
Kirti Chandra Sahu
"Our research provides a much-needed understanding of raindrop shape and size distributions at various altitudes, enabling accurate weather forecasting and climate modelling."
Research Overview
Research Highlights
Raindrops
Bubble dynamics
Stratified flow
Associated Projects
Design and Development of a miniature device powered by holography and machine learning to revolutionize in-situ rainfall measurement across diverse climatic zones
Start Year: 2025
Sponsor: NBV COMMUNITY PRIVATE LIMITED
Co-PI: Dr Lakshmana Dora Chandrala
APS-DFD Conference
Start Year: 2025
Sponsor: Anusandhan National Research Foundation
International Travel Scheme (ITS)
Start Year: 2023
Sponsor: SERB
Co-PI: Dr.Pavan Kumar Kirar
Development of accurate rain fall models by studying the influence of meteorological parameters on raindrop dynamics
Start Year: 2022
Sponsor: IIT Hyderabad
Co-PI: Dr. Lakshmana Dora Chandrala, Dept. of MAE
Effects of phase change,coalescene and breakup on raindrop dynamics
Start Year: 2020
Sponsor: SERB
Co-PI: Dr. Saravanan Balusamy
Linear stability analyses of interfacial flows of fluids with complex rhelogy
Start Year: 2018
Sponsor: SERB
Selected Publications
Exploring the potential landscape of chemical engineering science
Kirti Chandra Sahu
Retrospective: Trends in Chemical Engineering
Kirti Chandra Sahu; Baldea et al.
Jet breakup dynamics of viscoelastic carboxymethyl cellulose solutions
K V Warghat; Y Biswal; S Sharma; P S Kolhe; L D Chandrala; Kirti Chandra Sahu
Exacerbation of viscoelastic instability due to viscous heating
A Kamboj; R Patne; P A L Narayana; Kirti Chandra Sahu
Evaporation of sessile drops on a heated superhydrophobic substrate
S Kavuri; C S Sharma; G Karapetsas; Kirti Chandra Sahu
Droplet breakup morphologies and the resultant size distribution in an opposed-flow airstream at different Weber numbers
S Chakraborty; S S Ade; L D Chandrala; Kirti Chandra Sahu
Evaporation dynamics of completely pinned and partially pinned sessile droplets in multi-droplet configurations
A Hari Govindha; S Banerjee; G Balusamy; Kirti Chandra Sahu
Drop size distribution from laboratory experiments and comparison with aerial in-situ measurements
S Chakraborty; S S Ade; L Devsoth; L D Chandrala; T Prabhakaran; O K Matar; Kirti Chandra Sahu
A new instability driven by combined effect of wind stress and rotation in a sheared liquid layer
S Preethi; A Kamboj; R Patne; P A L Narayana; Kirti Chandra Sahu
Evaporation-driven coalescence of two droplets undergoing freezing
Sivanandan Kavuri; George Karapetsas; Chandra Shekhar Sharma; Kirti Chandra Sahu
