Jeffrey W. Jacobs

Elwin G. Wood Distinguished Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

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