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Mcfarland, Jacob Associate Professor
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- Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering
High-speed fluid mixing, multiphase flows, droplet breakup, detonations, magnetohydrodynamics, shock-tube and detonation tube experiments, LES/PIC simulations.
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Publications
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academic article
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Tarey, P., Ramaprabhu, P., & McFarland, J. A.
(2024).
Evolution of a shock-impacted reactive liquid fuel droplet with evaporation effects: A numerical study. International Journal of Multiphase Flow.
174, 104744-104744.
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Musick, B. J., Paudel, M., Ramaprabhu, P. K., & McFarland, J. A.
(2023).
Numerical simulations of droplet evaporation and breakup effects on heterogeneous detonations. Combustion and Flame.
257, 113035-113035.
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Zargarnezhad, H., Myers, R. J., Speck, A. K., & Mcfarland, J. A.
(2023).
Radiation driven-dust hydrodynamics in late-phase AGB stars. Astronomy and Computing.
45, 100766-100766.
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Duke-Walker, V., Musick, B. J., & McFarland, J. A.
(2023).
Experiments on the breakup and evaporation of small droplets at high Weber number. International Journal of Multiphase Flow.
161, 104389-104389.
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Mohaghar, M., McFarland, J., & Ranjan, D.
(2022).
Three-dimensional simulations of reshocked inclined Richtmyer-Meshkov instability: Effects of initial perturbations. Physical Review Fluids.
7(9), 093902.
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Zakiyyan, N., Mathai, C., McFarland, J., Gangopadhyay, S., & Maschmann, M. R.
(2022).
Spallation of Isolated Aluminum Nanoparticles by Rapid Photothermal Heating. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.
14(49), 55277-55284.
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Maxon, W. C., Nielsen, T., Denissen, N., Regele, J. D., & McFarland, J.
(2021).
A High Resolution Simulation of a Single Shock-Accelerated Particle. Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME.
143(7),
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Duke-Walker, V., Maxon, W. C., Almuhna, S. R., & McFarland, J. A.
(2021).
Evaporation and breakup effects in the shock-driven multiphase instability. Journal of Fluid Mechanics.
908, a13.
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Zakiyyan, N., Darr, C. M., Chen, B., Mathai, C., Gangopadhyay, K., McFarland, J., Gangopadhyay, S., & Maschmann, M. R.
(2021).
Surface Plasmon Enhanced Fluorescence Temperature Mapping of Aluminum Nanoparticle Heated by Laser. Sensors.
21(5), 1585-1585.
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Wang, A., Bok, S., Mathai, C. J., Gangopadhyay, K., McFarland, J., Maschmann, M. R., & Gangopadhyay, S.
(2020).
Stability study of iodinated reduced graphene oxide and its application in self-assembled Al/Bi2O3 nanothermite composites. Nano Futures.
4(4), 045002-045002.
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Duke-Walker, V., Allen, R., Maxon, W. C., & McFarland, J. A.
(2020).
A method for measuring droplet evaporation in a shock-driven multiphase instability. International Journal of Multiphase Flow.
133, 103464-103464.
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Wang, A., Bok, S., Mathai, C. J., Thiruvengadathan, R., Darr, C. M., Chen, H., ... Gangopadhyay, S.
(2020).
Synthesis, characterization and nanoenergetic utilizations of fluorine, oxygen co-functionalized graphene by one-step XeF2 exposure. Combustion and Flame.
215, 324-332.
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Allen, R. C., Black, W. J., & McFarlan, J. A.
(2019).
Development and diagnosis of an atmospheric pressure plasma torch for investigating magnetohydrodynamic instabilities. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics.
52(17), 175201-175201.
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Brown, L. J., Dickerson, S. A., Curry, R. D., Mounter, S. A., & McFarland, J. A.
(2019).
Characterization of the Temperature Dependence of the Electrical and Mechanical Properties of a High Breakdown Strength Nanodielectric Composite. 26(2), 455-460.
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Black, W. J., Allen, R. C., Maxon, W. C., Denissen, N., & McFarland, J. A.
(2019).
Magnetohydrodynamic effects in a shock-accelerated gas cylinder. Physical Review Fluids.
4(4), 043901.
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Wolenski, C., Wood, A., Mathai, C. J., He, X., McFarland, J., Gangopadhyay, K., Gangopadhyay, S., & Maschmann, M. R.
(2019).
Nanoscale surface reactions by laser irradiation of Al nanoparticles on MoO3 flakes. Nanotechnology.
30(4), 045703-045703.
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McFarland, J. A., & Hagenmaier, M.
(2018).
Computational Study of Shock-Driven Multiphase Mixing in Scramjet Conditions. AIAA Journal.
56(10), 4004-4015.
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Chen, B., Zheng, H., Riehn, M., Bok, S., Gangopadhyay, K., McFarland, J., Gangopadhyay, S., & Maschmann, M. R.
(2018).
Enhanced fluorescence for in situ temperature mapping of photothermally heated aluminum nanoparticles enabled by a plasmonic grating substrate. Nanotechnology.
29(39), 395501-395501.
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Morgan, B. E., Olson, B. J., Black, W. J., & McFarland, J. A.
(2018).
Large-eddy simulation and Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes modeling of a reacting Rayleigh-Taylor mixing layer in a spherical geometry. Physical Review E.
98(3), 033111.
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Middlebrooks, J. B., Avgoustopoulos, C. G., Black, W. J., Allen, R. C., & McFarland, J. A.
(2018).
Droplet and multiphase effects in a shock-driven hydrodynamic instability with reshock. Experiments in Fluids.
59(6), 98.
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Black, W. J., Denissen, N., & McFarland, J. A.
(2018).
Particle force model effects in a shock-driven multiphase instability. Shock Waves: an international journal on shock waves, detonations and explosions.
28(3), 463-472.
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Paudel, M., Dahal, J., & McFarland, J.
(2018).
Particle evaporation and hydrodynamics in a shock driven multiphase instability. International Journal of Multiphase Flow.
101, 137-151.
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Wang, A., Bok, S., Thiruvengadathan, R., Gangopadhyay, K., McFarland, J. A., Maschmann, M. R., & Gangopadhyay, S.
(2018).
Reactive nanoenergetic graphene aerogel synthesized by one-step chemical reduction. Combustion and Flame.
196, 400-406.
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Mohaghar, M., Carter, J., Musci, B., Reilly, D., McFarland, J., & Ranjan, D.
(2017).
Evaluation of turbulent mixing transition in a shock-driven variable-density flow. Journal of Fluid Mechanics.
831, 779-825.
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Dahal, J., & McFarland, J. A.
(2017).
A numerical method for shock driven multiphase flow with evaporating particles. Journal of Computational Physics.
344, 210-233.
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Black, W. J., Denissen, N. A., & McFarland, J. A.
(2017).
Evaporation Effects in Shock-Driven Multiphase Instabilities. Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME.
139(7), 071204.
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Morgan, B. E., Olson, B. J., White, J. E., & McFarland, J. A.
(2017).
Self-similarity of a Rayleigh-Taylor mixing layer at low Atwood number with a multimode initial perturbation. Journal of Turbulence.
18(10), 973-999.
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McFarland, J. A., Black, W. J., Dahal, J., & Morgan, B. E.
(2016).
Computational study of the shock driven instability of a multiphase particle-gas system. Physics of Fluids.
28(2), 024105-024105.
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Reilly, D., McFarland, J., Mohaghar, M., & Ranjan, D.
(2015).
The effects of initial conditions and circulation deposition on the inclined-interface reshocked Richtmyer–Meshkov instability. Experiments in Fluids.
56(8), 168.
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McFarland, J. A., Reilly, D., Black, W., Greenough, J. A., & Ranjan, D.
(2015).
Modal interactions between a large-wavelength inclined interface and small-wavelength multimode perturbations in a Richtmyer-Meshkov instability. Physical Review E: Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics.
92(1), 013023.
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Pidaparti, S. R., McFarland, J. A., Mikhaeil, M. M., Anderson, M. H., & Ranjan, D.
(2015).
Investigation of Buoyancy Effects on Heat Transfer Characteristics of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide in Heating Mode. Journal of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science.
1(3), 031001.
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McFarland, J. A., Greenough, J. A., & Ranjan, D.
(2014).
Simulations and Analysis of the Reshocked Inclined Interface Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability for Linear and Nonlinear Interface Perturbations. Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME.
136(7), 071203.
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McFarland, J., Reilly, D., Creel, S., McDonald, C., Finn, T., & Ranjan, D.
(2014).
Experimental investigation of the inclined interface Richtmyer-Meshkov instability before and after reshock. Experiments in Fluids.
55(1), 1640.
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Stanic, M., McFarland, J., Stellingwerf, R. F., Cassibry, J. T., Ranjan, D., Bonazza, R., Greenough, J. A., & Abarzhi, S. I.
(2013).
Non-uniform volumetric structures in Richtmyer-Meshkov flows. Physics of Fluids.
25(10), 106107-106107.
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McFarland, J. A., Greenough, J. A., & Ranjan, D.
(2013).
Investigation of the initial perturbation amplitude for the inclined interface Richtmyer-Meshkov instability. Physica Scripta.
T155(T155), 014014-014014.
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Bailie, C., McFarland, J. A., Greenough, J. A., & Ranjan, D.
(2012).
Effect of incident shock wave strength on the decay of Richtmyer-Meshkov instability-introduced perturbations in the refracted shock wave. Shock Waves: an international journal on shock waves, detonations and explosions.
22(6), 511-519.
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McFarland, J. A., Greenough, J. A., & Ranjan, D.
(2011).
Computational parametric study of a Richtmyer-Meshkov instability for an inclined interface. Physical Review E: Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics.
84(2 Pt 2), 026303.
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Tarey, P., Ramaprabhu, P., & McFarland, J. A.
(2024).
Evolution of a shock-impacted reactive liquid fuel droplet with evaporation effects: A numerical study. International Journal of Multiphase Flow.
174, 104744-104744.
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chapter
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Creel, S., McFarland, J. A., Finn, T., McDonald, C., Reilly, D., Greenough, J., & Ranjan, D.
(2015).
Inclined Interface Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability: Reshock Study. 29th International Symposium on Shock Waves 2.
(pp. 1167-1172).
Springer Nature.
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McFarland, J. A., Creel, S., Finn, T., McDonald, C., Reilly, D., Greenough, J., & Ranjan, D.
(2015).
Simulations and Experimental Investigation of the Inclined Interface Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability. 29th International Symposium on Shock Waves 2.
(pp. 1161-1166).
Springer Nature.
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Creel, S., McFarland, J. A., Finn, T., McDonald, C., Reilly, D., Greenough, J., & Ranjan, D.
(2015).
Inclined Interface Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability: Reshock Study. 29th International Symposium on Shock Waves 2.
(pp. 1167-1172).
Springer Nature.
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conference paper
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Young, C., Duke-Walker, V., Agee, S., Ramaprabhu, P., & McFarland, J.
(2024).
Droplet Size Effects in Liquid-Fueled Multiphase Detonations
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Tarey, P., Ramaprabhu, P., & McFarland, J.
(2024).
Numerical simulations of an evaporating n-Dodecane fuel droplet impacted by a strong shock
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Zakiyyan, N., Boyle, C., Mathai, C. J., Gangopadhyay, K., McFarland, J., Gangopadhyay, S., & Maschmann, M. R.
(2023).
Observation of Spallation in an Isolated Aluminum Nanoparticles and 2D Molybdenum Oxide System by Rapid Plasmonic Heating. 243-248.
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Young, C., Musick, B., & McFarland, J.
(2023).
Investigations in Multiphase Detonations
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Tarey, P., Ramaprabhu, P., Schwer, D. A., & McFarland, J.
(2023).
Numerical simulations of mode transition in Rotating Detonation Engines
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Tarey, P., Ramaprabhu, P., McFarland, J., & Bigdelou, P.
(2020).
Correction: Investigation of Mode Transition in Rotating Detonation Engines using Detailed Numerical Simulations
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Tarey, P., Schwer, D. A., Ramaprabhu, P., McFarland, J., & Bigdelou, P.
(2020).
Investigation of mode transition in Rotating Detonation Engines using detailed numerical simulations
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Chen, B., Wood, A., Darr, C. M., Bok, S., Gangopadhyay, K., McFarland, J. A., Maschmann, M. R., & Gangopadhyay, S.
(2018).
Single-molecule Imaging of Metallic Nanostructures on a Plasmonic Metal Grating Superlens. Proceedings. IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine.
2446-2452.
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McFarland, J. A., & Hagenmaier, M.
(2017).
Computational Study of Shock Driven Multiphase Mixing in Scramjet Conditions
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Pidaparti, S. R., Umrigar, E., McFarland, J., Ranjan, D., & Anderson, M.
(2014).
Effect of Buoyancy on Heat Transfer Characteristics of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide in the Heating Mode
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McFarland, J. A., Ranjan, D., & Greenough, J. A.
(2012).
SIMULATIONS AND ANALYSIS OF SHOCK ACCELERATED INHOMOGENOUS FLOWS WITH AND WITHOUT RESHOCK. Proceedings of the ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting.
1047-1053.
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Young, C., Duke-Walker, V., Agee, S., Ramaprabhu, P., & McFarland, J.
(2024).
Droplet Size Effects in Liquid-Fueled Multiphase Detonations
Research
principal investigator on
- CAREER: Enhancing Shock-Driven Turbulent Mixing using Multiphase Hydrodynamics awarded by Directorate for Engineering - (Arlington, Virginia, United States) 2020 - 2024
- Collaborative Research: Discoveries in Multiphase Detonations: Fuel Droplet Processing at Extreme Conditions awarded by Directorate for Engineering - (Arlington, Virginia, United States) 2020 - 2022
- Dust Driven Multiphase Hydrodynamics in Planetary Nebulae awarded by Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences - (Arlington, Virginia, United States) 2020 - 2022
Teaching
teaching activities
- MEEN315 Hnr-prin Of Thermodynamics Instructor
- MEEN421 Thermo Fluid Anly & Desn Instructor
- MEEN615 Advan Engr Thermodyn Instructor
- MEEN636 Turbulence Theory Appl Instructor
- MEEN681 Seminar Instructor
- MEEN684 Professional Internship Instructor
- MEEN691 Research Instructor
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- mcfarlandja@tamu.edu