Mr Matthew Trudgian
Research Officer
School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering
Researcher biography
Matt is completing his PhD in supercritical ethylene injection into supersonic crossflow where he investigated the mixing characteristics of this high pressure, high temperature fueling regime. His current research interests are in supersonic combustion studies, hypersonic boundary layer transition, and advancing the optical diagnostic tools used in hypersonic experimentation.
Journal Articles
Trudgian, Matthew A., Vanyai, Tristan, Landsberg, Will O., Russell, Hugh and Veeraragavan, Ananthanarayanan (2025). A supercritical ethylene fuel injection system for the T4 hypersonic test facility. Aerospace Science and Technology, 163 110310, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.ast.2025.110310
Trudgian, Matthew A., Landsberg, Will O. and Veeraragavan, Ananthanarayanan (2020). Experimental investigation of inclining the upstream wall of a scramjet cavity. Aerospace Science and Technology, 99 105767, 105767. doi: 10.1016/j.ast.2020.105767
Conference Papers
Hash, Caleb A., Edwards, Jack R., Trudgian, Matthew, Veeraragavan, Anand and Lee, Tonghun (2026). Numerical simulation of ethylene-fueled scramjet combustion within the X3/R shock tunnel. AIAA SCITECH 2026 Forum, Orlando, FL, United States, 12-16 January 2026. Reston, VA, United States: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. doi: 10.2514/6.2026-2186
Trudgian, Matthew A., Mee, David J., Stennett, Samuel J., Smith, Daniel R., Morgan, Richard G. and Veeraragavan, Ananthanarayanan (2026). Full-scale BOLT-1B experiments at flight matched conditions in X3/R. AIAA SCITECH 2026 Forum, Orlando, FL, United States, 12-16 January 2026. Reston, VA, United States: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. doi: 10.2514/6.2026-0954
Trudgian, Matthew A., Vanyai, Tristan, Landsberg, Will and Veeraragavan, Ananthanarayanan (2025). Experimental Analysis of Supercritical Ethylene Injection Into Supersonic Cross-Flow Using Optical Techniques. AIAA Aviation Forum and ASCEND 2025, Las Vegas, NV United States, 21 - 25 July 2025. Reston, VA United States: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. doi: 10.2514/6.2025-3049
Trudgian, Matthew A., Landsberg, Will, Morgan, Richard, Veeraragavan, Ananthanarayanan, Smith, Daniel R., Curran, Damian R., Stennett, Samuel J., Heintze, Kalon and Chan, Wilson (2025). Quasi-Direct-Connect Scramjet Combustor Experiments in the X3R Shock Tunnel Using T4’s Mach 4 Nozzle. AIAA Aviation Forum and ASCEND 2025, Las Vegas, NV United States, 21 - 25 July 2025. Reston, VA United States: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. doi: 10.2514/6.2025-3048
Ananthapadmanaban, Ramprakash, Trudgian, Matthew A., Mee, David and Veeraragavan, Ananthanarayanan (2025). Impact of beam clipping and size on focused laser differential interferometry in hypersonic disturbance measurements. AIAA Aviation Forum and ASCEND 2025, Las Vegas, NV United States, 21 - 25 July 2025. Reston, VA United States: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. doi: 10.2514/6.2025-3724
Trudgian, Matthew A., Russell, Hugh, Vanyai, Tristan and Veeraragavan, Ananthanarayanan (2023). Commissioning of a Supercritical Ethylene Fuel Injection System in the T4 Hypersonic Impulse Facility. 25th AIAA International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies Conference, Bengaluru, India, 28 May - 1 June 2023. Reston, Virginia: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. doi: 10.2514/6.2023-3025
Trudgian, Matthew, Landsberg, Will and Veeraragavan, Anand (2020). Supercritical Ethylene Gas Model for use in Internal Flow Paths. 22nd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference AFMC2020, Brisbane, Australia, 7-10 December 2020. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/05cef11