Debashis Basu Email & Phone Number

San Antonio, Texas Area

Cell adhesion modeling in BioreactorsFlow and Design Analysis of Medical Devices using CFDPerformed the following research works undera series of multi-year projects funded by US Nuclear Regulatory Commission and other federal agencies as well as several private organizations. Developed high quality CFD model using ANSYS-FLUENT for complex fluid flow and heat transfer problems. Multiphase porous media CFD model application in concrete drying and analysis High energy arc fault (HEAF) induced fire modeling using computational fluid dynamics and ANSYS-FLUENT Inlet Nozzle Guide Vane Design and Volute Design for the radial inflow turbine in a supercritical CO2 power cycle. Analyzed high frequency thermal mixing induced fatigue problems in pipeline junctions. Performed detailed validation and verification study and uncertainty quantification for CFD model benchmarking. Performed experimental and analytical multiphase flow studies for gas-droplet, gas-particle and free surface flows. Developed customized user defined functions in ANSYS-FLUENT to augment modeling capabilities. CFD and Thermal Hydraulics of Nuclear Reactor components Technical review and safety evaluation of license amendment requests for several power plants to transition to NFPA-805, covering fire modeling and fire protection.  Thermal Analysis of dry storage cask for long term storage of high level waste Numerical Simulations of Landslide and Earthquake Generated Tsunamis (from generation to propagation and subsequent inundation) Technical proposal preparation or contributing to the collective effort for proposal preparation to federal agencies. Periodic progress reporting and presentation to technical monitors and peers at the federal agency Project management activities such as tracking finances, schedule of deliverables. Final report preparation and presentation in meetings and frequent teleconferences.

 Performed high fidelity simulation of unsteady turbulent flow mixing and coherent structure identification. Performed experimental and computational study of water vapor multiphase flows in natural convection. Performed experimental and analytical multiphase free surface flows Developed CFD models for particulate-flow induced erosion-corrosion problems. Numerical simulation of flow and erosion in flow over an ogee spillway, and numerical simulation of proppant transport in fractures Abstracted results from detail computational models in simplified analytical form for use in system level models.

Department Of Aerospace Engineering

 Developed novel turbulence modeling techniques to simulate high Reynolds number separated unsteady flows.  Worked in projects funded by Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) / Dayton Area Graduate Studies Institute (DAGSI), NASA, and the Ohio Aerospace Institute (OAI). Performed detail aerodynamic investigation of unsteady high speed flows and aeroacoustics, analysis of high fidelity turbulence models in parallel CFD solvers such as FDL3DI and US-WIND. Studied aerodynamic behavior of actuators for flow control and explored their effectiveness in noise attenuation. Analyzed high bypass engine fan aerodynamics at off-normal condition using CFD tools.  Simulated multiphase gas-droplet flow and icing in the low pressure subsystem (fan and booster compressors). Coherent Structure Identification and flow control For High Speed Flows in Gas Turbine engines, weapon bay and separated flow in low pressure turbines. Performed experiments in heat transfer and aerodynamics laboratory as a part of teaching assignment

Bangalore

 Involved in propulsion systems integration, fuel system management, air-intake design for different unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV).

Phd, Aerospace Engineering

Mtech, Mechanical Engineering

Be, Mechanical Engineering