Jeffrey W. Jacobs
Courses
Independent Study
AME 199 (Fall 2019)
AME 499 (Spring 2024)
Instrumentation Lab
AME 300 (Spring 2022)
AME 300 (Fall 2019)
AME 300 (Spring 2019)
AME 300 (Spring 2018)
AME 300 (Fall 2017)
Gasdynamics
AME 323 (Spring 2021)
AME 323 (Spring 2017)
Aerospace Propulsion
AME 425 (Fall 2022)
AME 425 (Fall 2020)
Internal Combustion Engines
AME 434 (Spring 2024)
AME 434 (Spring 2023)
AME 434 (Fall 2021)
AME 434 (Spring 2021)
AME 434 (Spring 2020)
AME 434 (Fall 2018)
Directed Research
AME 492 (Summer I 2023)
Research
AME 900 (Fall 2024)
AME 900 (Spring 2024)
AME 900 (Fall 2023)
AME 900 (Spring 2023)
AME 900 (Fall 2022)
AME 900 (Spring 2022)
AME 900 (Fall 2021)
AME 900 (Spring 2021)
AME 900 (Fall 2020)
AME 900 (Spring 2020)
AME 900 (Fall 2019)
AME 900 (Spring 2019)
AME 900 (Fall 2018)
AME 900 (Spring 2018)
AME 900 (Fall 2017)
AME 900 (Spring 2017)
AME 900 (Fall 2016)
AME 900 (Spring 2016)
Thesis
AME 910 (Spring 2024)
AME 910 (Fall 2023)
AME 910 (Spring 2023)
AME 910 (Fall 2022)
AME 910 (Spring 2022)
AME 910 (Fall 2021)
AME 910 (Spring 2021)
AME 910 (Spring 2020)
AME 910 (Fall 2019)
AME 910 (Spring 2017)
AME 910 (Fall 2016)
AME 910 (Spring 2016)
Dissertation
AME 920 (Spring 2022)
AME 920 (Fall 2021)
AME 920 (Spring 2021)
AME 920 (Fall 2020)
AME 920 (Spring 2020)
AME 920 (Fall 2019)
AME 920 (Fall 2017)
Selected Publications
Chapters
- Krivets, V., Ferguson, K., Jacobs, J. W., & Krivets, V. V. (2017). Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability Shock Tube Experiments with Mixing Measurements. In 30th International Symposium on Shock Waves. Springer, Cham. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-44866-4_58
- Jacobs, J. W. (2013). Vorticity and Vortex Models in Shock Accelerated Gas Inhomogeneities. In 29th International Symposium on Shock Waves. Springer, Cham. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-16835-7_6
- Tsiklashvili, V., Likhachev, O., & Jacobs, J. W. (2013). An Experimental Study of the Turbulent Development of Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability from a Three-Dimensional Random Initial Perturbation. In 29th International Symposium on Shock Waves. Springer, Cham. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-16838-8_56
- Jenkins, D., Klein, D. L., Benjamin, R. F., & Jacobs, J. W. (1995). Experimental study of a shock accelerated thin gas layer. In Shock Waves @ Marseille. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-79532-9_40
Journals/Publications
- Sewell, E., Ferguson, K., Krivets, V., & Jacobs, J. W. (2021). Time-resolved particle image velocimetry measurements of the turbulent Richtmyer–Meshkov instability. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 917, A41. doi:10.1017/jfm.2021.258
- Ferguson, K., & Jacobs, J. (2020). Time-resolved PIV measurements on the Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability in a Dual-Driver Vertical Shock Tube. Bulletin of the American Physical Society.
- Jacobs, J. W., & Morgan, R. V. (2020). Experiments and Simulations on the Turbulent, Rarefaction Wave Driven Rayleigh–Taylor Instability. Journal of Fluids Engineering-transactions of The Asme, 142(12). doi:10.1115/1.4048345
- Jacobs, J., & Withers, C. (2020). Imaging Improvement of Miscible Experiments on the Rayleigh-Taylor Instability in the Linear Induction Motor Drop Tower. Bulletin of the American Physical Society.
- Morgan, R. V., & Jacobs, J. W. (2020). Experiments and Simulations on the Turbulent, Rarefaction Wave Driven Rayleigh–Taylor Instability. ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, 142, 121101-1 to 121101-12. doi:10.1115/1.4048345
- Ferguson, K., Jacobs, J., & Sewell, E. (2019). High-resolution, time-resolved PIV measurements on the Richtmyer-Meshkov instability in a dual-driver vertical shock tube. Bulletin of the American Physical Society.
- Ferguson, K., Jacobs, J., & Sewell, E. (2019). Time-Resolved Particle Image Velocimetry of the 3-D, Multi-Mode Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability. Bulletin of the American Physical Society.
- Ferguson, K., Sewell, E., & Jacobs, J. (2018). Experiments on the Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability in a dual-shock vertical shock tube. Bulletin of the American Physical Society.
- Mokler, M., & Jacobs, J. (2018). Experimental Study of the Incompressible Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability. Bulletin of the American Physical Society.
- Morgan, R. V., Cabot, W. H., Greenough, J. A., & Jacobs, J. W. (2018). Rarefaction-driven Rayleigh-Taylor instability. Part 2. Experiments and simulations in the nonlinear regime. JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS, 838, 320-355.
- Krivets, V. V., Ferguson, K. J., & Jacobs, J. W. (2017). Turbulent Mixing Induced by Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability. SHOCK COMPRESSION OF CONDENSED MATTER - 2015, 1793.
- Krivets, V., Holt, B., Mokler, M., & Jacobs, J. (2017). Richtmyer-Meshkov instability experiments of miscible and immiscible incompressible fluids. Bulletin of the American Physical Society.
- Ferguson, K., Sewell, E., Krivets, V., Greenough, J., & Jacobs, J. (2016). Simulations of the Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability with experimentally measured volumetric initial conditions. Bulletin of the American Physical Society.
- Morgan, R. V., Likhachev, O. A., & Jacobs, J. W. (2016). Rarefaction-driven Rayleigh-Taylor instability. Part 1. Diffuse-interface linear stability measurements and theory. JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS, 791, 34-60.
- Roberts, M. S., & Jacobs, J. W. (2016). The effects of forced small-wavelength, finite-bandwidth initial perturbations and miscibility on the turbulent Rayleigh-Taylor instability. JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS, 787, 50-83.
Proceedings Publications
- Ferguson, K., Sewell, E., & Jacobs, J. W. (2019, July). Experiments on the Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability in Shock Tubes using Time-Resolved PIV. In 32nd Shock Wave Symposium.
- Andrews, M. J., Jacobs, J. W., Kraft, W. N., & Mueschke, N. J. (2005). Numerical Investigation of Internal Vortex Structure in Two-Dimensional, Incompressible Richtmyer-Meshkov Flows. In ASME 2005 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition.
- Kraft, W. N., Dibua, O., Andrews, M. J., Jacobs, J. W., & Mueschke, N. J. (2005). Numerical investigation of single-mode Richtmyer-Meshkov instability. In Volume 1: Symposia, Parts A and B, 195-203.
- GLEZER, A., JACOBS, J., JAMES, R., & RATLIFF, C. (1993). Turbulent jets induced by surface actuators. In AIAA 3rd Shear Flow Conference.
Poster Presentations
- Withers, C. J., Mokler, M. J., & Jacobs, J. W. (2022, July). Miscible Experiments on the Rayleigh-Taylor Instability in the Linear Induction Motor Drop Tower. 17th International Workshop on the Physics of Compressible Turbulent Mixing. Atlanta GA.
- Withers, C., Mokler, M., & Jacobs, J. W. (2022, November). Miscible Experiments on the Rayleigh-Taylor Instability in the Linear Induction Motor Drop Tower. 75th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. Indianapolis, IN: American Physical Society.
- Withers, C., & Jacobs, J. W. (2021, November). Miscible Experiments on the Rayleigh-Taylor Instability in the Linear Induction Motor Drop Tower. 74th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. Phoenix, AZ: American Physical Society.
- Sewell, E., Krivets, V., & Jacobs, J. W. (2018, July). Time Resolved Particle Image Velocimetry Measurements of the Richtmyer Meshkov Instability. 16th International Workshop on the Physics of Compressible Turbulent Mixing. Marseille, France.
Presentations
- Ferguson, K. J., & Jacobs, J. W. (2022, July). Influence of the Shock-To-Reshock Time on the Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability in a Dual-Driver Vertical Shock Tube. 17th International Workshop on the Physics of Compressible Turbulent Mixing. Atlanta GA.
- Ferguson, K., & Jacobs, J. W. (2022, November). Experiments on the Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability in a Dual Driver Vertical Shock Tube with Variable Shock-to-Reshock Times. 75th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. Indianapolis, IN: American Physical Society.
- Ferguson, K., & Jacobs, J. W. (2021, November). Experiments on the influence of shock-to-reshock time on the development of the Richtmyer-Meshkov instability in a dual-driver vertical shock tube. 74th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. Phoenix, AZ: American Physical Society.
- Ferguson, K., & Jacobs, J. W. (2020, November). Time-resolved PIV measurements on the Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability in a Dual-Driver Vertical Shock Tube. 73rd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. Virtual: American Physical Society.
- Jacobs, J. W. (2020, March). An Experimental Study of the Turbulent Development of Rayleigh-Taylor and Richtmyer-Meshkov Instabilities. Stockpile Stewardship Academic Programs Symposium. Washington DC: National Nuclear Security Administration.
- Withers, C., & Jacobs, J. W. (2020, November). Imaging Improvement of Miscible Experiments on the Rayleigh-Taylor Instability in the Linear Induction Motor Drop Tower. 73rd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. Virtual: American Physical Society.
- Ferguson, K., Sewell, E., & Jacobs, J. W. (2019, November). High-resolution, time-resolved PIV measurements on the Richtmyer-Meshkov instability in a dual-driver vertical shock tube. 72nd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. Seattle, WA: American Physical Society.
- Jacobs, J. W., Sewell, E., & Ferguson, K. (2019, November). Time Resolved Particle Image Velocimetry of the 3-D, Multi-Mode Richtmyer Meshkov Instability. 72nd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. Seattle, WA: American Physical Society.
- Ferguson, K., Mokler, M., & Jacobs, J. W. (2018, July). The Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability in a Two-Shock Vertical Shock Tube. 16th International Workshop on the Physics of Compressible Turbulent Mixing. Marseille, France.
- Ferguson, K., Sewell, E., & Jacobs, J. W. (2018, November). Experiments on the Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability in a dual-shock vertical shock tube. 71st Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. Atlanta, GA.
- Jacobs, J. W. (2018, February). An Experimental Study of the Turbulent Development of Rayleigh-Taylor and Richtmyer-Meshkov Instabilities. The Stockpile Stewardship Academic Alliances Program Symposium. Washington, DC: National Nuclear Security Administration.
- Jacobs, J. W. (2018, July). Experiments and Models of the Rayleigh-Taylor and Richtmyer-Meshkov Instabilities. 16th International Workshop on the Physics of Compressible Turbulent Mixing. Marseille, France.
- Jacobs, J. W., & Mokler, M. (2018, November). Experimental Study of the Incompressible Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability. 71st Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. Atlanta, GA.
- Mokler, M., Krivets, V., & Jacobs, J. W. (2018, July). Incompressible Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability Experiments using Miscible and Immiscible Fluids. 16th International Workshop on the Physics of Compressible Turbulent Mixing. Marseille, France.
- Jacobs, J. W. (2016, July). Experiments on the Richtmyer-Meshkov instability. International Workshop on the Physics of Compressible Turbulent Mixing. Sydney, Australia.
Awards
- Best poster award
- National Nuclear Security Administration, Spring 2019