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Overview
Background
Dr Rowan Gollan was awarded his PhD in the field of Aerospace Engineering from UQ in 2009, where he was awarded the 2010 John Simmons Prize for best thesis in the School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering and The University of Queensland Dean’s Award for Outstanding Research Higher Degree Thesis. From August 2008, while his thesis was under examination, Rowan took up a position as a research scientist at the NASA Langley Research Center in the United States, working in the Hypersonic Airbreathing Propulsion Branch. Rowan returned to UQ in January 2012 in a position funded by the Defence Science & Technology Organisation (DSTO). In his role as an aerodynamic analyst, Rowan uses state-of-the-art hypersonic analysis techniques to simulate an experimental flight vehicle.
Dr Gollan was awarded an Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA), which he commenced in 2014.
DECRA Project summary: Next-generation launch vehicles using high-speed jet engines will make it cheaper and more reliable for humankind to engage in activities in space. This project will contribute to the technology of high-speed jet engines by developing optimised air intake systems. The research aims to advance the use of computational engineering and apply this to improve the design of air intake systems.The outcomes of this project will advance the technology of high-speed jet engines with the goal of replacing existing rocket systems.
Availability
- Dr Rowan Gollan is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours) of Engineering, The University of Queensland
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Works
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2016
Conference Publication
Verification of the least-squares procedure within an unstructured-grid flow solver
Damm, K. A., Gollan, R. J. and Jacobs, P. A. (2016). Verification of the least-squares procedure within an unstructured-grid flow solver. 20th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Perth, Australia, 5-8 December 2016. Australasian Fluid Mechanics Society.
2016
Conference Publication
Verification of RANS turbulence model in Eilmer using the Method of Manufactured Solutions
Wang, J., Gollan, R. J. and Veeraragavan, A. (2016). Verification of RANS turbulence model in Eilmer using the Method of Manufactured Solutions. 20th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Perth, Australia, 5 – 8 December 2016. Perth, Australia: Australasian Fluid Mechanics Society.
2016
Conference Publication
On the effect of outflow boundary truncation for numerical simulation of narrow-channel flames
Kang, X., Gollan, R. J., Jacobs, P. A. and Veeraragavan, A . (2016). On the effect of outflow boundary truncation for numerical simulation of narrow-channel flames. 20th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Perth, Australia, 5 – 8 December 2016. Perth, Australia: Australasian Fluid Mechanics Society.
2015
Conference Publication
Shock standoff on hemi-spherical bodies in hypervelocity flows
Zander, F., Jacobs, P. A., Gollan, R. J. and Morgan, R. G. (2015). Shock standoff on hemi-spherical bodies in hypervelocity flows. International Symposium on Shock Waves (ISSW29), Madison, WI, United States, 14-19 July 2013. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-16835-7_85
2015
Conference Publication
Acceleration of combustion simulations using GPUs
Damm, K. A., Gollan, R. J. and Veeraragavan, A. (2015). Acceleration of combustion simulations using GPUs. Australian Combustion Symposium, Parkville, VIC, Australia, 7-9 December 2015. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Combustion Institute Australian and New Zealand Section.
2015
Conference Publication
Effect of Streamwise Vortices on Scramjets Porthole Injection Mixing
Gomez, Juan Ramon Llobet, Jahn, Ingo H. and Gollan, Rowan (2015). Effect of Streamwise Vortices on Scramjets Porthole Injection Mixing. 20th AIAA International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, 6-9 July 2015. Reston, VA United States: AIAA. doi: 10.2514/6.2015-3597
2015
Conference Publication
Numerical simulation of premixed methane/air flame dynamics in narrow channels
Kang, X., Gollan, R. J., Jacobs, P. A. and Veeraragavan, A. (2015). Numerical simulation of premixed methane/air flame dynamics in narrow channels. Australian Combustion Symposium, Parkville, VIC, Australia, 7-9 December 2015. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Combustion Institute Australian and New Zealand Section.
2015
Conference Publication
Implementation of a compressible-flow simulation code in the D programming language
Jacobs, Peter and Gollan, Rowan (2015). Implementation of a compressible-flow simulation code in the D programming language. Australasian Conference on Computational Mechanics, Brisbane, Australia, 30 November to 1 December 2015.
2014
Journal Article
Hypervelocity shock standoff on spheres in air
Zander, F., Gollan, R. J., Jacobs, P. A. and Morgan, R. G. (2014). Hypervelocity shock standoff on spheres in air. Shock Waves, 24 (2), 171-178. doi: 10.1007/s00193-013-0488-x
2014
Other Outputs
Estimation of high-enthalpy flow conditions for simple shock and expansion processes using the ESTCj program and library
Jacobs, P. A., Gollan, R. J., Potter, D. F., Zander, F., Gildfind, D. E., Blyton, P., Chan, W. Y. K. and Doherty, L. (2014). Estimation of high-enthalpy flow conditions for simple shock and expansion processes using the ESTCj program and library. Mechanical Engineering Report 2011/02 St Lucia, QLD, Australia:
2014
Conference Publication
Numerical simulations of premixed combustion in narrow channels
Kang, X ., Gollan, R . J., Jacobs, P . A. and Veeraragavan, A . (2014). Numerical simulations of premixed combustion in narrow channels. 19th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 8-11 December 2014. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: RMIT University.
2013
Journal Article
About the formulation, verification and validation of the hypersonic flow solver Eilmer
Gollan, R. J. and Jacobs, P. A. (2013). About the formulation, verification and validation of the hypersonic flow solver Eilmer. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 73 (1), 19-57. doi: 10.1002/fld.3790
2013
Journal Article
Design of Modular Shape-Transition Inlets for a Conical Hypersonic Vehicle
Gollan, Rowan J. and Smart, Michael K. (2013). Design of Modular Shape-Transition Inlets for a Conical Hypersonic Vehicle. Journal of Propulsion and Power, 29 (4), 832-838. doi: 10.2514/1.B34672
2013
Conference Publication
Design, operation and testing in expansion tube facilities for super-orbital re-entry
Jacobs, Peter, Morgan, Richard, Brandis, Aaron, Buttsworth, David, Dann, Andrew, D'Souza, Mary, Eichmann, Troy, Gildfind, David, Gollan, Rowan, Jacobs, Carolyn, McGilvray, Matthew, McIntyre, Tim, Mudford, Neil, Porat, Hadas, Potter, Dan and Zander, Fabian (2013). Design, operation and testing in expansion tube facilities for super-orbital re-entry. STO-AVT-VKI Lecture Series Radiation and Gas-Surface Interaction Phenomena in High Speed Re-Entry (2013-AVT-218), Rhode-St-Genèse, Belgium, 6-8 May 2013.
2012
Other Outputs
The compressible-flow CFD project
Jacobs, Peter A., Gollan, Rowan J. and Potter, Daniel F. (2012). The compressible-flow CFD project. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland, School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering.
2012
Conference Publication
On the validation of a hypersonic flow solver using measurements of shock detachment distance
Gollan, Rowan J. and Jacobs, Peter A. (2012). On the validation of a hypersonic flow solver using measurements of shock detachment distance. International Symposium on Shock Waves (28th, ISSW28), Manchester, U.K., 17-22 July 2011. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer.
2012
Conference Publication
Mach disk platform for studying radiating flows
Zander, Fabian, Morgan, Richard G., Molder, Sannu, Jacobs, Peter A., Gollan, Rowan, Porat, Hadas and McIntyre, Timothy J. (2012). Mach disk platform for studying radiating flows. 5th International Workshop on Radiation of High Temperature Gases in Atmospheric Entry, Barcelona, Spain, 16-19 October 2012. Noordwijk, The Netherlands : ESA Communications .
2012
Conference Publication
Verification of a compressible flow solver
Gollan, R. J. and Jacobs, P. A. (2012). Verification of a compressible flow solver. 18th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (AFMC), Launceston, Australia, 3-7 December 2012. Hawthorn, VIC, Australia: Australasian Fluid Mechanics Society.
2012
Conference Publication
High temperature gas effects for converging conical shocks
Zander, F., Molder, S., Morgan, R. G., Jacobs, P. A. and Gollan, R. J. (2012). High temperature gas effects for converging conical shocks. 18th AIAA/3AF International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies Conference 2012, Tours, France, 24 - 28 September 2012. Red Hook, N.Y: Currans. doi: 10.2514/6.2012-5939
2011
Conference Publication
Investigation of REST-class hypersonic inlet designs
Gollan, Rowan J. and Ferlemann, Paul G. (2011). Investigation of REST-class hypersonic inlet designs. 17th AIAA International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies Conference 2011, San Francisco, CA United States, 11-14 April 2011. Reston, VA United States: AIAA. doi: 10.2514/6.2011-2254
Funding
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Supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Qualitative Study of Radial-Inflow Turbine Working with High-Dense Gases
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Development of an entropic lattice Boltzmann model for compressible fluid-structure interaction
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Chris James, Dr Nick Gibbons
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Doctor Philosophy
State-to-state modelling of nonequilibrium reacting shock layers
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Carolyn Jacobs, Dr Nick Gibbons
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Doctor Philosophy
Adjoint-based Optimisation of an Integrated Forebody and Inlet for Hypersonic Flight
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Shape Morphing Hypersonic Vehicles
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Vincent Wheatley
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Doctor Philosophy
Numerical modelling of electron transpiration cooling for hypersonic vehicles
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Nick Gibbons
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Doctor Philosophy
Design and Optimize Heat Exchanger for Super Critical CO2 Power Plant Cooling (25 MW)
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Direct Numerical Simulation of High-Speed Flows using Graphics Processing Units
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Two-fluid modeling of electron transpiration cooling for the leading edges of hypersonic vehicles
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Vincent Wheatley
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Doctor Philosophy
Optimised use of Magnetohydrodynamic Aerobraking for Planetary Atmospheric Entry
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Vincent Wheatley, Dr David Gildfind
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Doctor Philosophy
Co-design of hypersonic vehicle shape and trajectory
Associate Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
On the Repeatability and Flow Characterisation of Hypersonic Ground Test Facilities
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Richard Morgan, Dr Carolyn Jacobs, Dr Chris James
Completed supervision
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Forced air as a Quenching option for Thin Sheet Aluminium Incrementally Sheet Formed Components
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Adjoint-Based Aerodynamic Design Optimisation in Hypersonic Flow
Principal Advisor
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Direct Numerical Simulations of Instabilities in the Entropy Layer of a Hypersonic Blunted Slender Cone
Associate Advisor
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Optically based heat flux measurements in radiating expansion tunnel flows
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Richard Morgan
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Low-enthalpy testing of a fixed-geometry scramjet accelerator engine
Associate Advisor
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
On the design of small to medium scale radial inflow turbines for the supercritical CO2 Brayton cycle
Associate Advisor
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Hypersonic Streamwise Vortices and their Effect on Mixing
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
Micro/mesoscale Combustion Based Portable Power Generating System
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Anand Veeraragavan
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