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C. Taber Wanstall
Assistant Professor
Full-Time Faculty
School of Engineering: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Bio
Dr. Taber Wanstall joined the University of Dayton in 2021 after receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Alabama the year prior. His research interests cover a wide array of topics in the thermal-fluid sciences including: fuel sprays and combustion, real-fluid thermodynamics and supercritical mixing, development and implementation of quantitative optical diagnostics, two-phase flow, and hydrodynamic stability. In his research, he seeks to corroborate first principle/mathematical understandings with experimental validations. Currently (2021), Dr. Wanstall has authored 11 journal publications.
Selected Publications
- Wanstall, C. T., Agrawal, A. K., & Bittle, J. A. (In press). Transient mixing behavior of a supercritical fluid injected into supercritical and subcritical environments, Physics of Fluids.
- Wanstall, C. T., & Johnson, P. R. (2021). The role of buoyancy induced instability in transpirational cooling applications. Applied Science, 11, 11766. doi:10.3390/app112411766
- Wanstall, C. T., Bittle, J. A., & Agrawal, A. K. (2021). Quantitative concentration measurements in a turbulent helium jet using rainbow schlieren deflectometry. Experiments in Fluids, 62(3), 1-13. doi: 10.1007/s00348-021-03154-2
- Reggeti, S., Parker, A., Wanstall, C. T., Bittle, J. A., & Agrawal, A. K. (2021). Comparing global spray combustion characteristics and local shot-to-shot variations in a reacting n-heptane spray. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 143(9). doi: 10.1115/1.4050868
- Parker, A., Wanstall, C. T., Reggeti, S., Bittle, J. A., & Agrawal, A. K. (2020). Simultaneous rainbow schlieren deflectometry and OH* chemiluminescence imaging of a diesel spray flame in constant pressure flow rig. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute. doi: 10.1016/j.proci.2020.05.045
- Wanstall, C. T., Agrawal, A. K., & Bittle, J. A. (2019). Phase boundary detection in transient, evaporating high-pressure fuel sprays by rainbow schlieren deflectometry. Applied Optics, 58(25), 6791-6801. doi: 10.1364/AO.58.006791
- Wanstall, C. T., Junne, H., Bittle, J. A., & Agrawal, A. K. (2019). A robust statistical algorithm for boundary detection in liquid sprays. Atomization and Sprays, 29(12). doi: 10.1615/AtomizSpr.2020032584
- Wanstall, C. T., Agrawal, A. K., & Bittle, J. A. (2020). Implications of real-gas behavior on refractive index calculations for optical diagnostics of fuel–air mixing at high pressures. Combustion and Flame, 214, 47-56. doi: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2019.12.023
- Agrawal, A. K., & Wanstall, C. T. (2018). Rainbow schlieren deflectometry for scalar measurements in fluid flows. Journal of Flow Visualization and Image Processing, 25, (3-4). doi: 10.1615/JFlowVisImageProc.2018028312
- Wanstall, C. T., & Hadji, L. (2018). A step function density profile model for the convective stability of CO2 geological sequestration. Journal of Engineering Mathematics, 108(1), 53-71. doi: 10.1007/s10665-017-9907-9
- Wanstall, C. T., Agrawal, A. K., & Bittle, J. A. (2017). Quantifying liquid boundary and vapor distributions in a fuel spray by rainbow schlieren deflectometry. Applied Optics, 56(30), 8385-8393. doi: 10.1364/AO.56.008385
Selected Honors and Awards
- University of Alabama’s Outstanding Dissertation Award (Best Dissertation at UA)
- Engineering Council of Birmingham’s Graduate Mechanical Engineering Student of the Year (2020)
- 2021 Most Valuable Paper Award ASME Internal Combustion Engines Fall Technical Conference
Courses Taught
- Thermodynamics
- Fluid Mechanics
Degrees
- Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering – University of Alabama (2020)
- M.S. in Mechanical Engineering – University of Alabama (2019)
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mathematics – University of Alabama (2015)
Research Interests
- Fuel sprays and combustion
- Real-fluid mixture thermodynamics and supercritical mixing behavior
- High-speed, spatially resolved optical diagnostics for fluid flow applications
- Two-phase flow
- Hydrodynamic stability