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My Expertise

Turbulence, Compressible flows, Buoyancy driven flows, Natural convection, Scalar dispersion, Experimental fluid mechanics, Flow control, Wind engineering, Data science, Image processing, Spectral analysis and Coherence, Stochastic estimation and Reduced-order modelling.

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Fields of Research (FoR)

Turbulent Flows, Fluid Physics, Aerodynamics

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Biography

Dr. Murali Krishna Talluru is a renowned researcher specializing in turbulence, aerodynamics and experimental fluid dynamics. He earned his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Melbourne, Australia, in 2014, and his Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering with Honours from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India, in 2007. Currently, holding a senior lecturer position at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Dr....view more

Dr. Murali Krishna Talluru is a renowned researcher specializing in turbulence, aerodynamics and experimental fluid dynamics. He earned his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Melbourne, Australia, in 2014, and his Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering with Honours from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India, in 2007. Currently, holding a senior lecturer position at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Dr. Talluru is known for his expertise in low-speed and high-speed fluid-structure interactions, compressible wake flows, and developing experimental techniques for wind tunnels across subsonic, supersonic, and hypersonic regimes.

With a strong academic background, Dr. Talluru has garnered numerous accolades, including the prestigious Fellowships for international aerospace research (2022 and 2024), and Best Paper Awards at the AIAA Space Planes Conference (2023) and AIAA SciTech Forum (2022). He is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and has received several other awards recognizing his outstanding contributions to research and teaching.

Dr. Talluru's passion for knowledge extends to mentoring the next generation of scientists, as evidenced by his active supervision of PhD students. His research has significantly advanced the understanding of complex fluid dynamics phenomena, with implications for various industries and applications.


My Qualifications

PhD in Mechanical Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Australia, 2014

Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering with Honours, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India, 2007


My Research Supervision


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Areas of supervision

I am available to supervise PhD students who are interested in the following topics:

1. Low-speed and high-speed fluid-structure-interactions,

2. Compressible wake flows,

3. Developing experimental techniques for subsonic, supersonic and hypersonic wind tunnels.


Currently supervising

My current PhD students:

1. Zachary Tuten - Fluid-thermal-structure interactions on a complaint panel

2. Kaisar Al Shami - Natural convection around a heated cylinder

3. Akshay Kumar Nandhan - Oscillations in a compressible wake flow

4. Bikalpa Gurung Bomjan - Conical shock boundary layer interactions

5. Siddhartha Paudel - Wake Flow behind a Heated Cylinder

6. Rahul Verma - Numerical Analysis of Flow instability over a Heated Cylinder

 


My Teaching

I currently teach the following courses:

1. ZEIT2500 Thermofluids

2. ZEIT3503 Aerodynamics

3. ZEIT3507 Applied Thermodynamics and Propulsion

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Location

UNSW Canberra
Room 202, BLDG 16

Contact

+61 2 5114 5331

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Research Activities

Hypersonic Fluid-Structural Interaction

This research aims to fill a significant gap in the current modelling of critical fluid-structural interactions in high-speed flows by performing novel experiments to generate data that does not currently exist. This data is being used to assess and improve advanced numerical simulation tools. The effective development of high-speed vehicles and turbomachinery requires the accurate prediction of the behaviour and lifetime of structural components subject to these fluid-structural interactions in which the deformation of the structure, induced by the local flow field, can in turn influence…

Videos

In this seminar, I discuss the phenomenon of high frequency oscillations observed in the wake of a compressible wake, often observed behind reentry vehicles, reusable stages of rockets falling back to earth, etc.
Investigated turbulent fountains (e.g., volcanic eruptions, refueling systems) and negatively buoyant jets (discharge from desalination plants) over a large range of Reynolds and Froude numbers. The goal of this study was to develop new integral models for estimating the penetration depth and spreading rate of a negatively buoyant jets/ fountains.
I contributed to the design of this flow visualisation experiment carried out by Dr. J H Lee at University of Melbourne. In this experiment, we visualised the turbulent flow features (eddies, sweeping and ejection events) and physical phenomena (entrainment, broad range spectrum) in a fully turbulent flow.
This video explains the principle behind my PhD thesis project, i.e., manipulation of large-scale coherent structures in a turbulent boundary layer. The video was based on the research I carried out during my PhD using the large wind facility at The University of Melbourne, Australia.
What goes up must come down! Understanding the origins of wake oscillations in a compressible wake.
Entrainment and dilution in a turbulent fountain
Growth of a turbulent boundary layer over a flat plate
Large-scale skin-friction drag reduction

UNSW Sydney NSW 2052 Australia Telephone +61 2 93851000
Authorised by Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research)
UNSW CRICOS Provider Code: 00098G ABN: 57 195 873 179

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