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Author:

Chowdhury, Arindrajit

Title:

CONFINED RAPID THERMOLYSIS/FTIR/TOF STUDIES OF ENERGETIC IONIC LIQUIDS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Ionic liquids
Thermal decomposition
FTIR spectrometry
ToF mass spectrometry
kinetics

File:

Download Arin_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Stefan Thynell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stefan Thynell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Litzinger, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Sharon Hammes Schiffer, Committee Member

Author:

Evans, Brian

Title:

Nozzle Erosion Characterization and Minimization for High-Pressure Rocket Motor Applications

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Carbon/Carbon Composites
Erosion Mitigation
Solid Propellant
Nozzle Erosion
Graphite
Rocket Motor Simulator

File:

Download BE_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth K Kuo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth K Kuo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Francesco Costanzo, Committee Member
Vigor Yang, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member

Author:

Kuo, Bo-Han

Title:

A Study on the Electrolytic Decomposition of HAN-Based Propellants for Microthruster Applications

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

HAN-based propellants
Electrolytic Decomposition
Microthruster
Ignition

File:

Download Thesis__Bo-Han_Kuo.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Green, Darren Vincent

Title:

Development of a Piezoelectric Micro Engine Using Pulsed Catalytic Combustion

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

micro engine
piezoelectric
catalytic combustion
micro power

File:

Download D_Green_Thesis_2.0.pdf

Committee Members:

Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kendra Sharp, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jeffrey M Catchmark, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member

Author:

Huo, Hongfa

Title:

LARGE-EDDY SIMULATION OF SUPERCRITICAL FLUID FLOW AND COMBUSTION

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Turbulent combustion
Supercritical combustion
swirl coaxial injector
LOX/Methane combustion
Supercritical mixing
shear coaxial injector

File:

Download Hongfa_Huo_PhD_dissertation_final_version.pdf

Committee Members:

Vigor Yang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vigor Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member

Author:

Lee, Hyung Ju

Title:

COMBUSTION INSTABILITY MECHANISMS IN A LEAN PREMIXED GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

combustion instability
gas turbine combustor
lean premixed
turbulent combustion
flame-vortex interactions
equivalence ratio flucutaitons

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation_-_Hyung_Ju_Lee.pdf

Committee Members:

Domenic Adam Santavicca, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Deborah A Levin, Committee Member
Vigor Yang, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member

Author:

Moore, Jeffrey David

Title:

Flame-spreading phenomena in a head-end fin-slot segment of a subscale motor simulating the space shuttle boosters

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

flame-spreading
fin-slot motor
head-end segment
RSRM

File:

Download Jeff_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth K Kuo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member
Gita Talmage, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member

Author:

Sabourin, Justin Leo

Title:

High Temperature Heterogeneous Reaction Kinetics and Mechanisms of Tungsten Oxidation

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

rocket nozzles
thermogravimetry
kinetics
oxidation
tungsten
metal oxidation
graphite

File:

Download Written_Dissertation_-_Justin_Sabourin.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard A Yetter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Lawrence Allara, Committee Member
Grant Alexander Risha, Committee Member
Vigor Yang, Committee Member
Matthew M Mench, Committee Member

Author:

Wu, Juntao

Title:

Soot Abatement Using Oxygenated Additives

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

soot
oxygenated additive

File:

Download dissertation_juntaowu.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Litzinger, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member
Harold Harris Schobert, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member

Author:

Malchi, Jonathan Yaniv

Title:

Combustion and Self-Assembly of Nanoenergetic Materials

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

thermite
self-assembly
combustion

File:

Download Combustion_and_Self-Assembly_of_Nanoenergetic_Materials.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member
David Lawrence Allara, Committee Member
Vigor Yang, Committee Member
Grant Alexander Risha, Committee Member
Steven Son, Committee Member
Timothy Foley, Committee Member

Author:

Casiano, Matthew Joseph

Title:

Extensions to the Time Lag Models for Practical Application to Rocket Engine Stability Design

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

concentrated combustion
helium injection
time lag models
combustion stability
throttling
damping

File:

Download CasianoDissertationFinaleTD.pdf

Committee Members:

Vigor Yang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vigor Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member
Tomas E Nesman, Committee Member

Author:

Biss, Matthew Michael

Title:

CHARACTERIZATION OF BLASTS FROM LABORATORY-SCALE COMPOSITE EXPLOSIVE CHARGES

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Laboratory-scale
Booster charge
Composite explosive charges
Shadowgraph visualization
TNT equivalent

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation-Matthew_Michael_Biss.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Stuart Settles, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary Stuart Settles, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member
Daniel Linzell, Committee Member
Michael J Hargather, Committee Member

Author:

Loomis, Matthew Paul

Title:

Ignition of Propellants Through Nanostructured Materials

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Carbon Nanotubes
graphene
fuel additives
photo-ignition

File:

Download MLoomis_Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Jongguen Lee, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wu, Ming-hsun

Title:

Development and Experimental Analyses of Meso and Micro Scale Combustion Systems

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

microcombustion
micropropulsion
microfluidic
flame propagation

File:

Download etD-18Apr07.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vigor Yang, Committee Member
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Committee Member
Kendra Sharp, Committee Member

Author:

Donadio, Nicholas Mark

Title:

THE IMPACT OF VARIOUS OXIDIZERS ON THE OVERALL PERFORMACE OF A DIRECT FLAME SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

oxidizers
solid oxdie fuel cell
direct flame

File:

Download Nicholas_Donadio_ME_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jongguen Lee, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Thakre, Piyush K

Title:

CHEMICAL EROSION OF GRAPHITE AND REFRACTORY METAL NOZZLES AND ITS MITIGATION IN SOLID-PROPELLANT ROCKET MOTORS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

refractory metal nozzles
solid-propellant rocket motors
erosion mitigation
graphite/carbon-carbon nozzles
nozzle erosion

File:

Download PhD-Thesis-Final__Piyush_Thakre_.pdf

Committee Members:

Vigor Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kenneth K Kuo, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
Michael Matthew Micci, Committee Member

Author:

Puri, Puneesh

Title:

Multi Scale Modeling of Ignition and Combustion of Micro and Nano Aluminum Particles

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Ignition and Combustion
Energetic Materials
Nano Scales
Aluminum
Modeling
Molecular Dynamics

File:

Download PhD_Thesis-Puneesh_Puri.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Vigor Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member
Dr Steve Son, Committee Member

Author:

Shehadeh, Ra'fat

Title:

Study of Ejector Geometry on Thrust Augmentation for Pulse Detonation Engine Ejector Systems

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

PDE
Pulse Detonation Engine
Ejector

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert John Santoro, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vigor Yang, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Michael Matthew Micci, Committee Member

Author:

Houim, Ryan William

Title:

Modeling the Influence of Shock Waves on the Combustion of Aluminum Droplets

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Chemically reacting flow
Low-dissipation method
Multi-component flow
Level set method
Vaporization
Shock waves
Cavitation

File:

Download RWH_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth K Kuo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth K Kuo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gita Talmage, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Tarasankar Debroy, Committee Member

Author:

Acharya, Ragini

Title:

MODELING AND NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF INTERIOR BALLISTIC PROCESSES IN A 120mm MORTAR SYSTEM

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Granular bed combustion
Two-phase flows
Riemann solvers
Modeling
Numerical simulation
Interior ballistics
Compressible flows

File:

Download Thesis16Apr09.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth K Kuo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth K Kuo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
John Harlan Mahaffy, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member