Publications

Journal articles

1. Dove, D., Dixon, J., Trotsky, M., Isaacs, C., Baccarella D., and Kihm, K. (2026). Ratiometric Infrared Thermography for an Emissivity-Free Analysis in High Enthalpy Test Facilities. Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, under review.
2. Isaacs C., Samuels K., Baccarella D. (2026). Freestream Flow Reconstruction from Heat Flux and Pressure Measurements in a Mach 6 Arcjet Tunnel. ASME J. Fluids Eng., June 2026; 148(6): 061502.
3. Samuels K., Baccarella, D. (2026). Nonequilibrium Analysis of Emission Spectra in the Plenum Chamber of an Arcjet Wind Tunnel. Aerospace Science and Technology, Volume 172, May 2026, pp. 111721.
4. Isaacs C., Trotsky M., Samuels K., Dove D., Kihm K., Baccarella D. (2026). Aerothermal Testing in a Pulsed Arcjet Tunnel with Laser Preheating. Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Published Online: 13 Jan 2026.
5. Bryan A., Drewry S., Isaacs C., Trotsky M., Cladek B., Stewart N., Davis J., Young S., Baccarella D., Page K., Penumadu D. (2026). Multiscale structural evolution and permeability in a commercial carbon/carbon composite under arc-jet ablation. Carbon Trends, Volume 22, January 2026, pp. 100604.
6. Samuels K., Isaacs C., Baccarella D. (2025). Emission Spectroscopy Through Converging–Diverging Nozzle of Hypersonic Arcjet Tunnel. AIAA Journal, Vol. 64, No. 2, pp. 744–758.
7. Trotsky M., Baccarella D. (2025). Development and validation of an in-situ recession measurement technique for ablative materials. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 58(32), pp. 325305.
8. Baccarella D., Samuels K. (2024). Characterization of University of Tennessee High-Enthalpy Tunnel with Nitrogen Flow. Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, 39(3), pp. 454–467.
9. Trotsky M., Isaacs C., Samuels K., Baccarella D. (2024). HyperMATE: A Novel Aerothermal Testing Facility at the University of Tennessee. J. Thermal Sci. Eng. Appl., Oct 2024, 16(10): 101010.
10. Baccarella D., Liu Q., McGann B., Lee G. and Lee T. (2021). Isolator-combustor interactions in a circular model scramjet with thermal and non-thermal choking-induced unstart. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 917, A38.
11. Liu Q., Baccarella D. and Lee T. (2020). Review of combustion stabilization for hypersonic airbreathing propulsion. Progress in Aerospace Sciences, Volume 119, November 2020: 100636.
12. Baccarella D., Lee G., Liu Q., Elliott G., Freund J. and Lee T. (2020). Laser-Induced Plasma Ignition Experiments in a Direct-Connect Supersonic Combustor at Mach 3. Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 36, No. 5, pp. 732–743.

Conference papers

1. Colovos Z. A., Samuels K. E., Isaacs C. T., Trotsky M. A., Baccarella D. (2026). Upgrade of the University of Tennessee Arcjet Tunnel to Quasi-continuous Operation: Final Design. 2026 AIAA Aviation Forum, to be presented.
2. Samuels K. E., Baccarella D., Banerjee S., Jo S. M. (2026). N2 and N+2 Quantitative Emission Spectroscopy in the C–D Nozzle of an Arcjet Wind Tunnel. 2026 AIAA Aviation Forum, to be presented.
3. Dove D., Dixon J., Trotsky M., Isaacs C., Baccarella D., and Kihm K. (2025). Ratiometric Infrared Thermography for an Emissivity-Free Analysis in High Enthalpy Test Facilities. AIAA 2026-1963.
4. Isaacs C. T., Trotsky M., Samuels K. E., Thompson T., Dove D. K., Kihm K., and Baccarella D. (2025). Aerothermal Testing in a Pulsed Arc-Jet Tunnel with Laser Pre-Heating. AIAA 2025-0323.
5. Samuels K. E., Isaacs C. T. and Baccarella D. (2025). Emission Spectroscopy in the Converging-Diverging Nozzle of a Hypersonic Arcjet Tunnel. AIAA 2025-2444.
6. Dove D. K., Isaacs C. T., Samuels K. E., Dixon J., Baccarella D., and Kihm K. (2025). High-Fidelity Temperature and Heat Flux Evaluation in a Mach 6 Arcjet Tunnel with Infrared Thermography. AIAA 2025-0536.
7. Baccarella D., Samuels K. E., Isaacs C. T., and Trotsky M. (2025). Upgrade of the University of Tennessee Arcjet Tunnel to Quasi-Continuous Operation: Preliminary Design. AIAA 2025-0326.
8. Feltis S. E., Samuels K. E., Baccarella D., Zhang Z. (2025). Mach 6.5 Arcjet Tunnel Characterization by Wavelength Modulated Spectroscopy. AIAA 2025-2495.
9. Waddell C. and Baccarella D. (2025). Schlieren Imaging of a Hypersonic Wave Rider Model in a Hypersonic Arcjet Tunnel. AIAA 2025-98223.
10. Trotsky M. and Baccarella D. (2024). In-Situ Recession Rate Measurement of Ablative Materials During Plasma-Torch Testing. AIAA 2024-4020.
11. Isaacs C., Samuels K. and Baccarella D. (2024). Numerical Rebuilding of Heat Flux and Pressure Measurements in a Mach 6 Arcjet Tunnel. AIAA 2024-3554.
12. Samuels K. and Baccarella D. (2024). Emission Spectroscopy in the Plenum Region of an Arc-Heated Tunnel. AIAA 2024-2829.
13. Isaacs C., Trotsky M., Samuels K. and Baccarella D. (2024). Upgrading of the University of Tennessee Hypersonic Material Testing Facility (HyperMATE). AIAA 2024-2568.
14. Samuels K. and Baccarella D. (2024). Nitric Oxide TDLAS in the Plenum Region of an Arc-Heated Tunnel. AIAA 2024-2830.
15. Baccarella D. and Samuels K. (2023). Intrusive Freestream Characterization in a Mach 6 Arcjet Tunnel. AIAA 2023-3297.
16. Baccarella D. and Samuels K. (2023). Testing and Characterization of the University of Tennessee High-Enthalpy Tunnel. AIAA 2023-1456.
17. Samuels K. and Baccarella D. (2023). Spectroscopic Characterization of a High-Enthalpy Plasma Arcjet Tunnel. AIAA 2023-2517.
18. Baccarella D. and Samuels K. (2022). Modeling of Arcjet Flows in High-Enthalpy Tunnels. AIAA 2022-1601.
19. Samuels K., Clark A., McCord W., Holladay S., Zhang Z. and Baccarella D. (2022). Characterization of a Plasma Jet Flow Using Emission Spectroscopy and Laser-Induced Breakdown Velocimetry. AIAA 2022-1784.
20. Byrd A. and Baccarella D. (2021). Design of the University of Tennessee High-Enthalpy Tunnel. AIAA 2021-0382.
21. Baccarella D., Liu Q., McGann B. and Lee T. (2020). Isolator Shock Dynamics of Mass Injection-Induced Unstart in a Circular Model Scramjet. AIAA 2020-2428.
22. Baccarella D., Lee G., Liu Q., and Lee T. (2020). Flow Choking Induced by Combustion and Mass Injection in a Circular Model Scramjet at Mach 4.5. AIAA 2020-1611.
23. Lee G., Baccarella D., Liu Q., Elliott G. and Lee T. (2020). Pseudoshock Dimensionality in Axisymmetric and Rectangular Scramjets. AIAA 2020-1610.