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  1. Generalized Integral Formulations of Turbulent Boundary Layers for Arbitrary Prandtl Power-Law Exponents

    Article • January 2026, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Joseph Majdalani

  2. On Prandtl's turbulent flow expressions for arbitrary power-law and shear-stress exponents

    Article • Physics of Fluids, August 2025, American Institute of Physics

    Joseph Majdalani

  3. Vorticoacoustic waves in axisymmetric porous tubes with arbitrary suction

    Article • Physics of Fluids, March 2025, American Institute of Physics

    Joseph Majdalani

  4. Effect of Increasing Bidirectional Vortex Chamber Aspect Ratios on the Cyclonic Flowfield for Constant Velocity Inlet Conditions

    Article • January 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Gaurav Sharma, Joseph Majdalani

  5. Closed-Form Analytical Solutions for Various Thermoacoustic Properties in Rijke Tubes With Different Endpoint Conditions

    Article • January 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Cody Shelton, Joseph Majdalani

  6. Characterization of Acoustic Pressure Waveforms in Rijke Tubes With an Internal Heat Source and Variable Temperature Distributions

    Article • January 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Joseph Majdalani

  7. Characterization of the acoustic pressure waveforms in Rijke tubes with spatially varying heat sources and temperature distributions

    Article • Physics of Fluids, March 2024, American Institute of Physics

    Cody Shelton, Joseph Majdalani

  8. Effects of Various Geometric and Kinematic Parameters on the Cyclonic Flow Evolution in a Vortex Chamber

    Article • January 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Gaurav Sharma, Joseph Majdalani

  9. Effect of Various Flame Temperature Distributions on Pressure and Velocity Waveforms in Rijke Tubes

    Article • January 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Cody Shelton, Joseph Majdalani

  10. Acoustic Velocity and Heat Release Mode Shapes and Frequencies in a Circular Tube for an Arbitrary Temperature Distribution

    Article • January 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Joseph Majdalani

  11. On steady rotational high speed flows: The swirling compressible Trkalian profile with headwall injection

    Article • Physics of Fluids, December 2023, American Institute of Physics

    Joseph Majdalani

  12. On the prediction of noise generated by urban air mobility (UAM) vehicles. Part II. Implementation of the Farassat F1A formulation into a modern surface-vorticity panel solver

    Article • Physics of Fluids, November 2022, American Institute of Physics

    Joseph Majdalani

  13. On the prediction of noise generated by urban air mobility (UAM) vehicles. I. Integration of fundamental acoustic metrics

    Article • Physics of Fluids, November 2022, American Institute of Physics

    Joseph Majdalani

  14. A special collection to celebrate the life of Professor Frank M. White

    Article • Physics of Fluids, September 2022, American Institute of Physics

    Joseph Majdalani

  15. Integrated Computational Aeroacoustics for UAM Design. Part 2. Noise Characterization Metrics

    Article • June 2022, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Joseph Majdalani

  16. Integrated Computational Aeroacoustics for UAM Design. Part 1. Farassat F1A Formulation

    Article • June 2022, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Joseph Majdalani

  17. Effects of Nozzle Inlet Size and Curvature on the Cyclonic Flowfield in a Bidirectional Vortex Chamber Using Velocity Inlet Conditions

    Article • June 2022, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Gaurav Sharma, Joseph Majdalani

  18. On the Kármán–Pohlhausen Momentum-Integral Approach. Extension to Flow Over a Cylinder with a Variable Pressure Gradient

    Article • June 2022, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    RUDY AL AHMAR, Joseph Majdalani

  19. On the generalized Beltramian motion of the bidirectional vortex in a right-cylindrical cyclone with a hollow core

    Article • Physics of Fluids, April 2022, American Institute of Physics

    Joseph Majdalani

  20. Effects of various inlet parameters on the computed flow development in a bidirectional vortex chamber

    Article • Physics of Fluids, April 2022, American Institute of Physics

    Dr. Gaurav Sharma, Joseph Majdalani

  21. On the generalized Beltramian motion of the bidirectional vortex in a conical cyclone

    Article • Physics of Fluids, March 2022, American Institute of Physics

    Joseph Majdalani

  22. Transverse wave dynamics in short tubes with axisymmetric headwall injection

    Article • Physics of Fluids, February 2022, American Institute of Physics

    Joseph Majdalani

  23. On the compressible biglobal stability of the mean flow motion in porous channels

    Article • Physics of Fluids, February 2022, American Institute of Physics

    Joseph Majdalani

  24. Different perspectives on predicting the thermoacoustic energy conversion response in a Rijke tube

    Article • Physics of Fluids, November 2021, American Institute of Physics

    Joseph Majdalani, Cody Shelton

  25. Solid rocket motor internal ballistics using an enhanced surface-vorticity panel technique

    Article • Physics of Fluids, October 2021, American Institute of Physics

    Joseph Majdalani

  26. Exact Beltramian solutions for hemispherically bounded cyclonic flowfields

    Article • Physics of Fluids, September 2021, American Institute of Physics

    Joseph Majdalani

  27. A quasi complex-lamellar solution for a hemispherically bounded cyclonic flowfield

    Article • Physics of Fluids, August 2021, American Institute of Physics

    Joseph Majdalani

  28. On the compressible biglobal stability of the mean flow motion in porous tubes

    Article • Physics of Fluids, August 2021, American Institute of Physics

    Joseph Majdalani

  29. An exact irrotational solution for a hemispherically bounded cyclonic flowfield

    Article • Physics of Fluids, June 2021, American Institute of Physics

    Joseph Majdalani

  30. On the Kármán momentum-integral approach and the Pohlhausen paradox

    Article • Physics of Fluids, December 2020, American Institute of Physics

    Joseph Majdalani

  31. Efficient Solution Approach for Internal Ballistics

    Article • August 2020, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Joseph Majdalani

  32. A Primer on Classical Regression Rate Modeling in Hybrid Rockets

    Article • August 2020, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Timothy A Marquardt, Joseph Majdalani

  33. Effect of Variable Outlets on the Nonreactive Flowfield of a Right-Cylindrical Cyclonic Chamber

    Article • August 2020, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Gaurav Sharma, Joseph Majdalani

  34. Convergence of Two Internal Mean Flow Solutions for Spinning Rocket Motors

    Article • AIAA Journal, December 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Joseph Majdalani

  35. Evaluation of Discretization Schemes in Biglobal Stability Analysis of Cylindrically-Shaped Solid and Hybrid Rockets

    Article • August 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Joseph Majdalani, Ashwyn Sam

  36. Viscous Mean Flow Approximations for Porous Tubes with Radially Regressing Walls

    Article • AIAA Journal, November 2017, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Tony Saad, Joseph Majdalani

  37. On the Beltramian motion of the bidirectional vortex in a conical cyclone

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, September 2017, Cambridge University Press

    Joseph Majdalani

  38. A new exact mean flow solution for a porous tube with a linearly accelerating swirling motion

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, July 2017, Cambridge University Press

    Joseph Majdalani

  39. Characterization of GO2–GH2 Simulations of a Miniature Vortex Combustion Cold-Wall Chamber

    Article • Journal of Propulsion and Power, March 2017, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Joseph Majdalani

  40. Compressible integral representation of rotational and axisymmetric rocket flow

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, November 2016, Cambridge University Press

    Joseph Majdalani

  41. Generalized Trkalian Flows: Swirling Motion in Rockets with Arbitrary Headwall Injection

    Article • July 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Joseph Majdalani

  42. Biglobal Instability of the Compressible Taylor-Culick Solution in Cylindrical Rockets

    Article • July 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Michel Akiki, Joseph Majdalani

  43. Beltramian and Trkalian Vortices in Cyclonic Chambers with Hollow Cores

    Article • July 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Joseph Majdalani

  44. On Steady Trkalian High Speed Flows: Swirling Compressible Motion in Solid Rocket Motors

    Article • January 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Joseph Majdalani

  45. On the Quadrupole Vortex Motion in a Right-Cylindrical Hybrid Rocket Engine

    Article • July 2015, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Timothy A Marquardt, Joseph Majdalani

  46. Effect of Outflow Boundary Conditions on the Stability of Cylindrically-Shaped Hybrid Rockets

    Article • July 2015, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Joseph Majdalani

  47. On Steady Trkalian High Speed Flows: Swirling Compressible Motions in Rockets with Headwall Injection

    Article • July 2015, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Joshua W Batterson, Joseph Majdalani

  48. Transverse Vortico-Acoustic Waves in the Presence of Strong Mean Flow Shear Layers

    Article • July 2015, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Joshua W Batterson, Joseph Majdalani

  49. Complex-Lamellar Cyclonic Vortex in a Cylindrical Chamber with a Hollow Core

    Article • July 2015, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Joseph Majdalani

  50. Characterization of Particle Trajectories in the Bidirectional Vortex Engine

    Article • July 2015, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Brian A. Maicke, Joseph Majdalani

  51. Complex Lamellar Helical Solution for Cyclonically Driven Hybrid Rocket Engines

    Article • January 2015, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Joseph Majdalani

  52. Energy Steepened States of the Swirling Mean Flow in a Solid Rocket Motor

    Article • July 2014, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Joseph Majdalani

  53. Generalized Scaling Technique for the Solution of the Vortical Wave Eigenfunction Equation

    Article • July 2014, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Joshua W Batterson, Joseph Majdalani

  54. Two-Phase Flow Stability of Cylindrically-Shaped Hybrid and Solid Rockets with Particle Entrainment

    Article • July 2014, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Joseph Majdalani

  55. New Exact Solution of the Bidirectional Vortex in a Conically-Shaped Cyclonic Chamber

    Article • July 2014, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Joseph Majdalani

  56. Unified Framework for Modeling Swirl Dominated Helical Motions

    Article • July 2014, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Joseph Majdalani

  57. Improved Mean Flow Solution for Solid Rocket Motors with a Naturally Developing Swirling Motion

    Article • July 2014, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Joseph Majdalani

  58. Rotational Approximation of the Taylor-Culick Profile for Rockets with Noncircular Grains

    Article • July 2014, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Joseph Majdalani

  59. Improved Mean Flow Solution for Solid Rocket Motors

    Article • January 2014, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Joseph Majdalani