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Shock induced separating flows in scramjet intakes (2012)
Journal Article
Yao, Y., Zheng, Y., & Rincon, D. (2012). Shock induced separating flows in scramjet intakes. International Journal of Modern Physics: Conference Series, 19(73), https://doi.org/10.1142/S2010194512008604

Shock induced separating flows in a scramjet intake has been studied by using a computational fluid dynamics approach. A configuration of scramjet intake geometry consisting of two exterior compression ramps, followed by a subsequent inlet and interi... Read More about Shock induced separating flows in scramjet intakes.

Improved one-dimensional unsteady modeling of thermally choked ram accelerator in subdetonative velocity regime (2011)
Journal Article
Bengherbia, T., Yao, Y., Bauer, P., Giraud, M., & Knowlen, C. (2011). Improved one-dimensional unsteady modeling of thermally choked ram accelerator in subdetonative velocity regime. Journal of Applied Mechanics, 78(5), https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4004327

The subdetonative propulsion mode using thermal choking has been studied with a one-dimensional (1D) real gas model that included projectile acceleration. Numerical results from a control volume analysis that accounted for unsteady flow effects estab... Read More about Improved one-dimensional unsteady modeling of thermally choked ram accelerator in subdetonative velocity regime.

Numerical simulation of convective airflow in an empty room (2011)
Journal Article
Horikiri, K., Yao, Y., & Yao, J. (2011). Numerical simulation of convective airflow in an empty room. International Journal of Energy and Environment, 5(1), 574-581

Numerical simulation of airflow inside an empty room has been carried out for a forced convection, a natural convection and a mixed convection respectively, by using a computational fluid dynamics approach of solving the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stok... Read More about Numerical simulation of convective airflow in an empty room.

One-dimensional performance modelling of the ram accelerator in sub-detonative regime (2010)
Journal Article
Bengherbia, T., Bauer, P., Yao, Y., & Knowlen, C. (2010). One-dimensional performance modelling of the ram accelerator in sub-detonative regime

A one-dimensional performance analysis code has been developed at the ”Laboratoire de Combustion et de D´etonique” to predict the thrust in the thermally choked ram accelerator propulsive mode. This research code incorporates the following equations... Read More about One-dimensional performance modelling of the ram accelerator in sub-detonative regime.

Equations of state for 1-D modelling of ram accelerator thrust in sub-detonative propulsion mode (2010)
Journal Article
Bengherbia, T., Yao, Y., Bauer, P., & Knowlen, C. (2010). Equations of state for 1-D modelling of ram accelerator thrust in sub-detonative propulsion mode. International Journal of Engineering Systems Modelling and Simulation, 2(3), 154-161. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJESMS.2010.035110

A one-dimentional performance analysis code has been developed at eh Laboratoire de Combustion et de Detonique to predict the thrust in the thermally choked ram accelerator propulsion mode. This code includes the real gas effect in steady calculation... Read More about Equations of state for 1-D modelling of ram accelerator thrust in sub-detonative propulsion mode.

The effect of variable gas property on axial turbine performance (2010)
Journal Article
Yao, Y., & Amos, I. (2010). The effect of variable gas property on axial turbine performance. International Journal of Engineering Systems Modelling and Simulation, 2(3), 190-198. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJESMS.2010.035115

Industrial gas turbine flow has been evaluated by using computational fluid dynamics with a variable gas property model. The study of a three-stage turbine model has revealed some considerable variable gas property effects on the engine performance.... Read More about The effect of variable gas property on axial turbine performance.

The effect of hole shape on blade cooling effectiveness (2010)
Journal Article
Yao, Y., & Yao, J. (2010). The effect of hole shape on blade cooling effectiveness. International Journal of Engineering Systems Modelling and Simulation, 2(4), 242-248. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJESMS.2010.038144

The high temperature conditions under which turbine blades operate pose a constraint on their service lifetime. One industrial solution is to apply the film cooling and the cooling effectiveness is generally determined by flow conditions, cooling hol... Read More about The effect of hole shape on blade cooling effectiveness.