Transition metal oxides (TMOs) are a fascinating class of materials due to their wide ranging
electronic, chemical and mechanical properties. Additionally, they are gaining increasing …

A novel optical method is used to measure the high-frequency (up to 3 MHz) density
fluctuations that precede transition to turbulence within a laminar boundary layer in a …

The rising number of applications of the organic Rankine cycle (ORC) or supercritical CO 2
(sCO 2) power systems have shaped a new branch of fluid mechanics called non-ideal …

To investigate the pressure-fluctuation field beneath turbulent spots in a hypersonic
boundary layer, a study was conducted on the nozzle wall of the Boeing/AFOSR Mach-6 …

With novel application of optical techniques, the slender-body hypervelocity boundary-layer
instability is characterized in the previously unexplored regime where thermo-chemical …

The heat flux sensors composed of inclined epitaxial La 1− x Ca x MnO 3 (LCMO) films have
been fabricated on c-axis miscut SrTiO 3 (001) single crystal substrates. Based on the …

Following three decades of research in short duration facilities, Purdue University has
developed an alternative turbine facility in view of the modern technology in computational …

THE past few years have witnessed a growing interest in the measurement of unsteady heat
transfer phenomena. This increase in interest is due to the need and desire to understand …

In this paper, we report on the application of the atomic layer thermopile (ALTP) heat-flux
sensor to the measurement of laminar-to-turbulent transition in a hypersonic flat-plate …

The atomic layer thermopile (ALTP) heat flux sensor has played an important role in the
study of boundary layer transition. However, the response characteristics of the sensors still …