Gordon Holloway

Honorary Research Professor

PhD

Mechanical Engineering

Fredericton

holloway@unb.ca
1 506 447 3108



Research interests

  • Turbulent Shear Flow and the Effects of Flow Curvature and Rotation
  • Wing Tip Vortex Stability
  • Submarine Hydrodynamics and Slender Body Theory
  • Aerial Sprays for Forest Pesticide Applications
  • Flow induced Vibration in Polymer Reactor Vessels
  • Flow Over Backward Facing Menisci in Continuous Metal Casting

Selected publications

T.L. Jeans, G.D. Watt, A.G. Gerber, A.G.L. Holloway, and C.R. Baker, “Flow around Axisymmetric Bodies With Tapered Tails at Moderate Incidence Part I: A Computational Study”, Accepted for the AIAA Journal 2008.

T.L. Jeans, A.G. L. Holloway, G.D. Watt, and A.G. Gerber, “Flow around Axisymmetric Bodies With Tapered Tails at Moderate Incidence Part II: An Improved Force Estimation Method”, Accepted for the AIAA Journal 2008.

A.G.L. Holloway and S. Richardson, “Development of a Trailing Vortex Formed with Spanwise Tip Jets”, AIAA Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 44, No. 3, p. 845, May-June 2007.

A.G. Gerber, A.G.L. Holloway, and C. Ng, “A CFD Model of the Unsteady Response of a Backward-Facing Compliant Step”, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, In Press June 2007.

N. Kippers, K. Mohamed, A.G.L. Holloway, A.G. Gerber, “ Experimental and Computational Study of the Vibrations of a Pitched Blade Impeller in a Baffled Mixing Vessel”, CSME Forum 2008 Ottawa Canada.

N. Kippers, K. Mohamed, A.G.L. Holloway, A.G. Gerber, “Experimental Study of the Oscillation of a Backward Facing Compliant Step”, CSME Forum 2008 Ottawa Canada.

Jeans, T.L., Holloway, A.G.L., Watt, G.D. and Gerber, A.G., “An Estimation Method for the _Normal Force on Slender Axisymmetric Bodies With Tapered Tails”, Canadian Marine Hydrodynamics and Structures Conference (CMHSC 2007), Oct. 16-17, 2007, St. John’s, NL.

G.D. Watt, A.G. Gerber, and A.G.L. Holloway, “Submarine Hydrodynamics Studies Using Computational Fluid Dynamics”, Canadian Marine Hydrodynamics and Structures Conference (CMHSC 2007), Oct. 16-17, 2007, St. John’s, NL.

T.L. Jeans, A.G.L. Holloway, G.D. Watt, and A.G. Gerber, “An Improved Force Estimation Method for Flow around Axisymmetric Bodies With Tapered Tails at Moderate Incidence”, AIAA Conference on Applied Aerodynamics, Miami Florida, June 25-28, 2007.

A.G.L. Holloway , D. Roach, and H. Akbary, “Measurement of the combined effects of favourable pressure gradient and streamline curvature on sheared turbulence”, J. of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 526, 2005, pp. 303-336.

S. Richardson, J. Bettle, and A.G.L. Holloway, “Development of a Wing Tip Trailing Vortex Formed with Spanwise Tip Blowing”, ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting and Exhibition, FEDS2005-77130 Houston Texas, June 19-23, 2005. (Also presented at CANCAM 2005 in abstract form.)

T.L. Jeans, C.R. Baker, A.G.L. Holloway, A.G. Gerber, and G.D. Watt, “A Critical Review of Classical Force Estimation Methods for Streamlined Underwater Vehicles Using Experimental and CFD Data”, ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting and Exhibition, FEDS2005-77152, Houston Texas, June 19-23, 2005. (Also presented at CANCAM 2005 in abstract form.