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by vina
20 Aug 2018 17:01
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Kerala Floods - Aftermath and Save Sabarimala
Replies: 2419
Views: 445468

Re: Kerala Floods - Aug 2018

I got some more data point: At full capacity of 780MW, the Idukki power generator will consume around 200 Cumecs of water. this water gets to the Muvattupuzha river, and probably the flood in that river has contribution from this water. Mullaperiyar system can output 2500cusecs (71 cumecs) to the c...
by vina
19 May 2018 10:52
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8411
Views: 2875667

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

Deleted. Poster banned for trolling.
by vina
18 May 2018 17:25
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8411
Views: 2875667

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

Theory doesn't say it is not possible. After all it is a fact that currently at least future prices are lower than spot. It would merely say it is an aberration. Backwardation is the usual norm because of convenience yield (google it up /youtube it up, and why it is so or just open any standard tex...
by vina
18 May 2018 13:59
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8411
Views: 2875667

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

I checked Dec, Jan futures. All are up and above $77. Can't trust Long term futures too much, their prices will converge to the real price as the expiry comes close. Oil can be at 60 or at 100 in December. Commodity futures will exhibit Normal Backwardation . The futures price should normally be LE...
by vina
18 May 2018 11:36
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8411
Views: 2875667

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

Crude @ 80 gives Govt the jitters As crude oil prices soared above $80 a barrel for the first time since November 2014, government number-crunchers are feeling fidgety, as it will affect inflation, current account, fiscal position and growth, and call for tighter macroeconomic policies Most economi...
by vina
17 May 2018 11:21
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8411
Views: 2875667

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

How long do you expect the $420B reserves to last if RBI/GOI has to defend weakening rupee, with increasing oil prices and widening CAD..? Theoretically indefinitely . All you need to do is interfere in the underlying markets (foreign exchange, capital and money markets) with controls (either fully...
by vina
17 May 2018 10:21
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8411
Views: 2875667

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

I had this question in my mind , Why do we have to peg Rupee against a Dollar or Euro , Why cant RBI or GOI just ban these exchange rates and create a fixed exchange rates , Like why cant Rupee just be fixed Rs 40 against USD and why it has to be 68 ? If exporter want hard currency they can directl...
by vina
16 May 2018 20:35
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8411
Views: 2875667

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

The 10 Year yields went UP by roughly 140 bps (1.4%) between roughly June-July 17 to Feb end 18. This was driven by huge supply of paper (ie govt borrowing) , along with global yields hardening. Then the Govt came out in March and said that they would cut borrowing in the 1st half (there was no one ...
by vina
16 May 2018 17:51
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8411
Views: 2875667

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

The bond markets are giving out very iffy signals. The last couple of auctions actually devolved and had to be picked up by the underwriters and primary dealers (poor sods.. an unenviable job in this kind of environment , where you have to suck it up and get beaten, but pretty attractive in normal c...
by vina
16 May 2018 07:59
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8411
Views: 2875667

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

Awrighty folks. 1. The US 10 Year Treasury yields have crossed 3% and seems headed up. Equity markets seem toppy to me ain't going to be a free ride from here on. Volatility is going to increase as the easy money is slowly withdrawn as growth picks up globally. The labor market too is pretty strong ...
by vina
09 May 2018 06:51
Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
Topic: China Military Watch - Sept' 2016
Replies: 4649
Views: 1727152

Re: China Military Watch - Sept' 2016

First clear image of J-15D Ching Chong Towering Glowering Showering Sea Dragon whatever. Carrier jet, notice the arrestor hook https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DcDNuXWW4AAOMr0.jpg Something funny. Why are there two large very fat "bamboos" (for want of a better word) on the wing tips of the J-...
by vina
08 May 2018 23:53
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Railways Thread (Dec 2015)
Replies: 4767
Views: 1447467

Re: Indian Railways Thread (Dec 2015)

I do think that the Indian Railways needs to be broken up into multiple operating companies and decentralised. The current railways is such an unresponsive and inefficient beast driven by random political imperatives and being centrally command-controlled from New Delhi no longer serves the growth a...
by vina
04 May 2018 07:47
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion
Replies: 6363
Views: 1977620

Re: Kaveri & aero-engine discussion

Vina ji, if I may suggest that you must add the following in your papers introduction, or end note so that non technical (non aircraft designers) bean counter (management ) people get the right context. (The first point is compressed in your paper which I think should be per below, the second is ab...
by vina
03 May 2018 13:26
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion
Replies: 6363
Views: 1977620

Re: Kaveri & aero-engine discussion

Okay. Cleaned up some english /language for clarity /grammar/syntax/readability. Also there was an arithmetic error where the Take Off Gross Weight (TOGW) was overestimated in Appendix C. The TOGW increase is actually less than 300Kg in the maximum case. The updated document is Water Injection for E...
by vina
02 May 2018 23:00
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion
Replies: 6363
Views: 1977620

Re: Kaveri & aero-engine discussion

Some of us may have connections that may result in reaching the targeted audience. What is your wish list of people you would ideally like them to read this paper? Both technical/managerial and executives/bean-counters. Back from vacation and checked my mailbox. Looks like that the emails got deliv...
by vina
21 Apr 2018 10:08
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion
Replies: 6363
Views: 1977620

Re: Kaveri & aero-engine discussion

Oh, I forgot to add. As you are driving out of CDG, you can see a mounted display of another classic by the roadside, which I pointed out to my kids. The only successful super cruiser ever, the Concorde. This too had obviously as it would need, Turbojet engines which while allowing to super cruise a...
by vina
21 Apr 2018 09:37
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion
Replies: 6363
Views: 1977620

Re: Kaveri & aero-engine discussion

Okay. Look like, not too many folks here have actually read this beyond the title in the link or even the exec summary I posted. A couple of points. No the cg won't shift.There is an entire section about aircraft implementation and if you read carefully, what is being advocated to be stored in is re...
by vina
19 Apr 2018 19:59
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion
Replies: 6363
Views: 1977620

Re: Kaveri & aero-engine discussion

Can the paper I wrote be hosted on BR? I will remove it from the drop box after I am back in town after another 2 weeks. I really so think a lot of stuff in that is something no one gave much thought of in India recently. Actually given the constraints they knew they had and the Indian operating con...
by vina
19 Apr 2018 12:40
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion
Replies: 6363
Views: 1977620

Re: Kaveri & aero-engine discussion

Okay finished typing it up. The full write up is Water Injection For Enhanced Thrust and Future Growth of GTX type Gas Turbines . Have sent it out to "big folks" who I think are involved in this that I could find email ids for. Not sure if those emails are even active and if anyone even re...
by vina
17 Apr 2018 09:56
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion
Replies: 6363
Views: 1977620

Re: Kaveri & aero-engine discussion

Madhu, here is a summary of the Kaveri parameters from my set of calculations. I am yet to do the stage matching and thus the W numbers are out of sync. But I realised that the specified PR values cannot be taken as constants and would need to be varied to converge the calculations. This is for uni...
by vina
16 Apr 2018 20:58
Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
Topic: AMCA News and Discussions
Replies: 3310
Views: 837929

Re: AMCA News and Discussions

That was what I was getting at as well. There was a good reason that the F-22, F-35 and the SU-57 went on to develop dedicated next-generation engines. While the enhancements to the F414 will increase its overall thrust, the jury is still out that if and when they are actually funded, how much enha...
by vina
15 Apr 2018 14:42
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion
Replies: 6363
Views: 1977620

Re: Kaveri & aero-engine discussion

Dang . I am making heavy weather on typing out the "solution" /"fix" for the Kaveri. I am crunched on time, racing to tie things up before I head out to Europe on vacation this friday with family etc. However, good thing is that the full engineering analysis and number crunching ...
by vina
10 Apr 2018 22:22
Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
Topic: Tejas Mk.2: News & Discussions - 25 February 2018
Replies: 1082
Views: 407184

Re: Tejas Mk.2 News & Discussions: 25 February 2018

Canard is a done deal. Not a may be. That enables them now to increase length much beyond previously decided 0.5m. I hope they pluck that fruit. BTW, canard may add some drag but it also takes out some elsewhere, in effect reducing total drag. A well designed canard config has lesser trim drag than...
by vina
10 Apr 2018 17:52
Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
Topic: Tejas Mk.2: News & Discussions - 25 February 2018
Replies: 1082
Views: 407184

Re: Tejas Mk.2 News & Discussions: 25 February 2018

I still hope they extend Mk2 to 15m. If they think moving MLG out is too much work, that can be omitted. But I think lengthening significantly is absolutely a must given canard. The Canard may NOT needed at all. There is a better way than canard for the fuselage plug which adds weight in front of t...
by vina
03 Apr 2018 09:31
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion
Replies: 6363
Views: 1977620

Re: Kaveri & aero-engine discussion

How is it done? can it be done by just controlling airflow/fuel or there is more to it? Just asking onlee......... Is there some confusion between flat rating and de rating. Wasn't the canberra engine derated very simply by mechanically restricting it's throttle movement to a preset value, well bel...
by vina
02 Apr 2018 18:29
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion
Replies: 6363
Views: 1977620

Re: Kaveri & aero-engine discussion

But that said, all this is Chai Biskoot . Bottomline. Do you have a solution ? I never really gave a thought this to be frank. But What kind of solution you are expecting..? One with which a small tinkering would unleash full potential of Kaveri on SL...? I don't believe there is one such quick fix...
by vina
02 Apr 2018 12:06
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion
Replies: 6363
Views: 1977620

Re: Kaveri & aero-engine discussion

You actually limit TET from going to max on ground and lower altitudes to keep thrust artificially lower than what is possible. (that means lower fuel consumption to some extent but then you are forced to use lower BPR so some disadvantage there. Its complicated enough that we cannot make generic s...
by vina
08 Nov 2017 11:43
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Aug 26 2015
Replies: 4573
Views: 1048392

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Aug 26 2015

It doesn't matter if IR is contracted to purchase from SAIL - the fact remains that whoever's supposed to make steel isn't able to produce enough to meet IR's tender requirement. I agree though that importing steel doesn't solve anything, and the solution is to just enable IR to buy from private st...
by vina
08 Nov 2017 11:24
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Aug 26 2015
Replies: 4573
Views: 1048392

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Aug 26 2015

India's steel and rail ministries are at loggerheads over the state-run network's proposal to buy much-needed rails from overseas, a move that would undermine Prime Minister Narendra Modi's drive to build key infrastructure in India. India's Ministry of Railways, which manages the world's fourth-la...
by vina
08 Nov 2017 10:36
Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - May 2017
Replies: 5116
Views: 1844304

Re: Indian Missiles News and Discussions - May 2017

Thanks to Delhi Defence Review: 14w95NO2k7Q Cool! 1. Loved to hear women's voices in the telemetry and tracking.. Stuff like hearing a woman's voice announce "booster jettisoned" and "wing deployed" are good signs of how far we have come as a society and people. More power to su...
by vina
07 Nov 2017 09:53
Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - May 2017
Replies: 5116
Views: 1844304

Re: Indian Missiles News and Discussions - May 2017

@Indranil, of course it will be a different motor. Brahmos NG will likely be 50cm dia while Astra is 17.8cm dia. Personally I'm not aware of any successful ramjet application by DRDO yet . All I'm saying is if it participates in all new engine being developed for Brahmos NG then it could help other...
by vina
02 Nov 2017 22:25
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion
Replies: 6363
Views: 1977620

Re: Kaveri & aero-engine discussion

The competing Jumo 004 was basis of US engines!!!! Oh. The Americans got not just the Jumo 004 , but also some absolutely brilliant talent. They also got Max Bentele to the US. He was the man who fixed the vibration and acoustics problems in the Jumo 004 (where the stators were suspended from the c...
by vina
02 Nov 2017 10:17
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 15 Dec 2016
Replies: 4822
Views: 1420396

Re: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 15 Dec 2016

Dear Vina Sir/ Madam, If you are referring to the NUH project, it is not a 10 ton helicopter requirement. For your information, among the contenders:s I was referring to the original N-ALH requirement to replace Sea Kings in SAR and also ASW, and even ASuW. Obviously for these roles you need a 10 t...
by vina
01 Nov 2017 15:44
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 15 Dec 2016
Replies: 4822
Views: 1420396

Re: Indian Navy News & Discussion - 15 Dec 2016

Naval helos: Look the ALH was never designed with naval reqs. in mind.It was meant for the IAF and IA. HAL wanted the IN to absurdly "cut holes" in the hangar as the rotors couldn't fold! I fail to understand why our helo division has neglected taking the IN aboard when commencing project...
by vina
01 Nov 2017 10:57
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Islamism & Islamophobia Abroad - News & Analysis (9-8-2014)
Replies: 4145
Views: 836093

Re: Islamism & Islamophobia Abroad - News & Analysis (9-8-2014)

An Allahu-Akbar attack in NY City. 8 Dead, dozens injured CNN I cannot believe this happened in NYC . And look exactly where it happened. Right outside Stuyvesant High (the premier NYC school, for which you need to qualify through a JEE style example to get in) , right at the junction of Chambers s...
by vina
27 Oct 2017 12:03
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Aug 26 2015
Replies: 4573
Views: 1048392

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Aug 26 2015

Many Private Banks have been lying especially about NPAs and thereby overstating their profits. Telling Fibs Again , Axis Bank ? -- Overstated profits by 24% and underreported 9 NPA accounts Oh No, No, No - Yes Bank -- Overstated profits by 44% and underreported the same 9 NPA accounts. Yes Bank has...
by vina
27 Oct 2017 10:40
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: LCA: News & Discussions: 15 August 2017
Replies: 3500
Views: 981457

Re: LCA: News & Discussions: 15 August 2017

Folks, let get back on track and away from some random stuff about "security" and "leaks" or whatever. None of that happens here , though I am sure the BRF is followed very closely by Military Intelligence, spooks of all kinds of all stripes for "analysis" /"spin&q...
by vina
26 Oct 2017 15:31
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Aug 26 2015
Replies: 4573
Views: 1048392

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Aug 26 2015

{deleted link} Mihir Sharma too says what I said here earlier. You MUST do Privatisation (or you will have the periodic bad loan write off again like clock work in 10 to 12 years). As my Motto says - Nijikaran, Udharikaran & Bazaarikaran . So what if it is red rag to the Commies (who wave a red ...