Dr. John Cimbala
Publications

2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000-previous
2006 Cengel, Y. and Cimbala, J. M. Fluid Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications, McGraw-Hill, Boston, 2006.

 
2005

 

 
2004 Campbell, R. L., Cimbala, J. M., and Hochreiter, L. E., 2004, CFD Prediction of Grid Spacer Hydraulic Performance with Comparison to Experimental Results, Submitted to Nuclear Technology, January 2004.

Song, J., W. Bahnfleth, and J. Cimbala, 2004, Parametric study of single-pipe diffusers in stratified chilled water storage tanks (1185-RP), Submitted to International Journal of HVAC&R Research, January 2004.

 
2003 Heinsohn, R. J. and Cimbala, J. M., 2003, Indoor Air Quality Engineering, Marcel Dekker.

Cimbala, J. M., Brenizer, J. S., Jr., Chuang, A. P.-Y., Hanna, S., Conroy, C. T., El-Ganayni, A. A., and Riley, D. R., 2003, Study of Loop Heat Pipe using Neutron RadiographyElsevier Publication of ITMNR-4 Conference. Submitted Oct 2001, Accepted Feb. 2002.

Cimbala, J. M., Mumma, S. A., Polavaram, C. A., Influence of Surface Roughness on 90o Round Elbow Duct Fitting Loss Coefficients Determined Computationally.

Davis, M., Cimbala, J. M., and Rahn, C.Aerostat Aerodynamic Force Prediction.

Bahnfleth, W., J. Song and J. Cimbala, 2003, Measured and Modeled Charging of a Stratified Chilled Water Thermal Storage Tank with Slotted Pipe Diffusers, International Journal of HVAC&R Research, Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 467-491, October 2003.

Brenizer, J. S., Cimbala, J. M., and Chuang, P.-Y. A., 2003, Heat Pipe Neutron Radiography Project, Final Contractor's Report to Bechtel Bettis Atomic Laboratory.

Cimbala, J. M., 2003, A New Method for Calculating Added Mass Using CFD.Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Vol. 48, No. 10, pp. 202-203.

 
2002

 

 
2001 Brenizer, J. S., Cimbala, J. M., and Chuang, Po-Ya, 2001, Heat Pipe Neutron Radiography.Final Contractor's Report to Bechtel Bettis Atomic Laboratory.

 
2000 J. Cimbala, 2000, Fundamentals of Thermal-Fluid Sciences, by Cengal and Turner for McGraw-Hill (extensive review).

J. Cimbala, 2000, Mechanics of Fluids, I. Shames for McGraw-Hill.

Cimbala, J. M., L. Fisher, G. Settles, M. Lillis, 2000, Analytical Modeling of Plasma Arc Cutting of Steel Plate, Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Vol. 45, No. 9, p. 118-9 (November).

 
1999 J. Cimbala, 1999, In Six Days - Why 50 Scientists Choose to Believe in Creation, Ed. John F. Ashton, New Holland Publishers, Australia, (Dr. Cimbala wrote one chapter, 4 out of 360 pages.).

J. Cimbala, 1999, Fluid Mechanics, 4th ed. by Frank M. White, McGraw-Hill. Dr. Cimbala wrote over a hundred end-of-chapter problems for the book.

Cimbala, J. M., W. Bahnfleth, and J. Song, 1999, Characterization of Inlet Diffuser Performance for Stratified Thermal Storage, Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Vol. 44, No. 8, p. 63 (November).

Cimbala, J. M, 1999, Ben Franklin Challenge Grant Report - Computational Fluid Dynamics for Draft Tubes/SCFinal Contractor’s Report to Ben Franklin and American Hydro Corp., 17 pages, July.

 
1998 Jacobs, C. R., C. E. Yellowley, B. R. Davis, Z. Zhou, J. M. Cimbala, and H. J. Donahue, 1998, Differential Effect of Steady Versus Oscillating Flow on Bone Cells, J. of Biomechanics, Vol. 31, pp. 969-976. (Helped with the fluid mechanics portion).

Cimbala, J. M., J. S. Garanich, G. S. Settles, and J. D. Miller, 1998, Combined Schlieren Imaging and Numerical Analysis of Displacement Ventilation, (abstract) Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Vol. 43, No. 9, p. 2016.

 

1997 Cimbala, J. M, 1997, Ben Franklin Challenge Grant Report - Wear of Tubing Elbows in Plastic Chip Conveying, Year 2, Final Contractor’s Report to Ben Franklin and Conair, Inc., 72 pages, Nov.

 
1996 Cimbala, J.M. and J. Leon. "The Drag of a Freely Rotatable Cylinder/Splitter Plate Body at Subcritical Reynolds Number" AIAA Journal vol. 34, n. 11, pp. 2446-2448 (November 1996).

Takenaka, N., D. Sathianathan, and J. Cimbala. "Visualization and Measurement of Liquid Metal Flow by Neutron Radiography" 5th World Conference on Neutron Raiography, Berlin, Germany, 6 pp. (June 17-20, 1996).

J. Cimbala wrote chapter reviews for each chapter. The Fluid Mechanics and Dynamics Problem Solver, Research and Education Assoc., Piscataway, NJ, 1996.

Cimbala, J. M, 1996, Ben Franklin Challenge Grant Report - Wear of Tubing Elbows in Plastic Chip Conveying, Final Contractor’s Report to Ben Franklin and Conair, Inc., 5 pages, Sep.

 
1995 Cimbala, J.M. "Direct Numerical Simulations and Modeling of a Spatially Evolving Turbulent Wake." Proceedings of the Tenth Symposium on Turbulent Shear Flows The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, pp. 6.25-6.30 (Aug. 14-16, 1995).

Cimbala, J.M. "Direct Numerical Simulations of a Turbulent Far Wake." Bulletin of the American Physical Society vol. 40, n. 12, pp. 1930 (Nov. 1995).

Cimbala, J. M, 1995, Modeling and Simulation of a Turbulent Far Wake, Final Report for 1995 ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship, 1 page, Aug.

Cimbala, J. M. and J. H. Morrison, 1995, Incorporation of Turbulence Model Modules, Roughness, and Tip-Gap Modifications into a Rapid Turbopump CFD CodeFinal Contractor’s Report to Pratt & Whitney, RFQ O0050593, 14 pages, Dec. (Principle author).

 
1994 Cimbala, J.M. and K.T. Chen. "Supercritical Reynolds Number Experiments on a Freely Rotatable Cylinder/Splitter Plate Body." Physics of Fluids vol. 6, n. 7, pp. 2440-2445 (July 1994).

Harman, T.B., J.M. Cimbala, and M. L. Billet. "Reduction in Size and Unsteadiness of VTOL Ground Vortices by Ground Fences." AIAA Journal of Aircraft vol. 31, n. 3, pp. 579-584 (May-June 1994).

Cimbala, J. M, 1994, Direct Numerical Simulations and Modeling of a Spatially-evolving Turbulent Wake, Final Report for 1994 ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship, 1 page, Aug.

 
1993 Meyer, R. S. and J. M. Cimbala, 1993, The Reduction of Discrete Tone Noise Due to Blade Row Interaction in Turbomachinery by Trailing-Edge Blowing, U. S. Navy J. of Underwater Acoustics, Vol. 43, No. 1, pp. 49-59. (First author supervised by Dr. Cimbala).

Cimbala, J. M, 1993, A Comprehensive Comparison of Turbulence Models in the Far Wake, (abstract) Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Vol. 38, No. 12, p. 2305.

Cimbala, J. M., T. B. Harman, and M. L. Billet, 1993, Reduction in Size and Unsteadiness of a VTOL Ground Vortex by Ground Fences, Final Report to NASA Ames Research Center, Grant No. NAG 2-484, Supplement 3, 22 pages, Apr. (Principle author).

 
1992 Cimbala, J.M. and K.T. Chen. "The Behavior of a Freely Rotatable Cylinder / Splitter Plate Body at Post-Critical Reynolds Numbers." Bulletin of the American Physical Society vol. 37, n. 8, pp. 1772 (Nov. 1992).

Cimbala, J.M., R.S. Meyer, and T.B. Harman. "The Importance of Fresh Air in Manometer Tubing." AIAA Journal vol. 30, n. 1, pp. 279-280 (1992).

Philips, D.B., J.M. Cimbala, and A.L. Treaster. "Suppression of the Wing-Body Junction Vortex by Body Surface Suction." AIAA Journal of Aircraft vol. 29, n. 1, pp. 118-122 (1992).

Sathianathan, D. and J.M. Cimbala. "Theoretical Predictions for Imaging Shock Waves in Gases Using Neutron Radiography." 4th World Conference on Neutron Radiography San Francisco, CA (May 1992).

Meyer, E. C. and J. M. Cimbala1992Wind Tunnel Evaluation of Flow Structures on a 1/12th Scale DD963 Bow SonardomeARL Technical Memorandum 92-023. Mar. (Contributing author)

 
1991 Park, W-J. and J. M. Cimbala, 1991, The Effect of Jet Injection Geometry on Two-Dimensional Momentumless Far WakesJournal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 224, pp. 28-47. (First author supervised by Dr. Cimbala).

Cimbala, J. M. and S. Garg, 1991, Flow in the Wake of a Freely Rotatable Cylinder with Splitter Plate, AIAA Journal, Vol. 29, No. 6, pp. 1001-1003. (Equal contributions by authors).

Cimbala, J. M., M. L. Billet, D. P. Gaublomme, and J. C. Oefelein, 1991, Experiments on the Unsteadiness Associated with a Ground Vortex, AIAA Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 28, No. 4, pp. 261-267. (Principle author).

J. Cimbala, 1991, Fundamentals of Engineering Examination for the E.I.T., Research and Education Assoc., Piscataway, NJ., (Dr. Cimbala wrote the questions on Fluid Mechanics - pages written by Dr. Cimbala: 55 out of 522 total pages.).

Meyer, R. S. and J. M. Cimbala, 1991, Suppression of the Wake of a Finite Airfoil by Trailing-Edge Blowing, (abstract) Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Vol. 36, No. 10, p. 2664. (First author supervised by Dr. Cimbala)

Cimbala, J. M. and J. Leon, 1991, Drag Measurements on a Freely Rotatable Cylinder with Splitter Plate(abstract) Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Vol. 36, No. 10, p. 2665. (Principle author).

Meyer, R. S. and J. M. Cimbala, 1991, The Effectiveness of Trailing-Edge Blowing to Suppress the Wake of a Lifting Finite Wing, Final Report to Naval Warfare Systems Command, Contract No. N00039-88-C-0051. June (First author supervised by Dr. Cimbala).

Harman, T. B., J. M. Cimbala, and M. L. Billet, 1991, Measurements and Observations of a Jet Impinging on a Ground Plane in the Presence of a Cross Flow, Final Report to NASA Ames Research Center, Grant No. NAG 2-484, Supplement 2, 55 pages, Sep. (First author supervised by Dr. Cimbala).

 
1990 Cimbala, J. M. and W-J. Park, 1990, A Direct Hot-Wire Calibration Technique to Account for Ambient Temperature Drift in Incompressible FlowExperiments in Fluids, Vol. 8, pp. 299-300. (Principle author).

Cimbala, J. M. and M. V. Krein, 1990, The Effect of Freestream Conditions on the Far Wake of a Circular Cylinder, AIAA Journal, Vol. 28, No. 8, pp. 1369-1373. (Principle author).

Cimbala, J. M. and W-J. Park, 1990, An Experimental Investigation of the Turbulent Structure in a Two-Dimensional Momentumless Wake, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 213, pp. 479-509. (Equal contributions by authors).

Cimbala, J. M., D. B. Philips, and A. L. Treaster, 1990, Suppression of the Wing-Body Junction Vortex by Body Surface Suction, (abstract) Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Vol. 35, No. 10, p. 2647. (Principle author).

Meyer, R. S. and J. M. Cimbala, 1990, The Effectiveness of Trailing-Edge Blowing to Suppress the Wake of a Lifting Finite Wing, ARL Technical Memorandum 90-270. Dec. (First author supervised by Dr. Cimbala).

Cimbala, J. M., M. L. Billet, and D. P. Gaublomme1990Experiments on the Unsteady Ground VortexFinal Report to NASA Ames Research Center, Grant No. NAG 2-484, 116 pages, Aug. (Principle author).

 
1989 Cimbala, J. M. and W-J. Park, 1989, Elimination of Temperature Stratification in a Low-Speed Open-Return Wind Tunnel, AIAA Journal, Vol. 27, No. 6, pp. 823-825. (Equal contributions by authors).

Cimbala, J. M. and M. L. Billet, 1989, Cavitation Inception in Rectangular Slots. International Symposium on Cavitation Inception, ASME, San Francisco, CA, 9 pp. (Principle author).

Cimbala, J. M., D. Sathianathan, and S. A. Cosgrove, 1989, Flow Visualization Through Metal Enclosures with Neutron Radiography. Symp. on Flow Visualization, 1989 ASME Winter Annual Mtg., San Francisco, CA, 4 pp. (Equal contributions by authors).

Cimbala, J. M., D. Sathianathan, S. A. Cosgrove, and S. H. Levine, 1989, Neutron Radiography as a Flow Visualization Tool3rd World Conference on Neutron Radiography, Osaka, Japan, 8 pp. (Principle author).

Cimbala, J. M. and W-J. Park, 1989, An Experimental Investigation of the Turbulent Structure in a Two-Dimensional Momentumless Wake, Proceedings of the 7th Symp. on Turbulent Shear Flows, Palo Alto CA, pp. 6.1.1-6.1.6. (Principle author).

Cimbala, J. M., M. L. Billet, D. P. Gaublomme, and D. R. Stinebring, 1989, Experiments on the Unsteady Ground Vortex1989 Aerotech Conf., SAE, Anaheim, CA, 7 pp. (Principle author).

Cimbala, J. M., S. A. Cosgrove, D. Sathianathan, D. E. Hughes, S. H. Levine, F. W. Schmidt, and H. R. Jacobs, 1989, Investigation of the Internal Flow in a Torque Converter - Phase II, Final report to Chrysler Corporation, Chrysler Challenge Fund Project No. 2001626, 112 pages, Dec. (Principle author).

 
1988 Cimbala, J. M., H. Nagib, and A. Roshko, 1988, Large Structure in the Far Wakes of Two-Dimensional Bluff BodiesJournal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 190, pp. 265-298. (Principle author).

Cimbala, J. M., D. E. Hughes, S. H. Levine, and D. Sathianathan, 1988, Application of Neutron Radiography for Fluid Flow Visualization. Nuclear TechnologyVol. 81, pp. 435-445. (Principle author also supervised D. Sathaianathan).

Cimbala, J. M., D. R. Stinebring, A. L. Treaster, M. L. Billet, M. M. Walters, 1988, Experimental Investigation of a Jet Impinging on a Ground Plane in Crossflow, AIAA Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 25, No. 10, pp. 923-931. (Principle author).

Cimbala, J. M. and D. Sathianathan, 1988, Streakline Flow Visualization with Neutron Radiography, Experiments in Fluids, Vol. 6, pp. 547-552. (Equal contributions by authors).

Trethewey, M. W., B. T. Kulakowski, J. S. Lamancusa, H. J. Sommer III, and J. M. Cimbala, 1988, Integrated use of Microcomputers as a Laboratory Tool in Mechanical Engineering Education, Proc. 1988 ASME International Computers in Engineering Conf., San Francisco, CA, pp. 461-469. (Contributing author).

Cimbala, J. M. and M. V. Krein, 1988, The Effects of the Freestream on the Far Wake of a Circular CylinderProc. First International Fluid Dynamics Congress, Cincinnati, OH, 8 pp. (Principle author).

Cimbala, J. M. and W. G. Blair, 1988, The Fluid Mechanics of Cavitation Inception in Rectangular Slots. Cavitation and Multiphase Flow Forum, ASME Pub. #FED-Vol. 64, pp. 84-89, Cincinnati, OH. (Principle author).

Park, W-J. and J. M. Cimbala, 1988, A Single Equation Hot-Wire Calibration Technique, (abstract) Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Vol. 33, No. 10, p. 2224. (First author supervised by Dr. Cimbala).

Cimbala, J. M., S. Garg, and W-J. Park, 1988, The Effect of a Non-Rigidly-Mounted Splitter Plate on the Flow Over a Circular Cylinder (abstract), Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Vol. 33, No. 10, p. 2249. (Principle author).

Cimbala, J. M., D. P. Gaublomme, D. R. Stinebring, and M. L. Billet, 1988, The Unsteady Ground Vortex, Final Report to NASA Ames Research Center, Grant No. NAG 2-484, 79 pages, Nov. (Principle author).

 
1987 Cimbala, J. M., D. R. Stinebring, A. L. Treaster, and M. L. Billet, M. M. Walters, 1987, Experimental Investigation of a Jet Impinging on a Ground Plane in the Presence of a Cross Flow Proc. 1987 SAE International Powered Lift Conf., #P-203, Santa Clara, CA, pp. 243-251. (Principle author).

Cimbala J. M. and W-J. Park, 1987, Mean Velocity Profiles and Flow Visualizations of a Two-Dimensional Momentumless Wake (abstract), Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Vol. 32, No. 10, p. 2044. (Principle author).

Cimbala J. M. and D. Sathianathan, 1987, A New Technique for Visualization of Fluid Flows in Metal Enclosures, (abstract) Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Vol. 32, No. 10, p. 2106. (Principle author).

Cimbala, J. M. and G. C. Lauchle, 1987, Flow Visualization Study of the Tip Region of a Cylinder in Cross Flow, ARL Technical Memorandum 87-77, 16 pages, Apr. (Principle author).

Cimbala, J. M., S. H. Levine, D. Sathianathan, D. E. Hughes, F. W. Schmidt, and H. R. Jacobs, 1987, An Investigation of the Internal Flow in a Torque Converter - Phase IFinal report to Chrysler Corporation, Chrysler Challenge Fund Project No. 2001626, 23 pages, May. (Principle author).

Cimbala, J. M. and W-J. Park, 1987, An Experimental Investigation of the Turbulent Structure in Two-Dimensional Momentumless Wakes, Final Report to The Engineering Foundation, Grant No. RI-A-86-6, 61 pages, Aug. (Equal contributions by authors).

 
1986 Merkle, C. L., S. Deutsch, S. Pal, W. Seelig, and J. M. Cimbala, 1986, Microbubble Drag Reduction. Proc. 16th Symp. on Naval HydrodynamicsUniv. of Cal., Berkeley, CA, pp. 199-215. (Contributing author).

Cimbala J. M. and M. L. Billet, 1986, Visualization of Jet Impingement on a Ground Plane in Cross Flow (abstract), Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Vol. 31, No. 10, p. 1701. (Principle author).

 

1985 Cimbala, J. M, 1985, An Experimental Study of the Large Structure in the Far Wakes of Two-Dimensional Bluff Bodies, Proceedings of the Fifth Symp. on Turbulent Shear Flows, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, pp. 4.1-4.6.

 

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