Rama Govindarajan - Publications

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Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India 
Area:
Fluid Mechanics

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2020 Diwan SS, Ravichandran S, Govindarajan R, Narasimha R. Understanding Transmission Dynamics of COVID-19-Type Infections by Direct Numerical Simulations of Cough/Sneeze Flows. Transactions of the Indian National Academy of Engineering : An International Journal of Engineering and Technology. 5: 255-261. PMID 38624374 DOI: 10.1007/s41403-020-00106-w  0.603
2020 Jose S, Govindarajan R. Non-normal origin of modal instabilities in rotating plane shear flows. Proceedings. Mathematical, Physical, and Engineering Sciences. 476: 20190550. PMID 32082060 DOI: 10.1098/Rspa.2019.0550  0.5
2020 Jose S, Brandt L, Govindarajan R. Localisation of optimal perturbations in variable viscosity channel flow International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow. 85: 108588. DOI: 10.1016/J.Ijheatfluidflow.2020.108588  0.467
2019 Maity P, Govindarajan R, Ray SS. Statistics of Lagrangian trajectories in a rotating turbulent flow. Physical Review. E. 100: 043110. PMID 31771019 DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.100.043110  0.487
2019 Agasthya L, Picardo JR, Ravichandran S, Govindarajan R, Ray SS. Understanding droplet collisions through a model flow: Insights from a Burgers vortex. Physical Review. E. 99: 063107. PMID 31330678 DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.99.063107  0.476
2019 Picardo JR, Agasthya L, Govindarajan R, Ray SS. Flow structures govern particle collisions in turbulence Physical Review Fluids. 4. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevFluids.4.032601  0.313
2019 Jotkar M, Govindarajan R. Two-dimensional modal and non-modal instabilities in straight-diverging-straight channel flow Physics of Fluids. 31: 014102. DOI: 10.1063/1.5055053  0.557
2019 Thakur R, Shroyer EL, Govindarajan R, Farrar JT, Weller RA, Moum JN. Seasonality and Buoyancy Suppression of Turbulence in the Bay of Bengal Geophysical Research Letters. 46: 4346-4355. DOI: 10.1029/2018Gl081577  0.406
2019 Prasath SG, Vasan V, Govindarajan R. Accurate solution method for the Maxey–Riley equation, and the effects of Basset history Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 868: 428-460. DOI: 10.1017/Jfm.2019.194  0.435
2018 Pier B, Govindarajan R. Nonlinear travelling waves in rotating Hagen–Poiseuille flow Fluid Dynamics Research. 50: 031402. DOI: 10.1088/1873-7005/Aaaa9F  0.476
2018 Jose S, Roy A, Bale R, Iyer K, Govindarajan R. Optimal energy growth in a stably stratified shear flow Fluid Dynamics Research. 50: 011421. DOI: 10.1088/1873-7005/Aa838E  0.508
2017 Jose S, Kuzhimparampil V, Pier B, Govindarajan R. Algebraic disturbances and their consequences in rotating channel flow transition Physical Review Fluids. 2. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevFluids.2.083901  0.32
2017 Jotkar MR, Govindarajan R. Non-modal stability of Jeffery-Hamel flow Physics of Fluids. 29: 064107. DOI: 10.1063/1.4983725  0.542
2017 Saikia B, Ramachandran A, Sinha K, Govindarajan R. Effects of viscosity and conductivity stratification on the linear stability and transient growth within compressible Couette flow Physics of Fluids. 29: 024105. DOI: 10.1063/1.4974863  0.532
2017 Ravichandran S, Deepu P, Govindarajan R. Clustering of heavy particles in vortical flows: a selective review Sadhana-Academy Proceedings in Engineering Sciences. 42: 597-605. DOI: 10.1007/S12046-017-0621-0  0.365
2016 Swaminathan RV, Ravichandran S, Perlekar P, Govindarajan R. Dynamics of circular arrangements of vorticity in two dimensions. Physical Review. E. 94: 013105. PMID 27575215 DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.94.013105  0.51
2016 Menon K, Govindarajan R, Tewari S. Attraction-induced jamming in the flow of foam through a channel. Soft Matter. PMID 27526347 DOI: 10.1039/C6Sm01719C  0.483
2016 Muralidhar SD, Pier B, Scott JF, Govindarajan R. Flow around a rotating, semi-infinite cylinder in an axial stream. Proceedings. Mathematical, Physical, and Engineering Sciences / the Royal Society. 472: 20150850. PMID 27436965 DOI: 10.1098/Rspa.2015.0850  0.51
2016 Thampi SP, Pagonabarraga I, Adhikari R, Govindarajan R. Universal evolution of a viscous-capillary spreading drop. Soft Matter. PMID 27374245 DOI: 10.1039/C6Sm01167E  0.39
2016 Jotkar MR, Swaminathan G, Sahu KC, Govindarajan R. Global Linear Instability of Flow Through a Converging-Diverging Channel Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the Asme. 138. DOI: 10.1115/1.4031429  0.473
2016 Prasath SG, Marthelot J, Govindarajan R, Menon N. Relaxation of a highly deformed elastic filament at a fluid interface Physical Review Fluids. 1. DOI: 10.1103/Physrevfluids.1.033903  0.307
2016 Sahu KC, Govindarajan R. Linear stability analysis and direct numerical simulation of two-layer channel flow Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 798: 889-909. DOI: 10.1017/Jfm.2016.346  0.577
2016 Ramachandran A, Saikia B, Sinha K, Govindarajan R. Effect of Prandtl number on the linear stability of compressible Couette flow International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow. 61: 553-561. DOI: 10.1016/J.Ijheatfluidflow.2016.06.014  0.53
2016 Ghosh S, Usha R, Govindarajan R, Tammisola O. Inviscid instability of two-fluid free surface flow down an incline Meccanica. 52: 955-972. DOI: 10.1007/S11012-016-0455-6  0.497
2015 Dasgupta R, Tomar G, Govindarajan R. Numerical study of laminar, standing hydraulic jumps in a planar geometry. The European Physical Journal. E, Soft Matter. 38: 130. PMID 25998171 DOI: 10.1140/Epje/I2015-15045-0  0.5
2015 Tripathi MK, Sahu KC, Govindarajan R. Dynamics of an initially spherical bubble rising in quiescent liquid. Nature Communications. 6: 6268. PMID 25687557 DOI: 10.1038/Ncomms7268  0.334
2015 Vishwanath KP, Dasgupta R, Govindarajan R, Sreenivas KR. The effect of initial momentum flux on the circular hydraulic jump Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the Asme. 137. DOI: 10.1115/1.4029725  0.405
2015 Jose S, Roy A, Bale R, Govindarajan R. Analytical solutions for algebraic growth of disturbances in a stably stratified shear flow Proceedings of the Royal Society a: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 471. DOI: 10.1098/Rspa.2015.0267  0.474
2015 Ravichandran S, Govindarajan R. Caustics and clustering in the vicinity of a vortex Physics of Fluids. 27. DOI: 10.1063/1.4916583  0.335
2015 Shui P, Valluri P, Popinet S, Govindarajan R. Direct Numerical Simulation Study of Hydrodynamic Interactions between Immersed Solids and Wall During Flow Procedia Iutam. 15: 150-157. DOI: 10.1016/J.Piutam.2015.04.021  0.476
2015 Jotkar M, Pérez JM, Theofilis V, Govindarajan R. Instability Mechanisms in Straight-Diverging-Straight Channels Procedia Iutam. 14: 236-245. DOI: 10.1016/J.Piutam.2015.03.046  0.516
2015 Tendero JA, Theofilis V, Roura M, Govindarajan R. On vortex filament methods for linear instability analysis of aircraft wakes Aerospace Science and Technology. 44: 51-58. DOI: 10.1016/J.Ast.2014.10.018  0.366
2015 Jotkar M, Pérez JM, Theofilis V, Govindarajan R. Laminar separation bubbles in two-dimensional straight-diverging-straight channel flows Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications. 107: 177-182. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-06260-0_26  0.352
2014 Tripathi MK, Sahu KC, Govindarajan R. Why a falling drop does not in general behave like a rising bubble. Scientific Reports. 4: 4771. PMID 24759766 DOI: 10.1038/Srep04771  0.358
2014 Govindarajan R, Sahu KC. Instabilities in viscosity-stratified flow Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics. 46: 331-353. DOI: 10.1146/Annurev-Fluid-010313-141351  0.496
2014 Ravichandran S, Perlekar P, Govindarajan R. Attracting fixed points for heavy particles in the vicinity of a vortex pair Physics of Fluids. 26. DOI: 10.1063/1.4861395  0.317
2014 Sahu KC, Govindarajan R. Instability of a free-shear layer in the vicinity of a viscosity-stratified layer Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 752: 626-648. DOI: 10.1017/Jfm.2014.361  0.515
2014 Venkataraman D, Bottaro A, Govindarajan R. A minimal model for flow control on an aerofoil using a poro-elastic coating Journal of Fluids and Structures. 47: 150-164. DOI: 10.1016/J.Jfluidstructs.2014.02.012  0.389
2013 Thampi SP, Adhikari R, Govindarajan R. Do liquid drops roll or slide on inclined surfaces? Langmuir : the Acs Journal of Surfaces and Colloids. 29: 3339-46. PMID 23414059 DOI: 10.1021/La3050658  0.331
2013 Usha R, Tammisola O, Govindarajan R. Linear stability of miscible two-fluid flow down an incline Physics of Fluids. 25. DOI: 10.1063/1.4823855  0.533
2013 Dixit HN, Govindarajan R. Effect of density stratification on vortex merger Physics of Fluids. 25. DOI: 10.1063/1.4773445  0.388
2012 Vinod N, Govindarajan R. Secondary instabilities in incompressible axisymmetric boundary layers: Effect of transverse curvature Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the Asme. 134. DOI: 10.1115/1.4005767  0.514
2012 Ramadurgam S, Chakravarthy RVK, Tomar G, Govindarajan R. Stability of developing film flow down an inclined surface Physics of Fluids. 24. DOI: 10.1063/1.4758299  0.506
2012 Sahu KC, Govindarajan R. Spatio-temporal linear stability of double-diffusive two-fluid channel flow Physics of Fluids. 24. DOI: 10.1063/1.4718775  0.467
2012 Kumar N, Majumdar S, Sood A, Govindarajan R, Ramaswamy S, Sood AK. Oscillatory settling in wormlike-micelle solutions: Bursts and a long time scale Soft Matter. 8: 4310-4313. DOI: 10.1039/C2Sm25077B  0.323
2012 Jotkar MR, Swaminathan G, Theofilis V, Govindarajan R. On global instability of variable aspect ratio channel flows 42nd Aiaa Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit 2012 0.326
2011 Thampi SP, Govindarajan R. Minimum energy shapes of one-side-pinned static drops on inclined surfaces. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics. 84: 046304. PMID 22181258 DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.84.046304  0.343
2011 Kalelkar C, Govindarajan R, Pandit R. Erratum: Drag reduction by polymer additives in decaying turbulence [Phys. Rev. E 72 , 017301 (2005)] Physical Review E. 83: 39903. DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.83.039903  0.305
2011 Toppaladoddi S, Dixit HN, Tatavarti R, Govindarajan R. Vortex shedding patterns, their competition, and chaos in flow past inline oscillating rectangular cylinders Physics of Fluids. 23. DOI: 10.1063/1.3610389  0.469
2011 SAMEEN A, BALE R, GOVINDARAJAN R. The effect of wall heating on instability of channel flow – CORRIGENDUM Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 673: 603-605. DOI: 10.1017/S0022112011000206  0.709
2011 Sahu KC, Govindarajan R. Linear stability of double-diffusive two-fluid channel flow Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 687: 529-539. DOI: 10.1017/Jfm.2011.388  0.459
2011 Dixit HN, Govindarajan R. Stability of a vortex in radial density stratification: Role of wave interactions Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 679: 582-615. DOI: 10.1017/Jfm.2011.156  0.413
2011 Dasgupta R, Govindarajan R. The hydraulic jump and the shallow-water equations International Journal of Advances in Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics. 3: 126-130. DOI: 10.1007/S12572-011-0047-6  0.31
2011 Swaminathan G, Sahu KC, Sameen A, Govindarajan R. Global instabilities in diverging channel flows Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics. 25: 53-64. DOI: 10.1007/S00162-010-0187-5  0.743
2010 Sumesh PT, Govindarajan R. The possible equilibrium shapes of static pendant drops. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 133: 144707. PMID 20950030 DOI: 10.1063/1.3494041  0.362
2010 Dasgupta R, Govindarajan R. Nonsimilar solutions of the viscous shallow water equations governing weak hydraulic jumps Physics of Fluids. 22. DOI: 10.1063/1.3488009  0.358
2010 Dixit HN, Govindarajan R. Vortex-induced instabilities and accelerated collapse due to inertial effects of density stratification Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 646: 415-439. DOI: 10.1017/S0022112009992515  0.479
2009 Bhattacharya P, Govindarajan R, Narasimha R. In what sense is a low-reynolds mixing layer stable? Aip Conference Proceedings. 1146: 3-17. DOI: 10.1063/1.3183558  0.509
2008 L'vov VS, Pomyalov A, Procaccia I, Govindarajan R. Random vortex-street model for a self-similar plane turbulent jet. Physical Review Letters. 101: 094503. PMID 18851618 DOI: 10.1103/Physrevlett.101.094503  0.388
2008 Sahu KC, Sameen A, Govindarajan R. The relative roles of divergence and velocity slip in the stability of plane channel flow European Physical Journal-Applied Physics. 44: 101-107. DOI: 10.1051/Epjap:2008141  0.755
2007 Sahu KC, Govindarajan R. Linear instability of entry flow in a pipe Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the Asme. 129: 1277-1280. DOI: 10.1115/1.2776965  0.549
2007 Vinod N, Govindarajan R. The signature of laminar instabilities in the zone of transition to turbulence Journal of Turbulence. 8: 1-19. DOI: 10.1080/14685240600851732  0.431
2007 Selvam B, Merk S, Govindarajan R, Meiburg E. Stability of miscible core-annular flows with viscosity stratification Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 592: 23-49. DOI: 10.1017/S0022112007008269  0.547
2007 Sameen A, Govindarajan R. The effect of wall heating on instability of channel flow Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 577: 417-442. DOI: 10.1017/S0022112007004636  0.711
2007 Sameen A, Govindarajan R. Some indications from instability results about the effectiveness of wall heating as a control option for channel flow Sadhana - Academy Proceedings in Engineering Sciences. 32: 65-81. DOI: 10.1007/S12046-007-0006-X  0.733
2006 Bhattacharya P, Manoharan MP, Govindarajan R, Narasimha R. The critical Reynolds number of a laminar incompressible mixing layer from minimal composite theory Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 565: 105-114. DOI: 10.1017/S0022112006002047  0.679
2005 Chikkadi V, Sameen A, Govindarajan R. Preventing transition to turbulence: a viscosity stratification does not always help. Physical Review Letters. 95: 264504. PMID 16486363 DOI: 10.1103/Physrevlett.95.264504  0.747
2005 Muralidharan S, Sreenivas KR, Govindarajan R. Dynamical systems model of entrainment due to coherent structures. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics. 72: 046308. PMID 16383534 DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.72.046308  0.49
2005 Kalelkar C, Govindarajan R, Pandit R. Drag reduction by polymer additives in decaying turbulence. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics. 72: 017301. PMID 16090150 DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.72.017301  0.384
2005 Sahu KC, Govindarajan R. Stability of flow through a slowly diverging pipe Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 531: 325-334. DOI: 10.1017/S002211200500399X  0.544
2005 Govindarajan R, Narasimha R. Accurate estimate of disturbance amplitude variation from solution of minimal composite stability theory Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics. 19: 229-235. DOI: 10.1007/S00162-005-0162-8  0.582
2005 Vinod N, Govindarajan R. Instabilities and transition in boundary layers Pramana. 64: 323-332. DOI: 10.1007/Bf02704560  0.373
2004 Vinod N, Govindarajan R. Pattern of breakdown of laminar flow into turbulent spots. Physical Review Letters. 93: 114501. PMID 15447343 DOI: 10.1103/Physrevlett.93.114501  0.5
2004 Govindarajan R. Effect of miscibility on the linear instability of two-fluid channel flow International Journal of Multiphase Flow. 30: 1177-1192. DOI: 10.1016/J.Ijmultiphaseflow.2004.06.006  0.49
2004 Rao KS, Seshadri R, Govindarajan R. A minimal composite theory for stability of non-parallel compressible boundary-layer flow Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics. 17: 233-248. DOI: 10.1007/S00162-004-0115-7  0.484
2003 Benzi R, De Angelis E, Govindarajan R, Procaccia I. Shell model for drag reduction with polymer additives in homogeneous turbulence. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics. 68: 016308. PMID 12935247 DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.68.016308  0.393
2003 Govindarajan R, L'vov VS, Procaccia I, Sameen A. Stabilization of hydrodynamic flows by small viscosity variations. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics. 67: 026310. PMID 12636803 DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.67.026310  0.754
2003 Govindarajan R, Nott PR, Ramaswamy S. Stripes in sheared non-Brownian suspensions with a free surface Physica a: Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications. 318: 80-84. DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(02)01409-7  0.308
2002 Govindarajan R. Universal behavior of entrainment due to coherent structures in turbulent shear flow. Physical Review Letters. 88: 134503. PMID 11955102 DOI: 10.1103/Physrevlett.88.134503  0.53
2001 Govindarajan R, L'vov VS, Procaccia I. Retardation of the onset of turbulence by minor viscosity contrasts. Physical Review Letters. 87: 174501. PMID 11690275 DOI: 10.1103/Physrevlett.87.174501  0.546
2001 Govindarajan R, Nott PR, Ramaswamy S. Theory of suspension segregation in partially filled horizontal rotating cylinders Physics of Fluids. 13: 3517-3520. DOI: 10.1063/1.1418362  0.305
2001 Ranganathan BT, Govindarajan R. Stabilization and destabilization of channel flow by location of viscosity-stratified fluid layer Physics of Fluids. 13: 1-3. DOI: 10.1063/1.1329651  0.494
2001 Govindarajan R, Narasimha R. Estimating amplitude ratios in boundary layer stability theory: A comparison between two approaches Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 439: 403-412. DOI: 10.1017/S0022112001004864  0.627
2000 GOVINDARAJAN R, NARASIMHA R. Transition delay by surface heating: a zonal analysis for axisymmetric bodies Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 418: 77-100. DOI: 10.1017/S002211200000104X  0.601
1999 Govindarajan R, Narasimha R. Low-order parabolic theory for 2D boundary-layer stability Physics of Fluids. 11: 1449-1458. DOI: 10.1063/1.870008  0.614
1999 Govindarajan R. Turbulence and flying machines Resonance. 4: 54-62. DOI: 10.1007/Bf02837327  0.464
1997 Govindarajan R, Narasimha R. A low-order theory for stability of non-parallel boundary layer flows Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series a: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 453: 2537-2549. DOI: 10.1098/Rspa.1997.0135  0.628
1995 Govindarajan R, Narasimha R. Stability of Spatially Developing Boundary Layers in Pressure Gradients Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 300: 117-147. DOI: 10.1017/S0022112095003636  0.654
1991 Govindarajan R, Narasimha R. The Role of Residual Nonturbulent Disturbances on Transition Onset in Two-Dimensional Boundary Layers Journal of Fluids Engineering. 113: 147-149. DOI: 10.1115/1.2926488  0.612
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