This document outlines 29 potential projects for university students to undertake with SUPARCO. The projects range from designing components of small satellites to analyzing aerodynamic properties to developing encryption systems. SUPARCO will provide funding and engineering support for selected projects. Students will gain hands-on experience working on challenges relevant to SUPARCO's objectives.

1. With the mission to promote industry-academia collaboration SUPARCO has taken this initiative
to involve university students to undertake meaningful projects which could contribute
significantly towards fulfilling SUPARCO’s objectives. As an incentive SUPARCO will recompense
a minimum amount of Rs. 10,000/- for successful completion of each project. A list of projects
along with level of assignment is tabulated hereunder:
LIST OF SUPARCO PROJECTS FOR UNIVERSITIES
S. NO. PROJECT TITLE LEVEL PAGE
1. Student Satellite Project Faculty 5
2. Design and Analysis of a 1 MW Wind Turbine Rotor Graduate 8
Software based onboard data handling simulator for
3. Graduate 9
functional verification
CFD analysis of supersonic flow over slender cylindrical
4. Undergrad 10
bodies
Damage characterization of composite materials under
5. Undergrad 11
impact loading
6. Design and development of Bit Synchronizer Undergrad 12
Design and development of pitch & yaw control of
7. Undergrad 13
air/water pressure nozzle in closed loop
8. S-Band Frequency Synthesizer Undergrad 14
9. Implementation of AES Encryptor/Decryptor on FPGA Undergrad 15
10. Remote transfer of large images Undergrad 16
11. Drought, Floods/ Environment related Studies Undergrad 17
12. Pitch Control of Movable Nozzle Model Undergrad 18
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2. 13. Smart-phone based GPS positioning Undergrad 19
Modeling and autonomous control of wheeled robot with
14. Undergrad 20
obstacle avoidance
Precise position and speed control of Dc servo motor for
15. Undergrad 21
variable load
16. SPI TO SPORT CONVERTER Undergrad 22
17. Moving target detection and locking with moving camera Undergrad 23
Wireless Image and Video communication between DSP
18. Undergrad 24
and PC
Development of Android based application for home
19. Undergrad 25
automation
Design and Fabrication of RC PWM compatible drive for a
20. Undergrad 26
four wheel differential drive robotic platform
Design of integrated wireless Video/Audio
21. Undergrad 27
transmitter/receiver of minimum 300 m range
22. Learning techniques of Analog DSP (21065L) Undergrad 28
23. DSP based high speed data Acquisition System Undergrad 29
Development of calibration scheme for Strapdown
24. Undergrad 30
Inertial Navigation system
A portable system for acquiring Analog and Digital data
25. Undergrad 31
during field testing
Design of a Universal DC motor torque vs Speed
26. Undergrad 32
Measurement Scheme
27. Flight Simulator Software Undergrad 33
28. Inertial Navigation System for low speed vehicles Undergrad 34
29. Remote sensing of physical parameters Undergrad 35
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3. 30. Stabilized Platform Controller Undergrad 36
Implementation of JPEG2000 Image Compression
31. Undergrad 37
Software Using KAKADU_V2.2.3
Design and development of CPLD board for generation of
32. Undergrad 38
timing signals for CCD sensors
Design and development of speed and position controlled
33. Undergrad 39
platform for Linear Image Sensor
34. Design and development of high speed ADC module Undergrad 40
35. Design of a Schmidt Cassegrain telescope Undergrad 41
36. Design of a Ritchey Chretien telescope Undergrad 42
Power Management and Control System Microcontroller/
37. Undergrad 43
FPGA based
Variable Switching Power supply of 5-30volt output @
38. Undergrad 44
6ampere
DSP/FPGA implementation of Kalman filter based sensor
39. fusion algorithm for attitude sensors (gyroscope, Undergrad 45
accelerometer/sun-sensor and magnetometer)
DSP/FPGA implementation of high fidelity orbit
40. Undergrad 46
propagator
Analysis of space and time (memory and processing)
41. complexities of different pattern matching algorithms for Undergrad 47
star identification
PCB Analysis of Vertex-V FPGA Board using HYPERLYNX
42. Undergrad 48
7.7
JTAG TAP Controller for Satellite On-board Configuration
43. Monitoring and Control for Reliable System Undergrad 49
Implementation
CCSDS based Packet Data extraction software of Remote
44. Undergrad 50
Sensing Satellite Image Data
Design and Development of CCSDS based Concatenated
45. Reed Solomon Decoder & Viterbi Decoder along with de- Undergrad 51
Interleaver Software
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4. Study of Reliable System Design Techniques like ( Triple
46. Modular Redundancy (TMR)) for increasing the reliability Undergrad 52
of Embedded System in Space
Design of Triple Modular Redundancy (TMR) based
scheme for PowerPC based Payload System incorporating
47. Undergrad 53
DDR2 memory and FPGA based Endpoint Devices for LEO
satellite
Study of EDAC(Error Detection and correction) Scheme
48. Undergrad 54
for DDR memory for space application
Analysis of space and time (memory and processing)
49. complexities of different pattern matching algorithms for Undergrad 55
star identification
50. Wind Resistant Stability of Tubular Wind Turbine Towers Undergrad 56
Manufacturing and Assembling of Tubular Towers of
51. Undergrad 57
Wind Turbine
To Study Flow Characteristics around Straight and Curved
52. Undergrad 58
Fin Projectiles
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5. STUDENT SATELLITE PROJECT
Overview of Satellite Design
1. Introduction
Design and development of satellite is a challenging tasks, at one hand it involves the team
effort of multiple disciplines and on the other designers need to ensure that satellite will be
able to withstand and survive the harsh environment including temperature extremes,
radiations, shocks, vibration during launch etc. Till today thousands of satellites have been
launched for various applications such as Weather Forecasting, Television Broadcasting,
Communications, Internet Communications, Navigation, and Remote Sensing etc. For any kind
of satellite three components are required
 Launcher (means to send it to desired orbit)
 Satellite itself
 Ground Station (means to control satellite and receive its data)
The brochure at hand gives an overview of satellite design and various aspects that need to be
considered. Simplified block diagram of a satellite is given below:
Figure: Simplified Satellite Block diagram
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6. SUBSYSTEM KEY TASKS TECHNOLOGIES
Structure & Provides mechanical support to all subsystems and provide means to change Aerospace, Mechanical,
Mechanism the configuration such as deployment of antennas etc Mechatronics,
Power Generates, Stores, Regulates & Distributes Electrical power to all equipments Electrical, Electronics,
Subsystem on board. Solar cells along with batteries are commonly used. Mechatronics,
Communication Receives command from ground, demodulates them and send to data Electronics, RF,
Subsytem handling unit. Similarly it transmits payload and engineering data to ground Microwaves
station.
C&DH Command & Data handling monitors on-board equipment operations and is Electronics, Computer
Subsystem responsible for handling data. Sciences
AOCS AOCS keeps satellite in correct orientation. It consists of sensors (Horizon Aerospace, Mechanical,
Subsystem Sensor, Sun Sensor, Star Sensor, GPS etc ), actuators (Gravity Gradient Mechatronics,
Boom, Magneto Torquers, Momentum Wheel, Reaction Wheel, etc) and Electrical, Electronics,
processor with controlling algorithms for correction. Computer Science
Thermal Maintains temperature of all equipment within allowable limits. It may use Aerospace, Mechanical,
Subsystem coatings, insulation blankets, heat pipes or by using active techniques such as Space Sciences
heaters, louvers etc
Payload Payloads may be for Remote Sensing, Experimental instruments, Electrical, Electronics,
Communications. Generally they involve image acquisition, digitizing, RF, Microwaves,
compression, encoding, processing, modulation, amplification, filteration and Optics, Space Sciences
communication.
Ground Station Communicates with Satellite, receives health data and sends command. Electronics, RF,
Microwaves,
Power Subsystem
Communications Subsystem
Communication Links
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7. C&DH Subsystem Ground Subsystem
1. LIST OF EXEMPLARY EXPERIMENTS/ 1. SUPARCO AVAILABLE FACILITIES FOR SATELLITE
PROJECTS DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT
a. Satellite tracking experiment a. Thermal Vacuum Chamber
b. Digital radio communications i. Simulate space environment (Vacuum).
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c. Digital Store & Forward communications ii. Temperature range from – 70 C to 100 C.
d. Technology demonstration b. Satellite Assembly, Integration & Testing Facilities
e. Signal Intelligence i. Clean room required for integrating sensitive equipment.
f. Remote Sensing ii. Testing of complete satellite (system level testing).
g. Etc. iii. Can accommodate satellites of various sizes.
c. Satellite Research & Development Centers
2. SUPARCO INVOLVEMENT i. Development of various hardware and software for satellite
a. Program Management subsystems.
i. Student Project Manager and Chief Engineer ii. Development of various testing platform for satellite.
ii. Student Subsystem Teams d. Anechoic Chamber
iii. Engineering support for some critical tasks. i. Antenna Testing Facility.
iv. Providing critical feed-back e. Helmholtz Coil Facility
i. Magnetic devices testing and calibration.
b. Faculty and Staff Engineering Mentorship (Know ii. Simulation of desired magnetic filed in all axes.
How Transfer)
i. Faculty Principal Investigator
ii. Engineering Project Manager from Space
iii. Mentor Engineers for Subsystems (e.g. instruments,
structures, etc.)
iv. Faculty Technology Advisor
c. Engineering Mentorship, design reviews
i. Environmental Testing
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8. PROJECT TITLE Design and Analysis of a 1 MW Wind Turbine Rotor
OBJECTIVES Development of rotor for Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine
PROJECT OUTLINE  Literature Review
 To generate blade and hub profile
 Grid independence study
 Validation of CFD results
 Investigation of flow around blades
 Calculation of loads on blade and comparison with BEM method
 Blade and hub profile optimization
MAJOR EQUIPMENT & Standard CFD Software
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
DELIVERABLES  Methodology for the design of blade and hub profile
 Solid model, grid, and solution files of design profile
 Report
ESTIMATED One Year
DURATION
SPONSORING WING Space Technology (ST)
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9. PROJECT TITLE Software based onboard data handling simulator for
functional verification
OBJECTIVES To develop a software based simulator system for onboard data
handling of a small remote sensing spacecraft (including pass
simulation)
PROJECT OUTLINE This simulator will use any standard remoting technique (like .NET
remoting or AS3 remoting) to access remote object (simulating
connectors) working on other systems connected using LAN. This
simulator should comply 4th Step of Simulation Steps i.e. “Software
in Loop”
MAJOR EQUIPMENT & Matlab/ C++
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
DELIVERABLES A GUI based software in which if one value changes(push button for
instance) on output pin of a connector the value is updated on the
input (LED for instance) of corresponding connector
ESTIMATED One Year
DURATION
SPONSORING WING Space Electronics
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10. PROJECT TITLE CFD analysis of supersonic flow over slender cylindrical
bodies
OBJECTIVES Aerodynamic characterization of slender nose-cone-cylindrical
projectiles
PROJECT OUTLINE  Literature Review
 CFD analysis of slender nose-cone-cylindrical projectiles
 Grid independence study
 Validation of CFD results with available experimental data
MAJOR EQUIPMENT & Standard CFD Software
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
DELIVERABLES  Solid model, grid, and solution files of all configurations
 Report
ESTIMATED One Year
DURATION
SPONSORING WING Space Technology (ST)
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11. PROJECT TITLE Damage characterization of composite materials under
impact loading
OBJECTIVES To study the impact resistance of composite material
PROJECT OUTLINE  Literature review
 Finite Element Analysis of impact loading using ANSYS LSDYNA
(Details of projectile will be provided)
 Validation of FEA results through experimental testing (optional)
 Report writing & presentation
 Functionality will be damage characterization of wind turbine
blade, composite helmets, composite CNG cylinder etc
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &  FEA Tool
SOFTWARE  Different composite coupons
REQUIRED  Impact testing rig for experimental testing (optional)
DELIVERABLES  Characterization of damage area w.r.t. projectile size & velocity
 Area of plastic damage on composite materials based on their
type
 Stress field due to damage & its role in subsequent life of
structure
ESTIMATED One Year
DURATION
SPONSORING WING Space Technology (ST)
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12. PROJECT TITLE Design and development of Bit Synchronizer
OBJECTIVES To design and develop a bit synchronizer which can input
Manchester encoded serial data and output data in NRZ-L form with
a synchronized clock
PROJECT OUTLINE • Input data bit rate: 32K,64K,128K,192K,256K,512K,1M(selectable)
• Input data level: 0-2 Vp-p
• Input data code: Manchester encoded data
• Output data format: NRZ-L
• Output data level: 0-5 V (TTL)
• Output clock level: 0-5 V (TTL)
• Output clock phase: 0° and 90° (Selectable)
MAJOR EQUIPMENT & Logic state analyzer
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
DELIVERABLES A plug and play hardware system to fulfill the requirements
mentioned in specification table
ESTIMATED One Year
DURATION
SPONSORING WING R&IW
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13. PROJECT TITLE Design and development of pitch & yaw control of air/water
pressure nozzle in closed loop
OBJECTIVES To gain command over mechanical design and control of Electro
Mechanical system
PROJECT OUTLINE • +/- 45 degrees angle of freedom in pitch and yaw, pot/encoder
mounted on each pitch yaw axes for feed back
• Nozzle sizes can be chosen to ease manufacture and procurement
• Linkage sizes etc can be varied to fulfill conceptual and functional
requirements
• Simultaneous pitch/yaw operation (desired but not necessary)
MAJOR EQUIPMENT & Matlab/ Simulink/ Controls Toolbox
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
DELIVERABLES Functional model of pitch yaw control in closed loop
ESTIMATED One Year
DURATION
SPONSORING WING R&IW
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14. PROJECT TITLE S-Band Frequency Synthesizer
OBJECTIVES Design and development of S-Band Frequency Synthesizer
PROJECT OUTLINE • Study of Basic Microwaves, Control Theory.
• Study of Phase Locked Loop theory.
• Study of different types of filters especially active filters.
• Design and simulation
• Development of hardware
MAJOR EQUIPMENT & Network analyzer
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
DELIVERABLES Production of Local Oscillator on hardware with SMA connector at
the o/p port , Comprehensive Report
ESTIMATED One Year
DURATION
SPONSORING WING Space Electronics
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15. PROJECT TITLE Implementation of AES Encryptor / Decryptor on FPGA
OBJECTIVES Development of AES Encryptor/ Decryptor on FPGA
PROJECT OUTLINE • Study of Information Security and Cryptography
• Study of FIPS PUB 197 standard
• Selection of AES parameters
• HDL Coding & Testing on FPGA Platform
• Analysis of memory management, decoding delay
MAJOR EQUIPMENT & Standard FPGA Kit
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
DELIVERABLES Timing Simulation, FPGA implementation and Report
ESTIMATED One Year
DURATION
SPONSORING WING Space Electronics
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16. PROJECT TITLE Remote transfer of large images
OBJECTIVES Secured and efficient transfer of large size imagery to a hand held
devices
PROJECT OUTLINE • Study of large imagery handling in a limited memory environment
• Remote streaming of large size imagery
• Develop a data security mechanism over the air
• Efficient handling of imagery using handheld devices
• Develop multi tier application for remote access
MAJOR EQUIPMENT & Appropriate standard software
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
DELIVERABLES Multi tier application along with algorithm, Comprehensive Report
ESTIMATED One Year
DURATION
SPONSORING WING Space Application Research
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17. PROJECT TITLE Drought, Floods/ Environment related Studies
OBJECTIVES Environmental Protection and Damage Assessment / Adaptation
PROJECT OUTLINE • Basic Studies about the Environment
• Study of impact of Hazards Like Floods on Environment
• Use of Satellite Remote Sensing(SRS) in Environmental Monitoring
• Report on the existing conditions/ Recommendations
MAJOR EQUIPMENT & Appropriate related imageries
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
DELIVERABLES Comprehensive report on the current state of the environment
ESTIMATED One Year
DURATION
SPONSORING WING SPAS/SAR Wing
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18. PROJECT TITLE Pitch Control of Movable Nozzle Model
OBJECTIVES To learn the Design and Development of Thrust Control Nozzle Model
PROJECT OUTLINE
A picture speaks thousand words. The picture above describes the
project outline
MAJOR Nozzle, Electromechanical Actuator, Torsion Spring, Gas Cylinder,
EQUIPMENT & Piping, Fitting Components, Controller,
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED PRO/E , AutoCAD
DELIVERABLES Mechanical Hardware and Design Report
ESTIMATED One Year
DURATION
SPONSORING WING R&IW
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19. PROJECT TITLE Smart-phone based GPS positioning
OBJECTIVES The aim of the project is to develop android based application which
can transmit real-time position information from smart phone to
personal computer (PC)
PROJECT OUTLINE In this project, android based application will be develop which will
extract real-time position from the GPS-chip embedded in the smart-
phone and transmit this extracted position to the PC for real time
visualization
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &  Smart-phone
SOFTWARE  Android application development suite
REQUIRED  Internet connectivity
DELIVERABLES Android based smart-phone capable of transmitting real-time
position information to the PC
ESTIMATED One Year
DURATION
SPONSORING WING R&IW
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20. PROJECT TITLE Modeling and autonomous control of wheeled robot with
obstacle avoidance
OBJECTIVES  Development of control algorithm
 Development of optimal path selection algorithm to cater
with obstacles
PROJECT OUTLINE In this project, the teams members will develop an autonomous 4
wheeled robot which accurately reaches target coordinates and
follows the given profile by taking the starting point as initial
position (0,0). In the presence of an obstacle, a search algorithm will
be devised to avoid obstacles and efficiently attain the target point
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &  4 wheeled vehicle
SOFTWARE  Digital signal processor
REQUIRED  C-language
DELIVERABLES  Demonstration of four wheeled robot to follow the required
profile in presence of obstacles
 Project report
 Software
ESTIMATED One Year
DURATION
SPONSORING WING R&IW
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21. PROJECT TITLE Precise position and speed control of Dc servo motor for
variable load
OBJECTIVES  Development of control algorithm for speed and position control
 The designed system is capable to achieve desired position and
rate with various loading conditions
PROJECT OUTLINE In this project the team members will develop the precise control
algorithm for DC motors under the presence of load (platform) to
accurately achieved the required position or rotating with various
rates given by the user, through an interface
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &  DC Servo Motors
SOFTWARE  DC drives
REQUIRED  Development of an interface to command desired position or rate
 C-Language
DELIVERABLES  Demonstration of precise position and speed control of DC motors
 Project report
 Electronic circuit design and software
ESTIMATED One Year
DURATION
SPONSORING WING R&IW
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22. PROJECT TITLE SPI TO SPORT CONVERTER
OBJECTIVES Develop a module that can facilitate interface between SPI device
and SPORT device
PROJECT OUTLINE Since there is no standard protocol or device that can facilitate
interface between two devices working on SPI protocol and SPORT
protocol respectively. So the main purpose of this project is to build
a module based on microcontroller or some integrated circuits that
allows the two devices working on different protocol to
communicate with each other in an efficient manner
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &  SPI Device
SOFTWARE  Microcontroller
REQUIRED  SPORT Device
DELIVERABLES  Properly Working Converter module
 Report
ESTIMATED One Year
DURATION
SPONSORING WING R&IW
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23. PROJECT TITLE Moving target detection and locking with moving camera
OBJECTIVES  Development of image and video data acquisition and processing
software
 The system is capable to lock moving object with still as well as
moving camera
PROJECT OUTLINE In this project the team members will develop the image and video
acquisition and processing algorithm implemented on DSP to
identify and lock the moving object with still as well as with moving
camera
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &  DSP board
SOFTWARE  Camera
REQUIRED  Data acquisition interface
DELIVERABLES  Demonstration of detection of moving object
 Project report
 Image acquisition and processing algorithm
ESTIMATED One Year
DURATION
SPONSORING WING R&IW
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24. PROJECT TITLE Wireless Image and Video communication between DSP and
PC
OBJECTIVES Development of wireless communication link between DSP and PC.
The system is capable to transfer data for range of 200m
PROJECT OUTLINE In this project the team members will develop wireless
communication channel to transfer image and video stream to PC
from a DSP over the range of around 200m. A GUI will be developed
for the display of image and video on PC
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &  DSP board
SOFTWARE  Camera
REQUIRED  Wireless transmitter & receiver
 Desktop PC
DELIVERABLES  Demonstration of Video and image transmission over wireless link
 Project report
 Software
ESTIMATED One Year
DURATION
SPONSORING WING R&IW
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25. PROJECT TITLE Development of Android based application for home
automation
OBJECTIVES Development of Android based application for home automation
system for security and surveillance.
The system is capable to cover a range of 100m
PROJECT OUTLINE In this project the team members will develop Android based
application for performing several applications from mobile set. The
applications includes image acquisition from camera, capable to ON
and OFF certain switches etc
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &  Mobile set
SOFTWARE  Camera
REQUIRED  Wireless transmitter and receiver
DELIVERABLES  Demonstration of designed application either using blue tooth or
through internet to perform several applications for home
automation
 Project report
 Software
ESTIMATED One Year
DURATION
SPONSORING WING R&IW
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26. PROJECT TITLE Design and Fabrication of RC PWM compatible drive for a
four wheel differential drive robotic platform
OBJECTIVES Design and software/breadboard testing of a RC PWM drive capable
of driving a four wheel differential drive vehicle
Fabrication and testing of RC PWM drive capable of driving a four
wheel differential drive vehicle
PROJECT OUTLINE  Design of drive electronic and thermal design
 Capability to operate the differential drive vehicles via
commercially available RC transmitter receiver
 Capable of driving PMDC up to 60 Volts and 30 Amp per motor
 Thermal design
 Drive hardware box
 Testing on real system
MAJOR EQUIPMENT & Oscilloscope, Multimeter, Function Generator, Power supply,
SOFTWARE Soldering Station, Bread board Proteus etc
REQUIRED
DELIVERABLES  Report on the design
 Electronic hardware/box
ESTIMATED One Year
DURATION
SPONSORING WING R&IW
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27. PROJECT TITLE Design of integrated wireless Video/Audio
transmitter/receiver of minimum 300 m range
OBJECTIVES Design and simulation of wireless Video/Audio transmitter/receiver
which can work in 300 m line-of-sight range
PROJECT OUTLINE  Transmitter capability of accepting A/V input from
camera/microphone
 Receiver output in PAL/NTSC (colour)
 Working range required to be 300 m line-of-sight
 Testing of designed system on software and available hardware
MAJOR EQUIPMENT & Oscilloscope, Multi meter, Function Generator, Power supply,
SOFTWARE Soldering Station, Bread board Proteus etc
REQUIRED
DELIVERABLES Design report
ESTIMATED One Year
DURATION
SPONSORING WING R&IW
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28. PROJECT TITLE Learning techniques of Analog DSP (21065L)
OBJECTIVES To learn techniques for programming of Digital Signal
Processor(21065L)
PROJECT OUTLINE Introduction to VDSP++ and ADSP (21065L)
 How to create a new project
 What are bios functions
 Comparison to C language (loops/conditions/data types etc)
 Memory architecture
 SPORT architecture
 IO flags architecture
 UART architecture
 etc. Practical Programming of DSP
MAJOR EQUIPMENT & DSP Development Board ADSP-21065L, Visual DSP++ 5.0, A PC with
SOFTWARE serial port. , Power Supply and Required Cables
REQUIRED
DELIVERABLES Report
ESTIMATED One Year
DURATION
SPONSORING WING R&IW
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29. PROJECT TITLE DSP based high speed data Acquisition System
OBJECTIVES Design and development of a data acquisition system by using DSP
(21065L) and 16 bit ADC (AD73360)
PROJECT OUTLINE • Study of DSP and ADC
• Hardware Design
• Hardware and software Development
• Testing
MAJOR EQUIPMENT & Matlab, Labview
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
DELIVERABLES DAQ System circuit and software
ESTIMATED One Year
DURATION
SPONSORING WING R&IW
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30. PROJECT TITLE Development of calibration scheme for Strapdown Inertial
Navigation system
OBJECTIVES Development of calibration scheme for INS having DTG’s and
Pendulous accelerometers in orthogonal configuration with
reference surfaces
PROJECT OUTLINE • Error Model of Inertial sensors
• Rate Calibration
• Position Calibration
• Computation
• Software Development
MAJOR EQUIPMENT & Matlab, Labview
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
DELIVERABLES Calibration Scheme Software
ESTIMATED One Year
DURATION
SPONSORING WING R&IW
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31. PROJECT TITLE A portable system for acquiring Analog and Digital data
during field testing
OBJECTIVES A portable system for acquiring Analog and Digital data during field
testing
PROJECT OUTLINE • Programming of u-controller
• Software development for PC interfacing
• Development of hardware for data acquisition
• Data Processing & representation
• Field Testing
MAJOR EQUIPMENT & Matlab, Labview, C
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
DELIVERABLES Hardware + Software
ESTIMATED One Year
DURATION
SPONSORING WING R&IW
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32. PROJECT TITLE Design of a Universal DC motor torque vs Speed
Measurement Scheme
OBJECTIVES Familiarization of different motors and to gain command over
mechanical design and control of Electro Mechanical system
PROJECT OUTLINE  Project involves design of DC motor torque and speed
measurement rig
 Design will be based on testing of low profile DC motors
 Motors will be tested around an angle of ± 40 Degrees
 Torque and speed sensors should be utilized for measurement
feedback
 Torque testing range is around ±150 Nm
 Completion time will depend on number of students working and
time available to them (tentative is about 4-6 months)
MAJOR EQUIPMENT & Matlab
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
DELIVERABLES Functional model
ESTIMATED One Year
DURATION
SPONSORING WING R&IW
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33. PROJECT TITLE Flight Simulator Software
OBJECTIVES Software development of 6 DOF flight simulator
PROJECT OUTLINE  Study of 6 Degree of freedom motion
 Study of Flight simulator
 Study of different programming environment
 Software development
MAJOR EQUIPMENT & Matlab, Labview
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
DELIVERABLES Design report and software
ESTIMATED One Year
DURATION
SPONSORING WING R&IW
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34. PROJECT TITLE Inertial Navigation System for low speed vehicles
OBJECTIVES Develop an inertial navigation system algorithm in embedded
system using inertial sensor data
PROJECT OUTLINE  Study of inertial sensors
 Study of navigation principles
 Study of embedded systems
MAJOR EQUIPMENT & Matlab
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
DELIVERABLES  Navigation algorithm
 Embedded system code for navigation algorithm
ESTIMATED One Year
DURATION
SPONSORING WING R&IW
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35. PROJECT TITLE Remote sensing of physical parameters
OBJECTIVES To acquire data with time from different sensors from remote
location and transmit them through serial link and plot them on GUI
in real time
PROJECT OUTLINE  Number of sensors: Minimum 20
 Sampling rate: 100 Hz
 Resolution: 12-bit
 Distance b/w sensor and monitoring station: 500 meter on wire
and 100 meter on RF
MAJOR EQUIPMENT & Appropriate software
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
DELIVERABLES A GUI based system with real time data acquisition from different
sensors in some remote locations
ESTIMATED One Year
DURATION
SPONSORING WING R&IW
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36. PROJECT TITLE Stabilized Platform Controller
OBJECTIVES To design and develop Electro-Mechanical/Hydraulic System to
stabilize the platform
PROJECT OUTLINE  A mechanical system may be designed to realize the balance
platform and mechanism to control it
 Operating conditions like pressure, temperature, and humidity
must be defined
 Define operating ranges like maximum tilt angle, accuracy,
resolution, precision, refresh rate, settling time
 User friendly interface and control (GUI)
 Load limits (Maximum mass and its mounting precautions like CG,
center of mass, dimensions of payload to be fixed/ mounted on
platform)
 Operating voltage is 24~36 Volt DC
MAJOR EQUIPMENT & Appropriate software
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
DELIVERABLES A stabilized platform capable of stabilizing itself for with in defined
range of tilt angle
ESTIMATED One Year
DURATION
SPONSORING WING R&IW
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37. PROJECT TITLE Implementation of JPEG2000 Image Compression Software
Using KAKADU_V2.2.3
OBJECTIVES Software development for JPEG2000 Image Compression and
Decompression
PROJECT OUTLINE  Study of Image Compression Techniques and MATLAB Image
Compression Toolbox
 Perform lossless image compression on image (Gray Scale/ Single
Channel) and save the file into .jp2 standard.
 In the next step the software would take .jp2 file as input and
perform image decompression and display in the GUI
MAJOR EQUIPMENT & Appropriate software, C++
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
DELIVERABLES GUI based comprehensive design software with proper display,
image size, compression ratio, PSNR of image after
compression/decompression, number of tiles, number of code
blocks, type of filter used
ESTIMATED One Year
DURATION
SPONSORING WING Space Electronics
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38. PROJECT TITLE Design and development of CPLD board for generation of
timing signals for CCD sensors
OBJECTIVES It is required to design and Develop a CPLD board for clock signal
generation up-to 10 MHz
PROJECT OUTLINE  Study of CPLD
 Familiarization with High speed PCB Design Software like Orcad,
DXP Protel
 Programming of CPLD
 Design of PCB for Clock signal Generation
MAJOR EQUIPMENT & Orcad, DXP Protel
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
DELIVERABLES The board should be capable of generating 10 different signals at 10
MHz output
ESTIMATED One Year
DURATION
SPONSORING WING Space Electronics
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39. PROJECT TITLE Design and development of speed and position controlled
platform for Linear Image Sensor
OBJECTIVES It is required to design and develop a speed and position controlled
stable platform for mounting of Imaging sensor
PROJECT OUTLINE  Study of Linear CCD Sensor
 Study of Servo Motors
 Development of Control Circuitry for Servo Motor
 Design and Development of the Platform for Imaging Sensor
MAJOR EQUIPMENT & Labview
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
DELIVERABLES  The platform should be capable to move smoothly at a speed of 2
mm/s to 20 mm/s and scan an area of 600mm.
 Bi-directional control is required
ESTIMATED One Year
DURATION
SPONSORING WING Space Electronics
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40. PROJECT TITLE Design and development of high speed ADC module
OBJECTIVES To design and develop a high speed ADC module for image
acquisition
PROJECT OUTLINE  Study of Linear CCD Sensor
 Study of High speed A/D techniques
 Familiarization with Orcad or Protel DXP
 Design of PCB for ADC
MAJOR EQUIPMENT & Orcad, Protel DXP
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
DELIVERABLES The ADC should be able to convert analog output of sensor module
to digital data @ 10 M Sample/s
ESTIMATED One Year
DURATION
SPONSORING WING Space Electronics
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41. PROJECT TITLE Design of a Schmidt Cassegrain telescope
OBJECTIVES Design of a Schmidt Cassegrain telescope by selecting and applying
most efficient ray tracing technique and validation of the design
using OSLO
PROJECT OUTLINE  Study of various telescope designs and their application, mainly
focusing on space telescopes
 Selection of efficient ray tracing technique and design of optical
layout accordingly
 Familiarization with Optical design Software OSLO
 Design of Optical telescope on software
MAJOR EQUIPMENT & OSLO
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
DELIVERABLES Optical layout of telescope (OSLO or ZEMAX file)
ESTIMATED One Year
DURATION
SPONSORING WING Space Electronics
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42. PROJECT TITLE Design of a Ritchey Chretien telescope
OBJECTIVES Design of a Ritchey Cretin telescope by selecting and applying most
efficient ray tracing technique using OSLO. (Specifications will be
provided)
PROJECT OUTLINE  Study of various telescope designs and their application, mainly
focusing on space telescopes.
 Selection of efficient ray tracing technique and design of optical
layout accordingly.
 Familiarization with Optical design Software ZEMAX/ OSLO
 Design of Optical telescope on software
MAJOR EQUIPMENT & ZEMAX, OSLO
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
DELIVERABLES Optical layout of telescope (OSLO or ZEMAX file)
ESTIMATED One Year
DURATION
SPONSORING WING Space Electronics
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43. PROJECT TITLE Power Management and Control System Microcontroller/
FPGA based
OBJECTIVES Design & Development of Microcontroller/FPGA based Power
Management and Control System
PROJECT OUTLINE  Study of Satellite Power System
 Design of power management scheme
 Simulation of management in Matlab
 Development of code
 Development of Hardware
 Testing of developed system
MAJOR EQUIPMENT & Matlab
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
DELIVERABLES Simulations, coding and Hardware
ESTIMATED One Year
DURATION
SPONSORING WING Space Electronics
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44. PROJECT TITLE Variable Switching Power supply of 5-30volt output @
6ampere
OBJECTIVES Design & Development of Variable Switching Power supply of 5-
30volt output @ 6ampere
PROJECT OUTLINE  Study of switching regulators.
 Simulation of switching supply
 Development of Hardware and Software
 Testing of developed system
MAJOR EQUIPMENT & Matlab, Labview
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
DELIVERABLES Simulations , coding and Hardware
ESTIMATED One Year
DURATION
SPONSORING WING Space Electronics
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45. PROJECT TITLE DSP/FPGA implementation of Kalman filter based sensor
fusion algorithm for attitude sensors (gyroscope,
accelerometer/sun-sensor and magnetometer)
OBJECTIVES The task incorporates the implementation of the attitude estimation
algorithm (already developed) on a DSP/FPGA platform and
optimizing its performance
PROJECT OUTLINE  The students will be provided with the already developed
MATLAB code and preliminary instructions on the hardware
design.
 They will use suitable DSP/ FPGA commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS)
based technologies for system implementation.
 MEMS based and COTS sensors will be used for the purpose
MAJOR EQUIPMENT & Matlab
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
DELIVERABLES  Properly formatted code generation and optimization of the code
for platform specific requirements.
 Complete working hardware implementation for validating the
implemented algorithm
ESTIMATED One Year
DURATION
SPONSORING WING Space Electronics
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46. PROJECT TITLE DSP/FPGA implementation of high fidelity orbit propagator
OBJECTIVES The task incorporates the implementation of the mentioned
algorithm (already developed) on a DSP/FPGA platform and
optimizing its performance according to the platform
PROJECT OUTLINE  The students will be provided with the already developed
MATLAB code and preliminary instructions on the hardware
design.
 They will use suitable DSP/ FPGA commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS)
based technologies for system implementation
MAJOR EQUIPMENT & Matlab
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
DELIVERABLES Properly formatted code generation and optimization of the code
for platform specific requirements
ESTIMATED One Year
DURATION
SPONSORING WING Space Electronics
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47. PROJECT TITLE Analysis of space and time (memory and processing)
complexities of different pattern matching algorithms for
star identification
OBJECTIVES The task is to analyze the spatial and temporal complexities of
pattern matching algorithms and to extend or modify them for
optimization of star identification algorithm (already implemented)
for star tracker
PROJECT OUTLINE  The students will be provided with the already developed star
identification algorithm and the star catalogue as well as with the
precise details of working mechanism of star tracker for attitude
determination
 They will explore and analyze the different available algorithms
for their temporal and spatial complexities and will optimize the
best amongst them
MAJOR EQUIPMENT & Appropriate Software
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
DELIVERABLES Comparison of results achieved through different algorithms.
Optimal star identification algorithm
ESTIMATED One Year
DURATION
SPONSORING WING Space Electronics
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48. PROJECT TITLE PCB Analysis of Vertex-V FPGA Board using HYPERLYNX 7.7
OBJECTIVES PCB ANALYSIS OF VERTEX-V FPGA BOARD using HYPERLYNX 7.7
PROJECT OUTLINE 
EMI EMC Analysis using Hyper lynx Software

Pre-Layout Analysis

DDR2 to FPGA Route estimation with optimized S-Parameters

PCIE to FPGA Route estimation with optimized S-Parameters and
route length
 High Speed I/O connector to FPGA Route estimation with
optimized S-Parameter and route Length
 Identification of Stackup Layers and arrangement of power layers
MAJOR EQUIPMENT & Matlab, Labview
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
DELIVERABLES A report of S-parameters and SI analysis of FPGA Based board
ESTIMATED One Year
DURATION
SPONSORING WING Space Electronics
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49. PROJECT TITLE JTAG TAP Controller for Satellite On-board Configuration
Monitoring and Control for Reliable System Implementation
OBJECTIVES To design and develop JTAG Test Access Point (TAP) Control System
that detects the devices attached to the JTAG chain and reads the
device identification through a Microcontroller
PROJECT OUTLINE  Study IEEE1149.1 JTAG Protocol
 Study of JTAG Tool Chaining for Multiple device access
 Implementation of Design in Microcontroller
 Interfacing the Microcontroller to the target board through JTAG
 Interfacing the Microcontroller to PC through serial port for
display of device ID and status
MAJOR EQUIPMENT & Labview
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
DELIVERABLES Source Code, Design Files, Hardware Demonstration,
Implementation and Design Documents
ESTIMATED One Year
DURATION
SPONSORING WING Space Electronics
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50. PROJECT TITLE CCSDS based Packet Data extraction software of Remote
Sensing Satellite Image Data
OBJECTIVES To Design & Develop GUI based Software that will extract data from
incoming packets of Imaging Satellite
PROJECT OUTLINE  To extract data from data fields of incoming packets
 Packets will be consist of pre-define format
 Pre-define format include sizes of headers and its sub-fields, data
field length and their complete specification will be provided by
SUPARCO
 Packets will be consist of either valid data or idle data identified
through its header field
 Data from valid packets will be extracted and discarded if idle
packet
 Generate and save text Files of extracted information
 Keep Record of number of packets arrived, lost packets, missing
data, number of valid and idle packets
 GUI Development
 Text file contains raw data of specified packet format will be given
by SUPARCO. Also, detailed specification of Packet format will be
provided
MAJOR EQUIPMENT & Matlab , Visual C or other
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
DELIVERABLES  GUI Software developed on above mentioned software
 Complete Source Code Project Report
ESTIMATED One Year
DURATION
SPONSORING WING Space Electronics
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51. PROJECT TITLE Design and Development of CCSDS based Concatenated Reed
Solomon Decoder & Viterbi Decoder along with de-
Interleaver Software
OBJECTIVES To design and develop concatenated de-coding scheme based on
Reed-Solomon Decoder(255,223) & Viterbi Decoder software along
with de-Interleaver of depth I=5
PROJECT OUTLINE • Study of Reed Solomon Encoder & Decoder
• Study of Convolution Coding & Viterbi Decoder
• Study of Interleaving and De-Interleaving
• Algorithm Design of Reed Solomon Decoder
• Algorithm Design of Viterbi Decoder
• Algorithm Design De-Interleaver
• Design implementation on VB, C or any high level language
MAJOR EQUIPMENT & VB, C
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
DELIVERABLES • Source Code
• Design Report
ESTIMATED One Year
DURATION
SPONSORING WING Space Electronics
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52. PROJECT TITLE Study of Reliable System Design Techniques like ( Triple
Modular Redundancy (TMR)) for increasing the reliability of
Embedded System in Space
OBJECTIVES Case Study for the Triple Modular Scheme for Commercial grade
Processor (PowerPC, intel) to increase the system
reliability/Availability for Space applications
PROJECT OUTLINE • Study different Reliability techniques
• Study of Space Environment and Reliability Hazards like (out-
gasing, Radiation effects)
• Study of Single Event Latch Up and Single Event Failure
Proposed Design for Space application using TMR scheme
MAJOR EQUIPMENT & N/A
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
DELIVERABLES Study Report
ESTIMATED One Year
DURATION
SPONSORING WING Space Electronics
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53. PROJECT TITLE Design of Triple Modular Redundancy (TMR) based scheme
for PowerPC based Payload System incorporating DDR2
memory and FPGA based Endpoint Devices for LEO satellite
OBJECTIVES To design an efficient and reliable Payload System for LEO Satellite
based on a high speed processor, memory and bus interface
PROJECT OUTLINE • Study different Reliability techniques used in embedded systems
particularly those related to Space applications
• Study of Space Environment and Reliability Hazards like (out-
gasing, Radiation effects, SEU, SEL)
• Proposed Design for Space application using TMR scheme
MAJOR EQUIPMENT & Appropriate Software
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
DELIVERABLES Implementable TMR scheme including any source code(s), design
files and simulation files
ESTIMATED One Year
DURATION
SPONSORING WING Space Electronics
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54. PROJECT TITLE Study of EDAC(Error Detection and correction) Scheme for
DDR memory for space application
OBJECTIVES Case Study for the Error detection and correction schemes for
memory device with special focus on DDR memory
PROJECT OUTLINE • Study different Error Detection and Error Controlling techniques
• Study of Errors occur in memory read/write transactions
• Proposed Design for Robust EDAC controller for DDR memory
MAJOR EQUIPMENT & Matlab
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
DELIVERABLES Study Report
ESTIMATED One Year
DURATION
SPONSORING WING Space Electronics
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55. PROJECT TITLE Analysis of space and time (memory and processing)
complexities of different pattern matching algorithms for
star identification
OBJECTIVES The task is to analyze the spatial and temporal complexities of
pattern matching algorithms and to extend or modify them for
optimization of star identification algorithm (already implemented)
for star tracker
PROJECT OUTLINE • The students will be provided with the already developed star
identification algorithm and the star catalogue as well as with the
precise details of working mechanism of star tracker for attitude
determination.
• They will explore and analyze the different available algorithms for
their temporal and spatial complexities and will optimize the best
amongst them
MAJOR EQUIPMENT & Appropriate Software, any high-level language
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
DELIVERABLES Comparison of results achieved through different algorithms.
Optimal star identification algorithm
ESTIMATED One Year
DURATION
SPONSORING WING Space Electronics
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56. PROJECT TITLE Wind Resistant Stability of Tubular Wind Turbine Towers
OBJECTIVES To study the stability criteria for Tubular Towers of Wind Turbine
under wind loading
PROJECT OUTLINE • Literature review
• Optimization of basic material properties
• Structural configuration (base diameter, top diameter, taper ratio,
thickness of material etc.) of tubular tower and their dependence on
height of the tower
• Finite Element Analysis (Static, dynamic and buckling) of different
configurations
• Report writing & presentation
MAJOR EQUIPMENT & Ansys
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
DELIVERABLES • Optimized material properties
• Parametric study of structural configuration
• Report writing & presentation
ESTIMATED One Year
DURATION
SPONSORING WING Space Technology
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57. PROJECT TITLE Manufacturing and Assembling of Tubular Towers of Wind
Turbine
OBJECTIVES To study the different scenarios of manufacturing and assembling
Tubular Towers of Wind Turbine
PROJECT OUTLINE • Literature review
• Rolling of sheets
• Flanges
• Welding
• Assembling
MAJOR EQUIPMENT & Ansys
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
DELIVERABLES • Tapered rolling procedures
• Welding procedure and characterization of weld properties
• Design of welding jigs to control weld distortions
• Flanges and their joints with tower
• Procedure for assembling of tubular tower
ESTIMATED One Year
DURATION
SPONSORING WING Space Technology
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58. PROJECT TITLE To Study Flow Characteristics around Straight and Curved
Fin Projectiles
OBJECTIVES To study flow anomalies in curved fin projectiles
PROJECT OUTLINE • Literature Review
• CFD analysis of straight and curved fin projectile
• Grid independence study
• Validation of CFD results with available experimental data
• Detail study of anomalies in curved fin projectile
MAJOR EQUIPMENT & Standard CFD software
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
DELIVERABLES • Solid model, grid, and solution files of all configurations
• Report
ESTIMATED One Year
DURATION
SPONSORING WING Space Technology
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