Description
Author: K. Ramamurthi
Publisher: Springer
Published: 01/02/2023
Pages: 201
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.37h x 6.30w x 0.16d
ISBN13: 9783031206863
ISBN10: 303120686X
BISAC Categories:
- Technology & Engineering | Fire Science
- Science | Mechanics | Thermodynamics
- Technology & Engineering | Mechanical
About the Author
Prof. K. Ramamurthi was Deputy Director at the Indian Space Research Organization and subsequently Professor in Mechanical Engineering Department at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. He obtained Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering in 1976 from McGill University, Montreal after a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, in 1970. He has been teaching courses and guiding research work on thermodynamics, combustion, propulsion, gas dynamics, and explosion and safety. He has been on several committees and panels on propulsion, combustion, and shock waves and the chairman of the Combustion, Detonics, and Shock Wave Panel of the Defense Research and Development Organization. He is an Honorary Fellow of the High Energy Materials Society. He has authored books on Fundamentals of Thermodynamics, Rocket Propulsion, Modeling Explosions and Blast Waves and published about a hundred papers in refereed journals.