Trajectory Simulation of Breakaway Aerostats IIT Bombay, India Junior Research Fellow, Lighter-Than-Air Systems Lab Advisor: Prof. Rajkumar Pant September 2014 – June 2015

Developed a MATLAB code for trajectory simulations of ascent and descent of a tethered aerostat after accidental tether breakage, to predict performance of payload recovery device

Publications

Kshirsagar, A., Pant., R. & Bodi., K., Dynamic Simulation of Breakaway Aerostat with Emergency Deflation Valves, AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration and Operations Conference, AIAA Aviation, 2016