1. TANGO Mid-Term Review Meeting 18 Sept 2014
Aswathy Surendran (ESR)
University of Keele
Supervisor : Prof. Maria Heckl

2. Outline Background Research Task : Task 3.3 Training Networking
Future plans

3. Background
Dual Degree (B. Tech. & M. Tech.) in Aerospace Engineering, IIT Madras
Joined TANGO : 10th October, 2013
Supervisor: Prof. Maria Heckl
Host Institution : University of Keele

4. Research Task : Task 3.3
Analytical study of idealised combustion system with heat exchanger

5. Task 3.3 (contd.) Work done so far… Modelled heat exchanger tubes
Calculated reflection and transmission coefficients of a single tube row
Identified significant parameters : tube radius, tube spacing and tube thickness

6. Task 3.3 (contd.) Work done so far… Ongoing work…
Incorporated a back cavity to the tube row
Obtained stability maps for the combustion system
Ongoing work…
Introduce bias flow across the tube row

7. Training Host Institution : Training Modules on
Managing your research
Literature reviews
Oral presentation skills
Poster presentations
Funding your research
Doctoral Progression
Publishing and Protecting your Research
Other : Applied Mathematics Seminars

8. Training (contd.) TANGO Network : Workshops
Experimental Methods in Thermo-acoustics, IIT Madras, India (February 2014)
Aero-acoustics in Confined Flows of Low Mach Number, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden (May 2014)
Gender Issues , KTH, Stockholm, Sweden (May 2014)
Analytical methods in thermo-acoustics, University of Keele, UK (September 2014)
Outreach – “Science Market”, University of Keele, UK (September 2014)

9. Networking Within TANGO Secondment : (Planned)
Bekaert Combustion Technology, 2015
Topic: Experimental validation of model for Rijke tube with heat exchanger
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3.3
3.4
3.5
TU-E
BEK
TU-M

10. Networking (contd.) Conferences : Publications :
21st International Congress on Sound and Vibration, Beijing, China, July 2014
Publications :
A. Surendran and M.A. Heckl (2014) "Analytical study of a Rijke tube with heat exchanger", Proceedings of the 21st International Congress on Sound and Vibration, July 2014, Beijing, China.

11. Future plans
Post-doctoral researcher in combustion and thermo-acoustics
Research in Combustion, Academia or Industry
Thank You !