Venkat Narayanaswamy

Professor

Dr. Venkat Narayanaswamy is interested in scramjet propulsion, laser diagnostics, and combustion. Prior to joining NC State, he was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at UT Austin and RWTH Aachen, Germany. Dr. Narayanaswamy’s long term vision is contributing to the development of next-generation clean and efficient propulsion technologies.

Outside research, Dr. Narayanaswamy is interested in nature photography.

Publications

Combustion Characteristics of Premixed Ammonia/Methane/Air Blends as an Alternative Fuel in a Swirl-Stabilized Gas Turbine Can Combustor Sustained Using a Pilot Flame
Chaudhury, M. D., Sahoo, A., Ekkad, S. V., & Narayanaswamy, V. (2025), JOURNAL OF ENERGY RESOURCES TECHNOLOGY PART A-SUSTAINABLE AND RENEWABLE ENERGY, 1(4). https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4067957
Development and Evaluation of Reduced Kinetics Models for 1,3-Butadiene-Air Combustion
Deboskey, R., Kessler, D. A., Bojko, B., Johnson, R. F., Kercher, A., Ching, E., & Narayanaswamy, V. (2025, April 28), JOURNAL OF PROPULSION AND POWER, Vol. 4. https://doi.org/10.2514/1.B39768
Numerical and experimental investigation of flame dynamics in opposed-flow solid fuel burner
Deboskey, R., Geipel, C., Kessler, D., Bojko, B., Fisher, B., Johnson, R. F., & Narayanaswamy, V. (2025), COMBUSTION AND FLAME, 273. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2024.113960
Unstart Sensitivity of Hypersonic Streamtraced Inlets During Angle-of-Attack Operation
Schram, M., Stramecky, W., & Narayanaswamy, V. (2025, May 30), AIAA JOURNAL, Vol. 5. https://doi.org/10.2514/1.J064532
Carbon nanofibers/liquid metal composites for high temperature laser ultrasound
Garcia, N., Kim, H., Vinod, K., Sahoo, A., Wax, M., Kim, T., … Jiang, X. (2024, March), ULTRASONICS, Vol. 138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultras.2024.107245
Characteristics of Premixed Ammonia/Methane/Air Blends as an Alternative Fuel in a Swirl-Stabilized Gas Turbine Combustor Under Varying Pilot Percentage
Chaudhury, M. D., Sahoo, A., Vinod, K. N., Fisher, W., Ekkad, S. V., Narayanaswamy, V., & Fang, T. (2024), JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING FOR GAS TURBINES AND POWER-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME, 146(11). https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4065923
Dynamics of regime transition of autoignitive jet flames from conventional to MILD combustion
Ramachandran, A., Sahoo, A., Narayanaswamy, V., & Lyons, K. M. (2024), APPLICATIONS IN ENERGY AND COMBUSTION SCIENCE, 19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaecs.2024.100277
High-Bandwidth Pressure Field Imaging of Stream-Traced Inlet Unstart Dynamics
Johnson, E. C., & Narayanaswamy, V. (2024, September 6), AIAA JOURNAL, Vol. 9. https://doi.org/10.2514/1.J064324
High-bandwidth pressure field imaging of fin-generated shock wave-boundary layer interactions
Puckett, S., & Narayanaswamy, V. (2024), JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS, 999. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2024.966
Investigations of skin friction drag mitigation over viscoelastic surfaces in supersonic flows
Chakravarty, S., & Narayanaswamy, V. (2024), PHYSICAL REVIEW FLUIDS, 9(5). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.9.054609

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Grants

  • High Speed Morphing Propulsion Concepts to Advance Range, Efficiency and Maneuverability
  • Variable Engine for New Maneuvers
  • Test Rig for Effective Reproduction of Inlet Distorted Supersonic Flows
  • Non-intrusive Flight Trajectory Manipulation Of High-speed Munitions Using Non-linear Shock/boundary Layer Interactions
  • Demonstration of a Gas Turbine Scale RDC Integrated with Compressor and Turbine Conditions at 7FA Cycle.
  • Fluid Structure Interactions Between Unsteady Shock Waves And Compliant Materials For Unsteady Load Mitigation
  • Fluid Structural Thermal Interactions (FSTI) in Hypersonic Flow
  • Long Duration Mach 6 Wind Tunnel Facility for Hypersonics Research
  • Investigations of Self Starting Streamtraced Inlets at Off-Design Conditions
  • Inlet Isolator And Combustor Physics At Take-over Region Of Scramjet Engines
Venkat Narayanaswamy