Research interests include turbulent spray combustion at atmospheric and high pressures. In addition, it includes understanding the physics of thermocoustic instabilities in a backward facing step, bluff body combustors and its interactions with hydrodynamic oscillations with focus on intermittent oscillations aimed at its control. Measurements based on Laser based diagnostics such as 2C-, 3C- and time resolved PIV, PLIF, LII and LDV/PDPA of the reacting and non-reacting flows. Application of spatio-temporal data processing tools such as Proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) and dynamic mode decomposition methods (DMD), Lagrangian Coherent structures (LCS) to the spatio-temporal data, linear/non-linear signal analysis and dynamical system based time series analysis.

Turbulent combustion Thermo acoustic instabilities PIV PLIF intermittent oscillations hydrodynamic instabilities flame stabilization time series analysis Proper orthogonal decomposition dynamic mode decomposition Lagrangian coherent structures wavelet analysis