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  1. Multi-Scale Microstructure-Informed Modeling of Residual Stresses and Distortions in Additive Friction Stir Deposition

    Article • January 2026, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania

  2. Optimization of a Tapered Deployable Space Structure

    Article • January 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania

  3. Rapid Coupled Loads Analysis and Trade Studies Using Norton-Thevenin Receptance Coupling

    Article • January 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania

  4. Tightly Coupled Geometrically Nonlinear Structural and Aeroelastic Analysis of Flexible Wing Plate Model

    Article • January 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania

  5. Sensitivity Analysis of Laminated Thin Ply Laminated Carbon Composites

    Article • January 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania

  6. Topology Optimization With Integrated Density and Angle Variables for Composite Structures

    Article • July 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania

  7. Unsteady Metric-Based Adaptation via Koopman Expansion

    Article • July 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania

  8. Implementation of Manufacturability Constraints for NASTRAN-based Design Optimization of VAT Fiber Composite Structures

    Article • January 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania

  9. Design Framework for Optimization of Curvilinearly Stiffened Variable Stiffness Composite Laminates with Direct Fiber Angle Parameterization

    Article • January 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania

  10. Vibroacoustic studies on structurally optimized Pareto designs of curved composite stiffened panel

    Article • January 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania, Sameer Mulani

  11. Multidisciplinary Design Analysis and Optimization of Space Vehicle Structures

    Article • January 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Pranav Borwankar, Prof. Rakesh K Kapania

  12. Aeroelastic Analysis and Wind Tunnel Flutter Testing of Inflatable Tethered Wing

    Article • January 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Taewoo Nam, Prof. Rakesh K Kapania

  13. Tow Path Recovery and Quantification of Manufacturing Constraints for Tow Steered Composite Structures

    Article • January 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania

  14. Novel Airplane Design Configurations using Truss-braced Wing and Nature Stiffening Members

    Article • June 2022, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania, Dr. Joseph Schetz

  15. Two-level Weight Optimization of Composite Laminates using Integer Programming

    Article • January 2021, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Manish Bansal, Prof. Rakesh K Kapania, Pranav Borwankar

  16. Structural and Aeroelastic Design, Analysis, and Experiments of Inflatable Airborne Wings

    Article • January 2021, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Wei Zhao, Prof. Rakesh K Kapania, Dr. Joseph Schetz

  17. High Altitude Airborne Wind Energy

    Article • January 2021, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania, Taewoo Nam

  18. Development of an Artificial Intelligence System to Design of Structures using Reinforcement Learning: Proof of Concept

    Article • January 2021, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania, Junhyeon Seo

  19. Analysis, Design, and Experiments of Metal Flat Plate and Foam Airfoil Flutter Test Articles

    Article • January 2021, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Joseph Schetz, Prof. Rakesh K Kapania

  20. Distributed Design Optimization of Large Aspect Ratio Wing Aircraft with Rapid Transonic Flutter Analysis in Linux

    Article • January 2021, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania, Dr. Joseph Schetz, Kamrul Hasan Khan

  21. Unfurlable Space Structure Optimization

    Article • January 2021, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania

  22. Skin-Stringer Assembly Using Radial Basis Functions for Curvilinearly Stiffened Panels

    Article • AIAA Journal, December 2020, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania, Dr Wei Zhao

  23. ALGA: Active Learning-Based Genetic Algorithm for Accelerating Structural Optimization

    Article • AIAA Journal, December 2020, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania, KARANPREET SINGH

  24. Failure of Hexagonal and Triangular Honeycomb Core Sandwich Panels

    Article • AIAA Journal, November 2020, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania

  25. Free Vibration of Thick Quadrilateral Laminates Using Third-Order Shear-Normal Deformation Theory

    Article • AIAA Journal, October 2020, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Romesh C Batra, Prof. Rakesh K Kapania

  26. Modeling, Design, and Flight Testing of Three Flutter Controllers for a Flying-Wing Drone

    Article • Journal of Aircraft, July 2020, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania

  27. Controllability Gramian as Control Design Objective in Aircraft Structural Design Optimization

    Article • AIAA Journal, July 2020, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania, Dr Wei Zhao

  28. Analysis of Stresses in Metal Sheathed Thermocouples in High-Temperature, Hypersonic Flows

    Article • June 2020, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Todd Lowe, Prof. Rakesh K Kapania, Sean Powers

  29. Nonintrusive Computation of Rigid-Body/Flexible-Body Coupling Integrals

    Article • AIAA Journal, May 2020, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania

  30. Lowest Twelve Frequencies of Sandwich Plates Using Third-Order Shear-Normal Deformation Theory

    Article • AIAA Journal, April 2020, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Romesh C Batra, Prof. Rakesh K Kapania

  31. Buckling Load Maximization of Curvilinearly Stiffened Tow-Steered Laminates

    Article • Journal of Aircraft, November 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania, KARANPREET SINGH

  32. Actuator energy and drag minimization of a blended-wing-body with variable-camber continuous trailing-edge flaps

    Article • Engineering Optimization, September 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania

  33. Investigation of Controllability Gramian as Control Objective in MDAO Framework

    Article • June 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Wei Zhao, Prof. Rakesh K Kapania

  34. Bilevel Programming Weight Minimization of Composite Flying-Wing Aircraft with Curvilinear Spars and Ribs

    Article • AIAA Journal, March 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania, Dr Wei Zhao

  35. Prestressed Vibration of Stiffened Variable-Angle Tow Laminated Plates

    Article • AIAA Journal, March 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania, Dr Wei Zhao

  36. Structural Optimization of Internal Structure of Aircraft Wings with Curvilinear Spars and Ribs

    Article • Journal of Aircraft, March 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Mohamed Jrad, Prof. Rakesh K Kapania

  37. Thermal Buckling Analysis and Optimization of Curvilinearly Stiffened Plates with Variable Angle Tow Laminates

    Article • Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, February 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania, KARANPREET SINGH, Dr Wei Zhao

  38. Flight-Dynamics and Flutter Analysis and Control of an MDAO-Designed Flying-Wing Research Drone

    Article • January 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania

  39. Finite Element Model Updating of Composite Flying-wing Aircraft using Global/Local Optimization

    Article • January 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Wei Zhao, Prof. Rakesh K Kapania

  40. Self-Learning, Adaptive Software for Aerospace Engineering Applications: Example of Oblique Shocks in Supersonic Flow

    Article • January 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Mohamed Jrad, Dr. Joseph Schetz, Prof. Rakesh K Kapania

  41. Effect of Centrifugal Stiffening on the Natural Frequencies of a Flexible Drone in Roll Maneuvers

    Article • January 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Mohamed Jrad, Prof. Rakesh K Kapania, Dr Wei Zhao

  42. Structural Design and Optimization of Commercial Vehicles Chassis under Multiple Load Cases and Constraints

    Article • January 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania, KARANPREET SINGH, Junhyeon Seo

  43. Numerical Prediction of Interference Drag of a Strut-Surface Intersection in Supersonic Flow

    Article • January 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Joseph Schetz, Prof. Rakesh K Kapania

  44. Failure of Alternate Honeycomb Core Sandwich Panels

    Article • January 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania

  45. Crush Dynamics and Shear Failure of Alternate Sandwich Panel Honeycomb Core for Space Structures

    Article • January 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania

  46. Acoustic Analysis of Spacecraft Cavities using the Boundary Element Method

    Article • January 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania

  47. Hybrid Optimization of Curvilinearly Stiffened Shells Using Parallel Processing

    Article • Journal of Aircraft, January 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Mohamed Jrad, Prof. Rakesh K Kapania, KARANPREET SINGH, Dr Wei Zhao

  48. Stochastic critical stress intensity factor response of single edge notched laminated composite plate using displacement correlation method

    Article • Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, October 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania, Sameer Mulani

  49. Nonstationary Random Vibration Analysis of Wing with Geometric Nonlinearity Under Correlated Excitation

    Article • Journal of Aircraft, September 2018, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania, Sameer Mulani

  50. Rapid Transonic Flutter Analysis for Aircraft Conceptual Design Applications

    Article • AIAA Journal, June 2018, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania, Dr. Joseph Schetz

  51. Aeroelastic Control-Oriented Modeling of an Airbreathing Hypersonic Vehicle

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, May 2018, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania

  52. Global-local Aeroelastic Optimization of Internal Structure of Transport Aircraft wing

    Article • June 2017, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Mohamed Jrad, Prof. Rakesh K Kapania

  53. Static Aeroelastic Optimization of Aircraft Wing with Multiple Surfaces

    Article • June 2017, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Wei Zhao, Prof. Rakesh K Kapania

  54. State Variance-Based Approach to Flight Dynamic Constraints in Multidisciplinary Design Optimization

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, May 2017, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Joseph Schetz, Prof. Rakesh K Kapania

  55. Optimal Design of Curvilinearly Stiffened Shells

    Article • January 2017, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania, KARANPREET SINGH

  56. Honeycomb Core Failure Prediction in Joint using Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis

    Article • January 2017, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania

  57. Finite Element Model Updating of A Small Flexible Composite UAV

    Article • January 2017, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Wei Zhao, Prof. Rakesh K Kapania

  58. Multidisciplinary Design Analysis and Optimization of Performance Adaptive Aeroelastic Wings

    Article • January 2017, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Mohamed Jrad, Dr Wei Zhao, Prof. Rakesh K Kapania

  59. Integrated Aircraft Parametric Structural & Outer Mold Line Geometry Modeling Software

    Article • January 2017, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania

  60. Conceptual Design of Complex Transonic Aircraft Configurations with Flutter Prediction

    Article • January 2017, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania, Dr. Joseph Schetz

  61. SpaRibs Geometry Parameterization for Wings with Multiple Sections using Single Design Space

    Article • January 2017, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Mohamed Jrad, Prof. Rakesh K Kapania

  62. Honeycomb Core Buckling Due to Transverse Compression

    Article • January 2017, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania

  63. Vibration Analysis of Curvilinearly Stiffened Composite Panel Subjected to In-Plane Loads

    Article • AIAA Journal, October 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania, Dr Wei Zhao

  64. Transonic Aerodynamics Analysis for Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Applications

    Article • June 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Joseph Schetz, Prof. Rakesh K Kapania

  65. Aeroservoelastic Optimization of Wing Structure Using Curvilinear Spars and Ribs (SpaRibs)

    Article • June 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Mohamed Jrad, Prof. Rakesh K Kapania

  66. Control Power Optimization Using Artificial Intelligence For Forward Swept Wing And Hybrid Wing Body Aircraft

    Article • June 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania, Dr. Joseph Schetz

  67. Accurate Computing of Higher Vibration Modes of Thin Flexible Structures

    Article • AIAA Journal, May 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania

  68. Free Vibration Analysis of Integrally Stiffened Plates with Plate-Strip Stiffeners

    Article • AIAA Journal, March 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania

  69. A Physics-Based Methodology for Cantilever and Strut-Braced Wing Weight Estimation

    Article • January 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania, Dr. Joseph Schetz

  70. Transonic Aeroelastic Analysis for Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Applications

    Article • January 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania, Dr. Joseph Schetz

  71. Damped Free Vibration Response of An Adhesively Bonded Stiffened Plate with Plate-Strip Stiffeners

    Article • January 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania

  72. Thermo-Mechanical Analysis and Design of Threaded Fasteners

    Article • January 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania

  73. Aeroelastic Control-oriented Modeling of an Air-breathing Hypersonic Vehicle

    Article • January 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania

  74. Vibrational Analysis of Unitized Curvilinearly Stiffened Composite Panels Subjected to In-plane Loads

    Article • January 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania, Dr Wei Zhao

  75. Flight-Dynamics and Flutter Modeling and Analyses of a Flexible Flying-Wing Drone - Invited

    Article • January 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania, Dr Wei Zhao

  76. Non-Stationary Random Vibration Analysis Using Multi-Correlated Random Processes Excitations

    Article • January 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania, Sameer Mulani

  77. Effect of Flutter on the Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of Truss-Braced-Wing Aircraft

    Article • Journal of Aircraft, November 2015, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania, Dr. Joseph Schetz

  78. Comparative Assessment of Strut-Braced and Truss-Braced Wing Configurations Using Multidisciplinary Design Optimization

    Article • Journal of Aircraft, November 2015, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Imon Chakraborty, Prof. Rakesh K Kapania, Dr. Joseph Schetz

  79. Experimental Validation of the EBF3PanelOpt Vibroacoustic Analysis of Stiffened Panels

    Article • Journal of Aircraft, September 2015, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania, Pankaj Joshi, Sameer Mulani

  80. Control Power Optimization using Artificial Intelligence for Hybrid Wing Body Aircraft

    Article • June 2015, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania, Dr. Joseph Schetz, Sameer Mulani

  81. Vibration and Buckling Analysis of Curvilinearly Stiffened Plates Using Finite Element Method

    Article • AIAA Journal, May 2015, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania

  82. Integrated Global Wing and Local Panel Optimization of Aircraft Wing

    Article • January 2015, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania, Sameer Mulani

  83. Assessment of Existing Models for Honeycomb Homogenized Properties

    Article • January 2015, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania

  84. A Novel Scheme to Accurately Compute Higher Vibration Modes using the Ritz Method and a Two-point BVP Solver

    Article • January 2015, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania

  85. Free Vibration Analysis of an Integrally Stiffened Plate with Plate-Strip Stiffeners using a Set of Static Timoshenko Beam Functions

    Article • January 2015, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania

  86. Nonlinear Aeroelastic Analysis of SUGAR Truss-braced Wing (TBW) Wind-tunnel Model (WTM) Under In-plane Loads

    Article • January 2015, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania, Dr Wei Zhao, Dr. Joseph Schetz

  87. Aeroelastic Analysis and Optimization of Flexible Wing Aircraft with a Novel Control Effector

    Article • January 2015, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania, Dr. Joseph Schetz

  88. A Comparison of FEM and Semi-Analytical Method in the Buckling and Vibration of Non-Prismatic Columns under Tip Force and Self-Weight

    Article • January 2015, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania

  89. Adhesively Bonded Joint Modeling Approaches using Linear Finite Element Analysis

    Article • January 2015, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania

  90. Finite Element Approach to the Static, Vibration and Buckling Analysis of Curvilinearly Stiffened Plates

    Article • January 2015, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania

  91. Free Vibration Analysis of Curvilinearly Stiffened Cylindrical Shells

    Article • January 2015, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania

  92. Parametric Geometry Model for Design Studies of Tailless Supersonic Aircraft

    Article • Journal of Aircraft, September 2014, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania, Dr. Joseph Schetz

  93. Aircraft Conceptual Design: Tools Evaluation

    Article • June 2014, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania, Dr. Joseph Schetz

  94. Fabrication and Characterization of 3-D printed Heat Flux Sensors for Advanced Wind Tunnel Models and Improved CFD Validation

    Article • June 2014, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania, Dr. Joseph Schetz

  95. Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of a Truss Braced Wing Concept

    Article • June 2014, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Imon Chakraborty, Prof. Rakesh K Kapania, Dr. Joseph Schetz

  96. Buckling Analysis of Curvilinearly Stiffened Composite Panels with Cracks

    Article • January 2014, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania, Dr. Mohamed Jrad

  97. Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of Subsonic Strut-Braced Wing Aircraft

    Article • January 2014, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania, Dr. Joseph Schetz

  98. Nonlinear Aeroelastic Analysis of a Truss Based Wing Aircraft

    Article • January 2014, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania, Dr Wei Zhao, Dr. Joseph Schetz

  99. Global/Local Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of Subsonic Wing

    Article • January 2014, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania, Sameer Mulani

  100. Degradation in Cellular Core Mechanical Properties due to Transverse Compression

    Article • January 2014, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania

  101. Experimental Validation of the EBF3PanelOpt Vibro-acoustic Analysis of Panels with Straight and Curvilinear sti[|#11#|]ffeners

    Article • January 2014, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Rakesh K Kapania, Pankaj Joshi, Sameer Mulani