Melbourne School of Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering

Thermodynamics - Publications

Recent journal publications

  1. Jin, S.H., Brear, M.J., Watson, H.C. and Brewster, S., 2008, "An experimental study of the spray from an air-assisted, direct fuel injector", Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering, vol. 222, no. 10, pg. 1883-1894
  2. Boretti, A., Jin, S.H., Brear, M.J., Zakis, G., Attard, W., Watson, H.C. Brewster, S. and Bryce, W., 2008, "Experimental and numerical study of a spark ignition engine with air assisted, direct injection", Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering, vol. 222, no. 6, pg. 1103-1119
  3. Mehrani, P, Watson, H.C., 2008, "A search for maximum efficiency and NOx reduction through spark-ignition engine design optimisation at lambda=1", Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering, Volume 222, Number 5, pp. 875-886
  4. Hield, P.A. and Brear, M.J., 2008, "Comparison of open and choked premixed combustor exits during thermoacoustic limit cycle", AIAA Journal, vol. 46, no. 2, pg. 517-526
  5. Karimi, N., Brear, M.J. and Moase, W. H., 2008, "Acoustic and disturbance energy analysis of a flow with heat communication", Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 597, pg. 67-89
  6. Moase, W.H., Brear, M.J. and Manzie, C., 2007, "The forced response of choked nozzles and supersonic diffusers", Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 585, pp. 281–304
  7. Gani, E. and Manzie, C., 2007, "Intelligent classification between misfire and misfuel in automotive engines", Proceedings of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering, vol. 221, 1183-1195.
  8. Manzie, C., Halgamuge, S. and Watson, H., 2007, "Fuel economy improvements for urban driving: Hybrid vs Intelligent Vehicles", Transportation Research Part C, vol. 15, 1-16.
  9. Brear, M.J., Kerrebrock, J.L. and Epstein, A. H., 2006, "Propulsion system requirements for long range, supersonic aircraft", ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, vol. 128, no. 2, pg. 370-377

Recent conference publications

  1. Jin, S.H., Brear, M.J. and Brewster, S., 2008, "Spray Behaviour of Ethanol-blended Fuel (E93) under Cold Conditions", presented at the Fifth Australian Conference on Laser Diagnostics in Fluid Mechanics and Combustion, December, 2008, Perth.
  2. Utley, T.D., Brewster, S. C., Tilmouth, A., Jin, S.H. and Brear, M.J., 2008, "Unassisted low temperature starting of a pure ethanol fuelled direct fuelled engine", to be presented at the 2008 SAE Brazil Congress, Sao Paolo, SAE paper no. 2008-36-0270
  3. Boretti, A.A., Will, F., Watson, H.C., Brear, M.J., Dingli, R., Voice, G., 2008, "Comparison of static and dynamic engine models on the transient performance of a passenger vehicle powertrain", FISITA paper no. F2008-12-287, presented at the FISITA World Automotive Conference, 2008
  4. Boretti, A.A., Lodi, F., Watson, H.C., Brear, M.J., Dingli, R., Jin, S.H., Voice, G. and Will, F., 2008, "Experimental and numerical analysis of engine gas exchange, combustion and heat transfer during warmup", SAE paper no. 2008-01-1653, presented at the 2008 Fuels and Lubricants congress
  5. Boretti, A.A., Dingli, R., Watson, H.C., Brear, M.J., Voice, G., 2008, "Development of a variable geometry turbocharged, throttleless, jet ignited, hydrogen fuelled i.c. engine", presented at the World Hydrogen Energy Congress, Brisbane, Australia, 15-19 June 2008
  6. Karimi, N., Brear, M.J. & Moase, W.H., 2008, "Sound generation in flows with steady heat communication", presented at XXII ICTAM, 25–29 August 2008, Adelaide, Australia
  7. Kim, T., Manzie, C. and Watson, H., 2008, "Fuel Economy Benefits of Look-ahead Capability in a Mild Hybrid Configuration", in 17th IFAC World Congress, Seoul, South Korea
  8. Boretti, A.A., Brear, M.J. and Watson, H.C., 2007, "Experimental and numerical study of a hydrogen fuelled I.C. engine fitted with the hydrogen assisted jet ignition system", presented at the 16th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Crown Plaza, Gold Coast, Australia, 2-7 December 2007
  9. Hield, P.A. and Brear, M.J., 2007, "A laboratory combustor for studies of premixed combustion instability", presented at the 16th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Crown Plaza, Gold Coast, Australia, 2-7 December 2007
  10. Karimi, N., Jin, S.H. and Brear, M.J., 2007, "An experimental study of the transfer function of a ducted, laminar premixed flame", presented at the 16th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Crown Plaza, Gold Coast, Australia, 2-7 December 2007
  11. Hield, P.A. and Brear, M.J., 2007, "A comparison of open and choked exits of a premixed combustor during thermoacoustic limit cycle", presented at the 13th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference, May 21-23, Rome, paper no. AIAA 2007-3426
  12. Talei, M., Brear, M.J, Nicoud, F., Bodony, D. J. and Giauque, A., 2007, "Transport of disturbance energy in hot and cold turbulent jets", presented at the 13th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference, May 21-23, Rome, paper no. AIAA 2007-3633
  13. Giauque, A., Nicoud, F. and Brear, M.J, 2007, "Numerical assessment of stability criteria from disturbance energies in gaseous combustion", presented at the 13th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference, May 21-23, Rome, paper no. AIAA 2007-3425
  14. Boretti, A. A., Jin. S.H., Zakis, G., Brear, M.J., Watson, H.C., Carlisle, H. and Bryce, W., 2007, "Experimental and numerical study of an air assisted fuel injector for a D.I.S.I engine", SAE World Congress 2007, paper number 2007-01-1415
  15. Pham Xuan Phuong, Harry C. Watson, 2007, "Why liquid phase LPG port injection has superior power and efficiency to gas port injection" SAE paper 2007-01-3552
  16. Pouria Mehrani, Harry C. Watson, 2007, "Modeling the effect of mixture composition on cyclic variability", SAE paper 2007-01-0672
  17. Peter C. Stryker, Harry C. Watson , Maciej Kubicki, John F. Williams, 2007, "Spatial and temporal temperature distributions in a spark ignition engine piston at WOT", SAE paper 2007-01-1436
  18. Elisa Toulson, William Attard, Harry Watson, 2007, "The effects of hot and cool EGR with hydrogen assisted jet ignition", SAE paper 2007-01-3627
  19. Keynejad, F. and Manzie, C., 2006, "Optimization of cold start automotive fuel economy using a spark timing strategy", in IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, CA, USA
  20. Giauque, A., Poinsot, T., Brear, M.J., Nicoud, F., 2006, "Budget of disturbance energy in gaseous reacting flows", Proceedings of the 2006 Summer Program, Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford University