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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
31
Citations
4680
World Ranking
3270
National Ranking
1109

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of the Combustion Institute for pioneering research on large scale multiphysics simulations of supercritical fluid phenomena and combustion
  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Best Publications

  • Large-eddy simulation of swirling particle-laden flows in a coaxial-jet combustor

    S.V. Apte;K. Mahesh;P. Moin;J.C. Oefelein

  • Comprehensive review of liquid-propellant combustion instabilities in f-1 engines

    Joseph C. Oefelein;Vigor Yang

  • Modeling High-Pressure Mixing and Combustion Processes in Liquid Rocket Engines

    Joseph C. Oefelein;Vigor Yang

  • Microscopic investigation of the atomization and mixing processes of diesel sprays injected into high pressure and temperature environments

    J. Manin;M. Bardi;L.M. Pickett;R.N. Dahms

  • MIXING AND COMBUSTION OF CRYOGENIC OXYGEN-HYDROGEN SHEAR-COAXIAL JET FLAMES AT SUPERCRITICAL PRESSURE

    Joseph C. Oefelein

  • On the transition between two-phase and single-phase interface dynamics in multicomponent fluids at supercritical pressures

    Rainer N. Dahms;Joseph C. Oefelein

  • Thermophysical characteristics of shear-coaxial LOX–H2 flames at supercritical pressure

    Joseph C. Oefelein

  • Large eddy simulation of turbulent combustion processes in propulsion and power systems

    Joseph C. Oefelein

  • Understanding high-pressure gas-liquid interface phenomena in Diesel engines

    Rainer N. Dahms;Julien Manin;Lyle M. Pickett;Joseph C. Oefelein

  • Validation of High-Fidelity CFD Simulations for Rocket Injector Design

    P. Kevin Tucker;Suresh Menon;Charles L. Merkle;Joseph C. Oefelein

  • Analysis of high-pressure Diesel fuel injection processes using LES with real-fluid thermodynamics and transport

    Guilhem Lacaze;Antony Misdariis;Anthony Ruiz;Joseph C. Oefelein

  • A non-premixed combustion model based on flame structure analysis at supercritical pressures

    Guilhem Lacaze;Joseph C. Oefelein

  • Non-equilibrium gas–liquid interface dynamics in high-pressure liquid injection systems

    Rainer N. Dahms;Joseph C. Oefelein

  • Liquid jet breakup regimes at supercritical pressures

    Rainer N. Dahms;Joseph C. Oefelein

  • Error analysis of large-eddy simulation of the turbulent non-premixed sydney bluff-body flame

    A.M. Kempf;Bernardus J. Geurts;Bernardus J. Geurts;J.C. Oefelein

  • Numerical Benchmark for High-Reynolds-Number Supercritical Flows with Large Density Gradients

    Anthony M. Ruiz;Guilhem Lacaze;Joseph C. Oefelein;Raphaël Mari

  • Large eddy simulation of swirling particle-laden flow in a model axisymmetric combustor

    Joseph C. Oefelein;Vaidyanathan Sankaran;Tomasz G. Drozda

  • Detailed Modeling and Simulation of High-Pressure Fuel Injection Processes in Diesel Engines

    Joseph Charles Oefelein;Rainer Norbert Uwe Dahms;Guilhem Lacaze

  • Toward Validation of Large Eddy Simulation for Turbulent Combustion

    Joseph C. Oefelein;Robert W. Schefer;Robert S. Barlow

  • Idealized gas turbine combustor for performance research and validation of large eddy simulations.

    Timothy C. Williams;Robert W. Schefer;Joseph C. Oefelein;Christopher R. Shaddix

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