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Sivamoorthy
Kanagalingam

Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering, Technische Universität München & Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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Education

  • Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering
    Technische Universität München & Nanyang Technological University , Singapore
  • BE Aeronautical Engineering
    Anna University , India

Industry Experience

  • Singapore Institute of Technology
    Present
  • SHEVS IFT Consultants Pte Ltd
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  • A*STAR IHPC
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  • NTU / ERI@N
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Technical Skills

  • FD: ANSYS Fluent, CFX, OpenFOAM
  • Fire Modelling: FDS, PyroSim, Pathfinder
  • Post-processing: ParaView, Smokeview
  • CAD/BIM: SolidWorks, Autodesk Revit, AutoCAD
  • Programming: Python, MATLAB, C/C++

Research Interests

  • Fire Dynamics and Battery Fire Safety
  • Fire Engineering Design and Evacuation Modelling
  • Turbulence and Combustion Modelling
  • CFD for Built Environment and Safety Engineering
  • Aerodynamics and Fluid-Structure Interaction
  • Urban Flow and Pollution Dispersion Control

Current Projects

  • Flashover Study (HTX)
    – Present

Past Projects

  • Fire-Resilient Battery Room Design for Next-Gen Electric Harbour Crafts – SMI, MPA
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  • Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation (UVGI) for Airborne SARS-CoV-2 Disinfection - MOE
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  • Turbo-Hydro Jet for Chemical Dispersion Control - HTX
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  • Pollution Dispersion Control in Urban Environment - HTX
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  • High-Fidelity CFD for Swimming Hydrodynamics – IHPC A*STAR
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Journal Papers

  • William, Youhanna, S. Kanagalingam, and Mohamed H. Mohamed. " Investigation of Heaving-Pitching Airfoil in Ground Proximity using Large Eddy Simulations." Journal of applied Fluid Mechanics (2025)

  • Kanagalingam, Sivamoorthy, and Youhanna E. William. "Assessment of Computational Fluid Dynamics Reynolds-Averaged Navier–Stokes Models for Bluff Bodies Aerodynamics." SAE International Journal of Commercial Vehicles 16, no. 02-16-04-0028 (2023)

  • William, Youhanna, S. Kanagalingam, and Mohamed H. Mohamed. "Ground Effect Investigation on the Aerodynamic Airfoil Behaviour Using Large Eddy Simulation." Journal of Fluids Engineering (2023): 1-13.  

Conferences

  • Kanagalingam, S., An, H., Wang, P. C., Soh, C. B., Chien, S.-C., & Yu, S. C. M. (2024). The effect of different UV-C lamp configurations on the inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 particles in internal duct system: A numerical investigation based on computational fluid dynamics. 9th Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference (TFEC).

  • Kanagalingam, S., An, H., Wang, P. C., Soh, C. B., Chien, S.-C., & Yu, S. C. M. (2024). Influence of the occupant’s height on cough dispersion and infection risk within an indoor environment: A numerical study. 9th Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference (TFEC)

  • Kabir, I.F.S.A., Kanagalingam, S., Safiyullah, F. (2017). Performance evaluation of air flow and thermal comfort in the room with Wind-Catcher using different CFD techniques under neutral Atmospheric Boundary Layer. Energy Procedia.

  • Dominic Chandar, Nguyen Vinh-Tan, Raymond Quek and Sivamoorthy Kanagalingam, “Drag prediction of NASA Common Research Model”, 6th AIAA CFD Drag Prediction Workshop USA, held on 16-17 June 2016

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