Mechanical Engineering Department
Charles W. Knisely
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA 17837
Phone: (570) 577-1817
Fax: (570) 577-7281
knisely@bucknell.edu
Educational Background: - B.S., Bucknell University, 1975
- M.S., Bucknell University, 1978
- Ph.D., Lehigh University, 1980
Teaching Experience: - Kyoto University
- University of Karlsruhe
- Bucknell University, 1990-Present
Teaching Interests/Specialties: - Thermodynamics I and II
- Introduction to thermodynamics and heat transfer
- Fluid dynamics
- Compressible flow
- Heat transfer
- Boundary layer theory and convective heat transfer
- Engineering acoustics and noise control
- Flow-Induced vibration and noise
- Turbomachinery
- Aerodynamics
Research Interests: - Conducted research in experimental fluid dynamics, diesel engine flows, air jet weaving machinery, impinging shear layers, flow-induced vibrations, vortex shedding, linear and nonlinear signal processing, separated flows, flow visualization, unsteady combustion, acoustics, convective heat transfer, air-lift jet pumps, sail boats
- Holds six patents with several additional patents pending
- Consulted for multiple firms on flow-induced vibrations, unsteady fluid flow
- Successful proposals for instrumentation, unsteady bluff body aerodynamics and unsteady combustion research, acoustics, hydraulics
Selected Publications: - Knisely, C.W. 1990 "Strouhal Numbers of Rectangular Cylinders at Incidence: A Review and New Data, "Journal of Fluids and Structures, 4, pp. 371-393.
- Ishii, N. and Knisely, C.W. 1992 "Flow-Induced Vibration of Shell-Type Long-Span Gates, "Journal of Fluids and Structures, 6, pp. 681-703.
- Knisely, C.W. 1994 "Nappe Oscillation Countermeasure" Contributed Papers in Fluids Engineering 1994 (FED Vol. 182), Proceedings of 1994 ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, Lake Tahoe, NV June 19-23, pp. 17-24.
- Knisely, C.W. 2000 "Enhancement of Convective Heat Transfer Due to Self-Sustained 2-DOF Baffle Oscillations" Proceedings of the 4th International Colloquium on Bluff Body Aerodynamics and Applications, Sept. 2000, Bochum, Germany, pp. 653-656.
- Anami, K. Ishii, N., and Knisely, C.W. 2004a "Validation of Theoretical Analysis of Tainter-Gate Instability Using Full-Scale Field Tests," Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Flow-Induced Vibrations FIV2004, Paris, 6-9 July 2004.
- Oku, T., Anami, K., Ishii, N., Knisely, C.W., Yasuda, K., Sawai, K., Sano, K., Morimoto, T., 2005 "Gas Leakage in CO2 Scroll Compressors and Its Use in Simulations of Optimal Performance" Proceedings of the "International Conference on Compressors and Their Systems", September 4-7, London, UK, pp 403-412.
- Anami, K. Ishii, N., Knisely C.W., and Oku, T. 2006a "Vibration Test with a 1/13th Scaled Model of the Folsom Dam Tainter-Gate and Its Prediction by Theory," presented at the ASME/PVP Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada July 23-27.
- Knisely, C.W. 2007 "Flow Induced by an Emanating Wall" 2007 International Conference on Engineering and Mathematics, ENMA 2007, 9-11 July 2007, Bilbao, Spain.
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