Publications

Douglas, C. M., H. Lai, M. Ostadi, W. Shin, L. Bromberg, and G. Zang. “Techno-economic analysis and life-cycle assessment of methanol synthesis plants using renewable hydrogen and carbon dioxide feedstocks.” Energy Conversion and Management 347 (January 1, 2026). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2025.120374.

Douglas, C. M., A. Gupta, E. Knipping, T. D. Martz, and D. R. Noble. “Leak Detection and SOx Emissions Tradeoffs With Odorized Hydrogen-Natural Gas Fuel Blends in Gas Turbines.” Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power 148, no. 1 (January 1, 2026). https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4069471.

Douglas, Christopher, and Pierre Jolivet. “ff-bifbox: A scalable, open-source toolbox for bifurcation analysis of nonlinear PDEs.” ArXiv, September 22, 2025. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2509.18429.

Douglas, C. M., S. Shanbhogue, A. Ghoniem, and G. Zang. “Well-to-wake cost and emissions assessments for the Western Australia–East Asia green shipping corridor.” Applied Energy 384 (April 15, 2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2025.125465.

Douglas, C. M., A. Gupta, E. Knipping, T. D. Martz, and D. R. Noble. “Leak detection and SOx emissions tradeoffs with odorized hydrogen natural gas fuel blends in gas turbines.” In Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo, Vol. 4, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2025-151912.

Wang, C., C. M. Douglas, Y. Guan, C. Xu, and L. Lesshafft. “Onset of global instability in a premixed annular V-flame.” Journal of Fluid Mechanics 998 (October 28, 2024). https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2024.869.

Chevalier, Q., C. M. Douglas, and L. Lesshafft. “Resolvent analysis of swirling turbulent jets.” Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics 38, no. 5 (October 1, 2024): 641–63. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00162-024-00704-2.

Douglas, C. M. “A balanced outflow boundary condition for swirling flows.” Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics 38, no. 4 (August 1, 2024): 545–56. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00162-024-00701-5.

Wang, Chuhan, Christopher M. Douglas, Yu Guan, Chunxiao Xu, and Lutz Lesshafft. “Onset of global instability in a premixed annular V-flame,” April 26, 2024.

Douglas, C. M., T. D. Martz, R. C. Steele, D. R. Noble, B. L. Emerson, and T. C. Lieuwen. “Pollutant Emissions Reporting and Performance Considerations for Ammonia-Blended Fuels in Gas Turbines.” Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power 146, no. 1 (January 1, 2024). https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4063417.

Brokof, P., C. M. Douglas, and W. Polifke. “The role of hydrodynamic shear in the thermoacoustic response of slit flames.” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 40, no. 1–4 (January 1, 2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2024.105362.

Jouin, A., C. M. Douglas, B. Cotté, L. Lesshafft, and P. Jordan. “Resolvent analysis of subsonic jets: trapped modes and resonance mechanisms.” In 30th AIAA Ceas Aeroacoustics Conference 2024, 2024. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2024-3416.

Douglas, C. M., W. Polifke, and L. Lesshafft. “Flash-back, blow-off, and symmetry breaking of premixed conical flames.” Combustion and Flame 258 (December 1, 2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2023.113060.

Douglas, Christopher M., Thomas D. Martz, Robert C. Steele, David R. Noble, Benjamin L. Emerson, and Timothy C. Lieuwen. “Pollutant Emissions Reporting and Performance Considerations for Ammonia-Blended Fuels in Gas Turbines.” In Volume 3A: Combustion, Fuels, and Emissions. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1115/gt2023-102554.

Douglas, C. M., S. L. Shaw, T. D. Martz, R. C. Steele, D. R. Noble, B. L. Emerson, and T. C. Lieuwen. “Pollutant Emissions Reporting and Performance Considerations for Hydrogen-Hydrocarbon Fuels in Gas Turbines.” Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power 144, no. 9 (September 1, 2022). https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4054949.

Douglas, C. M., and L. Lesshafft. “Confinement effects in laminar swirling jets.” Journal of Fluid Mechanics 945 (August 25, 2022). https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2022.589.

Douglas, C. M., B. L. Emerson, and T. C. Lieuwen. “Dynamics and bifurcations of laminar annular swirling and non-swirling jets.” Journal of Fluid Mechanics 943 (July 25, 2022). https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2022.453.

Douglas, Christopher M., Stephanie L. Shaw, Thomas D. Martz, Robert C. Steele, David R. Noble, Benjamin L. Emerson, and Timothy C. Lieuwen. “Pollutant Emissions Reporting and Performance Considerations for Hydrogen-Hydrocarbon Fuels in Gas Turbines.” In Volume 3A: Combustion, Fuels, and Emissions. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1115/gt2022-80971.

Ek, H. M., V. Nair, C. M. Douglas, T. C. Lieuwen, and B. L. Emerson. “Permuted proper orthogonal decomposition for analysis of advecting structures.” Journal of Fluid Mechanics 930 (January 10, 2022). https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2021.908.

Douglas, C. M., B. L. Emerson, S. Hemchandra, and T. C. Lieuwen. “Forced flow response analysis of a turbulent swirling annular jet flame.” Physics of Fluids 33, no. 8 (August 1, 2021). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0061053.

Douglas, C. M., B. L. Emerson, and T. C. Lieuwen. “Nonlinear dynamics of fully developed swirling jets.” Journal of Fluid Mechanics 924 (January 1, 2021). https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2021.615.

Douglas, C., J. Lim, T. Smith, B. Emerson, T. Lieuwen, N. Jiang, C. Fugger, et al. “Measurements of periodic reynolds stress oscillations in a forced turbulent premixed swirling flame.” Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power 141, no. 1 (January 1, 2019). https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4040686.

Smith, T. E., C. M. Douglas, B. L. Emerson, and T. C. Lieuwen. “Axial evolution of forced helical flame and flow disturbances.” Journal of Fluid Mechanics 844 (June 10, 2018): 323–56. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2018.151.

Douglas, Christopher M., Travis Smith, Benjamin L. Emerson, Kiran Manoharan, Santosh Hemchandra, and Tim C. Lieuwen. “Hydrodynamic receptivity predictions and measurements of an acoustically forced multi-nozzle swirl combustor.” In 2018  AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2018. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2018-0587.

Douglas, C., J. Lim, T. Smith, B. Emerson, T. Lieuwen, N. Jiang, C. Fugger, et al. “Measurements of periodic Reynolds stress oscillations in a forced turbulent premixed swirling flame.” In Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo, Vol. 4B-2018, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2018-76914.