• Computational fluid dynamics (CFD), direct numerical simulation (DNS), turbulence modeling (URANS, LES/DES), Lagrangian particle tracking, high-performance computing (HPC).
• Turbulence, transition, bluff-body flows, multi-phase flows, premixed combustion, fire & explosion safety.
• Immersed boundary method and porosity/distributed resistance (PDR) modeling.

   Fluid Mechanics Group,    Department of Applied Mechanics & Biomedical Engineering,
   IIT Madras Chennai, 600036.
   FMB 202
   Phone: +91 (0) 44 2257 4079,
   Email: vagesh [at]iitm[.]ac[.]in

• V. D. Narasimhamurthy, "On the influence of initial conditions on DNS", International Workshop on Cloud Dynamics, Micro Physics, and Small-Scale Simulation, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, 2018.
• V. D. Narasimhamurthy, H. Hisken, G. Atanga, T. Skjold, "Porosity/distributed resistance modeling for industrial CFD applications", 8th National Conference on Computational Mechanics (MekIT'15), Trondheim, Norway, 2015.

• A. Choudhary, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, "DES and RANS modeling of primary atomization in a coaxial swirling liquid-gas jet", Atomization and Sprays, (under revision).
• K. M. Teja, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, "Shear-layer dynamics at the interface of parallel Couette flows", Physics of Fluids, Vol. 34, 105137, 2022.
• P. Charles, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, "Direct numerical simulation of planar turbulent jets: effect of a pintle orifice", Physics of Fluids, Vol. 34, 105111, 2022.
• H. P. Mahamure, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, L. Zhao, "Planar shear flow effects on particle dispersion over a normal flat plate", Acta Mechanica, Vol. 233, 4615-4640, 2022.
• A. Singh, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, "Perforation effects on the wake dynamics of normal flat plates", Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 947, A23, 2022.
• S. K. Javanappa, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, "Structure of turbulence in planar rough Couette flows", Physics of Fluids, Vol. 34, 065124, 2022.
• P. Jadhav, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, "Characteristics of wake turbulence generated by a normal flat plate", International Journal of Fluid Mechanics Research, Vol. 49, 81-93, 2022.
• S. Gokul, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, "Characteristics of transitional plane Couette flow", International Journal of Fluid Mechanics Research, Vol. 49, 19-30, 2022.
• K. Jagadeesan, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, H. I. Andersson, "The structure of turbulence in rotating rough-channel flows", International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, Vol. 95, 108956, 2022.
• H. Varma, K. Jagadeesan, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, A. P. Kesarkar, H. I. Andersson, "LES and DNS of symmetrically roughened turbulent channel flows", Acta Mechanica, Vol. 232, 4951-4968, 2021.
• S. K. Javanappa, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, "Turbulent plane-Couette flow with a roughened wall", Physical Review Fluids, Vol. 6, 104609, 2021.
• K. M. Teja, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, H. I. Andersson, B. Pettersen, "Onset of shear-layer instability at the interface of parallel Couette flows", International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, Vol. 89, 108786, 2021.
• A. Singh, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, "DNS of wake from perforated plates: aspect ratio effects", Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics, An Int. J. , Vol. 21, 355-368, 2021.
• K. Jagadeesan, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, "Reynolds number effects in rib-roughened turbulent channel flow", Int. J. Adv. Eng. Sci. Appl. Math., Vol. 11, 254-262, 2019.
• S. K. Javanappa, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, "DNS of plane-Couette flow with surface roughness", Int. J. Adv. Eng. Sci. Appl. Math., Vol. 11, 288-300, 2019.
• A. Moen, L. Mauri, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, "Comparison of k-e models in gaseous release and dispersion simulations using the CFD code FLACS", Process Safety and Environmental Protection, Vol. 130, 306-316, 2019.
• F. H. Dadmarzi, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, B. Pettersen, H. I. Andersson, "Turbulent wake behind side-by-side flat plates: computational study of interference effects",Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 855, 1040-1073, 2018.
• S. Srinivasan, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, B. S. V. Patnaik, "Reduced order modeling of two degree-of-freedom vortex induced vibrations of a circular cylinder", Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, Vol. 175, 342-351, 2018.
• F. H. Dadmarzi, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, H. I. Andersson,B. Pettersen, "Turbulent wake behind a T-shaped plate: comparison with a cross-shaped plate", International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, Vol. 65, 127-140, 2017.
• F. H. Dadmarzi, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, H. I. Andersson, B. Pettersen, "Turbulent wake behind two intersecting flat plates", International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, Vol. 62, 482-498, 2016.
• H. Hisken, G. Enstad, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, "Suppression of vortex shedding and its mitigation effect in gas explosions: an experimental study", Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, Vol. 43, 242-254, 2016.
• V. D. Narasimhamurthy, H. I. Andersson, "Turbulence statistics in a rotating ribbed channel", International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, Special issue celebrating the 75th birthdays of Brian Launder and Kemal Hanjalic, Vol. 51, 29-41, 2015.
• D. Yang, B. Pettersen, H. I. Andersson, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, "Analysis of vortex splitting characteristics in the wake of an inclined flat plate using Hilbert-Huang transform", Acta Mechanica, Vol. 226, 1085-1104, 2015.
• S. E. Gant, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, T. Skjold, D. Jamois, C. Proust,"Evaluation of multi-phase atmospheric dispersion models for application to Carbon capture and storage", Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, Vol. 32, 286-298, 2014.
• V. D. Narasimhamurthy, H. I. Andersson, B. Pettersen, "Novel features of a fully developed mixing-layer between co-flowing laminar and turbulent Couette flows", Physics of Fluids, Vol. 26, 031703, 2014.
• R. M. Woolley, M. Fairweather, C. J. Wareing, C. Proust, J. Hebrard, D. Jamois, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, I. E. Storvik, T. Skjold, S. A. E. G. Falle, S. Brown, H. Mahgerefteh, S. Martynov, S. E. Gant, D. M. Tsangaris, I. G. Economou, G. C. Boulougouris, N. Diamantonis, "An integrated, multi-scale modelling approach for the simulation of multiphase dispersion from accidental CO2 pipeline releases in realistic terrain", International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, Vol. 27, 221-238, 2014.
• D. Yang, B. Pettersen, H. I. Andersson, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, "Floquet stability analysis of the wake of an inclined flat plate", Physics of Fluids, Vol. 25, 094103, 2013.
• V. D. Narasimhamurthy, H. I. Andersson, "Statistical flow properties in the turbulent wake of a tapered flat plate placed normal to the free-stream", Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, Vol. 91, 805-826, 2013.
• D. Yang, B. Pettersen, H. I. Andersson, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, "On oblique and parallel shedding behind an inclined plate", Physics of Fluids, Vol. 25, 054101, 2013.
• V. D. Narasimhamurthy, S. A. Ellingsen, H. I. Andersson, "Bilateral shear layer between two parallel Couette flows", Physical Review E, Vol. 85, 036302, 2012.
• D. Yang, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, B. Pettersen, H. I. Andersson, "Three-dimensional wake transition behind an inclined flat plate", Physics of Fluids, Vol. 24, 094107, 2012.
• D. Yang, B. Pettersen, H. I. Andersson, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, "Vortex shedding in flow past an inclined flat plate at high incidence", Physics of Fluids, Vol. 24, 084103, 2012.
• Z. Huang, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, H. I. Andersson, "Oblique and cellular vortex shedding behind a circular cylinder in a bidirectional shear flow", Physics of Fluids, Vol. 22, 114105, 2010.
• V. D. Narasimhamurthy, H. I. Andersson, B. Pettersen, "Steady viscous flow past a tapered cylinder", Acta Mechanica, Vol. 206, 53-57, 2009.
• V. D. Narasimhamurthy, H. I. Andersson, B. Pettersen, "Cellular vortex shedding behind a tapered circular cylinder", Physics of Fluids, Vol. 21, 044106, 2009.
• H. A. Khaledi, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, H. I. Andersson, "Cellular vortex shedding in the wake of a tapered plate at low Reynolds numbers", Physics of Fluids, Vol. 21, 013603, 2009.
• V. D. Narasimhamurthy, H. I. Andersson, "Numerical simulation of the turbulent wake behind a normal flat plate", International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, Vol. 30, 1037-1043, 2009.
• V. D. Narasimhamurthy, H. I. Andersson, B. Pettersen, "Cellular vortex shedding in the wake of a tapered plate", Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 617, 355-379, 2008.
• V. D. Narasimhamurthy, S. Kumar, G. S. Gupta, M. Gupta, "Evaluation of elastic modulus of an Al-MMC using finite element analysis", Steel Grips, Vol. 2, 3:198-203, 2004.
• D. Charan Theja, S. Srinivasan, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, "Turbulent wake from dual step cylinders", (manuscript in preparation).
• H. Varma, K. Jagadeesan, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, A. P. Kesarkar, "Direct numerical simulation of coflowing rough and smooth turbulent channel flows", (manuscript in preparation).
• P. Jadhav, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, "Kelvin-Helmholtz instability of the shear-layer in the wake of a normal flat plate", (manuscript in preparation).
• S. K. Javanappa, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, "Turbulence statistics of planar rough Couette flows", (manuscript in preparation).
• A. Pandey, A. Kumar, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, S. Sahu, "Detached eddy simulations of two-phase coaxial liquid jet flows", (manuscript in preparation).
• M. Dhiman, A. Zambare, P. Sathiah, V. D. Narasimhamurthy , "CFD simulations of vapour cloud explosions using PDRFoam", (manuscript in preparation).
• H. P. Mahamure, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, L. Zhao, "Particle dispersion over side-by-side square cylinders: Proximity interference effects", (manuscript in preparation).

• H. P. Mahamure, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, L. Zhao, "On the development of a new Eulerian-Lagrangian solver for particle-laden turbulent flows", IUTAM Symposium on Turbulent Structure and Particles-Turbulence Interaction, Lanzhou, China, 2022 (accepted).
• H. P. Mahamure, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, L. Zhao, "Assessment of parallelization techniques for an Eulerian-Lagrangian multiphase flow algorithm", Proc. 26th National and 4th International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (IHMTC), Chennai, India, Begell House Inc., 1785-1790, 2022.
• M. Narasimha Varadhan, A. Singh, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, "Wake dynamics of normal flat plates: effect of perforation orientation", Proc. 26th National and 4th International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (IHMTC), Chennai, India, Begell House Inc., 2651-2655, 2022.
• S. Gokul, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, "Characteristics of laminar-turbulent bands in plane Couette flow", Proc. 26th National and 4th International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (IHMTC), Chennai, India, Begell House Inc., 2073-2077, 2022.
• V. Meysiva, M. Dhiman, P. Sathiah, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, "Flame acceleration simulations in gas explosions based on porosity/distributed resistance modelling", Proc. 26th National and 4th International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (IHMTC), Chennai, India, Begell House Inc., 2271-2276, 2022.
• P. Jadhav, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, "Wake Dynamics of turbulent flow over a normal flat plate: a DNS study", Proc. 26th National and 4th International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (IHMTC), Chennai, India, Begell House Inc., 2337-2342, 2022.
• M. Dhiman, V. Meysiva, P. Sathiah, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, "Porosity/distributed resistance (PDR) modelling in the CFD Solver PDRFOAM", Recent Advances in Applied Mechanics, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Springer, 503-519, 2022.
• P. Charles, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, "Evaluation of outflow boundary conditions in DNS of turbulent jet flows", Recent Advances in Applied Mechanics, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Springer, 69-86, 2022.
• K. M. Teja, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, "DNS of an oscillating shear-layer between two parallel Couette flows", Proc. 16th Asian Congress of Fluid Mechanics, Bengaluru, India, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Springer, 241-246, 2021.
• A. Choudhary, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, "A comparative study of turbulence models for two-phase coaxial swirling jet flows", IEEE 25th International Conference on High Performance Computing Workshops (HiPCW), Bengaluru, India, IEEE, 36-40, 2018.
• A. Singh, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, "Perforated bluff-body wake simulations: influence of aspect ratio", IEEE 25th International Conference on High Performance Computing Workshops (HiPCW), Bengaluru, India, IEEE, 32-35, 2018.
• F. H. Dadmarzi, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, H. I. Andersson, B. Pettersen, "Influence of computational domain size in simulating wake behind cross-shaped plate", 9th National Conference on Computational Mechanics (MekIT'17), Trondheim, Norway, International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), 111-119, 2017.
• V. D. Narasimhamurthy, L. Mauri, S. Lakshmipathy, T. Skjold, S. Chen, Y. C. Zhang, "Large-scale release and dispersion of CO2: experiments and simulation", AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, USA, AIChE, No. 756b, 2015.
• V. D. Narasimhamurthy, H. Hisken, G. Atanga, T. Skjold, "Porosity/distributed resistance modeling for industrial CFD applications", 8th National Conference on Computational Mechanics (MekIT'15), Trondheim, Norway, International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), 321-331, 2015.
• R. M. Woolley, M. Fairweather, C. J. Wareing, S. A. E. G. Falle, H. Mahgerefteh, S. Martynov, S. Brown, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, I. E. Storvik, L. Saelen, T. Skjold, I. G. Economou, D. M. Tsangaris, G. C. Boulougouris, N. Diamantonis, L. Cusco, M. Wardman, S. E. Gant, J. Wilday, Y. C. Zhang, S. Chen, C. Proust, J. Hebrard, D. Jamois, "CO2PipeHaz: quantitative hazard assessment for next generation CO2 pipelines", Energy Procedia, Vol. 63, 2510-2529, 2014.
• F. H. Dadmarzi, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, H. I. Andersson, B. Pettersen, "The wake behind two intersecting flat plates", Proc. ASME 4th Joint US-European Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, Chicago, USA, ASME Proceedings, No. FEDSM2014-21208, 2014.
• T. Skjold, H. H. Pedersen, L. Bernard, M. Ichard, P. Middha, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, T. Landvik, T. Lea, L. Pesch, "A matter of life and death: validating, qualifying and documenting models for simulating flow-related accident scenarios in the process industry", Chemical Engineering Transactions, Vol. 31, 187-192, 2013.
• V. D. Narasimhamurthy, H. I. Andersson, T. Skjold, "Analysis of DNS and RANS data in a turbulent channel flow with surface mounted ribs", Proc. 7th International Symposium on Turbulence, Heat and Mass Transfer, Palermo, Italy, Begell House Inc., p. 337, 2012.
• F. H. Dadmarzi, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, H. I. Andersson, B. Pettersen,"Direct numerical simulation of turbulent wake behind two intersecting plates", Proc. 7th International Symposium on Turbulence, Heat and Mass Transfer, Palermo, Italy, Begell House Inc., p. 175, 2012.
• V. D. Narasimhamurthy, H. I. Andersson, "DNS of turbulent flow in a rotating rough channel", Proc. 8th Direct and Large-Eddy Simulation workshop (DLES8), Eindhoven, The Netherlands, ERCOFTAC series, Springer, Vol. 15, 413-418, 2011.
• V. D. Narasimhamurthy, H. I. Andersson, B. Pettersen, "Aspects of a turbulent-nonturbulent interface", Proc. 13th EUROMECH European Turbulence Conference (ETC13), Warsaw, Poland, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser., IOPScience, Vol. 318, 022017, 2011.
• D. Yang, B. Pettersen, H. I. Andersson, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, "Three-dimensional transition characteristics in the wake of an inclined flat plate", Proc. 13th EUROMECH European Turbulence Conference (ETC13), Warsaw, Poland, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser., IOPScience, Vol. 318, 032044, 2011.
• F. H. Dadmarzi, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, B. Pettersen, H. I. Andersson, "The turbulent wake behind side-by-side plates", Proc. 13th EUROMECH European Turbulence Conference (ETC13), Warsaw, Poland, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser., IOPScience, Vol. 318, 062010, 2011.
• V. D. Narasimhamurthy, H. I. Andersson, ">Roughness effects in a rotating turbulent channel", Advances in Turbulence XII, Proc. 12th EUROMECH European Turbulence Conference (ETC12), Marburg, Germany, Springer Proceedings in Physics, Vol. 132, 665-668, 2009.
• V. D. Narasimhamurthy, H. I. Andersson, "Turbulent flow simulation in a rotating rough channel", Proc. 5th national conference on Computational Mechanics (MekIT'09), Trondheim, Norway, Tapir Academic Press, pp. 297-307, 2009.
• V. D. Narasimhamurthy, H. I. Andersson, B. Pettersen, "Direct Numerical Simulation of vortex shedding behind a linearly tapered circular cylinder", Proc. IUTAM Symposium on Unsteady Separated Flows and their Control, Corfu, Greece, IUTAM Bookseries, Springer, Vol. 14, 201-211, 2009.

• A. Zambare, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, T. Skjold, H. Hisken, "Hydrogen explosion modeling using porosity/distributed resistance (PDR) approach", >11th European Combustion Meeting, Rouen, France, 2023 (accepted).
• A. Pandey, A. Kumar, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, S. Sahu, "DES of liquid jet breakup in a coaxial air-blast atomizer", 31st Institute for Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems (ILASS) Conference, USA, 2021.
• H. Varma, K. Jagadeesan, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, A. P. Kesarkar, "LES and DNS of symmetrically roughened turbulent channel flows", >8th International and 47th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP), Assam, India, 2020.
• S. Asapu, A. Pandey, A. Choudhary, S. Sahu, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, "Two phase flow simulation of primary liquid breakup in coaxial jets", >8th International and 47th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP), Assam, India, 2020.
• P. Charles, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, "Numerical study of a planar turbulent jet from a pintle-shaped orifice", 8th International and 47th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP), Assam, India, 2020.
• H. P. Mahamure, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, L. Zhao, "Comparison of three-dimensional interpolation schemes for Lagrangian particle tracking using analytical test functions", >4th Indian Conference on Applied Mechanics, Bengaluru, India, 2019.
• S. Srinivasan, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, B. S. V. Patnaik, "Effect of rotational oscillations of a circular cylinder in figure-of-eight motion", >7th International and 45th National Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power conference (FMFP), Mumbai, India, 2018.
• S. Srinivasan, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, B. S. V. Patnaik, "A mathematical model for predicting 2 DOF vortex-induced vibrations", >3rd Indian Conference on Applied Mechanics, Allahabad, India, 2017.
• T. Skjold, H. H. Pedersen, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, S. Lakshmipathy, L. Pesch, G. Atanga, M. Folusiak, L. Bernard, D. Siccama, I. E. Storvik, "Pragmatic modeling of industrial explosions in complex geometries: review of the state-of-the-art and prospects for the future", 3rd International Conference on Combustion and Detonation, Zel'dovich Memorial Lecture dedicated to the 100th birth anniversary of Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich, Vol. 1, 70-74, Moscow, Russia, 2014.
• T. Skjold, S. O. Christensen, L. Bernard, H. H. Pedersen, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, "Urban canyon blast load calculations", 22nd Military Aspects of Blast and Shock (MABS), Bourges, France, 2012.
• D. Yang, B. Pettersen, H. I. Andersson, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, "Vortex shedding in flow past an inclined flat plate at high incidence", 7th International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena (TSFP), Ottawa, Canada, 2011.
• D. Yang, B. Pettersen, H. I. Andersson, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, "Direct numerical simulation of flow past a rectangular flat plate at incidence", ECCOMAS CFD conference, Lisbon, Portugal, 2010.
• V. D. Narasimhamurthy, J. H. Visscher, H. I. Andersson, B. Pettersen, "DNS and PIV Study of the 3D wake behind tapered circular cylinders", 5th International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena (TSFP), pp. 667-672, Munich, Germany, 2007.
• V. D. Narasimhamurthy, F. Schwertfirm, H. I. Andersson, B. Pettersen, "Simulation of unsteady flow past tapered circular cylinders using an immersed boundary method", >ECCOMAS CFD conference, Egmond aan zee, The Netherlands, 2006.

• A. Zambare, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, T. Skjold, "Vapour cloud explosion modeling using the porosity distributed resistance (PDR) approach", 67th congress of the Indian Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ISTAM), IIT Mandi, India, 2022.
• S. K. Javanappa, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, "The structure of turbulence in a roughened plane Couette flow", 14th European Fluid Mechanics Conference EFMC14, Athens, Greece, 2022.
• H. Varma, K. Jagadeesan, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, A. P. Kesarkar, "Direct numerical simulation of coflowing rough and smooth turbulent channel flows", ME@75: Research Frontiers, Bengaluru, India, 2022.
• K. Jagadeesan, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, "Applicability of the simplified Reynolds stress equations to rotating rib-roughened channel flows", ME@75: Research Frontiers, Bengaluru, India, 2022.
• P. Charles, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, "DNS study of a planar turbulent jet flow: effect of a pintle-shaped orifice", ME@75: Research Frontiers, Bengaluru, India, 2022.
• S. K. Javanappa, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, "DNS of turbulent plane-Couette flow with surface roughness", Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 74th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Phoenix, USA, 2021.
• P. Jadhav, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, "Parallel Computations of wake from normal flat plate: a DNS study", NSM Workshop on High-Performance Computing in Computational Fluid Dynamics, Chennai, India, 2020.
• S. K. Javanappa, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, "DNS of turbulent plane-Couette flow with a roughened wall", 16th Asian Congress of Fluid Mechanics (ACFM), Bengaluru, India, 2019.
• K. Jagadeesan, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, "DNS of rib-roughened turbulent channel flows: influence of Reynolds number", 16th Asian Congress of Fluid Mechanics (ACFM), Bengaluru, India, 2019.
• H. P. Mahamure, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, L. Zhao, "A new Eulerian-Lagrangian solver for simulation of particle-laden flows", 13th International Conference on Complex Fluids and Soft Matter (CompFlu), Bhopal, India, 2019.
• K. M. Teja, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, "On the flow instabilities at the interface of two parallel Couette flows", 13th International Conference on Complex Fluids and Soft Matter (CompFlu), Bhopal, India, 2019.
• V. D. Narasimhamurthy, A. Singh, "Does perforation relaminarize turbulent wakes?", 17th European Turbulence Conference (ETC), Torino, Italy, 2019.
• A. Singh, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, "DNS of flow over perforated plates", International Workshop on Cloud Dynamics, Micro Physics, and Small-Scale Simulation, Pune, India, 2018.
• A. Singh, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, "Direct numerical simulation of flow over perforated plates", 7th Conference on Bluff Body Wakes and Vortex-Induced Vibrations (BBVIV), 299-302, Marseille, France, 2018.
• V. D. Narasimhamurthy, H. I. Andersson, "Combined effects of system rotation and surface roughness - a DNS study of turbulent channel flow", CompFlu, Hyderabad, India, 2016.
• H. Mahgerefteh, S. Martynov, S. Brown, M. Fairweather, R. M. Woolley, S. A. E. G. Falle, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, O. J. Taraldset, T. Skjold, I. G. Economou, D. M. Tsangaris, G. Boulougouris, N. Diamantonis, M. Wardman, S. E. Gant, R. Batt, A. McGillivray, D. Lisbona, J. Wilday, Y. C. Zhang, S. Chen, C. Proust, J. Hebrard, "CO2PipeHaz: quantitative hazard assessment for next generation CO2 pipelines", The 7th Trondheim CCS Conference (TCCS-7), Trondheim, Norway, 2013.
• V. D. Narasimhamurthy, H. I. Andersson, B. Pettersen, "Direct numerical simulation of flow over tapered flat plates", Int. Symposium Fluids Days, Bangalore, India, 2007.
• V. D. Narasimhamurthy, H. I. Andersson, B. Pettersen, "Cellular vortex shedding in the wake of a tapered cylinder", The 6th EUROMECH Fluid Mechanics Conference (EFMC), Stockholm, Sweden, 2006.

 Technical Reports and Newsletters

• G. Atanga, H. H. Pedersen, V. D. Narasimhamurthy and T. Skjold, "Blind-prediction of safety gap experiments",Technical Note (confidential), GexCon AS, Bergen, Norway, 2014.
• T. Skjold, H. H. Pedersen, G. Atanga, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, S. Lakshmipathy, I. E. Storvik and L. Pesch, "Modelling Escalating Accident Scenarios and the Use of Risk-reducing technology for Explosion safety (MEASURE)",Joint Industry [Statoil Petroleum, Total E&P, GDF Suez, DNV GL] Project Progress Report (confidential), GexCon AS, Bergen, Norway, 2014.
• V. D. Narasimhamurthy and T. Skjold, "Single- and two-phase CO2 dispersion simulations using FLACS: COSHER second run",Technical Note (confidential), GexCon AS, Bergen, Norway, 2013.
• V. D. Narasimhamurthy, T. Skjold and S. E. Gant, "On the validation studies of two-phase models in FLACS and CFX",Deliverable 1.5.4 CO2PipeHaz Project, European Commission FP7 Grant Agreement 241346, 2013.
• V. D. Narasimhamurthy and T. Skjold, "CO2 vapour dispersion simulation from pipeline release",Spring Newsletter CO2PipeHaz Project, European Commission FP7 Grant Agreement 241346, 2013.
• V. D. Narasimhamurthy, L. Pesch and T. Skjold, "FLACS model developments including the source, wind and terrain models",Deliverable 1.5.3 CO2PipeHaz Project, European Commission FP7 Grant Agreement 241346, 2013.
• T. Skjold, K. van Wingerden, I. E. Storvik, L. Pesch, J. A. Melheim, M. Ichard, V. D. Narasimhamurthy, P. Middha, H. H. Pedersen, L. Bernard, O. R. Hansen, B. Lilleberg and M. Khalil, "FLACS 2011 and beyond",Joint Industry [Statoil Petroleum, ExxonMobil, Total E&P, IRSN] Project Report (confidential), GexCon AS, Bergen, Norway, 2013.
• V. D. Narasimhamurthy and T. Skjold, "Integration of the near-field model and the Lagrangian particle model",Deliverable 1.5.2 CO2PipeHaz Project, European Commission FP7 Grant Agreement 241346, 2013.
• V. D. Narasimhamurthy and T. Skjold, "Dispersion modelling of a CO2 pipeline release: influence of terrain",Winter Newsletter CO2PipeHaz Project, European Commission FP7 Grant Agreement 241346, 2012.
• V. D. Narasimhamurthy, M. Ichard and T. Skjold, "Numerical simulation of two-phase CO2 dispersion",Autumn Newsletter CO2PipeHaz Project, European Commission FP7 Grant Agreement 241346, 2012.
• V. D. Narasimhamurthy and T. Skjold, "COSHER blind test predictions: Dispersion simulations of a CO2 pipeline rupture release",Technical Note (confidential), GexCon AS, Bergen, Norway, 2012.
• V. D. Narasimhamurthy, "Wake dynamics of flow past tapered bluff bodies",PhD Thesis, 2008:260, Dept. of Energy and Process Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, 2008.
• V. D. Narasimhamurthy, "Unsteady-RANS simulation of turbulent trailing-edge flow",MS Thesis, Report 04/31, Dept. of Thermo and Fluid Dynamics, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2004.

• "URANS modeling", AICTE short term course on theory and analysis of compressible turbulence, IIT Madras, Chennai, India, 2021.
• "Turbulence modeling", AICTE short term course on advances in experimental and computational fluid mechanics, IIT Madras, Chennai, India, 2018.
• "Turbulence modeling challenges", CoPT workshop, GTRE, Bangalore, India, 2018.
• "Work package A1: Turbulence modeling", JIP MEASURE project progress meeting, DNV GL, Spadeadam, UK, 2015.
• "Direct numerical simulation of turbulence, transition and flow instabilities", Research seminar, IIT Madras, Chennai, India, 2015.
• "Direct numerical simulation of turbulence, transition and flow instabilities", Research seminar, JNCASR, Bangalore, India, 2015.
• "Direct numerical simulation of turbulence, transition and flow instabilities", Research seminar, IIT Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India, 2014.
• "Direct numerical simulation of turbulence, transition and flow instabilities", Research seminar, IISc, Bangalore, India, 2014.
• "Pipeline releases of CO2 - Experiments and simulations", FLacs User Group (FLUG) meeting, Bergen, Norway, 2013.
• "Near- and far-field dispersion analysis of accidental CO2 releases: a CFD study", Joint COMET-COCATE-CO2PipeHaz workshop (European Commission's FP7), Lisbon, Portugal, 2012.
• "FLACS: a commercial CFD tool for dispersion, explosion and fire simulations", ERCOFTAC Special Interest Group SIG45 meeting, Leuven, Belgium, 2012.
• "Sub-grid turbulence modeling in FLACS", FLacs User Group (FLUG) meeting, Bergen, Norway, 2012.
• "FLACS - Transient flow solver for dispersion, explosion, fire and wind", CFD Forum meeting, Trondheim, Norway, 2012.
• "Flow past tapered bluff bodies: a review", 13th ERCOFTAC Nordic Pilot Centre meeting, Bergen, Norway, 2009.
• "Cellular vortex shedding in the wake of a tapered plate", Marine-CFD meeting, Onboard M/S Trollfjord, Norway, 2008.
• "Flow past tapered cylinders and tapered plates", Marine-CFD seminar, Jegtvolden, Norway, 2006.
• "Cellular vortex shedding in the wake of a tapered circular cylinder", Marine-CFD meeting, Brekstad, Norway, 2005.

• Foundation of Fluid Mechanics (AM2530) at IITM (fall 2020).
• Turbulence modeling (AM5640) at IITM (fall 2017, 2018, 2019, spring 2022, 2023).
• Introduction to Turbulence (AM5570) at IITM (spring 2017, 2018, 2020).
• Engineering Mechanics (AM1101) at IITM (fall 2016, spring 2019, 2021).
• Foundation of Computational Fluid Dynamics (AM5630) at IITM (spring 2016, fall 2022).
• Teaching associate for Turbulent Flows course (TEP4112) at NTNU, Trondheim, Norway, spring 2011.

• Research fellowship from NFR (The Research Council of Norway), Oslo, Norway (2005 - 11).
• Graduate scholarship from STINT (The Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education), Stockholm, Sweden (2003 - 04).
• Certificate of merit for securing first position in Mechanical Engineering from BIT, Bangalore, India (1998 - 99).