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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Allan James Acosta was an American engineer, and a Richard L. and Dorothy M. Hayman Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Emeritus at California Institute of Technology. He was elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science and National Academy of Engineering.
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- Experimental Investigation of Rotor-Stator Interaction in a Centrifugal Pump With Several Vaned Diffusers (1989) (163)
- Fluid Flow: A First Course in Fluid Mechanics (1989) (153)
- Unsteady flow in trailing vortices (1991) (145)
- Viscous Effects in the Inception of Cavitation on Axisymmetric Bodies (1973) (139)
- The Dynamic Transfer Function for a Cavitating Inducer (1976) (136)
- Rotor-stator interaction in a diffuser pump (1989) (127)
- The laminar flow of dilute polymer solutions around circular cylinders (1970) (120)
- Comparison of Holographic and Coulter Counter Measurements of Cavitation Nuclei in the Ocean (1988) (81)
- An Experimental Study of Cavitating Inducers (1958) (78)
- Cavitation in Turbopumps—Part 1 (1962) (73)
- Experimental Observations on the Flow Past a Plano-Convex Hydrofoil (1966) (70)
- Theoretical, Quasi-Static Analysis of Cavitation Compliance in Turbopumps (1973) (62)
- Note on Observations of Cavitation in Different Fluids (1961) (57)
- HYDROFOILS AND HYDROFOIL CRAIT (1973) (50)
- A Note on Partial Cavitation of Flat Plate Hydrofoils (1955) (48)
- Forces on Centrifugal Pump Impellers (1985) (45)
- Linearized dynamics of two-dimensional bubbly and cavitating flows over slender surfaces (1988) (44)
- A Study of Swirling Backflow and Vortex Structure at the Inlet of an Inducer. (1999) (41)
- Experimental measurements of hydrodynamic radial forces and stiffness matrices for a centrifugal pump-impeller (1985) (41)
- Observations of Cavitation on a Three-Dimensional Oscillating Hydrofoil (1990) (33)
- The utilization of specially tailored air bubbles as static pressure sensors in a jet (1984) (33)
- The rotordynamic forces on a centrifugal pump impeller in the presence of cavitation (1990) (32)
- An Experimental Study of Centrifugal-Pump Impellers (1955) (31)
- Cavitation Inception - A Selective Review (1975) (31)
- Effect of the Volute on Performance of a Centrifugal-Pump Impeller (1957) (29)
- Theoretical study of fluid forces on a centrifugal impeller rotating and whirling in a volute (1988) (28)
- Rotordynamic Forces in Cavitating Inducers (1997) (27)
- Effects of Leading Edge Sweep on the Cavitating Characteristics of Inducer Pumps (2001) (26)
- Cavitation Inception Observations on Axisymmetric Bodies at Supercritical Reynolds Numbers (1976) (24)
- Fluid‐induced rotordynamic forces and instabilities (2006) (21)
- Hydrodynamic Impeller Stiffness, Damping, and Inertia in the Rotordynamics of Centrifugal Flow Pumps (1984) (20)
- Viscous effects in the inception of cavitation (1981) (19)
- A Cavitation Susceptibility Meter with Optical Cavitation Monitoring (1991) (17)
- The Effect of Inlet Swirl on the Rotordynamic Shroud Forces in a Centrifugal Pump (1992) (16)
- A theoretical study of fluid forces on a centrifugal impeller rotating and whirling in a vaned diffuser (1988) (16)
- A Cavitation Susceptibility Meter With Optical Cavitation Monitoring—Part One: Design Concepts (1991) (14)
- Unsteady flow in cavitating turbopumps (1975) (12)
- An Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Two-Dimensional Centrifugal-Pump Impellers (1952) (12)
- The Influence of Swirl Brakes on the Rotordynamic Forces Generated by Discharge-to-Suction Leakage Flows in Centrifugal Pumps (1995) (11)
- Investigation of Cavitating Cascades (1967) (10)
- Observations of nuclei in cavitating flows (1982) (10)
- A Note on the Calculation of Supercavitating Hydrofoils With Rounded Noses (1973) (10)
- Remarks on Cavitation in Turbomachines (1959) (10)
- An Experimental Study of Axial Flow Pump Cavitation (1953) (9)
- Experimental Measurements of Hydrodynamic Stiffness Matrices for a Centrifugal Pump Impeller (1982) (9)
- A Comparative Study Between Holographic and Light-Scattering Techniques of Microbubble Detection (1984) (9)
- Cavitating Flow Past a Cascade of Circular Arc Hydrofoils (1960) (8)
- Closure to “Discussions of ‘Experimental Observations on the Flow Past a Plano-Convex Hydrofoil’” (1966, ASME J. Basic Eng., 88, pp. 282–283) (1966) (7)
- Separation and Surface Nuclei Effects in a Cavitation Susceptibility Meter (1991) (7)
- Rotordynamic forces on centrifugal pump impellers (1987) (7)
- The Effect of a Longitudinal Gravitational Field on the Supercavitating Flow Over a Wedge (1961) (7)
- A Test Program to Measure Fluid Mechanical Whirl-Excitation Forces in Centrifugal Pumps (1980) (6)
- The Effect of a Longitudinal Gravity Field on the Supercavitating Flow Over a Wedge (1958) (6)
- EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF NON-STEADY FORCES ON HYDROFOILS OSCILLATING IN HEAVE (1969) (6)
- Measurements of the rotordynamic shroud forces for centrifugal pumps (1990) (6)
- Simulated Wave-Riding Dolphins (1961) (5)
- Quasi Two-Dimensional Flows Through a Cascade (1968) (5)
- On the Design of Cavitation Susceptibility Meters (1983) (4)
- Panel Discussion on Inducer Design Criteria (2003) (4)
- A Theoretical Study of Impeller and/or Vaneless Diffuser Attributed Rotating Stalls and Their Effects on the Whirling Instability of a Centrifugal Impeller : Series B : Fluids Engineering, Heat Transfer, Combustion, Power, Thermophysical Properties (1987) (4)
- Impeller Fluid Forces (1986) (4)
- 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 (1993) (3)
- Unsteady Diffuser Vane Pressure and Impeller Wake Measurements in a Centrifugal Pump (1987) (3)
- A Brief Note on Linearized, Unsteady, Supercavitating Flows, (1979) (3)
- Observations on the Performance of Centrifugal Pumps at Low Reynolds Numbers (1966) (3)
- Cavitation Inception on the I.T.T.C. Standard Head Form (1967) (3)
- The Dynamic Performance of Cavitating Turbopumps (1975) (3)
- Some New Measurements On the Drag of Cavitating Disks (1965) (3)
- On the linearized dynamics of two-dimensional bubbly flows over wave-shaped surfaces (1984) (3)
- Theoretical Study of Fluid Forces on a Centrifugal Impeller Rotating and Whirling in a Volute : Series B : Fluid Engineering, Heat Transfer, Combustion, Power, Thermophysical Properties (1987) (3)
- Observations on Off-Design Flows in Non-Cavitating Axial Flow Inducers (1993) (3)
- Two-Dimensional Unsteady Analysis of Fluid Forces on a Whirling Centrifugal Impeller in a Volute (1984) (2)
- Analyses of the Characteristics of a Centrifugal Impeller with Leading Edge Cavitation by Mapping Methods (1986) (2)
- Laser Velocimeter Measurements in the Leakage Annulus of a Whirling Shrouded Centrifugal Pump (1994) (2)
- A Note on Turbopump Blade Cavitation Compliance for the POGO Instability (1972) (2)
- MEASUREMENTS ON FULLY WETTED AND VENTILATED RING WING HYDROFOILS (1967) (2)
- Unsteady Force Measurements on Fully Wetted Hydrofoils in Heaving Motion (1968) (1)
- Cavitation Inception and Internal Flows with Cavitation. The Fourth David W. Taylor Lecture (1979) (1)
- On the effect of cavitation on the radial forces and hydrodynamic stiffness of a centrifugal pump (1986) (1)
- Discussion: “Scale Effects on Cavitation” (Holl, J. William, and Wislicenus, George F., 1961, ASME J. Basic Eng., 83, pp. 385–395) (1961) (1)
- Closure to “Discussion of ‘Experimental Measurements of Hydrodynamic Radial Forces and Stiffness Matrices for a Centrifugal Pump-Impeller’” (1985, ASME J. Fluids Eng., 107, p. 315) (1985) (1)
- Experiments On Gravity Effects in Supercavitating Flow (1966) (1)
- Some transition and cavitation inception observations on a 1.5 cal ogive (1975) (1)
- A Brief Note on the Interaction of an Actuator Cascade with a Singularity (1980) (1)
- Note on the Application of Cascade Theory to Design of Axial-Flow Pumps (1962) (1)
- A simplified method for the estimation of whirling forces on centrifugal impellers and its experimental verification. (1989) (1)
- Cavitation and Cavitation Types (2000) (1)
- FORCES ON CENTRIFUGAL PUMP IMPELLERS by Belgacem Jery Graduate Student (2004) (1)
- Discussion: “Two Models for Cavity Flow, a Theoretical Summary and Application” (Street, R. L., and Larock, B. E., 1968, ASME J. Basic Eng., 90, pp. 269–274) (1968) (1)
- An Experimental Study of Centrifugal-Pump Impellers ! fly (1)
- Discussion: “Cavitation Testing of Propellers in a Free Surface Tunnel Utilizing Micro Air Bubble Control” (Albrecht, K., and Bjorheden, O., 1975, ASME J. Fluids Eng., 97, pp. 523–531) (1975) (1)
- A note on the influence of axial velocity ratio on cascade performance. [quasi-two-dimensional potential flow theory to analyze cascade flow] (1974) (1)
- Unsteady Effects in Flow Rate Measurement at the Entrance of a Pipe (1976) (1)
- A Note on Three-Dimensional Supercavitating Hydrofoils (1975) (1)
- Synfuel systems. A review of letdown devices and other multiphase flow problems (1981) (1)
- On the Design of Cavitation Susceptibility Meters (C.S.M.'s), (1983) (1)
- Selectively Ventilated Ring Wing Hydrofoils (1967) (1)
- Microbubbles and Cavitation (1983) (1)
- Linearized Theory of a Two-Dimensional Planing Flat Plate in a Channel of Finite Depth - I (1964) (1)
- Closure to “Discussion of ‘A Note on the Calculation of Supercavitating Hydrofoils With Rounded Noses’” (1973, ASME J. Fluids Eng., 95, p. 227) (1973) (1)
- Closure to “Discussions of ‘Cavitation in Turbopumps—Part 1’ and ‘Cavitation in Turbopumps—Part 2’” (1962, ASME J. Basic Eng., 84, pp. 349–350) (1962) (1)
- Tip Vortices in Unsteady Flows (1992) (0)
- Closure to “Discussion of ‘Quasi Two-Dimensional Flows Through a Cascade’” (1968, ASME J. Eng. Power, 90, p. 128) (1968) (0)
- Non-linear calculation of separated flow in centrifugal impellers and its application to filing problems. (1989) (0)
- Some comments on pump cavitation research (1960) (0)
- A Note on the Unsteady Cavity Flow in a Tunnel (1974) (0)
- Note on an airfoil in a slightly non-uniform stream (1968) (0)
- Discussion: “Head and Flow Observations on a High-Efficiency Free Centrifugal-Pump Impeller” (Osborne, W. C., and Morelli, D. A., 1950, Trans. ASME, 72, pp. 999–1006) (1950) (0)
- Dynamics of cavitating cascades and inducer pumps (1981) (0)
- Relating Trailing Vortex Cavitation Inception To Single Phase Flow Measurements (1989) (0)
- Cavitation inception and internal flows with cavitation / by Allan J. Acosta. (1979) (0)
- Hydrodynamics of Turbomachines. (1980) (0)
- Experimental study of cavitating hydrofoils in cascade Final report (1968) (0)
- Closure to “Discussions of ‘Viscous Effects in the Inception of Cavitation on Axisymmetric Bodies’” (1974, ASME J. Fluids Eng., 96, pp. 73–76) (1974) (0)
- Discussion: “The Wall Effect in Cavity Flow” (Ai, D. K., 1966, ASME J. Basic Eng., 88, pp. 132–136) (1966) (0)
- I Theoretical Study of Fluid Forces 1 Introduction (2004) (0)
- Impeller-Induced Rotor-Dynamic Forces (1989) (0)
- Dynamics of Cavitating Cascades. (1972) (0)
- AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF CAVIl ATING INDUCERS (2014) (0)
- Cavitation inception and internal flows with cavitation (1979) (0)
- Closure to “Discussions of ‘Unsteady Flow in Cavitating Turbopumps’” (1975, ASME J. Fluids Eng., 97, pp. 417–418) (1975) (0)
- Experimental Study of Cavitating Hydrofoils in Cascade (1968) (0)
- Discussion: “On Flow Past a Supercavitating Cascade of Cambered Blades” (Hsu, C. C., 1972, ASME J. Basic Eng., 94, pp. 163–168) (1972) (0)
- IMPELLER-INDUCED ROTQR-DYNAMIC FORCES (2004) (0)
- A laboratory experiment on simulated wave-riding dolphins (1961) (0)
- Closure to “Discussion of ‘The Effect of a Longitudinal Gravitational Field on the Supercavitating Flow Over a Wedge’” (1962, ASME J. Appl. Mech., 29, pp. 218–219) (1962) (0)
- Final Report: Hydrodynamics of Turbomachines (1965) (0)
- Report on Design and Construction of the Axial Flow Pump Test Facility (1953) (0)
- Laboratory Developments for Study of Flow in Rotating Channels (1948) (0)
- A NOTE ON THE INFLUENCE OF AXIAL VELOCITY RATIO ON POTENTIAL FLOW CASCADE PERFORMANCE (1969) (0)
- NON LINEAR CALCULATION OF SUPERCAVITATING HYDROFOILS NEAR A FREE SURFACE (1976) (0)
- Dynamics of cavitating cascades. [transfer functions] (1980) (0)
- Discussion: “Force and Moment Measurements of Supercavitating Hydrofoils of Finite Span With Comparison to Theory” (Leehey, P., and Stellinger, T. S., 1975, ASME J. Fluids Eng., 97, pp. 453–462) (1975) (0)
- Closure to “Discussion of ‘The Utilization of Specially Tailored Air Bubbles as Static Pressure Sensors in a Jet’” (1984, ASME J. Fluids Eng., 106, pp. 464–465) (1984) (0)
- Closure to “Discussion of ‘Separation and Surface Nuclei Effects in a Cavitation Susceptibility Meter’” (1991, ASME J. Fluids Eng., 113, pp. 698–699) (1991) (0)
- POTENTIAL FLOW THROUGH RADIAL FLOW TURBO-MACHINE ROTORS (1954) (0)
- Interview with Allan J. Acosta (1998) (0)
- Cavitation in Axial Flow Pumps: Termination Report (1956) (0)
- Discussion: “Two-Dimensional Method for Calculating Separated Flow in a Centrifugal Impeller” (Sturge, D. P., and Cumpsty, N. A., 1975, ASME J. Fluids Eng., 97, pp. 581–591) (1975) (0)
- HYDROFOILS AND HYDROFOIL CRAFT ̄ : " 8041 (2005) (0)
- FLOW IN HYDRAULIC MACHINERY (1956) (0)
- Education of Mechanical Engineers in U.S.A. (1987) (0)
- THE EFFECT OF MERIDIAN CURVATURE. SUPPLEMENT TO POTENTIAL FLOW THROUGH RADIAL FLOW TURBOMACHINE ROTORS (1954) (0)
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