Acosta, Allan James

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• Linhardt, H. D. and Acosta, A. J. (2014) Note on the Application of Cascade Theory to Design of Axial-Flow Pumps
• Knapp, R. T. and Hollander, A., el al. (2014) Laboratory Developments for Study of Flow in Rotating Channels
• Brennen, Christopher E. and Acosta, Allan J. (2006) Fluid-induced Rotordynamic Forces and Instabilities; Structural Control and Health Monitoring; Vol. 13; No. 1; 10-26; 10.1002/stc.145
• Wegner, Marc and Acosta, Allan J., el al. (2003) Panel Discussion on Inducer Design Criteria; International Journal of Rotating Machinery; Vol. 9; No. 4; 229-237; 10.1155/S1023621X03000204
• Acosta, Allan J. and Tsujimoto, Yoshinobu, el al. (2001) Effects of Leading Edge Sweep on the Cavitating Characteristics of Inducer Pumps; International Journal of Rotating Machinery; Vol. 7; No. 6; 397-404; 10.1155/S1023621X01000343
• Bhattacharyya, A. and Acosta, A. J., el al. (1997) Rotordynamic Forces in Cavitating Inducers; Journal of Fluids Engineering; Vol. 119; No. 4; 768-774
• Sivo, J. M. and Acosta, A. J., el al. (1995) The Influence of Swirl Brakes on the Rotordynamic Forces Generated by Discharge-to-Suction Leakage Flows in Centrifugal Pumps; Journal of Fluids Engineering; Vol. 117; No. 1; 104-108
• Sivo, J. M. and Acosta, A. J., el al. (1994) The Influence of Swirl Brakes and a Tip Discharge Orifice on the Rotordynamic Forces Generated by Discharge-to-Suction Leakage Flows in Shrouded Centrifugal Pumps
• Guinzburg, A. and Brennen, C. E., el al. (1994) Experimental Results for the Rotordynamic Characteristics of Leakage Flows in Centrifugal Pumps; Journal of Fluids Engineering; Vol. 116; No. 1; 110-115
• Bhattacharyya, Abhijit and Acosta, Allan J., el al. (1994) Rotordynamic Forces in Cavitating Inducers
• Sivo, J. M. and Acosta, A. J., el al. (1994) Laser Velocimeter Measurements in the Leakage Annulus of a Whirling Shrouded Centrifugal Pump
• Guinzburg, A. and Brennen, C. E., el al. (1993) The Effect of Inlet Swirl on the Rotordynamic Shroud Forces in a Centrifugal Pump; Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power; Vol. 115; No. 2; 287-293
• Sivo, J. M. and Acosta, A. J., el al. (1993) The Influence of Swirl Brakes and a Tip Discharge Orifice on the Rotordynamic Forces Generated by Discharge-to-Suction Leakage Flows in Shrouded Centrifugal Pumps
• Sivo, Joseph M. and Acosta, Allan J., el al. (1993) The Influence of Swirl Brakes on the Rotordynamic Forces Generated by Discharge-to-Suction Leakage Flows in Centrifugal Pumps
• Bhattacharyya, Abhijit and Acosta, Allan J., el al. (1993) Observations on Off-Design Flows in Non-Cavitating Axial Flow Inducers
• Guinzburg, A. and Brennen, C. E., el al. (1992) The Effect of Inlet Swirl on the Rotordynamic Shroud Forces in a Centrifugal Pump
• d'Agostino, L. and Acosta, A. J. (1991) Separation and Surface Nuclei Effects in a Cavitation Susceptibility Meter; Journal of Fluids Engineering; Vol. 113; No. 4; 695-699
• d'Agostino, L. and Acosta, A. J. (1991) A Cavitation Susceptibility Meter with Optical Cavitation Monitoring -- Part Two: Experimental Apparatus and Results; Journal of Fluids Engineering; Vol. 113; No. 2; 270-277
• d'Agostino, L. and Acosta, A. J. (1991) A Cavitation Susceptability Meter with Optical Cavitation Monitoring-Part One: Design Concepts; Journal of Fluids Engineering; Vol. 113; No. 2; 261-269
• Green, S.I. and Acosta, A.J. (1991) Unsteady Flow in Trailing Vortices; Journal of Fluid Mechanics; Vol. 227; 107-134
• Franz, R. and Acosta, A. J., el al. (1990) The Rotordynamic Forces on a Centrifugal Pump Impeller in the Presence of Cavitation; Journal of Fluids Engineering; Vol. 112; No. 3; 264-271
• Hart, D. P. and Brennen, C. E., el al. (1990) Observations of Cavitation on a Three-Dimensional Oscillating Hydrofoil; ISBN 079180495X; Cavitation and Multiphase Flow Forum (25th : 1990 : Toronto, Ontario); 49-52
• Arndt, N. and Acosta, A. J., el al. (1990) Experimental Investigation of Rotor-Stator Interaction in a Centrifugal Pump With Several Vaned Diffusers; Journal of Turbomachinery; Vol. 112; No. 1; 98-108; 10.1115/1.2927428
• Guinzburg, A. and Brennen, C. E., el al. (1990) Rotordynamic Forces Generated by Discharge-to-Suction Leakage Flows in Centrifugal Pumps
• Guinzburg, A. and Brennen, C. E., el al. (1990) Measurements for the rotordynamic shroud forces for centrifugal pumps
• Acosta, Allan J. and Brennen, Christopher E., el al. (1989) Impeller-Induced Rotor-Dynamic Forces; ISBN 1560321148; Fluids engineering : Korea-U.S. progress
• Arndt, N. and Acosta, A. J., el al. (1989) Rotor-Stator Interaction in a Diffuser Pump; Journal of Turbomachinery; Vol. 111; No. 3; 213-221
• Franz, R. and Acosta, A. J., el al. (1989) The Rotordynamic Forces on a Centrifugal Pump Impeller in the Presence of Cavitation; ISBN 0791803449; Pumping Machinery, 1989 : presented at the Third Joint ASCE/ASME Mechanics Conference, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, July 9-12, 1989 / sponsored by the Fluids Engineering Division, ASME; 205-211
• Arndt, N. and Acosta, A. J., el al. (1989) Experimental Investigation of Rotor-Stator Interaction in a Centrifugal Pump with Several Vaned Diffusers; ISBN 978-0-7918-7913-9; ASME 1989 International Gas Turbine and Aeroengine Congress and Exposition; Art. No. V001T01A033; 10.1115/89-GT-62
• Tsujimoto, Y. and Acosta, A. J., el al. (1988) Theoretical Study of Fluid Forces on a Centrifugal Impeller Rotating and Whirling in a Volute; Journal of Vibration, Acoustics, Stress, and Reliability in Design; Vol. 110; No. 3; 263-269
• Arndt, N. and Acosta, A. J., el al. (1988) Rotor-Stator Interaction in a Diffuser Pump
• d'Agostino, Luca and Brennen, Christopher E., el al. (1988) Linearized Dynamics of Two-Dimensional Bubbly and Cavitating Flows Over Slender Surfaces; Journal of Fluid Mechanics; Vol. 192; 485-509
• Franz, R. and Arndt, N., el al. (1987) Rotordynamic Forces on Centrifugal Pump Impellers; ISBN 9630546477; Proceedings of the Eighth Conference on Fluid Machinery; 252-258
• Arndt, N. and Acosta, A. J., el al. (1987) Unsteady Diffuser Vane Pressure and Impeller Wake Measurements in a Centrifugal Pump; ISBN 9630546477; Proceedings of the Eighth Conference on Fluid Machinery; 49-56
• Franz, R. J. and Brennen, C. E., el al. (1986) On the Effect of Cavitation on the Radial Forces and Hydrodynamic Stiffness of a Centrifugal Pump
• Brennen, C. E. and Acosta, A. J., el al. (1986) Impeller Fluid Forces
• Tsujimoto, Yoshinobu and Acosta, Allan J., el al. (1986) Analyses of the Characteristics of a Centrifugal Impeller with Leading Edge Cavitation by Mapping Methods; Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers. Journal; Vol. 52; No. 480; 2954-2962
• Tsujimoto, Yoshinobu and Acosta, Allan J., el al. (1986) A Theoretical Study of Impeller and/or Vaneless Diffuser Attributed Rotating Stalls and their Effects on the Whirling Instability of a Centrifugal Impeller; Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers. Journal; Vol. 52; No. 483; 3747-3754
• Chamieh, Dmitri S. and Acosta, Allan J., el al. (1985) Experimental Measurements of Hydrodynamic Radial Forces and Stiffness Matrices for a Centrifugal Pump-Impeller; Journal of Fluids Engineering; Vol. 107; No. 3; 307-315
• Jery, Belgacem and Brennen, Christopher E., el al. (1985) Forces on Centrifugal Pump Impellers
• Ooi, K. K. and Acosta, A. J. (1984) The Utilization of Specially Tailored Air Bubbles as Static Pressure Sensors in a Jet; Journal of Fluids Engineering; Vol. 106; No. 4; 459-465
• Jery, B. and Acosta, A. J., el al. (1984) Hydrodynamic Impeller Stiffness, Damping, and Inertia in the Rotordynamics of Centrifugal Flow Pumps
• Tsujimoto, Y. and Acosta, A. J., el al. (1984) Two-Dimensional Unsteady Analysis of Fluid Forces on a Whirling Centrifugal Impeller in a Volute
• d'Agostino, L. and Brennen, C. E., el al. (1984) On the linearized dynamics of two-dimensional bubbly flows over wave-shaped surfaces
• Acosta, A. J. and Katz, J., el al. (1983) Microbubbles and Cavitation
• Katz, Joseph and Acosta, Allan (1982) Observations of nuclei in cavitating flows; ISBN 9789400975347; Mechanics and Physics of Bubbles in Liquids; 123-132; 10.1007/978-94-009-7532-3_11
• Chamieh, D. S. and Acosta, A. J., el al. (1982) Experimental Measurements of Hydrodynamic Stiffness Matrices for a Centrifugal Pump Impeller
• Katz, Joseph and Acosta, Allan (1982) Observations of Nuclei in Cavitating Flows; Applied Scientific Research; Vol. 38; 123-132
• Charles, A. L. and Chelvakumar, K., el al. (1981) Synfuel systems. A review of letdown devices and other multiphase flow problems
• Chamieh, D. and Acosta, A. J., el al. (1980) A Brief Note on the Interaction of an Actuator Cascade with a Singularity
• Brennen, C. E. and Acosta, A. J., el al. (1980) A Test Program to Measure Fluid Mechanical Whirl-Excitation Forces in Centrifugal Pumps
• Acosta, A. J. and Furuya, O. (1979) A Brief Note on Linearized, Unsteady, Supercavitating Flows; Journal of Ship Research; Vol. 23; No. 2; 85-88
• Acosta, A. J. (1976) Unsteady Effects in Flow Rate Measurement at the Entrance of a Pipe; Journal of Fluids Engineering; Vol. 98; No. 3; 562-563
• Brennen, C. and Acosta, A. J. (1976) The Dynamic Transfer Function for a Cavitating Inducer; Journal of Fluids Engineering; Vol. 98; No. 2; 182-191
• Kim, J. H. and Acosta, A. J. (1975) Unsteady Flow in Cavitating Turbopumps; Journal of Fluids Engineering; Vol. 97; No. 4; 412-418
• Acosta, A. J. and Parkin, B. R. (1975) Cavitation Inception - A Selective Review; Journal of Ship Research; Vol. 19; No. 4; 193-205
• Arakeri, V. H. and Acosta, A. J. (1975) Some transition and cavitation inception observations on a 1.5 cal ogive
• Brennen, Christopher and Acosta, Allan J. (1975) The Dynamic Performance of Cavitating Turbopumps; ISBN 9630507250; Proceedings of the Fifth Conference on Fluid Machinery; 121-136
• Acosta, A. J. and Parkin, B. R. (1975) Cavitation inception
• Kim, J. H. and Acosta, A. J. (1974) A Note on the Unsteady Cavity Flow in a Tunnel; Journal of Fluids Engineering; Vol. 96; No. 1; 25-28
• Arakeri, V. H. and Acosta, A. J. (1973) Viscous Effects in the Inception of Cavitation on Axisymmetric Bodies; Journal of Fluids Engineering; Vol. 95; No. 4; 519-527
• Furuya, O. and Acosta, A. J. (1973) A Note on the Calculation of Supercavitating Hydrfoils with Rounded Noses; Journal of Fluids Engineering; Vol. 95; No. 2; 221-228
• Brennen, C. and Acosta, A. J. (1973) Theoretical, Quasi-Static Analysis of Cavitation Compliance in Turbopumps; Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets; Vol. 10; No. 3; 175-180
• Acosta, A. J. (1973) Hydrofoils and hydrofoil craft; Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics; Vol. 5; 161-184; 10.1146/annurev.fl.05.010173.001113
• Brennen, C. and Acosta, A. J. (1972) A Note on Turbopump Blade Cavitation Compliance for the POGO Instability
• Acosta, A. J. and Mani, R. (1968) Note on an Airfoil in a Slightly Non-uniform Stream; Applied Scientific Research; Vol. 18; No. 1; 21-27; 10.1007/BF00382331
• Mani, R. and Acosta, A. J. (1968) Quasi Two-Dimensional Flows Through a Cascade; Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power; Vol. 90; No. 2; 119-127; 10.1115/1.3609146
• Klose, G. J. and Acosta, A. J. (1968) Unsteady Force Measurements On Fully Wetted Hydrofoils in Heaving Motion; Journal of Ship Research; Vol. 12; No. 1; 69-80
• Acosta, A. J. and Wade, R. B. (1968) Experimental Study of Cavitating Hydrofoils in Cascade
• Wade, R. B. and Acosta, A. J. (1967) Investigation of Cavitating Cascades; Journal of Basic Engineering; Vol. 89; No. 4; 693-702; 10.1115/1.3609687
• Acosta, A. J. and Wade, R. B. (1967) Selectively Ventilated Ring Wing Hydrofoils
• Acosta, A. J. and Kiceniuk, T., el al. (1967) Measurements on Fully Wetted and Ventilated Ring Wing Hydrofoils; Journal of Engineering for Industry; Vol. 89; No. 3; 445-455; 10.1115/1.3610082
• Acosta, A. J. and Hamaguchi, H. (1967) Cavitation Inception on the I.T.T.C. Standard Head Form
• Kiceniuk, T. and Acosta, A. J. (1966) Experiments On Gravity Effects in Supercavitating Flow; Journal of Ship Research; Vol. 10; No. 2; 119-121
• Wade, R. B. and Acosta, A. J. (1966) Experimental Observations on the Flow Past a Plano-Convex Hydrofoil; Journal of Basic Engineering; Vol. 88; No. 1; 273-282; 10.1115/1.3645828
• Acosta, A. J. and Hollander, A. (1966) Observations on the Performance of Centrifugal Pumps at Low Reynolds Numbers
• Acosta, A. J. (1965) Final Report: Hydrodynamics of Turbomachines
• Klose, G. J. and Acosta, A. J. (1965) Some New Measurements On the Drag of Cavitating Disks; Journal of Ship Research; Vol. 9; No. 2; 102-104
• Acosta, A. J. and Bate, E. R., Jr., el al. (1965) Measurements on fully wetted and ventilated ring wing hydrofoils
• Ai, D. K. and Acosta, A. J., el al. (1964) Linearized Theory of a Two-Dimensional Planing Flat Plate in a Channel of Finite Depth - I
• Stripling, L. B. and Acosta, A. J. (1962) Cavitation in Turbopumps -- Part 1; Journal of Basic Engineering; Vol. 84; No. 3; 326-338; 10.1115/1.3657314
• Perry, Byrne and Acosta, A. J., el al. (1961) Simulated Wave-Riding Dolphins; Nature; Vol. 192; No. 4798; 148-150; 10.1038/192148a0
• Sarósdy, L. R. and Acosta, A. J. (1961) Note on Observations of Cavitation in Different Fluids; Transactions of the ASME; Vol. 83; No. 3; 399-400; 10.1115/1.3658979
• Perry, Byrne and Acosta, A. J., el al. (1961) A laboratory experiment on simulated wave-riding dolphins
• Acosta, A. J. (1961) The Effect of a Longitudinal Gravitational Field on the Supercavitating Flow Over a Wedge; Journal of Applied Mechanics; Vol. 28; No. 2; 188-192; 10.1115/1.3641650
• Acosta, A. J. (1960) Cavitating Flow Past a Cascade of Circular Arc Hydrofoils
• Acosta, A. J. and Hollander, A. (1959) Remarks on Cavitation in Turbomachines
• Acosta, A. J. (1958) An Experimental Study of Cavitating Inducers
• Acosta, A. J. (1958) The Effect of a Longitudinal Gravity Field on the Supercavitating Flow Over a Wedge
• Acosta, A. J. and Bowerman, R. D. (1957) An Experimental Study of Centrifugal-Pump Impellers; Transactions of the ASME; Vol. 79; No. 4; 1821-1839
• Bowerman, R. D. and Acosta, A. J. (1957) Effect of the Volute on Performance of a Centrifugal-Pump Impeller; Transactions of the ASME; 1057-1069
• Acosta, A. J. (1956) Flow in Hydraulic Machinery
• Acosta, A. J. (1956) Cavitation in Axial Flow Pumps: Termination Report
• Acosta, A. J. (1955) A Note on Partial Cavitation of Flat Plate Hydrofoils
• Acosta, A. J. and Bowerman, R. D. (1955) An Experimental Study of Centrifugal Pump Impellers
• Guinard, P. and Fuller, T., el al. (1953) An Experimental Study of Axial Flow Pump Cavitation
• Fuller, T. W. and Acosta, A. J. (1953) Report on Design and Construction of the Axial Flow Pump Test Facility
• Acosta, Allan J. (1952) An Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Two-Dimensional Centrifugal Pump Impellers