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Aerospace Propulsion: Transverse Jet Control

Propulsion: Pulse Detonation Wave Engine Simulation

Alternative Fuels: Acoustically Coupled Droplet Combustion Control

Hypersonic Flight Testing: Phoenix Testbed

Aerospace Safety: Hydrogen Leak Detection

Combustion Generated Air Pollutants: Lobed Fuel Injector

Hazardous waste Incineration: Resonant Dump Combustor

Aerospace Propulsion: In-flight Imaging of Transverse Jets

Aerospace Propulsion: Transverse Jet Control

  1. Transverse Jet Shear Layer Instabilities. Part II: Linear Analysis for Large Jet-to-Crossflow Velocity Ratios, Alves, L. S. de B., Kelly, R. E., and Karagozian, A. R., Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 602, pp. 383-401, 2008.

  2. Controlled Excitation of Transverse Jet Shear Layer Instabilities, Davitian, J., Hendrickson, C., Getsinger, D., M'Closkey, R. T.., and Karagozian, A. R., Western States Section/The Combustion Institute Spring Meeting, USC, Paper 08S-24, March, 2008.

  3. Strategic Control of Transverse Jet Flows, Davitian, J., Rodriguez, E., Hendrickson, C., M’Closkey, R. T., and Karagozian, A. R., 46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, AIAA Paper AIAA-2008-0741, January, 2008.

  4. Transverse Jet Shear Layer Instabilities. Part I: Experimental Studies, Megerian, S., Davitian, J., Alves, L. S. de B., and Karagozian, A. R., Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 593, pp. 93-129, 2007.

  5. Local Stability Analysis of an Inviscid Transverse Jet, 3. Alves, L. S. de B., Kelly, R. E., and Karagozian, A. R., Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 581, pp. 401-418, 2007.

  6. Optimization of Controlled Jets in Crossflow, Shapiro, S., King, J., M'Closkey, R. T, and Karagozian, A. R., AIAA Journal, Vol. 44, No. 6, pp. 1292-1298, 2006.

  7. Linear Stability Analysis of Jets in Crossflow, Alves, L. S. de B., Kelly, R. E., and Karagozian, A. R., 43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, AIAA Paper AIAA-2005-1118, January, 2005.

  8. Evolution of Shear Layer Instabilities in the Transverse Jet, Megerian, S. and Karagozian, A. R., 43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, AIAA Paper AIAA-2005-0142, January, 2005.

  9. Control of Vorticity Generation in an Acoustically Excited Jet in Crossflow, Karagozian, A. R., Megerian, S., Alves, L, George, M., Kelly, R. E., and M'Closkey, R. T., 43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Invited AIAA Paper 2005-0303, January, 2005 .

  10. Evolution of Shear Layer Instabilities in the Transverse Jet, Megerian, S. and Karagozian, A. R., AIAA Region VI Student Conference, UCLA, AIAA student paper, FIRST PLACE WINNER M.S. student division, April, 2004.

  11. Manipulation and Control of Transverse Jets, Karagozian, A. R., Cortelezzi, L., and Soldati, A., eds., CISM Courses and Lectures No. 439, Springer-Wein New York, 2003.

  12. Background on and Applications of Jets in Crossflow, in Manipulation and Control of Transverse Jets, Karagozian, A. R., CISM Courses and Lectures No. 439, Springer-Wein New York, 2003

  13. Jets Injected Normally into Compressible Crossflow, in Manipulation and Control of Transverse Jets, Karagozian, A. R., Wang, K. S. C., and Smith, O. I., CISM Courses and Lectures No. 439, Springer-Wein New York, 2003.

  14. Three-Dimensional Vortex Modeling of Unforced Transverse Jets, in Manipulation and Control of Transverse Jets, Cortelezzi, L. and Karagozian, A. R., CISM Courses and Lectures No. 439, Springer-Wein New York, 2003.

  15. Active Control of Jets in Crossflow, in Manipulation and Control of Transverse Jets, Karagozian, M'Closkey, R. T., King, J. M., Cortelezzi, L., and Karagozian, A. R., CISM Courses and Lectures No. 439, Springer-Wein New York, 2003.

  16. A Framework to Design Controllers for Engineering Applications of Transverse Jets, in Manipulation and Control of Transverse Jets, Cortelezzi, L., M’Closkey, R. T., and Karagozian, A. R., CISM Courses and Lectures No. 439, Springer-Wein New York, 2003

  17. The Actively Controlled Jet in Crossflow, R.T. M'Closkey, J. King, L. Cortelezzi, A.R. Karagozian, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 452, No. 1, p. 325, February, 2002.

  18. On the Formation of the Counter-Rotating Vortex Pair in Transverse Jets, Cortelezzi, L. and Karagozian, A. R., Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 446, pp. 347-373, November, 2001.

  19. Actively Controlled Transverse Gas Injection, L. Cortelezzi, J. King, R. Lobbia, R.T. M'Closkey, A.R. Karagozian, IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Invited Paper CDC00-INV4905, December, 2000.


Propulsion: Pulse Detonation Wave Engine Simulation

  1. The Pulse Detonation Rocket Induced MHD Ejector (PDRIME) Concept, Cambier, J.-L., Roth, T., Zeineh, C., and Karagozian, A. R., 44th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, Paper AIAA-2008-4688, July, 2008.

  2. Pulse Detonation Engine Simulations with Alternative Geometries and Reaction Kinetics, He, X. and Karagozian, A. R., Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 22, No. 4, pp. 852-861, 2006.

  3. Performance and Noise Characteristics of Pulse Detonation Engines, AIAA Paper AIAA-2004-0469, 42nd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, January, 2004.

  4. Numerical Simulation of Pulse Detonation Engine Phenomena, He, X. and Karagozian, A. R., Journal of Scientific Computing, Vol. 19, Nos. 1-3, pp.201-224, December, 2003.

  5. Detonation Engine Simulations with Alternative Reaction Kinetics and Geometrical Features, He, X. and Karagozian, A. R., Paper 03F-70, Western States Section/The Combustion Institute Fall Meeting, UCLA, October, 2003.

  6. Numerical Simulation of Pulse Detonation Engine Reactive Flow Processes, He, X. and Karagozian, A.R., Paper No. C-29, 3rd Joint Meeting of the U.S. Section of the Combustion Institute, March, 2003.

  7. Reactive Flow Phenomena in Pulse Detonation Engines, He, X. and Karagozian, A. R., Paper no. AIAA-2003-1171, 41st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, January, 2003.

  8. Numerical Resolution of Pulsating Detonation Waves, Hwang, P., Fedkiw, R. P., Merriman, B., Aslam, T. D., Karagozian, A. R., and Osher, S. J., Combustion Theory and Modelling, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 217-240, September, 2000.

 

Alternative Fuels: Acoustically Coupled Droplet Combustion Control

  1. Acoustically Driven Droplet Combustion with Alternative Liquid Fuels, Rodriguez, J. I., Mao, H.-S., Teshome, S., Pezeshkian, A., Smith, O. I., and Karagozian, A. R., 46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Paper AIAA-2008-1002, January, 2008.

  2. Acoustically Coupled Droplet Combustion with Alternative Fuels, 3. Rodriguez, J. I., Smith, O. I., and Karagozian, A. R., 5th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, Paper G09, March 25-28, 2007.

  3. Acoustic Excitation of Droplet Combustion in Microgravity and Normal Gravity, Dattarajan, S., Lutomirski, A., Lobbia, R., Smith, O. I., and Karagozian, A. R., Combustion and Flame, Vol. 144, Issues 1-2, pp. 299-317, January, 2006.

  4. Acoustical Excitation of Burning Fuel Droplets in Normal Gravity and Microgravity, Dattarajan, S., Lutomirski, A., Lobbia, R., Smith, O.I., and Karagozian, A.R., AIAA Paper AIAA-2004-0955, 42nd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, January, 2004.

  5. Acoustic Excitation of Droplet Combustion in Microgravity, Dattarajan, S., Lutomirski, A., Lobbia, R., Smith, O.I., and Karagozian, A. R., Paper 03F-15, Western States Section/The Combustion Institute Fall Meeting, UCLA, October, 2003

  6. Droplet Combustion Control for Microgravity Experiments, Lobbia, R., Dattarajan, S., Smith, O. I., and Karagozian, A. R., Bulletin of the American Physical Society, November, 2001.

  7. Control of Droplet Combustion via Acoustical Excitation, Ghenai, C., Lobbia, R., Dattarajan, S., Smith, O. I., and Karagozian, A. R., Paper 47, 2nd Joint Meeting of the U.S. Sections of the Combustion Institute, March, 2001.

  8. Acoustical Excitation of Burning Fuel Droplets, Ghenai, C., Lobbia, R., Smith, O. I., and Karagozian, A. R., AIAA Paper no. 2001-0328, 39th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, January, 2001.

  9. Numerical Simulations of Acoustically Driven, Burning Droplets, Kim, H.-C., Karagozian, A. R., and Smith, O. I., Paper 99F-50, Western States Section/The Combustion Institute Fall Meeting, October 26, 1999

 

Aerospace Safety: Hydrogen Leak Detection

  1. Hydrogen-Helium Leak Detection at Elevated Pressures and Low Temperatures, Gleason, L., Mak, C., Smith, O. I., and Karagozian, A. R., AIAA Region VI Student Conference, UCLA , AIAA student paper, April, 2004.

  2. Hydrogen-Helium Leak Rates from Micromachined Orifices, Lee, I., Smith, O. I., and Karagozian, A. R., AIAA Journal, Vol. 41, No.3, pp. 457-464, March, 2003.

 

Combustion Generated Air Pollutants: Lobed Fuel Injector

  1. Effects of Passive Fuel-Air Mixing and Emissions Control via Lobed Injectors, Mitchell, M.G., Smith, O. I., and Karagozian, A.R., AIAA Journal, Vol. 42, No. 1, pp.61-69, January, 2004.

  2. Passive Mixing Control via Lobed Injectors in High Speed Flow, Majamaki, A. J., Smith, O. I., and Karagozian, A. R, AIAA Journal, Vol. 41, No. 4, pp. 623-632, April 2003.

  3. Effects of Passive Fuel-Air Mixing Control on Burner Emissions via Lobed Fuel Injectors, Mitchell, M. G., Smith, O. I., and Karagozian, A. R., AIAA Paper No. 99-2400, 35th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, June, 1999.

  4. Numerical Simulation of Reactive Flows Associated with a Lobed Fuel Injector, Selerland, T. and Karagozian, A. R., Paper 97F-108, Western States Section/The Combustion Institute Fall Meeting, October, 1997.

  5. Ignition, Burning, and Extinction of a Strained Fuel Strip with Complex Kinetics, T. Selerland and A.R. Karagozian, Combustion Science and Technology 131, No. 1-6, p. 251, 1998.

  6. Burner Emissions Associated with Lobed and Non-Lobed Fuel Injectors, M.G. Mitchell, L.L. Smith, A.R. Karagozian, and O.I. Smith, 27th Symposium (Intl.) on Combustion, 1998.

  7. Numerical Simulations of a Lobed Fuel Injector, J. H. Strickland, T. Selerland, and A. R. Karagozian, The Physics of Fluids, Vol. 10, No. 11, pp. 2950-2964, 1998.

  8. Emissions Measurements from a Lobed Fuel-Injector/Burner, M.G. Mitchell, L.L. Smith, A.R. Karagozian, and O.I. Smith, Paper AIAA 98-0802, AIAA 36th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno. NV, January 12-15, 1998.

  9. Mixing Enhancement in a Lobed Injector, L.L. Smith, A.J. Majamaki, I.T. Lam, O. Delabroy, A.R. Karagozian, F.E. Marble, and O.I. Smith, The Physics of Fluids 9, pp. 667-678, March, 1997.

  10. Ignition Delay Associated with Strained Fuel Layers, T. J. Gerk and A. R. Karagozian, 26th Symposium (International) on Combustion, pp. 1095-1102, 1996.


Hazardous waste incineration: Resonant Dump Combustor

  1. Transport Enhancement in Acoustically Excited Cavity Flows, Part I: Non-Reactive Flow Diagnostics, Y. Kang, A.R. Karagozian, and O.I. Smith, AIAA Journal, 36(9), 1562-1567, 1998.

  2. Transport Enhancement in Acoustically Excited Cavity Flows, Part II: Reactive Flow Diagnostics, C. P. Cadou, O. I. Smith, and A.R. Karagozian, AIAA Journal, 36(9), 1568-1574, 1998.

  3. Emissions Reduction and Pyrolysis Gas Destruction in an Acoustically Driven Dump Combustor, G. Pont, C.P. Cadou, A.R. Karagozian, and O.I. Smith, Combustion and Flame, 113, 249-257, 1998.

  4. Effects of External Acoustic Forcing on Enhanced Transport in a Resonant Incinerator, G. Pont, J.Willis, A.R. Karagozian, and O.I. Smith, Proc. Twenty-sixth Symp. (Int.) on Combustion, pp. 2259-2263, 1996.

  5. Numerical Simulation of Steady-State Dump Combustion Operation with Auxiliary Fuel Injection, William Hepler and Owen Smith, Combust. Science and Technology, 107, 31, 1995.

  6. Destruction of Liquid and Gaseous Waste Surrogates in an Acoustically Excited Dump Combustor, J. Willis, C. Cadou, M. Mitchell, A.R. Karagozian and O.I. Smith, Combust. and Flame, 99, 280, 1994.

  7. Acoustic Mode Alteration in a Dump Combustor Arising From Halon Addition, J.W. Willis, L-M Lee, A.R. Karagozian and O.I. Smith, Combust. Science and Technology, 94, 469, 1993.

 

Aerospace propulsion: Non-forced Jet in Crossflow

  1. Transverse Gas Jet Injection Behind a Rearward-Facing Step , A.R. Karagozian, K.C. Wang, A.T. Le, and O.I. Smith, J. Propulsion and Power, 12, 1129-1136, 1996.

  2. In-Flight Imaging of Gas Jets Injected into Subsonic and Supersonic Crossflows , C. Wang, O.I. Smith and A.R. Karagozian, AIAA Journal, 33, 2259-2263, 1995.

  3. Gaseous Jet in Supersonic Crossflow, S.D. Heister and A.R. Karagozian, AIAA J, 28, 819-827, 1990.

  4. Vortex Modeling of Gaseous Jets in a Compressible Crossflow, S.D. Heister, and A.R. Karagozian, J Propul and Power, 6, 85-92, 1990.


(9/19/07) Juliett Davitian has won the 2007 AIAA Outstanding Aerospace Engineering M.S. Student Award.
Congratulations!

(06/07) Juliett Davitian has won the AE outstanding M.S. recipient award and Hann Mao has won the AE outstanding B.S. recipient award for 2007. Congratulations!

(06/06) Leo Alves has won the MAE outstanding PhD recipient award and Marcus George has won the AE outstanding MS recipient award for 2006. Congratulations!

(05/06) Ann Karagozian has completed chairing two studies for the Air Force.

(09/05) Juliett Davitian has won a three year NASA Graduate Student Research Program Fellowship, commencing in the Fall of 2005.

(5/05) Ann Karagozian has been appointed the Vice Chair of the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board.

(1/05) Srinivasan Dattarajan MS '02 , PhD '04 won the 2004 Best Student Presentation award from the AIAA Microgravity Technical Committee.

(5/12/04) Sevan Megerian Wins First Place at AIAA Student Conference, 2004.

(8/03) Lydia Treviño featured in UCLA Engineer—

(6/03) Robert Lobbia has received a special scholarship award from Aviation Week & Space Technology—the Next Century of Flight (NCF) award.


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