Table of Contents
Publications
Journals
- S. M. Deshpande, K. Anandhanarayanan, C. Praveen and V. Ramesh, Theory and Applications of 3-D LSKUM based on Entropy Variables, Int. Jl. for Num. Methods in Fluids, Vol. 40, Nos 1-2, pp. 47-62, Sept. 2002, John Wiley and Sons.
- Praveen. C and S. M. Deshpande, Kinetic Meshless Method for compressible flows, Int. Jl. Num. Meth. Fluids, vol. 55, issue 11, pp. 1059-1089.
- Praveen. C, A. K. Ghosh and S. M. Deshpande, Positivity preservation, stencil selection and applications of LSKUM to 3-D inviscid flows, accepted for publication in Comp. Fluids.
- Praveen. C and R. Duvigneau, Low cost PSO using metamodels and inexact pre-evaluations: Application to aerodynamic shape design, submitted to Comp. Meth. App. Mech. Engg.
Conferences and Symposia
- Balakrishnan, N. and Praveen, C., A New upwind least squares finite difference scheme (LSFD-U) for Euler equations of Gas Dynamics, Finite Volumes for Complex Applications-II, Hermes Science Publications, Paris, 1999, pp. 331.
- Praveen, C. and Balakrishnan, N., New least squares based finite difference scheme for compressible flows, Proceedings of the 8’th Asian Congress of Fluid Mechanics, Schenzen, China, 6-11 December, 1999.
- S. M. Deshpande, K. Anandhanarayanan, C. Praveen and V. Ramesh, Theory and Applications of LSKUM based on Entropy Variables, ICFD Conference on Numerical Methods in Fluid Mechanics, Oxford, March, 2001.
- Praveen C and SM Deshpande, A new grid-free method for conservation laws, presented at the Second ICCFD, Sydney, July 2002.
- Praveen C, Kinetic Meshless Method for Conservation Laws, presented at the Fifth AeSI CFD Symposium, Bangalore, August 2002.
- Praveen C, A K Ghosh and S M Deshpande, Application of LSKUM to 3-D flows using FAME mesh, presented in Seventh AeSI CFD Symposium, 11-12 August, Bangalore, 2004.
- Praveen C, A positive meshless method for hyperbolic equations, First ASIAD (Inhouse) Symposium, Dept. of Aerospace Engg., Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 5 September, 2004.
- R. Duvigneau and Praveen C, Meta-modeling for robust design and multi-level optimization, 42’nd Colloquium on Applied Aerodynamics, 19-21 March 2007, Nice.
- R. Duvigneau, M. Martinelli and Praveen C, On the estimation of drag uncertainty, 43rd AAAF Congress on Applied Aerodynamics, 10 - 12 March 2008, Poitiers, France.
- R. Duvigneau, T. Kloczko and Praveen. C, A three-level parallelization strategy for robust design in aerodynamics, Parallel CFD Conference, Lyon, 2008.
- Praveen. C and R. Duvigneau, ``Accelerating aerodynamic shape design using metamodel-assisted particle swarm optimization”, accepted for presentation in ECCOMAS 2008, June 30 - July 5, 2008, Venice, Italy.
- R. Duvigneau, M. Martinelli and Praveen C, ``Uncertainty propagation in CFD using surrogates and automatic differentiation”, accepted for presentation in ECCOMAS 2008, June 30- July 5, 2008, Venice, Italy.
- R. Duvigneau, M. Martinelli and Praveen C, ``Towards robust design in aerodynamics: Advances and difficulties”, invited talk, ECCOMAS 2008, June 30-July 5, 2008, Venice, Italy.
Lectures, Seminars and Invited Talks
- Finite Volume Method, Invited Talk at National Workshop on Advances in Computational Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer, Annamalai University, October 17-18, 2005.
- Grid-free Methods for Compressible Flows, Fluid Dynamics Colloquium, JNCASR, JNC Lecture Hall, IISc, 9th November, 2005.
- Adjoint code development and optimization using automatic differentiation, CTFD Seminar, NAL, 31 March, 2006.
- Finite Volume Method: An introduction, lecture given to engineers from Kirloskar-Copeland at CMMACS, April 6, 2006.
Research Reports
- Praveen. C, Positivity and Stability Analysis of LSKUM in one and two dimensions, FM Report 2001-FM-05, Dept. of Aerospace Engg., IISc, 2001.
- Praveen. C., Some results on the least squares formula, FM Report 2001-FM-06, Dept. of Aerospace Engg., IISc, 2001.
- Praveen. C and S. M. Deshpande, Rotationally Invariant Grid-less Upwind Method for Euler Equations, FM Report 2001-FM-08, Dept. of Aerospace Engg., IISc, 2001.
- Praveen. C, A Naive Wall Boundary Condition that Works, unpublished report.
- Praveen. C and SM Deshpande, Kinetic meshless method, FM Report, 2003-FM-10, Dept. of Aerospace Engg., IISc, 2003.
- Praveen. C, A positive meshless method for hyperbolic equations, FM Report, 2004-FM-16, Dept. of Aerospace Engg., IISc, 2004.
- Praveen. C, Using automatic differentiation for solving optimization problems, NAL PD CF-0514, December 2005.
- Praveen. C, Adjoint code development and optimization using automatic differentiation, NAL PD CF-0604, April 2006.
- Praveen. C and R. Duvigneau, Radial Basis Functions and Kriging Metamodels for Aerodynamic Optimization, INRIA Research report RR-6151, March 2007.
- Praveen. C and R. Duvigneau, Metamodel-assisted particle swarm optimization and application to aerodynamic shape optimization, INRIA Research report RR-6397, 2007.
Theses
- Praveen. C, A New Upwind Least Squares Finite Difference Scheme for Compressible Flows, Project Report of Masters Program, Dept. of Aerospace Engg., IISc, 2000.
- Praveen. C, Development and Application of Kinetic Meshless Methods for Euler Equations, PhD Thesis, Dept. of Aerospace Engg., Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, July 2004.

