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47
Citations
8218
World Ranking
1371
National Ranking
545

Overview

Jack R. Edwards is affiliated with North Carolina State University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of engineering, primarily focusing on computational mechanics and aerospace engineering. Their research spans various interconnected subfields, including applied mathematics, environmental engineering, and fluid flow and transfer processes.

Their scholarly output includes numerous publications emphasizing computational fluid dynamics, aerodynamics, and turbulent flow phenomena. Specific areas of focus in their research are plasma and flow control in aerodynamics, gas dynamics and kinetic theory, combustion and flame dynamics, biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms, and aerodynamics and acoustics in jet flows.

Key papers by Edwards include:

  • Variation of leading-edge suction during stall for unsteady aerofoil motions (2020, Journal of Fluid Mechanics)
  • Numerical simulation of stable and unstable ram-mode operation of an axisymmetric ethylene-fueled inlet-isolator-combustor configuration (2022, Combustion and Flame)
  • Experimental Investigations of the Hypersonic Stream-Traced Performance Inlet at Subdesign Mach Number (2022, AIAA Journal)
  • Flow criticality governs leading-edge-vortex initiation on finite wings in unsteady flow (2021, Journal of Fluid Mechanics)
  • Hybrid Large Eddy Simulation/Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes Analysis of a Premixed Ethylene-Fueled Dual-Mode Scramjet Combustor (2021, AIAA Journal)

Edwards frequently collaborates with a core group of co-authors, including Venkateswaran Narayanaswamy, Ashok Gopalarathnam, Paige M. Drummond, Santanu Ghosh, and Cyrus Jordan, reflecting sustained partnerships in ongoing research projects.

Their work has appeared in notable publication venues that cater to engineering and aerodynamics research, with recurring contributions to:

  • AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum
  • AIAA Journal
  • AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum
  • Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • AIAA AVIATION 2020 FORUM

Edwards has produced a significant volume of work, with 71 publications classified broadly under engineering, of which 45 focus on computational mechanics and 22 on aerospace engineering. Their research has implications for understanding unsteady aerofoil behavior, hypersonic inlet performance, ram-mode combustion dynamics, and vortex initiation on finite wings, contributing to various applied aerodynamics and fluid mechanics domains.

Best Publications

  • A low-diffusion flux-splitting scheme for Navier-Stokes calculations

    J.R. Edwards

  • An immersed boundary method for complex incompressible flows

    Jung-Il Choi;Roshan C. Oberoi;Jack R. Edwards;Jacky A. Rosati

  • Low-Diffusion Flux-Splitting Methods for Flows at All Speeds

    Jack R. Edwards;Meng-Sing Liou

  • Comparison of eddy viscosity-transport turbulence models for three-dimensional, shock-separated flowfields

    Jack R. Edwards;Suresh Chandra

  • Discrete-vortex method with novel shedding criterion for unsteady aerofoil flows with intermittent leading-edge vortex shedding

    Kiran Ramesh;Ashok Gopalarathnam;Kenneth Granlund;Michael V. Ol

  • Low-Diffusion Flux-Splitting Methods for Real Fluid Flows with Phase Transitions

    Jack R. Edwards;Randall K. Franklin;Meng-Sing Liou

  • Hybrid Simulation Approach for Cavity Flows: Blending, Algorithm, and Boundary Treatment Issues

    R. A. Baurle;C.-J. Tam;J. R. Edwards;H. A. Hassan

  • A study of gas-phase mercury speciation using detailed chemical kinetics.

    Jack R. Edwards;Ravi K. Srivastava;James D. Kilgroe

  • Large-eddy simulation of human-induced contaminant transport in room compartments

    J.-I. Choi;J. R. Edwards

  • One-Dimensional Ablation Using a Full Newton's Method and Finite Control Volume Procedure

    Adam J. Amar;Bennie F. Blackwell;Jack R. Edwards

  • An unsteady airfoil theory applied to pitching motions validated against experiment and computation

    Kiran Ramesh;Ashok Gopalarathnam;Jack R. Edwards;Michael V. Ol

  • Large-Eddy/Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes Simulations of Sonic Injection into Mach 2 Crossflow

    John A. Boles;Jack R. Edwards;Robert A. Baurle

  • Formation of perfluoropolyether coatings by the rapid expansion of supercritical solutions (RESS) process. Part 1: Experimental results

    Yury Chernyak;Florence Henon;Robert B. Harris;Richard D. Gould

  • Large eddy simulation and zonal modeling of human-induced contaminant transport.

    J.-I. Choi;J. R. Edwards

  • Numerical simulations of effects of micro vortex generators using immersed-boundary methods

    Santanu Ghosh;Jung Il Choi;Jack R. Edwards

  • Laminar-Turbulent Transition Behind Discrete Roughness Elements in a High-Speed Boundary Layer

    Meelan M. Choudhari;Fei Li;Minwei Wu;Chau-Lyan Chang

  • An investigation of interface-sharpening schemes for multi-phase mixture flows

    Daniel A. Cassidy;Jack R. Edwards;Ming Tian

  • All-Speed Time-Accurate Underwater Projectile Calculations Using a Preconditioning Algorithm

    Michael Dean Neaves;Jack R. Edwards

  • Investigations of Lift-Based Pitch-Plunge Equivalence for Airfoils at Low Reynolds Numbers

    Gregory Z. McGowan;Kenneth Granlund;Michael V. Ol;Ashok Gopalarathnam

  • Large-eddy/Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes simulation of a supersonic reacting wall jet

    Jack R. Edwards;John A. Boles;Robert A. Baurle

Frequent Co-Authors

James C. McDaniel
James C. McDaniel University of Virginia
Otto Landen
Otto Landen Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Frank Mueller
Frank Mueller North Carolina State University
Gilbert Collins
Gilbert Collins University of Rochester
Meelan M. Choudhari
Meelan M. Choudhari Langley Research Center
Andrey V. Kuznetsov
Andrey V. Kuznetsov North Carolina State University
Christopher L. Rumsey
Christopher L. Rumsey Langley Research Center
Bruce Remington
Bruce Remington Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
S. W. Haan
S. W. Haan Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Campbell D. Carter
Campbell D. Carter United States Air Force Research Laboratory

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