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A complete list of publications is available here.

Manuscripts under review or in revision:

  1. Weindorf BJ et al. "DIRECT AND REFINED CHARACTERIZATION OF REBOUND FOR IRREGULARLY SHAPED, HIGH-SPEED PARTICLES INCIDENT ON AEROSPACE GRADE TITANIUM," accepted to ASME Journal of Turbomachinery.
  2. Weindorf BJ et al. "Fragment tracking for microparticle breakage resulting from high-speed impacts," under review for Powder Technology.
  3. Warner E, Byun G, Lowe KT "Empirical Evidence for Rayleigh Scattering Model Errors," under review for Applied Optics.

Recent peer-reviewed journal articles published or in press:

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67. Hayden AP*, Gillespie J, Hefner C, Lowe KT and Untaroiu A 2025 “Wake Dynamics of Complex Turning Vanes Using Time-Resolved Particle Image Velocimetry Measurements,” Journal of Fluids Engineering, 147(1), https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4065963.

66. Lowe T, Smits AJ, Visonneau M, Deng G, Ding L, Guilmineau E, Sandberg R, Haghiri A, Gargiulo A*, Duetsch-Patel J*, Lavoie P, MacGregor D, Savio L, Jenssen YL, Roy CJ, Williams O, Toxopeus S and Devenport WJ 2024 “Non-equilibrium turbulent boundary layers in high Reynolds number flow at incompressible conditions: effects of streamline curvature and three dimensionality,” Journal of Turbulence, pp.1-13, https://doi.org/10.1080/14685248.2024.2395307.

65. Knopp T, Eça L, Toxopeus SL, Fritsch D, Gargiulo A*, Lowe KT, Roy CJ, Deng G, Visonneau M and Guilmineau E 2024 “Errors and uncertainties in CFD validation for non-equilibrium turbulent boundary layer flows at high Reynolds numbers,” Journal of Turbulence, p.2360195, https://doi.org/10.1080/14685248.2024.2360195.

64. Powers SW*, Byun G and Lowe KT 2024 “Validation of Filtered Rayleigh Scattering Optical Rake Measurement Techniques in Turbomachinery Applications and Boundary Layers,” ASME Journal of Turbomachinery, 146(1), https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4063562.

63. Antous B*, Byun G, Lowe KT and Smith CF 2024 “Virginia Tech Optical Inlet Sensor for Particle Detection: Rolls Royce M250 Turboshaft Demonstration,” ASME Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 146, pp.031010-1, https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4063584.

62. Hayden AP*, Gillespie J*, Hefner C, Untaroiu A and Lowe KT, 2024 “High Throughflow StreamVane Swirl Distortion Generators: Design and Analysis,” ASME Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 146(4), https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4063709.

61. Fritsch DJ, Vishwanathan V*, Roy CJ, Lowe KT, and Devenport WJ 2023 “Modeling the Surface Pressure Spectrum on Rough Walls in Pressure Gradients,” ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, 145(12), https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4062821.

 

Recent book chapters:
Cutler AD and Lowe KT 2023 “Laser Rayleigh Scattering, Filtered Rayleigh Scattering, and Interferometric Rayleigh Scattering,” in Optical Diagnostics for Reacting and Non-Reacting Flows: Theory and Practice, eds. Adam Steinberg and Sukesh Roy, AIAA Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics Series, pp. 75-136, https://doi.org/10.2514/5.9781624106330.0075.0136.

Recent papers in conference proceedings:

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126. Antous B*, Byun G, Lowe KT and Smith CF 2023 “Virginia Tech Optical Inlet Sensor for Particle Detection: Rolls Royce M250 Turboshaft Demonstration,”  ASME IGTI Turbo Expo: Power for Land, Sea, and Air, Vol. 87103, p. V13CT31A010.

125. Vlach T, Olshefski KT*, Bunin DJ, Ehlers AM, Caddick MJ, Lowe KT and Ng WF 2023 “Analysis of C-Spec Particle Breakage in a Turbine Engine Particle Ingestion Test Cell,”  ASME IGTI Turbo Expo: Power for Land, Sea, and Air, Vol. 87103, p. V13CT31A002.

124. Hayden AP*, Gillespie J*, Hefner C, Untaroiu A and Lowe KT 2024 “High Throughflow StreamVane Swirl Distortion Generators: Design and Analysis,” Turbo Expo: Power for Land, Sea, and Air.

123. Powers SW*, Byun G and Lowe KT 2023 “Validation of Filtered Rayleigh Scattering Optical Rake Measurement Techniques in Turbomachinery Applications and Boundary Layers,” ASME IGTI Turbo Expo: Power for Land, Sea, and Air, Vol. 86977, p. V004T05A012.

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