Past Publications

This represents a selection of representative publications and presentations, it is not intended to be a complete list.

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Stability and Transition

• Breuer, K.S., Haritonidis, J.H. & Landahl, M.T. "The control of transient disturbances in a flat plate boundary layer through active wall motion." Physics of Fluids, 1(3). pp. 574-582. 1989.
• Cohen, J., Breuer, K.S., & Haritonidis, J.H. "On the evolution of a wave packet in a laminar boundary layer." Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 225. pp. 574-606. 1990.
• Breuer, K.S. & Haritonidis, J.H. "The structure and splitting of the turbulent puff in transitional pipe flow." Advances in Turbulence, 3. Eds. A.V. Johansson & P.H. Alfredsson. Springer-Verlag. 1990.
• Breuer, K.S. & Haritonidis, J.H. "The evolution of a localized disturbance in a laminar boundary layer. Part I: Weak disturbances." Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 220. pp. 569-594. 1990.
• Breuer, K.S. & Landahl. M.T. "The evolution of a localized disturbance in a laminar boundary layer. Part II: Strong disturbances." Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 220. pp. 595-621. 1990.
• Breuer, K.S. & Kuraishi, T. "Transient growth in two- and three-dimensional boundary layers." Physics of Fluids, 6 (6). pp. 1983-1993. 1994.
• Henningson, D.S., Gustavsson, L.H. & Breuer, K.S. "Localized disturbances in parallel shear flows." Journal of Applied Research, 53. pp. 51-97. 1994.
• O’Sullivan, P. & Breuer, K.S. "Transient growth in circular pipe flow. Part I: Linear disturbances." Physics of Fluids, 6 (11). pp. 3643-3651. 1994.
• O’Sullivan, P. & Breuer, K.S. "Transient growth in circular pipe flow. Part II: Nonlinear development." Physics of Fluids, 6 (11). pp. 3652--3664. 1994.
• Breuer, K.S., Dzenitis, M., Gunnarsson, J. & Ullmar, M. "Linear and nonlinear evolution of roughness-induced disturbances in a laminar boundary layer." Physics of Fluids, 8 (6) pp. 1415-1423. 1996.
• Breuer, K.S., Cohen, J. & Haritonidis, J.H. "The late stages of transition induced by a low-amplitude wavepacket in a laminar boundary layer." J. Fluid Mechanics, 340 pp. 395-411. 1997.
• King, R.A. & Breuer, K.S. "Acoustic Receptivity of a Blasius Boundary Layer with 2-D and Oblique Surface Waviness." J. Fluid Mech., 432. pp. 69 - 90 April, 2001.
• King, R.A. & Breuer, K.S. "Oblique Transition in a Laminar Blasius Boundary Layer." J. Fluid Mech., 453. pp.177 - 200. 2002.

Micron-scale Flows and Microdevices

• Padmanabhan, A, Goldberg, H. D, Breuer, K.S. & Schmidt, M. A. "A wafer-bonded floating-element shear-stress microsensor with optical position sensing by photodiodes." J. MicroElectroMechanical Systems, 5 (4) pp. 307-315. 1996.
• Piekos, E.S. & Breuer, K.S. "DSMC modeling of micromechanical devices." J. Fluids Engineering, 118 pp. 464-469. 1996.
• Piekos, E.S., Orr, D.J., Jacobson, S.A., Ehrich, F.F. & Breuer, K.S. "Design and Analysis of Microfabricated High Speed Gas Journal Bearings." AIAA Paper 97-1966, Snowmass, CO. June 1997.
• Epstein, A.H., Senturia, S.D, .Al-Midani, O, Anathasuresh, G, Ayon, A., Breuer, K., Chen, K-S, Ehrich, F.E., Esteve,E., Frechette, L., Gauba, G., Ghodssi, R., Groshenry, C., Jacobson, S., Kerrebrock, J.L., Lang, J.H., Lin, C-C., London, A., Lopata, J., Mehra, A., Mur Miranda, J.O., Nagle, S., Orr, D.J, Piekos,.E., Schmidt, M.A., Shirley, G., Spearing, S.M., Tan, C.S., Tzeng, Y-S and Waitz, I.A. "Micro-Heat Engines, Gas Turbines and Rocket Engines - the MIT Microengine Project." AIAA Paper 97-1773. Snowmass, CO. June 1997. (Invited).
• Arkilic, E. B. Schmidt, M.A. & Breuer, K.S. "Gaseous slip flow in long microchannels." J. MicroElectroMechanical Systems, 6 (2). June 1997.
• Arkilic, E.B., Schmidt, M.A. & Breuer, K.S. "Sub-nanomol flow measurement near atmospheric pressure." Experiments in Fluids, 25, 37-41, Springer-Verlag 1998.
• Piekos, E.S. & Breuer, K.S. "Pseudo-Spectral orbit simulation of non-ideal gas-lubricated journal bearings for microfabricated turbomachines." J. Tribology, 121 pp. 604-609. July 1999
• Bayt, R., Breuer, K.S., & Ayon, A.A. "DRIE-Fabricated nozzles for generating supersonic flows in micropropulsion systems." Proceedings of the Solid-State Sensor and Actuator Workshop, Hilton Head, SC, June 1998

Flow Control

• Rathnasingham, R. & Breuer, K.S. "Coupled fluid-structural characteristics of actuators for flow control." AIAA Journal, 35 (5) pp. 832-837. May 1997.
• Rathnasingham, R. & Breuer, K.S. "System identification and control of a turbulent boundary layer." Physics of Fluids, 9(7) pp. 1867-1869. July 1997.
• Lorkowski, T., Rathnasingham, R. & Breuer, K.S. "Small Scale forcing of a turbulent boundary layer." AIAA Paper 97-1792, Snowmass, CO. June 1997.

Microsensors and Experimental Techniques

• Lueptow, R., Breuer, K.S. & Haritonidis, J.H. "Computer aided calibration of x-probes using a look-up table." Experiments in Fluids, 6. pp. 115-118. 1988.
• Breuer, K.S "Stochastic calibration of sensors in turbulent flow fields." Experiments in Fluids, 19 (2). pp. 138-141. 1995.
• Miller, M, Allen, M. A, Breuer, K. S. Schmidt, M. A, Arkilic, E. "A Microfabricated Fabry-Perot Pressure Sensor." Proceedings of the IEEE Transducers '97 Conference, Chicago, IL, June 1997.
• Breuer, K.S., Bayt, R. A and Nayaar, A. "Micromachined Shear and Temperature Sensors." Proceedings of the 4th ASME Microfluids Symposium, Nashville TN. Nov 1999.
• Sheplak, M., Seiner, J.M., Breuer, K.S., & Schmidt, M.A. "A MEMS microphone for aeroacoustics measurements." AIAA Paper 99-0606, Reno, NV, January 1999
• Breuer, K. S. "MEMS Sensors for Aerodynamic Applications - the Good, the Bad & the Ugly." AIAA Paper 2000-0251. Aerosopace Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV Jan 2000. (invited)
• Miller, M, Allen, M. G, Bayt, R.L. & Breuer, K. S. "Design and Testing of Micromachined Fabry-Perot Pressure Sensors for Aerodynamic Applications." AIAA Paper 2000-0253. Aerosopace Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV Jan 2000.
• Sheplak, M., Padmanabhan, A., Schmidt, M.A., & Breuer, K.S., "Dynamic Calibration of a Shear-Stress Sensor Using Stokes Layer Excitation." AIAA Journal, 39(5). pp. 819-823, 2001.

MicroEngines, MicroPropulsion and Microactuatorss

• Bayt, R.L.& Breuer, K.S. "A silicon heat heat-exchanger with an integrated intrinsic-point heater demonstrated in a micropropulsion application." IEEE Solid State Sensors and Actuators Workshop. Hilton Head SC. June 2000.
• Bayt, R. & Breuer, K.S. "Fabrication and Testing of Micron-Sized Cold-Gas Thrusters." Micropropulsion of Small Spacecraft. Advances in Aeronautics and Astronautics, Vol 187. . Ed. Micci, M & Ketsdever, A. AIAA Press. Washington DC. 2000.
• Carretero, J. & Breuer, K.S. "Measurement and Modeling of the Flow Characteristics of Micro Disk Valves." Proceedings of the ASME Microfluidics Symposium. Orlando, FL. Nov. 2000.
• Bayt, R.L., & Breuer, K.S. "Analysis and Testing of a Silicon Intrinsic Point Heater in a Micropropulsion Application." Sensors and Actuators, A. 91. pp. 249-255. 2001.
• Bayt, R.L. & Breuer, K.S. "Systems Design and Performance of Hot and Cold Supersonic Microjets." AIAA Paper 2001-0721. AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno NV. Jan 2001.
• Breuer, K.S. "Design, Fabrication and Performance of MEMS Actuators for Flow Control." Flow control and MEMS Von Karman Institute Lecture Series. 2002.
• Luc G. Fréchette, Stuart A. Jacobson, Kenneth S. Breuer, Fredric F. Ehrich, Reza Ghodssi, Ravi Khanna, Chee Wei Wong, Xin Zhang, Martin A. Schmidt & Alan H. Epstein "Demonstration of a Microfabricated High-Speed Turbine Supported on Gas Bearings." IEEE Solid State Sensors and Actuators Workshop. Hilton Head SC. June 2000.
• Savoulides, N., Jacobsen, S., Ehrich, F., & Breuer, K.S . "Low order models for very short hybrid gas bearings." J. Tribology, 123. pp 368--375. April 2001.
• Breuer K.S. "Lubrication in MEMS." CRC Handbook on MEMS, Ed. M Gad-el-Hak. CRC Press. 2002.
• Breuer, K.S. et al. "Challenges for High-Speed Lubrication in MEMS" NanoTribology, Ed. S Hsu. Kluwer Press 2002.
• Piekos, E.S. & Breuer, K.S. "Manufacturing Effects in Microfabricated Gas Bearings: Axially Varying Clearance" J. Tribology, 124. pp. 815-821. 2002.
• H.Q. Li, D.C. Roberts, J.L. Steyn, K.T. Turner, J. A. Carretero, O. Yaglioglu, Y.-H. Su, L. Saggere, N.W. Hagood, S.M. Spearing, and M.A. Schmidt, R. Mlcak & K Breuer. "A High Frequency High flow rate piezoelectrically driven MEMS Micropump." IEEE Solid State Sensors and Actuators Workshop. Hilton Head SC. June 2000.

Miscellaneous

• Breuer, K.S. & Sirovich, L. "The use of the Karhunen-Loève procedure for the calculation of linear eigenfunctions." Journal of Computational Physics, 96. pp. 277-296. 1991.
• Breuer, K.S. & Everson, R.M. "On the errors incurred calculating derivatives using Chebyshev polynomials." Journal of Computational Physics, 99 (1). pp. 56-67. 1992.
• Henry, R.C., Hansman, R.J. & Breuer, K.S. "Measurement of heat transfer variation on surface roughness elements using infrared techniques." Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, 9(1). pp. 175-180. 1995.
• Dinavahi, S., Breuer, K.S. & Sirovich, L. "Universality of probability density functions in turbulent channel flow." Physics of Fluids, 7 (5). pp. 1122-1129. 1995
• Kang, E., Breuer, K.S. & Tan, C.S. "Control of Leakage Flows using Periodic Excitation." AIAA Paper, 2000-2232. Fluids 2000 Conference, Denver CO. June 2000.
• Bae, J., Breuer, K.S. & Tan, C.S. "Control of Tip Clearance Flows in Axial Compressors." AIAA Paper, 2000-2232. Fluids 2000 Conference, Denver CO. June 2000.
• Bae, J., Breuer, K.S. & Tan, C.S., "Active control of tip clearance flow in axial compressors." J. of Turbomachinery, 127(2). pp. 352-362. 2005.