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News and Events #IP 849, 22-28 Dec 2008 “Vigilance Awareness Week – 2008” NAL celebrated the Valedictory function of the Vigilance Awareness Week – 2008 on 25.11.2008 at 11.00 a.m. Smt.Rama Mahadev, Sr.COA welcomed the gathering and introduced the Chief Guest and said that the main purpose of observing the week dedicated to Vigilance Awareness is to rededicate ourselves and to reaffirm our commitment to see that public service in our country is rendered with dedication, sincerity and honesty. Shri Ravi V.Melwani, CEO & Founder, Humanitarian Network/Kids Kemp, delivered keynote lecture on “Role of individual in building corruption free society” and he highlighted that “an individual is corrupt because he is greedy, and does not know the meaning of life, in the one life that we have, we have to live a meaningful life. Adding more money to the earning does not add value to life and that money is important but not everything. Building a corrupt-free society should start with building ourselves as corrupt-free individuals”. Prizes to the winners of various competitions were distributed by the Chief Guest. Dr.A.R.Upadhya, Director, NAL who presided over the function emphasized that Vigilance has rather a broad meaning, it is not just corruption alone, it starts with being vigilant or alert against sabotage, against corruption against misuse of whatever that is given. In today’s commercial and competitive world, vigilance should be in thought, action and in every aspect of life. Vigilance Awareness Week Archives #IP 848, 15 - 21 Dec 2008 AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISATION OF RLV-TD
In order to meet RLV-HEX-1 mission target of May-June 2009, the complete aerodynamic characterization during ascent phase as well as FADS calibration data were essential by November, 2008. On the request from ISRO, the test program was undertaken on priority by the NTAF team. Also during the course of the tests, the test data were made available in real time to the Project and design teams that facilitated making a first cut assessment on the result and to carry forward the remaining program. The total number of blowdowns was more than 450 and the whole test program went smooth. The NTAF team rose to meet the crises, like power problems and put extra effort in order to ensure timely completion of the program. On behalf of the project, Dr K Sivan Project Director, RLV-TD, VSSC has appreciated the NTAF team for putting their best efforts to complete the RLV-TD ascent phase aerodynamic characterization and FADS calibration test for providing the data within the targeted schedules . Dr K Sivan has also mentioned that he is looking forward to the continued support and cooperation from NAL for the further test programs. #IP 847, 8-14 Dec 2008 The ISAMPE’s 2-day National Conference on Composites (INCCOM 7), concluded on 5th Dec 08, as a result of joint efforts of the Bangalore Chapter of the ISAMPE, and the NAL, adding to its Golden Jubilee Celebration Spirit. It marked creation of a unique platform in bringing together, the R & D, Academia and Industry, fulfilling the core objective of ISAMPE to forge a strong linkage between the Technology-Providers and its Propagators, through this annual feature, viz., the INCCOM. Over 60 and odd presentations in the form of planery lectures, invited talks and contributed papers, clearly demonstrated an up beat mood of the Composite’s Community, that converged during 4-5 December 2008, at Dr SR Valluri’s Auditorium on the NAL campus. The august presence of Former Directors of NAL, Past Presidents of the ISAMPE, and several distinguished Guests and Invitees, and corporate biggies, gave a festive look to this Conference. While the Inaugural address on “Composites for the Space”, by the Chief Guest Shri SK Shivakumar, Director, ISTRAC - ISRO was the booster, the Key Note Lecture of Dr. Tessy Thomas, Project Director, AGNI on “Materials for Aerospace Applications” was a cruiser setting the pace to the Conference. The presidential address of Dr. AR Upadhya Director NAL, outlining the importance of the “High-end and High-volume Applications” of composites and likening the “Future of man kind” to the “Future of Composites”, provided the silver lining to this Golden jubilee ingredient. The introductory remarks of Shri TM Naidu, President ISAMPE, and Dr. RMVGK Rao, Chairman of Bangalore Chapter and the INCCOM 7, Organising Committee, added the flavour and toppings to the overall Conference. The participation of many R&D organizations like, ISRO, DRDO, HAL, AeSI, IITs, IISc, Private Sector industries, including corporates like M/s. Kemrock Industries & Exports Ltd., and the Tata Advanced Materials Limited, in the Industry-Meet held on the Inaugural evening, defined a new dimension to this INCCOM 7. Their sponsorship to this conference by funding and favouring with advertisements and in many other ways, proved the INCCOM 7 to be a viable venture, even in this critical moments of a Global Meltdown. Intensive presentations, deliberations and close interactions between all the participants, reflected the urge of the R & D and the Industry to come together to work towards the “Cause of Composites”, both for their current and futuristic growth, in a very rapidly changing Global environment. This meet saw an expression of immense satisfaction and interest from the Industry-Czars, turning into a cynosure of all those who attended the Conference. The constructive remarks by Shri Mahendra Patel, Shri CR Satya and Dr. R Gopalan formed useful feedbacks from the Industry side. The topics of the Conference ranged between the fundamental aspects of Synthesis and Characterisation of Composite formulations, Design & Analysis and the practical Engineering tips on emerging Cost-Effective Fabrication Processes, relevant to the Aerospace, Non-Aerospace and spin-off technology products. A special session on “Nano-Composites” had distinctly connected this Conference to future of composites. Cutting across disciplines, scientists, engineers and industrialists, not to ignore the youngsters including the budding students, the event resembling more like a “community – celebration”, rather than a “routine-conference” of being an euphoric-full at the inaugural. That the 2 day proceedings were attended in full with rapt attention and unabated spirit to the last of the events, was a clear message given by all the lovers of these new class of Materials of the future, that they meant business ultimately. The conference set two agendas as a follow up to the INCCON 7 : INCCOM 8, will be organized by the ISAMPE – Thiruvananthapuram Chapter in Nov-Dec 2009, and the composite Industry will by itself organize an Industry-Meet, where the R&D will participate. All the participants were requested to extend once again their solidarity and commitment to these forthcoming events, and make them a grand success. Mr D Saji, the Conference Convener, who made the INCCOM 7 appear so “Easy” to organise, through his unimitable “Vote of Thanks”, left none excluded, showing that this INCCOM 7, was an All-Inclusive National Endeavor of the Country’s Composites Community. No wonder then that, the INCCOM 7 was very aptly themed, “Composite Materials and Processes for the Future”. To conclude, the “R&D and Industry” stood symbolic of the “Matrix and Reinforcement” of a Composite, in this Conference. Dr R M V G K Rao, FNAE, Chairman, ISAMPE Bangalore Chapter & INCCOM 7 Organising Committee NAL Golden Jubilee Celebration(GJC) Website Mr Dattatraya S Kulkarni received IEI Young Engineers Award 2008 Mr Dattatraya S.Kulkarni , Scientist, Computational and Theoretical Fluid Dynamics Division received the First “IEI Young Engineers Award” for the year 2008 in aerospace engineering discipline by Institution of Engineers India (IEI) during the 22nd National Convention of Aerospace Engineers held at Birla Institute of Technology, (BIT), Mesra, Ranchi during 27th -29th November 2008. The award was presented by Dr Avinash Chander Director, Advanced System Laboratory (DRDO) Hyderabad.
#IP 846, 1-7 Dec 2008 Indo-US Workshop on Micro Air Vehicles (INDUS MAV ’08) NAL Golden Jubilee Celebration(GJC) Website
A MoU was signed between National Aerospace Laboratories and M/s Tata Advanced Materials Limited (TAML), Bangalore on November 27, 2008 with the mutual intent of working together in the area of Advanced Composites for aerospace applications. NAL team led by the Director, NAL visited TAML on November 2007 to see TAML’s composite manufacturing facilities at their factory premises. To formalize the relationship, both sides have signed and exchanged MoU for technical collaboration and to work together in composite design activities. TAML’s experienced and trained manpower, state of the art equipment and a comprehensive capability to undertake design, development, testing and manufacture of different types of composite products will be useful to NAL in its on-going and future civil aviation programmes and in turn TAML will get benefited by NAL’s vast expertise developed in field of advanced composites. Tie-up between NAL and TAML will be one of public-private partnership working together for the benefit of industry, laboratory and the nation.
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NAL trisonic wind tunnel facility is being used extensively to characterize the aerodynamics of Reusable Launch Vehicle Technology Demonstrator (RLV-TD) configuration during various phases of flights as well as to generate very important data viz. FADS calibration coefficients, hinge moments, unsteady aerodynamics, flow visualization and dynamic derivatives of RLV-TD HEX-1 mission, which is planned in the middle of next year. The descent phase aerodynamic characterization (TDV alone) was completed and the huge data generated was of immense use for the design and simulations. The aerodynamic community has lauded the voluminous data, which runs into 1196 tables that was followed for the first time, as practiced in aircraft industry.
