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Publications: Prof Christopher Lawn

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ROBINSON N, LAWN C . HEAT TRANSFER FROM A FLAT PLATE UNDER IMPINGING ACOUSTIC OSCILLATIONS . Conference: 24th International Conference on Sound and Vibration 2017, London Calling
LAWN C ( 2024 ) . Triboelectric charging of polydisperse particles in a developed pipe flow . Journal of Electrostatics Article ELSTAT-D_24-00119 ,
Lawn C ( 2021 ) . Thermoacoustics of 'new' combustion systems . "Advances in Acoustics, Noise and Vibration - 2021" Proceedings of the 27th International Congress on Sound and Vibration, ICSV 2021 .
Wood CE, Lawn CJ ( 2020 ) . Two-phase MHD energy conversion from buoyancy-driven flows of liquid metal coolant in a fusion reactor . Fusion Engineering and Design vol. 151 ,
Lawn C, Gluyas J ( 2018 ) . Novel energy sources and carbon sinks underground . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part A Journal of Power and Energy vol. 232 , ( 1 ) 3 - 5 .
Lawn CJ, Penelet G ( 2017 ) . Common features in the thermoacoustics of flames and engines . International Journal of Spray and Combustion Dynamics vol. 10 , ( 1 ) 3 - 37 .
LAWN CJ ( 2016 ) . The acoustic impedance of perforated plates under various conditions relating to combustion chamber liners . Applied Acoustics vol. 106 , 144 - 154 .
LAWN CJ ( 2015 ) . Calculation of acoustic absorption in ducts with perforated liners . Applied Acoustics vol. 89 , 211 - 221 .
Lawn CJ . Optimization of the loop in a travelling-wave thermo-acoustic engine . Conference: Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Thermoacoustics
Lawn C ( 2014 ) . Acoustic pressure losses in woven screen regenerators . Applied Acoustics vol. 77 , 42 - 48 .
Riley P, Lawn C ( 2013 ) . Low-cost, electricity-generating heat engines for rural areas . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part A Journal of Power and Energy vol. 227 , ( 7 ) 714 - 716 .
Lawn C ( 2013 ) . Development of a thermoacoustic travelling-wave engine . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part A Journal of Power and Energy vol. 227 , ( 7 ) 783 - 802 .
Lawn C ( 2013 ) . Unsteady Combustor Physics, Tim C. Lieuwen. Cambridge University Press (2012). 424 pp., £75, ISBN: 978-1-107-01599-9 . Journal of Sound and Vibration vol. 332 , ( 20 ) 5236 - 5237 .
Kerl J, Lawn C, Beyrau F ( 2013 ) . Three-dimensional flame displacement speed and flame front curvature measurements using quad-plane PIV . Combustion and Flame vol. 160 , ( 12 ) 2757 - 2769 .
Lawn C ( 2013 ) . Computational modelling of a thermo-acoustic travelling wave engine . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy vol. 227 , ( 4 ) 498 - 514 .
Yang B, Lawn C ( 2013 ) . Three-dimensional effects on the performance of a vertical axis tidal turbine . OCEAN ENGINEERING vol. 58 , 1 - 10 .
Lawn C ( 2012 ) . Assessment of the performance of regenerators in travelling-wave thermoacoustic engines . 19th International Congress on Sound and Vibration 2012, ICSV 2012 . vol. 2 , 1589 - 1596 .
Hosseini SMR, Gardner C, Lawn C ( 2012 ) . The non-linear thermo-acoustic response of a small swirl burner . Combustion and Flame . vol. 159 , 1909 - 1920 .
Lawn C ( 2012 ) . Editorial . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part A Journal of Power and Energy vol. 226 , ( 1 ) 3 - 4 .
Yang B, Lawn C ( 2011 ) . Fluid dynamic performance of a vertical axis turbine for tidal currents . RENEW ENERG vol. 36 , ( 12 ) 3355 - 3366 .
Ahmad A, Avital E, Lawn C, Cater J ( 2011 ) . Low supersonic jet noise reduction using tangential air injection techniques . 18th International Congress on Sound and Vibration 2011 Icsv 2011 vol. 2 , 1042 - 1049 .
Ilett T, Lawn CJ ( 2010 ) . Thermodynamic and economic analysis of advanced and externally fired gas turbine cycles . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy vol. 224 , ( 7 ) 901 - 915 .
Lawn C ( 2010 ) . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy: Editorial . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy vol. 224 , ( 1 )
Ilett T, Lawn CJ ( 2010 ) . Thermodynamic and economic analysis of advanced and externally fired gas turbine cycles . PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS PART A-JOURNAL OF POWER AND ENERGY vol. 224 , ( A7 ) 901 - 915 .
Lawn CJ ( 2009 ) . Lifted flames on fuel jets in co-flowing air . PROG ENERG COMBUST vol. 35 , ( 1 ) 1 - 30 .
Gardner C, Lawn CJ ( 2009 ) . Design of a Standing-Wave Thermoacoustic Engine . Conference: 16th International Congress on Sound and Vibration ( Krakow, Poland ) from: 2009
Lawn CJ ( 2009 ) . Technologies for Tomorrow's Electric Power Generation . Proc Inst Mech Eng C, Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science vol. 12 , ( 223 ) 2717 - 2742 .
Gardner C, Hosseini SMR, Lawn CJ ( 2008 ) . Prediction of Self Excitation Frequencies and Amplitudes for a Model Gas Turbine Burner . The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America . vol. 123 , 3403 - 3403 .
Polifke W, Lawn C ( 2007 ) . On the low-frequency limit of flame transfer functions . COMBUST FLAME vol. 151 , ( 3 ) 437 - 451 .
Lawn C ( 2007 ) . Editorial . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy vol. 221 , ( 1 )
Savarianandam VR, Lawn CJ ( 2007 ) . Thermoacoustic response of turbulent premixed flames in the weakly wrinkled regime . P COMBUST INST vol. 31 , 1419 - 1426 .
Savarianandam VR, Lawn CJ ( 2006 ) . Burning velocity of premixed turbulent flames in the weakly wrinkled regime . COMBUST FLAME vol. 146 , ( 1-2 ) 1 - 18 .
Lawn CJ, Schefer RW ( 2006 ) . Scaling of premixed turbulent flames in the corrugated regime . COMBUST FLAME vol. 146 , ( 1-2 ) 180 - 199 .
Lawn CJ ( 2006 ) . The determination of the rate of dissipation in turbulent pipe flow . Journal of Fluid Mechanics vol. 48 , ( 3 ) 477 - 505 .
Lawn CJ, Elliott CJ ( 2006 ) . Fully Developed Turbulent Flow through Concentric Annuli . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part C Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science vol. 14 , ( 3 ) 195 - 204 .
Hosseini SMR, Lawn CJ ( 2005 ) . Non-Linearities in the Thermo-Acoustic Response of a Premixed Swirl Burner . Conference: 12th International Congress on Sound and Vibration ( Lisbon, Portugal )
Savarianandam VR, Lawn CJ ( 2005 ) . The Measurement of Flame Displacement Speed in a Diffuser Burner . Conference: European Combustion Meeting ( Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium ) from: 2005 vol. Paper 094 ,
Lawn CJ, Williams TC, Schefer RW ( 2005 ) . The Response of Turbulent Premixed Flames to Normal Acoustic Excitation . Proc Combust Inst vol. 30 , 1749 - 1756 .
Lawn CJ, Evesque S, Polifke W ( 2004 ) . A model for the thermoacoustic response of a premixed swirl burner, - Part 1: Acoustic aspects . COMBUST SCI TECHNOL vol. 176 , ( 8 ) 1331 - 1358 .
Lawn CJ, Polifke W ( 2004 ) . A model for the thermoacoustic response of a premixed swirl burner, - Part II: The flame response . COMBUST SCI TECHNOL vol. 176 , ( 8 ) 1359 - 1390 .
Savarianandam VR, Lawn CJ ( 2004 ) . Measurement of turbulent burning velocities for premixed methane/air flames in a conical diffuser . International Symposium on Combustion, Abstracts of Works-in-Progress Posters .
Lawn CJ, Williams TC, Schefer RW ( 2004 ) . The response of turbulent premixed flames to normal acoustic excitation . International Symposium on Combustion, Abstracts of Accepted Papers .
Lawn CJ ( 2003 ) . A simple method for the design of gas burner injectors . P I MECH ENG C-J MEC vol. 217 , ( 2 ) 237 - 246 .
LAWN CJ, Brown MJ ( 2003 ) . Dependence of the laminar burning velocity of methane, propane and ethylene on initial temperature & inert diluent concentration . Conference: European Combustion Meeting, Orleans, France
Lawn CJ ( 2003 ) . Optimization of the power output from ducted turbines . P I MECH ENG A-J POW vol. 217 , ( A1 ) 107 - 117 .
Burgess CP, Lawn CJ ( 2002 ) . Control of diffusing flow at low Reynolds numbers with annular wall jets . P I MECH ENG C-J MEC vol. 216 , ( 2 ) 243 - 254 .
Lawn C, Cheng RK, Chen Y-C ( 2002 ) . Lifted reaction zones in premixed turbulent bluff-body stabilized flames: Comments . Proceedings of the Combustion Institute vol. 29 , ( 2 ) 1807 - 1808 .
Lawn CJ ( 2001 ) . The influence of premixture equivalence ratio on the thermo-acoustic response of a swirl burner . GAS TURBINE POLLUTANT EMISSIONS . vol. 2001 , 61 - 74 .
Lawn CJ ( 2000 ) . Distributions of instantaneous heat release by the cross-correlation of chemiluminescent emissions . Combustion and Flame vol. 123 , ( 1-2 ) 227 - 240 .
LAWN CJ ( 2000 ) . The Acoustic Self-Excitation of a Bluff-Body Stabilised, Premixed Flame . Combustion Science and Technology vol. 154 , ( 1 ) 57 - 74 .
Lawn CJ ( 2000 ) . The thermo-acoustic response of a premixed swirl burner . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part A Journal of Power and Energy vol. 214 , ( 4 ) 333 - 354 .
Lawn CJ ( 2000 ) . Thermo-acoustic frequency selection by swirled premixed flames . Proc. Combust. Inst. vol. 28 , 823 - 830 .
Burgess CP, Lawn CJ ( 1999 ) . The premixture model of turbulent burning to describe lifted jet flames . Combustion and Flame vol. 119 , ( 1-2 ) 95 - 108 .
LAWN CJ ( 1999 ) . INTERACTION OF THE ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES OF A COMBUSTION CHAMBER WITH THOSE OF PREMIXTURE SUPPLY . Journal of Sound and Vibration vol. 224 , ( 5 ) 785 - 808 .
Cunningham ATS, Gliddon BJ, Jackson PJ, Jones AR, Lawn CJ, Sarjeant M, Squires RT, Street PJ ( 1997 ) . The Esso Energy Award Lecture, 1988 - Improvements in the combustion of heavy fuel oils . Proceedings of the Royal Society A vol. 423 , ( 1865 ) 233 - 265 .
Boysan F, Weber R, Swithenbank J, Lawn CJ ( 1986 ) . Modeling coal-fired cyclone combustors . Combustion and Flame vol. 63 , ( 1-2 ) 73 - 86 .
Hardman JS, Lawn CJ, Street PJ ( 1983 ) . Further studies of the spontaneous ignition behaviour of activated carbon . Fuel vol. 62 , ( 6 ) 632 - 638 .
Lawn CJ ( 1982 ) . Criteria for acoustic pressure oscillations to be driven by a diffusion flame . Symposium (International) on Combustion vol. 19 , ( 1 ) 237 - 244 .
Lawn CJ, Street PJ, Baum MM ( 1981 ) . Spontaneous combustion in beds of small fuel particles . Symposium (International) on Combustion vol. 18 , ( 1 ) 731 - 740 .
Lawn CJ ( 1978 ) . Discussion: “Derivation of Turbulent Transport Parameters in Isotropic Turbulence” (Abdel-Gayed, R. G., and Bradley, D., 1977, ASME J. Fluids Eng., 99, pp. 732–736) . Journal of Fluids Engineering vol. 100 , ( 1 ) 139 - 140 .
Lawn CJ ( 1977 ) . Turbulent temperature fluctuations in liquid metals . International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer vol. 20 , ( 10 ) 1035 - 1044 .
Lawn CJ ( 1977 ) . The attenuation of temperature oscillations by liquid metal boundary l layers . Nuclear Engineering and Design vol. 42 , ( 2 ) 209 - 222 .
Lawn CJ ( 1974 ) . The use of an eddy viscosity model to predict the heat transfer and pressure drop performance of roughened surfaces . International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer vol. 17 , ( 3 ) 421 - 428 .
Lawn CJ ( 1969 ) . Comment on transport phenomena in free turbulent flows . International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer vol. 12 , ( 12 )
Lawn CJ ( 1969 ) . Turbulent Heat Transfer at Low Reynolds Numbers . ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer vol. 91 , ( 4 ) 532 - 536 .
Lawn CJ ( 1969 ) . Note on the prediction of the transport properties of a turbulent fluid . International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer vol. 12 , ( 9 ) 1209 - 1210 .
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