List of publications

Journal papers, peer-reviewed | Conference papers, peer-reviewed | Conference papers, not peer-reviewed | Dissertation

Journal papers, peer-reviewed

Li, M.; Nachtigal, P.; Mimic, D. (2026): Impact of Pore Scale-Modified GDL Anisotropic Properties on PEMFC Performance. In: Journal of Power Sources. In press.

Franke, P.; Suchla, D. A.; Ottavy, X.; Mimic, D.; Wein, L. (2025): Predicting Endwall Corner Separation in Compressor Cascades Using RANS: Influence of Transition Treatment and Inflow Conditions. In: ASME J. Turbomach., Vol. 148(7). DOI: 10.1115/1.4070353

Meyer, P.; Stoewer, M.; Nozinski, M.; Lück, S.; Kabelac, S.; Mimic, D.; Friedrichs, J.; Goeing, J. (2025): Design of Fuel Cell Systems in Aviation - Part II: Evaluation and Mission Analysis. In: J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. DOI: 10.1115/1.4069847

Stoewer, M.; Meyer, P.; Nozinski, M.; Lück, S.; Kabelac, S.; Friedrichs, J.; Goeing, J.; Mimic, D. (2025): Design of Fuel Cell Systems in Aviation - Part I: Modelling and Component Design. In: J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. DOI: 10.1115/1.4069785

Blechschmidt, D.; Mimic, D. (2025): Predicting Time-Averaged Unsteady Flows in Turbomachinery via Graph Neural Networks. In: ASME J. Turbomach, Vol 148(1). DOI: 10.1115/1.4069140

Li, M.; Liu, J.; Nachtigal, P.; Mimic, D.; Schröder, D. (2025): Balanced water management and mass transport with hierarchically structured gas diffusion layers in fuel cells. In: Journal of Power Sources, Vol. 660. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2025.238550

Blechschmidt, D.; Mimic, D. (2024): Performance Prediction of Cooled Compressors Using Neural Networks. In: International Journal of Gas Turbine, Propulsion and Power Systems (JGPP), Vol. 15(6). DOI: 10.38036/jgpp.15.6_v15n6tp01

Stoewer, M.; Mimic, D. (2024): Influence of Seasonal Ambient Temperature Variations on Compressor Performance Predictions. In: International Journal of Gas Turbine, Propulsion and Power Systems (JGPP), Vol. 15(6). DOI: 10.38036/jgpp.15.6_v15n6tp02

Franke, P.; Wein, L.; Seume, J.R.; Mimic, D. (2024): Numerical Investigation of the Effect of Squealer Tips on the Performance of a 4½-stage Axial Compressor. In: International Journal of Gas Turbine, Propulsion and Power Systems (JGPP), Vol. 15(3). DOI: 10.38036/jgpp.15.3_89

Li, M.; Liu, J..; Nachtigal, P.; Mimic, D. (2024): Pore-scale investigation of water-gas transport in reconstructed gas diffusion layers with binder and polytetrafluoroethylene coating. In: Journal of Power Sources, Vol. 612. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2024.234819

Lück, S.; Goeing, J.; Wittmann, T.; Mimic, D.; Friedrichs, J. (2024): Towards design- and operating-point selection for fuel cell cathode air-supply systems in aviation. In: International Journal of Gas Turbine, Propulsion and Power Systems (JGPP), Vol. 15(2). DOI: 10.38036/jgpp.15.2_76

Mimic, D. (2024): Active Flow Control with Variable Injection Rate for Off-Design Operation of a Multi-Stage Axial Compressor. In: International Journal of Gas Turbine, Propulsion and Power Systems (JGPP), Vol. 15(3). DOI: 10.38036/jgpp.15.3_106

Seidler, M.; Montano, Z.; Mimic, D.; Meinicke, N.; Friedrichs, J.; Riemenschneider, J.; Seume, J.R. (2024): Combining shape-adaptive blades and active flow control in a multi-stage axial compressor: a numerical study. In: CEAS Aeronautical Journal, Vol. 15(1). DOI: 10.1007/s13272-023-00712-8

Liu, J.; Li, M.; Yang, Y.; Schlüter, N.; Mimic, D.; Schröder, D. (2023): Tailored Porous Transport Layers for Optimal Oxygen Transport in Water Electrolyzers: Combined Stochastic Reconstruction and Lattice Boltzmann Method. In: ChemPhysChem, Vol. 24(18). DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202300197

Oettinger, M.; Wein, L.; Mimic, D.; Gilge, P.; Hartmann, U.; Seume, J. R. (2021): Automated Detection of Hot-Gas Path Defects by Support Vector Machine Based Analysis of Exhaust Density Fields. In: Journal of the Global Power and Propulsion Society. Special issue: Data-driven modelling and high fidelity simulations. DOI: 10.33737/jgpps/137952

Oettinger, M.; Mimic, D.; Henke, M.; Schmunk, O.; Seume, J. R. (2020): Loss Assessment of the Axial-Gap Size Effect in a Low-Pressure Turbine. In: Journal of the Global Power and Propulsion Society, Vol. 5. DOI: 10.33737/jgpps/127834

Schwarzbach, F; Mimic, D.; Herbst, F. (2020): Profile Aerodynamics of an Oscillating Low-Pressure–Turbine Blade. In: International Journal of Gas Turbine, Propulsion and Power Systems (JGPP), Vol. 11(4). DOI: 10.38036/jgpp.11.4_68

Mimic, D.; Jätz, C.; Sauer, P.; Herbst, F. (2019): Total Pressure Loss Reduction in Annular Diffusers. In: International Journal of Gas Turbine, Propulsion and Power Systems (JGPP), Vol. 10(2). DOI: 10.38036/jgpp.10.2_1

Mimic, D.; Drechsel, B.; Herbst, F. (2018): Correlation Between Pressure Recovery of Highly Loaded Annular Diffusers and Integral Stage Design Parameters. In: ASME J. Turbomach., Vol. 140(7). DOI: 10.1115/1.4039821

Mimic, D.; Jätz, C.; Herbst, F. (2018): Correlation between total pressure losses of highly loaded annular diffusers and integral stage design parameters. In: Journal of the Global Power and Propulsion Society, Vol. 2. DOI: 10.22261/JGPPS.I9AB30

Conference papers, peer-reviewed

Schulz, Y.; Szulik, M. O.; Mimic, D. (2025): Simulated conical diffuser performance charts for organic working fluids. In: Proc. Global Power and Propulsion Society (GPPS) Shanghai25, Shanghai, China. DOI: 10.33737/gpps25-tc-127

Stoewer, M.; Franke, P.; Seume, J. R.; Mimic, D. (2025): TFD-4AC open test case: 4½-stage high-speed axial compressor. In: Proc. Global Power and Propulsion Society (GPPS) Shanghai25, Shanghai, China. DOI: 10.33737/gpps25-tc-224

Franke, P.; Suchla, D. A.; Ottavy, X.; Mimic, D.; Wein, L. (2025): Predicting Endwall Corner Separation in Compressor Cascades Using RANS: Influence of Transition Treatment and Inflow Conditions. In: Proc. ASME Turbo Expo 2025, Memphis, USA. DOI: 10.1115/GT2025-153138

Mimic, D.; Kluge, T.; Oettinger, M. (2025): Improved turbine flow prediction using a vortex-reactive turbulence-model extension. In: Proc. 16th European Turbomachinery Conference (ETC), Hannover, Germany. DOI: 10.29008/ETC2025-191

Nachtigal, P.; Küstner, C.; Stoewer, M.; Karpuk, S.; Lück, S.; Göing, J.; Mimic, D. (2025): Coupled design of fuel cell-powered aircraft, propulsion system, and turbo components. In: Proc. 16th European Turbomachinery Conference (ETC), Hannover, Germany. DOI: 10.29008/ETC2025-132

Schulz, Y.; Kuestner, C.; Kohl, J. M.; Mimic, D. (2025): Variable Amplitude Leading Edge Tubercle Optimization of Rotor 37. In: Proc. 16th European Turbomachinery Conference (ETC), Hannover, Germany. DOI: 10.29008/ETC2025-135

Suchla, D. A.; Führing, A.; Franke, P.; Mimic, D.; Wein, L. (2025): RANS Turbulence Modeling of Multistage Compressors using a Combination of Recent Model Extensions. In: Proc. 16th European Turbomachinery Conference (ETC), Hannover, Germany. DOI: 10.29008/ETC2025-120

Lück, S.; Göing, J.; Nachtigal, P.; Mimic, D.; Friedrichs, J. (2024): Design and Performance Analysis of a Fuel Cell Propulsion System Driven by a Hydrogen-Fired Micro Gas-Turbine. In: Proc. ASME Turbo Expo 2024, London, UK. DOI: 10.1115/GT2024-124062

Mimic, D.; Mahlstedt, J.; Herbst, F. (2024): Improved Compressor Performance Prediction Using a Vortex-Reactive Turbulence-Model Extension. In: Proc. ASME Turbo Expo 2024, London, UK. DOI: 10.1115/GT2024-129179

Sinopoli, F.; Carandente, R.; Schulz, Y.; Krempus, D.; Beltrame, F.; de Servi, C.; Nachtigal, P.; Mimic, D.; Colonna, P.; Pini, M. (2024): Impact of the working fluid in ORC-based waste heat recovery systems for turboshaft engines. In: Proc. Global Power and Propulsion Society (GPPS) Chania24, Chania, Greece. DOI: 10.33737/gpps24-tc-075

Blechschmidt, D.; Mimic, D. (2023): Performance Prediction of Cooled Compressors Using Neural Networks. In: Proc. International Gas Turbine Congress 2023 Kyoto.

Blechschmidt, D.; Mimic, D. (2023): A Machine Learning Approach for the Prediction of Time-Averaged Unsteady Flows in Turbomachinery. In: Proc. ASME Turbo Expo 2023, Boston, USA. DOI: 10.1115/GT2023-103914

Franke, P.; Wein, L.; Seume, J.R.; Mimic, D. (2023): Numerical Investigation of the Effect of Squealer Tips on the Performance of a 4½-stage Axial Compressor. In: Proc. International Gas Turbine Congress (IGTC) 2023, Kyoto, Japan.

Franke, P.; Nyhuis, M.; Wein, L.; Mimic, D. (2023): Robust Numerical Operating-Map Prediction through Systematic Selection of Turbulence Models. In: Proc. 15th European Turbomachinery Conference (ETC), Budapest, Hungary. DOI: 10.29008/ETC2023-175

Lück, S.; Goeing, J.; Wittmann, T.; Mimic, D.; Friedrichs, J. (2023): Fuel cell-based propulsion architectures for short range aircraft. In: Proc. International Gas Turbine Congress (IGTC) 2023, Kyoto, Japan.

Mimic, D. (2023): Active Flow Control with Variable Injection Rate for Off-Design Operation. In: Proc. International Gas Turbine Congress (IGTC) 2023, Kyoto, Japan.

Mimic, D.; Herbst, F. (2023): Improved Prediction of Secondary-Flow Behaviour Through a Novel Turbulence Model Extension for Rotational Effects. In: Proc. ASME Turbo Expo 2023, Boston, USA. DOI: 10.1115/GT2023-103749

Schoen, M. P.; Oettinger, M.; Mimic, D. (2023): Deep and Machine Learning-based Methods for Defect Classification in Jet Engines, In: Proc. 2023 Intermountain Engineering, Technology and Computing (IETC), Provo, USA. DOI: 10.1109/IETC57902.2023.10152188

Stoewer, M.; Mimic, D. (2023): Influence of Seasonal Ambient Temperature Variations on Compressor Performance Predictions. In: Proc. International Gas Turbine Congress (IGTC) 2023, Kyoto, Japan.

Kim, H. R.; Mimic, D.; Seume, J. R. (2022): Influence of Mode Shape on Forced Response of a Low-Pressure Compressor. In: Proc. Global Power and Propulsion Society (GPPS) Xian21, Xi’an (Virtual), China. DOI: 10.33737/gpps21-tc-338

Mimic, D.; Sauer, P.; Seume, J. R. (2022): Sensitivity of Compressor Performance and Tip-Leakage Vortices to Inhomogeneous Casing Heat-Flux Distributions. In: Proc. Global Power and Propulsion Society (GPPS) Xian21, Xi’an (Virtual), China. DOI: 10.33737/gpps21-tc-337

Mimic, D.; Herbst, F. (2019): Influence of Transonic Flow on the Tip-Leakage Vortex in a Turbine Cascade. In: Proc. International Gas Turbine Congress (IGTC) 2019, Tokyo, Japan.

Mimic, D.; Oettinger, M.; Sauer, P.; Herbst, F. (2019): Shock–Vortex Interaction in a Transonic Turbine Cascade. In: Proc. Global Power and Propulsion Society (GPPS) Beijing19, Beijing, China. DOI: 10.33737/gpps19-bj-008

Mimic, D.; Oettinger, M.; Jätz, C.; Herbst, F.; Seume, J. R. (2019): Thermal End-Wall Contouring. In: Proc. ASME Turbo Expo 2019, Phoenix, USA. DOI: 10.1115/GT2019-90191

Oettinger, M.; Mimic, D.; Henke, M.; Schmunk, O.; Seume, J. R. (2019): Loss Assessment of the Axial-Gap Size Effect in a Low-Pressure Turbine. In: Proc. Global Power and Propulsion Society (GPPS) Beijing19, Beijing, China. DOI: 10.33737/gpps19-bj-207

Schwarzbach, F; Mimic, D.; Herbst, F. (2019): Profile Aerodynamics of an Oscillating Low-Pressure–Turbine Blade. In: Proc. International Gas Turbine Congress (IGTC) 2019, Tokyo, Japan.

Mimic, D.; Jätz, C.; Sauer, P.; Herbst, F. (2018): Increasing Boundary Layer Stability for Varying Degrees of Diffuser Loading. In: Proc. Global Power and Propulsion Society (GPPS) Montreal18, Montreal, Canada. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1345494

Mimic, D.; Drechsel, B.; Herbst, F. (2017): Correlation between Pressure Recovery of Highly Loaded Annular Diffusers and Integral Stage Design Parameters. In: Proc. ASME Turbo Expo 2017, Charlotte, USA. DOI: 10.1115/GT2017-63586

Mimic, D.; Jätz, C.; Herbst, F. (2017): Correlation between Total Pressure Losses of Highly Loaded Annular Diffusers and Integral Stage Design Parameters. In: Proc. Global Power and Propulsion Society (GPPS) Shanghai17, Shanghai, China.

Conference papers, not peer-reviewed

Mimic, D. (2025): Loss decomposition in compressor flows. In: Proc. 16th International Symposium on Experimental and Computational Aerothermodynamics of Internal Flows (ISAIF16), Prague, Czech Republic.

Stoewer, M.; Franke, P.; Seume, J. R.; Mimic, D. (2025): TFD-4AC open test case: 4½-stage high-speed axial compressor—geometry and performance data. Workshop at the 16th European Turbomachinery Conference (ETC), Hannover, Germany.

van der Heiden, A.; Willke, M.; Beckmann, J.; Steveker, N.; Stährfeldt, F.; Mellmann, J.; Fritsch, F. W.; P. Nachtigal, D. Mimic (2023): Students Designing a Hydrogen-Powered UAV: A Flying Test Bench for Lightweight Energy Systems. In: Proc. DLRK 2023 Dresden.

Seidler, M.; Montano, Z.; Mimic, D.; Meinicke, N.; Friedrichs, J.; Riemenschneider, J.; Seume, J.R. (2022): Combining Shape-Adaptive Blades and Active Flow Control in a Multi-Stage Axial Compressor – a Numerical Study. In: Proc. DLRK 2022 Dresden.

Chernikov, V.; Semakina, E.; Mimic, D.; Jätz, C.; Seume, J. (2019): Aerodynamic Studies of a Combined Turbine-Stage-Exhaust System. In: 35th Anniversary of Cooperation – Results of Joint Research Activity of Scientists from Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University and Leibniz Universität Hannover.

Mimic, D.; Jätz, C.; Oettinger, M.; Herbst, F.; Seehausen, H.; Kurth, S.; Frieling, D.; Zieße, M.; Seume, J. R. (2019): Improving Aerothermal and Aeromechanical Turbomachinery Design by Combining High-Fidelity Methods with Multi-Stage Approaches. In: Proc. International Gas Turbine Congress (IGTC) 2019, Tokyo, Japan. Paper to the keynote lecture.

Jätz, C.; Mimic, D.; Herbst, F.; Seume, J.R. (2018): Prediction Performance of the k-ε Elliptic-Blending Turbulence Model in Axial Diffusers. In: Proc. Asian Congress on Gas Turbines (ACGT) 2018, Morioka, Japan.

Mimic, D.; Jätz, C.; Sauer, P.; Herbst, F. (2018): Total Pressure Loss Reduction in Annular Diffusers. In: Proc. Asian Congress on Gas Turbines (ACGT) 2018, Morioka, Japan.

Dissertation

Mimic, D. (2021): Turbine–Diffuser Interaction. Dissertation, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany. DOI: 10.15488/10777