Outputs (6)

Combustion of emulsified and non-emulsified biofuels (2025)
Journal Article
Parkash, S., & Dakka, S. (in press). Combustion of emulsified and non-emulsified biofuels. International Journal of Automotive Engineering and Technologies, 14(1), 11-24. https://doi.org/10.18245/ijaet.1473057

Greener aviation and automotive industry are needed in the fight against climate change. Targets set out by key organizations call for emissions to be reduced. Biofuels present an innovative route to achieving such targets. The goal of this study is... Read More about Combustion of emulsified and non-emulsified biofuels.

Performance characteristics of humpback whale tubercles at low Reynolds numbers (2025)
Journal Article
Ladha, H., Gandhi, M. A., Singh, K., & Dakka, S. (2025). Performance characteristics of humpback whale tubercles at low Reynolds numbers. Journal of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, 22(1), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.3329/jname.v22i1.72607

Many marine vessels and small unmanned air vehicles operate at low Re flow regimes. Due to their small size and low operational velocities, they face increased stall severity, which is a crucial challenge to overcome. Tubercle Leading Edge (TLE) aero... Read More about Performance characteristics of humpback whale tubercles at low Reynolds numbers.

Non-reacting Numerical Simulation of Axisymmetric Trapped Vortex Combustor (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
DAKKA, S., Singh, K., Jefferson-Loveday, R., & Serhat, H. (2023, December). Non-reacting Numerical Simulation of Axisymmetric Trapped Vortex Combustor. Presented at ICAAAE 2023: 17. International Conference on Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering, London

This paper will focus on suitability of trapped vortex combustor as a candidate for gas turbine combustor objective to minimize pressure drop across combustor and investigating aerodynamic performance. Non-reacting simulation of axisymmetric cavity t... Read More about Non-reacting Numerical Simulation of Axisymmetric Trapped Vortex Combustor.

Aerodynamic Design and Exploration of a Blended Wing Body Aircraft at Subsonic Speed (2019)
Journal Article
Dakka, S., & Johnson, O. (2019). Aerodynamic Design and Exploration of a Blended Wing Body Aircraft at Subsonic Speed. International Journal of Aviation, Aeronautics, and Aerospace, 6(5), Article 17

Blended Wing Body (BWB) is a novel aircraft concept which provides many different aerodynamic benefits over conventional aircrafts design. This research investigated the BWB design, L/D characteristics, surface pressure distribution and span-wise lif... Read More about Aerodynamic Design and Exploration of a Blended Wing Body Aircraft at Subsonic Speed.

Aerospace Sealing Technology for Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul of Engines: a Review (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Shabbir, S., Garvey, S., & Dakka, S. M. (2019, September). Aerospace Sealing Technology for Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul of Engines: a Review. Presented at 24th Conference of the International Society for Air Breathing Engines (ISABE 2019), Canberra, Australia

Given the current rate of growth of gas turbine engines in the aerospace industry, the development of efficient and advanced sealing technology to cater to the harsh operating conditions of the aero-engines is crucial. In addition to developing low-l... Read More about Aerospace Sealing Technology for Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul of Engines: a Review.

Design of power, propulsion, and thermal sub-systems for a 3U CubeSat measuring Earth’s radiation imbalance (2018)
Journal Article
Claricoats, J., & Dakka, S. M. (2018). Design of power, propulsion, and thermal sub-systems for a 3U CubeSat measuring Earth’s radiation imbalance. Aerospace, 5(2), Article 63. https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace5020063

The paper presents the development of the power, propulsion, and thermal systems for a 3U CubeSat orbiting Earth at a radius of 600 km measuring the radiation imbalance using the RAVAN (Radiometer Assessment using Vertically Aligned NanoTubes) payloa... Read More about Design of power, propulsion, and thermal sub-systems for a 3U CubeSat measuring Earth’s radiation imbalance.