Prof Chris Lawn
MA PhD(Cantab) CEng FIChem.E FIMechE

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2024

• Triboelectric charging of polydisperse particles in a developed pipe flow
  LAWN C
  Journal of Electrostatics, Elsevier 
  DOI 10.1016/j.elstat.2024.103993

  QMRO
  
  26-11-2024

2020

• Two-phase MHD energy conversion from buoyancy-driven flows of liquid metal coolant in a fusion reactor
  Wood CE and Lawn CJ
  Fusion Engineering and Design, Elsevier vol. 151 
  DOI 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2019.111288
  
  01-02-2020

2018

• Novel energy sources and carbon sinks underground
  Lawn C and Gluyas J
  Proceedings of The Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part a Journal of Power and Energy, Sage Publications vol. 232 (1), 3-5.  
  DOI 10.1177/0957650918756961
  
  01-02-2018

2017

• Common features in the thermoacoustics of flames and engines
  Lawn CJ and Penelet G
  International Journal of Spray and Combustion Dynamics, Sage Publications vol. 10 (1), 3-37.  
  DOI 10.1177/1756827717743911
  
  05-12-2017

2016

• The acoustic impedance of perforated plates under various conditions relating to combustion chamber liners
  LAWN CJ
  Applied Acoustics vol. 106, 144-154.  
  DOI 10.1016/j.apacoust.2016.01.005
  
  01-05-2016

2015

• Calculation of acoustic absorption in ducts with perforated liners
  LAWN CJ
  Applied Acoustics vol. 89, 211-221.  
  DOI 10.1016/j.apacoust.2014.09.011
  
  01-01-2015

2014

• Acoustic pressure losses in woven screen regenerators
  Lawn C
  Applied Acoustics vol. 77, 42-48.  
  DOI 10.1016/j.apacoust.2013.09.019
  
  01-01-2014

2013

• Low-cost, electricity-generating heat engines for rural areas
  Riley P and Lawn C
  Proceedings of The Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part a Journal of Power and Energy, Sage Publications vol. 227 (7), 714-716.  
  DOI 10.1177/0957650913506637
  
  10-10-2013
• Development of a thermoacoustic travelling-wave engine
  Lawn C
  Proceedings of The Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part a Journal of Power and Energy, Sage Publications vol. 227 (7), 783-802.  
  DOI 10.1177/0957650913498080
  
  05-09-2013
• Unsteady Combustor Physics, Tim C. Lieuwen. Cambridge University Press (2012). 424 pp., £75, ISBN: 978-1-107-01599-9
  Lawn C
  Journal of Sound and Vibration, Elsevier vol. 332 (20), 5236-5237.  
  DOI 10.1016/j.jsv.2013.04.016
  
  01-09-2013
• Three-dimensional flame displacement speed and flame front curvature measurements using quad-plane PIV
  Kerl J, Lawn C and Beyrau F
  Combustion and Flame vol. 160 (12), 2757-2769.  
  DOI 10.1016/j.combustflame.2013.07.002
  
  29-07-2013
• Computational modelling of a thermo-acoustic travelling wave engine
  Lawn C
  Proceedings of The Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part a: Journal of Power and Energy vol. 227 (4), 498-514.  
  DOI 10.1177/0957650912473539
  
  01-06-2013
• Three-dimensional effects on the performance of a vertical axis tidal turbine
  Yang B and Lawn C
  Ocean Engineering vol. 58, 1-10.  
  DOI 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2012.09.020
  
  01-01-2013

2012

• Editorial
  Lawn C
  Proceedings of The Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part a Journal of Power and Energy, Sage Publications vol. 226 (1), 3-4.  
  DOI 10.1177/0957650911433254
  
  30-01-2012

2011

• Fluid dynamic performance of a vertical axis turbine for tidal currents
  Yang B and Lawn C
  Renew Energ vol. 36 (12), 3355-3366.  
  DOI 10.1016/j.renene.2011.05.014
  
  01-12-2011
• Low supersonic jet noise reduction using tangential air injection techniques
  Ahmad A, Avital E, Lawn C and Cater J
  18th International Congress On Sound and Vibration 2011, Icsv 2011 vol. 2, 1042-1049.  
  01-12-2011

2010

• Thermodynamic and economic analysis of advanced and externally fired gas turbine cycles
  Ilett T and Lawn CJ
  Proceedings of The Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part a: Journal of Power and Energy vol. 224 (7), 901-915.  
  DOI 10.1243/09576509JPE967
  
  01-11-2010
• Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy: Editorial
  Lawn C
  Proceedings of The Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part a: Journal of Power and Energy vol. 224 (1) 
  DOI 10.1243/09576509JPE224-A1GD
  
  01-01-2010
• Thermodynamic and economic analysis of advanced and externally fired gas turbine cycles
  Ilett T and Lawn CJ
  Proceedings of The Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part a-Journal of Power and Energy vol. 224 (A7), 901-915.  
  DOI 10.1243/09576509JPE967
  
  01-01-2010

2009

• Lifted flames on fuel jets in co-flowing air
  Lawn CJ
  Prog Energ Combust vol. 35 (1), 1-30.  
  DOI 10.1016/j.pecs.2008.06.003
  
  01-02-2009
• Technologies for Tomorrow's Electric Power Generation
  Lawn CJ
  Proc Inst Mech Eng C, Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, Professional Engineering Publishing Ltd vol. 12 (223), 2717-2742.  
  DOI 10.1243/09544062JMES1512
  
  01-01-2009

2007

• On the low-frequency limit of flame transfer functions
  Polifke W and Lawn C
  Combust Flame vol. 151 (3), 437-451.  
  DOI 10.1016/j.combustflame.2007.07.005
  
  01-11-2007
• Editorial
  Lawn C
  Proceedings of The Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part a: Journal of Power and Energy vol. 221 (1) 
  DOI 10.1177/095765090722100101
  
  01-02-2007
• Thermoacoustic response of turbulent premixed flames in the weakly wrinkled regime
  Savarianandam VR and Lawn CJ
  P Combust Inst vol. 31, 1419-1426.  
  DOI 10.1016/j.proci.2006.07.059
  
  01-01-2007

2006

• Burning velocity of premixed turbulent flames in the weakly wrinkled regime
  Savarianandam VR and Lawn CJ
  Combust Flame vol. 146 (1-2), 1-18.  
  DOI 10.1016/j.combustflame.2006.05.002
  
  01-07-2006
• Scaling of premixed turbulent flames in the corrugated regime
  Lawn CJ and Schefer RW
  Combust Flame vol. 146 (1-2), 180-199.  
  DOI 10.1016/j.combustflame.2006.03.010
  
  01-07-2006

2005

• The Response of Turbulent Premixed Flames to Normal Acoustic Excitation
  Lawn CJ, Williams TC and Schefer RW
  Proc Combust Inst, Combustion Inst vol. 30, 1749-1756.  
  01-01-2005

2004

• A model for the thermoacoustic response of a premixed swirl burner, - Part 1: Acoustic aspects
  Lawn CJ, Evesque S and Polifke W
  Combust Sci Technol vol. 176 (8), 1331-1358.  
  DOI 10.1080/00102200490461605
  
  01-08-2004
• A model for the thermoacoustic response of a premixed swirl burner, - Part II: The flame response
  Lawn CJ and Polifke W
  Combust Sci Technol vol. 176 (8), 1359-1390.  
  DOI 10.1080/00102200490461623
  
  01-08-2004

2003

• A simple method for the design of gas burner injectors
  Lawn CJ
  P I Mech Eng C-J Mec vol. 217 (2), 237-246.  
  DOI 10.1243/095440603762826558
  
  01-01-2003
• Optimization of the power output from ducted turbines
  Lawn CJ
  P I Mech Eng a-J Pow vol. 217 (A1), 107-117.  
  DOI 10.1243/095765003321148754
  
  01-01-2003

2002

• Control of diffusing flow at low Reynolds numbers with annular wall jets
  Burgess CP and Lawn CJ
  P I Mech Eng C-J Mec vol. 216 (2), 243-254.  
  DOI 10.1243/0954406021525089
  
  01-01-2002
• Lifted reaction zones in premixed turbulent bluff-body stabilized flames: Comments
  Lawn C, Cheng RK and Chen Y-C
  Proceedings of The Combustion Institute vol. 29 (2), 1807-1808.  
  01-01-2002

2000

• Distributions of instantaneous heat release by the cross-correlation of chemiluminescent emissions
  Lawn CJ
  Combustion and Flame, Elsevier vol. 123 (1-2), 227-240.  
  DOI 10.1016/s0010-2180(00)00129-2
  
  01-10-2000
• The Acoustic Self-Excitation of a Bluff-Body Stabilised, Premixed Flame
  LAWN CJ
  Combustion Science and Technology, Taylor & Francis vol. 154 (1), 57-74.  
  DOI 10.1080/00102200008947272
  
  01-05-2000
• The thermo-acoustic response of a premixed swirl burner
  Lawn CJ
  Proceedings of The Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part a Journal of Power and Energy, Sage Publications vol. 214 (4), 333-354.  
  DOI 10.1243/0957650001537912
  
  01-01-2000
• Thermo-acoustic frequency selection by swirled premixed flames
  Lawn CJ
  Proc. Combust. Inst., Combustion Institute vol. 28, 823-830.  
  DOI 10.1016/S0082-0784(00)80286-6
  
  01-01-2000

1999

• The premixture model of turbulent burning to describe lifted jet flames
  Burgess CP and Lawn CJ
  Combustion and Flame, Elsevier vol. 119 (1-2), 95-108.  
  DOI 10.1016/s0010-2180(99)00037-1
  
  01-10-1999
• INTERACTION OF THE ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES OF A COMBUSTION CHAMBER WITH THOSE OF PREMIXTURE SUPPLY
  LAWN CJ
  Journal of Sound and Vibration, Elsevier vol. 224 (5), 785-808.  
  DOI 10.1006/jsvi.1998.2182
  
  01-07-1999

1989

• The Esso Energy Award Lecture, 1988 - Improvements in the combustion of heavy fuel oils
  Cunningham ATS, Gliddon BJ, Jackson PJ, Jones AR, Lawn CJ, Sarjeant M, Squires RT and Street PJ
  Proceedings of The Royal Society A, The Royal Society vol. 423 (1865), 233-265.  
  DOI 10.1098/rspa.1989.0053
  
  08-06-1989

1986

• Modeling coal-fired cyclone combustors
  Boysan F, Weber R, Swithenbank J and Lawn CJ
  Combustion and Flame, Elsevier vol. 63 (1-2), 73-86.  
  DOI 10.1016/0010-2180(86)90112-4
  
  01-01-1986

1983

• Further studies of the spontaneous ignition behaviour of activated carbon
  Hardman JS, Lawn CJ and Street PJ
  Fuel, Elsevier vol. 62 (6), 632-638.  
  DOI 10.1016/0016-2361(83)90300-9
  
  01-06-1983

1982

• Criteria for acoustic pressure oscillations to be driven by a diffusion flame
  Lawn CJ
  Symposium (International) On Combustion, Elsevier vol. 19 (1), 237-244.  
  DOI 10.1016/s0082-0784(82)80193-8
  
  01-01-1982

1981

• Spontaneous combustion in beds of small fuel particles
  Lawn CJ, Street PJ and Baum MM
  Symposium (International) On Combustion, Elsevier vol. 18 (1), 731-740.  
  DOI 10.1016/s0082-0784(81)80077-x
  
  01-01-1981

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)
  Lawn CJ
  Journal of Fluids Engineering, Asme International vol. 100 (1), 139-140.  
  DOI 10.1115/1.3448597
  
  01-03-1978

1977

• Turbulent temperature fluctuations in liquid metals
  Lawn CJ
  International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Elsevier vol. 20 (10), 1035-1044.  
  DOI 10.1016/0017-9310(77)90188-0
  
  01-10-1977
• The attenuation of temperature oscillations by liquid metal boundary l layers
  Lawn CJ
  Nuclear Engineering and Design, Elsevier vol. 42 (2), 209-222.  
  DOI 10.1016/0029-5493(77)90182-0
  
  01-07-1977

1974

• The use of an eddy viscosity model to predict the heat transfer and pressure drop performance of roughened surfaces
  Lawn CJ
  International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Elsevier vol. 17 (3), 421-428.  
  DOI 10.1016/0017-9310(74)90013-1
  
  01-03-1974

1972

• Fully Developed Turbulent Flow through Concentric Annuli
  Lawn CJ and Elliott CJ
  Proceedings of The Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part C Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, Sage Publications vol. 14 (3), 195-204.  
  DOI 10.1243/jmes_jour_1972_014_027_02
  
  01-06-1972

1971

• The determination of the rate of dissipation in turbulent pipe flow
  Lawn CJ
  Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Cambridge University Press (Cup) vol. 48 (3), 477-505.  
  DOI 10.1017/s002211207100171x
  
  16-08-1971

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