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Shock induced separating flows in scramjet intakes (2012)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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.

Computational study of flow over generic fan-wing airfoil (2007)
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Duddempudi, D., Yao, Y., Edmondson, D., Yao, J., & Curley, A. (2007). Computational study of flow over generic fan-wing airfoil. Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, 79(3), 238-244. https://doi.org/10.1108/00022660710743831

Purpose - The paper seeks to perform a detailed numerical study of flow over a generic fan-wing airfoil and also attempts to modify the geometry for the improvement of the aerodynamic performance. Design/methodology/approach - Advanced computational... Read More about Computational study of flow over generic fan-wing airfoil.

The effect of Mach number on unstable disturbances in shock/boundary-layer interactions (2007)
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Yao, Y., Krishnan, L., Sandham, N. D., & Roberts, G. T. (2007). The effect of Mach number on unstable disturbances in shock/boundary-layer interactions. Physics of Fluids, 19(5), 054104. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2720831

The effect of Mach number on the growth of unstable disturbances in a boundary layer undergoing a strong interaction with an impinging oblique shock wave is studied by direct numerical simulation and linear stability theory (LST). To reduce the numbe... Read More about The effect of Mach number on unstable disturbances in shock/boundary-layer interactions.

On the response of shock-induced separation bubble to small amplitude disturbances (2005)
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Krishnan, L., Yao, Y., Sandham, N. D., & Roberts, G. T. (2005). On the response of shock-induced separation bubble to small amplitude disturbances. Modern Physics Letters B, 19(28-29), 1495-1498. https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217984905009742

Numerical simulations of an oblique shock interacting with a compressible laminar boundary layer are reported. The Mach number ranges from 2 to 6.85, while the Reynolds number based on the distance to the impingement location is fixed at 3 × 105. All... Read More about On the response of shock-induced separation bubble to small amplitude disturbances.

Structure and Energetics of a Turbulent Trailing Edge Flow (2003)
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Thomas, T. G., Yao, Y., & Sandham, N. D. (2003). Structure and Energetics of a Turbulent Trailing Edge Flow. Computers and Mathematics with Applications, 46(4), 671-680. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0898-1221%2803%2990024-1

Results from a direct numerical simulation (DNS) of turbulent flow over a rectangular trailing edge geometry are used to study energy transfers in detail. The numerical procedure employs a separate boundary layer simulation which is used to generate... Read More about Structure and Energetics of a Turbulent Trailing Edge Flow.

Simulation and modelling of turbulent trailing-edge flow (2002)
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Yao, Y., Savill, A. M., Sandham, N. D., & Dawes, W. N. (2002). Simulation and modelling of turbulent trailing-edge flow. Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, 68(4), 313-333. https://doi.org/10.1023/A%3A1021755327045

Computations of turbulent trailing-edge flow have been carried out at a Reynolds number of 1000 (based on the free-stream quantities and the trailing-edge thickness) using an unsteady 3D Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (URANS) code, in which two-equa... Read More about Simulation and modelling of turbulent trailing-edge flow.

Direct numerical simulation of turbulent trailing-edge flow with base flow control (2002)
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Yao, Y., & Sandham, N. (2002). Direct numerical simulation of turbulent trailing-edge flow with base flow control. AIAA Journal, 40(9), 1708-1716. https://doi.org/10.2514/2.1864

Direct numerical simulation has been carried out for turbulent flow over a rectangular trailing edge at a Reynolds number of 1 × 103 (based on the freestream quantities and the trailing-edge thickness) and ratio of boundary-layer displacement thickne... Read More about Direct numerical simulation of turbulent trailing-edge flow with base flow control.