CLOSURE REPORT OF RESEARCH/DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

UNDER THE GRANTS-IN-AID SCHEME OF

THE AERONAUTICS RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT BOARD

STATEMENT-I

Institute Reference : 98AB003

Information on Grants-in-Aid project of Aero R&D Board sanctioned to IIT Bombay

1. Reference to AR&DB : Aero/RD-134/100/10/98-99/992 dated 26th March 1998

initial sanction

2. Title of Research/ : ARDB Centre of Excellence for Aerospace

Development Proposal Systems Design & Engineering (CASDE): Phase-I

3. Names of Investigators : Prof. A. Joshi, Principal Investigator

Prof. K. Sudhakar, Co-Principal Investigator
Prof. P.M. Mujumdar, Co-Principal Investigator

4. Total duration of the : Originally for Three Years; Extended to Five years
project, including revisions & Nine Months without additional funds
of PDC if any

5. Total funds for the duration : Rs. 192.00 Lakhs

of the project

(Details of funds received)

Head of Account I Year II Year III Year Total

(a) Renovation & Furnishing 4.00 - - 4.00
of Office Space (REN)
(b) Workshops (WKS) 5.00 8.00 7.00 20.00
(c) ASE Info. Lab. (ASE) 5.00 25.00 10.00 40.00
(d) Mod. & Sim. Lab. (MSL) 18.00 12.00 7.00 37.00
(e) Travel (TDA) 5.00 5.00 6.00 16.00
(f) Infrastructure (FRA) 14.00 15.00 - 29.00
(g) Salaries (PAY) 10.00 7.00 7.00 24.00
(h) Cons. & Cont. (CCT) 2.00 4.00 4.00 10.00
Sub Total 63.00 76.00 41.00 180.00
(i) Overheads (OHD) 4.00 5.00 3.00 12.00
Grand Total 67.00 81.00 44.00 192.00

6. Original sanctioned cost : Rs. 192.00 Lakhs

in Rs. Lakhs

7. Revised Cost : Not Applicable

8. Original PDC : August 2001

9. Revised PDC : March 2004 Redefinition of scope

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 STATEMENT-II
(Statement of expenditure)

A/c 1998- 1999- 2000- 2001- 2002- 2003-2004 Total

Head 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
(a) REN - - - 74,000 71,121 26,041 1,71,162
(b) WKS 53,050 1,83,797 3,45,931 57,148 3,91,117 1,52,249 11,83,292
(c) ASE 2,10,454 2,00,234 1,10,917 93,327 24,440 90,365 7,29,737
(d) MSL 3,70,616 7,80,505 18,95,525 4,08,637 3,91,076 3,83,555 42,29,914
(e) TDA 82,089 1,85,371 2,33,874 2,58,171 2,51,858 2,70,459 12,81,822
(f) FRA 2,76,977 10,55,710 4,04,178 2,55,388 12,92,389 4,27,386 37,12,028
(g) PAY 89,799 6,12,678 7,39,260 7,01,610 9,44,584 12,12,300 43,00,231
(h) CCT 2,22,075 3,54,714 2,44,694 2,21,892 3,83,418 5,85,238 20,12,031
(i) OHD 4,00,000 5,00,000 - 3,00,000 - - 12,00,000
Total 17,05,060 38,73,009 39,74,379 23,70,173 37,50,003 31,47,593 1,88,20,217
0 expenditure is in accordance with the sanctions and
Note: (1) Above reallocations granted to
CASDE by AR&DB from time to time
(2) An unspent balance of Rs. 3,79,783, out of total 1,92,00,000, is with the IIT Bombay

Signature of the Signature of the Signature of the

Principal Investigator Administrative Officer Executive Authority

Date: July 16, 2004 Date: Date:

Details of Staff

See Annexure - VIII

Infrastructure created, Inventory and cost of equipment purchased out of the grant.

See Annexure-IX

Details of visits, seminars, symposia etc. attended within country.

See Annexure-X

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 STATEMENT-III
(Utilization Certificate)

Certified that out of a sum of Rs. 192.0 Lakhs of Grants-in-Aid sanctioned during 1998-2004, in
favour of IIT Bombay for carrying out work on AR&DB Centre of Excellence for Aerospace
Systems Design and Engineering (CASDE): Phase-I, under Govt. of India, Ministry of Defence,
Directorate of Aeronautics (R&D), Aeronautics R&D Board Sanction letters mentioned below,

Aero/RD-134/100/10/98-99/992 Dated 26 March 1998

Aero/RD-134/100/10/asp/2000-01/992 Dated 23 June 2000
Aero/RD-134/100/10/ASP/2001-02/992 Dated 26 December 2001
DARO/08/1070992/M/I Dated 26 June 2002
DARO/08/1070992/M/I Dated 16 June 2003
DARO/08/1070992/M/I Dated 29 July 2003
DARO/08/1070992/M/I Dated 23 October 2003

A sum of Rs. 188.20217 Lakhs have been utilized for the purpose it was sanctioned and that the
balance of Rs. 3.79783 Lakhs remaining unutilized at the end of the completion of the project is
available at the Institute.

It is further certified that I have satisfied myself that the conditions on which grant-in-aid was
sanctioned have been duly fulfilled and that I have exercised necessary check to see that the
money was actually utilized for the purpose for which it was sanctioned.

Lastly, it is certified that no interest has accrued to the IIT Bombay from the grant received from
ARDB for the duration of the project.

Signature of the Signature of the Signature of the

Principal Investigator Administrative Officer Executive Authority

Date: July 16, 2004 Date: Date:

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 PART-II

(a) Aim of the project : See Annexure-I

(b) Keywords : Systems Design, Systems Engineering, Centre

(c) Classification of the project : Facility Setup

(d). Introduction : See Annexure-II

(e/f) A summary of work done in : See Annexure-III

and results achieved from the
project.

(g) Conclusions with reference to the main : See Annexure-IV

objectives of the projet

(h) Project Reports and Publications : See Annexure-V

(i) Abstract : See Annexure-VI

(j) End use of the work : See Annexure-VII

(k) Likely end users : DRDO Laboratories and other aerospace

organizations engaged in the development
of complex aerospace systems

(m) Recognition, Awards, Patents etc. : CASDE has been identified as the Centre
for carrying out R&D and training in the various
aspects of Systems Design and Engineering

(n) No. of students trained/likely to be : 4-6 per annum on a continuing basis

trained in future

Signature of Investigators

(Prof. K. Sudhakar) (Prof. A. Joshi) (Prof. P.M. Mujumdar)

Date: July 16, 2004

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 ANNEXURE-I

AIMS OF THE PROJECT

ARDB Centre for Aerospace Systems Design & Engineering (CASDE) was sanctioned by the
ARDB in March 1998. Board of Governors, IIT Bombay, approved setting up of the CASDE in July
1998. Director, IIT Bombay appointed the first Head, CASDE in August 1998, with the broad aim
of promoting systems design and systems engineering related activities for the benefit of various
DRDO laboratories and National aerospace programmes undertaken by these agencies.

Overall objective of CASDE is to be a hub for creating awareness about Systems Design &
Engineering practices in the Aerospace Industry. More specifically, CASDE was mandated to
undertake;
(1) Human Resource Development, through Continuing Education Programmes (CEP),
Workshops in relevant areas and Post Graduate programme with Specialization in
Aerospace Systems Design and Engineering,
(2) Interaction with Aerospace organizations engaged in major national programmes CASDE
to promote Systems Design approaches and Systems Engineering practices in the design
of aerospace systems and
(3) Conduct system level studies on transport aircraft as a case in point to develop and
demonstrate the use of, and benefits to be derived from, various SDE technologies.

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 ANNEXURE-II

INTRODUCTION

Systems Design and Engineering (SDE) principles have been evolved to create a structured and
formal process that spawns the complete life cycle of any product. Benefits of SDE processes are
many, including shorter development cycle, lower cost, greater reliability etc. Aerospace industry
worldwide has reaped greatest benefits from Systems Design (SD) & Systems Engineering (SE)
and has also carefully evolved and nurtured these two important disciplines.

In the National context, developments on a large number of aerospace projects e.g. IGMDP, LCA,
SLV etc. within DRDO and ISRO have created a need for a Centre to initiate formal studies in SD
& SE. The Centre for Aerospace Systems Design and Engineering (CASDE) was set up at IIT
Bombay by AR&DB in 1998 in this context. Its main charter is to be a repository of knowledge
base in the areas of systems design, systems engineering and systems integration, including new
and emerging technologies to enable this area. An important feature of the CASDE has been the
postgraduate programme in Systems Design and Engineering (SDE), the only one of its kinds
within the country.

The organizational structure of CASDE consists of (1) The Joint Policy Committee (JPC) which
formulates the overall policy and provides a vision for the Centre in relation to its charter, in
addition to providing the future (long-term) directions of growth of the CASDE. The JPC has met
four times during Phase-I of CASDE. At the next level is the Scientific Programmes Committee
(SPC), which formulates specific, but broad, scientific programmes keeping in mind the policies
laid down by the JPC. The SPC has also met four times during Phase-I of CASDE. At the next
level is the Management Committee (MC), consisting of Core & Associate faculty of CASDE,
including experts from other departments, to oversee after execution of specific activities
undertaken by CASDE.

CASDE phase-I was originally sanctioned for a period of three years at a total cost of Rs. 192
Lakhs, but has continued for over five and a half years, without any additional financial burden to
AR&DB. Annexure-III gives a brief account of various activities that have been completed during
the Phase-I, which has come to end on March 31 st 2004. A more detailed account of all the
activities reported here is provided on the official website www.casde.iitb.ac.in.

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 ANNEXURE-III

SUMMARY OF WORK DONE AND RESULTS OBTAINED FROM THE PROJECT

CASDE came into existence at a time when Design as a discipline in universities was at its lowest
ebb. Design content in curriculum of most aerospace educational institutions had substantially
reduced by 1990s. No educational institution had faculty engaged in research in design
methodologies. IIT Bombay knew that the task of setting up a centre like CASDE was complex.
But substantial hand holding by DRDO laboratories and careful nurturing by all has turned this
experiment into a notable success. Broad objectives of CASDE in Phase-I were; (a) To initiate
educational programme in Systems Design & Engineering, (b) To set up Integrated Modelling &
Simulation Laboratory, (c) To carry out specific system level studies & (d) To create awareness
among the various organization. Summary of work done with respect to these stated objectives is
presented in following sub-sections.

Educational Programme An M. Tech. specialization in Systems Engineering was started at

Aerospace Engineering Department in 2001 and two batches of students from aerospace industry
have passed out. The programme was revised to Systems Design & Engineering, with suitable
changes to its syllabus as well as course contents and has been implemented from July 2003. The
new curriculum has introduced two new courses on MDO and Applied Mechatronics, providing
important background and training in system synthesis and hardware integration. Some of the
projects that past students have undertaken are shown in figures 1 & 2.

Figure 1 Hardware-Software Integration Project Figure 2 Mechatronics Course Project

Integrated Modelling & Simulation Laboratory As part of setting up the Integrated Modelling
and Simulation Laboratory, a number of facilities for software based, hardware based and hybrid
modelling and simulation tools have been acquired/developed. Following figures provide a glimpse
of the kind of infrastructure that has been created as part of IMSL of CASDE (see Figures below).

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 Figure 3 Software Simulator RSMITH for Handling Quality Evaluation

Figure 4 Wing-Rock Hardware Simulation Set Up Figure 5 Gyro Simulation Setup

Nozzle
with
actuators

Control
Rack

Figure 6 Launch Vehicle Hardware-in-Loop-Simulation Facility

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In addition, IMSL has a large collection of a variety of sensors, actuators, micro-controllers, data
loggers & data acquisition cards etc., to provide students an opportunity to experiment with
different system integration issues. Figure below provide an overview of these.

Figure 7 INS-GPS Integration Study Figure 8 Single-axis Accelerometers

Figure 9 MEMS Based Pressure Sensor Figure 10 Magnetic Heading Sensor

Figure 11 68832 Microcontroller Figure 12 PWM Actuator

Test Facilities CASDE has created a set of test facilities to aid the faculty/students in carrying out
the developmental work in areas of systems design and integration, for Mini Aerial Vehicle (MAV).
Some of these are shown in figures below.

Figure 13 Tunnel for Testing Miniature Propellers Figure 14 Strain Gage Balance for MAV

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Figure 15 Hardware-in-Loop Simulator Figure 16 A Sample 3-D Trajectory

System Level Studies CASDE, in its first phase, has undertaken a number of system level
studies, addressing the issues of concept evaluation, optimization and design. Specifically, an
activity termed Design, Build & Fly, has been initiated as a means of developing newer flight
vehicle concepts, advanced missions, system integration methodologies etc. Following figures
highlight some of the studies carried out in this category.

Figure 17 Instrumentation Package Figure 18 CASDE Flying Platform

Figure 19 Solar Powered Mini Aircraft Figure 20 Miniature Videography Platform

In addition, Multidisciplinary Design Optimization (MDO) was identified as an important core

activity of CASDE in Phase I, in the broad area of system design, with main objectives as; (i) to act

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as a repository of information on MDO and create/increase awareness about MDO amongst the
industry; (ii) be a work centre for optimization and software aspects of MDO and (iii) study issues
of integrating conceptual design with some aspects of preliminary design by bringing in higher
levels of analysis fidelity along with formal optimization at the early design phase. In tune with
these aims, MDO literature has been collected; a special interest group in MDO has been created
and a number of workshops have been organized; a library of software tools for optimization has
been established and a number of design optimization studies of aerospace interest have been
carried out through student projects, along with development of a software framework for MDO.
Figures showing important elements from some typical studies are given below.

Figure 21a Architechture of WingOpt – A software for Wing Design with MDO

Figure 21b High Fidelity Aeroelastic Analysis Block of WingOpt

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Figure 22 Sequential Multi-point Response Surface Methodology for Design Optimization with
High Fidelity Analysis

Figure 25 3-D Duct Geometry Optimization using CFD Analysis

Graphical
User Interface Optimizer
Manager

OPT1 OPT2 OPT3

Configuration
Server MDO
Controller

Data
Server
Database Execution
Manager

Control AM1 AM2 AM3

Name
Data Server Analysis
Manager

Figure 26 MDO Framework Version 2.0 Architecture

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Awareness Creation & Publications In view of the fact that awareness creation was an
important aspect of CASDE functioning during Phase-I, a large number of workshops/ seminars/
Short-term courses etc. have been conducted. In addition, CASDE has organized a large number
of brainstorming sessions, with active participation from interested scientists and researchers from
aerospace and non-aerospace organizations, in order to (1) sharpen focus on what needs to be
done and (2) work out methodologies for achieving the objectives. These brainstorming sessions
have proved effective in identifying focused activities of CASDE.

Many publications have also come out of the various activities. CASDE has also attracted a large
number of distinguished visitors and CASDE faculty and staff have been invited to give special
lectures in various organizations. A consolidated list of all these activities is given in Annexure-IX

(For more details on the various activities of CASDE during Phase-I, kindly visit the website
http://www.casde.iitb.ac.in ).

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 ANNEXURE-IV

CONCLUSIONS IN RELATIONS TO THE OBJECTIVES

CASDE, in its phase-I, has been able to successfully achieve all the objectives that were identified
at the start of the project. In addition, CASDE has also been able to identify new and emerging
areas in the field of systems design and engineering, to help it to keep the focus as well as be
contemporary in its relevance.

The following table provides an overview of various achievements during the last five and a half
years.

Objective Activities Completed

Educational 1. Initiating M. Tech. specialization in Aerospace Systems Design &
Programme Engineering (9 past & 4 current students).
Integrated 2. Setting up multi-faceted Integrated Modeling & Simulation Laboratory
Modelling & (IMSL), consisting of (a) Software based modelling & simulation tools, (b)
Simulation Hardware-in-Loop Realtime simulators, (c) Educational laboratory setups
Laboratory and (d) A vast collection of sensors, actuators, controllers etc.
3. Facility development for MAV related activities and specific MAV studies
System Level (Hardware-in-Loop Simulator, MAV Wind Tunnel, System Integration
Studies Studies)
(Design, 4. Design and development of an autonomous MAV (Instrumented Flying
Development, Platform, Videography Platform).
Integration) 5. Initiating research in the area of design methodologies, especially MDO
(MDO Framework, WingOPt, 3-D Duct, Surrogate Modelling).
6. Conducting workshops and professional development courses in
specialized topics of interest to Design Methodologies (12 Workshops
and CEPs in MDO, IMSL & MAV).
7. Setting up of a Special Interest Group (SIG) for aerospace designers and
Awareness offering national and international platforms to meet and exchange of
Creation ideas (5 Brainstorming Sessions in SE Education, MDO and IMSL).
8. Promoting design among educational institutions through a variety of
measures (14 Deliveries of Courses on Design, Modelling & Simulation
and Design, Build & Fly).
9. 7 B. Tech. projects, 20 M. Tech. dissertations, 4 Ph. D. seminars, 10
Publications papers in National conferences & 15 papers in international conferences.

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 ANNEXURE-V

PROJECT REPORTS AND PUBLICATIONS

International Conferences
(1) A. Joshi and P.G. Jayan, “Modelling and Simulation of Aircraft Hydraulic System”’,
Proceedings of the AIAA Modelling & Simulation Technology Conference held at
Monterey, California USA, 5-8 August 2002.
(2) A. Joshi and P.G. Pramodh, “Modelling and Simulation of Launch Vehicle Digital Auto
Pilot”’, Proceedings of the AIAA Modelling & Simulation Technology Conference held at
Monterey, California USA, 5-8 August 2002.
(3) M.R. Sankar, A. Isaacs, P.M. Mujumdar and K. Sudhakar, “MDO Framework Development
– A Case Study with an Elementary Model of Airborne Early Warning System
Optimization”, Proceedings of the 9th AIAA/ISSMO Symposium on Multidisciplinary
Analysis and Optimization held at Atlanta, Georgia USA, 4-6 September 2002.
(4) J. Umakant, S. Panneerselvam, K. Sudhakar, P.M. Mujumdar, “Configuration Design of
Air-Breathing Hypersonic Vehicle”, International Conference on Modeling, Simulation,
Optimization of Multi-disciplinary Engineering Systems, September 24-26, 2003, Goa.
(5) P.P. Menon, A.A. Pashilkar and K. Sudhakar, "Identification of Departure Susceptibility for
Design of Carefree-Maneuverable Control Law", Intl. Conf. on MSO-DMES, September
24-26, 2003, Goa
(6) M. Bhatia, H.C. Ajmera, S.N. Abhyankar, P.M. Mujumdar, K. Sudhakar, “WingOpt: An
MDO Tool for Concurrent Aerodynamic Shape and Structural Sizing Optimization of
Flexible Aircraft Wings”, International Conference on Modeling, Simulation, Optimization
of Multi-disciplinary Engineering Systems, September 24-26, 2003, Goa.
(7) A. Isaacs, K Sudhakar, P M Mujumdar, “Design and Development of MDO Framework”,
International Conference on Modeling, Simulation, Optimization of Multi-disciplinary
Engineering Systems, September 24-26, 2003, Goa.
(8) P. Tagade, V. Sanghi, S K Sane, “Optimum Propulsion System Sizing for transport aircraft
using Response Surface Surrogates”, International Conference on Modeling, Simulation,
Optimization of Multi-disciplinary Engineering Systems, September 24-26, 2003, Goa.
(9) K. Sivan, A. Joshi and B.N. Suresh, “Reentry Trajectory Modelling and Simulation:
Application to Reusable Launch Vehicle Mission”, International Conference on Modeling,
Simulation, Optimization of Multi-disciplinary Engineering Systems, September 24-26,
2003, Goa.
(10) D.P. Ghate, A. Isaacs, K. Sudhakar, A.G. Marathe & PM Mujumdar, "Using FLUENT in
Design & Optimization", 1st Fluent CFD Conference, 2003 for India and South East Asia,
Nov. 18-20, 2003, Pune

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 (11) V.V. Gupta, P.S. Gandhi, H. Arya, K. Sudhakar and A. Isaacs, “Hardware-In-Loop
Simulator for Autonomous Navigation of Mini Aerial Vehicle”, Accepted for presentation at
CIRAS 2003 during 15-18 December 2003, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
(12) M. Benedict, K. Sudhakar, P.M. Mujumdar & K. K. Issac, "Aeroelastic Design of an
Ornithopter Wing", International Seminar. Only Invited Papers were presented. All
contributed papers were in 6 parallel Poster Sessions. December 17-18, 2003, Bangalore.
Adjudged Best Paper from an Academic
(13) V. Mali, K. Sudhakar & A. Chatterjee, "Optimization of L/D for ONERA-M6 Wing Using
ADIFOR and EULER", International Seminar, Poster Session (Presentations were by
invitation only), December 17-18, 2003, Bangalore
(14) P.P. Menon, A.A. Pashilkar & K. Sudhakar, "An Evolutionary Method to Estimate the
Maximum Operating State Region of Closed Loop Aircraft About a Trim", International
Seminar, Poster Session (Presentations were by invitation only), December 17-18, 2003,
Bangalore.
(15) H. Ajmera, P.M. Mujumdar & K. Sudhakar, "MDO Architectures for Coupled Aerodynamic
and Structural Optimization of a Flexible Wing", 45th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC
Structures, Structural Dynamics & Materials Conference, April 2004. (AIAA-2004-1543).

National Conferences
(1) R. Shivakumar, “Design of an Airborne Video Telemetry Platform”, SIG-MDO
Workshop, ADA Bangalore, 13-14 August 2000.
(2) R. Shivakumar, H. Arya and K. Sudhakar, “Integration of Instrumentation payload on a
Remotely Piloted Aerial Vehicle”, 24th National Systems Conf., ISRO Satellite Centre
Bangalore, 7-9 December 2000.
(3) C. Patel, H. Arya and K. Sudhakar, “Design, Build & Fly a Solar Powered Aircraft”,
Presented at Aero. Soc. AGM, Jan. 18-19, 2002, Goa.
(4) A. Isaacs, P.M. Mujumdar, K. Sudhakar, R. Jolly, T.G. Pai, "Low Fidelity Analysis
Based Design of 3D-Ducts", Indian Aviation – Challenges & Perspective”, 54th Annual
General Meeting of The Aeronautical Society of India, January 21-22, 2003. Kolkata,
India.
(5) A. Isaacs, P.M. Mujumdar, K. Sudhakar, R. Jolly and T.G. Pai, "Low Fidelity Analysis
Based Optimization of 3D-Duct using MDO-Framework", International Conference &
Instructional Workshop on Industrial Mathematics, December 7-9, 2002, IIT Bombay.
(6) N. Nigam, P.M. Mujumdar and K. Sudhakar, "Aerodynamic Design Optimization of an
Aircraft Wing using Multi-point Response Surface approximation", International
Conference & Instructional Workshop on Industrial Mathematics, December 7-9, 2002,
IIT Bombay.
(7) P.P. Menon, A.A. Pashilkar, and K. Sudhakar, "Identification of Aircraft Departures
using Genetic Algorithm" International Conference & Instructional Workshop on
Industrial Mathematics, December 7-9, 2002, IIT Bombay.

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 (8) S.B. Smitha and K. Sudhakar, "Modeling and Simulation of Aircraft Brake System",
Conference on Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation, Indian Society for
Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation, November 14-15, 2002.
Bangalore.
(9) K. Sudhakar, "Engineering Education: Dynamics of Change", The Journal of
Engineering Education, Vol. XV, No. 4 & Vol. XVI No.1, April 2002 & July 2002,
Engineering Education Foundation, Pune. India.
(10) A. Isaacs, P.M. Mujumdar, K. Sudhakar, R. Jolly & T.G. Pai, "Low Fidelity Analysis
Based Design of 3D-Ducts", Indian Aviation - Challenges & Perspective, 54th Annual
General Meeting of The Aeronautical Society of India, January 21-22, 2004, Kolkata,
India.

Ph.D. Seminars
(1) J. Umakanth, ‘Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Architecture‘, IIT Bombay,
November 2001.
(2) K. Sivan, ‘Entry Missions of Space Vehicles‘, IIT Bombay, November 2001.
(3) S. Mohan, ‘Robust Design‘, IIT Bombay, November 2002.
(4) G. Krishnan, ‘Parameter Optimization Approach to Launch Vehicle Optimal Trajectory
Problem‘, IIT Bombay, November 2002.

M. Tech. & Dual Degree Dissertations

(1) S. Murugan, ‘Thrust Vectoring‘, January 2000
(2) Vinay Kumar, ‘Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of Transport Aircraft Wing’‘,
Januaty 2001
(3) K. Zende, ‘Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of Transport Aircraft Wing with
Detailed Structural Analysis and Weight Estimation‘, January 2001.
(4) R. Shivakumar, ‘Integration of Instrumentation and Video telemetry payloads on
Remotely Piloted Aerial Vehicles‘, January 2001
(5) N.C. Shrikhande, ’Flight Simulator for Research and Education‘, January 2001
(6) M. R. Sankar, ‘Multidisciplinary Design Optimization for Airborne Warning and Control
System‘, January 2002
(7) D. Henry, ‘Manoeuvre Load Control for Delta Wing Aircraft‘, January 2002
(8) V.E. Jayakrishnan, ‘Model for Aircraft Life Cycle Cost Estimation‘, January 2002
(9) V.C. Bhaskar, ‘Design and Development of a 2-DOF Motion Simulator‘, January 2002
(10) P.G. Pramodh, ‘Modelling and Simulation of Launch Vehicle Digital Autopilot and
Control System‘, January 2002
(11) P.G. Jayan, ‘Modelling and Simulation of Aircraft Hydraulic System‘, January 2002
(12) S.N. Abhyankar, ‘Simultaneous Aerodynamic and Structural Optimization of Aircraft
Wing Based on Finite Element Analysis’, Deptt. of Aerospace Engineering, IIT
Bombay, January 2003.
(13) P.P. Menon, “Identification of Aircraft Departures”, Department of Aerospace
Engineering IIT Bombay, January 2003.
(14) S.B. Smitha, “Modelling and Simulation of Aircraft Brake System”, Department of
Aerospace Engineering, IIT Bombay, January 2003.
(15) D.K. Mohan, “Thermal Modelling of Fighter Aircraft Fuel System“, Department of
Aerospace Engineering, IIT Bombay, January 2003.

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 (16) V. V. Gupta, “NGC Design and Verification for OBC-In-The-Loop Simulation for MAV”,
July 2003
(17) H. Ajmera, “Coupled Aerodynamic And Structural Optimization Of Flexible Aircraft
Wing With Different MDO Architectures”, July 2003.
(18) Piyush Tagade, "Multidisciplinary Propulsion System Optimization for Civil Transport
Aircraft", M. Tech. Dissertation, July 2004.
(19) Vikas Kumar N, "Integration of Inertial Navigation System and Global Positioning
System Using Kalman Filtering", Dual Degree Dissertation, July 2004.
(20) Moble Benedict, ”Design and manufacture of an Efficient Ornithopter Wing”, July 2004

B. Tech. Projects
(1) ‘Application of Response Surface Methodology to Aerospace Design Problems‘, May
2001
(2) ‘Study to Support Autonomous Flight for Model Aircraft‘’, May 2001
(3) ‘The Design and Fabrication of a Solar Powered Aircraft‘’, May 2002
(4) ‘Roll Control of an Aircraft using an Adaptive Wing‘, May 2002
(5) ‘Path Planning and Tracking for an Autonomous Aircraft’‘, May2002
(6) ‘Wing aerodynamic design using variable complexity multi-point response surface
method’, May 2003.
(7) ‘Guidance of an Autonomous Mini-Air-Vehicle ‘, May 2004.

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 ANNEXURE-VI

ABSTRACT

The AR&DB Centre for Aerospace Systems Design and Engineering (CASDE) was set up in 1998
through an initiative from the Aeronautical R&D Board, for promoting the practices of Systems
Design & Engineering, among the various DRDO and Aerospace organizations, pursuing various
aerospace related projects of National importance.

The main charter of the Centre was three folds; (1) to put in place an M. Tech. programme in the
Systems Design and Engineering, (2) to set up a contemporary modelling and simulation
laboratory, (3) to create awareness through workshops, seminars, short courses etc., among the
aerospace professionals about various systems design and systems engineering related
procedures and methodologies and (4) to carry out generic system level studies to demonstrate
possible benefits of these practices. Phase-I of CASDE has operated from August 1998 to March
2004, at a total cost of Rs. 188 Lakhs and has achieved all the above stated objectives with a fair
degree of success.

A consolidation of the gains from Phase-I and upgradation of some of the activities to the next
higher level, are the some of the activities that are to be pursued in Phase-II starting April 2004.

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 ANNEXURE-VII

END USE OF WORK

The Centre for Aerospace Systems Design and Engineering (CASDE) has set up the infrastructure
to carry out as well as to provide support to many specific activities pertaining to the Systems
Design and Engineering. In particular, following end use is envisaged for the various activities of
the Centre.

 Creation of manpower trained at Postgraduate level in the practices of Systems Design and
Engineering, to various aerospace organizations

 Skill upgradation of the existing manpower of the various aerospace organizations, to

appreciate and apply systems design and engineering related processes to various activities

 Various strategies, algorithms and products and processes that get discussed during
workshops, seminars and conferences, that may be applicable to specific projects.

 Multi-disciplinary Design Technology.

 Aerospace Organizations e.g. ADA, DRDL, VSSC, ADE, HAL, G_FAST have been integral part
of all the activities of CASDE and are seen as potential end-users of the various technologies
that CASDE has spawned during its Phase-I.

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 ANNEXURE-VIII

DETAILS OF VISITING FACULTY & STAFF OF CASDE

Name Position From To

Visiting Faculty/Scientists
Dr Prashant Nair Visiting Assistant Professor 01-12-2001 31-12-2001
Dr. Kota Harinarayana Visiting Professor 2001 2002
Dr. Kota Harinarayana AICTE-INAE Visiting Professor 2002 2003
Dr. K. Sudhakara Rao AICTE-INAE Visiting Professor 2002 2003
Dr. M. Krishnamurthy, NAL Visiting Faculty July 2001 August 2001
Mr. R.K. Jolly, ADA Visiting Faculty Sept. 2002 Oct. 2002
Dr. S. Panneerselvam, DRDL Visiting Faculty July 2002 August 2002
J Jayaraman Visiting Scientist April 2003 March 2004
Research Scientists
Dr. H. Arya Research Scientist January 2000 March 2003
Amitay Issacs Research Scientist Dec. 2001 March 2004
Research Assistants/Project Engineers
Rohit Verma Research Assistant Nov. 1998 Dec. 1998
Ankur Agrawal Research Assistant Jan. 1999 March 1999
Ms. Mary Joseph Research Assistant Nov. 1998 July 1999
Raja Desingh Research Assistant Aug. 1999 Sept. 1999
Nitin Kumar Research Assistant Aug. 1999 Nov. 1999
Ms. Aparna Kalgikar Research Assistant Dec. 1998 Dec. 1999
Anubhav Bansal Research Assistant July 1999 Feb. 2000
Abhishek Singh Research Assistant July 1999 March 2000
Nandkishore Shrikhande Research Assistant April 1999 March 2000
S R K Chandrala Research Scientist Jan. 2000 March 2000
R M Palaniappan Research Assistant July 1999 April 2000
Suraj Joshi Research Assistant Jan. 2000 April 2000
Ms. Almas Ansari Research Assistant Feb. 2000 May 2000
Rahul Hiwale Research Assistant March 2000 May 2000
Mohit Garg Research Assistant Nov. 1999 May 2000
Ms. Preyasi Kamath Research Assistant Oct. 1999 June 2000
Shubhanan Bakre Research Assistant Sept. 1999 June 2000
K. Ganesh Research Assistant June 2000 July 2000
Manoj barai Research Assistant June 2000 Sept. 2000
Sohrab Wadia Research Assistant Sept. 2000 Dec. 2000
Kaustubh Zende Research Assistant Feb. 2000 March 2001
K. Nareen Research Assistant March 2001 May 2001
Vijay Saravanan Research Assistant June 1999 May 2001
Irshad Khan Research Assistant Dec. 2000 June 2001
Avinash Ainapure Research Assistant Jan. 2002 April 2002
Manav Bhatia Research Assistant Feb. 2002 May 2002
Navin Balini Research Assistant Dec. 2001 June 2002
Ms. Preeti Patil Research Assistant Nov. 2000 Aug. 2002
Shashikant Soyaskar Research Assistant Feb. 2001 Sept. 2002
Aditya Utturvar Research Assistant Sept. 2002 Oct. 2002
Ms. Sapna Oliapuram Research Assistant Feb. 2002 Oct. 2002

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Name Position From To

Anand Shinde Research Assistant Aug. 2002 Oct. 2002
Vikrant Sharma Research Assistant Aug. 2002 Jan. 2003
Santosh Abhyankar Research Assistant Sept. 1999 Feb. 2003
Ms. Amy Tomy Research Scientist Nov. 2002 March 2003
Vishisht Gupta Research Assistant July 2002 June 2003
Hemang Ajmera Research Assistant May 2202 June 2003
Yogesh Bhumkar Research Assistant July 2002 July 2003
Abhinay Masurekar Research Assistant Feb. 2002 July 2003
Moble Benedict DD Student Aug. 2002 March 2004
Vipin Varghese Research Assistant Oct. 2002 March 2004
Jagdish Khot Research Assistant March 2003 Oct. 2003
Ms. Rashmi Mohanty Research Assistant Jan. 2003 Oct. 2003
Ashish Gholkar Research Assistant July 2003 March 2004
Sadashiv Mirgule Research Assistant July 2003 March 2004
Kailash Kotwani Research Assistant July 2003 March 2004
Devendra Ghate Research Assistant July 2003 March 2004
Nishikant Prabhu Research Assistant July 2003 March 2004
V B Nair Research Assistant Oct. 2003 March 2004
Monica Chivate Research Assistant Oct. 2003 March 2004
Deepti Maru Research Assistant Oct. 2003 March 2004
Pavin Pankajan Research Assistant Oct. 2003 March 2004
Pravin Pawar Research Assistant Nov. 2003 March 2004
Office Staff
Pushpesh Joshi Office Assistant Nov. 1998 Dec. 1999
Ms. Sandhya Krishnan Office Assistant Feb. 2000 May 2000
Ms. Kalyani More Office Assistant June 2000 Sept. 2000
Ms. Monal Malankar Office Assistant Sept. 1998 Nov. 2000
Ms. Ajita Jadhav Office Assistant Dec. 2000 July 2002
Ms. Josephine Therese Office Assistant Aug. 2002 Dec. 2002
Ms. Supriya Khatu Office Assistant Dec. 2002 May 2003
Ms. Asavari Ainapure Office Assistant July 2003 Aug. 2003
Sanjay Mohite Office Attendant Nov. 1998 Dec. 2003
Sachin Mohite Office Attendant Sept. 2000 March 2004
Ravi Bhambale Office Assistant Jan. 2004 March 2004

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 ANNEXURE-IX

VISITS, SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES ATTENDED/ORGANIZED WITHIN THE COUNTRY

The following is a complete chronological list of Workshops, Seminars/Conferences, Short Term

Courses, Invited Lectures by CASDE Faculty, Lectures by Visitors to CASDE, Review Meetings
and Brainstorming Sessions.

WORKSHOPS
December 2, 1998, 1-Day Workshop on Systems Engineering Education at Lonavala.
April 13, 2002, One Day Workshop on MAV, with participants from NAL, ADA, ADE, IISc, VSSC,
DRDO, ARDB, IIT Bombay etc.
June 4-6, 2002, Workshop on Optimization Based Design & MDO organized by CASDE and held
at ADA Bangalore.
March 25-26, 2004, Workshop on Optimization & MDO organized by CASDE and held at Poovar,
Trivandrum

SEMINARS/CONFERENCES
December 8, 2002, A special session on “Engineering Systems”, organized as a part of the
International Conference and Instructional Workshop on Industrial Mathematics, IIT Bombay.
September 23-26, 2003, International Conference on Modelling, Simulation and Optimization for
Design of Multidisciplinary Engineering Systems (MSO-DMES), Hotel Cidade de Goa, Goa.

SHORT TERM COURSES

October 9-11, 1999, 3-Day CEP on Case Studies on Modeling & Simulation of Aerospace
Systems; IIT Bombay
January 5-8, 2001, Multi-disciplinary Design Optimization in Aerospace Systems, Short
Professional Course, ADA.
November 29-30, 2001, A Short Course on "Miniature Aircraft - Design, Build and Fly" delivered at
Naval Institute of Aeronautical Technology, Kochi.
February 08-09, 2002, A Short Course on "Miniature Aircraft - Design, Build and Fly" delivered at
Madras Institute of Technology, Chennai.
February 20-21, 2002, A Short Course on "Miniature Aircraft - Design, Build and Fly" delivered at
Parks College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore.
January 3-5, 2003, A 3 day CEP course on “Applied Mechatronics” Organized at ARDE Pune for
select organizations e.g. ARDE, ADRDE, DRDL and NAL.

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INVITED LECTURES BY CASDE FACULTY
1998 An Invited Lecture on "ARDB Centre for Aerospace Systems Design & Engineering",
National Systems Conference, Regional Engineering College, Calicut, Kerala.
March 1999 An Invited Lecture on "Problems, Solutions and Problem Solving", Continuing
Education Programme on Advanced Topics in Optimization in Aerospace Design”, Aeronautical
Development Establishment, Bangalore.
November 17-18, 2000 An Invited Lecture on "Simulation Models for Aerospace Education",
National Workshop on Aerospace Flight Simulation”, VSSC, Trivandrum
August 16, 2001 An Invited Lecture on "Design, Build, Fly Experience Through Radio Control
Models for Specified Roles", Naval Institute of Aeronautical Technology, Cochin.
July 05, 2002, Presentation on the MAV Programme of CASDE at the MAV Meeting Chaired by
Dr. Prasada Rao, CC(Tech.) at ADA Bangalore.
December 6, 2002, Invited Lecture by Prof. P.M. Mujumdar on “Multi-disciplinary Design
Optimization. A paradigm shift in the Design of Complex Engineering Systems”, Delivered at
Second Winter School on System Operational Effectiveness, National Institute for Advanced
Studies, IISc Campus, Bangalore
December 10, 2002, Invited Lecture by Prof. K. Sudhakar on "MDO - A Design Process
Recommended by Systems Engineering", Delivered at CEP on Applications of Systems
Engineering Methodology to Product Development, Aeronautical Development Establishment,
Bangalore
February 5-8, 2003, Invited Lecture by Prof. K. Sudhakar on "Multi-disciplinary Design
Optimization Activities at CASDE, IIT Bombay", Delivered at International Seminar Aero India
2003, Bangalore
February 8, 2003, Invited Presentation on the Activities of CASDE at the Round Table on Systems
Engineering Organized by National Institute of Advanced Studies, IISc Campus, Bangalore.
June 30-July 03 & July 13-15, 2003, Invited Lectures on “Integrated Product Development” &
“Modelling & Simulation” at the Orientation Course for DRDO Officers Organized by National
Institute of Advanced Studies, IISc at Institute of Armament Technology, Pune
October 30, 2003, Invited Lecture on “Aerospace Education and Research in Design”, at the
Diamond Jubilee of Aerospace Engineering Department, IISc Bangalore
January 28, 2004, Invited Lectures at One day Colloquim, VSSC Trivandrum
February 28, 2004, Sir CV Raman Memorial Lecture, Science Fiesta - 2004, Dept. of Science,
Tech. & Environment, Govt of Goa & Goa Science Centre, Goa
March 12, 2004, Invited Lectures at Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Meeting, DRDL
Hyderabad

LECTURES BY VISITORS TO CASDE

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August 2002, Three-Week Visit and Lectures Series by Dr. P.B. Nair of Cranfield, UK on
Surrogate Modelling
October 2002, Two-Week Visit and Lecture Series by A. Utturwar on MDO who did his master’s at
ASDL, Georgia Tech., USA.
November 22-24, 2002, Visit of Dr. V. Sanghi, Scientist GTRE, in Connection with Lectures on
Propulsion System Modelling and “Engine” Software Module.
March 24, 2003, Lecture on Intermediate Jet Trainer (IJT) programme of HAL, to CASDE by Mr.
Yogesh Kumar, GM (ARDC) HAL, a visitor to CASDE.
January 02, 2004, Visit of Shri Prahalada, Director DRDL as AICTE-INAE Visiting Professor

REVIEW MEETINGS
May 1999. 1st Meeting of the Joint Policy Committee (JPC) and Scientific Programmes Committee
(SPC) of CASDE at IIT Bombay
May 2000, 2nd Meeting of the Joint Policy Committee (JPC) and Scientific Programmes Committee
(SPC) of CASDE at IIT Bombay
October 12, 2001, Aircraft Systems Panel (ARDB) Meeting at CASDE IIT Bombay
June 10, 2002, 3rd Meeting of Joint Policy Committee (JPC) and Scientific Programmes Committee
(SPC) of CASDE
June 25, 2002, Review of CASDE activities at the AR&DB Review Meeting at New Delhi.
August 20, 2002, In-house Review Meetings with Dr. Kota Harinarayana, Co-Chairman, JPC,
CASDE at IIT Bombay
November 23, 2002, In-house Review Meetings with Dr. Kota Harinarayana, Co-Chairman, JPC,
CASDE IIT Bombay
March 23, 2003, In-house Review Meetings with Secretary AR&DB, at IIT Bombay
July 2003, 4th Meeting of the Scientific Programmes Committee (SPC) of CASDE at IIT Bombay
July 15, 2003, Reporting the progress to Aircraft Systems Panel (AR&DB), Chandigarh
September 2003, 4th Meeting of the Joint Policy Committee (JPC) of CASDE at IIT Bombay
January 2004, Review of CASDE Phase-I activities by AR&DB TC at ADE Bangalore
February 10 2004, In-house Review meeting with Mr. Sunil Verma FA DRDO, at IIT Bombay

BRAINSTORMING SESSIONS
August 14-15, 1999, 2-Day Discussion Meeting-Cum-Workshop on Modeling & Simulation ;
Organized at Silent Valley Corporate Resort, Kalasa, Chickmagalur Dist.
December 6, 1999, An in-house 1-Day Meet on Multi-Disciplinary Optimization, held at Anand
Resort, Virar.
August 13-14, 2000, First Meeting of Special Interest Group on MDO, ADA, Bangalore
February 21-22, 2003, 3rd meeting of SIG-MDO in Kuttanad, Alleppy, Kerala.
March 26, 2004, 4th meeting of SIG-MDO at Poovar, Trivandrum, Kerala.

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 ANNEXURE-X

INFRASTRUCTURE CREATED, INVENTORY AND COST OF EQUIPMENT PURCHASED OUT

OF THE GRANT

CASDE: Phase-I has established a Centre, within the Academic and Administrative Framework of
IIT Bombay, and put in place, the following infrastructure/facilities.

 Integrated Modelling and Simulation Lab. (IMSL) with software and hardware tools for
carrying out research and developmental work for supporting the theory and laboratory
courses and projects of the students of the Systems Design & Engineering specialization.
 A collection of sensors, actuators, data loggers and micro-controllers, data acquisition
cards, to facilitate system integration studies.
 Support infrastructure for the Mini Aerial Vehicle (MAV) programme of CASDE e.g. A wind
tunnel facility for aerodynamic & propeller characterization of miniature aircraft, Hardware-
in-loop simulator etc.
 Software tools for mission analysis, requirements capture, aerodynamic and propulsion
performance prediction, structural analysis.
 Desktops & Multidisciplinary Design Optimization (MDO) software tools e.g. WingOpt
 In-house MDO framework version 2.0 to provide help in setting up the MDO problem in a
formal and systematic way.
 Aerospace Systems Engineering Information Laboratory (AeSEIL) with documents, reports,
magazines, books and CD-ROMs etc., for the use of staff, faculty and students.
 An office space, with technical office staff and equipment (e.g. PCs, Printers, Scanners, CD
Writers, Notebook, Data Projector, Audio/Video conferencing, Xerox Machine, Fax
Machine, Seminar Hall, Meeting Room, Visiting Faculty Room, Research Staff/Student
Area etc.), for (1) supporting day-to-day functions of the various faculty, students and
research staff of the CASDE, (2) coordinating visitors to CASDE, (3) supporting creation of
lecture material for CEPs and invited lectures and (4) organizing seminars, conferences,
workshops and brainstorming sessions.

Following tables on next page show the equipment costing more than Rs. 50,000/-, purchased out
of the grant received from ARDB as well as contributions received by CASDE from other sources.

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(a) Equipment purchased from grant received from ARDB

S.N. Description of Item Amount (in Rs.)

01 14 Desktop PCs for IMSL & MDO Related Studies 9,16,684
02 Thermal Control Setup CE-103 & CE-120 4,71,806
03 6 – Component Strain Gage Balance 3,74,400
04 Airconditioning in CASDE Premises 3,04,732
05 CSA NASTRAN FEA Software Package 3,00,000
06 Torque Sensor for MAV Tunnel 2,74,052
07 Liesagang Data Projector 2,54,098
08 Micro-controllers and Data loggers 2,35,026
09 Videoconferencing Equipment 2,14,076
10 Phillips LCD Data Projector 2,13,029
11 Laser Printers and Scanners 1,88,700
12 Altair Hypemesh Software Version 5.1 1,80,000
13 STAR-CD CFD Software 1,50,000
14 ANSYS FE Analysis Software 1,37,500
15 IBM Thinkpad Laptop Computer 1,33,800
16 Data Acquisition Cards (PCL-208) & Stepper Motor Card 1,28,202
17 LabView Full Development Kit 1,24,812
18 Compaq & Wipro Low Cost Laptops 1,09,000
19 Tektronics TDS 2000 Digital Storage Oscilloscopes 1,04,000
20 MSC NASTRAN & PATRAN (Upgrade in lieu of CSANASTRAN) 1,00,000
21 Digital Photocopier cum Printer 89,693
22 Blowers for MAV Tunnel 87,916
23 CD Server 78,900
24 Sony Handycam 59,900
25 5 KVA 1 Hour Battery UPS 59,850
Total 53,90,142

(b) Equipment purchased from funds provided by IIT Bombay

S.N. Description of Item Amount (in Rs.)

01 Torsion Disk Experimental Setup Model 205 6,60,219
02 Procon Level Control Experimental Setup 6,59,891
03 Inverted Pendulum Add-on IP02 3,39,781
04 Motion & Light Transducers TK2942 2,66,521
05 Tektronix Digital Storage Oscilloscopes TDS1000 2,02,068
06 3500 Square Feet Office Space, Electricity etc. ?
Total 21,28,480

(c) Equipment provided by ISRO

S.N. Description of Item Amount (in Rs.)

01 Launch Vehicle hardware-in-Loop Simulator 33,00,000

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