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  1. Eigenvalue Sensitivity Computations for Linear Stability Theory

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

    Pedro Paredes

  2. Aerodynamic Design Optimization for Natural Laminar Flow Airfoils

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

    Dr. Meelan Choudhari, Pedro Paredes

  3. Roughness Element Patterns for Control of Instability in Mach 6 Quiet Flow

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

    Pedro Paredes

  4. Hypersonic Boundary-Layer Transition over a Blunt Circular Cone in a Mach 8 Digital Wind Tunnel

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

    Pedro Paredes, Dr. Meelan Choudhari

  5. Grid Refinement Techniques for the γ-Reθt Transition Model in FUN3D

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

    Pedro Paredes, Dr. Meelan Choudhari

  6. Separation and Transition on a Cone-Cylinder-Flare: Experimental Campaigns

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

    Dr. Meelan Choudhari, Pedro Paredes

  7. Separation and Transition on the ROTEX-T Cone-Flare

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

    Pedro Paredes, Vojtech Pezlar, Jonathan Davami

  8. Ground Tests on the BOLT Geometry at Mach 6 and 7: Cross-Facility Comparison and Stability Analysis

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

    Pedro Paredes, Dr. Meelan Choudhari

  9. Separation and Transition on a Cone-Cylinder-Flare: Computational Investigations

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

    Dr. Meelan Choudhari, Pedro Paredes

  10. Modeling Boundary-Layer Transition in Subsonic Flow over a Swept Wing

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

    Dr. Meelan Choudhari, Pedro Paredes

  11. Boundary-Layer Transition Induced by an Isolated Roughness Element in Mach 6 Quiet Flow

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

    Pedro Paredes

  12. Modal Instabilities over Blunted Cones at Angle of Attack in Hypersonic Flow

    Article • Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, March 2023, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Pedro Paredes

  13. Boundary-Layer Instabilities over a Cone–Cylinder–Flare Model at Mach 6

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

    Pedro Paredes, Dr. Elizabeth Benitez

  14. Nonlinear Evolution of Instabilities in a Laminar Separation Bubble at Hypersonic Mach Number

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

    Dr. Meelan Choudhari, Pedro Paredes

  15. Linear Disturbance Amplification Over Blunted Flat Plates in High-Speed Flows

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

    Hemanth Goparaju, Dr. Meelan Choudhari, Pedro Paredes

  16. Combined Bluntness and Roughness Effects on Cones at Hypersonic Speeds

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

    Pedro Paredes, Dr. Meelan Choudhari

  17. Interaction of a Tunnel-like Acoustic Disturbance Field with a Blunt Cone Boundary Layer at Mach 8

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

    Pedro Paredes, Dr. Meelan Choudhari

  18. Stability Analysis of Streaks Induced by Optimized Vortex Generators

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

    Pedro Paredes, Dr. Meelan Choudhari

  19. Transition Analysis for the CRM-NLF Wind Tunnel Configuration

    Article • January 2021, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Pedro Paredes, Dr. Meelan Choudhari

  20. Toward a Practical Method for Hypersonic Transition Prediction Based on Stability Correlations

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

    Dr. Meelan Choudhari, Pedro Paredes, Muhammad Irfan Zafar

  21. Predicting Boundary-Layer Transition over Backward-Facing Steps via Linear Stability Analysis

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

    Dr. Meelan Choudhari, Pedro Paredes

  22. Streak Instability Analysis on BOLT Configuration

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

    Dr. Meelan Choudhari, Pedro Paredes

  23. Boundary layer transition on blunt cones at hypersonic speeds

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

    Pedro Paredes, Meelan Choudhari, Prof. Joseph S Jewell

  24. Nonlinear Görtler Vortices and Their Secondary Instability in a Hypersonic Boundary Layer

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

    Dr. Meelan Choudhari, Pedro Paredes

  25. Laminar-Turbulent Transition Upstream of the Entropy-Layer Swallowing Location in Hypersonic Boundary Layers

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

    Dr. Meelan Choudhari, Pedro Paredes

  26. Numerical Investigation of Roughness Effects on Transition on Spherical Capsules

    Article • Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, March 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Meelan Choudhari, Pedro Paredes, Alexander Theiß

  27. Nose-Tip Bluntness Effects on Transition at Hypersonic Speeds

    Article • Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, March 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Meelan Choudhari, Prof. Joseph S Jewell, Pedro Paredes

  28. Effect of 3D Roughness Patch on Instability Amplification in a Supersonic Boundary Layer

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

    Dr. Meelan Choudhari, Lian Duan, Pedro Paredes

  29. Nonmodal Growth of Traveling Waves on Blunt Cones at Hypersonic Speeds

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

    Prof. Joseph S Jewell, Dr. Meelan Choudhari, Pedro Paredes

  30. Instability wave–streak interactions in a high Mach number boundary layer at flight conditions

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, November 2018, Cambridge University Press

    Pedro Paredes

  31. Blunt-Body Paradox and Improved Application of Transient-Growth Framework

    Article • AIAA Journal, July 2018, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Meelan Choudhari, Pedro Paredes