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  1. Numerical Approach for Transient and Steady-State Analysis of Second-Throat Ejector-Diffuser Systems

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

    Dr Francesco Nasuti

  2. Conjugate RANS and DNS Simulations for Analyzing and Modeling Heat Transfer in High-Roughness Cooling Channels

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

    Dr Francesco Nasuti, Professor Sergio Pirozzoli

  3. Performance Analysis of Aerospikes With Clustered Non-Conventional Modules

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

    Dr Francesco Nasuti

  4. Design and Evaluation of Aerospike Nozzles for an Upper-Stage Application

    Article • Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, March 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Francesco Nasuti

  5. Transient Analysis of Liquid Rocket Engine Chilldown and Startup by Conjugate Heat Transfer Approach

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

    Dr Francesco Nasuti

  6. Radiative Wall Heat Transfer Evaluation in Hybrid Rocket Thrust Chambers

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

    Dr Francesco Nasuti

  7. Modeling and Analysis of Film Cooling in Oxygen-Kerosene Rocket Thrust Chambers

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

    Dr Francesco Nasuti

  8. Analysis and prediction of the well-known unstable BKD test case using CFD low-order modeling.

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

    Dr Francesco Nasuti, Michael Börner, Paolo Maria Zolla

  9. Numerical Simulations of Fuel Shape Change in Paraffin-Oxygen Hybrid Rocket Engines

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

    Dr Francesco Nasuti

  10. Modeling of Wall Heat Flux in Oxygen-Methane Liquid Rocket Thrust Chambers

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

    Dr Francesco Nasuti

  11. HEM modeling for subcritical flows in liquid rocket engine cooling systems

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

    Dr Francesco Nasuti

  12. Numerical Analysis of Paraffin-Wax/Oxygen Hybrid Rocket Engines

    Article • Journal of Propulsion and Power, November 2020, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Francesco Nasuti

  13. A Sensitivity Study on a CFD Model for Paraffin-based Hybrid Rockets

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

    Dr Francesco Nasuti

  14. Fluidic Control of Transition in a Dual-bell Nozzle

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

    Dr Francesco Nasuti, Prof Dario PASTRONE

  15. Numerical Investigation on Radiative Heat Loads in Liquid Rocket Thrust Chambers

    Article • Journal of Propulsion and Power, September 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Francesco Nasuti

  16. A low order modeling approach to transverse combustion instability

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

    Simone D'Alessandro, Dr Francesco Nasuti

  17. CFD Analysis of Paraffin-Based Hybrid Rockets with Coupled Nozzle Erosion Characterization

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

    Dr Francesco Nasuti

  18. Predictive CFD Model for Internal Ballistics of Hybrid Rocket Engines using Supercritical Paraffin-wax and Oxygen

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

    Dr Francesco Nasuti

  19. Characterization of Unsteadiness in an Overexpanded Planar Nozzle

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

    Professor Matteo Bernardini, Dr Francesco Nasuti, Prof. Dr. Eng. Mauro Valorani

  20. Convective and Radiative Wall Heat Transfer in Liquid Rocket Thrust Chambers

    Article • Journal of Propulsion and Power, March 2018, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Francesco Nasuti

  21. Detached-Eddy Simulation of Shock Unsteadiness in an Overexpanded Planar Nozzle

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

    Dr Francesco Nasuti, Professor Matteo Bernardini, Prof. Dr. Eng. Mauro Valorani

  22. Extraction of response function from numerical simulations and their use for longitudinal combustion intsbility modeling

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

    Dr. Cheng Huang, Dr Francesco Nasuti, Maria Luisa Frezzotti

  23. Modeling of Paraffin-Based Fuels in the Simulation of Hybrid Rocket Flowfields

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

    Dr Francesco Nasuti

  24. Hybrid Rockets with Axial Injector: Port Diameter Effect on Fuel Regression Rate

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

    Dr Francesco Nasuti

  25. Chemical Reaction Effects on Heat Loads of CH4/O2 and H2/O2 Rockets

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

    Dr Emanuele Martelli, Dr Francesco Nasuti

  26. Validation of Conjugate Heat Transfer Model for Rocket Cooling with Supercritical Methane

    Article • Journal of Propulsion and Power, May 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Francesco Nasuti

  27. Convective and Radiative Contributions to Wall Heat Transfer in Liquid Rocket Engine Thrust Chambers

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

    Dr Francesco Nasuti

  28. Numerical Analysis of Port Diameter Effect on Hybrid Rocket Fuel Regression Rate with Axial Injection

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

    Dr Francesco Nasuti

  29. Response Function Modeling in the Study of Longitudinal Combustion Instability by a Quasi-1D Eulerian Solver

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

    Dr Francesco Nasuti, Dr. Cheng Huang, Maria Luisa Frezzotti, charles merkle

  30. Determination of Heat Release Response Function from 2D Hybrid RANS-LES Data for the CVRC Combustor

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

    Dr Francesco Nasuti, Dr. Cheng Huang, Maria Luisa Frezzotti, charles merkle

  31. Assessment of a Conjugate Heat Transfer Model for Rocket Engine Cooling Channels Fed with Supercritical Methane

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

    Dr Francesco Nasuti

  32. System Analysis of Low Frequency Combustion Instabilities in Liquid Rocket Engines

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

    Dr Francesco Nasuti, Francesco Di Matteo

  33. Separation Shock Cutoff Frequency in Dual Bell Nozzles

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

    Dr Emanuele Martelli, Dr Francesco Nasuti

  34. Simulation of Gaseous Oxygen/Hydroxyl-Terminated Polybutadiene Hybrid Rocket Flowfields and Comparison with Experiments

    Article • Journal of Propulsion and Power, May 2015, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Francesco Nasuti

  35. Radius of Curvature Effects on Throat Thermochemical Erosion in Solid Rocket Motors

    Article • Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, March 2015, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Francesco Nasuti

  36. Navier–Stokes Simulation of Graphite Nozzle Erosion at Different Pressure Conditions

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

    Dr Francesco Nasuti

  37. Low-order model studies of combustion instabilities in a DVRC combustor

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

    Dr Francesco Nasuti, Maria Luisa Frezzotti

  38. Numerical Modeling of GOX/HTPB Hybrid Rocket Flowfields and Comparison with Experiments

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

    Dr Francesco Nasuti

  39. Chemical Reaction Effects on Wall Heat Flux in Liquid Rocket Thrust Chambers

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

    Dr Emanuele Martelli, Dr Francesco Nasuti

  40. Development of Thrust Chamber Components for a System Analysis Tool

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

    Dr Francesco Nasuti, Francesco Di Matteo

  41. Flow Separation Response to Unsteady External Disturbances in Dual Bell Nozzles

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

    Dr Emanuele Martelli, Dr Francesco Nasuti

  42. Cooling Channel Analysis of a LOX/LCH4 Rocket Engine Demonstrator

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

    Dr Francesco Nasuti

  43. Experimental Investigation on Methane in Transcritical Conditions

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

    Dr Francesco Nasuti, Antonio S Smoraldi

  44. Effect of Cooling Channel Aspect Ratio on Rocket Thermal Behavior

    Article • Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, July 2014, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Francesco Nasuti