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Author:: Colletti, Alexander E.
Title:: IGNITION PROCESSES AND FLAME SPREADING IN A GRANULAR SOLID PROPELLANT BED
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: granular bed
flame spreading
interior ballistics
solid propellant
File:: Download colletti_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Kenneth K Kuo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth K Kuo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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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

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Author:: Lin, Chia-Yung
Title:: IMPORTANT FINDINGS AND OBSERVATIONS OF THE ROCKET NOZZLE EROSION PROCESSES AND THEORETICAL/NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: rocket nozzle erosion
File:: Download MS_Thesis__Chia-Yung_Lin.pdf
Committee Members:: Kenneth K Kuo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth K Kuo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Boyd, Eric R.
Title:: Ignition and Combustion of Nickel Coated and Uncoated Aluminum Particles in Hot Post-Flame Gas Environment
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Nickel Coating
Gas Burner
Combustion
Aluminum
File:: Download E_Boyd_Final_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Kenneth K Kuo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth K Kuo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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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

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Author:: Boyer, J Eric
Title:: Combustion Characteristics and Flame Structure of Nitromethane Liquid Monopropellant
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: monopropellant
liquid propellant
nitromethane
combustion
File:: Download etd.pdf
Committee Members:: Kenneth K Kuo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul Wencil Brown, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Litzinger, Committee Member
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
Vigor Yang, Committee Member

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Author:: Sirignano, Matthew Davis
Title:: MODIFICATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A BALLISTIC COMPRESSOR TO STUDY IGNITION AND COMBUSTION OF ENERGETIC PARTICLES AT ULTRA-HIGH PRESSURES AND HEATING RATES
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: ballistic compressor
aluminum
particle combustion
File:: Download MS_Thesis_2011.pdf
Committee Members:: Kenneth K Kuo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth K Kuo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Degges, Matthew Joseph
Title:: Influence of Steam on the Flammability Limits of Premixed Natural Gas/Oxygen/Steam Mixtures
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Syngas
SCT-CPO Reactor
Flammability Limits
Steam
File:: Download Degges_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Kenneth K Kuo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth K Kuo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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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

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