Kazuki Maeda, a Research Associate in the Center for Turbulence Research at Stanford University, will present their research in this seminar. Maeda is a faculty candidate in hypersonics.

ABSTRACT

Nozzles are essential components of propulsion systems ranging from thrusters to injectors. In this seminar, I will review fundamental aspects of the dynamics of nozzle flows. To this end, the governing equations for quasi-one-dimensional flows are derived using a control volume approach. These equations are then used to analyze converging-diverging nozzle flows of gases and liquids. Practical engineering implications are discussed with illustrative examples.

BIOGRAPHY

Kazuki Maeda is a Research Associate in the Center for Turbulence Research at Stanford University. He is a member of the Predictive Science Academic Alliance Program (PSAAP) Center for predicting the reliability of in-space ignition of a rocket combustor which is funded by the US Department of Energy and the National Nuclear Security Administration. He obtained his BS from the University of Tokyo in 2013, and MS and PhD from Caltech in 2014 and 2018, all in Mechanical Engineering. He received the Richard Bruce Chapman Memorial Award for distinguished research in hydrodynamics from Caltech in 2018 and the Overseas Scholarship Award from the Funai Foundation for Information Technology from 2013 to 2018.