The University of Queensland

The Effect of Leading Edge Bluntness on Scramjet Performance

Vanyai, Tristan, Gibbons, Nicholas N., Curran, Damian R., McGilvray, Matthew and Wheatley, Vincent (2024). The Effect of Leading Edge Bluntness on Scramjet Performance. Aerospace Science and Technology, 146 108907, 108907. doi: 10.1016/j.ast.2024.108907

Eilmer: an open-source multi-physics hypersonic flow solver

Gibbons, Nicholas N., Damm, Kyle A., Jacobs, Peter A. and Gollan, Rowan J. (2023). Eilmer: an open-source multi-physics hypersonic flow solver. Computer Physics Communications, 282 108551, 1-20. doi: 10.1016/j.cpc.2022.108551

Simulations of Hypersonic Boundary-Layer Transition over a Flat Plate with the Spalart-Allmaras One-Equation BCM Transitional Model

Chen, Yu and Gibbons, Nick (2022). Simulations of Hypersonic Boundary-Layer Transition over a Flat Plate with the Spalart-Allmaras One-Equation BCM Transitional Model. Mathematics, 10 (19) 3431, 1-25. doi: 10.3390/math10193431

Comparison of ethylene combustion mechanisms for the simulation of a supersonic combustion experiment

Gibbons, Nicholas, Vanyai, Tristan and Wheatley, Vincent (2021). Comparison of ethylene combustion mechanisms for the simulation of a supersonic combustion experiment. Aerospace Science and Technology, 119 107201. doi: 10.1016/j.ast.2021.107201

Effects of oxygen enrichment on supersonic combustion in a Mach 10 scramjet

Moura, Augusto F., Gibbons, Nicholas, Wheatley, Vincent and Jahn, Ingo (2021). Effects of oxygen enrichment on supersonic combustion in a Mach 10 scramjet. AIAA Journal, 59 (11), 4556-4568. doi: 10.2514/1.j059748

Correction to: Characterization of supersonic turbulent combustion in a mach-10 scramjet combustor

Moura, Augusto F., Gibbons, Nicholas, Wheatley, Vincent, McIntyre, Timothy and Jahn, Ingo (2021). Correction to: Characterization of supersonic turbulent combustion in a mach-10 scramjet combustor. AIAA Journal, 59 (4), 1-1. doi: 10.2514/1.J058671.c1

Characterization of supersonic turbulent combustion in a Mach-10 scramjet combustor

Moura, Augusto F., Gibbons, Nicholas, Wheatley, Vincent, McIntyre, Timothy and Jahn, Ingo (2020). Characterization of supersonic turbulent combustion in a Mach-10 scramjet combustor. AIAA Journal, 58 (5), 2196. doi: 10.2514/1.j058671

Blast wave-induced mixing in a laser ignited hypersonic flow

Gibbons, Nicholas, Gehre, Rolf, Brieschenk, Stefan and Wheatley, Vincent (2018). Blast wave-induced mixing in a laser ignited hypersonic flow. Journal of Fluids Engineering, 140 (5) 050902, 050902. doi: 10.1115/1.4038397

Improving scramjet performance through flow field manipulation

Landsberg, Will O., Gibbons, Nicholas N. , Wheatley, Vincent, Smart, Michael K. and Veeraragavan, Ananthanarayanan (2017). Improving scramjet performance through flow field manipulation. Journal of Propulsion and Power doi: 10.2514/1.B36772

Application of a Jacobian-free Newton-Krylov method to the simulation of hypersonic flows

Damm, Kyle A., Gibbons, Nicholas N., Jacobs, Peter A. and Gollan, Rowan (2023). Application of a Jacobian-free Newton-Krylov method to the simulation of hypersonic flows. AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum, National Harbor, MD USA/Online, 23-27 January 2023. Reston, VA USA: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. doi: 10.2514/6.2023-2295

Feasibility of MHD aerobraking for use in Martian atmospheric entry

Ogilvie, John C., Gildfind, David, Gollan, Rowan and Gibbons, Nicholas N. (2023). Feasibility of MHD aerobraking for use in Martian atmospheric entry. AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum, National Harbor, MD USA/Online, 23-27 January 2023. Reston, VA USA: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. doi: 10.2514/6.2023-2560

Large eddy simulation of multiport injector array transition

Gibbons, Nicholas N., Vanyai, Tristan and Wheatley, Vincent (2022). Large eddy simulation of multiport injector array transition. 2nd International Conference on High-Speed Vehicle Science & Technology, Bruges, Belgium, 11-15 September 2022.

Atomic Oxygen in Supersonic Combustion Experiment Inflows

Vanyai, T. and Gibbons, N. N. (2021). Atomic Oxygen in Supersonic Combustion Experiment Inflows. The Australian Combustion Symposium 2021, Toowoomba, QLD Australia, 21-24 November 2021. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Australian Combustion Symposium.

Flight regime limits of a hypersonic vehicle using electron transpiration cooling

Gibbons, Nicholas, Damm, Kyle and Gollan, Rowan (2021). Flight regime limits of a hypersonic vehicle using electron transpiration cooling. Accelerating Space Commerce, Exploration, and New Discovery conference, ASCEND 2021, Las Vegas, NV, United States, 15 - 17 November 2021. Reston, Virginia: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. doi: 10.2514/6.2021-4141

Simulation of laser-Induced plasma ignition in a hypersonic crossflow

Gibbons, Nicholas, Gehre, Rolf, Brieschenk, Stefan and Wheatley, Vincent (2018). Simulation of laser-Induced plasma ignition in a hypersonic crossflow. Reston, VA United States: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). doi: 10.2514/1.j055821

Sound generation by a supersonic reacting mixing layer

Cartmill, I., Gibbons, N., Wheatley, V. and Doolan, C. (2018). Sound generation by a supersonic reacting mixing layer. Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 10-13 December 2018. Perth, WA, United States: Australasian Fluid Mechanics Society.

Flow field manipulation via fuel injectors in scramjets

Landsberg, Will O., Gibbons, Nicholas N., Wheatley, Vincent, Smart, Michael K. and Veeraragavan, Ananthanarayanan (2017). Flow field manipulation via fuel injectors in scramjets. 21st AIAA International Space Planes and Hypersonics Technologies Conference, Hypersonics 2017, Xiamen, China, 6 - 9 March 2017. Reston, VA, United States: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. doi: 10.2514/6.2017-2389

Preliminary Investigation of Sound Generation in Scramjets

Gibbons, N., Wheatley, V. and Doolan, C. (2016). Preliminary Investigation of Sound Generation in Scramjets. 20th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Perth, Western Australia, 5-8 December 2016. Victoria, Australia: Australasian Fluid Mechanics Society.

Simulation of laser-induced-plasma ignition in a hypersonic crossflow

Gibbons, Nicholas, Gehre, Rolf, Brieschenk, Stefan and Wheatley, Vincent (2015). Simulation of laser-induced-plasma ignition in a hypersonic crossflow. AIAA International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, 6-9 July 2015. Reston, VA, United States: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. doi: 10.2514/6.2015-3622

Simulation and dynamics of hypersonic turbulent combustion

Gibbons, Nicholas (2019). Simulation and dynamics of hypersonic turbulent combustion. PhD Thesis, School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2019.713

Computational Fluid Dynamics of Free-Piston Motion in Superorbital Expansion Tubes using the Ghost Fluid Method

Gibbons, Nicholas (2012). Computational Fluid Dynamics of Free-Piston Motion in Superorbital Expansion Tubes using the Ghost Fluid Method. B.Sc Thesis, School of Engineering, The University of Queensland.