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Author:: Talamantes, Gerardo
Title:: Characterization of Polyoxymethylene as a High-Density Fuel For Use in Hybrid Rocket Applications
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Solid Fuels
Polyoxymethylene
Diffusion Flame
Opposed Flow Burner
Hybrid Rockets
High-Density Fuel
POM
combustion
File:: Download Talamantes_Thesis_May_2019.pdf
Committee Members:: Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member

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Author:: Margevicius, Madeline Alma
Title:: SENSITIZING ENERGETIC MATERIALS USING PIEZOELECTRICITY
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Piezoelectric
Fluoropolymer
Combustion
File:: Download Margevicius_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

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Author:: Zhang, Kaiqiang
Title:: THERMAL DECOMPOSITION MECHANISM OF AQUEOUS HYDROXYLAMMONIUM NITRATE
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Energetic Material
Computational Chemistry
Molecular Dynamics
Hydroxylammonium Nitrate
Thermal Decomposition
File:: Download HAN_decomposition_Dissertation_Kaiqiang_Zhang_V6.pdf
Committee Members:: Stefan Thynell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stefan Thynell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Michael Matthew Micci, Outside Member

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Author:: Patidar, Lalit
Title:: Thermal decomposition and combustion of RDX and HMX: Thermolysis experiments and molecular modeling
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Energetic Materials
Thermal Decomposition
Combustion
Quantum mechanics
File:: Download Dissertation_LalitPatidar_eTD.pdf
Committee Members:: Stefan Thynell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stefan Thynell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Michael Matthew Micci, Outside Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Shabnam, Sharmin
Title:: ReaxFF reactive force field investigations in combustion and nascent soot formation
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: ReaxFF
Combustion
Soot Formation
Pyrolysis and Oxidation
Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Inert Dilution
Nickel
Fuel Mixtures
File:: Download Dissertation_Sharmin_MAY2020.pdf
Committee Members:: Adrianus C Van Duin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Randy Lee Vander Wal, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Outside Member
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Strollo, John
Title:: The Effects of Hydrogen on Steady-State and Transient Combustion Characteristics
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: thermoacoustic instability
transient operation
hydrogen enrichment
thermo-acoustic instability
transient operation
hydrogen enrichment
File:: Download John_Strollo_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Foster, Garett
Title:: Burning Velocity and Temperature Field Measurements of Aluminum-Air Flames at Elevated Pressure
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Metal combustion
Aluminum combustion
Aluminum particles
Burning velocity
Pressurized combustion
Aluminum flame
Dust flame
File:: Download GarettF_Thesis_full_formated_revE2.pdf
Committee Members:: Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Burke, Christopher
Title:: Development of a High-Density Initiation Mechanism for Supercritical Nitromethane Decomposition
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: High pressure
high density
nitromethane
decomposition
initiation
mechanism
chris burke
christopher burke
hydrogen abstraction
File:: Download Thesis_BurkeCN_FormatReviewed.pdf
Committee Members:: Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Adrianus C Van Duin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Khichar, Mayank
Title:: Thermal decomposition and combustion modeling of RDX monopropellant and RDX-TAGzT pseudo-propellant
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Thermal decomposition
Combustion
modeling
RDX
TAGzT
Quantum chemical calculation
TGA
DSC
FTIR
Mechanism
Liquid Phase
Diffusion
Deflagration
File:: Download Dissertation_MayankKhichar_eTD.pdf
Committee Members:: Stefan Thynell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stefan Thynell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Robert Graham Melton, Outside Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Crisp, Eric
Title:: Electrochemical Decomposition of HAN-based Ionic Liquid Oxidizers
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: HAN
electrolysis
OXSOL 1
hybrid rocket
File:: Download ELECTROCATALYTIC_DECOMPOSITION_OF_HAN-BASED_IONIC_LIQUID_OXIDIZERS.pdf
Committee Members:: Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

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