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Overview

Campbell D. Carter is affiliated with the United States Air Force Research Laboratory in the United States. Their research is positioned primarily within the field of Engineering, with a specific focus on several subfields, including Computational Mechanics, Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The main topics covered in their body of work include:

  • Combustion and flame dynamics
  • Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies
  • Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics
  • Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Spectroscopy and Laser Applications

Their recent publications reflect these areas of focus. Notable papers include:

  • "Elevated OH production from NPHFD and its effect on ignition," 2020, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
  • "Scramjet cavity ignition using nanosecond-pulsed high-frequency discharges," 2024, Combustion and Flame
  • "Ignition mechanisms of pulse detonator initiated scramjet cavity," 2020, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
  • "100 kHz krypton planar laser-induced fluorescence imaging," 2020, Optics Letters
  • "Premixed flames subjected to extreme levels of turbulence part II: Surface characteristics and scalar dissipation rates," 2021, Combustion and Flame

Carter frequently publishes in venues such as Combustion and Flame, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, AIAA Scitech Forum (2020 and 2021), and Optics Letters.

They collaborate extensively with several coauthors, including Stephen D. Hammack, A. Skiba, Timothy Ombrello, Hyungrok Do, and Patton M. Allison.

Best Publications

  • Mixing and combustion studies using cavity-based flameholders in a supersonic flow

    M. R. Gruber;J. M. Donbar;C. D. Carter;K.-Y. Hsu

  • Measured properties of turbulent premixed flames for model assessment, including burning velocities, stretch rates, and surface densities

    Sergei A. Filatyev;James F. Driscoll;Campbell D. Carter;Jeffrey M. Donbar

  • Flow–flame interactions causing acoustically coupled heat release fluctuations in a thermo-acoustically unstable gas turbine model combustor

    Adam M. Steinberg;Isaac Boxx;Michael Stöhr;Campbell Carter

  • Experimental study of vortex-flame interaction in a gas turbine model combustor

    Michael Stöhr;Isaac Boxx;Campbell D. Carter;Wolfgang Meier

  • Dynamics of lean blowout of a swirl-stabilized flame in a gas turbine model combustor

    Michael Stöhr;Isaac Boxx;Campbell Carter;Wolfgang Meier

  • Raman/Rayleigh/LIF measurements of nitric oxide formation in turbulent hydrogen jet flames

    R.S. Barlow;C.D. Carter

  • Temporally resolved planar measurements of transient phenomena in a partially pre-mixed swirl flame in a gas turbine model combustor

    I. Boxx;M. Stöhr;C. Carter;W. Meier

  • Experiments on the scalar structure of turbulent CO/H2/N2 jet flames

    R.S. Barlow;G.J. Fiechtner;C.D. Carter;J.-Y. Chen

  • Kinetic effects of non-equilibrium plasma-assisted methane oxidation on diffusion flame extinction limits

    Wenting Sun;Mruthunjaya Uddi;Sang Hee Won;Timothy Ombrello

  • Reaction zone structure in turbulent nonpremixed jet flames-from CH-OH PLIF images

    Jeffrey M. Donbar;James F. Driscoll;Campbell D. Carter

  • Near-infrared diode laser absorption diagnostic for temperature and water vapor in a scramjet combustor

    Jonathan T. C. Liu;Gregory B. Rieker;Jay B. Jeffries;Mark R. Gruber

  • Raman-LIF measurements of temperature, major species, OH, and NO in a methane-air Bunsen flame

    Q.V. Nguyen;R.W. Dibble;C.D. Carter;G.J. Fiechtner

  • Stability limits of cavity-stabilized flames in supersonic flow

    Chadwick C. Rasmussen;James F. Driscoll;Kuang Yu Hsu;Jeffrey M. Donbar

  • Combustion enhancement via stabilized piecewise nonequilibrium gliding arc plasma discharge

    Timothy Ombrello;Xiao Qin;Yiguang Ju;Alexander Gutsol

  • Premixed flames subjected to extreme levels of turbulence part I: Flame structure and a new measured regime diagram

    Aaron W. Skiba;Timothy M. Wabel;Campbell D. Carter;Stephen D. Hammack

  • Scalar and velocity field measurements in a lifted CH4–air diffusion flame

    K.A Watson;K.M Lyons;J.M Donbar;C.D Carter

  • Premixed flames subjected to extreme turbulence: Some questions and recent answers

    James F. Driscoll;Jacqueline H. Chen;Aaron W. Skiba;Aaron W. Skiba;Campbell D. Carter

  • Measurements of combustion properties in a microwave enhanced flame

    Emanuel S. Stockman;Sohail H. Zaidi;Richard B. Miles;Campbell D. Carter

  • Experimental Study of Cavity-Strut Combustion in Supersonic Flow

    K.-Y. Hsu;C. D. Carter;M. R. Gruber;T. Barhorst

  • Relationships among nitric oxide, temperature, and mixture fraction in hydrogen jet flames

    R.S. Barlow;C.D. Carter

  • Characteristics of Cavity-Stabilized Flames in a Supersonic Flow

    Chadwick C. Rasmussen;James F. Driscoll;Campbell D. Carter;Kuang Yu Hsu

  • Molecular filtered Rayleigh scattering applied to combustion

    Gregory S Elliott;Nick Glumac;Campbell D Carter

  • Effects of non-equilibrium plasma discharge on counterflow diffusion flame extinction

    Wenting Sun;Mruthunjaya Uddi;Timothy Ombrello;Sang Hee Won

  • Direct ignition and S-curve transition by in situ nano-second pulsed discharge in methane/oxygen/helium counterflow flame

    Wenting Sun;Sang Hee Won;Timothy Ombrello;Campbell Carter

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Stöhr
Michael Stöhr German Aerospace Center
Gregory S. Elliott
Gregory S. Elliott University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Wolfgang Meier
Wolfgang Meier University of Basel
James R. Gord
James R. Gord United States Air Force Research Laboratory
James F. Driscoll
James F. Driscoll University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Rodney D. W. Bowersox
Rodney D. W. Bowersox Texas A&M University
Martin A. Gundersen
Martin A. Gundersen University of Southern California
Robert W. Pitz
Robert W. Pitz Vanderbilt University
Yiguang Ju
Yiguang Ju Princeton University
Ronald K. Hanson
Ronald K. Hanson Stanford University

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