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TABLE OF CONTENTS VOLUME 1 Twin Impinging Jets Aligned With a Crossflow .............................................................................................................................................1 Jorge M. Barata Computational Investigation of Compressible Flow in a Diffusing S-duct................................................................................................12 Behzad Reza Ahrabi, Kidambi Sreenivas, Robert S. Webster The Influence of Duct Development Distance on Screen-Generated Total Pressure Distortion Profiles...............................................28 Walter F. O'Brien, Justin Bailey Experimental Study of the Unsteady Aerodynamics the Compressor-Combustor Interface of a Lean Burn Combustion System..........................................................................................................................................................................................48 A. Duncan Walker, Jonathon F. Carrotte, Graham L. Peacock, Adrian Spencer, James J. McGuirk An Assessment of Relative Technology Benefits of a Variable Pitch Fan and Variable Area Nozzle ....................................................72 Ganesh Krishnan, Christopher Perullo, Dimitri N. Mavris NASA Fixed Wing Project Propulsion Research and Technology Development Activities to Reduce Specific Energy Consumption........................................................................................................................................................................................82 Michael D. Hathaway, Ruben Del Rosario, Nateri Madavan Design and Performance Considerations for a Superconducting Electric Power System to Power Future Aircraft.........................102 Peter Malkin, Meletios Pagonis Pre-Concept Performance Investigation of Electrically Powered Aero-Propulsion Systems................................................................110 Arne Seitz, Askin T. Isikveren, Mirko Hornung An Evaluation of the Potential of Additive Manufacturing Technologies in Future Aero Engine Design...........................................126 David Rockel, Andreas Hupfer, Hans Peter Kau An Efficient Coupled Method of Cascade Flutter Investigation Based on Reduced Order Model.......................................................136 Dan Su, Weiwei Zhang, Mingsheng Ma, Zhengyin Ye Computationally Efficient Axial Compressor Characteristic Map Generation Based on 1-D Meanline Approximation................................................................................................................................................................................................149 Hans Desmidt, Kivanc Ekici, Keith Young Analysis and Compression of Time-Accurate Turbomachinery Simulations Using Proper Orthogonal Decomposition.................................................................................................................................................................................................158 Trevor J. Blanc, Steven E. Gorrell, Matthew Jones, Earl P. Duque Computation of Heat Transfer In Turbine Rotor Blade Cooling Channels with Angled Rib Turbulators.........................................173 Guy A. Flynt, Robert S. Webster, Kidambi Sreenivas Experimental Heat Transfer Study in an Intermediate Turbine Duct.....................................................................................................196 Borja M. Rojo Perez, Valery Chernoray, Martin Johansson, Maxim Golubev Potential Benefits to Commercial Propulsion Systems from Pressure Gain Combustion .....................................................................205 Scott M. Jones, Daniel E. Paxson Experimental Comparison of Axial Turbine Performance Under Pulsed-Air and Pulsed-Detonation Flows ....................................212 Andrew C. St. George, Robert B. Driscoll, David E. Munday, Ephraim J. Gutmark Design and Demonstration of Emergency Control Modes for Enhanced Engine Performance............................................................229 Yuan Liu, Jonathan S. Litt, Ten-Huei Guo Validation of OVERFLOW 2.2 for Use with Turbomachinery ................................................................................................................250 Matthew L. Marshall, David Weston, Steven E. Gorrell, Carol V. Wallis Optimization of Open Rotor Engines for Civil Aircraft Using a Cooperative Evolutionary Method ..................................................264 Lorenzo Casalino, Dario Pastrone, Francesco Simeoni Updated Assessment of an Open Rotor Airplane using an Advanced Blade Design..............................................................................276 Eric S. Hendricks, Jeffrey J. Berton, William J. Haller, Michael J. Tong, Mark D. Guynn Effect of a Winglet on Open Rotor Aerodynamics and Tip Vortex Interaction .....................................................................................289 Simon J. Read, Thomas P. Hynes Off-Design Characteristics of Low-Fuel Consumption Gas Turbine Engine for Long-Range UAV....................................................313 Roberto Andriani, Umberto Ghezzi, Antonella Ingenito, Fausto Gamma, Antonio Agresta Computational Study of the CC3 Impeller and Vaneless Diffuser Experiment......................................................................................323 Sameer Kulkarni, Timothy A. Beach, Gary J. Skoch Effect of Casing Groove Locations on the Performance of an Axial Flow Stage ....................................................................................335 Weiyang Lin, Kidambi Sreenivas, Robert S. Webster, Daniel G. Hyams Characterization of the Discharge Flow of a Dual Volute Axi-Centrifugal Gas Turbine Compressor................................................351 Jordan W. Ilott, William Allan, Asad Asghar, Ray Woodason A Study on Performance Improvement of Paraffin Fueled Hybrid Rocket Engines with Multi-Section Swirl Injection Method ............................................................................................................................................................................................362 Kentaro Araki, Yoshihide Hirata, Sho Oyama, Kengo Ohe, Shigeru Aso, Yasuhiro Tani, Toru Shimada High Performance Hybrid Propulsion System for Small Satellites ..........................................................................................................372 Laura Simurda, Greg Zilliac, Chris Zaseck Mass Flow Rate and Isolation Characteristics of Injectors for Use with Self-Pressurizing Oxidizers in Hybrid Rockets.............................................................................................................................................................................................................383 Benjamin S. Waxman, Brian Cantwell, Greg Zilliac, Jonah E. Zimmerman CFD Analysis of Hybrid Rocket Flowfields Including Fuel Pyrolysis and Nozzle Erosion ...................................................................415 Daniele Bianchi, Francesco Nasuti, Annafederica Urbano, Barbara Betti Assessment of Wall-modeled Large Eddy Simulation For Supersonic Compression Ramp Flows......................................................435 David M. Dawson, Sanjiva K. Lele, J. Bodart Numerical Investigation of Effects of Boundary Layer Bleed on a RBCC inlet in Ejector Mode ........................................................454 Lei Shi, Guo-Qiang He, Fei Qin, Xianggeng Wei, Xiang Lv, Xiang Tang, Binbin Lin Inlet Geometry Effects on the Internal Performance of a Variable Flow Ducted Rocket Combustor.................................................464 Soo-Jong Kim, Benveniste Natan Development of an Aeroelastic Modeling Capability for Transient Nozzle Side Load Analysis...........................................................478 Ten-See Wang, Xiang Zhao, Sijun Zhang, Yen-Sen Chen Linear Stability Analysis Using the Arnoldi Eigenmode Extraction Technique Applied to Separated Nozzle Flow .........................500 Ragnar Larusson, Niklas Andersson, Jan Ostlund, Lars-Erik Eriksson Interaction of Vortices Due to Diaphragm on the Wall Blowing Surface................................................................................................510 Changjin Lee, Khin Oo Mon Large Eddy Simulation of Swirling Combustion Flow in a Modeled Hybrid Rocket with Wall Fuel Blowing ..................................519 Mikiro Motoe, Toru Shimada N2O-HTPB Hybrid Rocket Combustion Modeling with Mixing Enhancement Designs.......................................................................530 Yen-Sen Chen, Tze-Hou Chou, A. Lai, Jon-Shinn Wu A Comparison between the OpenFOAM® Toolbox and Custom-built Numerical Solvers for Composite Solid Propellant Combustion Modeling.................................................................................................................................................................546