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Dr. Krishnadasan C K

Professor of Practice, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras)

Chennai, India

Also publishes as: C. K. Krishnadasan · CK Krishnadasan

6
Journal papers
9
Publications listed
1995–2022
Publishing span

About

Dr. Krishnadasan C K is Professor of Practice in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Madras, which he joined in September 2024. He spent 37.5 years at ISRO from 1984, mainly at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, where he was a core team member and Deputy Project Director of PSLV, Group Head of the Structural Design Group, Group Director of the Solid Motors Group and Deputy Director for Structural Engineering. His work covers structural design, analysis and qualification of launch vehicles, composite and thermo-structural systems, pressure vessels, solid motors, and the structures for Gaganyaan. He holds a B.Sc (Engineering) from the University of Kerala, an M.Tech in Aerospace Engineering from IIT Madras and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from NIT Tiruchirappalli, and is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India) and a Chartered Engineer.

Research

Areas of interest

  • Design of mechanical and aerospace structural systems
  • Finite element analysis, realisation and qualification of structures
  • Multi-physics problems of launch vehicles
  • Composite, thermo-structural and pressure vessel design
  • Solid propellant motors

Education

  1. Ph.D. — Mechanical Engineering

    NIT Tiruchirappalli (NIT Trichy)

    2022

  2. M.Tech — Aerospace Engineering

    IIT Madras

    1990

  3. B.Sc (Engineering) — Mechanical Engineering

    Government College of Engineering Trivandrum, University of Kerala

    1984

Career

  1. Professor of Practice, Department of Mechanical Engineering

    IIT Madras

    From Sep 2024

    Works on projects from VSSC, URSC and M/s Saraswati Dynamics, with a focus on industrial R&D.

  2. Managing Partner

    M/s AeroCon Solutions, Trivandrum, Kerala, India

  3. Deputy Director, Structural Engineering

    Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), ISRO

    2021 – 2022

    Design and qualification test set-ups for Gaganyaan and TDV structures; new structural test laboratory; new development projects initiated.

  4. Group Director, Solid Motors Group

    ISRO, Department of Space

    2019 – 2021

    Development of the first- and third-stage motors of SSLV; design, realisation and flight readiness reviews of the PSLV, GSLV and LVM3 solid propellant stages; R&D of pintle, hybrid and special-purpose motors. Chairman, R&D projects of the entity.

  5. Group Head, Structural Design Group

    ISRO, Department of Space

    2017 – 2019 (about 7 years in the group, 2012 – 2019)

    Design and analysis of composite and thermo-structural systems, propellant grains, pressure vessels, reusable launch vehicles, the Chandrayaan ChaSTE probe, the crew module and fairing for LVM3, and special mechanical designs.

  6. Deputy Project Director, PSLV

    ISRO, Department of Space

    2006 – 2012 (core team member for 28 years in total)

    Structural specification finalisation, load estimation, design, qualification tests, flight instrumentation (mechanical, propulsion and aerodynamics), flight readiness reviews and flight data analysis.

  7. Joined ISRO, Department of Space

    Indian Space Research Organisation

    From 1984, 37.5 years of service

Publications

As listed in the editor's CV, newest first.

  1. 2022

    CFD simulation of flow field characteristics of a pintle nozzle for solid rocket motor. Conference: Applied Physics of Condensed Matter (APCOM 2022). (Authors not stated in the supplied list.)

    Conference
  2. 2021

    C. K. Krishnadasan, N. Siva Shanmugam, B. Sivasubramonian, B. Nageswara Rao, R. Suresh. Analytical studies and numerical predictions of stresses in shear joints of layered composite panels for aerospace applications. Composite Structures, Vol. 255, 112927 (2021).

    Journal
  3. 2020

    R. Pramod, N. Siva Shanmugam, C. K. Krishnadasan. Studies on cold metal transfer welding of aluminium alloy 6061-T6 using ER 4043. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (2020).

    Journal
  4. 2019

    R. Pramod, N. Siva Shanmugam, C. K. Krishnadasan, K. Sankaranarayanasamy. Finite element analysis of potential liner failures during operation in spherical pressure vessel. Advances in Computational Methods in Manufacturing: Select Papers from ICCMM 2019.

    Conference
  5. 2017

    Shashi Tiwari, R. Suresh, C. K. Krishnadasan. Design, analysis and qualification of elevon for reusable launch vehicle. Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India) Series C, 98(2), November 2017.

    Journal
  6. 1995

    C. K. Krishnadasan, A. Krishnan. Similarity of stiffness and mass matrices in plate bending elements. International Journal of Numerical Methods in Engineering (1995).

    Journal
  7. —

    R. Pramod, N. Siva Shanmugam, C. K. Krishnadasan, G. Radhakrishnan, Manu Thomas. Design and development of aluminum alloy 6061-T6 pressure vessel liner for aerospace applications: A technical brief. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part L: Journal of Materials: Design and Applications.

    Journal
  8. —

    R. Pramod, C. K. Krishnadasan, N. S. Shanmugam. Design and finite element analysis of metal-elastomer lined composite over wrapped spherical pressure vessel. Composite Structures, Vol. 224, 111028.

    Journal
  9. —

    Vidur Rajesh Paliwal, Md Jamal Nawaz Ansari, Aiswarya Samridh, Indian Space Research Organization, Mercy T. D. Design of safety mechanism in lithium-ion cells. International Conference ICARBM, IISER-Pune. (Krishnadasan is not named in the author line of the supplied list.)

    Int'l conf.

Professional memberships

  • Fellow, Institution of Engineers (India); Chartered Engineer
  • Life member of various aerospace-related technical societies