Professor Garth V. Hobson
Address:
Turbopropulsion Laboratory
Department of Mechanical
and Astronautics
Code ME/Hg
Naval Postgraduate School
700 Dyer Road, Room 137
Monterey, California 93943-5146
phone: (831) 656-2888
fax: (831) 656-2864
email: gvhobson@nps.navy.mil
Courses
The main courses I have taught are:
- AA2042Fundamentals of Thermo and Fluid Dynamics
- AA2043Fundamentals of Gas Dynamics
- AA3451Aircraft and Missile Propulsion (Dist. Learning)
- AA3501Aerodynamic Analysis (Distance Learning)
- AA3802Advanced Aeronautical Measurements
- AA4632Computer Methods in Aeronautics (Dist. Learning)
- AA4507Computational Fluid Dynamics (Dist. Learning)
ME3450Computational Methods in Mechanical Engineering
ME3240Marine Power and Propulsion
ME2201Introduction to Fluid Mechaincs
ME4225Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer(Dist. Learning)
Research
My main research areas are:
Papers that I have written:
(which you can download - if you do please send me an email)
- LDV Measurements in the Endwall Region of an Annular Turbine Cascade
Through an Aerodynamic Window, with Donovan and Spitz
AIAA Paper 97-3012
- Effect of Reynolds Number on Separation Bubbles on Controlled-Diffusion
Compressor Blades in Cascade, with Hansen, Schnorenberg and Grove
IGTI Paper 98-GT-422
- Appendix of abovementioned IGTI paper which has the blade machine
coordinates
C-D profile
Service and Committees
I belong to the following organizations:
I am a member of the following committees:
- NPS Numerically Intensive Computing Committee
Graduate Students:
- Capt. Sulieman Al Aman (graduated June '00)
- Lt. Jim Carlson (graduated Sept. '00)
- LCDR Hector Garcia (graduated Dec. '00)