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BOOK, DISSERTATION AND THESES

• The design of high-efficiency turbomachinery and gas turbines. By D. G. Wilson and T. Korakianitis, 2nd edition, Prentice Hall, 1998.
• A design method for the prediction of unsteady forces on subsonic, axial gas-turbine blades. Sc.D. dissertation in Mechanical Engineering, MIT, July 1987.
• Introduction of a low-pressure-ratio,  highly-regenerative, advanced Brayton-cycle engine for marine propulsion and  problems of its integration in the fishing industry.  MS in Mechanical Engineering and MS in Ocean Systems Management thesis, MIT, May 1985.
• Design of a multi-fuel injector. MS in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering thesis, MIT, May 1982.
• Engine room machinery arrangement for a bulk carrier powered by a 7.5 MW slow-speed diesel engine. Newastle Upon Tyne University, U.K., March 1981.

 REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES
 

• Introduction and performance prediction of a nutating-disk engine. By T. Korakianitis, L. Meyer, M. Boruta and and H. E. McCormick. ASME paper 99-GT-xxx. Transactions of the ASME, Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power (in print)
• Off-design performance of various gas-turbine cycle and shaft configurations. By T. Korakianitis and K. Svensson. ASME paper 98-GT-386. Transactions of the ASME, Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power (in print)
• Turbocharger-design effects on gasoline-engine performance. By T. Korakianitis and T. Sadoi. ASME paper 97-GT-387. Transactions of the ASME, Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power (in print)
• Parametric performance of combined-cogeneration power plants with various power and efficiency enhancements. By T. Korakianitis, J. Grantstrom, P. Wassingbo and A. Massardo. ASME paper 97-GT-285. Transactions of the ASME, Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power (in print)
• An assessment of the performance of closed cycles with and without heat rejection at cryogenic temperatures. By A. Agazzani, A. Massardo and T. Korakianitis. ASME paper 96-GT-344. Transactions of the ASME, Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power (in print)
• Models for the prediction of transients in closed regenerative gas-turbine cycles with centrifugal impellers. By T. Korakianitis, N. E. Vlachopoulos and D. Zou. ASME paper 94-GT-342. Transactions of the ASME, Journal of Turbomachinery, or Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power (in print)
• Models for predicting the performance of Brayton-cycle engines. By T. Korakianitis and D. G. Wilson. ASME paper 92-GT-361. Transactions of the ASME, Journal of
• Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Vol. 116, No. 2, pp. 381-388, April 1994
• Investigation of the part-load performance of two 1.12 MW regenerative marine gas turbines. By T. Korakianitis and K. Beier. ASME paper 92-GT-86. Transactions of the ASME, Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Vol. 116, No. 2, pp. 418-423, April 1994
• The influence of stator-rotor gap on axial-turbine unsteady forcing functions. By T. Korakianitis. AIAA Journal, Vol. 31, No. 7, pp. 1256-1264, July 1993
• Unsteady-flow / quasi-steady heat transfer computations on a turbine rotor and comparison with experiments. By T. Korakianitis, P. Papagiannidis and N. Vlachopoulos. ASME paper 93-GT-145. Accepted for publication in the Transactions of the ASME, Journal of Turbomachinery
• Prediction of the transient thermodynamic response of a  closed-cycle regenerative gas turbine. By T. Korakianitis, J. I. Hochstein and D. Zou. ASME paper 93-GT-136. Transactions of the ASME, Journal of Turbomachinery (in print)
• Analytic model of hydraulic lifter with disk check valve.  By T. Korakianitis and G. I. Pantazopoulos. Washington University report WU-ICE 91-10. Transactions of the ASME, Journal of Mechanical Design (in print)
• Analytic model of hydraulic lifter with spherical check valve.  By T. Korakianitis and G. I. Pantazopoulos. Washington University report WU-ICE 91-11. Transactions of the ASME, Journal of Mechanical Design (in print)
• On the propagation of viscous wakes and potential-flow in axial-turbine cascades. By T. Korakianitis. Transactions of the ASME, Journal of Turbomachinery, Vol. 115, No. 1, pp. 118-127, January 1993. (ASME paper 91-GT-373)
• Hierarchical development of three direct-design methods for two-dimensional axial-turbomachinery cascades. By T. Korakianitis. Transactions of the ASME, Journal of Turbomachinery, Vol. 115, No. 2, pp. 314-324, April 1993. (ASME paper 91-JPGC-Pwr-5)
• Prescribed-curvature-distribution airfoils for the preliminary geometric design of axial-turbomachinery cascades. By T. Korakianitis. Transactions of the ASME, Journal of Turbomachinery, Vol. 115, No. 2, pp. 325-333, April 1993. (ASME paper 92-GT-366)
•  Improved turbine-blade design techniques using 4th-order parametric spline segments. By T. Korakianitis and G. I. Pantazopoulos. Computer-Aided Design (CAD), Vol. 25, No. 5, pp. 289-299, May 1993
• Surface-curvature-distribution effects on turbine-cascade performance. By T. Korakianitis and P. Papagiannidis. Transactions of the ASME, Journal of Turbomachinery,
• Vol. 115, No. 2, pp. 334-341, April 1993. (ASME paper 92-GT-84)
• Marine gas turbines: cycle-parameter choices and shaft-arrangement effects on performance. By T. Korakianitis. Transactions of the Institute of Marine Engineers (UK),
• Vol. 104, Part 6, pp.187-201, 1992.
• Blade-loading effects on the propagation of unsteady flows and on forcing functions in axial turbine cascades. By T. Korakianitis. Journal de Physique III, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 507-525, April 1992
• On the prediction of unsteady forces on gas-turbine blades. Part 1: description of the approach. By T. Korakianitis. Transactions of the ASME, Journal of Turbomachinery,
• Vol. 114, No. 1, pp. 114-122, January 1992
•  On the prediction of unsteady forces on gas-turbine blades. Part 2: analysis of the results. By T. Korakianitis. Based on ASME papers 88-GT-89 and 88-GT-90. Transactions of the ASME, Journal of Turbomachinery, Vol. 114, No. 1, pp. 123-131, January 1992
• Pulsed thrust propellant reorientation: concept and modeling. By J. I. Hochstein, A. Patag, T. Korakianitis and D. Chato. AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 770-777, Jul-Aug 1992
• Modeling of impulsive propellant reorientation. By J. I. Hochstein, T. Korakianitis, A. Patag and D. Chato. AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 7, No. 6, pp. 938-945, Nov-Dec 1991
• Design of airfoils and cascades of airfoils. By T. Korakianitis. AIAA Journal, Vol. 27, No. 4, pp. 455-461, April 1989
• Low-pressure-ratio, regenerative, Brayton-cycle engines: the next generation of marine prime movers? By T. Korakianitis and D. G. Wilson. Transactions, The Institute of Marine Engineers, London, Vol. 99, paper 1, 1987
• Technical and economic evaluation of two alternative methods for the repowering conversion of the Glomar Explorer. By T. Korakianitis, J. J. Guilfoyle and M. C. Oakes.   SNAME Marine Engineering Series, Jan 1984

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