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Overview

Gregory S. Elliott is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of engineering, with a particular focus on computational mechanics, aerospace engineering, mechanics of materials, materials chemistry, and electrical and electronic engineering.

The scientist's research topics include fluid dynamics and turbulent flows, computational fluid dynamics and aerodynamics, plasma and flow control in aerodynamics, laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma, aerodynamics and acoustics in jet flows, particle dynamics in fluid flows, and laser-plasma interactions and diagnostics.

Recent publications by Gregory S. Elliott cover a range of experimental and computational studies in propulsion and plasma dynamics. Notable papers include:

  • Laser-Induced Plasma Ignition Experiments in a Direct-Connect Supersonic Combustor at Mach 3 (2020, Journal of Propulsion and Power)
  • Multi-domain analysis and prediction of inductively coupled plasma jet dynamics via high-speed imaging of visible light emission (2024, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science)
  • Aerothermal characterization of the Plasmatron X Wind Tunnel: Heat flux, Stagnation Pressure and Jet Unsteadiness (2023, AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum)
  • Aerothermal Characterization of the Plasmatron X Wind Tunnel: Optical Emission Spectroscopy and Jet Temperature Reconstruction (2023, AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum)
  • Fluid/Structure Interaction of Cantilevered Plate in Supersonic Separated Flow (2022, AIAA Journal)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Elliott include Francesco Panerai, Lorenzo Capponi, Marco Panesi, J. C. Dutton, and Daniel J. Bodony.

Publication venues where Elliott has contributed multiple works include:

  • AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum
  • AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum
  • AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum
  • AIAA Journal
  • Physical Review Fluids

Best Publications

  • Compressibility effects in free shear layers

    Gregory S Elliott;M. Samimy

  • Effects of compressibility on the characteristics of free shear layers

    M. Samimy;G. S. Elliott

  • An Assessment of In‐Person and Remotely Operated Laboratories

    Madara Ogot;Gregory Elliott;Nick Glumac

  • Control of edney IV interaction by pulsed laser energy deposition

    Russell G. Adelgren;Hong Yan;Gregory S. Elliott;Doyle D. Knight

  • Temporal and Spatial Evolution of a Laser Spark in Air

    Nick G. Glumac;Gregory S. Elliott;Martin Boguszko

  • Molecular filter based planar Doppler velocimetry

    Gregory S. Elliott;Thomas J. Beutner

  • Molecular filtered Rayleigh scattering applied to combustion

    Gregory S Elliott;Nick Glumac;Campbell D Carter

  • Laser Energy Deposition in Quiescent Air

    H. Yan;R. Adelgren;M. Boguszko;G. Elliott

  • A Practical Approach to PIV Uncertainty Analysis

    Eli Lazar;Bradley DeBlauw;Nick Glumac;Craig Dutton

  • Compressibility effects on large structures in free shear flows

    M. Samimy;M. F. Reeder;Gregory S Elliott

  • Study of compressible mixing layers using filtered Rayleigh scattering based visualizations

    Gregory S. Elliott;MO Samimy;Stephen A. Arnette

  • Characteristics of the compressible shear layer over a cavity

    Robert C. Murray;Gregory S. Elliott

  • The characteristics and evolution of large‐scale structures in compressible mixing layers

    Gregory S. Elliott;Mo Samimy;Stephen A. Arnette

  • On the use of filtered Rayleigh scattering for measurements in compressible flows and thermal fields

    Martin Boguszko;Gregory S. Elliott

  • Experimental Characterization of a Pulsed Plasma Jet

    Todd M. Reedy;Nachiket V. Kale;J. Craig Dutton;Gregory S. Elliott

  • A molecular filter based velocimetry technique for high speed flows

    Gregory S Elliott;M. Samimy;S. A. Arnette

  • The effects of expansion on the turbulence structure of compressible boundary layers

    Stephen A. Arnette;Stephen A. Arnette;Mo Samimy;Gregory S. Elliott;Gregory S. Elliott

  • On streamwise vortices in high Reynolds number supersonic axisymmetric jets

    S. A. Arnette;M. Samimy;G. S. Elliott

  • Energy deposition in supersonic flows

    Russell G. Adelgren;Gregory S. Elliott;Doyle D. Knight;Alexander A. Zheltovodov

  • Structure of Supersonic Turbulent Boundary Layer After Expansion Regions

    S. A. Arnette;M. Samimy;Gregory S Elliott

  • Localized Flow Control by Laser Energy Deposition Applied to Edney IV and Intersecting Shocks

    Russell Adelgren;Hong Yan;Gregory Elliott;Doyle Knight

  • Axisymmetric Jet Shear-Layer Excitation Induced by Laser Energy and Electric Arc Discharges

    Russell G. Adelgren;Russell G. Adelgren;Gregory S. Elliott;Jason B. Crawford;Campbell D. Carter

Frequent Co-Authors

Mo Samimy
Mo Samimy The Ohio State University
Doyle Knight
Doyle Knight Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Jonathan B. Freund
Jonathan B. Freund University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Campbell D. Carter
Campbell D. Carter United States Air Force Research Laboratory
Kenneth T. Christensen
Kenneth T. Christensen University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Jacob B. Khurgin
Jacob B. Khurgin Johns Hopkins University
Michael B. Bragg
Michael B. Bragg University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
David L. Carroll
David L. Carroll Wake Forest University
Bernard H. Kear
Bernard H. Kear Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Graham V. Candler
Graham V. Candler University of Minnesota

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