation of stochastic processes/random fields defined on these groups & model for their generation. -General Simulation package for processing of Signals designed over these groups. ACHIEVEMENTS: -Focused on theoretical developments for providing characterization of G-invariant systems & processes and modeling framework of processes. -Introduced the concept of Wiener filter on sphere developing the prediction framework. -Introduced the concept of matched filter for signals in isotropic noise environment. -provided a general framework for images considering these as signals defined over direct product of scale and projective space. LIKELY APPLICATION OF THE OUTCOME: -The work with some orientation can be used for Missile Guidance Programmes. SUGGESTION FOR FUTURE WORK, IF ANY: -Projective space framework needs to be evolved intensively. -The image generation model may be incorporated in the Wiener filter based prediction strategy. Dr. SD Joshi IIT Delhi, New Delhi. APR 1999 APR 2002

PROJECT NO. 19 (Hydrodynamics panel) TITLE OF THE PROJECT : Numerical estimation of second-order wave forces on ships and ocean platforms. NAME OF THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Dr. P Krishnankutty Dr. DileepKrishnan

NAME OF INSTITUTE: DEPARTMENT OF SHIP TECHNOLOGY, COCHIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DATE OF COMMENCEMENT: DATE OF COMPLETION: AIM/OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT: -To develop a numerical capability and software for the estimation of first-and second-order wave forces on marine structures SCOPE OF THE PROJECT: study on wave forces on marine structure ACHIEVEMENTS: - Finite element analysis s/w for estimating wave forces an maximum structure have been developed - Pre and post processor modules which can act in stand-alone and in graphical modes have been also developed. - Successfully solved for second order potential and dependent second order forces - Software has been developed and effectively utilized to estimate first- and second-order wave forces on marine structures LIKELY APPLICATION OF THE OUTCOME: -The software developed in the present work is for the estimation of first- and second-order wave excitation forces on stationary marine structure. SUGGESTION FOR FUTURE WORK, IF ANY: -The software utilizes the graphical pre/post processors of the commercial FEA package NISA (display iv). Authorized users can use this software for their research/design purposes in applicable cases. DECEMBER 1999 MAY 2004

PROJECT NO. 20 (Materials panel) TITLE OF THE PROJECT: Development of low mixed refrigerant cascade cryogenic refrigerator for on-board cooling of infra red and other electronics. NAME OF THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: DR. G Venkatrathnam DR. S Srinavasa Murthy NAME OF INSTITUTE: IIT Madras, Chennai DATE OF COMMENCEMENT: DATE OF COMPLETION: JULY 1999 MARCH 2003

AIM/OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT: -Fabrication of a low weight & low cost cryogenic refrigerator for cooling IR detectors & other electronic devices onboard upto 100 deg K (-173 deg C) & meet a cooling load of about 3 watts. SCOPE OF THE PROJECT: -Design & fabrication of cryogenic refrigerator -Study performance of the refrigerator with different refrigerant mixture -Devise methods for optimization of geometry & reduction of overall weight of the refrigerator ACHIEVEMENTS: -Successfully developed a prototype using a mixture of gases and single commercially available compressor. -80 deg to 120 deg K cooling for a 20W load achieved. -A workshop held at IIT Madras on 16 Apr 03 on Mixed refrigerant cryogenic refrigerator & liquefiers. LIKELY APPLICATION OF THE OUTCOME: -Cooling of IR Detectors, night vision equipment, fire detection -Presentation of biological material at low temperature -Destruction of biological tissues -Cooling of X-ray & Gamma ray detectors SUGGESTION FOR FUTURE WORK, IF ANY: -Development efforts to further continue. -Problem of oil freezing, future improvement in efficiency, heat exchanger developments to be taken up in next phase. -Long term testing of refrigerator required & is important. -Need to study use of new, environment friendly & non-flammable HFC & FC mixture for production of low temperatures for applications where & flammable Hydrocarbon are not tolerable. -Practical feasibility of use of improved refrigerator to be examined.

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21 (Materials Panel)

Production and Characteristics of Carbon Nano Tubes PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORs INSTITUTE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT DATE OF COMPLETION :Prof. P Kesavan Nair & Dr. Prathap Haridoss, Deptt of MME : : : IIT Madras Aug 99 Jun 05

AIM/OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT: Design a set up for carbon Nanotubes production in no. sufficient for experimental studies using arc evaporation method & Establish conditions & parameters for production of NTs Establish correlation between NTs structures with production Prelim investigation on acoustic & vibration damping ACHIEVEMENTS: CNTs produced by arcing in Air & arcing under flowing Argon Arcing carried out under vacuum; with 85% & 99% pure graphite rods as anode Production conditionscompared Arcing in open air found to result in improved yield Structure of CNTs studied & Prelim investigations carried out on acoustic absorption of mild steel & other material to identify material based trends. LIKELY APPLICATION OF THE OUTCOME/ SUGGESTION FOR FUTURE WORK: Study the possibility of using CNTs as re-inforcing agents in composite material Systematically study the possibilities of synthesizing CNT based composite material & to develop means to align CNTs in this composite material. Follow up Project no. 71 Production of CNT based Capacity in progress since May 06

PROJECT NO. 23 (Hydrodynamics panel) TITLE OF THE PROJECT: Intact and damaged ship stability in a dynamic environment- An experimental study. NAME OF THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Dr VA Subramanian NAME OF INSTITUTE: DATE OF COMMENCEMENT: DATE OF COMPLETION: AIM/OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT: -To study the dynamic behaviour of a ship with water ingress of deck and inside, in beam and quartering sea conditions experimentally and to arrive at some suggestions with regard to establishment of survival boundaries of a ship in a dynamic environment. SCOPE OF THE PROJECT: -To do experimental simulation of dynamic conditions in the rectangular wave basin of Ocean Engg Centre at IIT Madras and suggest the establishment of survival boundaries for merchant & Naval Vessels in damaged condition. ACHIEVEMENTS: -Model of a bulk carrier ship fabricated to a scale of 1:100, with FRP. -The monohull fabricated using ship mould with longitudinal centre plane of separation. -Roll decay experiments conducted in the wave flume of OED, IIT Madras. -Model was tested with & without bilge keels. -The roll damping coefficients obtained from the roll decay experiments used in predicting the roll response of the model. -The analysis carried out for the case of nonlinear damping with quintic moment IIT Madras , Chennai AUG 1999 DEC 2003

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PROJECT NO. 24 (Hydrodynamics panel) TITLE OF THE PROJECT: Intact and damaged ship stability in a dynamic environment (A Preliminary Theoretical Study). NAME OF THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Dr. SC Misra NAME OF INSTITUTE: DATE OF COMMENCEMENT: DATE OF COMPLETION: AIM/OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT: To Study the Ship Stability in the dynamic environment one of the important safety issue against capsizing. SCOPE OF THE PROJECT: Delivering a software prediction tool based on experiments and methodology. ACHIEVEMENTS: - A software has been developed based on experimental values to perform all Naval architectural calculations - Static stability calculations has been performed on two vessels - i.e. Bulk Carrier and RORO Ship. - An observation has been made that vessels equilibrium position is critical due to damage roll cycle bring openings on deck below water causing progressive flooding and capsize LIKELY APPLICATION OF THE OUTCOME: -Software has been developed based on several experiments on the subject to perform all naval architectural calculation. IIT Kharagpur Aug 1999 Dec 2003

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PROJECT NO. 25 (HYDRODYNAMICS PANEL) TITLE OF PROJECT: Wavelet Based Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations Governing Fluid Flow NAME OF THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR -Prof. A Avudainayagam, Mathematics NAME OF INSTITUTE: DATE OF COMMENCEMENT: DATE OF COMPLETION: AIM/OBJECTIVES: To develop wavelet based numerical schemes for solution of partial differential equations and integral equations in fluid flow with focus in three areas: Wavelet - galerkin scheme Wavelets in domain decomposition methods Multigrid methods using wavelets ACHIEVEMENTS: Development of new wavelet based multigrid methods for linear and non linear elliptic partial differential equations Development of Danbechie wavelet based multi resolution time domain scheme for undamped wave equation and Korteweg-devis equation Wavelet compression using mat lab Data dependent Hear-like wavelet transform for signal and image compression Deptt of

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras Nov 1999 May 2002

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PROJECT NO. 27 (Scientific Computing Panel) NAME OF THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR -Prof. Santanu Choudhary, Deptt of Electrical Engg, IIT Delhi Prof. Subhasis Choudhari Deptt of Electrical Engg, IIT Bombay NAME OF INSTITUTE: DATE OF COMMENCEMENT: DATE OF COMPLETION: AIM/OBJECTIVES: To develop Dynamic Hand Gesture Recognition System To create a Remote Visualization Enhancement Using Gesture Based Interface IIT Delhi & IIT Bombay Mar 2000 Nov 2003

SCOPE OF THE PROJECT: Development of techniques for recognition of dynamic hand gesture Development of contour based recognition scheme for gesture constitute of distinct epoches of hand shapes Development of robust appearance based tracking scheme to overcome the problem of landing deformations Design of prediction verification based gesture recognition scheme to work modulo deformations in hand shape Development of gesture based interface for tele-visualisation application using real time gesture recognition scheme

ACHIEVEMENTS: Development of an appearance based predictive tracking scheme for tracking deformables Development of prediction verification based approach for recognition of complex gesture Design & fabrication of a mobile robust Development of a gesture based tele-visualisation interface using the mobile robot

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PROJECT NO. 28 (Hydrodynamics Panel) TITLE OF THE PROJECT: Experimental Study on MHD Propulsion for Naval Vessels. NAME OF THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Prof TS Sheshadri NAME OF INSTITUTE: DATE OF COMMENCEMENT: DATE OF COMPLETION: IISc, Bangalore Nov 2000 May 2003

AIM/OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT: -To develop and study the MHD propulsion intended for Naval Vessels SCOPE OF THE PROJECT: -To design, fabricate and test the MHD propulsion concept in water. This concept is to use radical and axial currents to generate an azimuthally magnetic field, which accelerated the current carrying water out of the propulsor at high velocity as in a jet. ACHIEVEMENT: - Experimental facility set up consisting of: E 1. Two 1000 liters tanks connected by two tubes at the same height 2. MHD Propulsor in one tube. 3. Ventury in the other tube for measuring velocity of water moving from tank to other - Experiments conducted with different MHD propulsion units with Input level from 1kw to 3.5kw - Acceleration of water could not occur as per calculations & thrust level obtained was 25% of calculated thrust. LIKELY APPLICATION OF THE OUTCOME: System can be used as to propel the Naval Vessels. Vessels. SUGGESTION FOR FUTURE WORK, IF ANY: - Redesign and testing of the MHD propulsor to obtain the calculated performance using a powerful electromagnet. - Since magnetic field strength was not strong enough, suffer conducting electromagnets are required for MHD thruster system. - Redesigning & testing of MHD propulsor suggested using a powerful electromagnet ---

PROJECT NO. 29 (Scientific Computing Panel) TITLE OF THE PROJECT: Investigation of Randomized and Quantum Algorithms NAME OF THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: NAME OF INSTITUTE: DATE OF COMMENCEMENT: DATE OF COMPLETION: Prof. Ramesh Hariharan IISc., Bangalore JAN 2001 MAR 2005

AIM/OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT: -To study two powerful paradigms of algorithm design and computing emerged in recent times (Randomized & Quantum Computation). SCOPE OF THE PROJECT: -To get a good understanding of the mathematical tools and techniques of randomization. -To identify problems from various domains includiong data administration and perception learning. -To conduct workshops/courses for scientists and Navy officers and academicians/researchers. ACHIEVEMENTS: -Objectives stated above achieved. -Workshop on Algorithms & Complexity held for DRDO scientists/Naval officers on 13-14 Sep 2001. -Course conducted on Cryptography on 25-26 Jun 2004 for DRDO Scientists/Naval Officers. -02 day workshop on Networking conducted on 18-19 Mar 2005. -provided a general framework for images considering these as signals defined over direct product of scale and projective space. LIKELY APPLICATION OF THE OUTCOME: -The work with some orientation can be used for Missile Guidance Programmes. SUGGESTION FOR FUTURE WORK, IF ANY: -Projective space framework needs to be evolved intensively. -The image generation model may be incorporated in the Wiener filter based prediction strategy.

PROJECT NO. 30 (OCEAN ENVIRONMENT PANEL) TITLE OF PROJECT: Depth and Range Dependent Acoustic Propagation in Oceanic Wave Guards by the Finite Element Method NAME OF THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR -Prof. SK Bhattacharya & Prof. CP Vendhan NAME OF INSTITUTE: DATE OF COMMENCEMENT: DATE OF COMPLETION: AIM/OBJECTIVES: Depth and Range dependent properties of Sea water Depth and Range dependent properties of the upper sea-bed sediment layer Variation in bottom topography Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras Apr 01 Oct 05

SCOPE OF THE PROJECT: Develop suitable axisymmetric fluids finite elements Identify suitable realistic and idealized ocean sediment parameters, e.g. for mud, sand etc. for both compressional waves and shear waves, including attenuation data. Develop the finite element code Develop mesh generation and result viewing pre and post processor tailoring existing software to suit the need of the project Pub together a set of benchmark problems from ocean acoustics Validate the finite element code Attend to special problems, e.g. shallow water propagation, convergence zone propagation, effect of realistic bottom profile etc.

ACHIEVEMENTS: Development on a comprehensive finite element computation capability for sound propagation from a harmonic point source in inhomogeneous wave guide accounting for range & depth dependent properties. ---

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33 (Ocean Environment Panel)

TITLE OF THE PROJECT: Theoretical Studies on Acoustic scattering from objects in a Noise Field in the Ocean PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR INSTITUTE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT DATE OF COMPLETION : Dr. Purnima Jalihal : NIOT, Chennai : JUN 02 : Jul 05

AIM/OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT: To carry out theoretical study on scattering from under water objects subjected to ambient noise

SCOPE OF THE PROJECT Fabrication of object of different geometries & materials & capture scattering from them in lab settings Numerical Modeling of ambient noise & capture the scattering pattern Insight study into mathematical, numerical & experimental methods for scattering from underwater objects subjected ambient noise.

ACHIEVEMENTS: Formulation of scattered pressure from a solid elastic sphere Assessment of scattering from a solid body by scattered field from a solid elastic body subjected to ambient noise Hollow balls (shells) scatter more than solid ones, larger hollow balls scatter more than smaller one, hollow PVC balls scatter more than hollow brass balls, solid brass balls scatter more than solid PVC balls & inferred that filtering technique for the merged signal is needed to simulate realistic conditions Result from theory & numerical simulations coincide for the case of rigid sphere & rigid cylinder independent of the radius of the object & the incident frequency Experimentation showed that scattering increase with increased frequency (above 15-20 kHz additional increase is negligible), scattering decrease with height above the cylinder and at certain distance from the edys of the cylinder higher dB levels are noticed. These can help in detection.

PROJECT NO. 34 (Scientific Computing panel) TITLE OF THE PROJECT: Exploration of feasibility of solving large scale (10~5 nodes) network flow problems through circuit simulation. NAME OF THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Prof. H Narayanan NAME OF INSTITUTE: DATE OF COMMENCEMENT: DATE OF COMPLETION: AIM/OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT: -Feasibility study of the solution of a large min-cost network flow problem by electrical network methods, which enable to use the Newton Raphson (NR) procedure on the network replacing the idea diode by an approximate SCOPE OF THE PROJECT: -To study the feasibility of solving min cost flow problems through circuit simulation methods. ACHIEVEMENTS: - Devised a preliminary dedicated solver for diode circuit - Algorithm tested for solution of minimum flow problem on rectangle grid networks of size up to 10~5 Nods. - Simulator designed for NR corrosion problem LIKELY APPLICATION OF THE OUTCOME: This can be a tool for research and industrial engineers who encounter min-cost flow problems while modeling practical problem. IIT Bombay Apr 02 Jun 04

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35 (Hydrodynamics Panel)

3D Sea Keeping Computation of Conventional & High Speed Vessels PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: INSTITUTE : Prof. Debabrata Sen, Deptt of OE & NA IIT Kharagpur Mar 03 May 07

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AIM/OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT: To develop a numerical solution scheme for computing motions of conventional as well as fast surface vessels using full 3-dimensional flow theory based on a 3-D solution method. SCOPE OF THE PROJECT Extension literature survey Establishment of method of computation based on time-domain (transient) green function Examine suitability of above method Development of 2 D strip-theory based method & code for motion computation of planning hulls ACHIEVEMENTS: Development of the 3D computation method Mathematical Formulation of the hydrodynamic probable Development of 2D strip-theory based method Application of 3-D method at high Froude numbers 2D method implemented in the form of a computer program called FASTHULL, run for a Wigley Hull Inferred that 2D approval is attractive from computational cost paint of view

LIKELY APPLICATION OF THE OUTCOME/ SUGGESTION FOR FUTURE WORK: An adequate industry level simulation model could be developed for a direct calculation purpose from the present model. -

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39 (Ocean Environment Panel)

Characterization of Ambient Noise in Indian Seas PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR INSTITUTE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT DATE OF COMPLETION : : : : Dr. G Latha NIOT, Chennai Jul 03 Jul 06

AIM/OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT: Charcterization of the Ambient Noise in Indian Seas off Chennai & Goa. SCOPE OF THE PROJECT Periodical collection of ambient noise in shallow water region off Chennai & Goa and Characterization of the ambient noise with respect to contributing parameters Development of an automated noise measurement system for autonomous noise data collection in the sea ACHIEVEMENTS: Periodical ambient noise data collection for a period of 01 year Developed an ambient noise buoy, consisting of an Automated Data Acquisition System (ADAS). This is designed & developed in house & is incorporated with Ambient Noise Buoy Deployment of the Buoy for continuous measurement of noise in the sea off Chennai coast & obtaining measurement successfully Data shows that noise field is temporarily coherent Identified Noise due to bubbles & analysed from continuous measurements Characterization of noise field carried out. LIKELY APPLICATION OF THE OUTCOME/ SUGGESTION FOR FUTURE WORK: Further work A subsurface based system for automated noise measurement in the form of NRB Project no. 75 in progress, since Dec 06, to overcome the vulnerability of existing Buoy by fishing community. -

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41 (Ocean Environment Panel)

Geo-acoustic inversion of seismic survey data by matched Field Processing PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR INSTITUTE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT DATE OF COMPLETION : : : : Prof. GV Anand IISc Bangalore Sep 03 Apr 07

AIM/OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT: Development of Inversion Techniques for estimating geo-acoustic parameters of the upper layers of the ocean from seismic survey data collected by ONGC SCOPE OF THE PROJECT SNR enhancement through wavelet denoising Development of multi-frequency & wide band MFP Development of new wavelet domain MFP technique & their performance analysis ACHIEVEMENTS: Inversion of field data gathered by ONGC done using hybrid SA. Investigation carried out using multi frequency data Effect of shear waves in the sediment & feasibility of estimating the shear speed & shear wave attenuation parameters studies Genetic algorithm, simplex GA, and Adaptive simplex simulated annealing method implemented Some inversion performed using noisy synthetic data Range dependent inversion has been done combining the data from shorts 5, 50 and 95 for the entire range covered by these shorts.

LIKELY APPLICATION OF THE OUTCOME/ SUGGESTION FOR FUTURE WORK: If the ocean bottom is range dependent, the no. of parameters to be estimated could be large enough & inversion process becomes time consuming. Parallel processing can be developed to reduce the calculation time.

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43 (Ocean Environment Panel)

Identification and modeling of Internal Waves PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORs : Prof. AD Rao, IIT Delhi : Dr. TV Ramana Murty, NIO (RC) Visakhapatnam : Dr. KVSR Prasad, Andhra University, : : Dec 03 May 07

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AIM/OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT: Identification and modeling of internal waves in the Bay of Bengal with an ultimate usage for Naval application

SCOPE OF THE PROJECT Identification of internal waves through in-situ observation (NIO) Identification of internal waves signature using satellite data Development of numerical model for the generation and propagation of internal waves ACHIEVEMENTS: Dominant observed frequencies of Iws found to be between 0.02-0.4 cph (LF) and 0.7-8.0 cph (HF) Very strong gradient observed in the sound velocity in the top & bottom layer during post-monsoon & late winter season Internal waves off Bay & Bengal during late winter appear to be generated by the bottom Numerous SAR images of different missions analyzed for sea surface signature of Iws in North Bay of Bengal since 1991 The POM Model has been implemented suitably for the last coast of India using an appropriate grid & bathymetry. Numerical modeling carried out for the coast of India, in corporating tidal forcing at the eastern open boundary Energy associated with the Iws is essentially in the LF range The maximum energy seems to be in the thermoling region Suggest that the energies associated with LF spectrum campass well with the observation

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LIKELY APPLICATION OF THE OUTCOME SUGGESTION FOR FUTURE WORK Study should cover more space & time to arrive at more judicious conclusions More in-situ time series observations are required using thermistor chain & CTD Experimental verification with the 2D wave spectra is to be carried out with normal calculated observation Inclusion of non-hydrostatic pressure in necessary for proper modeling the physics of Internal waves.

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44 (Material Panel)

Electromechanical Actuators with Ultra High Strain Piezoelectric properties based on Relaxor Ferroelectric Single Crystals and large grained Ceramics PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORs INSTITUTE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT DATE OF COMPLETION : Prof. TRN Kutty & Prof. KBR Varma, Material Research Centre : IISc Bangalore : Jan 04 : May 07

AIM/OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT: Development of material with ultrahigh strains of electromechanical response in electrostrictive/piezoelectric behaviour Prototype electro mechanical actuator devices from these material Build up research expertise on relaxer ferroelectric material with the desired electro-mechanical properties

ACHIEVEMENTS: Investigation carried out on poly-crystalline PMNT piezoceramics with relaxer ferroelectric properties. Large grain sizes could be achieved. Fabrication of grain oriented PMNT ceramics accomplished by the templeted grain growths having (001) orientation as well as by the directional solidification of the melt with (211) orientation Vertical furnace with two zone & rotary health arrangement designed & developed X-ray diffraction studies reveal the pressure of two phase region for sample containing higher PT contents Melting behaviour of the PMNT with variable PT content worked out at high temperature. LIKELY APPLICATION OF THE OUTCOME/ SUGGESTION FOR FUTURE WORK: The presently worked out materials are direct replacement for PZT ceramics because of much larger piezo electric coefficient Useful in Piezoelectric devices in their widest sense of application

Present work is directly related to smart material & structures having capability of sensing external stimuli by way of mechanical or electrical stress Active structural timing & damping, vibration suppression etc. are possible from structural engg Application related to functional devices with resonator or filter characteristic are possible in sonic or ultrasonic frequencies for electronic application Miniaturization of all types of piezo electric devices are possible by substituting PZT with PMNT as the base material Likes end users are for defence as well as civilian application

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57 (Materials Panel)

Marine Organism Mediated Bio-degradation of Polymers PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR INSTITUTEs : Prof. Mukesh Doble & Dr. R Venkatesan : IIT Madras & NIOT Chennai

DATE OF COMMENCEMENT : Sep 05 DATE OF COMPLETION : Mar 07

AIM/OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT: To study Marine based microorganism for the biodegradation of LDPE & HDPE, which form marine debris/waste, and create serious problem to the Marine & coastal habitats SCOPE OF THE PROJECT To test the biodegradability of LDPE & HDPE by various marine based micro organism in the lab To identify the best organism & carry out similar studies under marine condition Optimization of degradation condition Identification of extra nutrients needed for bioremediation Identification of possibility of bioaugmentation Characterization of microbial metabolites involved in degradation ACHIEVEMENTS: Unpretreated thermally pretreated pure LDPE & HDPE and unpretreated starch blend LDPE investigated with marine uniorganism for a period of 01 year under various conditions using sea medium with polymer as role carbon source Marine microbial degradation of LDPE & HDPE analysed through physico chemical & mechanical changes taking place in the polymers Inferred that micro organism specifically are very important for the studies of biodegradation. By taking an appropriate micro organism having capability to utilize PE wastes for its survival alongwith the blends and pretreatment, time taken for ultimate degradation can be reduced.

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LIKELY APPLICATION OF THE OUTCOME/ SUGGESTION FOR FUTURE WORK: Pretreatment strategy should be carried out before dumping waste in ocean waters Starch blending of polymers should be encouraged, keeping mechanical properties intact Screening of newer favourable organism from the ocean should be taken up for biodegradation Focus towards understanding the mechanism & identifying enzymes involved.