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Walter Smith
Research Associate Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Phone: (831) 656-2593
Email: walter.smith@nps.edu
NPS Experience
- 2019 - current: Research Associate Professor
Other Experience
- 2005 - 2018 Principal Engineer, Naval Nuclear Laboratory - KAPL
Scholarly Work
Publications
- Conference Proceedings
- Magno, D., Gannon, A. J., Smith, W., & Hobson, G. V, (2022). A Method to Improve the Sensitivity of Capacitive Proximity Probes for Tip Gap Measurement.
- Thomas, M., Gannon, A. J., Smith, W., & Hobson, G. V, (2022). Using Blade Surface Heat Transfer for Partial Intercooling and Thrust Augmentation.
- Meinster, B., Smith, W., Hobson, G. V., & Gannon, A. J, (2022). COMPARISON OF STALL POINT PREDICTIONS IN A TRANSONIC AXIAL COMPRESSOR ROTOR USING SINGLE PASSAGE AND THREE PASSAGE CFD GEOMETRIES.
- Pollman, A. G., Fredrickson, A., Gannon, A. J., & Smith, W, (2021). Selection of a Heat Exchanger for a Small-scale Liquid Air Energy Storage System.
- Lewis, J., Gannon, A. J., & Smith, W, (2020). System for the Generation, Compression, and Storage of Hydrogen Gas from Renewable Sources..
- Pertzborn, A. J., & Smith, W, (2009). Application of a Fiber Optic Probe to High Void Fraction Air/Water Flow.
- Leifer, I., Piorek, B., Smith, W., & Banerjee, S, (2003). Large-Scale Turbulence Generation and Microbreaking Waves.
- Journal Articles
- Anderson, C., Shaner, F., Smith, W., & Luhrs, C, Incorporation of Phase Change Materials into the Surface of Aluminum Structures for Thermal Management. MDPI Materials, 19(15).
- Reinhart, A., Ansell, T., Smith, W., & Nieto, A, (2021). Oxide Reinforced Ti64 Composites Processed by Selective Laser Melting. Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 9(30), 6949-6960.
- Smith, W., & Dean, R. W, (2013). Structural characteristics of fused deposition modeling polycarbonate material. POLYMER TESTING, 8(32), 1306-1312.
- Vassallo, P., Cope, W. K., & Smith, W, (2010). Effect of flow topology on the calculation of two-phase frictional multipliers in uniformly heated flow of R-134a in a rectangular duct. EXPERIMENTAL THERMAL AND FLUID SCIENCE, 8(34), 1057-1067.
- Turney, D. E., Smith, W., & Banerjee, S, (2005). A measure of near-surface fluid motions that predicts air-water gas transfer in a wide range of conditions. Geophysical Research Letters, (32).