Joanna M. Austin
Professor of Aerospace
Research interests: fundamental problems in reactive, compressible flows across a broad range of applications, including hypervelocity flight and planetary entry, supersonic combustion and detonation, bubble dynamics, and explosive geological events.
Overview
Joanna Austin's research is focused on fundamental problems in reactive, compressible flows across a broad range of applications, including hypervelocity flight and planetary entry, supersonic combustion and detonation, bubble dynamics, and explosive geological events.
Publications
Acosta, A.R., Luo, Y., Austin, J.M. Simultaneous Fluid and Structure Measurements of an Impinging Shock-Boundary Layer Interaction in Mach 4 Flow, 35th International Symposium on Shock Waves (ISSW35), Brisbane, Australia, 05-14 July 2025.
Luo, Y., Acosta, A.R., Austin, J.M., Hornung, H.G. Co-linear Focused Laser Differential Interferometry and Schlieren Measurements of Supersonic Cylinder Near Wake, 35th International Symposium on Shock Waves (ISSW35), Brisbane, Australia, 05-14 July 2025
Feasey, W. F. F., Austin, J.M., Hornung, H. G. Characterising the Step Response of a Static Pressure Probe, 35th International Symposium on Shock Waves (ISSW35), Brisbane, Australia, 05-14 July 2025
Acosta, Alex R.;Davis, Branson W. et al. (2025) Experimental Investigation of the Unsteadiness Boundary of Supersonic Flow Over Double ConesDOI 10.1007/978-981-96-4767-5_21
Acosta, Alex;Austin, Joanna M. (2024) Experimental Investigation of an Impinging Shock-Boundary Layer Interaction on a Compliant Panel in Mach 4 FlowDOI 10.2514/6.2024-1153
Yu, Wesley M.;Luo, Ying et al. (2024) High-Frequency Static Pressure Measurements in the T5 Reflected Shock TunnelDOI 10.2514/6.2024-2884
Gross, Thomas;Torres, Erik et al. (2024) Simulations of Non-Equilibrium Air Chemistry Compared To Hypersonic Wind Tunnel ExperimentsDOI 10.2514/6.2024-2087
Schwartz, Tal;Finch, Peter M. et al. (2023) Laser Absorption Sensor Targeting Potassium for Hypersonic Velocity, Temperature, and Enthalpy MeasurementsDOI 10.2514/1.j062620
Lawson, Joel M.;Austin, Joanna M. (2023) Recovering density disturbance spectra from FLDI. Part 2: comparisons with previous methodsDOI 10.1364/ao.480354
Lawson, Joel M.;Austin, Joanna M. (2023) Recovering density disturbance spectra from FLDI. Part 1DOI 10.1364/ao.480352
Finch, Peter M.;Girard, Julian J. et al. (2023) Measurements of T5 Shock Tunnel Freestream Temperature, Velocity, and CompositionDOI 10.2514/1.j062383
Finch, Peter M.;Schwartz, Tal et al. (2023) Near-Body Measurements in Hypersonic Wedge Flows in the T5 Reflected Shock Tunnel by Tunable Diode Laser Absorption SpectroscopyDOI 10.2514/6.2023-2518
Hameed, Ahsan;Parziale, Nick J. et al. (2023) Characterization of Transitional, High-Enthalpy Boundary Layers on a Blunted Cone. Part II: FLDI and Higher Order Spectral AnalysisDOI 10.2514/6.2023-0288
Paquin, Laura A.;Laurence, Stuart J. et al. (2023) Characterization of Transitional, High-Enthalpy Boundary Layers on a Slightly-Blunted Cone. Part I: Schlieren ImagingDOI 10.2514/6.2023-0289
Kennedy, Aaron;Penty-Geraets, Rowland et al. (2023) Measurements of Hypersonic Double Cone Flows with Shock Wave/Boundary Layer Interactions in the X3 Expansion TunnelDOI 10.2514/6.2023-0271
Laurence, S. J.;Austin, J. M. et al. (2022) Editorial: topical collection on hypersonic flightDOI 10.1007/s00348-022-03504-8
Lawson, Joel M.;Neet, Mallory C. et al. (2022) Supersonic Freestream Density Fluctuations from Focused Laser Differential Interferometry and Pitot-Probe MeasurementsDOI 10.2514/1.j061432
Paquin, Laura A.;Skinner, Shaun et al. (2022) Hypersonic Boundary-Layer Instability on a Highly Cooled Cone. Part II: Schlieren Analysis of Boundary-Layer DisturbancesDOI 10.2514/6.2022-0947
Hameed, Ahsan;Shekhtman, David et al. (2022) Hypersonic Boundary-Layer Instability on a Highly Cooled Cone. Part I: Q-FLDI Measurement and Instability CalculationsDOI 10.2514/6.2022-0734
Finch, Peter M.;Schwartz, Tal et al. (2022) Near-Body Measurements in Hypersonic Cylinder Flows in the T5 Reflected Shock Tunnel by Tunable Diode Laser Absorption SpectroscopyDOI 10.2514/6.2022-1705
Leibowitz, Matthew G.;Austin, Joanna M. (2022) Mid-Wave Infrared Radiation Experiments in Hypervelocity CO₂ Blunt Body FlowDOI 10.2514/6.2022-1783
Yu, Wesley M.;Austin, Joanna M. et al. (2022) Freestream Static Pressure Measurements in the T5 Reflected Shock TunnelDOI 10.2514/6.2022-1658
Girard, Julian J.;Finch, Peter M. et al. (2021) Measurements of Reflected Shock Tunnel Freestream Nitric Oxide Temperatures and Partial PressureDOI 10.2514/1.j060596
Neet, Mallory C.;Lawson, Joel M. et al. (2021) Design, alignment, and calibration of a focused laser differential interferometerDOI 10.1364/ao.435112
Shinde, Vilas;Becks, Aaron et al. (2021) Spatially developing supersonic turbulent boundary layer subjected to static surface deformationsDOI 10.1016/j.euromechflu.2021.07.002
Leibowitz, Matthew G.;Austin, Joanna M. (2021) Hypervelocity Spherically-Blunted Cone Flows in Mars Entry Ground TestingDOI 10.2514/1.j060162
Schwartz, Tal;Girard, Julian et al. (2021) Characterization of the Caltech Hypervelocity Expansion Tube via Tunable Diode Laser Absorption SpectroscopyDOI 10.2514/6.2021-3524
Girard, Julian;Finch, Peter M. et al. (2021) Characterization of the T5 Reflected Shock Tunnel Freestream Temperature, Velocity, and Composition using Laser Absorption SpectroscopyDOI 10.2514/6.2021-3525
Shekhtman, D.;Yu, W. M. et al. (2021) Freestream velocity-profile measurement in a large-scale, high-enthalpy reflected-shock tunnelDOI 10.1007/s00348-021-03207-6
Lawson, J. M.;Austin, J. M. (2021) Focused laser differential interferometer response to shock wavesDOI 10.1088/1361-6501/abdbd3
Kieffer, Susan W.;Meiburg, Eckart et al. (2021) The mysterious grooves of Volcán Bárcena: a review of the role of streamwise counter-rotating vortices during erosion by dilute pyroclastic density currentsDOI 10.1007/s00445-021-01440-9
Parziale, Nick J.;Mustafa, Muhammad A. et al. (2021) Krypton Tagging Velocimetry (KTV) Investigation in the Caltech T5 Reflected-Shock TunnelDOI 10.2514/6.2021-1302
Finch, Peter M.;Girard, Julian et al. (2020) Measurements of Time-Resolved Air Freestream Nitric Oxide Rotational, Vibrational Temperature and Concentration in the T5 Reflected Shock TunnelDOI 10.2514/6.2020-3714
Lawson, J. M.;Neet, M. C. et al. (2020) Static and dynamic characterization of a focused laser differential interferometerDOI 10.1007/s00348-020-03013-6
Lawson, Joel M.;Austin, Joanna M. (2020) Expansion Tube Freestream Disturbance Measurements using a Focused Laser Differential InterferometerDOI 10.2514/6.2020-1064
Neet, Mallory C.;Austin, Joanna M. (2020) Effects of Surface Compliance on Shock Boundary Layer Interaction in the Caltech Mach 4 Ludwieg TubeDOI 10.2514/6.2020-0816