Theses

1. Craddock, C. S. "Computational Optimization of Scramjets and Shock Tunnel Nozzles" PhD Thesis Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Queensland, August 1999.
2. Johnston, I. A. "Simulation of Flow Around Hypersonic Blunt-Nosed Vehicles for the Calibration of Air Data Systems" PhD Thesis Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Queensland, January 1999.
3. Petrie-Repar, P. J. "Numerical Simulation of Diaphragm Rupture" PhD Thesis Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Queensland, December 1997.
4. Prucha, L. "Trajectory Optimization for a Small Launch Vehicle with a Scramjet-Powered Second Stage" Master of Engineering Science Thesis Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Queensland, September 1996.

Journal Papers

1. Wendt, M. N., Jacobs, P. A. and Stalker, R. J. "Displacement effects and scaling of ducted supersonic flames" Combustion and Flame 116:593-604, 1999.
2. Jacobs, P. A. and Craddock, C. S. "Simulation and optimization of heated, inviscid flows in scramjet ducts" A.I.A.A. Journal of Propulsion and Power 15(1):73-81, 1999.
3. Johnston, I. A., Tuttle, S. L., Jacobs, P. A. and Shimoda, T. "The numerical and experimental simulation of hypervelocity flow around the HYFLEX vehicle forebody" Shock Waves 9(1):57-67, 1998.
4. Johnston, I. A., Jacobs, P. A. and Shimoda, T. "A study of flush air data system calibration using numerical simulation" A.I.A.A. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets 35(6):812-820, 1998.
5. Petrie-Repar, P. J. and Jacobs, P. A. "A computational study of shock speeds in high performance shock tubes" Shock Waves 8(2):79-91, 1998.
6. Kendall, M. A., Morgan, R. G. and Jacobs, P. A. "A compact, shock-assisted free-piston driver for impulse facilities" Shock Waves, 7(4):219-230, 1997
7. Wendt, M. N., Stalker, R. J. and Jacobs, P. A. "Effect of fuel temperature effects on mixing with supersonic combustion" A.I.A.A. Journal of Propulsion and Power, 13(2):274-280, 1997.
8. M. N. Macrossan and M. Hancock "A method of assessing the effects of artificial dissipation in Navier-Stokes codes", Int. J. Num. Meth. Fluids 22: 1-7 (1996)
9. M. N. Macrossan and C. Eckett "Chemical non-equilibrium inviscid flow over a blunt cone at incidence", AIAA J. 34 : 2054-2061(1996).
10. Doolan, C. J. and Jacobs, P. A. "Modeling mass entrainment in a quasi-one-dimensional shock tube code" A.I.A.A. Journal 34(6):1291--1293, 1996.
11. E. R. Mallett, D. I. Pullin and M. N. Macrossan "Numerical study of hypersonic leeward flow over a blunt nosed delta wing", AIAA J. 33: 1626-1633 (1995)
12. Jacobs, P. A. "Numerical simulation of transient hypervelocity flow in an expansion tube" Computers & Fluids 23(1):77-101, 1994.
13. M. N. Macrossan and D. I. Pullin "A computational investigation of inviscid hypervelocity flow of a dissociating gas past a cone at incidence", J. Fluid Mech. , 266, 69-92 (1994)
14. Jacobs, P. A. "Quasi-one-dimensional modelling of a free-piston shock tunnel" A.I.A.A. Journal 32(1):137-145, 1994.
15. M. N. Macrossan and R. I. Oliver "A kinetic theory solution method for the Navier-Stokes equations", Int. J. Num. Meth. Fluids, 17: 177-193 (1993)
16. G. P. Cathcart and M. N. Macrossan "Aerodynamic drag reduction for satellites in low earth orbits", AIAA J. 31: 826-831 (1993)
17. Jacobs, P. A., Rogers, R. C., Weidner, E. H. and Bittner, R. D. "Flow establishment in a generic scramjet combustor" A.I.A.A. Journal of Propulsion and Power 8(4):890-899, 1992.
18. Jacobs, P. A. "An approximate Riemann solver for hypervelocity flows" A.I.A.A. Journal 30(10):2558-2561, 1992.
19. A. P. Mann, D. I. Pullin, M. N. Macrossan and N. W. Page "Numerical modelling of dynamic powder compaction using the Kawakita equation of state", J. Appl. Phys. (1991)
20. Jacobs, P. A. and Stalker, R. J. "Mach 4 and Mach 8 axisymmetric nozzles for a high-enthalpy shock tunnel" The Aeronautical Journal 95(949):324-334, 1991.
21. Jacobs, P. A. and Gourlay, C. M. "An interactive method-of-characteristics program for gas-dynamic calculations" The International Journal of Applied Engineering Education 7(3):242-250, 1991.
22. M. N. Macrossan "Hypervelocity flow of dissociating nitrogen downstream of a blunt nose", J. Fluid Mech. 207: 167-202 (1990)
23. M. N. Macrossan "The equilibrium flux method for the calculation of flows with non-equilibrium chemical reactions", J. Comput. Phys. 80: 204-231 (1989)
24. J. Davis, R. G. Dominy, J. K. Harvey and M. N. Macrossan "An evaluation of some collision models used for Monte-Carlo calculation of rarefied hypersonic flows", J. Fluid Mech. , 135, 355-371 (1983)

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Conference Publications

1. Macrossan, M. N. "A particle simulation method for the BKG equation."
2. Macrossan, M. N. "A particle-only hybrid method for near continuum flows."
3. McGhee, A. M., Goozee, R. J. and Jacobs, P. A. "Implementation of a workstation cluster for compressible flow simulation." Poster presentation in IEEE International Workshop on Cluster Computing, Melbourne, December 1999. Also available as Report 99/03, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Queensland.
4. Faddy, J. M. and Jacobs, P. A. "One-dimensional modelling of diaphragm rupture within shock tubes." in Third International Workshop on Shock Wave/ Vortex Interaction, Hakone, Japan, September 12-14 1999.
5. McIntyre, T. J., Jacobs, P. A., Bishop, A. I. and Boyce, R. R. "Experimental and numerical studies of super-orbital ionising flows." in 22nd International Symposium on Shock Waves Paper 1350, July 1999.
6. Wendt, M., Macrossan, M., Jacobs, P. and Mee, D. "Pilot study for a rarefied hypervelocity test facility" in 13th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference Melbourne, December 1998.
7. Buttsworth, D. R. and Jacobs, P. A. "Total temperature measurements in a shock tunnel facility" in 13th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference Melbourne, December 1998.
8. Johnston, I. A. and Jacobs, P. A. and Shimoda, T. "A study of flush air data system calibration using numerical simulation" in 8th International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies Conference AIAA Paper 98-1606, April 1998.
9. Hannemann, K., Jacobs, P. A., Austin, J. M., Thomas, A. and McIntyre, T. J. "Transient and steady-state flow in a small shock tube" in 21st International Symposium on Shock Waves Paper 2630, July, 1997.
10. Johnston, I. A., Tuttle, S. L., Jacobs, P. A. and Shimoda, T. "The numerical and experimental simulation of flow around the {HYFLEX} vehicle forebody" in 21st International Symposium on Shock Waves Paper 6980, July 1997.
11. Barker, P., Bishop, A., Littleton, B., Jacobs, P. A. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. "Flow tagging LEI velocimetry of supersonic flow" in First Australian Conference on Laser Diagnostics in Fluid Mechanics and Combustion pp192--197, December 1996.
12. Johnston, I. A. and Jacobs, P. A. "Hypersonic blunt body flows in reacting carbon dioxide" in Twelfth Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, pp807-810, December 1995.
13. G. P. Cathcart and M. N. Macrossan "Satellite protection and drag reduction using a purging gas flow", Rarefied Gas Dynamics 19, (ed. Harvey and Lord), Vol II, 1380 (Oxford University Press, 1995)
14. Jacobs, P. A. and Craddock, C. S. "Simulation and optimisation of three-dimensional flows in scramjet ducts" in Twelfth International Symposium on Air Breathing Engines, September 1995.
15. Petrie, P. J. and Jacobs, P. A. "Numerical simulation of diaphragm rupture" in 20th International Symposium on Shock Waves, July 1995.
16. Kendall, M. A., Morgan, R. G. and Jacobs, P. A. "A compact entropy-raising driver for impulse facilities" in 20th International Symposium on Shock Waves, July 1995.
17. McGhee, A. M. and Jacobs, P. A. "Parallel computation of hypervelocity flow" in Computational Techniques and Applications: CTAC95, July 1995
18. Wendt, M. N., Stalker, R. J. and Jacobs, P. A. "Effect of fuel temperature on supersonic combustion" in Sixth International Aerospace Planes and Hypersonics Technologies Conference, April 1995.
19. E. R. Mallett, M. N. Macrossan and D. I. Pullin "Flow calculations for a blunted delta wing at an angle of attack, using a second-order kinetic theory based Method", INIRA Workshop on Hypersonic Flows for Reentry Problems, Part III, Antibes, France (1993)
20. Jacobs, P. A., Morgan, R. G., Stalker, R. J. and Mee, D. J. "Use of Argon-Helium Driver-Gas Mixtures in the T4 Shock Tunnel" 19th International Symposium on Shock Waves, Marseille, July 1993.
21. Jacobs, P. A. "Simulation of transient flows in a shock tunnel" Computational Applications and Techniques Conference '93, Canberra pp311-319, July 1993.
22. Jacobs, P. A. "Quasi-one-dimensional modelling of free-piston shock tunnels" A.I.A.A. Paper 93-0352, Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, January 1993
23. Jacobs, P. A. "Simulation of transient flow in a shock tunnel and a high Mach number nozzle" 4th International Symposium on Computational Fluid Dynamics, Davis CA, September 1991
24. Jacobs, P. A. "Transient, hypervelocity flow in an axisymmetric nozzle" A.I.A.A. Paper 91-0295, Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, January 1991.
25. Jacobs, P. A., Rogers, R. C., Weidner, E. H. and Bittner, R. D. "Flow establishment in a generic scramjet combustor" A.I.A.A. Paper 90-2096, 1990.
26. Jacobs, P. A. and Stalker, R. J. "Hypervelocity flow in axisymmetric nozzles. in Tenth Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Melbourne, pp15.25-15.28, 1989.
27. G. A. Dahlen, M. N. Macrossan, C. Brundin and J. K. Harvey "Blunt cones in rarefied hypersonic flow: Experiments and Monte-Carlo simulations", Rarefied gas dynamics 14, (ed. Oguchi), Vol I, 229 (University of Tokyo Press, 1984)

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Technical Reports

1. Jacobs, P. A. "IMOC: interactive method-of-characteristics for two-dimensional supersonic flow." Department of Mechanical Engineering Report 3/00, The University of Queensland, February 2000.
2. Craddock, C. S. "Design of the axisymmetric HyShot nozzle for T4" Department of Mechanical Engineering Report 2/00, The University of Queensland, April 2000.
3. McGhee, A. M. "Distributed parallel computing using a cluster of workstation PCs" Department of Mechanical Engineering Report 2/99, The University of Queensland, March 1999.
4. Jacobs, P. A. "L1d: a computer program for the simulation of transient-flow facilities" Department of Mechanical Engineering Report 1/99, The University of Queensland, January 1999.
5. Craddock, C. S. "Amrita development for the ASCI project: AUSMDV and Arrhenius chemistry." Department of Mechanical Engineering Report 17/98, The University of Queensland, April 1998.
6. McGhee, A. "Navier-Stokes viscous code integration into AMRITA using C and FORTRAN." Department of Mechanical Engineering Report 16/98, The University of Queensland, April 1998.
7. Wendt, M. N., Macrossan, M. N., Mee, D. & Jacobs, P. A. "Rarefied gas dynamic facility experiments and simulations." Department of Mechanical Engineering Report 15/98, The University of Queensland, 1998.
8. Jacobs, P. A. "Shock tube modelling with L1d" Department of Mechanical Engineering Report 13/98, The University of Queensland, November 1998.
9. Craddock, C. S., Jacobs, P. A. and Gammie, R. "Operational instructions for the small shock tunnel at UQ" Department of Mechanical Engineering Report 8/98, The University of Queensland, July 1998.
10. Jacobs, P. A. "MB_CNS: A computer program for the simulation of transient compressible flows; 1998 Update" Department of Mechanical Engineering Report 7/98, The University of Queensland, June 1998.
11. Craddock, C. S. and Jacobs, P. A. "A space-marching compressible flow solver with chemistry and optimisation SM_3D$PLUS$" Department of Mechanical Engineering Report 6/98, The University of Queensland, January 1998.
12. Austin, J. M., Jacobs, P. A., Kong, M. C., Barker, P., Gammie, R. and Littleton, B. N. "The Small Shock Tunnel Facility at UQ" Department of Mechanical Engineering Report 2/97, The University of Queensland, July 1997.
13. Jacobs, P. A. "MB_CNS: A computer program for the simulation of transient compressible flows" Department of Mechanical Engineering Report 10/96, The University of Queensland, December 1996.
14. Jacobs, P. A., Macrossan, M. N. and Stalker, R. J. "ARC Collaborative Research Grant, Final Report: Effect of scale on scramjet vehicles" Department of Mechanical Engineering Report 13/96, The University of Queensland, September 1996.
15. Kendall, M. A., Morgan, R. G. and Jacobs, P. A. "A compact, shock-assisted free-piston driver for impulse facilities" Department of Mechanical Engineering Report 9/96, The University of Queensland, April 1996.
16. Jacobs, P. A. and Craddock, C. S. "Simulation and optimisation of three-dimensional flows in scramjet ducts" Department of Mechanical Engineering Report 8/96, The University of Queensland, March 1996.
17. Johnston, I. A. and Jacobs, P. A. "SF2D: a shock fitting and capturing solver for two-dimensional compressible flows" Department of Mechanical Engineering Report 6/96, The University of Queensland, July 1996.
18. Austin, K. J. and Jacobs, P. A. "A Newtonian Solver for Hypersonic Flows" Department of Mechanical Engineering Report 5/96, The University of Queensland, February 1996.
19. Wendt, M. N., Jacobs, P. A. and Stalker, R. J. "Modular Composite Scramjet Motor (C.S.M.) Testing" Department of Mechanical Engineering Report 2/96, The University of Queensland, February 1996.
20. M. N. Macrossan "Some developments of the equilibrium particle simulation method for the direct simulation of compressible flows", Interim Report 27, Institute for Computer Applications in Science and Engineering (ICASE), NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia (1995)
21. Jacobs, P. A. "A space-marching Euler solver for supersonic flow in a three-dimensional geometry" Department of Mechanical Engineering Report 2/95, The University of Queensland, January 1995.
22. Wendt, M. N., Jacobs, P. A., Stacey, C. and Stalker, R. J. "Initial Composite Engine (I.C.E.) Testing" Department of Mechanical Engineering Report 6/94, The University of Queensland, May 1994.
23. WBM-Stalker Pty Ltd "Scramjet Collaborative Research Grant, December 1992 to January 1993: Model Testing" WBM Internal Report 7566-1, 1993.
24. Krek, R. M. and Jacobs, P. A. "STN, Shock tube and nozzle calculations for equilibrium air" Department of Mechanical Engineering Report 2/93, The University of Queensland, February 1993.
25. Jacobs, P. A. "Numerical simulation of transient hypervelocity flow in an expansion tube" ICASE Report 92-10, January 1992.
26. Jacobs, P. A. and Stalker, R. J. "Mach 4 and Mach 8 axisymmetric nozzles for a high-enthalpy shock tunnel" ICASE Report 91-24, 1991.
27. Jacobs, P. A. "An approximate Riemann solver for hypervelocity flows" ICASE Report 91-75, 1991.
28. Jacobs, P. A. "Simulation of transient flow in a shock tunnel and a high Mach number nozzle" ICASE Report 91-60, 1991.
29. Jacobs, P. A. "Single-block Navier-Stokes integrator" ICASE Interim Report 18, 1991.
30. Jacobs, P. A. "Transient, hypervelocity flow in an axisymmetric nozzle" ICASE Report 91-01, 1991.
31. Jacobs, P. A., Rogers, R. C., Weidner, E. H. and Bittner, R. D. "Flow establishment in a generic scramjet combustor" ICASE Report 90-77, 1990.
32. Jacobs, P. A., Morgan, R. G., Rogers, R. C., Wendt, M. N., Brescianini, C., Paull, A. and Kelly, G. "Preliminary calibration of a generic scramjet combustor" ICASE Interim Report 16, 1990.
33. Casey, R., Stalker, R. J., Brescianini, C. P., Morgan, R. G., Jacobs, P. A., Wendt, M. N., Ward, N. R., and Akman, N., Allen, G. A., Skinner, K., Tuttle, S. L., Simmons, J. M., Kelly, G., Krek, R. M., Neely, A. and Paull, A. "Shock tunnel studies of scramjet phenomena. Supplement 5" NASA Contractor Report 182096, 1990.
34. Jacobs, P. A. and Stalker, R. J. "Design of axisymmetric nozzles for reflected shock tunnels" Department of Mechanical Engineering Report 1/89, The University of Queensland, 1989.
35. Jacobs, P. A. and Lott, N. J. "CMATH - A Mathematical Software Library for the C Programming Language" Design Software, 1989.
36. Jacobs, P. A. "A Mach 4 nozzle for hypervelocity flow" Department of Mechanical Engineering Report 9/89, The University of Queensland, 1989.
37. Jacobs, P. A. "A SCRAMjet model for pressure scaling studies" Department of Mechanical Engineering Report 2/89, The University of Queensland, 1989.
38. Morgan, R. G., Wallace, G. A., Stalker, R. J., Gottschall, N., Casey, R., Jacobs, P. A., Brescianini, C., Allen, G. A., He, Y., Sanderson, S., Simmons, J. M., Kelly, G., Krek, R., Skinner, K., Stacey, C., Paull, A. and Neely, A. "Shock tunnel studies of scramjet phenomena. Supplement 4" Department of Mechanical Engineering Report, The University of Queensland, 1989.
39. Morgan, R. G., Paull, A., Stalker, R. J., Jacobs, P. A., Morris, N., Stringer, I. and Brescianini, C. "Shock tunnel studies of scramjet phenomena" NASA Contractor Report 181721, 1988.
40. Jacobs, P. A. "An interactive graphics program for computer assisted calculations of isentropic flows" Department of Mechanical Engineering Report 7/88, The University of Queensland, 1988.

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